A just rebuke to one & twenty learned and reverend divines (so called) being an answer to an abusive epistle against the people call'd Quakers subscrib'd by : Thoman Manton, Thomas Jacomb, John Yates, John Sheffield, Anthony Palmer, Thomas Cole, Thomas Doelittel, Richard Baxter, William Cooper, George Griffith, Matthew Barker, John Singleton, Andrew Parsons, Richard Mayo, Thomas Gouge, William Jenkyn, Thomas Watson, Benjamin Needler, William Carslake, Stephen Ford, Samuel Smith / by William Penn.
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             A just rebuke to one & twenty learned and reverend divines (so called) being an answer to an abusive epistle against the people call'd Quakers subscrib'd by : Thoman Manton, Thomas Jacomb, John Yates, John Sheffield, Anthony Palmer, Thomas Cole, Thomas Doelittel, Richard Baxter, William Cooper, George Griffith, Matthew Barker, John Singleton, Andrew Parsons, Richard Mayo, Thomas Gouge, William Jenkyn, Thomas Watson, Benjamin Needler, William Carslake, Stephen Ford, Samuel Smith / by William Penn.
             Penn, William, 1644-1718.
          
           32 p.
           
             s.n.],
             [London :
             1674.
          
           
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             A reply to a commendatory epistle prefixed to the second edition of John Faldo's Quakerism no Christianity. Faldo answered in "XXi. divines ... cleared of the unjust criminations of W. Penn ..."
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           A
           JUST
           REBUKE
           TO
           One
           &
           Twenty
           Learned
           and
           Reverend
           DIVINES
           (
           So
           called
           )
           Being
           an
           Answer
           to
           an
           
             Abusive
             Epistle
          
           against
           the
           People
           call'd
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           subscrib'd
           by
           
             
               Thomas
               Manton
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Jacomb
               ,
            
             
               John
               Yates
               ,
            
             
               John
               Sheff●eld
               ,
            
             
               Anthony
               Palmer
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Cole
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Doelittel
               ,
            
             
               Richard
               Baxter
               ,
            
             
               William
               Cooper
               ,
            
             
               George
               Griffith
               ,
            
             
               Matthew
               Barker
               ,
            
             
               John
               Singleton
               ,
            
             
               Andrew
               Parsons
               ,
            
             
               Richard
               Mayo
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Gouge
               ,
            
             
               William
               Jenky●
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Watson
               ,
            
             
               Benjamin
               Needler
               ,
            
             
               William
               Carslake
               ,
            
             
               Stephen
               Ford
               ,
            
             
               Samuel
               Smith
               ,
            
          
        
         
           By
           William
           Penn.
           
        
         
           
             Quid
             enim
             iniquius
             ,
             quam
             ut
             oderint
             homines
             quod
             ignorant
             ,
             etiam
             si
             res
             meretur
             odium
             ,
          
           
             Tertul.
             Apologet.
             
          
        
         
           
             —
             The
             Lord
             ,
             frustrateth
             the
             Tokens
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             maketh
             Diviners
             mad
             ,
             that
             turneth
             wise
             Men
             backward
             ,
             and
             maketh
             their
             Knowledge
             foolish
             ,
          
           
             
               Isa.
            
             44.24
             ,
             2●
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1674.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           JUST
           REBUKE
           TO
           One
           and
           Twenty
           
             Divines
             ,
          
           (
           So
           called
           )
           &c.
           
        
         
           THe
           CAUSE
           of
           the
           
             GOD
             of
             TRVTH
          
           hath
           rarely
           wanted
           the
           Endeavours
           of
           men
           of
           greatest
           Power
           and
           Literature
           in
           almost
           every
           Age
           to
           slander
           it
           ,
           nor
           the
           constant
           
             Adherers
          
           to
           it
           ,
           contumelious
           Treatment
           for
           their
           Integrity
           :
           No
           
             Virtue
          
           hath
           been
           so
           Conspicuous
           ,
           no
           
             Quality
          
           so
           Great
           ,
           no
           
             Relation
          
           so
           Near
           ,
           as
           to
           protect
           them
           from
           the
           Fury
           of
           blind
           
             Tradition
          
           and
           prejudic'd
           
             Education
             .
          
           But
           as
           this
           ought
           not
           to
           discourage
           any
           that
           pursueth
           so
           
             Good
             and
             Heavenly
             an
             Interest
             ,
          
           especially
           ,
           when
           the
           Invincible
           
             Faith
             ,
             Patience
          
           and
           
             Hope
          
           of
           those
           Holy
           Ancients
           that
           so
           heartily
           espoused
           it
           ,
           stand
           before
           us
           as
           so
           many
           bright
           Examples
           and
           Encouragements
           ;
           so
           neither
           have
           the
           many
           and
           great
           Attempts
           of
           
             Men
             of
             divers
             ,
             yea
             opposite
             Interests
             ,
          
           to
           render
           us
           
             Vnfit
             for
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
          
           (
           what
           in
           them
           lyeth
           )
           
             to
             invalidate
             our
             Claim
             to
             Heaven
             ,
          
           abated
           one
           Grain
           of
           our
           Love
           to
           ,
           Confidence
           in
           and
           Zeal
           for
           that
           worthy
           Cause
           :
           And
           Blessed
           be
           the
           God
           and
           Father
           of
           our
           Lord
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           their
           
             Essayes
          
           have
           been
           Insuccessful
           ,
           their
           
             Designs
          
           frustrated
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           of
           their
           
             Weapons
          
           form'd
           against
           our
           
             Sion
          
           hath
           yet
           prospered
           ;
           But
           
             —
             Crescit
             sub
             pondere
             Virtus
             .
          
           These
           very
           Sufferings
           God
           hath
           turn'd
           to
           our
           Enlargement
           ,
           daily
           rewarding
           our
           Tribulations
           with
           Patience
           ,
           and
           our
           Conflicts
           with
           Joy
           in
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           fulfilling
           to
           us
           that
           comfortable
           Saying
           
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             All
             things
             shall
             work
             together
             for
             good
             to
             them
             that
             love
             him
             .
          
           Having
           this
           
             Encouragem●nt
          
           from
           God
           ,
           what
           
             Injury
          
           soever
           we
           sustain
           from
           Men
           ,
           well
           may
           we
           say
           with
           that
           Kingly
           Prophet
           ,
           
             Whom
             should
             we
             fear
             ?
             Of
             whom
             should
             we
             be
             afraid
          
           ?
        
         
           With
           that
           Godly
           Resolution
           ,
           which
           becometh
           the
           Justness
           of
           my
           Cause
           ,
           I
           enter
           upon
           my
           present
           Work
           ,
           and
           first
           of
           the
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           been
           long
           threatn'd
           with
           a
           Report
           of
           the
           
             joynt-Endeavours
             of
             many
             Minist●rs
             ,
          
           which
           rais'd
           several
           into
           an
           Expectation
           of
           some
           notable
           Piece
           ,
           some
           grave
           and
           moderate
           Disquisition
           of
           what
           had
           been
           as
           frivolously
           as
           fouly
           mannaged
           by
           our
           other
           petulant
           
             Adversari●s
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Controversy
          
           so
           long
           depending
           ,
           might
           terminate
           with
           some
           Advantage
           to
           such
           as
           had
           made
           any
           sober
           Enquiry
           after
           it
           ;
           but
           we
           had
           no
           sooner
           received
           and
           lookt
           into
           the
           Book
           ,
           then
           we
           saw
           our selves
           under
           a
           very
           great
           Di●appointment
           ;
           for
           instead
           of
           some
           New
           Essay
           ,
           behold
           !
           an
           Old
           Discourse
           new
           vampt
           ,
           or
           
             a
             new
             Impression
             of
             a
             Book
          
           twice
           largely
           consider'd
           ,
           and
           some
           think
           ,
           
             effectually
             Answer'd
             ,
          
           I
           mean
           ,
           John
           Faldo's
           
             Quak●rism
             no
             Christianity
             ,
          
           but
           
             now
             recommended
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Title-page
           tells
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Epistles
             of
             many
             Learned
             ,
             and
             Worthy
             Divines
             .
          
        
         
           But
           since
           it
           hath
           pleased
           so
           many
           Persons
           under
           that
           
             Character
             ,
          
           to
           fall
           in
           with
           his
           Di●course
           against
           us
           ,
           
             to
             Commend
             it
             so
             highly
             ,
             Recommend
             it
             so
             earn●stly
             ,
             and
             bestow
             so
             liberal
             an
             Elogie
             on
             him
             that
             wrot
             it
             ,
          
           I
           think
           I
           may
           without
           any
           the
           least
           Injustice
           ,
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           
             Authors
             of
             this
             Impression
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           (
           by
           espousing
           his
           Endeavours
           )
           
             R●sp●nsible
             to
             the
          
           People
           call'd
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           for
           all
           those
           
             Miscarriages
          
           therein
           rightly
           chargable
           by
           them
           upon
           him
           :
           And
           I
           no
           waies
           doubt
           ,
           through
           God's
           Assistance
           to
           evidence
           their
           
             Concern
          
           in
           this
           Affair
           to
           carry
           with
           it
           an
           utter
           
             Inconsistency
          
           with
           that
           Superbe
           
             Title
          
           they
           have
           either
           given
           themselves
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Author
          
           or
           
             Book
             s●ller
          
           conferr'd
           upon
           them
           for
           the
           good
           turn
           of
           their
           so
           seasonable
           
             Epistle
             ,
          
           viz.
           LEARNED
           ,
           REVEREND
           and
           WORTHY
           DIVINES
           ;
           Words
           that
           make
           a
           fine
           Jingle
           ,
           and
           please
           and
           blow
           up
           Vain
           People
           at
           a
           strange
           rate
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Paragraph
           of
           their
           
             Epistle
          
           is
           a
           great
           Truth
           ,
           both
           worthy
           of
           the
           Minds
           of
           good
           Men
           ,
           and
           necessary
           to
           be
           consider'd
           at
           any's
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Judgment
           of
           another's
           Cause
           ;
           It
           runs
           thus
           :
        
         
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             the
             Wise
             Distinguisher
             of
             Good
             and
             Evil
             ;
             and
             so
             loveth
             the
             Good
             in
             any
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             abate
             his
             Hatred
             of
             their
             Evil
             ;
             and
             so
             hateth
             the
             Evil
             ,
             as
             to
             love
             all
             that
             is
             Good
             ;
             So
             is
             it
             no
             small
             part
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Integrity
             of
             his
             Servants
             to
             
               Imitate
            
             him
             herein
             ;
             and
             not
             like
             Men
             blinded
             by
             Partiality
             ,
             to
             just●fie
             all
             in
             those
             whom
             they
             like
             ,
             and
             
               Vilifie
            
             all
             in
             those
             they
             d●slike
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             One
             would
             think
             by
             this
             that
             
               you
            
             had
             
               Imitated
            
             God
             in
             
               your
            
             Conduct
             towards
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             ;
             and
             doubtless
             
               you
            
             writ
             it
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             read
             it
             should
             think
             so
             :
             but
             why
             ?
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             unless
             because
             
               you
            
             looking
             upon
             
               your
            
             selves
             his
             Servants
             ,
             such
             ought
             to
             do
             so
             or
             else
             to
             give
             greater
             Credit
             to
             
               your
            
             Work
             then
             
               your
            
             selves
             perhaps
             believe
             it
             deserves
             :
             But
             let
             us
             hear
             what
             Use
             
               you
            
             the
             great
             Men
             of
             
               Vses
               ,
            
             make
             of
             this
             Introduction
             ;
             I
             find
             it
             in
             the
             next
             Paragraph
             in
             these
             Words
             .
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Justice
             we
             must
             and
             will
             observe
             towards
             this
             People
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               Quakers
               ,
               —
            
             The
             Fear
             of
             God
             and
             Love
             of
             Truth
             forbids
             us
             to
             render
             them
             Worse
             or
             Better
             then
             they
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             
               Better
            
             !
             there
             is
             little
             Fear
             you
             will
             :
             You
             may
             turn
             
               Pelagian
            
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             and
             exclude
             all
             Divine
             Assistance
             ;
             for
             I
             hope
             none
             are
             so
             ignorant
             in
             this
             Age
             ,
             as
             to
             think
             that
             Men
             of
             your
             Stamp
             need
             special
             Grace
             to
             keep
             you
             from
             the
             Sin
             of
             rendering
             the
             poor
             
               Quakers
               Better
            
             then
             they
             are
             :
             How
             much
             
               Worse
            
             will
             be
             the
             Question
             ?
             I
             confess
             ,
             you
             say
             fair
             ;
             but
             what
             if
             you
             break
             your
             Word
             with
             us
             ?
             Must
             not
             your
             Censure
             of
             us
             fall
             upon
             your
             own
             Heads
             ?
             And
             will
             it
             not
             be
             reasonable
             for
             us
             to
             interpret
             your
             Use
             of
             so
             true
             an
             Expression
             to
             be
             a
             Trick
             to
             decoy
             People
             into
             a
             Belief
             ,
             that
             you
             had
             taken
             right
             Measures
             of
             us
             ,
             whilst
             you
             have
             really
             dealt
             most
             unjustly
             with
             us
             .
          
