The Tryals of Peter Boss, George Keith, Thomas Budd, and William Bradford, Quakers for several great misdemeanors (as was pretended by their adversaries) before a court of Quakers at the sessions held at Philadelphia in Pensylvania, the ninth, tenth, and twelfth days of December, 1692 : giving also an account of the most arbitrary procedure of that court.
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             The Tryals of Peter Boss, George Keith, Thomas Budd, and William Bradford, Quakers for several great misdemeanors (as was pretended by their adversaries) before a court of Quakers at the sessions held at Philadelphia in Pensylvania, the ninth, tenth, and twelfth days of December, 1692 : giving also an account of the most arbitrary procedure of that court.
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           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           
             Peter
             Boss
             ,
             George
             Keith
             ,
             Thomas
             Budd
             ,
          
           and
           
             William
             Bradford
          
           ,
           QUAKERS
           ,
           For
           several
           Great
           Misdemeanors
           (
           As
           was
           pretended
           by
           their
           Adversaries
           )
           before
           
             A
             Court
             of
             Quakers
          
           :
           At
           the
           Sessions
           held
           at
           Philadelphia
           in
           Pensylvania
           ,
           the
           Ninth
           ,
           Tenth
           ,
           and
           Twelfth
           Days
           of
           December
           ,
           1692.
           
        
         
           Giving
           also
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           most
           Arbitrary
           Procedure
           of
           that
           Court.
           
        
         
           LICENSED
           ,
        
         
           
             Octob.
             19th
          
           .
           1693.
           
        
         
           
             Dan.
             Poplar
          
           .
        
         
           Printed
           first
           Beyond-Sea
           ,
           and
           now
           Reprinted
           in
           London
           ,
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           in
           Warwick-lane
           .
           1693.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           TO
           the
           end
           that
           all
           Impartial
           People
           may
           have
           a
           right
           understanding
           in
           the
           present
           Prosecution
           ,
           I
           intend
           to
           give
           a
           short
           Relation
           of
           the
           first
           rise
           ,
           and
           cause
           ,
           and
           ground
           of
           this
           present
           Difference
           ,
           and
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1689.
           by
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           
             George
             Keith
          
           was
           earnestly
           invited
           to
           remove
           from
           his
           Plantation
           in
           East-Jersey
           ,
           to
           keep
           a
           School
           in
           Philadelphia
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ;
           but
           kept
           an
           Usher
           ,
           and
           spent
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           time
           in
           Reading
           ,
           Meditation
           ,
           Visiting
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           answering
           the
           Conscientious
           Doubts
           and
           Questions
           of
           many
           People
           ;
           and
           there
           was
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           seeming
           Satisfaction
           in
           general
           among
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           so
           favoured
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           
             George
             Keith
          
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           this
           great
           love
           was
           but
           short-liv'd
           ;
           and
           as
           in
           other
           Cases
           one
           Extream
           begets
           the
           contrary
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           ;
           for
           their
           love
           and
           respects
           to
           him
           were
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           but
           now
           the
           Envy
           and
           Hatred
           of
           many
           exceeds
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Christian
           Testimony
           .
           For
           it
           was
           but
           a
           little
           time
           that
           he
           had
           been
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           preached
           the
           true
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           both
           without
           and
           within
           ,
           but
           some
           began
           to
           be
           dissatisfied
           ,
           and
           whispered
           it
           about
           in
           private
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           understand
           ,
           he
           laboured
           in
           much
           love
           and
           tenderness
           to
           undeceive
           and
           satisfie
           those
           that
           he
           came
           to
           know
           were
           dissatisfied
           ;
           and
           some
           did
           receive
           good
           Satisfaction
           ;
           but
           others
           cast
           his
           Labours
           of
           Love
           behind
           their
           backs
           ;
           and
           much
           whispering
           and
           back-biting
           there
           were
           in
           private
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           held
           forth
           by
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           some
           began
           to
           contradict
           his
           Testimony
           in
           publick
           Meetings
           ;
           but
           yet
           this
           were
           born
           with
           ,
           and
           no
           open
           Difference
           until
           one
           
             William
             Stockdale
          
           accused
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           of
           
             Preaching
             Two
             Christs
          
           ,
           because
           he
           held
           forth
           (
           as
           necessary
           to
           our
           Salvation
           )
           
             The
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             as
             he
             died
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             rose
             again
             for
             our
             Justification
             ,
             and
             ascended
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             Heaven
             in
             the
             true
             and
             intire
             glorified
             Nature
             of
             Man
             ,
             our
             Mediator
             with
             the
             Father
          
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             was
             spiritually
             present
             by
             his
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             in
             all
             his
             Children
             .
          
           Whereupon
           he
           dealt
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           much
           to
           convince
           him
           ,
           but
           not
           prevailing
           ,
           
             G.
             K.
          
           laid
           it
           before
           a
           Meeting
           of
           〈…〉
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           nothing
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           〈…〉
           
           and
           contradict
           
             G.
             K.
          
           in
           his
           Doctrine
           .
           Whereupon
           
             G.
             K.
          
           did
           again
           renew
           his
           complaint
           to
           them
           of
           the
           Ministry
           at
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           Philadelphia
           the
           7th
           Month
           ,
           1691.
           desiring
           to
           know
           their
           sence
           and
           judgment
           ,
           
             viz.
             Whether
             to
             preach
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             within
             us
             ,
             and
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             without
             us
             ,
             was
             to
             preach
             Two
             Christs
             ,
             or
             One
             ?
          
           and
           six
           Meeting
           were
           held
           in
           debate
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           yet
           nothing
           done
           in
           it
           :
           So
           this
           past
           on
           ,
           and
           some
           Months
           after
           
             Tho.
             Fitzwater
          
           openly
           in
           a
           Monthly
           Meeting
           accused
           
             G.
             Keith
             ,
             That
             he
             denied
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
          
           ;
           which
           
             G.
             K.
          
           denied
           ,
           but
           
             T.
             F.
          
           said
           ,
           
             he
             would
             prove
             it
             at
             the
             next
             Monthly
             Meeting
          
           ;
           which
           being
           come
           ,
           
             G.
             K.
          
           called
           on
           
             T.
             Fitzwater
          
           to
           prove
           his
           Charge
           ,
           which
           he
           endeavoured
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           brought
           
             W.
             Stockdale
          
           for
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           only
           
             W.
             Stockdale
          
           again
           renewed
           his
           Charge
           against
           
             G.
             K.
          
           in
           the
           open
           Meeting
           ,
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           many
           ,
           to
           see
           his
           great
           Ignorance
           and
           Impudence
           ;
           but
           seeing
           that
           
             T.
             F.
          
           was
           not
           like
           to
           prove
           his
           Charge
           against
           
             G.
             K.
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           others
           withdrew
           ,
           yet
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Meeting
           stayed
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           time
           it
           growing
           dark
           ,
           
             John
             Jennet
          
           ,
           (
           a
           great
           stickler
           against
           
             G.
             K.
          
           )
           desired
           that
           the
           Meeting
           might
           be
           adjourned
           till
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           unanimously
           agreed
           unto
           ,
           and
           also
           by
           
             Tho.
             Fitzwater
          
           ;
           the
           next
           day
           all
           Parties
           appeared
           ,
           and
           great
           and
           long
           Contention
           there
           was
           most
           part
           of
           that
           day
           betwixt
           
             George
             Keith
          
           and
           
             Tho.
             Lloyd
             ,
             Arthur
             Cook
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             G.
             K.
          
           affirming
           and
           arguing
           for
           the
           
             Necessity
             of
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             crucified
             ,
             &c.
          
           the
           others
           denying
           ,
           and
           arguing
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Light
             within
             was
             sufficient
             without
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           finding
           that
           the
           stream
           went
           against
           them
           ,
           
             T.
             Lloyd
             ,
             A.
             Cook
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           withdrew
           ,
           and
           the
           Meeting
           (
           consisting
           of
           at
           least
           Sixty
           Monthly-Meeting
           Members
           )
           proceeded
           and
           gave
           Judgment
           against
           
             T.
             Fitzwater
          
           and
           
             W.
             Stockdale
          
           ,
           the
           substance
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             forbear
             preaching
             and
             praying
             in
             Meetings
             till
             they
             had
             condemned
             their
             Ignorance
             and
             Unbelief
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           at
           the
           next
           Quarterly
           Meeting
           ,
           a
           Party
           withstood
           the
           said
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Persons
             being
             Ministers
             ,
             none
             but
             them
             of
             the
             Ministry
             were
             fit
             to
             judge
          
           ;
           which
           many
           thought
           relisht
           too
           much
           of
           Popery
           ;
           yet
           notwithstanding
           many
           showed
           their
           dislike
           thereto
           ,
           
             Tho
             ,
             Lloyd
             ,
             Arthur
             Cook
             ,
             Sam.
             Jenings
             ,
          
           &c.
           denied
           the
           said
           Meeting
           and
           Judgment
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           was
           that
           T.
           Lloyd's
           Party
           changed
           their
           time
           and
           place
           of
           meeting
           against
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           declared
           mind
           of
           their
           then
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           gave
           their
           Reasons
           why
           they
           consented
           not
           to
           the
           changing
           the
           Time
           and
           Place
           of
           Meeting
           ;
           but
           prevailed
           nothing
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           next
           first
           Day
           
             George
             Keith
          
           and
           Party
           met
           at
           the
           usual
           time
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           
             Tho.
             Lloyd
          
           and
           Party
           went
           to
           the
           Meeting-house
           at
           the
           Centre
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           first
           Seperation
           .
           Now
           the
           Difference
           being
           thus
           far
           advanced
           ,
           caused
           much
           
           discourse
           and
           enquiry
           into
           the
           matter
           by
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           great
           flocking
           to
           Meetings
           there
           was
           ,
           both
           in
           Town
           and
           Country
           ,
           where
           
             G.
             K.
          
           came
           ,
           and
           his
           Testimony
           had
           much
           reception
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           many
           ;
           which
           being
           perceived
           by
           
             Tho.
             Lloyd
          
           and
           Party
           ,
           the
           only
           Expedient
           they
           could
           devise
           ,
           was
           to
           condemn
           
             G.
             K.
          
           Whereupon
           the
           20th
           of
           the
           4th
           Mon.
           1692.
           
           Twenty
           Eight
           of
           them
           called
           Ministers
           ,
           met
           together
           at
           Philadelphia
           and
           without
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           acquainting
           
             G.
             K.
          
           published
           a
           Paper
           of
           Judgment
           against
           him
           ,
           condemning
           him
           as
           a
           
             Person
             without
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             before
             his
             Eyes
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           done
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
             ,
             Samuel
             Jenings
             ,
             Arthur
             Cook
             ,
             John
             Delavall
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           follow
           
             G.
             K.
          
           from
           Meeting
           to
           Meeting
           ,
           violently
           opposing
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           making
           use
           of
           their
           Magistratical
           Power
           to
           effect
           their
           Designs
           ,
           which
           caused
           great
           Contests
           and
           Confusions
           ;
           and
           
             G.
             K.
          
           from
           time
           to
           time
           complaining
           of
           their
           Injustice
           ,
           for
           condemning
           of
           him
           without
           all
           Hearing
           or
           Trial
           ,
           upon
           a
           time
           in
           
             Chester-County
             Tho.
             Lloyd
          
           said
           ,
           
             George
             ,
             if
             thou
             thinkest
             thy self
             aggrieved
             by
             that
             Judgment
             ,
             there
             is
             relief
             for
             thee
             ;
             thou
             mayst
             appeal
             to
             the
             Yearly
             Meeting
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             approaching
          
           ;
           which
           Advice
           
             G.
             K.
          
           followed
           ,
           and
           made
           an
           Appeal
           to
           the
           said
           Yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           proposed
           twelve
           particular
           Heads
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           discoursed
           of
           ,
           and
           resolved
           by
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           at
           the
           said
           Yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           have
           timely
           notice
           of
           the
           said
           Appeal
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           better
           prepared
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           
             G.
             K.
          
           procured
           the
           said
           Appeal
           to
           be
           printed
           .
           Which
           was
           no
           sooner
           done
           ,
           but
           they
           issued
           forth
           a
           Warrant
           ,
           and
           apprehended
           
             William
             Bradford
          
           the
           Printer
           ,
           and
           
             John
             M
             ”
             comb
          
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           they
           were
           informed
           )
           had
           disposed
           of
           two
           of
           the
           said
           Papers
           ,
           and
           committed
           the
           said
           
             W.
             B.
          
           and
           
             J.
             M.
          
           to
           Goal
           ;
           and
           also
           seized
           all
           the
           said
           Papers
           they
           could
           meet
           with
           ,
           and
           took
           away
           a
           good
           quantity
           of
           W.
           Bradford's
           Letters
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           disabling
           of
           him
           to
           work
           for
           his
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ;
           and
           upon
           pretence
           of
           another
           Warrant
           granted
           without
           any
           Conviction
           ,
           Signed
           by
           
             Samuel
             Jenings
          
           and
           
             Robert
             Ewer
          
           Justices
           ,
           
             John
             White
          
           the
           Sheriff
           took
           Goods
           out
           of
           the
           Shop
           of
           
             Will.
             Bradford
          
           ,
           half
           as
           much
           more
           as
           the
           said
           Warrant
           was
           for
           .
           Whether
           these
           Actions
           are
           most
           like
           to
           the
           poor
           despised
           and
           persecuted
           Quakers
           ,
           or
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           is
           left
           to
           all
           impartial
           People
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           Here
           follows
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Mittimus
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   WHereas
                   William
                   Bradford
                   Printer
                   ,
                   and
                   John
                   M
                   ”
                   Comb
                   
                     Taylor
                     ,
                     being
                     brought
                     before
                     us
                     ,
                     upon
                     an
                     Information
                     of
                     Publishing
                     ,
                     Uttering
                     and
                     Spreading
                     a
                     Malicious
                     and
                     Seditious
                     Paper
                     ,
                     Entituled
                     ,
                  
                   An
                   Appeal
                   from
                   the
                   twenty
                   eight
                   Judges
                   to
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Truth
                   ,
                   
                     &c.
                     
                     Tending
                     to
                     the
                     Disturbance
                     of
                     the
                     Peace
                     ,
                     and
                     Subversion
                     of
                     the
                     present
                     Government
                  
                   ;
                   
                   
                     and
                     the
                     said
                     Persons
                     being
                     required
                     to
                     give
                     Security
                     to
                     answer
                     it
                     at
                     the
                     next
                     Court
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     refusing
                     so
                     to
                     do
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     These
                     are
                     therefore
                     by
                     the
                     King
                     and
                     Queen's
                     Authority
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     our
                     Proprietary's
                     Name
                     ,
                     to
                     require
                     You
                     to
                     take
                     into
                     your
                     Custody
                     the
                     Bodies
                     of
                  
                   William
                   Bradford
                   and
                   John
                   M
                   ”
                   Comb
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     them
                     safely
                     keep
                     till
                     they
                     shall
                     be
                     discharged
                     by
                     due
                     Course
                     of
                     Law.
                     Whereof
                     fail
                     not
                     at
                     your
                     Peril
                     ;
                     and
                     for
                     your
                     so
                     doing
                     ,
                     this
                     shall
                     be
                     your
                     sufficient
                     Warrant
                     .
                     Given
                     under
                     our
                     Hands
                     and
                     Seals
                     this
                     24th
                     of
                  
                   August
                   ,
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     These
                     to
                  
                   John
                   White
                   
                     Sheriff
                     of
                  
                   Philadelphia
                   ,
                   
                     or
                     his
                     Deputy
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Arthur
                     Cook
                     ,
                     Samuel
                     Jennings
                     ,
                     Samuel
                     Richardson
                     ,
                     Humphry
                     Murrey
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Ewer
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Now
           though
           they
           had
           got
           these
           two
           poor
           Men
           into
           Goal
           ,
           and
           tho'
           all
           sober
           People
           did
           resent
           their
           Proceedings
           very
           ill
           ,
           and
           as
           proceeding
           from
           a
           cruel
           Spirit
           of
           Persecution
           ;
           yet
           the
           next
           day
           they
           met
           again
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           proceed
           against
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           several
           other
           Persons
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           two
           other
           Justices
           that
           were
           not
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           assist
           them
           in
           this
           work
           of
           prosecuting
           several
           seditious
           and
           dangerous
           Persons
           ,
           that
           were
           like
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           they
           pretended
           ;
           but
           contrary
           to
           their
           Expectation
           ,
           the
           said
           two
           Justices
           that
           were
           not
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           viz.
           
             Lacy
             Cook
          
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Holme
          
           a
           Baptist
           ,
           declared
           their
           dissent
           from
           them
           in
           these
           Proceedings
           ,
           signifying
           ,
           
             That
             the
             matter
             was
             a
             Religious
             Difference
             among
             themselves
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           the
           Quakers
           )
           
             and
             did
             not
             relate
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             John
             Holme
          
           particularly
           advising
           them
           
             to
             send
             for
          
           Geo.
           Keith
           ,
           
             and
             let
             him
             interpret
             his
             own
             words
             ;
             and
             upon
             a
             hearing
             of
             him
             ,
             if
             it
             any
             way
             appears
             that
             he
             strikes
             at
             the
             Government
             ,
             I
             will
          
           (
           said
           Justice
           
             Holme
             )
             joyn
             with
             you
             against
             him
             with
             Heart
             and
             Hand
             .
          
           But
           this
           Advice
           had
           no
           weight
           with
           them
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           said
           two
           Justices
           left
           them
           ,
           and
           our
           New
           modelled
           Persecuting
           Quakers
           being
           warmly
           bent
           to
           root
           out
           Sedition
           forsooth
           !
           proceeded
           in
           their
           Work
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           had
           judged
           
             G.
             K.
          
           in
           their
           Spiritual
           Court
           without
           all
           Hearing
           or
           Trial
           ,
           so
           in
           like
           manner
           they
           prosecuted
           him
           in
           their
           Temporal
           Court
           without
           all
           hearing
           .
           Why
           ?
           to
           have
           done
           otherwise
           would
           have
           given
           the
           Lie
           and
           Contradiction
           to
           their
           
             Spirit
             of
             Discerning
          
           ,
           which
           Justice
           Cook
           declared
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           
             That
             they
             could
             judge
             of
             matters
             of
             Fact
             without
             Evidence
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           would
           have
           been
           ridiculous
           for
           them
           to
           have
           sent
           for
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           
             Whether
             he
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             such
             a
             Paper
             that
             his
             Name
             was
             to
             ?
          
           Or
           to
           have
           enquired
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Whether
             it
             was
             against
             the
             Government
             that
             he
             intended
             by
             such
             and
             such
             words
             therein
             ?
          
           No
           ,
           for
           their
           Spirit
           of
           Discerning
           told
           them
           all
           that
           ,
           and
           therefore
           without
           more
           to
           
           do
           ,
           proclaimed
           
             G.
             K.
          
           by
           the
           common
           Crier
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           
             To
             be
             a
             Seditious
             Person
             ,
             and
             an
             Enemy
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Queens
             Government
             :
          
           But
           these
           Magistrates
           would
           do
           well
           to
           consider
           the
           Actions
           and
           End
           of
           Empson
           and
           Dudly
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           violated
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           
             English
             Subjects
          
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           convicting
           Men
           without
           Trial
           as
           shall
           be
           made
           appear
           anon
           ,
           1st
           .
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             George
             Keith
          
           and
           
             Tho.
             Budd
             .
             2ly
          
           ,
           In
           the
           Case
           of
           
             William
             Bradford
          
           .
           And
           ,
           3ly
           ,
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             John
             M
             ”
             Comb.
          
           
        
         
           1st
           .
           Here
           follows
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Publick
           Writing
           that
           was
           proclaimed
           by
           the
           Common
           Crier
           in
           the
           Market-place
           against
           
             G.
             K.
          
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     At
                     a
                     Private
                     Sessions
                     held
                     for
                     the
                     Country
                     of
                     Philadelphia
                     
                       the
                       25th
                       of
                       the
                       6th
                       Month
                       ,
                       1692.
                       
                    
                     before
                     
                       Arthur
                       Cook
                       ,
                       Samuel
                       Jenings
                       ,
                       Samuel
                       Richardson
                       ,
                       Humphry
                       Murry
                       ,
                       Anthony
                       Morris
                       ,
                       Robert
                       Ewer
                       ,
                    
                     Justices
                     of
                     the
                     County
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     WHereas
                     the
                     Government
                     of
                     this
                     Province
                     ,
                     being
                     by
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     of
                  
                   England
                   '
                   
                     s
                     peculiar
                     Favour
                     vested
                     ,
                     and
                     sithence
                     continued
                     in
                     Governour
                  
                   Penn
                   ,
                   
                     who
                     thought
                     fit
                     to
                     make
                     his
                     and
                     our
                     worthy
                     Friend
                  
                   Thomas
                   Lloyd
                   
                     his
                     Deputy
                     Governour
                     ,
                     by
                     and
                     under
                     whom
                     the
                     Magistrates
                     do
                     act
                     in
                     this
                     Government
                     .
                     And
                     whereas
                     it
                     hath
                     been
                     proved
                     before
                     us
                     ,
                     that
                  
                   George
                   Keith
                   
                     being
                     a
                     Resident
                     here
                     ,
                     did
                     ,
                     contrary
                     to
                     his
                     Duty
                     ,
                     publickly
                     revile
                     the
                     said
                     Deputy
                     Governour
                     ,
                     calling
                     him
                     an
                     impudent
                     Man
                     ,
                     telling
                     him
                     he
                     was
                     not
                     fit
                     to
                     be
                     Governour
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     his
                     Name
                     would
                     stink
                     ,
                     with
                     many
                     other
                     slighting
                     and
                     abusive
                     Expressions
                     ,
                     both
                     to
                     him
                     and
                     the
                     Magistrates
                     ;
                     and
                     he
                     that
                     useth
                     such
                     Exorbitancy
                     of
                     Speech
                     towards
                     the
                     said
                     Governour
                     ,
                     may
                     be
                     supposed
                     will
                     easily
                     dare
                     to
                     call
                     the
                     Members
                     of
                     Council
                     and
                     Magistrates
                     Impudent
                     Rascals
                     ,
                     as
                     he
                     hath
                     lately
                     called
                     one
                     in
                     an
                     open
                     Assembly
                     ,
                     that
                     was
                     constituted
                     by
                     the
                     Proprietary
                     to
                     be
                     a
                     Magistrate
                     .
                     And
                     he
                     also
                     charges
                     the
                     Magistrates
                     ,
                     who
                     are
                     Ministers
                     here
                     ,
                     with
                     engrossing
                     the
                     Magistratical
                     Power
                     into
                     their
                     Hands
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     might
                     usurp
                     Authority
                     over
                     him
                     ,
                     saying
                     also
                     ,
                     He
                     hoped
                     in
                     God
                     he
                     should
                     shortly
                     see
                     their
                     Power
                     taken
                     from
                     them
                     ;
                     which
                     he
                     acted
                     in
                     a
                     most
                     indecent
                     manner
                     .
                     And
                     further
                     ,
                     the
                     said
                  
                   G.
                   K.
                   
                     with
                     several
                     of
                     his
                     Adherents
                     ,
                     having
                     some
                     few
                     days
                     since
                     ,
                     with
                     an
                     unusual
                     Insolency
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     printed
                     Sheet
                     ,
                     called
                  
                   an
                   Appeal
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   
                     Traduced
                     ,
                     and
                     vilely
                     misrepresented
                     the
                     Industry
                     ,
                     Care
                     ,
                     Readiness
                     and
                     Vigilancy
                     of
                     some
                     Magistrates
                     ,
                     and
                     others
                     here
                     ,
                     in
                     their
                     late
                     Proceedings
                     against
                     some
                     Privateers
                     ,
                  
                   viz.
                   Babit
                   
                     and
                     his
                     Crew
                     ,
                     in
                     order
                     to
                     bring
                     them
                     to
                     Condign
                     Punishment
                     ,
                     whereby
                     to
                     discourage
                     such
                     Attempts
                     for
                     the
                     future
                     ;
                     and
                     hath
                     thereby
                     also
                     defamed
                     and
                     arraigned
                     the
                     Determinations
                     of
                     Provincial
                     Judicatory
                     against
                     Murtherers
                     ;
                     and
                     not
                     only
                     so
                     ,
                     but
                     by
                     a
                     wrong
                     Insinuation
                     have
                     laboured
                     to
                     possess
                     the
                     Readers
                     of
                     their
                     Pamphlet
                     ,
                     That
                     it
                     is
                     inconsistent
                     for
                     those
                     who
                     are
                     Ministers
                     of
                     the
                     Gospel
                     to
                     act
                     as
                     Magistrates
                     .
                     —
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     Now
                     forasmuch
                     as
                     we
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     others
                     ,
                     have
                     born
                     ,
                     and
                     still
                     do
                     patiently
                     endure
                     the
                     said
                  
                   George
                   Keith
                   
                     and
                     his
                     Adherents
                     many
                     personal
                     Reflections
                     against
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     their
                     gross
                     Revilings
                     of
                     our
                     Religious
                     Society
                     ,
                     yet
                     we
                     cannot
                     without
                     the
                     Violation
                     of
                     our
                     Trust
                     to
                     the
                     King
                     and
                     Governour
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     to
                     the
                     Inhabitants
                     of
                     this
                     Government
                     ,
                     pass
                     by
                     or
                     connive
                     at
                     such
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Pamphlet
                     and
                     Speeches
                     ,
                     that
                     have
                     a
                     tendency
                     to
                     Sedition
                     and
                     Disturbance
                     of
                     the
                     Peace
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     to
                     the
                     Subversion
                     of
                     the
                     present
                     Government
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     the
                     aspersing
                     the
                     Magistracy
                     thereof
                     .
                     Therefore
                     for
                     the
                     undeceiving
                     of
                     all
                     People
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     thought
                     fit
                     by
                     this
                     Publick
                     Writing
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     to
                     signifie
                     that
                     our
                     Procedure
                     against
                     the
                     Persons
                     now
                     in
                     the
                     Sheriffs
                     Custody
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     what
                     we
                     intend
                     against
                     others
                     concerned
                     ,
                     in
                     its
                     proper
                     place
                     ,
                     respects
                     only
                     that
                     part
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     printed
                     Sheet
                     ,
                     which
                     appears
                     to
                     have
                     the
                     tendency
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     any
                     part
                     relating
                     to
                     Differences
                     in
                     Religion
                     .
                     But
                     also
                     ,
                     these
                     are
                     to
                     Caution
                     such
                     who
                     are
                     well
                     affected
                     to
                     the
                     Security
                     ,
                     Peace
                     and
                     Legal
                     Administration
                     of
                     Justice
                     in
                     this
                     place
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     give
                     no
                     Countenance
                     to
                     any
                     Revilers
                     and
                     Contemners
                     of
                     Authority
                     ,
                     Magistrates
                     or
                     Magistracy
                     ;
                     as
                     also
                     ,
                     to
                     warn
                     all
                     other
                     persons
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     forbear
                     the
                     future
                     publishing
                     and
                     spreading
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Pamphlet
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     will
                     answer
                     the
                     contrary
                     at
                     their
                     Peril
                     .
                     Given
                     under
                     our
                     Hands
                     and
                     County
                     Seal
                     ,
                     the
                     Day
                     ,
                     Year
                     and
                     Place
                     aforesaid
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Arthur
                     Cook
                     ,
                     Samuel
                     Jenings
                     ,
                     Samuel
                     Richardson
                     ,
                     Humphrey
                     Murrey
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Ewer
                     ,
                     Anthony
                     Morris
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Note
           ,
           There
           being
           an
           Answer
           to
           this
           Proclamation
           published
           in
           Print
           by
           
             O.
             R.
          
           and
           
             T.
             B.
          
           I
           shall
           only
           in
           this
           place
           make
           the
           following
           Observations
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           say
           ,
           
             At
             a
             private
             Sessions
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           then
           relate
           a
           Preamble
           of
           the
           
             Government
             being
             vested
             in
          
           W.
           Penn
           ,
           
             who
             had
             made
          
           T.
           Lloyd
           
             his
             Deputy
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Did
           they
           think
           to
           tell
           us
           News
           in
           this
           ?
           Or
           did
           they
           think
           we
           had
           forgot
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           was
           Deputy-Governour
           ?
           Surely
           methinks
           not
           the
           latter
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           been
           so
           smartly
           remembred
           thereof
           by
           his
           Agent
           White
           ,
           who
           (
           when
           they
           could
           not
           effect
           their
           late
           great
           Tax
           )
           
             [
             Here
             the
             Copy
             being
             blotted
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             be
             read
             .
             ]
          
           so
           that
           one
           would
           think
           that
           Passage
           might
           have
           been
           spared
           :
           Oh
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           plain
           their
           end
           therein
           is
           to
           insinuate
           ,
           That
           Geo.
           Keith
           
             being
             legally
             and
             judicially
             brought
             before
             the
             Governour
             to
             answer
             to
             some
             heinous
             Crime
             and
             Misdemeanour
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             multitude
             of
             People
             were
             present
             to
             hear
             how
             he
             could
             answer
             for
             himself
          
           ;
           (
           for
           they
           say
           ,
           
             publickly
             reviled
             ,
             &c.
             )
             yet
             this
          
           G.
           K.
           
             like
             a
             rude
             man
             ,
             tho'
             he
             pretends
             to
             be
             a
             Minister
             ,
             was
             so
             far
             from
             behaving
             himself
             before
             the
             Governour
             like
             a
             Christian
             ,
             that
             he
             fell
             a
             reviling
             him
             ,
             and
             amongst
             other
             scandalous
             Expressions
             ,
             said
             to
             him
             ,
             Thou
             impudent
             Man
             ,
          
           
           
             thou
             art
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             Governour
             ,
             thy
             Name
             will
             stink
             .
          
           Certainly
           their
           drift
           was
           to
           possess
           their
           Readers
           with
           this
           Belief
           ,
           as
           is
           clear
           and
           evident
           from
           their
           following
           supposition
           ,
           or
           rather
           suggestion
           ,
           where
           they
           say
           ,
           
             He
             that
             useth
             such
             Exorbitancy
             of
             Speech
             to
             the
             Governor
             ,
             will
             easily
             dare
             to
             call
             the
             Members
             of
             Council
             and
             Magistrates
             Impudent
             Rascals
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             lately
             called
             one
             in
             an
             open
             Assembly
             ,
             who
             was
             constituted
             by
             the
             Governour
             to
             be
             a
             Magistrate
             .
          
           Which
           also
           is
           a
           base
           and
           wicked
           Insinuation
           ;
           for
           
             George
             Keith
          
           never
           spoke
           those
           words
           to
           any
           of
           them
           as
           Magistrates
           or
           Officers
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           neither
           did
           he
           ever
           speak
           to
           the
           present
           Governour
           all
           those
           words
           together
           ,
           as
           is
           insinuated
           by
           the
           said
           Paper
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           what
           he
           spoke
           to
           
             Tho.
             Lloyd
          
           was
           in
           Monthly
           Meetings
           and
           Religious
           Controversies
           ;
           and
           
             T.
             Lloyd
          
           hath
           said
           several
           times
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             take
             no
             advantage
             by
             words
             spoke
             at
             such
             times
          
           ;
           but
           we
           find
           them
           practise
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           on
           a
           certain
           time
           
             T.
             L.
          
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           affirmed
           ,
           That
           G.
           K.
           
             was
             guilty
             of
             Contradiction
          
           ;
           and
           being
           put
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             That
             fifteen
             years
             ago
             in
             his
             printed
             Books
             he
             owned
             the
             Seed
             to
             be
             Christ
             .
          
           Whereupon
           
             G.
             K.
          
           said
           ,
           
             Thou
             impudent
             man
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             deny
             it
             now
             ,
             but
             own
             it
             as
             much
             as
             ever
             .
          
           But
           by
           all
           the
           diligent
           enquiry
           that
           I
           have
           made
           ,
           I
           cannot
           find
           that
           
             G.
             K.
          
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           Governour
           ,
           
             [
             Here
             the
             Copy
             being
             blotted
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             be
             read
             .
             ]
          
           second
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Province
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Officers
             and
             Persons
             commissioned
             and
             employed
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             shall
             be
             such
             as
             profess
             and
             declare
             ,
             They
             believe
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             the
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             [
             Here
             agian
             the
             Copy
             was
             blotted
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           
             G.
             K.
          
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Name
             would
             stink
             ,
             T.
             L.
          
           knows
           in
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           spoke
           to
           him
           only
           as
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           28
           unjust
           Judges
           for
           giving
           of
           false
           Judgment
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           all
           hearing
           or
           trial
           .
           And
           as
           touching
           the
           Person
           whom
           they
           say
           he
           call'd
           
             Impudent
             Rascal
          
           ,
           it
           was
           one
           whom
           he
           knew
           not
           to
           be
           constituted
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           he
           was
           ;
           but
           his
           Brother
           being
           so
           constituted
           ,
           and
           refusing
           to
           serve
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Town
           chose
           him
           in
           his
           Brothers
           stead
           to
           serve
           as
           a
           Magistrate
           within
           that
           Town
           Bounds
           ,
           which
           was
           altogether
           unknown
           to
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           therefore
           
           Paul's
           Excuse
           ,
           Acts
           23.
           4.
           
           
             I
             wist
             not
             Brethren
             that
             it
             was
             the
             High
             Priest
             ,
          
           might
           be
           an
           Apology
           for
           him
           .
           But
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           word
           Rascal
           ;
           according
           to
           
           Goldman's
           Dictionary
           ,
           a
           Rascal
           is
           a
           Brawler
           and
           
             Empty
             Talker
          
           ,
           and
           
             one
             that
             deceiveth
             his
             Neighbour
             by
             false
             and
             weak
             Arguments
          
           ;
           and
           Cole
           in
           his
           Latine
           and
           
             English
             Dictionary
          
           saith
           ,
           the
           Latin
           word
           Nebulo
           comet
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           Nabal
           ,
           and
           any
           ordinary
           School-boy
           that
           hath
           but
           learned
           his
           Accidence
           ,
           knoweth
           that
           Nebulo
           signifieth
           
             Rascal
             ,
             Villain
             ,
             Knave
          
           or
           Rogue
           ;
           and
           in
           Scripture
           we
           find
           the
           same
           word
           ,
           see
           
           Isa
           .
           32.
           6.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             For
             the
             Rascal
             will
             speak
             Villany
          
           ;
           and
           Jer.
           29.
           23.
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             They
             commit
             Villany
          
           ;
           and
           as
           Gouldman
           in
           his
           Dictionary
           saith
           ,
           a
           Villain
           and
           a
           Rascal
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Signification
           .
           But
           this
           Person
           whom
           they
           mention
           went
           about
           to
           deceive
           his
           Neighbours
           by
           false
           and
           weak
           Arguments
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             he
             did
             not
             expect
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             that
             which
             died
             at
          
           Jerusalem
           ;
           
             And
             that
             God
             was
             not
             present
             in
             all
             his
             Creatures
          
           ;
           which
           Unchristian
           and
           Atheistical
           Principles
           
             G.
             K.
          
           being
           about
           to
           refute
           in
           a
           Monthly
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           holding
           forth
           ,
           
             That
             God
             was
             present
             in
             all
             his
             Creatures
             ,
          
           this
           Person
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           opposition
           questioning
           ,
           as
           
           Paul's
           Fool
           did
           about
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           said
           in
           a
           rude
           and
           boysterous
           manner
           ,
           What
           ,
           George
           ,
           
             doth
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             speak
             in
             Trees
             ?
          
           Whereupon
           
             G.
             K.
          
           said
           (
           being
           greatly
           provoked
           by
           his
           interrupting
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           Unchristian
           Behaviour
           and
           Discourse
           )
           
             Thou
             Impudent
             Rascal
             ,
             who
             saith
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             speaks
             in
             Trees
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             in
             Men
             ?
          
           But
           to
           make
           the
           thing
           seem
           odious
           ,
           the
           Publishers
           of
           this
           Publick
           Writing
           say
           ,
           
             It
             was
             in
             a
             Publick
             Assembly
          
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           in
           some
           Court
           ,
           or
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           brought
           before
           this
           Magistrate
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call
           him
           )
           upon
           some
           Examination
           ,
           and
           there
           ,
           instead
           of
           behaving
           himself
           soberly
           ,
           he
           presently
           calls
           him
           
             Impudent
             Rascal
          
           ;
           this
           they
           would
           falsly
           insinuate
           ,
           as
           also
           ,
           
             That
             before
             long
             he
             'll
             go
             into
             the
             Council-Room
             ,
             and
             into
             the
             Courts
             ,
             and
             there
             Revile
             the
             Counsellours
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             call
             them
             impudent
             Rascals
             .
          
           Oh
           ,
           the
           horrid
           Impudency
           of
           those
           Men
           !
           Let
           Shame
           cover
           their
           Faces
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           in
           them
           !
        
         
           And
           whereas
           they
           further
           say
           ,
           That
           G.
           K.
           
             with
             several
             of
             his
             Adherents
             with
             an
             unusual
             Insolency
             having
             Traduced
             the
             Industry
             ,
             Care
             and
             Vigilancy
             of
             some
             Magistrates
             here
             ,
             in
             their
             late
             Proceedings
             against
             some
             Privateers
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             and
             hath
             thereby
             also
             defamed
             and
             arraigned
             the
             Determinations
             of
             the
             Provincial
             Judicatory
             ,
          
           &c.
           As
           if
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           several
           others
           had
           printed
           a
           Book
           ,
           and
           defamed
           and
           arraigned
           them
           ,
           and
           denyed
           their
           Power
           of
           Magistracy
           ;
           whereas
           all
           that
           impartially
           read
           the
           said
           printed
           Appeal
           ,
           will
           find
           that
           
             G.
             K.
          
           did
           not
           defame
           nor
           arraign
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           having
           given
           a
           Commission
           ,
           and
           hired
           Men
           to
           fight
           (
           which
           was
           diametrically
           opposite
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           often
           declared
           and
           known
           Principle
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           against
           
             all
             use
             of
             the
             Carnal
             Sword
             )
          
           it
           was
           proposed
           ,
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           to
           be
           considered
           by
           all
           faithful
           Friends
           at
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           whether
           these
           Men
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           condemned
           and
           disowned
           as
           Quakers
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           never
           intended
           to
           deny
           them
           to
           be
           Magistrates
           ;
           for
           as
           Magistrates
           they
           were
           obliged
           to
           do
           what
           they
           did
           and
           it
           was
           commendable
           in
           them
           who
           did
           so
           commissionate
           and
           hire
           Men
           to
           fight
           ,
           and
           also
           search
           the
           Town
           for
           Arms
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           the
           great
           Question
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             they
             did
             not
          
           
           
             transgress
             as
             they
             professed
             to
             be
             Ministers
             and
             Quakers
             ?
          
           If
           nay
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           
             Care
             and
             Vigilancy
             of
             these
             Magistrates
             here
             at
          
           Philadelphia
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           
             is
             worthy
             of
             Commendation
          
           ,
           as
           they
           intimate
           ,
           
             for
             saving
             of
             a
             Sloop
             by
             Force
             of
             Arms
             ,
          
           how
           much
           more
           shall
           their
           Care
           and
           Vigilancy
           be
           worthy
           of
           Commendation
           ,
           to
           raise
           a
           Militia
           to
           save
           and
           defend
           the
           whole
           Country
           ,
           if
           any
           occasion
           should
           offer
           ?
           But
           how
           steadfast
           this
           doth
           manifest
           them
           to
           be
           the
           Quakers
           Principle
           of
           
             Refusing
             in
             all
             cases
             to
             fight
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           leave
           all
           to
           judge
           .
           I
           always
           thought
           that
           which
           was
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           to
           the
           Quakers
           in
           
             Old
             England
             ,
             Barbadoes
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           had
           been
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           to
           them
           under
           a
           Government
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           the
           contrary
           in
           these
           Magistrates
           and
           many
           others
           joyned
           with
           them
           here
           .
           But
           that
           which
           seems
           the
           most
           strange
           to
           several
           observing
           Persons
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           several
           called
           Quakers
           in
           
             Maryland
             ,
             Barbadoes
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           that
           pretend
           its
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           to
           them
           
             not
             to
             bear
             Arms
          
           ,
           yet
           now
           will
           own
           these
           here
           in
           that
           Practice
           ,
           unless
           they
           now
           think
           to
           leave
           that
           Article
           out
           of
           their
           Creed
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           whereas
           
             Peter
             Boss
          
           being
           offended
           with
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           28.
           writ
           a
           Letter
           to
           
             Samuel
             Jenings
          
           ,
           (
           being
           then
           in
           Church-Fellowship
           with
           him
           )
           showing
           his
           Dislike
           thereof
           ,
           and
           telling
           
             S.
             J.
          
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Scandals
           he
           lay
           under
           ;
           for
           this
           they
           issued
           forth
           a
           Warrant
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           into
           Prison
           ,
           without
           ever
           dealing
           with
           him
           in
           a
           Church
           Method
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           next
           Court
           presented
           him
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           which
           Court
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           answer
           ,
           where
           he
           gave
           his
           Attendance
           ,
           with
           his
           Witnesses
           ready
           ,
           but
           not
           brought
           to
           Trial
           ,
           although
           much
           desired
           by
           him
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           who
           urged
           the
           Injuries
           of
           the
           delay
           thereof
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           Court
           
             William
             Bradford
          
           and
           
             John
             M
             “
             Comb
          
           appeared
           ,
           and
           desired
           they
           might
           come
           to
           a
           Trial
           ,
           it
           being
           greatly
           to
           their
           Prejudice
           to
           be
           kept
           Prisoners
           ;
           and
           saying
           ,
           it
           is
           provided
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
             ,
             That
             Justice
             shall
             not
             be
             delayed
             to
             any
             ,
          
           and
           we
           being
           
             free
             born
             English
             Subjects
          
           claim
           this
           as
           our
           Priviledge
           ,
           and
           hope
           this
           Court
           will
           not
           deny
           it
           us
           ,
           because
           not
           only
           our
           Persons
           are
           restrained
           ,
           but
           William
           Bradford's
           Working
           Tools
           are
           detained
           from
           him
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           should
           work
           to
           maintain
           his
           Family
           .
        