           
             Let
             me
             a
             little
             expostulate
             with
             you
             in
             this
             Matter
             .
             You
             have
             either
             read
             or
             not
             read
             the
             Book
             ye
             recommend
             :
             If
             you
             have
             not
             read
             it
             ,
             certainly
             you
             have
             done
             very
             Ill
             to
             recommend
             it
             ,
             since
             you
             know
             not
             what
             you
             recommend
             ;
             which
             is
             not
             
               to
               Imitate
               God
               ,
            
             or
             do
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             Justice
             :
             If
             you
             have
             read
             it
             ,
             you
             
             manifestly
             entitle
             your selves
             to
             all
             the
             Evils
             of
             it
             .
             Again
             ,
             since
             the
             Strength
             of
             the
             Book
             depends
             upon
             
               Testimonies
            
             out
             of
             our
             Writings
             :
             either
             you
             have
             compared
             his
             
               Citations
            
             with
             the
             Books
             themselves
             ,
             or
             ye
             have
             not
             ;
             if
             you
             have
             not
             (
             and
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             that
             's
             your
             Case
             )
             you
             commend
             him
             ,
             and
             condemn
             us
             by
             rote
             :
             If
             you
             have
             compared
             and
             considered
             them
             ,
             you
             must
             needs
             have
             offered
             great
             Violence
             to
             your
             Understandings
             in
             giving
             your
             Approbation
             ,
             which
             anon
             we
             shall
             so
             undeniably
             evidence
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             have
             been
             comparatively
             your
             Virtue
             ,
             to
             have
             recommended
             the
             Book
             without
             reading
             it
             or
             examining
             the
             Citations
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             what
             he
             chargeth
             upon
             us
             to
             be
             our
             
               Principles
               ,
            
             are
             not
             so
             laid
             down
             by
             any
             one
             of
             us
             ,
             nor
             ,
             say
             we
             ,
             sayable
             by
             any
             of
             us
             upon
             our
             real
             Principles
             ;
             but
             are
             such
             
               Consequences
            
             as
             he
             through
             Ignorance
             or
             Malice
             hath
             indirectly
             drawn
             from
             our
             Words
             :
             For
             Instance
             ,
             
               That
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Judgment
               ,
               Heaven
               or
               H●ll
               ,
               then
               what
               is
               within
               us
               in
               this
               Life
            
             ;
             Which
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             our
             
               Principle
            
             in
             
               Our
            
             Words
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             as
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Truth
             of
             our
             Creed
             ,
             as
             Darkness
             is
             with
             Light
             :
             Charge
             this
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             
               That
               this
               is
               not
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               Faith
            
             in
             terminis
             ,
             
               but
               the
               Consequence
               of
               it
            
             ;
             but
             then
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             have
             the
             making
             of
             it
             .
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             of
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             be
             so
             treated
             with
             the
             Respect
             to
             the
             Articles
             of
             your
             own
             Creed
             ?
             Would
             you
             esteem
             it
             just
             in
             me
             ,
             to
             give
             my
             
               Consequence
               for
               your
               Principle
               ,
            
             supposing
             I
             thought
             it
             a
             true
             Consequence
             ,
             especially
             if
             you
             reject
             it
             ?
             For
             Example
             ;
             You
             are
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             of
             you
             ,
             strict
             
               Calvinists
            
             in
             the
             Point
             of
             
               Election
            
             and
             
               Reprobation
            
             ;
             would
             you
             take
             it
             for
             a
             candid
             Representation
             of
             your
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             proclaim
             it
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             
               T.
               Manton
               ,
               T.
               Jac●mb
               ,
            
             &c.
             believe
             ,
             
               That
               God
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               Sin
               ;
               That
               God's
               Secret
               Will
               crosseth
               his
               Revealed
               Will
               ;
               That
               no
               Man
               is
               oblieged
               by
               the
               Laws
               either
               of
               God
               or
               men
               ;
               That
               Men
               are
               not
               the
               Cause
               of
               their
               own
               Destruction
               ;
               That
               there
               are
               neither
               Rewards
               nor
               Punishments
               ,
               &c.
            
             because
             perhaps
             I
             believe
             those
             
               Consequences
            
             to
             be
             deducible
             from
             the
             
               Calvinistical
               Principle
            
             ?
             I
             am
             perswaded
             you
             would
             look
             upon
             me
             as
             an
             Injurious
             Person
             in
             so
             doing
             ;
             yet
             this
             hath
             been
             the
             Practice
             of
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             J.
             Faldo
             :
             and
             which
             is
             le●s
             to
             your
             Credit
             ,
             you
             have
             notwithstanding
             commended
             him
             in
             it
             ,
             which
             ,
             how
             well
             
             it
             suits
             with
             
               On●
               and
               Twenty
               Learned
               and
               Reverend
               Divines
               ,
            
             I
             leave
             to
             their
             Judgment
             who
             understand
             what
             Persons
             of
             such
             a
             Character
             ought
             to
             do
             and
             be
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             you
             do
             not
             think
             this
             to
             be
             
               Imitating
               of
               God
            
             ;
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             your
             Case
             is
             desperate
             .
          
           
             But
             ●ad
             your
             Carriage
             been
             less
             blamable
             in
             these
             Particulars
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             only
             been
             your
             
               Discretion
               ,
            
             but
             
               Duty
               ,
            
             to
             have
             enquired
             if
             ever
             any
             thing
             had
             been
             writ
             in
             Answer
             to
             this
             Discourse
             you
             recommend
             ,
             by
             any
             of
             that
             People
             that
             it
             was
             writ
             against
             ;
             if
             there
             had
             ,
             to
             have
             procured
             and
             perused
             it
             ,
             before
             you
             had
             so
             freely
             spent
             your
             peremptory
             Judgment
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             You
             generally
             fling
             
               Infallibility
            
             at
             us
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             about
             Matters
             of
             highest
             Importance
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             Capital
             Sin
             to
             be
             assured
             of
             what
             a
             
               Christian
            
             ought
             not
             to
             make
             a
             Doubt
             of
             ,
             and
             yet
             nothing
             below
             asscribing
             such
             an
             
               Infallibility
            
             to
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
               ,
            
             can
             excuse
             you
             in
             not
             examining
             him
             by
             our
             Discourses
             ,
             before
             you
             conferr'd
             so
             kind
             ●n
             
               Epistle
            
             upon
             his
             Book
             :
             I
             ask
             you
             ,
             if
             the
             like
             Practice
             would
             please
             you
             in
             your
             own
             Ca●e
             ?
             you
             have
             prov'd
             ,
             it
             doth
             in
             ours
             ,
             which
             makes
             not
             for
             your
             Honour
             :
             Some
             of
             you
             are
             Writers
             your selves
             ,
             and
             thereby
             have
             ascended
             to
             no
             small
             Degree
             of
             Fame
             for
             some
             thing
             or
             other
             ;
             tell
             me
             honestly
             if
             you
             would
             think
             it
             a
             Piece
             of
             Justice
             in
             any
             
               Class
            
             of
             Men
             to
             recommend
             a
             Book
             most
             abusive
             of
             your
             Religion
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             
               for
               an
               Ingenious
               Essay
               ,
               an
               Exact
               Account
               of
               your
               Belief
               ,
               a
               Tract
               that
               in
            
             Matter
             ,
             Proof
             
               and
            
             Style
             (
             your
             own
             Words
             )
             
               merits
               the
               Notice
               of
               all
               such
               as
               desire
               an
               Information
               concerning
               your
               Principles
               of
               Religion
               ,
            
             whilst
             you
             both
             disown
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             it
             calls
             yours
             ,
             and
             in
             
               Two
               large
               Answers
            
             have
             detected
             him
             of
             several
             hundred
             
               Miscarriages
               against
               your
               Persons
               and
               Principles
            
             ?
             I
             am
             perswaded
             you
             will
             provide
             better
             for
             your selves
             .
             But
             if
             you
             must
             needs
             be
             so
             liberal
             ,
             me thinks
             your
             
               Recommendation
            
             had
             been
             better
             bestow'd
             upon
             his
             
               Vindication
               ,
            
             since
             his
             writing
             
               That
               ,
            
             proveth
             ,
             
               This
               wanted
               it
            
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             wanted
             it
             then
             ,
             it
             wants
             it
             still
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             seems
             the
             
               Book
               Vindicated
            
             must
             be
             the
             
               Defence
            
             of
             the
             
               Vindication
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             Return
             I
             am
             like
             to
             have
             to
             my
             
               Rejoynder
               ,
            
             bating
             
               The
               Epistle
               of
               many
               L●arned
               ,
               Reverend
               and
               Worthy
               Divines
               ,
            
             in
             Praise
             of
             such
             a
             
               Book
               ,
            
             and
             ●uch
             an
             
               Author
            
             :
             May
             none
             of
             you
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             this
             
               Temper
               ,
            
             be
             
               Inquisitors
            
             when
             I
             am
             to
             be
             examin'd
             for
             my
             
               Religion
            
             !
          
           
           
             I
             shall
             now
             fall
             more
             closely
             to
             the
             
               Matter
            
             of
             your
             
               Epistle
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Quakers
            
             preach
             another
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             seduce
             well-meaning
             Souls
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             speak
             in
             unintelligible
             Words
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             they
             hide
             the
             Poyson
             of
             their
             Antifundamental
             Doctrines
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             a
             great
             deal
             in
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             very
             sowerly
             said
             :
             Were
             it
             as
             True
             as
             it
             is
             False
             ,
             the
             Day
             were
             yours
             .
          
           
             You
             say
             ,
             
               We
               preach
               another
               Gospel
            
             :
             You
             do
             but
             
               Say
            
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             
               You
               can
               Do
               no
               more
               .
            
             But
             doth
             it
             become
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
            
             Learned
             and
             Reverend
             
               Divines
               ,
            
             to
             give
             so
             general
             and
             black
             a
             
               Charge
               ,
            
             without
             making
             any
             the
             least
             Offer
             to
             
               Prove
            
             it
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             
               Calumniate
            
             rather
             then
             to
             
               ●onfute
            
             us
             ?
             If
             you
             say
             ,
             your
             
               Reverend
            
             Author
             ,
             
               John
               Faldo
               ,
            
             hath
             done
             it
             for
             you
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             an
             
               Irreverent
            
             Abuser
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             the
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             and
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             ;
             and
             which
             is
             more
             to
             my
             Contentment
             ,
             whatever
             it
             be
             to
             his
             and
             yours
             ,
             Some
             ,
             and
             
               No
               Quakers
               too
               ,
            
             think
             ,
             
               I
               have
               prov'd
               him
               such
               .
            
             And
             let
             me
             ask
             you
             ,
             
               If
               it
               be
            
             Another
             Gospel
             ,
             
               To
               own
               Remission
               and
               Eternal
               Salvation
               by
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               both
               as
               he
               appear'd
               above
            
             1600
             
               Years
               ago
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               reveals
               himself
               within
               in
               Power
               and
               Spirit
            
             ?
             What
             is
             the
             
               Gospel
            
             or
             Glad
             Tidings
             ,
             but
             
               Deliverance
               from
            
             Sin
             
               here
               ,
               and
            
             Wrath
             
               to
               come
            
             ?
             And
             what
             can
             effect
             this
             ,
             but
             the
             Powerful
             
               Grace
               of
               God
               that
               bringeth
               Salvation
               ,
            
             which
             is
             dispens'd
             by
             
               Him
            
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             
               who
               is
               full
               of
               Grace
               and
               Truth
            
             ?
          
           
             For
             the
             other
             part
             of
             your
             Accusation
             ,
             That
             we
             should
             
               Say
               one
               thing
               &
               Mean
               another
            
             ;
             It
             is
             by
             Consequence
             ,
             to
             call
             us
             the
             worst
             sort
             of
             
               Knaves
               ,
            
             by
             how
             much
             a
             Deception
             in
             matters
             of
             Eternal
             Moment
             ,
             is
             more
             impious
             then
             any
             Cozennage
             about
             things
             of
             this
             Life
             ;
             and
             yet
             you
             would
             be
             thought
             
               Charitable
               Men
               ,
            
             and
             say
             ,
             
               We
               want
               it
            
             :
             Is
             this
             the
             Way
             to
             supply
             us
             ?
             But
             I
             would
             willingly
             know
             of
             you
             ,
             
               By
               what
               Skill
               you
               arrive
               at
               the
            
             Knowledge
             of
             our
             Hearts
             ?
             
               Inspiration
            
             is
             one
             part
             of
             our
             
               Heresy
               ,
            
             if
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             is
             to
             be
             credited
             :
             The
             
               Scripture
            
             can
             not
             be
             your
             
               Rule
            
             in
             the
             Point
             ;
             for
             that
             nowhere
             saith
             ,
             
               The
            
             Quakers
             
               Say
               one
               thing
               and
               Mean
               another
            
             :
             and
             if
             you
             measure
             us
             by
             
               our
               Words
               ,
            
             you
             must
             grant
             ,
             that
             either
             
               you
               do
               not
               understand
               us
               ,
            
             or
             we
             mean
             very
             
               Good
               
               Things
            
             ;
             for
             you
             elsewhere
             say
             ,
             
               That
               our
               obnoxious
               Tenets
               we
               usually
               mask
               under
               Expressions
               Doubtful
               ,
               Vnintelligible
               or
               under
               Scripture
               and
               Orthodox
               Phrases
               :
            
             If
             
               Doubtful
               ,
            
             your
             Consequences
             can
             not
             be
             Certain
             ;
             If
             
               Vnintelligible
               ,
            
             you
             infer
             that
             which
             you
             do
             not
             know
             ;
             If
             
               Scriptural
               and
               Orthodox
               ,
            
             you
             must
             either
             tell
             us
             ,
             how
             you
             come
             to
             know
             our
             
               Meanings
            
             to
             be
             
               Contradictory
            
             to
             our
             
               Phrases
               ,
            
             and
             prove
             them
             such
             ,
             or
             you
             must
             acknowledge
             that
             we
             stand
             upon
             Equal
             Terms
             with
             your selves
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             say
             ,
             upon
             
               no
               better
               ,
            
             for
             as
             great
             
               Infidels
            
             as
             you
             would
             have
             us
             to
             be
             ,
             we
             have
             both
             
               Discretion
            
             and
             
               Religion
            
             enough
             ,
             not
             to
             write
             such
             
               Abusive
            
             and
             
               Contradictory
               Things
               ,
            
             as
             so
             fluently
             drop
             from
             the
             pens
             of
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Learned
               and
               Reverend
               Divines
               .
            
             But
             your
             
               Incharity
            
             far
             exceeds
             your
             
               Indiscretion
            
             ;
             You
             make
             us
             to
             know
             
               Poyson
               ,
            
             and
             to
             hide
             
               Poyson
               ,
            
             giving
             
               for
               Antidotes
               ,
               Destructives
               to
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               and
               Women
               .
            