         
           Justice
           Cook
           said
           ,
           
             What
             Bold
             ,
             Impudent
             and
             Confident
             Fellows
             are
             these
             to
             stand
             thus
             confidently
             before
             the
             Court
             ?
          
        
         
           
             J.
             M
             “
             Comb.
             
          
           
             You
             may
             cause
             our
             Hats
             to
             be
             taken
             off
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Bradford
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             here
             only
             to
             desire
             that
             which
             is
             the
             right
             of
             every
             free-born
             English
             Subject
             which
             is
             
               speedy
               Justice
            
             ;
             and
             its
             strange
             that
             that
             should
             be
             accounted
             Impudence
             ,
             and
             we
             
               Impudent
               Fellows
            
             therefore
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             spoke
             nothing
             but
             words
             of
             Truth
             and
             Soberness
             ,
             
             in
             requesting
             that
             which
             is
             our
             Right
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             want
             ,
             it
             being
             greatly
             to
             our
             prejudice
             to
             be
             detained
             Prisoners
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Cook
             ,
          
           
             (
             speaking
             to
             
               W.
               Bradford
            
             )
             said
             ,
             
               If
               thou
               hadst
               been
               in
            
             England
             ,
             
               thou
               wouldst
               have
               had
               thy
               Back
               slasht
               before
               now
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             B.
             
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             wherein
             I
             have
             broke
             any
             Law
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             incur
             any
             such
             Punishment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Justice
             Jenings
             .
          
           
             
               Thou
               art
               very
               ignorant
               in
               the
               Law
               surely
               ;
               does
               not
               thou
               know
               that
               there
               's
               a
               Law
               ,
               that
               every
               Printer
               shall
               put
               his
               Name
               to
               the
               Book
               he
               prints
               ,
               or
               the
               Press
               is
               forfeited
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.
             B.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             there
             was
             such
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             when
             it
             expired
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Cook.
             
          
           
             
               But
               it
               is
               revived
               again
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               force
               ,
               and
               without
               any
               regard
               to
               the
               matter
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               provides
               ,
               That
               the
               Printer
               shall
               put
               his
               Name
               to
               all
               that
               he
               prints
               ,
               which
               thou
               hast
               not
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           waving
           from
           that
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           still
           press'd
           for
           a
           Tryal
           .
           To
           which
           Justice
           Cook
           said
           ,
           
             A
             Trial
             you
             shall
             have
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             your
             Cost
             too
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             .
          
           And
           Justice
           Jenings
           said
           ,
           
             A
             Tryal
             you
             shall
             have
             ,
             but
             for
             some
             Reason
             known
             to
             us
             ,
             the
             Court
             defers
             it
             to
             the
             next
             Sessions
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Answer
             we
             give
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             you
             shall
             have
             .
          
        
         
           All
           this
           time
           
             John
             White
          
           Sheriff
           ,
           pleaded
           vehemently
           against
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           greatly
           aggravating
           their
           (
           pretended
           )
           Crimes
           ;
           and
           when
           complained
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           (
           through
           whose
           hands
           goes
           all
           Fines
           and
           Forfeitures
           )
           should
           be
           so
           bitter
           an
           Attorney
           against
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           he
           cloaked
           it
           under
           the
           Visor
           of
           a
           Prothonitor
           .
        
         
           So
           this
           Court
           passed
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Persons
           not
           brought
           to
           Tryal
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           wholly
           barren
           of
           Action
           ,
           nor
           void
           of
           Injustice
           ;
           for
           tho'
           they
           had
           not
           only
           got
           
             W.
             Bradford
          
           into
           Prison
           ,
           and
           taken
           his
           Letters
           from
           him
           ,
           (
           with
           which
           he
           should
           work
           )
           and
           his
           Paper
           and
           Books
           out
           of
           his
           Shop
           ,
           but
           also
           they
           had
           got
           the
           Body
           of
           
             John
             M
             ”
             Comb
          
           ,
           with
           which
           one
           would
           think
           they
           might
           have
           been
           satisfied
           ,
           had
           any
           thing
           of
           tenderness
           remained
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           time
           they
           committed
           him
           being
           when
           his
           Wife
           was
           newly
           brought
           to
           Bed
           ,
           and
           who
           lay
           very
           weak
           in
           a
           strong
           Fever
           ,
           and
           several
           thought
           she
           would
           not
           live
           ;
           and
           tho'
           he
           acquainted
           them
           of
           her
           Condition
           ,
           and
           how
           destitute
           his
           Family
           was
           ,
           requesting
           them
           to
           let
           him
           go
           home
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           promise
           to
           be
           ready
           at
           any
           time
           they
           should
           call
           for
           him
           ;
           This
           they
           would
           not
           grant
           ,
           but
           to
           Prison
           he
           was
           sent
           ;
           (
           tho'
           to
           give
           every
           one
           their
           due
           ,
           White
           the
           Goaler
           was
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           let
           him
           go
           home
           an
           hour
           or
           two
           sometimes
           in
           an
           Evening
           after
           it
           was
           dark
           )
           yet
           our
           hot-spur'd
           Justices
           being
           not
           satisfied
           with
           having
           his
           Body
           ,
           would
           do
           what
           in
           them
           lay
           ,
           to
           ruin
           him
           and
           his
           Family
           ;
           for
           whereas
           he
           kept
           an
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           License
           so
           to
           do
           had
           paid
           Governor
           Lloyd
           Twelve
           Pieces
           of
           Eight
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Three
             Pound
             Twelve
             Shillings
          
           for
           the
           last
           twelve
           Months
           
           before
           ,
           
             [
             No
             inconsiderable
             Price
             for
             a
             License
             ]
          
           yet
           they
           now
           proceeded
           to
           suppress
           his
           keeping
           of
           an
           Ordinary
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           fulfilled
           ,
           and
           in
           no
           respect
           transgressed
           the
           Conditions
           of
           his
           License
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           by
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           said
           License
           ,
           which
           here
           follows
           verbatim
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   By
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   Governor
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Philadelphia
                     Ss
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   JOhn
                   M
                   ”
                   Comb
                   
                     requesting
                     License
                     from
                     me
                     to
                     keep
                     an
                     Ordinary
                     in
                  
                   Philadelphia
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     he
                     being
                     recommended
                     to
                     me
                     as
                     a
                     fit
                     and
                     qualified
                     Person
                     for
                     such
                     an
                     Imploy
                     ;
                     I
                     do
                     hereby
                     admit
                     and
                     License
                     the
                     said
                  
                   John
                   M
                   ”
                   Comb
                   
                     to
                     keep
                     an
                     Ordinary
                     ,
                     or
                     a
                     House
                     of
                     Publick
                     Entertainment
                     in
                     the
                     House
                     he
                     now
                     lives
                     in
                     ,
                     he
                     taking
                     care
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     Law
                     ,
                     to
                     keep
                     good
                     Orders
                     and
                     sufficient
                     Conveniences
                     for
                     Man
                     and
                     Horse
                     .
                     This
                     License
                     to
                     continue
                     for
                     a
                     Twelve
                     Month
                     ensuing
                     the
                     date
                     hereof
                     .
                     Given
                     at
                  
                   Philadelphia
                   
                     the
                     Tenth
                     day
                     of
                     the
                     4th
                     Month
                     ,
                  
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Lloyd
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           great
           and
           heinous
           Crimes
           are
           alledged
           for
           the
           suppressing
           
             John
             M
             ”
             Comb
          
           in
           his
           Imploy
           :
           If
           he
           had
           trangrest
           any
           Law
           ,
           or
           broke
           any
           Conditions
           in
           his
           License
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           call'd
           him
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           convicted
           him
           thereof
           ,
           but
           without
           ever
           so
           doing
           ,
           they
           suppress
           his
           so-dear-bought-License
           ,
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       At
                       a
                       Court
                       held
                       at
                    
                     Philadelphia
                     
                       
                         the
                         4th
                         of
                      
                       October
                       ,
                       1692.
                       
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     THE
                     Court
                     taking
                     notice
                     of
                  
                   John
                   M
                   ”
                   Comb
                   
                     's
                     Contemptuous
                     Behaviour
                     ,
                     as
                     also
                     his
                     spreading
                     a
                     Seditious
                     Paper
                     in
                     his
                     House
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     Disturbance
                     of
                     the
                     Peace
                     ,
                     do
                     therefore
                     suppress
                     his
                     License
                     ,
                     and
                     do
                     Command
                     him
                     not
                     to
                     presume
                     to
                     keep
                     an
                     Ordinary
                     after
                     the
                     Tenth
                     Day
                     of
                     the
                     next
                     Month
                     ,
                     being
                  
                   November
                   ,
                   
                     on
                     pain
                     of
                     incurring
                     the
                     Penalty
                     of
                     the
                     Forfeiture
                     of
                     Five
                     Pound
                     for
                     keeping
                     an
                     Ordinary
                     without
                     a
                     License
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     notice
                     be
                     given
                     him
                     of
                     this
                     Order
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       A
                       true
                       Copy
                       by
                    
                     John
                     White
                     ,
                     Deputy-Clerk
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Note
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Contemptuous
             Behaviour
          
           they
           mention
           ,
           was
           his
           and
           W.
           B's
           requesting
           of
           the
           Court
           to
           come
           to
           a
           Trial
           ,
           as
           before
           is
           related
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Seditious
             Paper
          
           they
           mention
           ,
           was
           the
           printed
           Appeal
           ,
           which
           he
           having
           bought
           two
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           Persons
           happening
           to
           see
           them
           ,
           got
           them
           from
           him
           again
           ,
           because
           it
           suited
           not
           with
           their
           convenience
           to
           go
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Printer's
           ;
           and
           
             J.
             M.
          
           did
           not
           buy
           or
           receive
           them
           to
           sell
           again
           ,
           but
           his
           disposing
           of
           those
           two
           Papers
           was
           accidental
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           he
           was
           imprisoned
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           to
           Trial
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           this
           satisfied
           not
           these
           cruel
           Men
           ,
           for
           they
           make
           that
           a
           main
           matter
           whereby
           to
           suppress
           his
           License
           
             [
             No
             less
             than
             Two
             Punishments
             for
             One
             Offence
             ]
          
           and
           yet
           though
           they
           were
           so
           zealously
           warm
           to
           prosecute
           and
           punish
           these
           Offenders
           ,
           
             and
             which
          
           (
           they
           said
           )
           
             they
             could
             not
             avoid
             ,
             without
          
           
           
             violating
             their
             Trust
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Governor
          
           ;
           yet
           without
           any
           Violation
           of
           their
           said
           Trust
           they
           could
           pass
           by
           several
           others
           that
           were
           much
           more
           concerned
           in
           spreading
           those
           Papers
           than
           
             J.
             M.
          
           Oh!
           the
           Partiality
           ,
           Deceit
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           these
           Men
           !
        
         
           This
           Sessions
           passeth
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Persons
           continued
           under
           Duress
           till
           the
           next
           Sessions
           ,
           which
           being
           come
           ,
           let
           us
           hear
           the
           Proceedings
           ,
           which
           here
           follows
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 At
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Quarter-Sessions
                 held
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queens
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Proprietary's
                 Name
                 at
              
               Philadelphia
               
                 the
                 6
                 ,
                 7
                 ,
                 8
                 ,
                 9
                 ,
                 10
                 and
                 12
                 
                   days
                   of
                   the
                   10th
                   Month
                
                 ,
                 1692.
                 
              
            
          
           
             There
             being
             present
             on
             the
             Bench
             ,
             as
             Justices
             ,
             
               Samuel
               Jenings
               ,
               Arthur
               Cook
               ,
               Samuel
               Richardson
               ,
               Robert
               Ewer
               ,
               Henry
               Waddy
               ,
               Griffith
               Owen
               ,
            
             Quakers
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Holmes
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Robert
               Turner
               ,
               10th
               and
               12th
               days
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lacy
               Cock
            
             ,
             and
             
               Anthony
               Morris
               on
               the
               12th
               day
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             Persons
             ,
             that
             presented
             
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
               George
               Keith
               ,
               Thomas
               Budd
               ,
               William
               Bradford
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Alexander
               Beardsly
            
             ,
             †
             
               William
               Carter
            
             ,
             †
             
               John
               Jennit
               ,
               Will.
               Oxly
               ,
               Emanuel
               Dauson
               ,
               William
               Allaway
               ,
               Lewis
               Thomas
               ,
               Reece
               Peters
               ,
               John
               Comes
               ,
               Christopher
               Pennock
               ,
               Mouns
               Jones
               ,
               Thomas
               Griffith
               ,
            
             †
             
               William
               Harwood
               ,
               William
               Hearn
               ,
               William
               Finley
               ,
               Will.
               Lawrance
               .
            
          
           
             Observ
             .
             That
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             of
             these
             Men
             are
             known
             to
             be
             highly
             prejudiced
             against
             
               G.
               K.
               T.
               B.
            
             and
             those
             that
             ioyn
             with
             them
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             zealous
             Testimony
             to
             Christ
             without
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Christ
             within
             .
             And
             
               John
               White
            
             ,
             Sheriff
             ,
             is
             known
             to
             be
             greatly
             prejudiced
             against
             them
             ,
             who
             packt
             this
             Jury
             on
             purpose
             to
             present
             and
             defame
             
               G.
               K.
            
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             was
             in
             some
             degree
             well
             observed
             by
             Justice
             Holme
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             they
             brought
             in
             new
             Presentments
             against
             
               G.
               K.
            
             in
             matters
             concerning
             their
             Religious
             Differences
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             sharply
             reproved
             and
             menaced
             on
             the
             Bench
             by
             
               Samuel
               Jenings
            
             and
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             ,
             the
             last
             saying
             ,
             
               They
               were
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               they
               had
               done
               well
               ,
               and
               like
               honest
               men
               ,
               in
               bringing
               in
               those
               Presentments
               and
               they
               gave
               them
               Thanks
               for
               their
               care
               and
               pains
               ;
               but
            
             (
             said
             Justice
             
               Cook
               )
               if
               they
               must
               be
               found
               fault
               with
               ,
               who
               will
               serve
               upon
               a
               Grand
               Jury
               ?
            
             and
             so
             went
             on
             highly
             resenting
             those
             few
             words
             Justice
             Holme
             had
             spoke
             ;
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             not
             minding
             that
             himself
             had
             said
             some
             little
             time
             before
             ,
             to
             a
             Grand
             Jury
             of
             more
             substantial
             Men
             than
             these
             (
             upon
             their
             bringing
             in
             a
             Presentment
             that
             did
             not
             please
             him
             )
             
               you
               are
               a
               Company
            
             
             
               of
               Infamous
               Men
            
             :
             and
             for
             which
             he
             was
             presented
             by
             the
             next
             Grand
             Jury
             ,
             but
             't
             is
             supposed
             that
             Presentment
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Clerks
             Study
             of
             Oblivion
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             never
             heard
             more
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             9th
             day
             of
             the
             10th
             Month
             ,
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             call'd
             into
             Court
             ,
             and
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               
                 O
                 yes
                 ,
                 Silence
                 is
                 commanded
                 ,
                 upon
                 pain
                 of
                 Imprisonment
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Indictment
               read
               ,
            
             
               Philadelphia
               ,
               
                 the
                 5th
                 of
                 the
                 8th
                 Month
                 ,
              
               1692.
               
               
                 We
                 of
                 the
                 Grand
                 Jury
                 for
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 this
                 County
                 ,
                 do
                 present
              
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
               
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 accused
              
               Samuel
               Jenings
               ,
               
                 being
                 a
              
               *
               
                 Magisterial
                 Officer
                 ,
                 with
                 being
                 an
                 unjust
                 Judge
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 his
                 being
                 Drunk
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 laying
                 a
                 Wager
                 with
              
               John
               Slocum
               ,
               
                 and
                 for
                 many
                 other
                 scandalous
                 ,
                 reproachful
                 and
                 malicious
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Defaming
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 tending
                 to
                 the
                 Disturbance
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 in
                 that
                 case
                 made
                 and
                 provided
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
               
                 What
                 saist
                 thou
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               in
               manner
               and
               form
               as
               there
               presented
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 By
                 whom
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tryed
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Country
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 Call
                 over
                 the
                 Jury
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphery
                 Waterman
                 ,
                 Joseph
                 Kirle
              
               ,
               †
               
                 Thomas
                 Wharton
                 ,
                 Tho.
                 Marle
                 ,
                 Richard
                 Sutton
                 ,
                 Samuel
                 Hoult
                 ,
              
               †
               
                 James
                 Fox
                 ,
                 Abraham
                 Hardiman
                 ,
                 Nicholas
                 Rideout
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Morris
                 ,
                 Richard
                 Walter
                 ,
              
               †
               
                 John
                 Whitpane
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 Dost
                 thou
                 object
                 any
                 thing
                 against
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 Persons
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Prisoner
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               object
               against
               all
               of
               them
               that
               are
               called
               Quakers
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               such
               as
               I
               know
               to
               be
               deeply
               prejudiced
               against
               
                 G.
                 K.
              
               and
               all
               that
               favour
               him
               ,
               but
               am
               willing
               to
               be
               tryed
               by
               any
               that
               are
               not
               called
               Quakers
               ,
               or
               such
               of
               them
               as
               are
               not
               manifestly
               prejudiced
               .
            
          
           
             But
             they
             would
             not
             allow
             of
             his
             Exception
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Jury
             were
             attested
             .
             The
             form
             of
             the
             Attestation
             ,
             as
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Presence
                   of
                   Almighty
                   God
                   and
                   this
                   Court
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   promise
                   ,
                   well
                   and
                   truly
                   to
                   Try
                   and
                   true
                   Deliverance
                   make
                   betwixt
                   the
                   Honourable
                
                 William
                 Penn
                 ,
                 
                   Proprietor
                   and
                   Governor
                   of
                   this
                   Province
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             After
             which
             ,
             
               David
               Lloyd
            
             first
             ,
             and
             
               John
               White
            
             next
             pleaded
             very
             hard
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             that
             Letter
             did
             defame
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             as
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             confirming
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             pretended
             ,
             by
             reading
             some
             Passages
             out
             of
             some
             Law-books
             ,
             and
             some
             Laws
             of
             this
             Province
             against
             defaming
             Magistrates
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             the
             Attorneys
             of
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             pleaded
             ,
             That
             he
             acknowledged
             the
             writing
             that
             Letter
             ,
             but
             what
             was
             said
             therein
             concerning
             
               S.
               Jenings
            
             ,
             was
             not
             against
             him
             as
             he
             was
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             nor
             could
             it
             
             be
             reckoned
             a
             Defamation
             ,
             because
             't
             was
             only
             a
             private
             Letter
             sent
             to
             himself
             ,
             showing
             his
             dislike
             in
             some
             things
             ,
             and
             desiring
             him
             to
             clear
             himself
             of
             other
             gross
             and
             scandalous
             things
             that
             were
             reported
             of
             him
             ,
             as
             is
             usual
             for
             one
             Church
             member
             to
             do
             to
             another
             ;
             and
             they
             brought
             a
             Case
             out
             of
             
             Shepherd's
             
               Faithful
               Counsellor
            
             ,
             that
             what
             is
             said
             must
             be
             
               Falso
               &
               Maliciose
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             falsly
             and
             maliciously
             ,
             otherwise
             not
             actionable
             .
             And
             that
             if
             a
             Man
             speak
             slightly
             of
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             when
             he
             is
             not
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             his
             Office
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             defaming
             of
             him
             as
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             trespass
             against
             the
             Law
             alledged
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             
               David
               Lloyd
            
             replyed
             ,
             
               That
               what
               was
               spoke
               against
            
             Samuel
             Jenings
             ,
             
               must
               needs
               relate
               to
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               for
               take
               away
            
             Samuel
             Jenings
             ,
             
               and
               where
               will
               the
               Magistrate
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             And
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             said
             ,
             
               Take
               away
            
             Sam.
             Jenings
             
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               where
               will
            
             Sam.
             Jenings
             
               the
               Quaker
               be
            
             ?
          