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             why
             the
             Conscience
             of
             a
             
               Quaker
            
             should
             not
             be
             as
             good
             as
             the
             Conscience
             of
             a
             
               Presbyterian
            
             or
             an
             
               Independent
            
             ?
             what
             Mischiefs
             have
             we
             made
             our selves
             Authors
             of
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             as
             valid
             every
             Jot
             ?
             Have
             we
             no
             Souls
             to
             be
             sav'd
             ?
             Is
             there
             no
             Desire
             in
             us
             that
             they
             may
             be
             sav'd
             ?
             No
             Honesty
             ?
             No
             Con●cience
             ?
             No
             Fear
             of
             God
             ?
             All
             animated
             to
             such
             Evil
             Purposes
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Wilful
               Damning
               of
               our selves
               ,
               &
               the
               Proselyting
               others
               into
               Eternal
               Misery
               ;
               and
               rather
               then
               not
               compass
               such
               an
               End
               ,
               expose
               our selves
               to
               all
               sort
               of
               Sufferings
               in
               this
               World
            
             ?
             Oh
             bitter
             Invective
             !
             God
             ,
             the
             Searcher
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             will
             require
             this
             Injustice
             at
             your
             hands
             :
             You
             have
             unworthily
             traduc'd
             the
             Reputation
             of
             those
             who
             dare
             meet
             with
             you
             upon
             a
             publick
             Test
             ,
             to
             prove
             their
             Integrity
             to
             God
             and
             Men
             .
             Why
             will
             you
             give
             such
             occasion
             to
             remind
             you
             of
             
               Old
               Stories
            
             ?
             But
             of
             that
             anon
             .
             Had
             you
             judg'd
             us
             
               Ignoramus's
               ,
            
             you
             had
             been
             kind
             to
             the
             Cruelty
             of
             making
             us
             
               designed
               Murderers
               to
               our
               own
               and
               other
               mens
               Souls
            
             :
             God
             forgive
             you
             :
             But
             this
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             We
             ,
             
               That
               say
               one
               thing
               and
               think
               another
            
             ;
             but
             
               You
               ,
            
             and
             such
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             that
             
               make
               us
               think
               another
               thing
               then
               what
               we
               say
               ,
            
             and
             then
             entitle
             us
             to
             your
             own
             Inventions
             .
             I
             must
             further
             tell
             you
             ,
             We
             make
             it
             not
             our
             Business
             ,
             as
             you
             falsly
             insinuate
             ,
             
               to
               decoy
               People
               into
               antifundamental
               Principles
               :
            
             for
             besides
             that
             we
             know
             none
             to
             be
             such
             that
             we
             hold
             ,
             we
             make
             not
             our
             
               Religion
            
             to
             stand
             in
             a
             
               Belief
               of
               so
               many
               verbal
               Articles
            
             ;
             
             but
             a
             
               Conformity
               of
               Soul
               to
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             great
             part
             of
             our
             Work
             ,
             to
             dehort
             People
             from
             curious
             Enquiry
             after
             
               Notions
            
             &
             
               Opinions
               ,
            
             be
             they
             never
             so
             
               true
            
             in
             themselves
             ;
             knowing
             how
             much
             more
             beneficial
             it
             is
             to
             Men
             ,
             and
             well-pleasing
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             have
             an
             
               Honest
               Heart
               ,
            
             then
             a
             
               Full
               Head
            
             :
             DOING
             
               is
               degenerated
               into
            
             TALKING
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             LIFE
             of
             Religion
             
               into
            
             Contention
             
               about
               the
            
             NOTION
             of
             it
             ;
             Such
             
               Christians
            
             will
             not
             stand
             in
             God's
             Day
             :
             Besides
             ,
             many
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             otherwise
             remote
             enough
             from
             saying
             any
             thing
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             do
             frequently
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             
               They
            
             generally
             preach
             and
             press
             
               Good
               Living
               .
            
             It
             is
             our
             Desire
             to
             bring
             men
             into
             a
             
               Sence
               of
               God's
               Grace
               in
               their
               own
               Hearts
               ,
            
             and
             to
             know
             the
             effectual
             
               Operatio●s
            
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Renewing
               of
               their
               Mind
               to
               God
            
             ;
             And
             
               That
               Divine
               Assistance
               within
               ,
            
             and
             right
             
               Vse
               of
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               without
               ,
            
             are
             enough
             to
             inform
             them
             of
             what
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             believed
             .
             And
             though
             you
             would
             have
             People
             think
             very
             severe
             things
             of
             us
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             
               Scriptures
               of
               Truth
               ,
            
             by
             telling
             them
             ,
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             hold
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Scriptures
             
               are
               not
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               nor
               a
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               and
               Pract●c●
               ,
            
             yea
             ,
             
               that
               we
               readily
               assert
               it
               in
               so
               many
               words
            
             :
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             you
             have
             acted
             with
             us
             herein
             far
             from
             men
             of
             common
             Ingenuity
             ;
             A
             man
             might
             ,
             at
             this
             rate
             
               by
               Scripture
            
             prove
             ,
             
               There
               is
               no
               God
               ,
            
             if
             he
             would
             but
             leave
             out
             ,
             
               The
               Fool
               hath
               said
               in
               his
               Heart
               .
            
             We
             deny
             the
             
               Scriptures
            
             in
             that
             sense
             wherein
             
               you
               deny
               them
               to
               be
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               The
               Word
               that
               was
               in
               the
               beginning
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               was
               God
               ,
            
             which
             you
             call
             
               the
               Ess●ntial
               Word
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             because
             we
             find
             in
             no
             place
             that
             it
             calls
             it self
             
               The
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             we
             rather
             chuse
             to
             say
             ,
             
               The
               Scriptures
            
             given
             forth
             by
             Inspiration
             ,
             
               are
               the
               Words
               of
               God
               .
            
             The
             like
             Abuse
             you
             put
             upon
             us
             about
             denying
             them
             to
             be
             a
             
               Rule
            
             of
             
               Faith
            
             and
             
               Practice
            
             :
             you
             leave
             what
             makes
             for
             us
             behind
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             make
             your
             Advantage
             of
             what
             you
             take
             ;
             That
             the
             Scripture
             is
             not
             a
             
               Rule
            
             in
             all
             things
             therein
             exprest
             ,
             you
             your selves
             consess
             ,
             respecting
             the
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             
               Jews
               ,
            
             and
             other
             things
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             may
             be
             somethings
             wherein
             the
             Scriptures
             cannot
             be
             a
             
               Rule
               ,
            
             I
             presume
             you
             will
             not
             deny
             :
             and
             that
             they
             are
             not
             a
             
               Rule
            
             in
             any
             Case
             ,
             the
             import
             of
             your
             Charge
             ,
             we
             utterly
             deny
             ;
             for
             we
             believe
             and
             know
             they
             contain
             many
             godly
             Rules
             :
             I
             shall
             place
             this
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             your
             Account
             of
             
               Calumnies
               ,
            
             and
             so
             proceed
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             the
             Reverend
             Author
             hath
             shewed
             you
             how
             much
             infidelity
             is
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             of
             the
             very
             Essentials
             of
             Christianity
             their
             Leaders
             contradict
             ,
             and
             how
             consequently
             they
             are
             indeed
             no
             
               Christians
               ;
            
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             his
             purpose
             (
             as
             he
             plainly
             premiseth
             )
             to
             fix
             this
             sad
             Character
             upon
             all
             those
             who
             pass
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Quakers
             —
             There
             are
             divers
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             honest
             and
             well-meaning
             Persons
             .
             —
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             Methinks
             you
             are
             got
             into
             a
             very
             kind
             mood
             ,
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             but
             it
             holds
             not
             a
             whole
             page
             ;
             for
             you
             tell
             us
             soon
             after
             ,
             That
             
               the
               whole
               Body
               of
               this
               People
               seems
               to
               be
               judicially
               deserted
               of
               God
               :
            
             If
             so
             ,
             then
             no
             more
             
               Christians
            
             then
             their
             
               Leaders
               ,
            
             as
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             call
             them
             ;
             neither
             
               Honest
               nor
               Well-meaning
               ,
            
             unless
             
               God
               judicially
               d●serts
               honest
               and
               well-meaning
               People
               .
            
             In
             the
             next
             page
             you
             call
             them
             
               Wasps
               of
               Satan's
               H●ving
               ,
               who
               have
               Hives
               ,
               but
               no
               Honey
               ,
               or
               sweetness
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               except
               for
               themselves
               .
            
             The
             less
             we
             have
             ,
             the
             more
             you
             have
             ▪
             And
             would
             not
             one
             think
             you
             all
             
               Honey
            
             by
             your
             Writings
             ?
             How
             can
             you
             expect
             that
             we
             should
             have
             any
             to
             spare
             ,
             whom
             you
             make
             to
             have
             so
             little
             ,
             if
             any
             at
             all
             ?
             And
             what
             need
             is
             there
             of
             giving
             to
             them
             that
             think
             they
             have
             so
             much
             already
             ?
             The
             Truth
             is
             ,
             we
             are
             
               Wasps
               ,
            
             and
             you
             are
             
               Bees
            
             by
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Figure
             :
             We
             know
             that
             you
             have
             always
             a
             good
             Name
             for
             your selves
             ,
             and
             have
             long
             loved
             the
             
               Honey-Pot
            
             ;
             But
             where
             did
             you
             get
             it
             ?
             Did
             you
             gather
             it
             ?
             No
             such
             mat●er
             .
             Of
             who
             then
             ?
             Of
             the
             People
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ;
             they
             
               Toyl
               ,
            
             and
             
               you
               Talk
            
             ;
             they
             are
             the
             
               Bees
               ,
            
             and
             you
             so
             many
             cunning
             
               Hivers
               ,
            
             at
             the
             Tinkling
             of
             whose
             Bells
             the
             silly
             
               Bees
            
             assemble
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             have
             safely
             Hived
             them
             ,
             your
             next
             Business
             is
             to
             take
             their
             
               Honey
            
             from
             them
             .
             Howbeit
             ,
             if
             we
             are
             
               Wasps
               ,
            
             then
             not
             
               Bees
               ,
            
             by
             which
             I
             suppose
             you
             intend
             
               Christians
            
             ;
             if
             so
             ,
             your
             
               Charity
            
             is
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             those
             you
             
               Christian'd
            
             with
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             just
             now
             ,
             you
             do
             here
             manifestly
             
               Vnchristian
            
             ;
             unless
             
               Wasps
            
             be
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               Christians
               ,
               while
               such
               ,
               may
               be
               judicially
               deserted
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               hived
               by
               the
               Divel
               .
            
             Methinks
             such
             Contradiction
             becometh
             not
             Men
             of
             your
             Style
             and
             Pretences
             .
          
           
             But
             tell
             me
             ,
             why
             are
             we
             
               judicially
               deserted
               of
               God
            
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             because
             we
             have
             
               judiciously
            
             deserted
             you
             ?
             And
             don't
             you
             therefore
             
             say
             we
             are
             
               hived
            
             by
             the
             
               Devil
               ,
            
             because
             we
             will
             not
             let
             you
             hive
             us
             ?
             speak
             Truth
             Fain
             would
             you
             have
             it
             (
             according
             to
             the
             old
             Proverb
             )
             
               as
               your
               Bell
               tinketh
               ,
               the
               poor
            
             Quaker
             
               thinketh
               .
            
             But
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             his
             Grace
             has
             made
             us
             wiser
             then
             
               such
            
             Teachers
             ;
             we
             know
             the
             Heavenly
             Voice
             of
             our
             spiritual
             Shepherd
             ,
             and
             can
             no
             more
             suffer
             our selves
             to
             be
             carried
             away
             with
             a
             
               Worldly
               Ministry
            
             ;
             and
             that
             I
             aver
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             founded
             upon
             the
             
               Revelations
               and
               internal
               Motions
               of
               God's
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
            
             a
             Principle
             you
             do
             ,
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
               J.
               Faldo
               ,
            
             not
             only
             deny
             ,
             but
             deride
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             far
             from
             shewing
             any
             
               Infidelity
            
             amongst
             us
             ,
             that
             his
             Book
             is
             but
             a
             Proof
             of
             his
             own
             
               Injustice
            
             ;
             and
             not
             that
             our
             
               Principles
               ,
            
             but
             his
             corrupt
             
               Consequences
            
             contradict
             the
             
               Essentials
            
             of
             
               Christianity
               .
            
             This
             is
             an
             
               Inadvertency
            
             in
             you
             that
             well
             deserves
             ,
             as
             my
             
               Reproof
               ,
            
             so
             your
             
               Repentance
               .
            
             But
             to
             your
             next
             Passage
             .
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             And
             the
             Truth
             is
             (
             excepting
             some
             
               Jugling
               Socinianiz'd
            
             Persons
             or
             
               Papists
            
             that
             assume
             their
             Name
             )
             
               there
               are
               few
               of
               them
               who
               are
               Men
               of
               so
               much
               Vnderstanding
               and
               Consistent
               Principles
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               Able
               and
               Willing
               to
               give
               a
               Methodical
               and
               Intelligible
               Account
               what
               they
               themselves
               or
               their
               Party
               hold
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             A
             quick
             Way
             to
             do
             a
             
               Quakers
            
             Business
             at
             once
             :
             He
             must
             either
             be
             an
             
               Ignoramus
               ,
            
             a
             
               Socinian
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               Papist
               ,
            
             chuse
             him
             whether
             ;
             if
             an
             
               Ignoramus
               ,
            
             he
             is
             laught
             at
             ;
             if
             a
             
               Socinian
            
             or
             
               Papist
               ,
            
             he
             is
             hated
             .
             Doth
             this
             flow
             from
             the
             
               Beeishness
            
             of
             your
             Nature
             ,
             
               Jugling
               Socinians
               ,
               Papists
            
             or
             
               Ignoramus's
            
             ?
             These
             Expressions
             do
             not
             quadrate
             with
             the
             Titles
             of
             
               L●arned
               and
               Reverend
               Divines
               .
            
             What
             is
             it
             but
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             you
             resolve
             to
             render
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             odious
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             have
             nothing
             of
             themselves
             ,
             you
             will
             adapt
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             hateful
             of
             other
             Perswasions
             into
             theirs
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             bring
             them
             into
             Suspicion
             and
             Abhorrence
             with
             your
             People
             :
             However
             ,
             you
             are
             so
             constant
             to
             contradict
             your selves
             ,
             that
             you
             grant
             to
             some
             of
             us
             both
             an
             
               Ability
               and
               Willingness
               ,
               to
               render
               a
               Methodical
               and
               an
               Intelligible
               Account
               of
               what
               we
               and
               our
               Friends
               believe
               ,
            
             after
             having
             rated
             us
             for
             
               designed
               Obscurities
               and
               affected
               Vnintelligibleness
               .
            
             But
             that
             I
             may
             not
             leave
             you
             so
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             first
             ,
             that
             both
             
               Socinians
            
             and
             
               Papists
            
             have
             written
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             Severity
             against
             us
             ;
             next
             ,
             
             The
             Labours
             of
             no
             
               Adversary
            
             hath
             had
             more
             grateful
             Acceptance
             in
             the
             Thoughts
             of
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             J.
             Faldo
             ,
             then
             a
             noted
             
               Socinian
               ,
            
             of
             whose
             Attempt
             he
             speaks
             thus
             ,
             
               I
               resent
               it
               as
               one
               of
               the
               best
               and
               most
               ingenuously
               mannaged
               that
               ever
               I
               read
               against
               that
               Sort
               of
               People
               ,
            
             meaning
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             :
             He
             also
             ,
             both
             in
             his
             
               first
               Book
            
             and
             in
             his
             
               Vindication
               ,
            
             as
             heartily
             advocates
             the
             Cause
             of
             a
             
               Socinian
            
             against
             me
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             doubly
             feed
             to
             the
             Work
             :
             Besides
             all
             this
             ,
             we
             have
             been
             of
             late
             both
             publibkly
             and
             vehemently
             ,
             yet
             groundlesly
             ,
             exclaimed
             upon
             ,
             
               for
               denying
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               asscribing
               the
               Christship
               to
               the
               Divinity
               alone
            
             ;
             and
             you
             know
             the
             
               Socinians
            
             own
             him
             to
             be
             but
             a
             
               bare
               Man
            
             ;
             and
             that
             some
             of
             our
             eminentest
             Adversaries
             in
             that
             Controversie
             were
             assisted
             by
             
               Socinians
               ,
            
             I
             am
             able
             to
             prove
             :
             But
             to
             what
             Pitch
             of
             Inconsistency
             may
             not
             the
             Pride
             ,
             Passion
             and
             Prejudice
             of
             Men
             raise
             them
             ?
             You
             think
             it
             enough
             to
             do
             our
             Business
             ,
             to
             pin
             the
             
               Pope
            
             at
             our
             Tail
             :
             but
             you
             may
             remember
             how
             unjust
             you
             thought
             such
             Suggestions
             from
             some
             of
             the
             former
             
               Prelates
            
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
               ,
            
             who
             made
             the
             same
             Use
             of
             your
             Separation
             ;
             and
             as
             well
             as
             you
             
               Presbyterians
            
             &
             
               Independents
            
             agree
             against
             us
             ,
             both
             of
             you
             have
             mutually
             
               Jesuited
            
             one
             another
             ;
             the
             Refuge
             of
             Malice
             ,
             when
             drove
             to
             a
             Pinch
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             we
             are
             neither
             
               Socinians
            
             nor
             
               Papists
            
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             hereby
             require
             at
             your
             Hands
             to
             produce
             one
             
               Socinian
            
             or
             
               Papist
            
             that
             goes
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             
               Quak●r
            
             among
             us
             ;
             till
             when
             you
             remain
             under
             the
             Just
             Imputation
             of
             
               Slanderous
               Persons
               .
            
             But
             let
             us
             see
             what
             is
             next
             .
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             Divers
             Honest
             ,
             W●ll
             meaning
             and
             Ignorant
             Persons
             have
             fallen
             in
             with
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             supposing
             them
             by
             their
             plain
             Habit
             ,
             Austerity
             and
             rude
             Deportment
             to
             be
             the
             strictest
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Holyest
             Sort
             of
             Professors
             —
             And
             thu●
             seeing
             no
             farther
             ,
             they
             become
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             from
             the
             same
             Principles
             in
             the
             main
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             same
             Dispositions
             ,
             as
             the
             more
             Ignorant
             
               Votaries
            
             among
             the
             
               Papists
            
             are
             
               Carthusians
               ,
               Franciscans
               ,
            
             and
             other
             such
             like
             
               Monks
            
             and
             
               Nuns
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             I
             would
             fain
             ask
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             yet
             think
             your selves
             Men
             of
             
               Charity
            
             ?
             You
             elsewhere
             say
             we
             want
             it
             ;
             &
             at
             this
             Rate
             we
             may
             do
             so
             for
             all
             you
             .
             Behold
             the
             Brand
             you
             set
             on
             every
             Soul
             that
             leaves
             
             you
             !
             Can
             you
             satisfie
             your
             Consciences
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             herein
             shown
             the
             
               Justice
            
             you
             promised
             us
             ,
             in
             describing
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             or
             
               Imitated
            
             the
             Rectitude
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Measures
             you
             have
             taken
             of
             us
             ?
             Truly
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             they
             are
             greatly
             to
             be
             suspected
             :
             Give
             us
             one
             Instance
             of
             any
             Honest
             or
             Well-meaning
             Person
             ,
             
               that
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               those
               outward
               Appearances
               became
               a
            
             Quaker
             ,
             which
             in
             other
             Terms
             is
             ,
             to
             expose
             themselves
             to
             the
             bitter
             
               Anathema's
            
             of
             such
             High-Priests
             as
             your selves
             ,
             the
             Severity
             of
             their
             dearest
             Relations
             ,
             the
             Penalties
             of
             Magistracy
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             general
             Reproach
             of
             the
             Multitude
             :
             Methinks
             ,
             upon
             second
             Thoughts
             ,
             you
             should
             not
             have
             such
             good
             ones
             of
             your selves
             ,
             and
             such
             bad
             ones
             of
             your
             Neighbours
             ;
             But
             though
             you
             take
             so
             little
             Care
             of
             being
             tender
             ,
             nay
             
               Just
            
             to
             us
             ,
             yet
             you
             should
             be
             more
             circumspect
             for
             your selves
             :
             You
             tell
             us
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             
               J.
               Faldo
               ,
               That
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               deny
               to
               perform
               any
               Thing
               relative
               of
               Religion
               ,
               bu●
               upon
               Inspiration
               or
               Motion
               of
               the
               Spirit
            
             ;
             And
             you
             all
             know
             ,
             or
             may
             know
             ,
             the
             
               Papists
            
             turn
             not
             
               Carthusians
               ,
               Franciscans
               ,
            
             &c.
             upon
             such
             Pretences
             ,
             or
             as
             being
             so
             disposed
             :
             You
             ,
             or
             your
             People
             have
             affirmed
             ,
             
               That
               they
               by
               such
               Works
               think
               to
               merit
               Eternal
               Life
            
             ;
             Whether
             it
             be
             true
             or
             fal●e
             ,
             let
             them
             look
             to
             that
             ;
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             say
             ,
             
               Those
               Works
               are
               my
               Works
               ,
               and
               that
               upon
               my
               Principle
               ,
            
             who
             otherwhile
             tells
             the
             World
             ,
             
               That
               I
               admit
               of
               no
               Work
               in
               Religious
               Matters
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               Impulse
               of
               God's
               Spirit
               ,
            
             contradict
             themselves
             to
             purpose
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             have
             done
             .
             
               Popery
            
             brought
             into
             Company
             with
             what
             you
             call
             
               Quakerism
               ,
            
             doth
             your
             Work
             with
             some
             of
             your
             Vulgar
             ;
             but
             your
             Comparison
             had
             shown
             less
             of
             Envy
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             pleased
             to
             produce
             those
             Principles
             ,
             and
             describe
             those
             Dispositions
             you
             unworthily
             insinuate
             
               Quakers
            
             and
             
               Monks
            
             in
             common
             to
             be
             acted
             by
             .
             But
             methinks
             ,
             your
             frequent
             frothy
             Reflections
             upon
             our
             
               Deportment
            
             as
             
               Monk●sh
            
             and
             
               Cynical
               ,
            
             &c.
             look
             more
             then
             ordinarily
             ugly
             from
             the
             Mouths
             of
             such
             as
             profe●s
             themselves
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Race
             and
             Stock
             of
             Ancient
             
               Puritans
               ,
               whose
               little
               Bands
               ,
               cropt
               Lock●
               ,
               exceeding
               plain
               Apparel
               ,
               severe
               Aspects
               ,
            
             with
             many
             more
             Instances
             of
             Preciseness
             and
             
               Austerity
               ,
            
             as
             you
             call
             it
             ,
             were
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             frothy
             Minds
             play'd
             upon
             :
             You
             do
             not
             think
             
               B.
               Jonson
            
             acted
             like
             a
             
               Christian-Man
            
             in
             his
             
               Comical
            
             Representation
             of
             
               Puritans
               ,
            
             &
             yet
             your selves
             
               call'd
               Learned
               ,
               and
               Reverend
               Divines
               ,
            
             have
             shown
             as
             much
             
               Injustice
               ,
            
             though
             
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             
               one
               and
               Twenty
               more
            
             of
             you
             could
             not
             show
             so
             much
             
               Wit
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             known
             to
             God
             with
             what
             Sincerity
             we
             are
             acted
             in
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Convictions
             of
             his
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             not
             
               Affected
               Singularity
               ,
            
             but
             
               Real
               Conscience
               ,
            
             that
             engageth
             us
             to
             those
             things
             you
             make
             the
             Subject
             of
             your
             Mo●kage
             and
             Contempt
             ;
             and
             God
             hath
             to
             reckon
             with
             you
             for
             the
             Liberty
             you
             give
             ,
             and
             your
             People
             take
             :
             To
             indulge
             them
             in
             that
             
               Vnchristian
               Latitud●
               ,
            
             and
             fling
             
               Monkish
               Aust●rities
            
             upon
             us
             ,
             who
             through
             Fear
             of
             offending
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             by
             giving
             Way
             to
             a
             Worldly
             Appetite
             ,
             conscientiously
             live
             under
             s●me
             more
             then
             ordinary
             Restriction
             is
             ,
             to
             deal
             deceitf●lly
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             injuriously
             with
             us
             ;
             and
             God
             will
             judge
             for
             these
             Things
             .
             The
             Truth
             of
             the
             Matter
             is
             ,
             you
             are
             Angry
             the
             People
             can
             live
             without
             you
             ;
             and
             rack
             your
             Wits
             to
             bring
             that
             Principle
             ▪
             People
             and
             Way
             into
             Suspicion
             and
             Hatred
             ,
             whose
             self-Denyal
             judgeth
             you
             and
             yours
             :
             your
             Interest
             in
             People
             stands
             in
             that
             ,
             which
             when
             the
             Everlasting
             God
             shall
             terribly
             shake
             all
             Things
             ,
             will
             fall
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             have
             vainly
             conceited
             themselves
             
               Christians
            
             upon
             your
             Character
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             found
             without
             their
             
               W●dding-Garment
               .
            
             But
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             nothing
             is
             well
             with
             some
             Men
             that
             a
             
               Quaker
            
             doth
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             retired
             ,
             he
             is
             
               sullen
            
             ;
             if
             plain
             in
             his
             Apparel
             ,
             
               Cynical
            
             ;
             if
             careless
             about
             Salutation
             ,
             
               Proud
            
             ;
             his
             
               Industry
            
             must
             be
             
               Worldly-Mindedness
            
             ;
             his
             
               Mod●rate
               Vses
            
             of
             Imjoymens
             ,
             
               Penuriousn●ss
            
             ;
             his
             
               Hospitality
               ,
               Fl●sh-Pleasingness
            
             ;
             his
             being
             
               at
               a
               Word
               ,
            
             a
             
               Decoy
               for
               Custom
            
             and
             a
             
               New
               Way
               of
               Cheating
            
             ;
             if
             he
             refuse
             to
             answer
             any
             Questions
             relating
             to
             Religion
             ,
             eit●er
             he
             can
             
               give
               no
               Account
               of
               his
               Religion
               ,
            
             or
             he
             
               he
               holds
               some
               Error
               he
               is
               afraid
               to
               discover
            
             ;
             if
             he
             doth
             answer
             them
             ,
             either
             it
             is
             
               Nonsense
            
             or
             
               Equivocation
            
             :
             In
             short
             ,
             his
             
               Virtues
            
             must
             be
             
               Vi●es
            
             ;
             but
             thi●
             is
             his
             Resolution
             ,
             if
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             be
             to
             be
             
               Vile
               ,
            
             he
             will
             be
             more
             
               Vile
            
             ;
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             God
             will
             plead
             our
             Cause
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             evidence
             to
             you
             and
             all
             Men
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             not
             pursued
             
               Cynical
               Singularities
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Affected
               undue
               Separation
            
             ;
             but
             with
             Holy
             Fear
             and
             Sincerity
             of
             Soul
             have
             been
             herein
             resign'd
             to
             the
             Good-Will
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             made
             it
             known
             by
             the
             Light
             of
             his
             Son
             in
             our
             own
             Consciences
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             affirm
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             Endeavours
             many
             vigorously
             employ
             to
             vilifie
             an
             Inward
             Principle
             ,
             and
             disswade
             Persons
             from
             believing
             in
             it
             ,
             waiting
             upon
             it
             ,
             
             and
             being
             guided
             by
             it
             ,
             center
             in
             the
             rankest
             
               Atheism
               ,
            
             because
             the
             Sence
             and
             Influence
             upon
             the
             Mind
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             sensible
             ,
             express
             and
             constant
             Argument
             for
             God
             and
             his
             pure
             Religion
             ,
             which
             lost
             ,
             makes
             Way
             for
             Infidelity
             .
             But
             as
             in
             Point
             of
             
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             so
             in
             
               Conversation
            
             you
             believe
             we
             are
             not
             all
             alike
             ;
             your
             Words
             are
             these
             :
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             some
             of
             them
             being
             Rich
             ,
             and
             grown
             into
             Estates
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             can
             and
             do
             live
             in
             as
             Flesh-pleasing
             Fulness
             ,
             Splendor
             and
             indulging
             to
             a
             sensual
             Life
             ,
             as
             others
             whom
             they
             have
             condemned
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             I
             would
             willingly
             know
             these
             Persons
             ,
             who
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             live
             :
             Did
             you
             love
             Truth
             and
             your
             own
             Credit
             ,
             ye
             would
             scarce
             be
             so
             lavishing
             of
             your
             Words
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             
               We
               condemn
               all
               but
               our selves
            
             ;
             what
             is
             the
             Consequence
             but
             this
             ,
             if
             you
             speak
             true
             ,
             
               That
               there
               is
               not
               a
               Person
               in
               the
               World
               that
               is
               not
               a
               Profest
            
             Quaker
             ,
             
               who
               either
               hath
               more
               Ability
               to-live
               Flesh-pleasing
               ,
               or
               that
               actually
               doth
               indulge
               himself
               more
               to
               a
               Sensual
               Life
               then
               some
            
             Quakers
             
               can
               and
               do
               ,
            
             Which
             way
             to
             save
             your
             Credit
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             unless
             you
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             are
             both
             as
             Rich
             as
             other
             Men
             ,
             and
             as
             indulgent
             to
             themselves
             in
             all
             sensual
             P●easures
             .
             I
             perceive
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             shall
             want
             Faults
             ,
             you
             will
             make
             some
             for
             them
             ;
             a
             Practice
             very
             unfit
             for
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Learned
               and
               Reverend
               Divines
            
             !
             But
             to
             do
             you
             right
             ,
             you
             are
             kind
             in
             your
             Cruelty
             ;
             you
             provide
             against
             believing
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             by
             saying
             what
             is
             incredible
             of
             us
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             now
             consider
             your
             
               Recommendation
            
             of
             his
             
               Book
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             Wherein
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             Principles
             are
             more
             thorrowly
             investigated
             then
             in
             any
             Book
             which
             we
             have
             seen
             ;
             and
             we
             judge
             it
             for
             Matter
             ,
             Proof
             and
             Style
             ,
             to
             be
             especially
             useful
             for
             those
             who
             need
             ,
             or
             desire
             Information
             concerning
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             and
             their
             Principl●s
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             Had
             we
             no
             other
             Weapon
             ,
             this
             were
             enough
             to
             Wound
             your
             
               Cause
            
             incurably
             ;
             for
             
               first
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             laid
             down
             about
             20
             
               Principles
            
             in
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             Name
             ,
             18
             of
             which
             
               are
               not
               only
            
             None
             
               of
               theirs
               ,
            
             as
             
             so
             exprest
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             much
             as
             by
             
               Consequence
               :
            
             That
             they
             are
             none
             of
             ours
             ,
             it
             is
             enough
             
               we
               say
               so
               ,
            
             unless
             our
             Faith
             is
             not
             to
             be
             taken
             at
             our
             Mouthes
             ,
             but
             at
             our
             
               Adversaries
               .
            