           
             Note
             ,
             By
             this
             it
             seemeth
             to
             
               S.
               Jenings
            
             that
             it
             is
             as
             inherent
             in
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Magistrate
             as
             to
             be
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             therefore
             when
             his
             Magistracy
             ceaseth
             ,
             his
             Quakerism
             (
             according
             to
             him
             )
             must
             cease
             ,
             and
             like
             Hypocrates
             Twins
             live
             and
             die
             together
             ;
             but
             yet
             he
             may
             remain
             to
             be
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             neither
             Magistrate
             nor
             Quaker
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             his
             Attornies
             were
             about
             further
             to
             open
             the
             matter
             ,
             how
             he
             writ
             to
             him
             only
             as
             a
             Church-member
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             produce
             some
             Presidents
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             interrupted
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               They
               would
               not
               have
               matters
               of
               Religion
               discoursed
               there
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             
               What
               must
               Religion
               be
               made
               a
               cover
               to
               revile
               and
               defame
               men
               ,
               by
               saying
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               write
               to
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               Church-member
               ?
            
          
           
             To
             which
             
               G.
               K.
            
             (
             as
             his
             Friend
             )
             desired
             Liberty
             to
             speak
             ,
             as
             the
             Law
             in
             that
             case
             allows
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             very
             unwilling
             to
             suffer
             him
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             in
             behalf
             of
             
               Peter
               Boss
               ,
               John
               White
            
             saying
             ,
             
               G.
               K.
            
             was
             not
             
               Rectus
               in
               Curia
            
             ;
             but
             through
             much
             and
             long
             importunity
             ,
             he
             was
             permitted
             ,
             who
             then
             told
             them
             ,
             That
             a
             distinction
             must
             needs
             be
             allowed
             of
             words
             spoke
             to
             a
             Man
             as
             he
             is
             only
             in
             a
             private
             Capacity
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Magistrate
             ;
             for
             when
             Magistrates
             ,
             as
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             and
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             ,
             give
             us
             hard
             words
             ,
             calling
             us
             
               Ranters
               ,
               Apostates
               ,
               Lyars
               ,
               Wicked
               and
               Ungodly
               Men
               ,
            
             &c.
             ye
             will
             not
             say
             ye
             give
             us
             these
             Names
             as
             Magistrates
             ;
             and
             then
             if
             ye
             can
             speak
             to
             us
             ,
             not
             as
             ye
             are
             Magistrates
             ,
             we
             may
             also
             speak
             to
             you
             not
             as
             ye
             are
             Magistrates
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Harris
            
             his
             Attorney
             ,
             and
             
               G.
               Keith
            
             his
             Friend
             ,
             proffered
             to
             speak
             further
             to
             several
             things
             that
             had
             been
             alledged
             by
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             and
             
               J.
               White
            
             ,
             but
             were
             much
             menaced
             by
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             himself
             ,
             which
             was
             much
             resented
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             many
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             not
             liberty
             boldly
             to
             speak
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             ,
             nor
             his
             Attorneys
             nor
             Friends
             for
             him
             ,
             but
             often
             when
             they
             were
             pleading
             ,
             
             
               Commanded
               Silence
               upon
               pain
               of
               Imprisonment
               :
            
             Whereupon
             some
             complained
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             hard
             that
             he
             had
             not
             liberty
             fairly
             to
             plead
             his
             own
             Cause
             .
             To
             which
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             said
             ,
             
               That
               as
               a
            
             Christian
             
               he
               could
               bear
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               not
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               .
            
             Which
             was
             noticed
             by
             many
             how
             
               A.
               Cook
            
             set
             the
             Christian
             and
             Magistrate
             in
             opposition
             the
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             were
             not
             to
             expect
             that
             when
             they
             act
             as
             Magistrates
             they
             are
             indued
             with
             Christian
             Patience
             ,
             Meekness
             and
             Long-suffering
             ,
             as
             if
             when
             they
             act
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             they
             put
             off
             the
             Christian
             .
          
           
             
               [
               Note
            
             ,
             That
             a
             little
             before
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             and
             
               David
               Lloyd
            
             would
             not
             allow
             of
             any
             distinction
             betwixt
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             yet
             now
             to
             serve
             his
             turn
             their
             Brother
             Cook
             grants
             it
             :
             Oh!
             the
             Confusion
             .
             Deceit
             and
             Hypocrisie
             of
             these
             men
             !
             ]
          
           
             
               G.
               Keith
            
             pleaded
             further
             ,
             though
             with
             much
             difficulty
             ,
             That
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             being
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Quakers
             Church
             ,
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             go
             to
             Law
             with
             him
             until
             they
             had
             proceeded
             orderly
             with
             him
             in
             their
             mens
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             given
             him
             Gospel
             Order
             ;
             for
             the
             things
             of
             difference
             betwixt
             him
             and
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             relate
             wholly
             to
             Church
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             belong
             to
             a
             Spiritual
             Court
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             this
             .
          
           
             
               Da.
               Lloyd
               ,
            
             
               
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 spiritual
                 Court
                 ;
                 for
                 in
              
               England
               
                 they
                 can
                 try
                 Atheism
                 in
                 this
                 Court.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               But
               
                 Peter
                 Boss
              
               is
               not
               accused
               of
               Atheism
               ;
               and
               if
               a
               man
               profess
               one
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               this
               Court
               hath
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               him
               for
               his
               Opinions
               or
               Perswasions
               in
               Religious
               matters
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             read
             a
             passage
             out
             of
             a
             Law-book
             ,
             
               That
               certain
               words
               spoke
               against
               a
               Bishop
               or
               Minister
               ,
               were
               actionable
               ,
               tho'
               not
               actionable
               when
               spoke
               against
               a
               private
               person
               ;
               which
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               is
               the
               present
               case
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Person
             standing
             by
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               May
               not
               sin
               be
               reproved
               in
               a
               Bishop
               or
               Magistrate
               ?
            
             At
             which
             they
             were
             greatly
             offended
             ,
             and
             caused
             an
             Officer
             to
             take
             the
             said
             Person
             ,
             
               viz.
               Ralph
               Ward
            
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             But
             for
             the
             further
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             present
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             defame
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             as
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             greatly
             pressed
             to
             have
             his
             said
             Letter
             read
             ,
             which
             after
             some
             time
             was
             done
             ,
             tho'
             with
             great
             Impatience
             .
             The
             which
             Letter
             here
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   THE
                   Paper
                   lately
                   publisht
                   at
                
                 Philadelphia
                 by
                 28.
                 against
                 G.
                 K.
                 
                   and
                   those
                   joyned
                   with
                   him
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                   has
                   and
                   is
                   like
                   to
                   occasion
                   much
                   Trouble
                   and
                   Difference
                   among
                   us
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   because
                   of
                   the
                   false
                   Things
                   compact
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   well
                   known
                   to
                   many
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   and
                   now
                   to
                   impose
                   it
                   on
                   all
                   the
                   Meetings
                   ,
                   is
                   plain
                   downright
                
                 Popery
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   gives
                   just
                   occasion
                   to
                   all
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   judge
                   it
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   abuse
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   inspect
                   further
                   into
                   things
                   ,
                   and
                   them
                   these
                   ministring
                   Imposers
                   upon
                   other
                   mens
                   Consciences
                   ,
                   like
                   unto
                   the
                
                 Roman
                 Clergy
                 .
                 
                   And
                   to
                   show
                   how
                   ill
                   the
                   People
                   do
                   resent
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   one
                   who
                   was
                   not
                   a
                
                 Quaker
                 ,
                 
                 
                   so
                   soon
                   as
                   the
                   Paper
                   was
                   made
                   publick
                   ,
                   says
                   ,
                
                 What
                 D
                 ...
                 lish
                 work
                 is
                 here
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 !
                 a
                 Pack
                 of
                 Fools
                 have
                 sent
                 their
                 Bull
                 out
                 :
                 what
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 work
                 you
                 'll
                 see
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 they
                 'll
                 expose
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 force
                 others
                 to
                 send
                 it
                 home
                 in
                 Print
                 ,
                 
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   with
                   worse
                   words
                   of
                   some
                   ,
                   unfit
                   to
                   mention
                   here
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                 
                   By
                   exposing
                   this
                   your
                   Edict
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   made
                   all
                   People
                   your
                   Judges
                   ,
                   into
                   whose
                   hands
                   it
                   shall
                   come
                   (
                   the
                
                 Papists
                 
                   themselves
                   )
                   for
                   your
                   Unrighteous
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   and
                   drawing
                   in
                   those
                   with
                   you
                   that
                   have
                   subscribed
                   to
                   they
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   not
                   present
                   at
                   either
                   of
                   the
                   Meetings
                   ,
                   so
                   consequently
                   did
                   not
                   hear
                   the
                   words
                   charged
                   on
                
                 G.
                 K.
                 
                   to
                   be
                   spoke
                   by
                   him
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                   but
                   have
                   taken
                   all
                   upon
                   Trust
                   ,
                   and
                   signed
                   as
                   a
                   Man
                   that
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   false
                   Witness
                   to
                   a
                   Bill
                   or
                   Bond
                   for
                   Money
                   ,
                   where
                   none
                   is
                   due
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   hoped
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   will
                   see
                   their
                   over-haste
                   ,
                   and
                   repent
                   it
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   others
                   have
                   done
                   :
                   How
                   can
                   you
                   expect
                   this
                   Act
                   of
                   yours
                   will
                   be
                   accounted
                   Righteous
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   to
                   condemn
                   a
                   Man
                   for
                   Words
                   ,
                   and
                   cover
                   one
                   anothers
                   Deeds
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   worse
                   words
                   in
                   and
                   among
                   our selves
                   .
                   Has
                
                 J.
                 S.
                 
                   ever
                   been
                   dealt
                   with
                   for
                   his
                   many
                   Enormous
                   ,
                   palpable
                   ,
                   gross
                   Miscarriages
                   chargeable
                   upon
                   him
                   ,
                   his
                   Greatness
                   and
                   Pride
                   so
                   Insolent
                   and
                   Lofty
                   ,
                   none
                   dared
                   to
                   touch
                   him
                   ?
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   abuses
                   to
                   a
                   poor
                   Worm
                   ,
                   who
                   writ
                   to
                   him
                   for
                   Justice
                   and
                   Satisfaction
                   ,
                   could
                   have
                   no
                   answer
                   of
                   said
                   Letter
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   discontented
                   to
                   hear
                   him
                   preach
                   to
                   an
                   Auditory
                   ,
                   knowing
                   his
                   Life
                   to
                   be
                   unsavoury
                   ,
                   and
                   an
                   Unjust
                   Judge
                   ,
                   I
                   write
                   the
                   second
                   Letter
                   to
                   him
                   of
                   dislike
                   to
                   his
                   Preaching
                   ,
                   which
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   read
                   ,
                   flung
                   it
                   in
                   the
                   Fire
                   :
                   Why
                   did
                   he
                   not
                   answer
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   get
                   satisfaction
                   from
                   the
                   Author
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   knew
                   himself
                   Tardy
                   ,
                   resolv'd
                   to
                   exercise
                
                 Bonner
                 
                   's
                   Cruelty
                   on
                   my
                   poor
                   Paper
                   :
                   And
                   its
                   matter
                   of
                   Sorrow
                   there
                   's
                   divers
                   among
                   you
                   know
                   enough
                   of
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   but
                   you
                   cover
                   him
                   and
                   one
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   whom
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   abase
                   ,
                   down
                   with
                   him
                   amain
                   ;
                   do
                   you
                   think
                   people
                   are
                   blind
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   sense
                   ?
                   Be
                   it
                   known
                   ,
                   they
                   see
                   ,
                   they
                   hear
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   queried
                   into
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   true
                   that
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   did
                   wage
                   his
                   Horse
                   with
                
                 John
                 Slocum
                 ,
                 
                   to
                   ride
                   a
                   Race
                   with
                   their
                   Horses
                   ?
                   and
                   whether
                
                 J.
                 Slocum
                 
                   did
                   not
                   refuse
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Advantage
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   because
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   was
                   Drunk
                
                 ,
                 &
                 c
                 ?
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   inquired
                   into
                   ,
                   whether
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   at
                   another
                   time
                   was
                   not
                   so
                   drunk
                   ,
                   could
                   scarce
                   get
                   over
                   the
                   Ship
                   side
                   of
                
                 Joseph
                 Bryar
                 ,
                 
                   when
                   at
                
                 Burlington
                 ?
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   inquired
                   ,
                   whether
                   the
                   said
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   did
                   not
                   wickedly
                   in
                   surveying
                   a
                   Tract
                   of
                   Land
                   which
                
                 Joh.
                 Antrum
                 
                   had
                   actually
                   begun
                   to
                   do
                
                 ?
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   enquired
                   into
                   ,
                   whether
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 
                   did
                   not
                   take
                   away
                   the
                   Meadow
                   of
                
                 Richard
                 Matthews
                 ,
                 
                   who
                   being
                   in
                
                 England
                 ,
                 
                   took
                   the
                   Advantage
                   ?
                   What
                   the
                   Effect
                   will
                   be
                   ,
                   Time
                   must
                   manifest
                   ,
                   how
                   Odious
                   he
                   will
                   render
                   others
                   for
                
                 S.
                 J
                 
                   's
                   sake
                   ,
                   he
                   being
                   a
                   pretty
                   eminent
                   man
                   in
                
                 London
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   enquired
                   into
                   the
                   Actions
                   and
                   Abuses
                   of
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 to
                 John
                 Skeen
                 ,
                 
                   deceased
                   ,
                   which
                   should
                   have
                   been
                   answered
                   at
                
                 Burlington
                 Meeting
                 ,
              
               
               
                 6.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   enquired
                   into
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 or
                 J.
                 Simcock
                 
                   that
                   was
                   by
                   two
                   Persons
                   carried
                   to
                   Bed
                   Drunk
                   ?
                
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   further
                   enquired
                   into
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   the
                   said
                
                 S.
                 J.
                 or
                 J.
                 Simcock
                 
                   that
                   was
                   so
                   drunk
                   lost
                   a
                   Coat
                   that
                   was
                   borrowed
                   of
                   another
                   man
                   ,
                
                 &
                 c
                 ?
                 Seeing
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 you
                 have
                 condemned
                 
                   G.
                   K.
                
                 for
                 words
                 let
                 these
                 Actions
                 be
                 also
                 condemned
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 as
                 great
                 Pretenders
                 to
                 be
                 Ministers
                 as
                 him
                 .
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   take
                   special
                   care
                   this
                   be
                   not
                   burnt
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   former
                   ,
                   having
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Peter
                   Boss
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             Which
             being
             read
             ,
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             produced
             the
             Testimonies
             of
             several
             credible
             Persons
             ,
             concerning
             the
             matters
             contained
             in
             the
             said
             Letter
             ,
             and
             prest
             hard
             to
             have
             them
             read
             ,
             because
             they
             proved
             some
             of
             the
             things
             queried
             ,
             at
             least
             .
             But
             they
             were
             very
             unwilling
             to
             have
             them
             read
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               It
               was
               no
               evidence
               unless
               the
               persons
               were
               present
               in
               Court
            
             ;
             altho'
             it
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             Attestations
             in
             writing
             have
             been
             often
             accepted
             in
             this
             Court
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             former
             Sessions
             he
             had
             his
             Witnesses
             ready
             in
             Person
             waiting
             all
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             which
             was
             great
             Charge
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Extremity
             of
             the
             Weather
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             present
             now
             :
             However
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             through
             much
             importunity
             they
             admitted
             some
             of
             the
             Papers
             to
             be
             read
             ,
             which
             here
             follow
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Concerning
                         a
                         Report
                         which
                         has
                         been
                         about
                      
                       Sam.
                       Jening
                       
                         's
                         riding
                         a
                         Wager
                         with
                      
                       John
                       Slocum
                       ,
                       
                         I
                         do
                         here
                         testifie
                         ,
                         That
                         about
                         three
                         Years
                         now
                         past
                         ,
                      
                       Sarah
                       Biddle
                       ,
                       
                         Wife
                         of
                      
                       W.
                       Biddle
                       ,
                       
                         senior
                         ,
                         she
                         being
                         at
                      
                       Burlington
                       ,
                       
                         did
                         tell
                         it
                         me
                         thus
                         ,
                         as
                         followeth
                         ,
                         That
                         she
                         reproving
                         her
                         Son
                      
                       William
                       ,
                       
                         who
                         had
                         been
                         riding
                         hard
                         ,
                         she
                         said
                         ,
                         his
                         answer
                         was
                         ,
                         Why
                         Mother
                         ,
                         may
                         not
                         I
                         so
                         well
                         as
                      
                       Sam.
                       Jenings
                       ,
                       
                         he
                         could
                         ride
                         a
                         Race
                         ,
                         or
                         did
                         ride
                         one
                         ,
                         with
                      
                       John
                       Slocum
                       ,
                       and
                       John
                       
                         won
                         his
                         Horse
                         ,
                         but
                         he
                         would
                         not
                         take
                         the
                         advantage
                         of
                      
                       Samuel
                       ,
                       because
                       Samuel
                       
                         was
                         Cacuse
                      
                       (
                       John
                       Slocum
                       
                         said
                         )
                         says
                      
                       William
                       
                         to
                         his
                         Mother
                         :
                         This
                         I
                         do
                         here
                         affirm
                         ,
                         that
                         I
                         had
                         it
                         from
                      
                       Sarah
                       Biddle
                       
                         's
                         one
                         mouth
                         ,
                         and
                         that
                         we
                         understand
                         the
                         word
                         Cacuse
                         to
                         be
                         drunk
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Mary
                         Budd
                         .
                      
                       
                         Burlington
                         in
                         West-New-Jersey
                         ,
                         
                           
                             the
                             1st
                             of
                          
                           October
                           ,
                           1692.
                           
                        
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         
                           Attested
                           before
                           me
                        
                         ,
                         Edward
                         Hemlock
                         ,
                         Justice
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Whereas
                         there
                         is
                         a
                         report
                         of
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         riding
                         a
                         Race
                         with
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       ,
                       
                         thus
                         much
                         I
                      
                       William
                       Bustill
                       
                         do
                         hereby
                         affirm
                         to
                         the
                         truth
                         of
                         the
                         said
                         Report
                         ,
                      
                       Will.
                       Biddle
                       ,
                       
                         sen
                         .
                         did
                         tell
                         me
                         ,
                         that
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       and
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       
                         did
                         ride
                         a
                         Race
                         together
                         ,
                         and
                         that
                      
                       John
                       
                         did
                         win
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         Horse
                         ,
                         which
                         was
                         a
                         white
                         Gray
                         ,
                         and
                         that
                         which
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       
                         did
                         ride
                         on
                      
                       W.
                       Biddle
                       
                         did
                         buy
                         of
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       ;
                       
                         and
                         that
                         it
                         was
                         at
                         or
                         about
                         the
                         time
                         when
                         the
                         Provinces
                         were
                         divided
                         ,
                         and
                         that
                         the
                         Race
                         was
                         run
                         in
                         some
                         place
                         between
                      
                       Amboy
                       and
                       George
                       Keith
                       
                         's
                         Land
                         in
                      
                       East-Jersey
                       ,
                       
                         as
                         they
                         came
                         from
                      
                       Amboy
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Will.
                         Bastill
                         .
                      
                       
                         October
                         
                           the
                           21th
                        
                         ,
                         1692.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                     
                       
                         As
                         concerning
                         a
                         Report
                         of
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         riding
                         a
                         Race
                         with
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       
                         about
                         three
                         Years
                         ago
                      
                       ,
                       W.
                       Biddle
                       ,
                       
                         sen
                         .
                         at
                         Dinner
                         ,
                         and
                         his
                         Wife
                         in
                         company
                         at
                         his
                         own
                         House
                         did
                         tell
                         me
                         that
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         did
                         ride
                         a
                         Wager
                         with
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       ,
                       
                         and
                         lost
                         his
                         Horse
                         ,
                         which
                         I
                         am
                         ready
                         to
                         be
                         attested
                         to
                         ,
                         if
                         further
                         need
                         shall
                         require
                         ,
                         as
                         witness
                         my
                         hand
                         hereunto
                         set
                         ,
                         this
                         second
                         of
                      
                       Novemb.
                       1692.
                       
                    
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Beck
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Memorand
                       .
                       