             He
             that
             tells
             me
             I
             
               believe
            
             that
             which
             I
             do
             
               not
            
             believe
             ,
             is
             either
             
               Foolish
            
             or
             
               Dishonest
               ,
            
             and
             his
             
               Confutation
            
             is
             not
             of
             me
             ,
             but
             
               of
               himself
               .
            
             That
             they
             are
             not
             our
             
               Principles
            
             by
             
               Consequence
               ,
            
             I
             have
             abundantly
             proved
             ,
             both
             in
             my
             
               Answer
            
             and
             
               Rejoynder
            
             :
             However
             ,
             
               Matter
               ,
               Proof
            
             and
             
               Style
            
             you
             commend
             it
             for
             .
             The
             
               Matter
            
             of
             it
             lyeth
             in
             the
             
               Proof
            
             of
             it
             :
             What
             
               Proof
            
             and
             what
             
               Style
               ,
            
             I
             am
             willing
             to
             shew
             you
             ;
             and
             
               first
               ,
            
             as
             to
             
               Proof
               .
            
             Who
             would
             not
             think
             it
             excellently
             performed
             ,
             that
             hath
             such
             an
             
               Epistle
               ,
            
             and
             so
             subscribed
             ,
             on
             Purpose
             to
             recommend
             it
             ?
          
           
             But
             that
             so
             many
             Men
             ,
             with
             such
             fine
             
               Titles
               ,
            
             may
             ●e
             guilty
             of
             great
             Mistake
             and
             Abuse
             ,
             I
             will
             produce
             you
             
               Ten
               Instances
            
             of
             
               Notorious
               Perversion
               ,
            
             any
             one
             of
             which
             were
             unworthy
             even
             of
             such
             poor
             
               Heathen
            
             as
             ye
             think
             us
             to
             be
             ,
             referring
             you
             to
             my
             
               Answer
            
             and
             
               Rejoynder
            
             for
             a
             more
             compleat
             Detection
             of
             his
             
               Miscarriages
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             
               John
               Faldo
            
             affirms
             ,
             
               That
            
             W.
             Smith
             
               had
               not
               one
               Exhortation
               to
               read
               the
               Scrip●ures
               ;
               nay
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               the
               main
               Design
               of
               the
               Book
               was
               to
               deny
               them
               ,
               and
               throw
               Dirt
               upon
               them
            
             ;
             yet
             
               J.F.
            
             cites
             him
             concerning
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Child
               ,
            
             Then
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             to
             be
             own'd
             and
             believed
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
             
          
           
             Father
             ,
             
               Yes
               ,
               They
               are
               to
               be
               OWN'D
               and
               BELIEV'D
               ;
               
               and
               they
               that
               do
               not
               so
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               DENIED
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observ.
            
             Can
             any
             thing
             be
             more
             inconsistent
             ,
             then
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             ?
             Is
             it
             this
             sort
             of
             
               Proof
            
             you
             commend
             ?
             Can
             you
             think
             this
             the
             Way
             to
             convert
             such
             
               Infidels
               ,
            
             as
             you
             deem
             us
             to
             be
             ?
          
           
             To
             this
             let
             me
             add
             another
             notable
             Passage
             in
             the
             same
             Discourse
             he
             faults
             with
             
               Dirting
            
             and
             
               Denying
            
             the
             
               Scripture
               .
            
             
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
             Of
             what
             Service
             are
             the
             
               Scriptures
            
             as
             they
             are
             given
             forth
             and
             recorded
             without
             ?
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             MUCH
             EVERY
             WAY
             
               unto
               those
               that
               have
               receiv'd
               the
               same
               Spirit
               from
               whom
               they
               were
               given
               
               forth
               ,
               for
               unto
               such
               they
               are
            
             PROFITABLE
             ,
             
               and
            
             MAKE
             WISE
             
               unto
               Salvation
               ;
               and
               are
               unto
               them
               of
               Service
               ,
               for
            
             INSTRUCTION
             ,
             EDIFICATION
             
               and
            
             COMFORT
             .
          
           
             
               Obs.
            
             Is
             there
             no
             
               Exhortation
            
             lodg'd
             in
             these
             words
             ?
             And
             is
             this
             to
             
               Deny
            
             or
             
               throw
               Dirt
            
             upon
             the
             
               Scriptures
            
             ?
             If
             any
             shall
             object
             
               W.
               Smith's
            
             making
             the
             
               Spirit
               necessary
               to
               the
               profitable
               Reading
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             let
             them
             go
             to
             
               W.
               Tindal
               ,
               J.
               Bradford
               ,
            
             Bp.
             
               Jewel
               ,
               J.
               Philpot
               ,
               Luther
               ,
               Calvin
               ,
               Peter
               Martyr
            
             and
             others
             ,
             they
             will
             preach
             them
             the
             same
             Doctrine
             ;
             which
             I
             have
             observ'd
             in
             my
             
               Rejoynder
               ,
            
             and
             may
             easily
             be
             found
             in
             my
             
               Catalogue
            
             of
             
               Authors
               .
            
          
           
             
             2.
             
             My
             second
             Instance
             shall
             be
             this
             ,
             That
             he
             maketh
             
               W.
               Smith
            
             call
             the
             Scriptures
             
               Traditions
               of
               men
               ,
               Earthly
               Root
               ,
               Darkness
               ,
               Confusion
               ,
               Corruption
               ;
               All
               out
               of
               the
               Life
               and
               Power
               of
               God
            
             ;
             
             which
             he
             only
             asscribed
             to
             degenerated
             Men
             ,
             their
             Worship
             ,
             Imaginations
             and
             Traditions
             .
          
           
             Shall
             this
             be
             call'd
             
               Proof
            
             or
             
               Perversion
            
             ?
             Doubtless
             a
             
               Proof
            
             of
             nothing
             ,
             but
             
               of
            
             that
             hateful
             sort
             of
             
               Perversion
               .
            
          
           
             
             3.
             
             That
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             understand
             by
             Knowledge
             according
             to
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             
               the
               Vse
               of
               the
               Vnderstanding
               ,
               though
               sanctified
            
             :
             which
             is
             also
             a
             grofs
             
               Abuse
            
             both
             of
             our
             Words
             and
             Sense
             .
          
           
             
             4.
             
             That
             
               I.
               Penington
            
             should
             call
             
               Visible
               Worship
               ,
            
             as
             such
             ,
             
               the
               City
               of
               Abomination
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             downright
             
               Forgery
            
             ;
             and
             your
             
               Praise
               of
               his
            
             Proof
             
               makes
               you
               Accessories
            
             :
             Look
             on
             it
             as
             you
             will
             .
          
           
             
             5.
             
             That
             by
             
               Traditions
               of
               Men
               ,
            
             we
             understand
             
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               written
               Word
               .
            
             A
             base
             
               Abuse
            
             of
             our
             Words
             .
          
           
             
             6.
             
             That
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             mean
             by
             the
             
               Vail
            
             that
             is
             over
             People
             ,
             
               their
               Belief
               of
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               born
               of
               the
               Virgin
            
             Mary
             ,
             
               to
               be
               now
               existing
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
             An
             
               Impiety
            
             of
             ●is
             own
             Inventing
             and
             your
             Approving
             !
          
           
           
             7.
             
             From
             
               W.
               Smith's
            
             saying
             ,
             that
             
               the
               present
               Practice
            
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             
               as
               ,
            
             Baptizing
             with
             a
             Cross
             ,
             
             
               and
            
             counting
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             the
             Flesh
             &
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               arise
               from
               the
            
             Pope's
             
               Invention
               ,
            
             You
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             
               John
               Fal●●
               ,
            
             give
             out
             ,
             
               That
            
             W.
             Smith
             
               calls
               the
               Lord's
               Supper
            
             the
             POPE's
             INVENTION
             .
          
           
             At
             this
             rate
             ,
             what
             will
             your
             
               Testimony
            
             be
             worth
             ?
             
               Little
               ,
            
             certainly
             ,
             with
             such
             as
             know
             Good
             Coyn
             from
             B●d
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             
             From
             
               Edw.
               Burrough's
            
             making
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             within
             to
             be
             
               One
               in
               Nature
            
             with
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ;
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             infers
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               hold
               the
               Soul
               to
               be
               God
            
             :
             as
             if
             that
             had
             been
             said
             of
             the
             
               Soul
               ,
            
             
             which
             was
             said
             of
             the
             
               Light
               of
               Christ
               shining
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
            
             or
             that
             they
             were
             
               Synonymous
               .
            
          
           
             What
             cannot
             a
             Man
             of
             his
             Skill
             in
             
               This
            
             black
             Art
             do
             ?
             yet
             this
             is
             
               your
               own
            
             Reverend
             
               Author
               ,
            
             who
             for
             his
             
               Proof
            
             against
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             is
             not
             a
             little
             in
             your
             Books
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             
             Because
             
               G.F.
            
             rejected
             that
             carnal
             Notion
             that
             confines
             the
             Infinite
             Omnipresent
             God
             
               to
               a
               Residence
            
             only
             
               above
               the
               Stars
               ,
            
             he
             makes
             no
             Difficulty
             of
             inferring
             ,
             
             
               That
               we
               deny
               the
               Manhood
               of
               Christ
               Jesus
               .
            
             As
             Absurd
             as
             Base
             !
          
           
             10.
             
             From
             our
             affirming
             that
             such
             a
             kind
             of
             
               Reading
               of
               Scripture
               as
               the
            
             Pharisees
             
               us'd
               ,
               and
               to
               those
               Ends
               ,
            
             
             makes
             men
             harder
             to
             be
             wrought
             upon
             to
             true
             Conversion
             then
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             
               John
               Faldo
            
             infers
             ,
             
             
               That
               reading
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               getting
               Knowledge
               thence
               ,
               puts
               men
               into
               a
               worse
               Condition
               then
               the
            
             Heathen
             ;
             
               and
               that
               there
               is
               scarcely
               any
               thing
               more
               Dangerous
               then
               reading
               the
               Scriptures
            
             :
             Yea
             ,
             he
             accuses
             us
             of
             
               Charging
               the
               Miscarriages
               of
               mens
               Souls
               on
               the
               Knowledge
               the
               Scripture
            
             BY
             GOD's
             BLESSING
             
               doth
               convey
               .
            
          
           
             Behold
             at
             what
             rate
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             hath
             
               investigated
               our
               Principles
            
             !
             you
             have
             said
             truely
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               he
               did
               it
               throughly
            
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             scarcely
             toucht
             any
             Thing
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             
               throughly
               abused
            
             ;
             yet
             this
             is
             the
             Man
             whose
             Attempts
             so
             obnoxious
             as
             you
             see
             ,
             
             you
             have
             adventured
             to
             commend
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             
               you
               judge
            
             it
             (
             among
             other
             Things
             )
             for
             the
             
               PROOF
            
             of
             it
             ,
             
               to
               be
               especially
               useful
               for
               those
               who
               desire
               Information
               concerning
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               and
               their
               Principles
               :
            
             That
             ever
             Men
             of
             your
             
               Age
               ,
               Experience
            
             and
             
               Reputation
            
             should
             precipitate
             themselves
             into
             any
             Thing
             so
             foul
             and
             scandalous
             !
             Can
             you
             believe
             this
             is
             
               Imitating
               God
               ,
               and
               being
               Just
               to
               the
            
             Quakers
             ?
             I
             hope
             your
             Condition
             is
             not
             yet
             so
             dangerous
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             fit
             further
             to
             add
             for
             the
             Information
             of
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             that
             
               J.F.
            
             began
             with
             us
             in
             this
             Book
             ,
             call'd
             
               Quakerism
               No
               Christianity
            
             ;
             I
             answered
             him
             in
             a
             Book
             ,
             entituled
             
               Quakerism
               a
               New
               Nick
               Name
               for
               Old
               Christianity
            
             ;
             against
             this
             he
             put
             forth
             his
             
               Vindication
               ,
            
             unto
             which
             I
             made
             my
             
               Rejoynder
               ,
            
             consisting
             of
             TWENTY
             THREE
             CHAPTERS
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             vindicated
             our
             Principles
             ,
             stripping
             them
             of
             those
             frightful
             Vizards
             and
             hateful
             Disguises
             he
             put
             upon
             them
             ,
             confirmed
             them
             
               by
               many
               Scriptures
               and
               Reasons
               ,
            
             and
             to
             compleat
             our
             Defence
             ,
             produced
             in
             favor
             of
             the
             whole
             above
             TWO
             HUNDRED
             TESTIM●NIES
             out
             of
             both
             ancient
             and
             modern
             Authors
             .
             Besides
             all
             this
             I
             faulted
             his
             Conduct
             and
             Behaviour
             in
             this
             Controversie
             ,
             in
             above
             FOUR
             HUNDRED
             PARTICULARS
             ,
             and
             that
             under
             distinct
             Sections
             .
          
           
             None
             of
             which
             hath
             he
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             how
             much
             soever
             it
             stood
             his
             Credit
             upon
             ;
             but
             after
             his
             own
             
               Proof
            
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             wanting
             a
             
               Vindication
               ,
            
             he
             
               reprints
            
             it
             to
             consummate
             the
             
               Controversie
               .
            
             To
             me
             it
             is
             a
             manifest
             Token
             that
             the
             Man
             hath
             gotten
             to
             a
             
               Ne
               plus
               ultra
               ,
               &
            
             therefore
             goes
             back
             again
             ;
             and
             doubtless
             ,
             were
             not
             his
             Cause
             deeply
             sunk
             ,
             it
             should
             never
             need
             the
             Help
             of
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Divines
               ,
            
             and
             those
             term'd
             so
             
               Learned
            
             and
             
               Reverend
            
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             to
             recover
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             you
             see
             at
             what
             a
             Rate
             you
             have
             performed
             your
             Task
             :
             We
             have
             Hopes
             you
             will
             be
             better
             advised
             the
             next
             Time
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             your
             Circumstances
             need
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             you
             have
             as
             well
             abused
             us
             in
             your
             
               STYLE
            
             as
             
               Proof
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               proportionably
            
             deferve
             the
             Censure
             of
             
               Impartial
               Readers
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             produce
             
               some
               Instances
            
             out
             of
             your
             
               Epistle
            
             and
             his
             
               Book
            
             (
             I
             may
             say
             yours
             ;
             for
             ye
             have
             made
             it
             so
             by
             adopting
             it
             :
             )
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               In
               your
            
             Epistle
             ,
          
           
             
               A
               strange
               Sort
               of
               People
               ,
               preach
               another
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               endeavour
               to
               seduce
               well-meaning
               Souls
               ;
               Poison
               of
               their
               Anti-fundamental
               Doctrines
               ;
               Infidelity
               among
               them
               ;
               Jugling
               Socinianized
               Persons
               ;
               
               Papists
               ;
               Carthusians
               ;
               Franciscans
               ,
               and
               other
               such
               like
               Monks
               and
               Nuns
               ;
               Judicially
               deserted
               of
               God
               ;
               arrived
               to
               Pride
               and
               Ignorance
               ;
               seek
               Back-biting
               ,
               Reviling
               and
               Reproaches
               ;
               nauseous
               Conceitedness
               ;
               Deluded
               Souls
               ;
               Barbarous
               Language
               ;
               Pittiful
               Ignorance
               ;
               No
               Christians
               ;
               subverting
               Christianity
               ;
               Wasps
               of
               Satan's
               Hiving
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             
               Language
            
             of
             your
             own
             
               Epistle
               ,
            
             that
             do
             not
             love
             
               Reflections
            
             nor
             
               Railing
               ,
            
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             you
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             
               Style
            
             of
             your
             
               Reverend
               Author
            
             in
             his
             
               Books
               ,
            
             whom
             you
             would
             ,
             have
             us
             believe
             is
             a
             
               Friendly
               Person
            
             to
             the
             
               Quakers
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             our
             
               Light
               .
            
          
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
             ;
             
               the
               second
               Anti-christ
               ;
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               Idol
               ;
               Pernicious
               Guide
               and
               Saviour
               ;
               Fancyful
               Teacher
               :
            
             And
             in
             his
             
               Vindication
               ,
               A
               Sord●d
               ,
               Sinful
               ,
               Corrupt
               and
               Ridiculous
               Thing
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             our
             
               Religion
            
             and
             
               Friends
               .
            
          
           
             Quakerism
             
               made
               its
               Way
               by
               ,
               and
               began
               in
               Blasphemies
               against
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
            
             Quakerism
             
               entered
               the
               World
               ,
               as
               if
               Hell
               were
               broak
               loose
               ,
               and
               Possessions
               of
               Satan
               were
               to
               make
               Way
               ,
               and
               fit
               Souls
               for
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               Spirit
               ;
               Blasphemy
               and
               Idolatry
               .
            
             Our
             Friends
             (
             
               Quakers
            
             so
             called
             )
             
               Dark-Lanthorn-Men
               ;
               being
               hid
               with
               Palpable
               Knavery
               and
               Impudence
               ;
               Absurd
               and
               Blasphemous
               Idiots
               ;
               Prodigiously
               Wicked
               ;
               Oh
               the
               Hell-Dark
               Expressions
               of
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               Preachers
               ,
               speak
               the
               Amazing
               Delusions
               of
               Satan
               .
            
             And
             in
             his
             
               Vindication
               ,
               A
               Presumptuous
               and
               Blind
               Accuser
               ;
               a
               Sophister
               ;
               an
               
                 Haman
                 ;
              
               an
               Accursed
               
                 Ham
                 ;
              
               a
               Treacherous
               and
               Wilful
               Deluder
               ;
               a
               Madman
               ;
               an
               Hangman
               ;
               an
               Infallible
               Stager
               ;
               a
               Fool
               ;
               an
               Ape
               ;
               a
               Dunce
               ;
               an
               Impudent
               Forger
               ;
            
             and
             what
             not
             ?
          
           
             Is
             this
             to
             act
             like
             a
             FRIEND
             to
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             or
             give
             
               Testimony
            
             of
             a
             
               Large
               Spirit
               and
               Principle
               ,
            
             as
             you
             (
             to
             make
             a
             foul
             Matter
             fair
             )
             have
             so
             untruly
             intimated
             ?
             Doubtless
             ,
             no
             Man
             hath
             taken
             more
             Pains
             to
             abuse
             a
             poor
             People
             ,
             then
             
               J.
               Faldo
            
             hath
             to
             misrepresent
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             ;
             yet
             this
             very
             
               Style
            
             you
             more
             especially
             recommend
             :
             Can
             you
             yet
             think
             your selves
             
               Learned
               ,
               Reverend
               and
               Worthy
               Divines
               ,
            
             Men
             of
             
               Conscience
            
             and
             
               Honour
            
             ?
             And
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             you
             were
             
               very
               hard
               put
               to
               it
            
             to
             make
             up
             the
             
               Recommendation
            
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             Scope
             of
             four
             Pages
             ,
             you
             
               three
               times
            
             compare
             us
             to
             
               Papists
            
             and
             
               I●fidels
               ;
               thrice
            
             charge
             and
             aggravate
             our
             designed
             Obscurity
             ,
             with
             abundance
             of
             
               Impertinency
            
             and
             
               Contradiction
               ;
               four
               Times
            
             
             go
             over
             our
             
               Separation
            
             from
             you
             ;
             and
             
               last
               of
               all
               ,
            
             you
             
               five
               Times
            
             charge
             us
             with
             
               Singularities
               ,
            
             enlarge
             and
             grow
             Elegant
             upon
             it
             ,
             
               Repetitions
               ,
               Tautology
               .
            
          
           
             And
             by
             the
             Way
             I
             must
             needs
             take
             this
             notice
             of
             the
             
               New
               Advertisement
            
             in
             this
             
               Impression
               .
            
          
           
             
               First
               ,
            
             That
             he
             most
             horribly
             abuseth
             us
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               We
               pretend
               all
               our
               Ministers
               to
               be
               Infallible
               .
            
             More
             then
             ten
             Times
             over
             hath
             he
             both
             scornfully
             and
             untruly
             cast
             this
             at
             us
             :
             We
             asscribe
             not
             an
             
               Infallibility
            
             to
             Men
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             
               Grace
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             to
             Men
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             led
             by
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             certainly
             teacheth
             what
             it
             doth
             teach
             .
          
           
             
               Secondly
               ,
            
             Whereas
             he
             insinuates
             ,
             as
             if
             
               I
               allowed
               of
               every
               Passage
               he
               cited
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Books
               and
               Authors
               themselves
            
             :
             This
             is
             so
             great
             an
             Untruth
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             them
             are
             
               misquoted
               ,
            
             and
             almost
             every
             one
             of
             them
             
               mis-applyed
            
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             have
             largely
             and
             frequently
             
               complained
            
             of
             in
             my
             
               Answer
               ,
            
             and
             more
             particularly
             in
             my
             
               Rejoynder
               .
            
             I
             leave
             off
             
               Wondering
            
             at
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             seems
             to
             have
             prepared
             his
             
               Conscience
            
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             countenance
             his
             Attempts
             against
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             ;
             which
             gives
             us
             Cause
             to
             suspect
             the
             altering
             of
             the
             
               folio
            
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Book
            
             in
             this
             
               Impression
               ,
            
             is
             done
             on
             Purpose
             to
             hinder
             the
             
               Reader
            
             from
             finding
             his
             (
             in
             my
             
               Answers
            
             thereto
             referred
             )
             
               Miscarriages
               .
            
             But
             to
             you
             again
             .
          
           
             Suppose
             we
             are
             as
             bad
             as
             you
             bespeak
             us
             ;
             how
             can
             we
             help
             it
             ?
             Your
             Principle
             takes
             away
             all
             Liberty
             from
             our
             Wills
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             of
             being
             
               ordained
            
             to
             all
             these
             Mischiefs
             :
             Would
             you
             have
             us
             better
             then
             we
             can
             be
             ?
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             expect
             
               Impossibilities
            
             at
             our
             Hands
             ?
             Or
             would
             you
             that
             we
             should
             attempt
             to
             
               invalid
               God's
               Immutable
            
             and
             
               Absolute
               Decree
               ,
            
             which
             ,
             besides
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             done
             (
             allowing
             your
             
               Notion
            
             )
             were
             a
             great
             Impiety
             but
             to
             think
             of
             ;
             you
             should
             either
             change
             your
             Creed
             in
             this
             Particular
             ,
             or
             seem
             less
             concerned
             at
             the
             Event
             of
             Things
             confessedly
             
               Irremedable
               .
            
             I
             remember
             an
             Old
             Book
             published
             by
             
               Three
               and
               fifty
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             some
             of
             whom
             help
             to
             make
             up
             your
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Reverend
               Divines
            
             ;
             it
             's
             call'd
             
               A
               Testimony
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               and
               our
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
            
             (
             for
             you
             know
             they
             must
             go
             togethe●
             )
             the
             Bent
             of
             it
             is
             to
             collect
             the
             then
             held
             
               Errors
               ,
            
             and
             bitterly
             to
             
               Exclaim
            
             on
             all
             that
             hold
             and
             plead
             for
             ,
             or
             encline
             to
             favour
             a
             
               Toleration
            
             ;
             and
             such
             were
             
               Episcopalians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               
               Anabaptists
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Among
             many
             other
             these
             are
             brought
             in
             for
             Capital
             Ones
             .
             1.
             
             
               HIERARCHY
               .
            
             2.
             
             
               INDEPENDENCY
               .
            
             3
             ▪
             
               An
               Opposition
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Election
               and
               Reprobation
               ,
               as
               you
               hold
               it
               .
            
             4.
             
             
               The
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Freedom
               of
               Man's
               Will
               .
            
             5.
             
             
               That
               Christ
               died
               for
               all
               Men
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               Benefit
               of
               Christ's
               Death
               extended
               to
               all
               Men
               .
            
             And
             some
             Leaves
             off
             ,
             thus
             express
             themselves
             ,
             
               Doubtless
               ,
               that
               old
               Serpent
               ,
               call'd
               the
               Devil
               ,
               hath
               been
               the
               grand
               Agent
               in
               propagating
               these
               
                 stupendious
                 Errors
                 ,
              
               all
               which
               
                 Errors
                 ,
                 Heresies
              
               and
               
                 Blasphemies
                 ,
              
               we
               are
               confident
               we
               may
               
                 loath
                 ,
                 execrate
                 and
                 abhor
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 Breach
                 of
                 Charity
                 .
              
            
             Oh
             the
             Strength
             and
             Religion
             of
             this
             
               Charity
               ,
            
             that
             can
             
               loath
               ,
               execrate
               and
               abhor
               to
               think
               that
               Christ
               dyed
               for
               all
               Men
               ,
               or
               that
               all
               Men
               may
               be
               saved
            
             !
             as
             plain
             Scripture
             as
             any
             in
             Scripture
             .
             This
             they
             call
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Testimony
               ,
            
             which
             in
             plain
             
               English
            
             doth
             but
             
               loath
               ,
               execrate
               and
               abhor
            
             the
             
               Belief
            
             of
             the
             Generality
             of
             
               Christendom
               .
            
             And
             that
             you
             may
             yet
             know
             your selves
             better
             ,
             observe
             this
             Passage
             ;
             
               The
               Cursed
               Blasphemies
               ;
               the
               general
               Looseness
               ;
               the
               spreading
               Heresies
               of
               our
               Times
            
             have
             in
             a
             manner
             
               born
               down
               before
               them
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               sacred
               Scriptures
               ,
               the
               Life
               and
               Power
               of
               Godliness
               ,
               &
               our
               solemn
               League
               &
               Covenant
            
             ;
             but
             above
             all
             ,
             
               Our
               Souls
               are
               wounded
               ,
               to
               think
               with
               what
               Hope
               and
               Industry
               a
               TOLERATION
               of
               all
               these
               Evils
               is
               endeavoured
               .
            
             Which
             in
             short
             amounts
             to
             this
             ;
             1.
             
             All
             that
             quadrate
             not
             wi●h
             
               Presbytery
            
             is
             
               Error
               ,
               Heresie
               or
               Blasphemy
               .
            
             2.
             
             That
             
               above
               all
               things
               it
               wounds
               them
               to
               think
               of
               having
               such
               tolerated
               as
               believe
               and
               maintain
               them
               .
            
             This
             Doctrine
             (
             with
             some
             Allay
             )
             in
             the
             
               Episcopacy
            
             you
             exploded
             for
             
               Antichristian
               ,
               Popish
               and
               Tyrannical
               .
            