                         That
                         my
                         Sister
                      
                       Sarah
                       Bainbridge
                       
                         told
                         me
                         ,
                         that
                      
                       William
                       Biddle
                       
                         did
                         say
                         in
                         her
                         hearing
                         ,
                         that
                         as
                         he
                         was
                         riding
                         from
                      
                       East
                       Jersey
                       
                         towards
                         his
                         own
                         House
                         ,
                         he
                         heard
                         a
                         noise
                         ,
                         whereupon
                         he
                         looked
                         behind
                         him
                         ,
                         and
                         did
                         see
                      
                       Sam.
                       Jenings
                       and
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       
                         rid
                         after
                         him
                         very
                         fast
                         ,
                         and
                      
                       J.
                       Slocum
                       
                         said
                         to
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       ,
                       I
                       have
                       won
                       thy
                       Horse
                       as
                       fair
                       as
                       ever
                       any
                       man
                       won
                       any
                       thing
                       in
                       this
                       World.
                       
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Bainbridge
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         As
                         concerning
                         the
                         Report
                         that
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         surveyed
                         the
                         Meadow
                         of
                      
                       Rich.
                       Matthews
                       ,
                       
                         I
                         have
                         this
                         to
                         say
                         ,
                         being
                         then
                         and
                         there
                         present
                         ,
                         I
                         being
                         Assistant
                         at
                         that
                         time
                         to
                      
                       Simon
                       Charles
                       
                         in
                         surveying
                         Land
                         for
                      
                       Samuel
                       ,
                       
                         I
                         went
                         with
                      
                       S.
                       Jenings
                       
                         to
                         the
                         said
                         Meadow
                         ,
                         and
                         told
                         him
                         that
                         was
                         the
                         Meadow
                         that
                         I
                         had
                         formerly
                         surveyed
                         to
                      
                       Rich.
                       Matthews
                       :
                       
                         He
                         bid
                         me
                         shew
                         him
                         the
                         Lines
                         of
                         the
                         survey
                         :
                         we
                         went
                         and
                         searched
                         ,
                         and
                         found
                         only
                         one
                         Tree
                         or
                         two
                         marked
                         by
                         the
                         Meadow
                         side
                         ,
                         and
                         no
                         more
                         ;
                         for
                         there
                         had
                         been
                         a
                         Fire
                         ,
                         that
                         had
                         not
                         only
                         burnt
                         up
                         most
                         of
                         the
                         Trees
                         there
                         by
                         the
                         Root
                         ,
                         but
                         also
                         the
                         surface
                         of
                         the
                         Meadow
                         it self
                         ,
                         so
                         that
                         we
                         could
                         find
                         no
                         marks
                         in
                         any
                         order
                         ;
                         then
                         I
                         produced
                         a
                         Copy
                         of
                         the
                         Records
                         of
                         the
                         Survey
                         ,
                         which
                         was
                         the
                         same
                         with
                         this
                         following
                         ,
                         viz.
                      
                       Surveyed
                       also
                       that
                       piece
                       of
                       Meadow
                       lying
                       at
                       the
                       Northwest
                       corner
                       of
                       the
                       said
                       Land
                       ,
                       extending
                       to
                       the
                       Neck
                       or
                       narrowest
                       place
                       of
                       the
                       same
                       as
                       it
                       is
                       now
                       marked
                       ,
                       all
                       making
                       up
                       the
                       number
                       of
                       500
                       Acres
                       ,
                       as
                       aforesaid
                       .
                       
                         But
                         notwithstanding
                      
                       Samuel
                       bid
                       Simon
                       
                         put
                         it
                         into
                         the
                         survey
                         ,
                         which
                         he
                         accordingly
                         did
                         .
                         Now
                      
                       Elias
                       Far
                       
                         being
                         Attorney
                         for
                      
                       Rich.
                       Matthews
                       ,
                       
                         and
                         hearing
                         of
                         what
                      
                       Samuel
                       
                         had
                         done
                         ,
                         he
                         made
                         application
                         to
                         me
                         ,
                         whereupon
                         I
                         wrote
                         to
                      
                       Sam.
                       Jenings
                       
                         about
                         it
                         ,
                         and
                         signified
                         to
                         him
                         ,
                         that
                         in
                         my
                         Judgment
                         ,
                         he
                         could
                         not
                         hold
                         that
                         Meadow
                         ,
                         neither
                         by
                         Equity
                         nor
                         by
                         Law.
                         Thus
                         much
                         is
                         testified
                         by
                         me
                         ,
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Daniel
                         Leeds
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         
                           Attested
                           before
                           me
                        
                         Edward
                         Hemlock
                         ,
                         Justice
                         ,
                      
                       
                         Octob.
                         1.
                         1692.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Memorandum
                       ,
                       
                         That
                         I
                      
                       James
                       Silver
                       ,
                       
                         then
                         Servant
                         to
                      
                       Sam.
                       Jenings
                       ,
                       
                         being
                         troubled
                         at
                         his
                         Severity
                         towards
                         both
                         Servants
                         and
                         Creatures
                         ,
                      
                       viz
                       
                         his
                         knocking
                         one
                         down
                         and
                         breaking
                         his
                         Cane
                         upon
                         him
                         ,
                         and
                         over-leading
                         and
                         beating
                         both
                         Servants
                         and
                         Cattle
                         ,
                         when
                         not
                         able
                         to
                         go
                         forwards
                         ,
                         and
                         one
                         time
                         broke
                         the
                         Rib
                         of
                         an
                         Ox
                         by
                         his
                         unmerciful
                         beating
                         ,
                         and
                         taking
                      
                       Benj.
                       Moore
                       
                         by
                         the
                         Throat
                         as
                         he
                         was
                         coming
                         off
                         his
                         Bed
                         ,
                         bore
                         my
                         Testimony
                         against
                         it
                         ,
                         as
                         unsuitable
                         to
                         the
                         Spirit
                         of
                         Christ
                         ,
                         he
                         took
                         occasion
                         to
                         deal
                         very
                         hardly
                      
                       
                       
                         with
                         me
                         ,
                         and
                         let
                         me
                         go
                         almost
                         naked
                         ;
                         and
                         when
                         Winter
                         grew
                         on
                         ,
                         and
                         I
                         complained
                         under
                         the
                         sence
                         of
                         Cold
                         ,
                         he
                         threatned
                         to
                         make
                         me
                         creep
                         ,
                         or
                         come
                         on
                         my
                         Hands
                         and
                         Knees
                         to
                         him
                         ,
                         like
                         a
                         Dog
                         or
                         Spaniel
                         ,
                         or
                         break
                         my
                         Bones
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Burlington
                         ,
                         
                           the
                           5th
                           Month
                           ,
                           1692.
                           
                        
                      
                       
                         James
                         Silver
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               [
               Note
            
             ,
             This
             
               James
               Silver
            
             was
             a
             Man
             in
             Years
             ,
             and
             a
             Friend
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             had
             many
             Servants
             himself
             ,
             whom
             he
             thus
             treated
             for
             witnessing
             against
             his
             Cruelty
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       John
                       Smith
                    
                     saith
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       being
                       at
                    
                     Philadelphia
                     
                       on
                       or
                       about
                       the
                       28th
                       of
                    
                     August
                     ,
                     1692.
                     
                       meeting
                       with
                    
                     Sam.
                     Jenings
                     
                       before
                       his
                       own
                       Door
                       ,
                       his
                       first
                       Salutation
                       to
                       me
                       was
                       this
                       ,
                       as
                       followeth
                       ,
                    
                     What!
                     art
                     thou
                     a
                     Keithian
                     ,
                     Rascally
                     Fellow
                     ,
                     worse
                     than
                     an
                     Infidel
                     ,
                     that
                     neither
                     knows
                     Law
                     nor
                     Gospel
                     ;
                     must
                     thou
                     prate
                     ,
                     sorry
                     Rascally
                     Fellow
                     ,
                     I
                     'll
                     call
                     for
                     a
                     Constable
                     ,
                     and
                     send
                     thee
                     to
                     the
                     Crew
                     ,
                     thou
                     art
                     like
                     them
                     ,
                     a
                     Company
                     of
                     Rascally
                     Fellows
                     ;
                     I
                     'll
                     have
                     thee
                     to
                     know
                     ,
                     that
                     we
                     are
                     able
                     to
                     judge
                     both
                     
                       George
                       Keith
                    
                     and
                     the
                     Country
                     .
                     
                       And
                       thus
                       he
                       did
                       revile
                       and
                       call
                       me
                    
                     Rascal
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       worse
                       than
                       an
                    
                     Infidel
                     
                       many
                       times
                       over
                       ;
                       and
                       this
                       was
                       presently
                       after
                       he
                       was
                       come
                       from
                       a
                       Meeting
                       ,
                       and
                       for
                       no
                       other
                       Cause
                       than
                       saying
                       to
                       one
                       who
                       hanged
                       up
                       the
                       Proclamation
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     against
                     
                       G.
                       K.
                    
                     which
                     they
                     posted
                     up
                     both
                     in
                     Town
                     and
                     Country
                     )
                     
                       Ye
                       may
                       as
                       well
                       hang
                       the
                       other
                       side
                       forward
                       for
                       it
                       shews
                       their
                       folly
                       a
                       little
                    
                     Haman
                     
                       -
                       like
                       :
                       This
                       Abuse
                       to
                       me
                       was
                       not
                       unlike
                       his
                       former
                       Actions
                       and
                       Behaviour
                       to
                       other
                       his
                       Servants
                       ;
                       as
                       instance
                       on
                       a
                       time
                       ,
                    
                     James
                     Silver
                     ,
                     
                       an
                       ancient
                       Man
                       ,
                       his
                       poor
                       Servant
                       ,
                       for
                       showing
                       him
                       his
                       naked
                       Thighs
                       ,
                       and
                       complaining
                       for
                       want
                       of
                       Cloaths
                       ,
                    
                     Sam.
                     Jenings
                     ,
                     
                       told
                       him
                       he
                       would
                       make
                       him
                       to
                       creep
                       on
                       his
                       Hands
                       and
                       Knees
                       ,
                       like
                       a
                       Spaniel
                       ,
                       and
                       slap
                       his
                       back
                       ,
                       if
                       he
                       would
                       〈◊〉
                       hold
                       his
                       prating
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       John
                       Smith
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             several
             〈◊〉
             Testimonies
             might
             be
             here
             set
             down
             concerning
             S
             〈…〉
             erly
             walking
             and
             behaviour
             in
             his
             Family
             and
             among
             his
             〈…〉
             and
             particularly
             his
             Inhumane
             Whipping
             of
             his
             Servant
             〈…〉
             naked
             in
             her
             Bed
             ,
             the
             manner
             and
             circumstances
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             here
             omit
             for
             modesties
             sake
             ;
             but
             these
             here
             produced
             are
             sufficient
             to
             show
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             cause
             for
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             to
             write
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             tho
             these
             Evidences
             do
             not
             prove
             every
             thing
             queried
             in
             that
             Letter
             yet
             these
             things
             being
             commonly
             reported
             abroad
             ,
             were
             cause
             enough
             one
             would
             think
             ,
             for
             the
             Quakers
             to
             call
             him
             to
             an
             Account
             ,
             and
             search
             out
             the
             bottom
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             is
             grown
             so
             Proud
             ,
             so
             High
             and
             Imperious
             ,
             that
             none
             dares
             to
             touch
             him
             .
             Nay
             ,
             lately
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Church-members
             ,
             not
             coming
             into
             Court
             at
             his
             Command
             ,
             he
             bid
             
               fetch
               him
               Headlong
            
             ,
             and
             fined
             him
             Ten
             Pound
             for
             not
             coming
             ,
             and
             committed
             him
             to
             Goal
             ,
             to
             remain
             till
             paid
             ,
             tho'
             the
             man
             says
             ,
             he
             had
             no
             business
             at
             Court
             ,
             and
             it
             would
             have
             been
             to
             his
             prejudice
             to
             have
             gone
             ;
             but
             all
             People
             resenting
             these
             Actions
             of
             
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             very
             ill
             ,
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             said
             ,
             
               I
               'll
               go
               to
               my
               Lord
               Judge
               ,
               and
               see
               if
               I
               can
               perswade
               him
               .
            
             Yet
             the
             next
             day
             he
             can
             put
             on
             his
             Canonical
             Robe
             ,
             and
             imitate
             a
             Disciple
             of
             the
             
               Meek
               Jesus
            
             ,
             and
             compare
             himself
             to
             poor
             Mordccai
             ;
             and
             then
             again
             before
             he
             leaves
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             that
             on
             a
             Sunday
             ,
             or
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ,
             put
             on
             his
             Magisterial
             Robes
             ,
             and
             tell
             the
             People
             ,
             
               That
               now
               he
               speaks
               to
               them
               as
               a
               Magistrate
            
             ;
             and
             because
             they
             did
             not
             break
             up
             their
             Religious
             Meeting
             at
             his
             Command
             ,
             he
             calls
             out
             ,
             
               Is
               there
               ever
               an
               Officer
               there
               ;
               let
               Proclamation
               be
               made
               in
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Name
               for
               all
               Persons
               to
               depart
               to
               their
               own
               Habitations
               ,
               and
               see
               if
               they
               'll
               dare
               to
               sit
               here
               .
            
             They
             that
             cannot
             see
             this
             Man
             swell'd
             above
             the
             meekness
             of
             a
             true
             Minister
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             transforming
             himself
             ,
             like
             Satan
             ,
             into
             an
             
               Angel
               of
               Light
            
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             I
             must
             conclude
             they
             are
             blind
             ,
             and
             have
             lost
             their
             Senses
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             leave
             this
             Digression
             ,
             after
             the
             reading
             in
             Court
             of
             as
             many
             of
             the
             above-cited
             Testimonies
             as
             they
             would
             suffer
             ,
             the
             Jury
             went
             out
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             brought
             in
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             only
             
               Guilty
               of
               Transgressing
               the
               29th
               Chapter
               of
               the
               Laws
               of
               this
               Province
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               Against
               speaking
               slightingly
               of
               a
               Magistrate
               .
            
             Upon
             which
             the
             Bench
             gave
             Judgment
             ,
             That
             Peter
             Boss
             
               should
               pay
               Six
               Pound
            
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             back
             the
             former
             Instances
             and
             Hints
             of
             the
             unjust
             Actions
             of
             this
             Man
             ,
             take
             the
             Breviate
             of
             a
             Letter
             from
             one
             of
             their
             present
             Church-Members
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Jenings
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   perceive
                   thou
                   art
                   no
                   Changeling
                   ,
                   thou
                   looks
                   like
                   a
                   Man
                   for
                   Bulk
                   and
                   Talk
                   ,
                   like
                   a
                   Christian
                   sometimes
                   ;
                   but
                   really
                
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 
                   whatever
                   thy self
                   or
                   others
                   think
                   of
                   thee
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   hereby
                   tell
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   under
                   my
                   Hand
                   ,
                   That
                   I
                   have
                   met
                   with
                   more
                   truly
                   Noble
                   and
                   Manlike
                   Treatment
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Exercise
                   of
                   better
                
                 Christianity
                 among
                 Turks
                 ,
                 
                   than
                   hath
                   appeared
                   hitherto
                   in
                   thee
                   towards
                   me
                   :
                   Surely
                
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 
                   hadst
                   thou
                   exercised
                   but
                   the
                   common
                   sense
                   and
                   capacity
                   of
                   a
                   rational
                   man
                   ,
                   thou
                   couldst
                   not
                   think
                   that
                   the
                   Governour
                   would
                   send
                   a
                   man
                   three
                   thousand
                   Miles
                   with
                   Instruction
                   to
                   take
                   care
                   and
                   charge
                   of
                   his
                   Servants
                   ,
                   Goods
                   and
                   Stock
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   in
                   a
                   meaner
                   Capacity
                   than
                   his
                   Negroes
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   have
                   a
                   supply
                   of
                   Necessaries
                   ,
                   &c.
                   but
                   this
                   thou
                   hast
                   very
                   irrationally
                   and
                   unmanly
                   denyed
                   unto
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   both
                   thy self
                   and
                   Wife
                   have
                   proved
                   False
                   and
                   Deceitful
                   unto
                   me
                   :
                   Thou
                   requested
                   me
                   to
                   write
                   for
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   promised
                   Satisfaction
                   for
                   my
                   Labour
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   wrote
                   about
                
                 149
                 
                   Laws
                   of
                   the
                   Province
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   King's
                   Charter
                   to
                   the
                   Governour
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   List
                   of
                   the
                   Governours
                   Tenants
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                
                 Bucks
                 ,
                 
                   with
                   the
                   Quantity
                   of
                   Land
                   they
                   hold
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   what
                   Tenure
                   ;
                   but
                   like
                   a
                   deceitful
                   Man
                   thou
                   refusest
                   to
                   perform
                   thy
                   Promise
                   :
                   And
                   know
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   beside
                   thy
                   Promise
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   thy
                   Letter
                   under
                   thy
                   Hand
                   to
                   produce
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   Evidence
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   crediblest
                   Persons
                   in
                   the
                   Town
                   ,
                   whom
                   thou
                   toldst
                   ,
                   That
                   I
                   had
                   wrote
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Laws
                   for
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   thou
                   wast
                   to
                   pay
                
                 
                 me
                 18
                 s.
                 
                   for
                   it
                   .
                   Nay
                   ,
                   yet
                   further
                   ,
                
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 
                   when
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   thy
                   Overseers
                   ,
                   (
                   to
                   whom
                   thou
                   art
                   obliged
                   to
                   render
                   an
                   Account
                   ,
                   so
                   often
                   as
                   they
                   require
                   it
                   of
                   thee
                   )
                   had
                   ordered
                   thee
                   to
                   let
                   me
                   have
                
                 50
                 s.
                 
                   for
                   a
                   Supply
                   of
                   Necessaries
                   ,
                   thou
                   refused
                   to
                   let
                   me
                   have
                   it
                   ,
                   unless
                   I
                   would
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   thy
                   Shop
                   Goods
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   would
                   have
                   proved
                   little
                   better
                   than
                   a
                   Cheat
                   )
                   for
                   thou
                   wouldst
                   have
                   charged
                
                 50
                 s.
                 
                   to
                   the
                   Governours
                   Account
                   ,
                   when
                   ,
                   its
                   like
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   not
                   have
                   had
                   really
                   the
                   value
                   of
                
                 25
                 s.
                 
                   of
                   thee
                   .
                   I
                   once
                   more
                   consulted
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   who
                   very
                   freely
                   and
                   willingly
                   wrote
                   to
                   thee
                   a
                   few
                   Lines
                   ,
                   Signed
                   with
                   their
                   own
                   Hands
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   to
                   me
                   to
                   deliver
                   to
                   thee
                   ,
                   wherein
                   they
                   ordered
                   thee
                   to
                   pay
                   me
                
                 50
                 s.
                 
                   in
                   Silver
                   Money
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   former
                   Order
                   ;
                   but
                   thou
                   return'd
                   them
                   this
                   Answer
                   by
                   me
                   ,
                
                 That
                 thou
                 wouldst
                 not
                 answer
                 their
                 Bill
                 ,
                 
                   bidding
                   me
                   carry
                   it
                   back
                   to
                   them
                   again
                   ;
                   which
                   indeed
                   is
                   no
                   other
                   than
                   an
                   unchristian
                   and
                   unmanly
                   slighting
                   of
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   base
                   and
                   sordid
                   Contempt
                   of
                   ,
                   and
                   trampling
                   on
                   that
                   Power
                   which
                   the
                   Governour
                   hath
                   invested
                   them
                   with
                   over
                   thee
                   and
                   his
                   Affairs
                   ;
                   one
                   might
                   think
                   by
                   thy
                   Deportment
                   towards
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   dost
                   neither
                   know
                   thy self
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   Station
                   in
                   which
                   thou
                   art
                   placed
                   by
                   the
                   Governour
                   ;
                   for
                
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 
                   thou
                   art
                   no
                   other
                   than
                   a
                   mercenary
                   Servant
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   during
                   the
                   Will
                   and
                   Pleasure
                   of
                   the
                   Governour
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   are
                   thy
                   Overseers
                   and
                   Controulers
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   thou
                   art
                   obliged
                   to
                   render
                   an
                   Account
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Thy
                   true
                   Friend
                   ,
                   
                     John
                     Philly
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             Then
             next
             
               George
               Keith
            
             called
             into
             Court
             ,
             and
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 Yes
                 ,
                 Silence
                 is
                 commanded
                 upon
                 pain
                 of
                 Imprisonment
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Presentment
             read
             .
             