             When
             through
             such
             
               Pretences
            
             you
             had
             mounted
             the
             Chair
             ,
             by
             a
             notable
             Figure
             ,
             call'd
             
               Self-Interest
               ,
            
             it
             became
             an
             excellent
             Doctrine
             with
             you
             ,
             yea
             a
             most
             necessary
             part
             of
             your
             
               Creed
            
             :
             Pray
             tell
             me
             if
             this
             be
             
               Imitating
               of
               God
               ?
               being
               Just
               to
               all
               men
               ?
               Doing
               as
               you
               would
               be
               〈◊〉
               by
            
             ?
             Can
             you
             yet
             be
             so
             blind
             as
             not
             to
             see
             your selves
             to
             be
             a
             great
             way
             off
             from
             
               Christian
               Charity
               ,
            
             and
             an
             universal
             
               Communion
               of
               Christians
               ,
            
             that
             even
             make
             
               Believing
               of
               plain
               Scripture
               ,
            
             a
             Reason
             
               for
               your
               Abhorrence
               of
               their
            
             Communion
             
               that
               so
               believe
            
             ;
             unless
             they
             will
             subject
             such
             obnoxious
             Passages
             to
             
               Calvinistical
            
             Interpretations
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             like
             the
             
               Egyptian
               Tyrant
               ,
            
             that
             stretcht
             all
             
               longer
            
             that
             were
             ●horter
             ,
             and
             cut
             all
             
               shorter
            
             that
             were
             longer
             
             
               then
               Himself
            
             ?
             This
             shows
             ,
             you
             
               Caesar-like
            
             ,
             would
             have
             had
             ●o
             
               Equal
               ,
            
             and
             resolv'd
             to
             raign
             alone
             ,
             come
             what
             will
             of
             those
             you
             now
             have
             learn'd
             to
             call
             
               Christians
            
             :
             It
             is
             but
             too
             manifest
             that
             the
             genuine
             Sense
             of
             your
             
               Faithfulness
            
             to
             promote
             
               God's
               Cause
               and
               Interest
               ,
               is
            
             YOUR SELVES
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             are
             several
             times
             angry
             with
             us
             for
             our
             
               Separation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             
               Divines
               .
            
          
           
             They
             seek
             by
             Backbiting
             ,
             Reviling
             and
             Reproaches
             ,
             to
             disgrace
             the
             Doctrines
             ,
             Practices
             and
             Persons
             of
             others
             ,
             that
             they
             themselves
             may
             seem
             more
             exce●●ent
             and
             glorious
             then
             all
             that
             have
             been
             excellent
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             not
             be
             thought
             unworthy
             of
             some
             Communion
             themselves
             ,
             grow
             presently
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             of
             profest
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             are
             so
             ignora●●
             〈◊〉
             so
             bad
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             unworthy
             of
             Communion
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.P.
             
          
           
             Methinks
             that
             it
             is
             not
             only
             an
             ill
             way
             to
             be
             thought
             more
             
               Excellent
            
             and
             
               Glorious
            
             then
             all
             that
             were
             
               before
            
             us
             ;
             but
             that
             no
             Man
             that
             refuseth
             to
             captivate
             his
             Sence
             and
             Reason
             to
             serve
             the
             
               Interest
            
             of
             whatsoever
             you
             say
             or
             do
             ,
             can
             believe
             that
             we
             should
             take
             such
             an
             improbable
             Way
             to
             
               Glory
               :
               Such
               juggling
               Socinians
               and
               Papists
               ,
            
             as
             you
             make
             the
             chief
             of
             us
             to
             be
             ,
             should
             better
             understand
             their
             Business
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             so
             much
             broad
             and
             distastefull
             
               Folly
               ,
            
             in
             doing
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             what
             cannot
             you
             say
             of
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
            
             who
             rather
             then
             not
             say
             enough
             ,
             will
             be
             impertinently
             
               Tautological
               ,
            
             and
             say
             the
             same
             thing
             in
             
               four
            
             pages
             
               five
            
             times
             over
             ,
             to
             fix
             an
             
               Odium
            
             in
             the
             Minds
             of
             People
             against
             us
             ;
             What
             is
             this
             but
             to
             do
             what
             you
             condemn
             ?
          
           
             But
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             you
             have
             so
             well
             exprest
             the
             Matter
             for
             your selves
             ,
             that
             an
             unwary
             
               Reader
            
             would
             think
             you
             equally
             Enemies
             to
             
               Separation
               ,
            
             and
             
               Reviling
            
             those
             you
             separate
             from
             .
             But
             of
             a●●
             men
             this
             Language
             is
             most
             infufferable
             from
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             transcended
             in
             the
             Guilt
             of
             those
             things
             you
             seem
             so
             heartily
             to
             censure
             .
             You
             are
             made
             up
             of
             
               Presbyterians
            
             and
             
               Independents
            
             ;
             let
             me
             a
             little
             Expostulate
             with
             you
             :
             
               Argumentum
               ad
               hominom
               .
            
          
           
             I
             will
             begin
             with
             you
             who
             are
             called
             
               Presbyterians
            
             ;
             Are
             you
             not
             
               Separatists
            
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             ?
             You
             know
             you
             are
             ;
             And
             pray
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             Ground
             of
             your
             
               Separation
            
             ?
             Is
             it
             Difference
             
             in
             the
             
               Essentials
            
             of
             Religion
             ?
             you
             know
             ,
             you
             say
             it
             to
             be
             only
             in
             some
             matters
             of
             
               Discipline
            
             ;
             for
             this
             you
             have
             divided
             your selves
             ,
             and
             smartly
             vindicated
             your
             
               Separation
               ,
            
             witness
             
               Galaspee
            
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             
               Smectimnaeus
            
             in
             
               England
               .
            
             Was
             it
             not
             a
             great
             Reason
             of
             the
             
               Wars
               ,
            
             that
             divided
             so
             many
             
               Famili●s
               ,
            
             shed
             so
             much
             
               Blood
               ,
            
             and
             exhausted
             so
             great
             a
             
               Treasure
            
             ?
             Did
             it
             not
             lay
             
               Episcopacy
            
             in
             the
             Dust
             ,
             and
             excite
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             in
             these
             very
             Terms
             ?
             
               Elijah
               opposed
               Idolatry
               and
               Oppression
               ,
               so
               do
               ye
               :
               Down
               with
            
             Baal's
             
               Altars
               !
               Down
               with
            
             Baal's
             
               Priests
               !
               Do
               not
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               consent
               unto
               a
               Toleration
               of
            
             Baal's
             
               Worship
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               upon
               any
               Politick
               Consideration
               whatsoever
               .
            
             Which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             Away
             with
             the
             
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               the
               wh●le
               Ministry
               and
               Worship
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             .
             Again
             ,
             
               The
               Morthes
               of
               your
               Adversari●s
               are
               opened
               against
               you
               ,
               that
               so
               many
               D●linquents
            
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Royalists
             )
             
               are
               in
               Prison
               ,
               and
               yet
               but
               very
               few
               of
               them
               brought
               to
               their
               Tryal
            
             (
             Did
             he
             mean
             ,
             to
             relea●e
             them
             ?
             )
             And
             saith
             another
             of
             your
             eminent
             Brethren
             be●ore
             the
             Commons
             ,
             
               Aug.
            
             28.
             1644.
             
             
               Ye
               cannot
               Preach
               nor
               Pray
               them
               down
               directly
               and
               immediately
               —
               Well
               ,
               That
               which
               the
               Word
               cannot
               do
               ,
               the
               Sword
               shall
            
             :
             To
             render
             which
             saying
             authentick
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             is
             brought
             in
             two
             lines
             after
             .
             I
             could
             set
             out
             this
             part
             of
             your
             Story
             to
             the
             Life
             ,
             but
             at
             this
             time
             shall
             forbear
             :
             nor
             do
             I
             delight
             in
             this
             ,
             but
             since
             I
             must
             needs
             mention
             
               Your
               Separation
               ,
            
             how
             can
             I
             do
             it
             without
             telling
             who
             it
             was
             you
             separated
             from
             ?
             And
             can
             I
             do
             it
             more
             candidly
             then
             
               in
               your
               own
               Words
            
             ?
             I
             wish
             there
             had
             been
             no
             need
             for
             it
             :
             Only
             from
             hence
             you
             may
             observe
             your
             sort
             of
             Dislike
             of
             
               Separation
            
             ;
             and
             how
             notably
             
               Presbyterians
            
             revile
             even
             Men
             that
             are
             one
             with
             them
             in
             the
             
               Essentials
            
             of
             Religion
             .
             Behold
             ,
             a
             short
             Instance
             of
             your
             Carriage
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             you
             
               separated
            
             from
             !
             Let
             us
             now
             take
             a
             short
             view
             of
             your
             
               Treatment
            
             of
             those
             that
             
               dissented
            
             from
             you
             :
             You
             shewed
             the
             
               Independents
            
             the
             way
             ,
             first
             to
             
               separate
            
             upon
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             plead
             Conscience
             for
             
               Separation
            
             ;
             and
             how
             reasonable
             it
             was
             that
             
               Conscience
            
             should
             be
             
               Tolerated
               .
            
             Are
             you
             constant
             to
             your selves
             ?
             Do
             you
             give
             what
             you
             will
             take
             ?
             No
             such
             matter
             :
             But
             let
             us
             hear
             you
             .
             
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
            
             (
             says
             Dr
             
               Corn
               .
               Burges
            
             in
             his
             Sermon
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             
               Novemb.
            
             5.
             1641.
             
             )
             
               ly
               a
               Bleeding
               ;
               all
               Government
               and
               Discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               is
               laid
               in
               her
               Grave
               ;
               and
               all
               putredinous
               
               Vermin
               of
               bold
               Schismaticks
               glory
               in
               her
               Ashes
               ,
               making
               her
               Fall
               their
               own
               Rising
               to
               mount
               our
               Pulpits
               .
            
             That
             the
             
               Independents
            
             are
             concern'd
             under
             the
             term
             
               Schismaticks
               ,
            
             Dr
             
               Cawdrey
            
             bestows
             an
             whole
             Book
             upon
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             Entituled
             ,
             
               INDEPENDENCY
               a
               great
               Schism
            
             ;
             yet
             some
             of
             these
             great
             
               Schismaticks
            
             are
             some
             of
             the
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Reverend
               &
               Worthy
               Divines
               .
            
             I
             find
             another
             of
             your
             Brethren
             ,
             
               Octob.
            
             22.
             1644.
             that
             tells
             us
             of
             
               Parliamentary
               Heresies
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             
               You
               are
               the
            
             Anabaptists
             ,
             
               and
               you
               are
               the
            
             Antinomians
             ;
             
               these
               are
               your
               Errors
               ,
               if
               they
               spread
               by
               your
               Connivance
               .
            
             Was
             not
             this
             spoaken
             like
             a
             Man
             of
             
               Charity
               ,
            
             one
             that
             disdain'd
             not
             the
             
               Communion
            
             of
             other
             
               Christians
            
             that
             are
             not
             altogether
             of
             his
             Mind
             ?
             A
             Virtue
             commended
             by
             you
             in
             your
             
               Epistle
               .
            
             Another
             eminent
             Person
             of
             your
             Way
             ,
             before
             the
             Parliament
             
               Sept.
            
             12.
             1644.
             
             
               We
               are
               grown
               beyond
            
             Arminianism
             ,
             Brownism
             ,
             Anabaptism
             ;
             
               we
               are
               come
               to
               the
               down-right
            
             Libertinism
             ,
             
               that
               every
               man
               is
               to
               be
               left
               to
               the
               Liberty
               of
               his
               own
               Religion
               :
               An
               Opinion
               most
               pernicious
               and
               destructive
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             .
             And
             another
             of
             your
             Brethren
             in
             his
             great
             
               Zeal
               ,
            
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             1644.
             styles
             them
             
               Bastard
               Imps
               of
               the
               Whore
               of
            
             Babylon
             :
             Though
             you
             know
             that
             many
             of
             you
             plead
             a
             
               Romish
               Succession
            
             for
             your
             
               Ministry
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             that
             you
             ministerially
             descend
             of
             what
             you
             call
             the
             
               Whore
            
             ;
             think
             on
             't
             as
             you
             will
             .
             But
             all
             this
             is
             exceeded
             by
             a
             zealous
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
            
             who
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Gangraen
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Part
             1.
             p.
             91.
             querieth
             thus
             ;
             
               Shall
               the
            
             Presbyterians
             
               Orthodox
               Godly
               Ministers
               be
               so
               cold
               ,
               as
               to
               let
            
             Anabaptism
             ,
             Brownism
             ,
             Antinomianism
             ,
             Libertinism
             ,
             Independency
             
               come
               in
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               keep
               in
               a
               whole
               skin
               ,
               when
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               &c.
               hazarded
               the
               loss
               of
               their
               Preferments
               to
               withstand
               the
               Toleration
               of
               Popery
            
             ?
             Where
             not
             only
             
               Anabaptists
            
             and
             
               Independents
            
             are
             rendred
             unworthy
             of
             a
             
               Toleration
            
             by
             this
             great
             
               Presbyterian
            
             ;
             but
             their
             Perswasion
             rendred
             more
             intolerable
             then
             
               Popery
               .
            
             I
             would
             ask
             
               G.
               Griffith
               ,
               M.
               Barker
               ,
               R.
               Mayo
               ,
               M.
               Palmer
               ,
               T.
               Cole
            
             (
             who
             help
             to
             make
             up
             the
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
            
             Learned
             and
             Reverend
             
               Divines
            
             )
             if
             this
             Man
             was
             a
             
               Wasp
            
             or
             a
             
               Bee
            
             ?
             one
             that
             had
             more
             of
             
               Sting
            
             or
             
               Honey
            
             ?
             Well
             —
             what
             's
             his
             Resolution
             ?
             
               Let
               's
               therefore
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               fill
               all
               Presses
               ,
               and
               cause
               all
               Pulpits
               to
               ring
               ,
               and
               so
               possess
               Parliament
               ,
               City
               and
               whole
               Kingdom
               against
               the
               Evil
               of
               Schism
               ,
               and
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               no
               more
               hear
               of
               a
               Toleration
               ,
               nor
               of
               separated
               
               Churches
               ,
               being
               hateful
               Names
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               AMEN
               '
               AMEN
               .
            