               
                 
                   We
                   of
                   the
                   Grand
                   Jury
                   do
                   present
                
                 George
                 Keith
                 and
                 Thomas
                 Budd
                 
                   as
                   Authors
                   of
                   a
                   Book
                   ,
                   entituled
                   ,
                
                 The
                 Plea
                 of
                 the
                 Innocent
                 ,
                 
                   where
                   in
                
                 p.
                 13.
                 
                   about
                   the
                   latter
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   they
                   the
                   said
                
                 Geo.
                 Keith
                 and
                 Tho.
                 Budd
                 
                   defamingly
                   accuse
                
                 Sam.
                 Jenings
                 ,
                 
                   (
                   he
                   being
                   a
                   Judge
                   and
                   Magistrate
                   of
                   this
                   Province
                   )
                   of
                   being
                   too
                   high
                   and
                   imperious
                   in
                   Worldly
                   Courts
                   ,
                   calling
                   him
                   an
                   Ignorant
                   ,
                   Presumptuous
                   and
                   Insolent
                   Man
                   ,
                   greatly
                   exposing
                   his
                   Reputation
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   an
                   ill
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Law
                   in
                   that
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Clark.
               
            
             
               
                 What
                 say
                 you
              
               ,
               George
               Keith
               ?
               
                 Are
                 you
                 Guilty
                 or
                 Not
                 Guilty
                 of
                 this
                 Presentment
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               Keith
               .
            
             
               Before
               I
               be
               demanded
               to
               plead
               to
               the
               Presentment
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               heard
               a
               few
               words
               :
               which
               the
               Court
               granting
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               you
               to
               consider
               ,
               that
               both
               ye
               and
               we
               are
               as
               a
               Beacon
               set
               on
               a
               Hill
               ,
               and
               the
               Eye
               of
               God
               ,
               Angels
               and
               Men
               are
               upon
               us
               ;
               and
               if
               ye
               do
               any
               thing
               against
               us
               that
               is
               not
               fair
               and
               just
               ,
               not
               only
               these
               parts
               hereaway
               will
               hear
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               Europe
               also
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               be
               wronged
               (
               if
               God
               permit
               )
               we
               think
               to
               make
               it
               known
               to
               the
               World.
               
            
          
           
             Here
             some
             were
             very
             impatient
             ,
             telling
             him
             ,
             he
             menaced
             the
             Court
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             do
             well
             to
             take
             heed
             what
             he
             did
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             spoke
             or
             
             published
             any
             thing
             in
             derogation
             of
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Court
             ,
             it
             was
             against
             a
             Law
             in
             this
             Province
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             be
             punished
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               An
               able
               Lawyer
               hath
               said
               ,
               When
               a
               Man
               is
               wronged
               and
               can
               have
               no
               other
               Remedy
               printing
               is
               the
               last
               :
               Ye
               must
               give
               Losers
               leave
               to
               complain
               :
               Our
               Friends
               have
               done
               it
               formerly
               in
               
                 Old
                 England
              
               when
               they
               have
               been
               unjustly
               dealt
               by
               ,
               and
               particularly
               
                 William
                 Penn
              
               and
               
                 George
                 Whitehead
              
               .
               I
               will
               not
               say
               any
               thing
               against
               your
               Law
               ,
               but
               I
               suppose
               the
               true
               sence
               of
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               derogate
               from
               the
               Sentence
               of
               a
               Court
               ,
               if
               the
               Sentence
               be
               just
               ,
               he
               is
               punishable
               ,
               but
               not
               otherwise
               .
               Are
               your
               Courts
               infallible
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               possible
               that
               at
               times
               they
               may
               give
               an
               unjust
               Sentence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               David
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 our
                 Courts
                 are
                 infallible
                 in
                 Law
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             
               George
               ,
            
             
               
                 I
                 assure
                 thee
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               Then
               why
               do
               you
               admit
               of
               Appeals
               ?
               If
               they
               be
               infallible
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               occasion
               to
               appeal
               to
               a
               higher
               Judicatory
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             
               David
               Lloyd
            
             went
             about
             to
             mend
             the
             matter
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               They
               were
               infallible
               so
               far
               as
               the
               Law
               was
               infallible
               ,
               and
               so
               far
               as
               they
               kept
               to
               the
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             Note
             ,
             This
             is
             as
             if
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             they
             are
             infallible
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             Infallible
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             very
             good
             Sense
             ,
             unless
             they
             mean
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             absolutely
             Infallible
             ,
             but
             conditionally
             ;
             and
             if
             conditionally
             only
             ,
             it
             is
             possible
             they
             may
             give
             a
             wrong
             Sentence
             and
             he
             who
             they
             give
             it
             against
             may
             complain
             ,
             without
             just
             cause
             of
             Offence
             ,
             otherwise
             their
             Court
             here
             is
             as
             arbitrary
             as
             any
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Next
             ,
             
               G.
               K.
            
             desired
             to
             know
             in
             what
             Capacity
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             did
             plead
             there
             against
             them
             ,
             seeing
             he
             was
             not
             the
             Kings
             Attorney
             .
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 We
                 have
                 no
                 King's
                 Attorney
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               I
               understand
               that
               
                 Patrick
                 Robinson
              
               is
               the
               Kings
               Attorney
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 No
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 not
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               But
               he
               is
               Attorney
               General
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               L.
               
            
             
               
                 He
                 is
                 neither
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 ,
                 nor
                 Attorney
                 General
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               he
               then
               ?
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 He
                 is
                 the
                 Proprietary's
                 Attorney
              
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             
               G.
               K.
            
             still
             pressing
             to
             know
             in
             what
             Capacity
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             did
             plead
             ,
             it
             was
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             Court
             allowed
             him
             to
             plead
             .
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             admired
             by
             the
             A●●●ory
             ,
             that
             this
             
               David
               Lloyd
            
             should
             be
             so
             confident
             and
             brazen-fac'd
             〈…〉
             ,
             in
             an
             open
             Court
             ,
             that
             
               Patrick
               Robinson
            
             was
             not
             the
             Kings
             Attorney
             ,
             and
             thrust
             himself
             into
             that
             place
             ,
             purposely
             to
             vent
             sort
             〈◊〉
             of
             his
             〈◊〉
             are
             Hatred
             and
             Malice
             against
             
               G.
               Keith
            
             and
             the
             rest
             which
             he
             did
             to
             purpose
             ,
             by
             straining
             and
             perverting
             the
             places
             ,
             〈…〉
             brought
             from
             their
             true
             sence
             ;
             and
             yet
             this
             man
             pretends
             to
             be
             a
             late
             Convert
             to
             the
             Religion
             
             of
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             .
             If
             they
             were
             all
             such
             ,
             it
             would
             make
             one
             abhor
             them
             for
             Notorious
             Hypocrites
             .
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               hear
               me
               a
               little
               further
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               That
               I
               think
               it
               very
               unfair
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               are
               deeply
               prejudiced
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               my
               opposite
               Parties
               and
               Accusers
               ,
               should
               be
               my
               Judges
               ,
               as
               particularly
               
                 Sam.
                 Jenings
              
               and
               
                 Arthur
                 Cook
              
               ,
               the
               last
               of
               which
               but
               a
               few
               days
               ago
               ,
               (
               the
               5th
               of
               the
               10th
               Month
               )
               told
               me
               at
               his
               own
               House
               ,
               before
               divers
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               
                 John
                 White
              
               Sheriff
               is
               Witness
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               warned
               me
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               I
               told
               him
               ,
               I
               thought
               to
               come
               ,
               but
               did
               not
               think
               to
               plead
               ,
               unless
               I
               had
               a
               fair
               Jury
               ,
               
                 Arthur
                 Cook
              
               said
               ,
               Truly
               George
               ,
               
                 a
                 foul
                 one
                 will
                 serve
                 thee
                 .
              
               Now
               let
               the
               Court
               judge
               ,
               whether
               this
               Man
               is
               fit
               to
               sit
               upon
               the
               Bench
               to
               judge
               me
               ,
               who
               says
               ,
               
                 That
                 a
                 Foul
                 Jury
                 will
                 serve
                 me
                 .
              
               Suppose
               I
               had
               been
               the
               greatest
               Malefactor
               ,
               will
               any
               say
               ,
               A
               Foul
               Jury
               will
               serve
               to
               try
               me
               ?
               Is
               not
               this
               to
               destroy
               all
               Fundamental
               Laws
               ?
               I
               appeal
               to
               you
               here
               ,
               the
               Justices
               and
               Jury
               ,
               such
               of
               you
               as
               are
               most
               manifestly
               prejudiced
               against
               me
               ,
               for
               my
               faithful
               Testimony
               to
               the
               Quakers
               ancient
               Principle
               against
               all
               use
               of
               outward
               Weapons
               ,
               whether
               ye
               do
               as
               you
               would
               be
               done
               by
               ?
               Would
               ye
               be
               willing
               that
               a
               Company
               of
               Men
               wholly
               of
               our
               side
               ,
               (
               tho'
               honest
               )
               should
               be
               on
               a
               Jury
               to
               judge
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
               .
            
             
               
                 We
                 shall
                 take
                 care
                 that
                 ye
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 our
                 Judges
                 .
              
               Which
               was
               an
               Evasion
               from
               the
               Question
               ,
               and
               seemed
               to
               be
               a
               Jest
               or
               Scoff
               that
               he
               pleased
               himself
               with
               ,
               and
               which
               are
               more
               frequent
               with
               him
               than
               Expressions
               of
               Mercy
               and
               Justice
               .
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               yet
               something
               further
               to
               say
               ,
               before
               I
               plead
               to
               the
               Presentment
               ;
               but
               being
               unacquainted
               with
               your
               Formalities
               in
               Law
               ,
               desire
               that
               no
               advantage
               may
               be
               taken
               against
               me
               on
               that
               account
               .
            
          
           
             
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 No
                 advantage
                 shall
                 be
                 taken
                 against
                 thee
                 on
                 that
                 account
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 What
                 say
                 you
              
               ,
               George
               Keith
               ,
               
                 to
                 your
                 Presentment
                 ?
                 Are
                 you
                 Guilty
                 or
                 Not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               in
               manner
               and
               form
               .
               And
               now
               that
               I
               have
               answered
               to
               the
               Presentment
               ,
               Not
               Guilty
               ,
               my
               chief
               and
               only
               Plea
               that
               I
               think
               to
               make
               use
               of
               ,
               unless
               ye
               will
               say
               that
               so
               to
               do
               is
               a
               Contempt
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               of
               your
               Authority
               ,
               which
               by
               no
               means
               I
               would
               be
               guilty
               of
               ,
               my
               chief
               Plea
               is
               ,
               That
               I
               am
               not
               presentable
               by
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               for
               any
               thing
               alledged
               against
               me
               ,
               they
               being
               no
               Offences
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               Governour
               nor
               Country
               ;
               what
               I
               have
               said
               was
               only
               against
               particular
               Persons
               ,
               who
               if
               they
               think
               themselves
               wronged
               by
               me
               ,
               may
               Sue
               me
               in
               their
               own
               Names
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               answer
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Court
               &
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 no
                 Contempt
                 of
                 Court
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 season
                 of
                 your
                 so
                 pleading
                 is
                 over
                 ,
                 you
                 should
                 have
                 said
                 so
                 before
                 you
                 pleaded
                 Not
                 Guilty
                 ;
                 now
                 you
                 must
                 submit
                 to
                 be
                 tried
                 by
                 the
                 Country
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               I
               knew
               not
               this
               Formality
               in
               Law
               ;
               ye
               told
               me
               ,
               ye
               would
               take
               no
               advantage
               against
               me
               in
               that
               respect
               .
               But
               the
               Clerk
               still
               pressing
               him
               to
               come
               to
               a
               Tryal
               ,
               
                 G.
                 K.
              
               further
               said
               ,
               I
               think
               not
               to
               make
               any
               other
               Plea
               ;
               for
               the
               things
               for
               which
               I
               am
               presented
               are
               not
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               Governour
               ,
               nor
               any
               Nusance
               to
               the
               Country
               ;
               nor
               against
               particular
               Persons
               ,
               as
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               presentable
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 If
                 ye
                 refuse
                 to
                 be
                 tryed
                 by
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 the
                 Bench
                 has
                 Power
                 to
                 fine
                 you
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               take
               my
               hazard
               of
               that
               ;
               I
               have
               able
               Council
               that
               the
               things
               whereof
               I
               am
               accused
               are
               not
               presentable
               by
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 able
                 Council
                 has
                 so
                 advised
                 thee
                 ,
                 their
                 Counsel
                 has
                 failed
                 in
                 this
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               To
               call
               a
               Man
               Proud
               and
               Imperious
               is
               not
               Actionable
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho'
                 not
                 Actionable
                 ,
                 yet
                 Presentable
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               If
               not
               Actionable
               ,
               not
               presentable
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 good
                 Consequenee
                 .
              
            
          
           
             But
             let
             all
             Impartial
             Readers
             judge
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             good
             Consequence
             ,
             that
             if
             Words
             spoken
             concerning
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             not
             as
             Magistrates
             ,
             be
             not
             actionable
             ,
             that
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             presentable
             ;
             because
             ,
             for
             what
             are
             they
             presentable
             ,
             seeing
             they
             are
             neither
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             Governour
             ,
             nor
             Country
             ,
             nor
             particular
             Men
             as
             Magistrates
             ?
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 Law
                 of
                 this
                 Province
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 words
                 of
                 Defamation
                 must
                 be
                 spoken
                 against
                 a
                 Magistrate
                 ;
                 nor
                 shall
                 any
                 speak
                 slightingly
                 or
                 abusively
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 done
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
               
            
             
               They
               were
               not
               spoke
               to
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               nor
               when
               he
               was
               in
               the
               exercise
               of
               his
               Office
               ;
               and
               to
               call
               him
               High
               and
               Imperious
               ,
               doth
               not
               reflect
               on
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               :
               If
               I
               had
               called
               him
               Ignorant
               in
               the
               Laws
               ,
               and
               Unjust
               in
               the
               Execution
               of
               them
               ,
               this
               would
               have
               reflected
               on
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               call
               him
               High
               and
               Imperious
               ;
               for
               Piety
               ,
               whereof
               Humility
               is
               a
               Branch
               ,
               is
               no
               essential
               Qualification
               of
               a
               Magistrate
               tho'
               it
               be
               of
               a
               Christian
               and
               Minister
               of
               Christ
               ;
               the
               only
               essential
               Qualifications
               of
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               
                 knowing
                 the
                 Laws
              
               ,
               and
               
                 just
                 in
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               [
               Note
            
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             no
             Reflection
             on
             a
             Taylor
             ,
             Shoe
             maker
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             Trades-man
             ,
             to
             be
             called
             Proud
             ,
             for
             he
             may
             be
             a
             good
             Artificer
             ,
             altho'
             he
             be
             proud
             :
             but
             to
             be
             proud
             reflecteth
             on
             him
             as
             he
             professeth
             to
             be
             a
             Christian
             or
             Minister
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             this
             distinction
             .
             
               S.
               Jenings
            
             must
             needs
             allow
             ,
             unless
             he
             will
             say
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             exerciseth
             his
             Magisterial
             Office
             he
             is
             no
             Christian
             ,
             but
             wholly
             putteth
             off
             his
             Qualifications
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             putteth
             off
             one
             Garment
             and
             putteth
             on
             another
             .
             But
             if
             he
             will
             say
             he
             is
             still
             a
             Christian
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             
             then
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             humble
             ,
             meek
             and
             forbearing
             ,
             especially
             to
             his
             Fellow
             Church-Members
             ,
             not
             high
             and
             imperious
             ,
             and
             exacting
             the
             severity
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             even
             the
             Law
             saith
             ,
             
               Summum
               jus
               ,
               Summa
               Injuria
            
             ,
             i.
             e.
             
               The
               Rigour
               of
               the
               Law
               is
               high
               Injustice
            
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Law
             of
             England
             be
             
               Lex
               Misercordiae
            
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             called
             ,
             then
             well
             may
             the
             Law
             of
             Christianity
             be
             called
             
               Lex
               Misercordiae
            
             ,
             i
             e.
             
               The
               Law
               of
               Mercy
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             forbearing
             ,
             and
             exacteth
             not
             the
             utmost
             Farthing
             .
          
           
             Note
             further
             ,
             That
             one
             Reason
             of
             these
             words
             being
             mentioned
             in
             the
             
               Plea
               of
               the
               Innocent
            
             ,
             viz.
             That
             S.
             Jenings
             
               had
               shown
               himself
               too
               high
               and
               imperious
               in
               worldly
               Courts
               ,
            
             was
             ,
             that
             a
             little
             time
             before
             he
             had
             commanded
             to
             bring
             one
             of
             his
             Fellow
             Members
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
               Samuel
               Buckley
               )
               Headlong
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
            
             and
             fined
             him
             Ten
             Pound
             for
             refusing
             to
             come
             at
             his
             Command
             ,
             and
             sent
             him
             to
             Prison
             ,
             to
             remain
             without
             Bail
             till
             paid
             .
             Now
             admit
             he
             did
             not
             illegally
             in
             this
             ,
             or
             becoming
             a
             severe
             austere
             Magisterial
             Officer
             ,
             yet
             was
             it
             not
             unbecoming
             a
             tender
             Christian
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             meek
             and
             merciful
             ?
          
           
             
               G.
               K.
            
             Having
             refused
             to
             plead
             otherwise
             then
             as
             above-mentioned
             ,
             
               Dav.
               Lloyd
            
             bid
             the
             Clerk
             record
             him
             
               Nihil
               dicit
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             he
             saith
             nothing
             .
             To
             which
             
               G.
               K.
            
             replied
             ,
             Why
             should
             he
             Record
             me
             
               nihil
               dicit
            
             ?
             I
             think
             I
             have
             said
             a
             great
             deal
             .
             And
             after
             some
             further
             Discourse
             
               G.
               K.
            
             was
             set
             aside
             ,
             and
             
               Thomas
               Budd
            
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             The
             most
             material
             Discourse
             that
             passed
             here
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             The
             Presentment
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             Clerk
             said
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Budd
               ,
               What
               say
               you
               ?
               Are
               you
               Guilty
               ,
               as
               you
               stand
               here
               presented
               ,
               or
               Not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Budd
               .
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               ,
               as
               there
               presented
               ,
               but
               own
               my self
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Authors
               of
               that
               Book
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Plea
                 of
                 the
                 Innocent
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               
                 By
                 whom
                 will
                 you
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Budd
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Country
               .
            
             
               
                 D.
                 Lloyd
              
               ,
               as
               Attorney
               against
               him
               ,
               pleaded
               ,
               
                 That
                 to
                 call
                 a
                 man
                 Proud
                 and
                 Ignorant
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 reflect
                 on
                 the
                 Governour
                 that
                 constituted
                 him
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 G.
                 Keith
              
               in
               behalf
               of
               
                 Tho.
                 Budd
              
               ,
               answered
               ,
               That
               what
               was
               there
               said
               of
               
                 Sam.
                 Jenings
              
               ,
               as
               to
               calling
               him
               Ignorant
               and
               Presumptuous
               ,
               was
               not
               said
               of
               him
               as
               he
               was
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               but
               as
               he
               professed
               himself
               to
               be
               a
               Christian
               and
               Minister
               of
               Christ
               ;
               I
               penn'd
               those
               words
               in
               the
               
                 Plea
                 of
                 the
                 Innocent
              
               ,
               concerning
               
                 S.
                 Jenings
              
               ,
               and
               know
               they
               were
               not
               intended
               against
               him
               as
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               as
               the
               foregoing
               words
               in
               that
               Book
               do
               manifest
               ;
               but
               that
               he
               is
               ignorant
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               that
               Book
               gives
               an
               Instance
               ,
               and
               we
               now
               here
               affirm
               ,
               else
               he
               would
               never
               have
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 to
                 do
                 Gods
                 Business
                 ,
                 we
                 need
                 God's
                 Power
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 do
                 our
                 own
                 Business
                 ,
                 as
                 men
                 ,
                 we
                 needed
                 not
                 a
                 Supernatural
                 Power
                 ,
              
               nor
               have
               joyned
               with
               them
               that
               say
               ,
               
                 The
                 Light
                 within
                 is
                 sufficient
                 to
                 Salvation
                 without
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 ,
              
               thereby
               excluding
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               from
               having
               any
               part
               in
               our
               
               Salvation
               .
               And
               our
               calling
               him
               Presumptuous
               and
               Insolent
               did
               relate
               to
               his
               severe
               pressing
               me
               to
               an
               absolute
               Submission
               to
               their
               Judgment
               ,
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               when
               as
               
                 S.
                 J.
              
               refused
               to
               submit
               to
               the
               Judgment
               of
               Friends
               ,
               both
               here
               and
               at
               London
               ,
               in
               worldly
               matters
               ;
               also
               ,
               his
               calling
               me
               
                 Apostate
                 and
                 worse
                 than
                 Prophane
              
               ,
               in
               a
               Publick
               Meeting
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               private
               ,
               and
               saying
               ,
               
                 We
                 shall
                 let
                 thee
                 know
              
               ,
               George
               ,
               
                 that
                 we
                 shall
                 judge
                 thee
              
               :
               And
               his
               Signing
               that
               Paper
               of
               the
               28.
               against
               me
               ,
               wherein
               they
               so
               boldly
               assert
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 have
                 tenderly
                 and
                 orderly
                 dealt
                 with
                 me
              
               ;
               when
               as
               they
               never
               dealt
               with
               me
               .
            
             
               After
               some
               further
               pleading
               ,
               the
               Jury
               were
               called
               ,
               and
               
                 Tho.
                 Budd
              
               was
               asked
               ,
               
                 If
                 he
                 had
                 any
                 Exceptions
                 to
                 make
                 against
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Budd
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               except
               against
               all
               of
               them
               that
               are
               called
               Quakers
               ,
               because
               I
               perceive
               they
               are
               them
               that
               are
               Parties
               against
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 is
                 too
                 general
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 no
                 Exception
                 in
                 Law.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Budd
               .
            
             
               I
               except
               particularly
               against
               
                 Rich.
                 Walter
              
               ,
               because
               he
               Signed
               the
               Paper
               of
               the
               28.
               against
               us
               (
               which
               this
               Book
               was
               an
               Answer
               to
               )
               and
               against
               
                 James
                 Fox
              
               ,
               because
               he
               signed
               a
               Paper
               in
               the
               Quarterly
               against
               us
               ;
               and
               I
               except
               against
               
                 Joseph
                 Kirle
              
               and
               
                 John
                 Whitpane
              
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               spoke
               against
               
                 G.
                 K.
              
               and
               me
               ,
               and
               justified
               these
               Presentments
               against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             But
             these
             Exceptions
             would
             not
             be
             allowed
             of
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             above-named
             Jurors
             went
             forth
             ,
             and
             next
             Morning
             brought
             in
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             That
             Thomas
             Budd
             
               was
               guilty
               of
               saying
            
             ,
             Samuel
             Jenings
             
               had
               behaved
               himself
               too
               high
               and
               imperiously
               in
               Worldly
               Courts
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             
               Tho.
               Budd
            
             and
             
               Geo.
               Keith
            
             pleaded
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             no
             Verdict
             ,
             not
             being
             found
             to
             be
             a
             Breach
             of
             any
             Law
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             the
             Verdict
             of
             the
             Jury
             at
             
               Old
               Bayly
            
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             
               That
               they
               found
            
             W.
             Penn
             
               guilty
               of
               speaking
               in
               Grace
               Church-street
               ,
            
             which
             the
             Court
             took
             to
             be
             a
             clearing
             of
             him
             .
             But
             this
             was
             nothing
             regarded
             by
             our
             Justices
             ,
             for
             they
             proceeded
             and
             gave
             Judgment
             against
             
               Thomas
               Budd
            
             and
             
               George
               Keith
            
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               they
               should
               each
               of
               them
               pay
               Five
               Pound
               a
               piece
               ,
               as
               a
               Fine
               .
            
             And
             tho'
             in
             this
             case
             
               S.
               Jenings
            
             was
             the
             Person
             only
             concerned
             as
             the
             Adversary
             Party
             ,
             yet
             he
             sat
             on
             the
             Bench
             when
             they
             gave
             Judgment
             against
             
               G.
               K.
            
             and
             
               T.
               B.
            
             which
             was
             judged
             most
             unreasonable
             and
             illegal
             ,
             that
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             the
             Governour
             's
             Receiver
             of
             all
             Fines
             and
             Forfeitures
             )
             should
             be
             so
             actively
             concerned
             in
             fining
             these
             Men
             ,
             having
             so
             manifestly
             before
             shewed
             his
             Prejudice
             against
             them
             .
             Beside
             ,
             it
             being
             expresly
             contrary
             to
             a
             Vote
             of
             an
             Assembly
             of
             this
             Province
             ,
             the
             3d
             Month
             ,
             1689.
             (
             where
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             was
             Speaker
             )
             viz.
             
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             Nemine
             contradicente
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               an
               Agrievance
               that
               any
               Person
               who
               is
               commissionated
               or
               appointed
               by
               the
               Governour
               to
               receive
               the
               Governour
               's
               Fines
               ,
               Forfeitures
               and
               Revenues
               whatsoever
               ,
               shall
               sit
               in
               Judgment
            
             
             
               in
               any
               Court
               of
               Judicature
               within
               this
               Government
               ,
               in
               any
               matter
               or
               cause
               whatsoever
               ,
               where
               a
               fine
               or
               forfeiture
               shall
               or
               may
               accrue
               to
               the
               Governour
               .
            
          
           
             But
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             could
             not
             wink
             at
             this
             Agrievance
             ,
             and
             let
             
               Samuel
               Jenings
            
             sit
             on
             the
             Bench
             when
             these
             Persons
             were
             Fined
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             a
             further
             proof
             that
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             has
             shown
             himself
             too
             High
             and
             Imperious
             ,
             observe
             what
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             1st
             ,
             That
             when
             
               G.
               K.
            
             was
             pleading
             in
             Court
             ,
             and
             showing
             how
             
               S.
               J.
            
             had
             behaved
             himself
             too
             high
             and
             imperious
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               If
               this
               be
               High
               and
               Imperious
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               yet
               more
               High
               and
               Imperious
               .
            
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             Upon
             the
             Jury's
             bringing
             in
             their
             Verdict
             against
             
               Tho.
               Ashly
               ,
               S.
               J.
            
             thus
             menaces
             him
             ,
             
               viz.
               Thou
               told
               me
               formerly
               that
               I
               had
               done
               my
               worst
               ,
               but
               now
               thou
               art
               fallen
               into
               my
               hands
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               know
               that
               I
               have
               not
               done
               my
               Worst
               yet
               .
            
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             He
             said
             to
             another
             Person
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               have
               as
               little
               Justice
               as
               I
               can
               .
            
          
           
             4thly
             ,
             He
             said
             to
             
               John
               Skeen
            
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             Governor
             ,
             and
             was
             then
             Judge
             ,
             
               Thou
               pitiful
               Whip-jack
               ,
               I
               despise
               thee
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             we
             find
             not
             that
             
               John
               Skeen
            
             had
             him
             presented
             or
             prosecuted
             at
             Court
             for
             this
             more
             than
             ordinary
             abusive
             and
             scurrilous
             Expression
             ,
             short
             of
             common
             Humanity
             ;
             and
             yet
             this
             is
             he
             who
             now
             can
             say
             ,
             He
             will
             bear
             no
             affront
             ,
             thereby
             showing
             how
             unlike
             he
             is
             to
             a
             true
             Christian
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             many
             as
             well
             Heathen
             as
             Christian
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             have
             born
             with
             Patience
             great
             Affronts
             and
             Reflections
             from
             Persons
             far
             inferior
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             5thly
             ,
             Another
             instance
             of
             S.
             J's
             Pride
             and
             Insolency
             is
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             10th
             on
             the
             10th
             Month
             ,
             coming
             out
             of
             Court
             ,
             said
             to
             
               Ralph
               Ward
            
             and
             
               John
               M
               ”
               Comb
            
             ,
             in
             the
             open
             Street
             ,
             before
             many
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               If
               I
               draw
               forth
               my
               hand
               against
               you
               ,
            
             (
             stretching
             forth
             his
             Arm
             and
             shaking
             it
             )
             
               I
               will
               not
               pull
               it
               in
               until
               I
               have
               quelled
               you
               all
               .
            
             This
             presumptuous
             Expression
             savoureth
             too
             much
             of
             
             Lucifer's
             Pride
             ,
             who
             said
             
               I
               will
               be
               like
               the
               most
               High
               ,
               I
               will
               exalt
               my
               Throne
               above
               the
               Stars
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             14.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             It
             is
             too
             high
             an
             Expression
             ,
             and
             too
             peremptory
             for
             any
             mortal
             Man
             to
             say
             ,
             
               If
               I
               draw
               forth
               my
               hand
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               pull
               it
               in
               until
               I
               have
               quelled
               you
               all
               .
            
             What
             is
             this
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             but
             to
             equal
             himself
             to
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             Deut.
             32.
             40
             ,
             41.
             
             
               For
               I
               lift
               up
               my
               Hand
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               I
               live
               for
               ever
               ,
               If
               I
               whet
               my
               glittering
               Sword
               ,
               and
               mine
               Hand
               take
               hold
               on
               Judgment
               ,
               I
               will
               render
               vengeance
               to
               mine
               Enemies
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Oh!
             is
             it
             not
             above
             the
             Power
             of
             mortal
             Man
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             
               If
               I
               draw
               out
               my
               Hand
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               pull
               it
               in
               until
               I
               have
               quelled
               you
               all
               ?
            
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             talk
             as
             if
             he
             were
             the
             Almighty
             ?
             But
             know
             ,
             O
             vain
             weak
             Man
             !
             thy
             Breath
             is
             in
             thy
             Nostrils
             ,
             and
             that
             Infinite
             Power
             that
             made
             thee
             ,
             (
             if
             thou
             draw
             forth
             thy
             Hand
             against
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             glorying
             in
             thy
             Power
             that
             is
             but
             small
             )
             may
             cause
             thy
             Hand
             to
             Wither
             or
             turn
             Leprous
             ,
             and
             lay
             thy
             Body
             and
             Power
             in
             the
             Dust
             ,
             and
             cast
             both
             Soul
             and
             Body
             
             into
             Hell-fire
             .
             And
             therefore
             repent
             of
             this
             thy
             abominable
             Pride
             and
             Insolency
             before
             it
             be
             too
             late
             .
          
           
             And
             tho'
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             is
             now
             so
             zealous
             for
             the
             prosecuting
             them
             that
             say
             any
             thing
             against
             Magistrates
             ,
             yet
             it
             's
             not
             long
             ago
             that
             he
             spoke
             much
             against
             
               Tho.
               Lloyd
            
             ,
             Deputy
             Governour
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             (
             out
             of
             one
             County
             into
             another
             )
             a
             parcel
             of
             Lampooning
             Rhimes
             ,
             made
             against
             
               T.
               L.
            
             call'd
             
             Taffy's
             Fair
             ,
             which
             he
             repeated
             over
             his
             Pots
             of
             Beer
             to
             make
             sport
             for
             the
             Company
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             ,
             altho'
             the
             Jury
             brought
             in
             a
             special
             Verdict
             ,
             which
             was
             only
             ,
             That
             Thomas
             Budd
             
               was
               guilty
               of
               saying
            
             ,
             Sam.
             Jenings
             
               had
               shown
               himself
               too
               high
               and
               imperious
               in
               Wordly
               Courts
               ,
            
             which
             is
             no
             Transgression
             of
             any
             particular
             Law
             ,
             yet
             the
             Bench
             gave
             Judgment
             against
             them
             as
             tho'
             they
             had
             broke
             some
             Law
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             That
             G.
             K.
             and
             T.
             B.
             
               should
               pay
            
             51.
             
               a
               piece
            
             .
             Whereupon
             they
             finding
             themselves
             aggrieved
             by
             this
             Judgment
             ,
             craved
             an
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Provincial
             Court
             in
             Law
             ,
             which
             was
             denied
             them
             .
             Then
             by
             Advice
             of
             able
             Council
             ,
             they
             requested
             an
             Appeal
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             ,
             and
             their
             Council
             in
             England
             ,
             the
             King
             having
             reserved
             all
             Final
             Appeals
             to
             himself
             ,
             in
             the
             Charter
             to
             
               W.
               P.
            
             But
             this
             also
             was
             denied
             them
             ,
             (
             tho'
             
               Robert
               Turner
            
             declared
             his
             dissent
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             as
             in
             several
             other
             their
             Proceedings
             )
             so
             that
             the
             said
             Persons
             are
             left
             without
             all
             help
             or
             remedy
             ,
             but
             must
             undergo
             the
             Arbitrary
             Sentence
             of
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             a
             further
             Mark
             of
             the
             miserable
             declension
             of
             these
             men
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             cold
             zeal
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             take
             a
             view
             of
             two
             Laws
             which
             they
             now
             execute
             ;
             the
             first
             is
             the
             5th
             Chapter
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             enacted
             ,
             
               That
               whosoever
               shall
               speak
               loosely
               and
               prophanely
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               or
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
               ,
               shall
               for
               every
               such
               Offence
               pay
            
             5
             s.
             The
             other
             place
             is
             Chap.
             29.
             where
             it
             is
             enacted
             ,
             
               That
               whosoever
               shall
               speak
               slightingly
               ,
               or
               carry
               himself
               abusively
               against
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               shall
               for
               every
               such
               Offence
               suffer
               according
               to
               the
               Quality
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               provided
               it
               be
               not
               less
               than
            
             20
             s.
             according
             to
             which
             Law
             they
             have
             Fined
             
               Peter
               Boss
            
             Six
             Pound
             ,
             and
             
               G.
               K.
            
             and
             
               T.
               B.
            
             each
             Five
             Pound
             ,
             for
             speaking
             slightingly
             of
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             ,
             as
             they
             pretend
             .
             Whereas
             if
             they
             had
             spoke
             Prophanely
             of
             
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
            
             ,
             or
             
               holy
               Scriptures
            
             ,
             the
             Law
             inflicts
             but
             5
             s.
             Were
             not
             these
             Men
             far
             more
             zealous
             for
             their
             own
             Honour
             than
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             let
             this
             disproportion
             of
             Punishment
             for
             Offences
             against
             Almighty
             God
             and
             poor
             Mortal
             Man
             ,
             stand
             upon
             Record
             thus
             ,
             to
             their
             Shame
             and
             Infamy
             .
          
           
             The
             10th
             of
             the
             10th
             Month
             ,
             1692.
             
             
               William
               Bradford
            
             was
             called
             into
             Court
             ,
             and
             set
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             The
             Presentment
             read
             ,
             the
             substance
             of
             which
             was
             ,
             
               That
               they
               presented
               the
            
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             &
             12.
             
             
               Articles
               of
               the
               Paper
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             An
             Appeal
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               as
               being
               of
               a
               tendency
               to
               weaken
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               .
               And
               we
               present
            
             William
             Bradford
             
               for
               printing
               of
               the
               said
               Seditious
               Paper
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 What
                 say
                 you
              
               ,
               William
               Bradford
               ,
               
                 are
                 you
                 guilty
                 as
                 you
                 stand
                 presented
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               whether
               I
               am
               clear
               of
               the
               Mittimus
               ,
               which
               differs
               from
               the
               Presentment
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Clerk
             and
             Attorney
             read
             and
             perused
             the
             Mittimus
             and
             Presentment
             ,
             and
             finding
             them
             to
             differ
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               That
               when
            
             W.
             B.
             
               was
               cleared
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
               he
               was
               cleared
               of
               the
            
             Mittimus
             .
          
           
             But
             
               W.
               B.
            
             insisted
             to
             know
             ,
             Whether
             on
             the
             issue
             of
             the
             Presentment
             ,
             he
             was
             clear
             of
             the
             Mittimus
             ?
             And
             after
             a
             long
             debate
             thereon
             ,
             answer
             was
             made
             ,
             That
             W.
             B.
             
               was
               clear
               of
               the
            
             Mittimus
             
               on
               the
               Issue
               of
               the
               Presentment
               .
            
          
           
             Next
             
               W.
               B.
            
             desired
             to
             know
             what
             Law
             that
             Presentment
             was
             grounded
             on
             .
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               ,
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 grounded
                 both
                 on
                 Statute
                 and
                 Common
                 Law.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               Pray
               let
               me
               see
               that
               Statute
               and
               Common
               Law
               ,
               else
               how
               shall
               I
               make
               my
               Plea
               ?
               Justice
               Cook
               told
               us
               last
               Court
               ,
               
                 That
                 one
                 reason
                 why
                 ye
                 deferred
                 our
                 Trial
                 then
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 have
                 time
                 to
                 prepare
                 our selves
                 to
                 answer
                 it
              
               ;
               but
               ye
               never
               let
               me
               have
               a
               Copy
               of
               my
               Presentment
               ,
               nor
               will
               ye
               now
               let
               me
               know
               what
               Law
               ye
               prosecute
               me
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               and
               J.
               White
               ,
            
             
               
                 It
                 's
                 not
                 usual
                 to
                 insert
                 in
                 Indictments
                 against
                 what
                 Statute
                 the
                 Offence
                 is
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 's
                 against
                 several
                 Statutes
                 and
                 Laws
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 thou
                 wilt
                 not
                 plead
                 Guilty
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 thou
                 wilt
                 lose
                 thy
                 Opportunity
                 of
                 being
                 Tried
                 by
                 thy
                 Country
                 .
              
               And
               they
               order'd
               the
               Clerk
               to
               write
               down
               that
               
                 W.
                 Bradford
              
               refused
               to
               plead
               ;
               which
               he
               did
               ;
               but
               as
               he
               was
               writing
               it
               down
               ,
               
                 W.
                 B.
              
               desired
               they
               would
               not
               take
               that
               advantage
               against
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               refused
               not
               to
               plead
               ,
               but
               only
               requested
               that
               which
               was
               greatly
               necessary
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               his
               making
               his
               own
               Defence
               ;
               and
               several
               in
               the
               Court
               requesting
               on
               the
               Prisoners
               behalf
               ,
               that
               the
               Court
               would
               not
               take
               advantage
               against
               him
               ,
               they
               admitted
               him
               to
               plead
               ,
               and
               he
               pleaded
               ,
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Jury
             were
             called
             over
             ,
             and
             attested
             ,
             
               viz.
               Humphry
               Waterman
               ,
               Joseph
               Kirle
               ,
               James
               Fox
               ,
               Samuel
               Hoult
               ,
               Thomas
               Wharton
               ,
               Tho.
               Marle
               ,
               Nicholas
               Rideout
               ,
               John
               Whitpane
               ,
               Richard
               Sutton
               ,
               Richard
               Walter
               ,
               Thomas
               Morris
               ,
               Abraham
               Hardiman
               .
            
             But
             before
             they
             were
             attested
             ,
             they
             asked
             
               W.
               B.
            
             if
             he
             had
             any
             Exceptions
             to
             make
             against
             any
             of
             them
             that
             were
             returned
             for
             the
             Jury
             ?
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               have
               ,
               and
               particularly
               against
               two
               of
               them
               ,
               (
               and
               which
               Exceptions
               I
               think
               are
               rational
               ,
               )
               and
               that
               is
               against
               
                 Jos
                 .
                 Kirle
              
               and
               
                 James
                 Fox
              
               ;
               for
               at
               the
               time
               when
               I
               was
               committed
               to
               Prison
               
                 Arthur
                 Cook
              
               told
               me
               ,
               That
               
                 Joseph
                 Kirle
              
               had
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 if
                 the
                 proceedings
                 of
                 the
                 Magistrates
                 was
                 thus
                 found
                 fault
                 with
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 not
                 defend
              
               
               
                 themselves
                 against
                 Thieves
                 and
                 Robbers
                 ,
                 Merchants
                 would
                 be
                 discouraged
                 of
                 coming
                 here
                 with
                 their
                 Vessels
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               And
               I
               except
               also
               against
               
                 James
                 Fox
              
               ,
               because
               on
               the
               first
               day
               after
               Babit
               and
               his
               Company
               were
               taken
               ,
               I
               being
               at
               Sam.
               Carpenter's
               ,
               there
               was
               Governor
               
                 Lloyd
                 ,
                 James
                 Fox
              
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               ,
               and
               in
               discourse
               concerning
               taking
               of
               the
               said
               Privateers
               ,
               
                 James
                 Fox
              
               greatly
               blamed
               
                 W.
                 Walker
              
               ,
               because
               he
               found
               fault
               with
               some
               Justices
               that
               were
               Quakers
               ,
               for
               commanding
               men
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               pressing
               them
               to
               go
               against
               the
               said
               Privateers
               ;
               and
               also
               
                 James
                 Fox
              
               joined
               with
               
                 Tho.
                 Lloyd
              
               in
               saying
               ,
               
                 He
                 would
                 mark
                 them
                 as
                 Enemies
                 to
                 the
                 Government
                 and
                 well-being
                 of
                 the
                 Province
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 neutral
                 in
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 going
                 against
              
               Babit
               ,
               &c.
               
               By
               which
               Instances
               I
               think
               it
               appears
               that
               these
               two
               Persons
               have
               prejudg'd
               the
               Cause
               that
               is
               now
               to
               come
               before
               them
               ;
               
                 Joseph
                 Kirle
              
               acknowledged
               he
               had
               spoke
               such
               words
               ,
               and
               desired
               to
               be
               discharged
               ;
               but
               they
               would
               not
               allow
               of
               those
               Exceptions
               ,
               altho'
               it
               is
               frequent
               in
               these
               Courts
               to
               change
               Jurors
               on
               barely
               saying
               they
               do
               except
               against
               such
               a
               one
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               and
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               
                 These
                 are
                 no
                 Exceptions
                 in
                 Law
                 ;
                 hast
                 thou
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 heard
                 them
                 say
                 that
                 thou
                 printed
                 that
                 Paper
                 ?
                 for
                 that
                 is
                 only
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 find
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               That
               is
               not
               only
               what
               they
               are
               to
               find
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               find
               also
               ,
               whether
               this
               be
               a
               Seditious
               Paper
               ,
               or
               not
               ,
               and
               whether
               it
               does
               not
               tend
               to
               the
               weakening
               of
               the
               Hands
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               .
            
          
           
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 matter
                 of
                 Law
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Jury
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 ,
                 but
                 find
                 whether
              
               W.
               B.
               
                 printed
                 it
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Bench
                 is
                 to
                 judge
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 Seditious
                 Paper
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Law
                 has
                 determined
                 what
                 is
                 a
                 Breach
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Penalty
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Bench
                 only
                 is
                 to
                 give
                 judgment
                 on
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
               ,
            
             
               
                 You
                 are
                 only
                 to
                 try
                 whether
              
               W.
               B.
               
                 printed
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 not
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             
               This
               is
               wrong
               ;
               for
               the
               Jury
               are
               Judges
               in
               Law
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               matter
               of
               Fact.
               Which
               
                 D.
                 Lloyd
              
               again
               denied
               .
               Whereupon
               some
               of
               the
               Jury
               desired
               to
               know
               what
               they
               were
               to
               be
               attested
               to
               try
               ,
               for
               they
               did
               believe
               in
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               they
               were
               obliged
               to
               try
               and
               find
               whether
               that
               Paper
               was
               Seditious
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               whether
               
                 Will.
                 Bradford
              
               Printed
               ;
               and
               some
               of
               them
               desired
               to
               be
               discharged
               .
            
          
           
             —
             A
             great
             Noise
             and
             Confusion
             among
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             Some
             on
             the
             Bench
             showing
             their
             willingness
             to
             allow
             of
             W.
             B's
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             two
             Jurors
             ,
             Justice
             Cook
             said
             ,
             
               I
               will
               not
               allow
               of
               it
               ;
               is
               there
               four
               of
               us
               of
               a
               mind
               ?
            
          
           
             Then
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             began
             to
             read
             the
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             and
             12.
             
             Articles
             of
             the
             said
             Appeal
             ,
             and
             commented
             thereupon
             ,
             denying
             ,
             
               1st
               ,
               That
               any
               man
               were
               hired
               to
               fight
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               fetch
               back
               the
               Sloop
               ;
               2dly
               ,
               That
               there
               was
               no
               Commission
               given
               ,
               but
               only
               a
               Hue-and-Cry
               or
               Warrant
               ,
               as
               might
               be
               in
               any
               other
               ordinary
               case
               ,
               and
               what
               was
               done
               was
               in
               case
               of
               great
               necessity
               ,
               when
               a
            
             
             
               Company
               of
               Rogues
               had
               Pyratically
               stolen
               away
               a
               Sloop
               to
               the
               great
               terror
               of
               the
               People
               of
               this
               place
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Magistrates
               must
               be
               blamed
               for
               their
               proceedings
               herein
               ,
               what
               do
               you
               think
               will
               be
               the
               consequence
               thereof
               ,
               but
               to
               encourage
               all
               manner
               of
               wickedness
               ?
               And
            
             Will.
             Bradford
             
               is
               presented
               for
               printing
               and
               publishing
               this
               Seditious
               Paper
               ,
               whereof
               you
               of
               the
               Jury
               are
               to
               find
               him
               guilty
               ,
               if
               it
               appear
               to
               you
               that
               he
               has
               printed
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             
               I
               desire
               you
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               and
               all
               here
               present
               ,
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               what
               is
               here
               contained
               in
               this
               Paper
               is
               not
               Seditious
               ,
               but
               wholly
               relating
               to
               a
               Religious
               Difference
               ,
               and
               asserting
               the
               Quakers
               Ancient
               Principles
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               laid
               down
               positive
               ,
               that
               they
               ought
               not
               to
               have
               proceeded
               against
               the
               Privateers
               ,
               but
               laid
               down
               by
               way
               of
               Query
               ,
               for
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
               to
               consider
               and
               resolve
               at
               their
               Yearly
               Meeting
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 Transgression
                 of
                 the
              
               Quakers
               
                 Principles
                 to
                 hire
                 and
                 commissionate
                 men
                 to
                 fight
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Justice
               Cook
               ,
            
             
               
                 If
                 it
                 was
                 intended
                 for
                 the
                 Yearly
                 Meeting
                 at
              
               Burlington
               ,
               
                 why
                 was
                 it
                 published
                 and
                 spread
                 abroad
                 before
                 the
                 Meeting
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               Because
               it
               might
               be
               perused
               and
               considered
               of
               by
               Friends
               before
               the
               Meeting
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Bills
               that
               are
               prepared
               to
               be
               passed
               into
               Laws
               ,
               they
               are
               promulgated
               a
               certain
               number
               of
               days
               ,
               before
               the
               Assembly
               meets
               ,
               that
               all
               may
               have
               opportunity
               to
               consider
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             read
             the
             Act
             against
             Printing
             ,
             14
             Car
             2.
             cap.
             33.
             against
             Books
             being
             Printed
             without
             the
             Printers
             Name
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             
               That
               was
               one
               Act
               which
               they
               prosecuted
            
             W.
             Bradford
             upon
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             
               G.
               K.
            
             answer'd
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             the
             singular
             and
             extraordinary
             Severity
             of
             these
             Justices
             ,
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             will
             pick
             out
             a
             Statute
             made
             in
             
               Old
               England
            
             ,
             and
             prosecute
             a
             man
             upon
             it
             here
             ,
             which
             might
             Ruin
             him
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             tho'
             it
             's
             not
             certain
             whether
             that
             Act
             be
             in
             force
             ;
             when
             as
             most
             of
             W.
             Penn's
             and
             the
             Quakers
             Books
             were
             printed
             without
             the
             Printers
             Name
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             that
             Act
             was
             in
             force
             ;
             and
             yet
             we
             never
             heard
             that
             any
             Printer
             in
             England
             was
             prosecuted
             for
             that
             ;
             and
             therefore
             these
             here
             have
             exceeded
             them
             in
             England
             ;
             which
             manifests
             their
             Malice
             and
             revengeful
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             because
             they
             cannot
             fix
             the
             matter
             to
             be
             any
             Breach
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             (
             tho'
             they
             pretend
             it
             is
             )
             they
             'll
             prosecute
             the
             Printer
             for
             not
             putting
             his
             Name
             to
             what
             they
             suppose
             he
             Printed
             .
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             time
             these
             Persons
             were
             upon
             Trial
             ,
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             sate
             by
             them
             ,
             over-awing
             and
             threatning
             them
             when
             they
             spoke
             boldly
             in
             their
             own
             defence
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Jury
             had
             Pen
             ,
             Ink
             and
             Paper
             to
             write
             down
             such
             words
             as
             they
             disliked
             ,
             signifying
             that
             they
             would
             present
             them
             ,
             and
             Justice
             Cook
             other
             times
             bid
             them
             take
             notice
             of
             such
             and
             such
             words
             ,
             thereby
             over-awing
             the
             Prisoners
             that
             they
             had
             not
             liberty
             to
             plead
             freely
             .
             And
             when
             
               Tho.
               Harris
            
             ,
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             began
             to
             say
             something
             to
             the
             matter
             ,
             they
             
             stopt
             him
             ,
             and
             bid
             an
             Officer
             take
             him
             away
             ,
             and
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             said
             ,
             
               That
               he
               should
               plead
               no
               more
               there
               .
            
          
           
             After
             a
             long
             time
             of
             pleading
             ,
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             began
             to
             summons
             up
             the
             matter
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             
               How
               that
               the
               printed
               Appeal
               was
               a
               Seditious
               Paper
               ,
               and
               tended
               to
               weaken
               the
               Hands
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               encourage
               all
               manner
               of
               Wickedness
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               evident
            
             W.
             Bradford
             
               printed
               it
               ,
               he
               being
               the
               Printer
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               and
               the
               frame
               on
               which
               it
               was
               printed
               ,
               was
               found
               in
               his
               House
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               the
               Jury
               ,
               and
               all
               here
               present
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               there
               ought
               to
               be
               two
               Evidences
               ,
               to
               prove
               the
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ,
               but
               not
               one
               Evidence
               has
               been
               brought
               in
               this
               case
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sam.
               Jening
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Frame
                 on
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 printed
                 is
                 Evidence
                 enough
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               But
               where
               is
               the
               Frame
               ,
               there
               has
               no
               Frame
               been
               produced
               here
               ;
               and
               if
               there
               had
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               Evidence
               ,
               unless
               ye
               saw
               me
               print
               on
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Jury
                 shall
                 have
                 the
                 Frame
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 cannot
                 well
                 be
                 brought
                 here
                 ;
                 and
                 beside
                 the
                 Season
                 is
                 cold
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 are
                 not
                 to
                 sit
                 here
                 to
                 endanger
                 our
                 Health
                 ;
                 you
                 are
                 minded
                 to
                 put
                 Tricks
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               and
               all
               here
               present
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               here
               has
               not
               one
               Evidence
               been
               brought
               to
               prove
               that
               I
               printed
               the
               Sheet
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 An
                 Appeal
              
               .
               And
               whereas
               they
               say
               ,
               the
               Frame
               is
               Evidence
               ,
               which
               the
               Jury
               shall
               have
               ;
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               Jury
               ought
               not
               to
               hear
               or
               have
               any
               Evidence
               whatsoever
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Judge
               and
               Prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             Yet
             this
             was
             nothing
             minded
             ,
             but
             
               Sam.
               Jenings
            
             summoned
             up
             to
             the
             Jury
             what
             they
             were
             to
             do
             ,
             
               viz.
               To
               find
            
             ,
             1st
             ,
             
               whether
               or
               not
               that
               Paper
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             The
             Appeal
             ,
             
               had
               not
               a
               tendency
               to
               the
               weakening
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               encouragement
               of
               Wickedness
               ?
            
             2dly
             ,
             
               Whether
               it
               did
               not
               tend
               to
               the
               Disturbance
               of
               the
               Peace
               ?
               And
               ,
            
             3dly
             ,
             Whether
             William
             Bradford
             
               did
               not
               print
               it
               ,
               without
               putting
               his
               Name
               to
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               Law
               requires
               ?
            
          
           
             The
             Jury
             had
             a
             Room
             provided
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             time
             they
             had
             been
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             together
             ,
             the
             Sheriff
             caused
             the
             Frame
             to
             be
             carried
             in
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             an
             Evidence
             that
             
               W.
               B.
            
             printed
             the
             Appeal
             .
          
           
             The
             Jury
             continued
             about
             forty
             eight
             hours
             together
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             agree
             ,
             then
             they
             came
             into
             Court
             to
             ask
             a
             Question
             ,
             
               viz.
               Whether
               the
               Law
               did
               require
               two
               Evidences
               to
               find
               a
               man
               guilty
               ?
            
             To
             answer
             which
             
               D.
               Lloyd
            
             read
             a
             passage
             out
             of
             a
             Law-Book
             ,
             
               That
               they
               were
               to
               find
               it
               by
               Evidences
               ,
               or
               on
               their
               own
               knowledge
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               :
               Now
            
             (
             says
             
               D.
               Lloyd
               )
               this
               otherwise
               is
               the
               Frame
               which
               you
               have
               ,
               which
               is
               Evidence
               sufficient
               .
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             
               The
               Frame
               which
               they
               have
               is
               no
               Evidence
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               not
               seen
               it
               ,
               and
               how
               do
               I
               or
               the
               Jury
               know
               that
               that
               which
               was
               carried
               in
               to
               them
               ,
               is
               mine
               ,
               —
               Interrupted
               —
               The
               Jury
               sent
               forth
               again
               ,
               and
               an
               Officer
               commanded
               to
               keep
               them
               without
               Meat
               ,
               Drink
               ,
               Fire
               or
               Tobacco
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             the
             Afternoon
             the
             Jury
             came
             into
             Court
             again
             ,
             and
             told
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             like
             to
             agree
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Court
             discharged
             them
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               W.
               Bradford
            
             told
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             seeing
             he
             had
             been
             so
             long
             detained
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             his
             Utensils
             with
             which
             he
             should
             work
             having
             been
             so
             long
             detained
             ,
             he
             hoped
             now
             to
             have
             his
             Utensils
             returned
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             discharged
             from
             his
             Imprisonment
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Jenings
               .
            
             
               
                 No
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 have
                 thy
                 things
                 again
                 ,
                 nor
                 be
                 discharged
                 ,
                 but
              
               I
               
                 now
                 let
                 thee
                 know
                 ,
                 thou
                 standest
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Capacity
                 to
                 answer
                 next
                 Court
                 ,
                 as
                 before
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Next
             Court
             being
             come
             ,
             
               Will.
               Bradford
            
             attended
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             know
             whether
             he
             should
             have
             his
             Utensils
             ,
             and
             be
             discharged
             .
             
               Arthur
               Cook
            
             answered
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               have
               thy
               Goods
               until
               released
               by
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               W.
               Bradford
               .
            
             
               The
               Law
               will
               not
               release
               them
               ,
               unless
               executed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Arthur
               Cook.
               
            
             
               
                 If
                 thou
                 wilt
                 request
                 a
                 Tryal
                 ,
                 thou
                 mayst
                 have
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Whereupon
             I
             query
             ,
             1st
             .
             Whether
             it
             be
             practicable
             ,
             or
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             to
             seise
             Men's
             Goods
             and
             imprison
             their
             Persons
             ,
             and
             so
             detain
             them
             under
             the
             Terror
             of
             a
             Goal
             ,
             one
             six
             Months
             after
             another
             ,
             and
             not
             bring
             them
             to
             Trial
             ,
             unless
             requested
             by
             the
             Imprisoned
             ?
          
           
             2ly
             .
             When
             a
             Jury
             is
             Sworn
             ,
             
               Well
               and
               truly
               to
               Try
               ,
               and
               true
               Deliverance
               make
               between
               the
               Proprietor
               and
               Prisoner
               ,
            
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             very
             illegal
             to
             absolve
             them
             from
             their
             Oath
             ,
             dismiss
             them
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             to
             another
             Jury
             to
             try
             ?
          
           
             Now
             it
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             nine
             of
             these
             Jurors
             were
             Persons
             prejudiced
             against
             
               G.
               K.
            
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             three
             happened
             to
             be
             moderate
             Persons
             that
             were
             not
             called
             Quakers
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             they
             could
             not
             agree
             ,
             was
             (
             as
             some
             of
             the
             said
             Jurors
             ,
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             have
             told
             )
             that
             these
             three
             Persons
             stood
             upon
             the
             Nicety
             (
             as
             they
             call'd
             it
             )
             of
             Evidence
             that
             
               W.
               B.
            
             printed
             that
             Paper
             ;
             whereas
             the
             other
             Jurors
             ,
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             said
             ,
             they
             believed
             that
             
               W.
               B.
            
             printed
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             a
             seditious
             Paper
             ,
             &c.
             and
             they
             would
             not
             acquit
             him
             .
          
           
             Does
             not
             this
             show
             the
             great
             Declension
             of
             these
             People
             from
             their
             ancient
             Principle
             against
             the
             use
             of
             Carnal
             Weapons
             ,
             that
             for
             only
             proposing
             it
             to
             be
             enquired
             into
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             Transgression
             of
             the
             Quakers
             Principle
             ,
             for
             any
             of
             that
             People
             to
             hire
             and
             commissionate
             men
             to
             fight
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             cast
             men
             into
             Goal
             ,
             and
             prosecute
             them
             as
             Seditious
             Persons
             for
             so
             doing
             .
          
           
             Here
             follows
             a
             Breviate
             of
             a
             Paper
             that
             was
             presented
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             to
             show
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Quakers
             ancient
             Testimony
             ,
             not
             to
             fight
             ,
             which
             they
             took
             little
             or
             no
             notice
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               A
               Declaration
               from
               the
               People
               of
               God
               ,
               called
            
             Quakers
             ,
             
               against
               all
               Plotters
               and
               Fighters
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Presented
               to
               the
               King
            
             ,
             1660.
             
          
           
             ALL
             Bloody
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             ,
             we
             ,
             as
             to
             our
             own
             particulars
             ,
             do
             utterly
             deny
             ,
             with
             all
             outward
             Wars
             and
             Strife
             ,
             and
             Fightings
             with
             outward
             Weapons
             ,
             for
             any
             end
             
               (
               mark
            
             )
             or
             under
             any
             pretence
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             this
             is
             our
             Testimony
             to
             the
             whole
             World.
             —
             And
             we
             do
             certainly
             know
             ,
             and
             so
             testifie
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             leads
             us
             into
             all
             Truth
             ,
             will
             never
             move
             us
             to
             fight
             and
             war
             against
             any
             man
             with
             outward
             Weapons
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             for
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             this
             World.
             —
             We
             have
             used
             no
             Force
             nor
             Violence
             against
             any
             man
             ,
             &c.
             when
             we
             have
             been
             wronged
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             sought
             to
             revenge
             our selves
             .
             —
             So
             that
             if
             we
             suffer
             as
             suspected
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
             or
             make
             War
             against
             any
             ,
             it
             s
             without
             any
             ground
             from
             us
             ;
             for
             it
             neither
             is
             ,
             nor
             ever
             was
             in
             our
             Hearts
             since
             we
             owned
             the
             Truth
             of
             God
             ,
             neither
             shall
             we
             ever
             do
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             Apostles
             .
             Given
             forth
             by
             
               George
               Fox
               ,
               John
               Stubs
               ,
               Leonard
               Fell
               ,
               Rich.
               Hubberthorn
               ,
               Francis
               Howgill
               ,
               Samuel
               Fisher
               ,
               John
               Boulton
               ,
               Gerrard
               Roberts
               ,
               Henry
               Fell
               ,
               John
               Furley
               ,
            
             jun.
             
               Thomas
               Moore
               ,
               John
               Hind
            
             .
          
           
             See
             also
             
               Rob.
               Apology
            
             ,
             Thes
             .
             15.
             
             §
             13.
             p.
             399.
             
             And
             §
             15.
             p.
             407.
             he
             says
             ,
             
               As
               to
               what
               relates
               to
               the
               present
               Magistrates
               of
               the
               Christian
               World
               ,
               albeit
               we
               deny
               them
               not
               altogether
               the
               Name
               of
               Christians
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               publick
               Profession
               they
               make
               of
               Christs
               Name
               ,
               yet
               we
               may
               boldly
               affirm
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               far
               from
               the
               Perfection
               of
               the
               
                 Christian
                 Religion
              
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               state
               in
               which
               they
               are
               ,
               they
               have
               not
               come
               to
               the
               pure
               Dispensation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               but
               for
               such
               whom
               Christ
               hath
               brought
               hither
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               lawful
               to
               defend
               themselves
               by
               Arms
               ,
               but
               ought
               over
               all
               to
               trust
               in
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             
               The
               Scriptures
               and
               old
               Fathers
               ,
               so
               called
               ,
               did
               only
               prohibit
               private
               Revenge
               ,
               not
               the
               use
               of
               Arms
               for
               the
               Defence
               of
               our
               Country
               ,
               Bodies
               ,
               Wives
               ,
               Children
               ,
               Goods
               ,
               when
               the
               Magistrate
               commands
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
               If
               the
               Magistrate
               be
               truly
               a
               Christian
               ,
               or
               desires
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               he
               ought
               in
               the
               first
               place
               to
               obey
               the
               Command
               of
               his
               Master
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Love
                 your
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             R.
             B's
             Answer
             to
             Brown
             ,
             §
             16.
             p.
             181.
             
             Brown
             mentions
             the
             necessity
             of
             
               Defensive
               War
            
             ,
             to
             defend
             from
             those
             that
             unjustly
             assault
             ,
             and
             Thieves
             ,
             Robbers
             and
             Cut-throats
             ,
             
               &c.
               R.
               Barclay
            
             saith
             ,
             Herein
             he
             speaks
             more
             like
             an
             Atheist
             than
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             like
             one
             who
             believeth
             nothing
             of
             a
             Divine
             Providence
             in
             restraining
             Evil
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A63218-e200
           
             *
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Master-like
             ,
             as
             saith
             the
             English
             Expositor
             .