             All
             I
             shall
             say
             of
             the
             Man
             is
             this
             ;
             he
             was
             hearty
             in
             his
             Work
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             did
             ,
             he
             did
             with
             all
             his
             Might
             .
             Another
             of
             them
             runs
             so
             high
             ,
             that
             he
             impeacheth
             
               Gamaliel
            
             for
             a
             
               loose
               Naturalist
               ,
               a
               Time-serving
               Polititian
               ,
               a
               second
               Achitophel
               ,
            
             and
             only
             because
             he
             was
             for
             
               Toleration
            
             ;
             when
             you
             know
             ,
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Jewish
               Counsel
            
             were
             for
             
               Persecution
            
             :
             If
             you
             will
             not
             believe
             me
             ,
             peruse
             
               I.
               Words
            
             Sermon
             before
             the
             
               Commons
               ,
            
             1645.
             
             How
             agrees
             this
             with
             your
             present
             
               Desires
               of
            
             Indulgence
             ,
             
               and
               Thanks
               for
               it
            
             ?
             Let
             me
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             same
             
               Exception
               against
               you
            
             upon
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             
               as
               any
               other
               sort
               of
               Dissenters
            
             :
             But
             ,
             as
             ill
             as
             this
             man
             thought
             of
             Worthy
             &
             Prudent
             
               Gamaliel
               ,
            
             his
             Counsel
             hath
             been
             strong
             and
             sea●onable
             ,
             
               even
               in
               Presbyterian
               Apologies
               .
            
             But
             lest
             you
             should
             reject
             these
             Evidences
             of
             your
             rank
             
               Severity
            
             to
             others
             
               though
            
             for
             
               minute
               Differences
               ,
            
             as
             being
             but
             the
             
               Opinion
               of
            
             3
             
               or
            
             4
             
               men
               ,
            
             I
             will
             conclude
             with
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Ministers
               in
               the
               City
               of
            
             London
             ,
             presented
             in
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
            
             sitting
             at
             
               West
               minster
            
             1645.
             
             INDEPENDENCY
             
               is
               a
               Schism
               ;
               they
               draw
               &
               seduce
               our
               Members
               from
               our
               Congregations
               ;
               a
               Toleration
               of
               it
               will
               be
               follow'd
               with
               inevitable
               Mischiefs
               ;
               They
               erect
               separate
               Congregations
               ,
               under
               a
               separate
               and
               undiscover'd
               Government
               ;
               The
               refuse
               Communion
               with
               our
               Churches
               in
               the
               Sacraments
               :
            
             And
             are
             such
             men
             fit
             to
             commend
             
               Christian
               Communion
            
             to
             others
             ,
             who
             themselves
             break
             it
             ,
             and
             impeach
             one
             another
             at
             this
             bitter
             rate
             for
             doing
             so
             ?
             But
             what
             follows
             ?
             
               The
               Godly
               ,
               painful
               Orthodox
               Ministry
               will
               be
               discouraged
               and
               despised
               ;
               the
               Life
               and
               Power
               of
               Godliness
               will
               be
               eaten
               out
               by
               frivolous
               Disputes
               and
               vain
               Janglings
               ;
               it
               is
               too
               much
               to
               be
               doubted
               lest
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               should
               not
               only
               be
               weakened
               ,
               but
               even
               utterly
               overthrown
               ,
               considering
               the
               Principles
               and
               Practices
               of
            
             Independents
             ,
             
               together
               with
               their
               Complyance
               with
               other
               Sectaries
               ,
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               be
               Anti-magistratical
               ;
               Hereby
               we
               shall
               be
               involved
               in
               the
               Guilt
               of
               other
               Mens
               Sins
               ,
               and
               thereby
               be
               endangered
               to
               receive
               of
               their
               Plagues
               ;
               It
               seems
               utterly
               Impossible
               (
               if
               such
               Toleration
               should
               be
               granted
               )
               that
               the
            
             LORD
             SHOULD
             BE
             ONE
             ,
             AND
             HIS
             NAME
             ONE
             IN
             THE
             THREE
             KINGDOMS
             .
          
           
             This
             seriously
             consider'd
             ,
             let
             me
             ask
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             did
             not
             think
             these
             
               Independents
            
             either
             so
             
               Ignorant
               ,
            
             or
             so
             
               Bad
               ,
            
             as
             to
             be
             unworthy
             
             of
             your
             
               Communion
               with
               them
               ,
            
             or
             being
             so
             much
             as
             tolerated
             in
             their
             separated
             
               Communion
               from
               you
            
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             if
             so
             small
             a
             Difference
             as
             that
             which
             remains
             between
             you
             and
             the
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             finds
             not
             
               Charity
            
             enough
             with
             you
             to
             be
             tolerated
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             
               Quakers
            
             have
             no
             Reason
             to
             expect
             
               Toleration
            
             from
             you
             ,
             had
             you
             
               Power
            
             in
             your
             hands
             :
             But
             there
             is
             great
             need
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             be
             ashamed
             of
             
               Censuring
               others
               ,
            
             or
             being
             so
             
               Narrow-spirited
               ,
            
             as
             not
             to
             
               Commune
               with
               People
               of
               a
               different
               Perswasion
               in
               Matters
               confessedly
               of
               greater
               Moment
               ,
            
             then
             that
             upon
             which
             you
             have
             exercised
             so
             much
             
               Gaul
               .
            
          
           
             That
             You
             that
             are
             
               INDEPENDENTS
               ,
            
             have
             thought
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               :
            
             Unworthy
             of
             
               your
               Communion
               ,
            
             it
             is
             needful
             only
             that
             we
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             
               your
               Separating
               from
               them
               ,
            
             and
             sitting
             down
             in
             distinct
             Congregations
             under
             a
             different
             
               Discipline
               and
               Administration
               of
               Ordinances
            
             ;
             The
             
               Reason
            
             of
             which
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             in
             the
             Account
             they
             gave
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             was
             ,
             because
             you
             esteem
             them
             
               Prelatical
               ,
               Tyrannical
               and
               Anti-christian
            
             in
             their
             
               Ministry
            
             :
             An
             ancient
             Acquaintance
             of
             mine
             ,
             who
             had
             more
             Learning
             and
             Discretion
             then
             to
             be
             one
             of
             
               your
            
             Learned
             and
             Reverend
             
               Divines
               ,
            
             in
             his
             Book
             against
             
               D.
               Cawdrey
               ,
            
             doth
             ●ffirm
             ,
             
               That
               Ministry
               that
               cometh
               through
            
             Romish
             
               Succession
               ,
               and
               is
               no
               Ministry
               without
               it
               ,
               can
               be
               no
               better
               then
               a
            
             Romish
             
               Ministry
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             his
             mind
             .
             
               J.
               Cotton
               ,
               Brownists
            
             Apol.
             
               J.
               Cann
               ,
            
             ancient
             
               Independents
            
             also
             writ
             in
             Defence
             of
             
               Separate
            
             from
             
               National
               Communion
               .
            
          
           
             From
             hence
             and
             that
             
               second
               great
               War
               between
               you
               and
               the
            
             Presbyterians
             ,
             
               who
               should
               inherit
               what
               you
               had
               joyntly
               gotten
               from
               another
               Party
               ,
            
             are
             none
             of
             the
             clearest
             Proofs
             to
             us
             of
             
               your
               Brotherly
               Love
               and
               Christian
               Communion
               ,
            
             though
             a
             great
             
               Check
            
             to
             both
             of
             you
             for
             your
             turning
             
               Judges
               ,
            
             who
             are
             such
             notorious
             
               Criminals
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             will
             not
             say
             but
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               Fury
            
             was
             your
             Provocation
             .
             In
             short
             ;
             As
             the
             
               Reason
            
             you
             have
             both
             render'd
             of
             your
             
               Separation
            
             from
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             and
             One
             from
             Another
             ,
             is
             
               Greater
               Purity
               of
               Worship
               and
               Discipline
            
             ;
             so
             
               We
            
             had
             never
             
               separated
            
             our selves
             
               from
               you
               ,
            
             but
             upon
             the
             same
             
               Principle
            
             :
             And
             if
             this
             will
             not
             serve
             your
             turn
             ,
             when
             
               You
            
             that
             are
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             have
             given
             
               better
               Satisfaction
            
             to
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             for
             
               your
               separate
               Communion
            
             ;
             and
             when
             
               You
            
             the
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             have
             in
             the
             like
             
             Case
             answer'd
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
               you
               ,
               We
            
             shall
             ,
             we
             hope
             ,
             not
             be
             wanting
             to
             our selves
             
               in
               any
               necessary
            
             Vindication
             
               of
               OVR
               CAVSE
               .
            
          
           
             I
             am
             sorry
             you
             have
             given
             me
             Occasion
             to
             remind
             you
             of
             your
             
               Separation
            
             among
             your selves
             :
             However
             ,
             this
             deserves
             the
             Notice
             of
             all
             
               Impartial
               Readers
               ,
            
             that
             though
             you
             were
             so
             
               Bitter
               ,
            
             and
             all
             
               Wasps
            
             one
             against
             another
             for
             your
             
               Separation
            
             ;
             yet
             that
             now
             you
             are
             
               Confederated
            
             against
             us
             without
             any
             
               Provocation
               ,
            
             then
             such
             as
             was
             the
             Cause
             your selves
             pretended
             for
             your
             own
             
               Separation
            
             :
             So
             that
             to
             use
             your
             own
             Words
             with
             better
             Reason
             ,
             
               You
               are
               the
               Men
               that
               have
               no
               Honey
               nor
               Sweetness
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               except
               for
               your selves
               .
            
             And
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             your
             
               Reflection
            
             upon
             us
             ,
             as
             
               Destroyers
               of
               Christian-Communion
               ,
            
             you
             have
             been
             so
             fond
             of
             your
             own
             Apprehensions
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             your
             Way
             have
             lost
             the
             
               Friendliness
            
             so
             commendable
             in
             
               Civil
               Society
            
             ;
             and
             some
             ,
             no
             small
             
               Preachers
            
             neither
             ,
             have
             vehemently
             
               dehorted
            
             their
             Hearers
             from
             so
             much
             as
             
               conversing
               with
               us
               ,
            
             no
             not
             about
             the
             
               Lawful
               Things
            
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             may
             be
             avoided
             ;
             
               nay
               ,
            
             one
             of
             them
             was
             so
             extravagant
             as
             openly
             to
             profess
             ,
             
               He
               had
               rather
               his
               Hearers
               should
               go
               to
               a
            
             BANDY-HOUSE
             ,
             
               then
               to
               a
            
             Quakers
             
               Meeting
               :
            
             To
             such
             a
             Degree
             of
             
               Bitternes
            
             are
             some
             of
             you
             arriv'd
             ,
             for
             all
             your
             Pretences
             to
             
               Charity
               .
            
             I
             am
             sure
             if
             you
             had
             had
             any
             Regard
             to
             those
             
               Natural
               Truths
            
             you
             are
             forc'd
             to
             confess
             ,
             make
             up
             Part
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             viz.
             
               To
               do
               as
               you
               would
               be
               done
               by
               ;
               remembring
               that
               for
               all
               these
               Things
               God
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               Judgment
            
             ;
             you
             would
             never
             have
             dealt
             o●t
             such
             hard
             Measure
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             it
             cannot
             be
             too
             much
             lamented
             ,
             that
             men
             will
             not
             make
             the
             best
             of
             their
             Accord
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             do
             accord
             ;
             I
             mean
             what
             you
             do
             ,
             if
             you
             mean
             what
             you
             writ
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               God
               so
               hateth
               the
               Evil
               ,
               as
               yet
               to
               approve
               and
               love
               all
               that
               is
               Good
               ;
               and
               that
               his
               Servants
               should
               not
               dispraise
               all
               in
               those
               whom
               they
               dislike
            
             :
          
           
             For
             
               We
               own
               ONE
               GOD
               ;
               we
               fear
               him
               as
               well
               as
               own
               him
               ;
               and
               through
               his
               GRACE
               are
               enabled
               to
               perform
               the
               Works
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               whose
               Fruit
               is
               Peace
               :
               We
               believe
               this
               Grace
               is
               communicated
               to
               us
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               ;
               that
               he
               is
               the
               Only
               and
               Compleat
               Saviour
               ,
               as
               well
               from
               the
               Pollution
               as
               Guilt
               of
               Sin
               ;
               that
               without
               his
               Holy
               ●pirit
               we
               cannot
               please
               God
               ;
               that
               therefore
               it
               is
               Reverently
               and
               Incessantly
               to
               be
               waited
               for
               ,
               to
               inform
               ,
               inable
               
               and
               conduct
               us
               through
               the
               whole
               Exercise
               of
               our
               Life
               ,
               respecting
               our
               Duty
               towards
               God
               and
               Man
               ;
               we
               also
               believe
               that
               there
               is
               an
               Eternal
               State
               for
               Sheep
               and
               Goats
               ,
               Godly
               and
               Vngodly
               ,
               and
               a
               Day
               in
               which
               God
               Almighty
               will
               judge
               the
               Secrets
               of
               all
               Men
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               rendering
               to
               every
               Man
               according
               to
               the
               Deeds
               done
               in
               the
               Body
            
             :
             And
             this
             we
             do
             believe
             without
             any
             
               Mental
               Reservation
            
             whatever
             ,
             and
             find
             dayly
             Comfort
             both
             in
             
               Believing
            
             and
             
               Living
            
             accordingly
             ;
             nor
             do
             I
             know
             that
             you
             in
             any
             thing
             contradict
             this
             ,
             in
             
               Words
               ,
            
             at
             least
             .
             Now
             that
             your
             
               Zeal
            
             for
             your
             Way
             of
             Religion
             should
             transport
             you
             beyond
             all
             
               Natural
               Tenderness
            
             or
             
               Affection
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Apostle
            
             renders
             it
             
               (
               your
               Duty
               to
               every
               Man
               as
               he
               is
               God's
               Workmanship
               )
            
             and
             then
             glory
             in
             so
             great
             a
             
               Vice
            
             as
             a
             
               Christian
               Virtue
               ,
            
             by
             terming
             it
             
               Godly
               Zeal
               ,
            
             &c.
             which
             is
             no
             more
             but
             an
             Unwarrantable
             
               Heat
            
             for
             your
             particular
             
               Perswasions
            
             ;
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             is
             a
             great
             Way
             off
             from
             that
             
               Moderation
            
             that
             the
             Apostle
             exhorts
             us
             
               to
               make
               known
               to
               all
               Men
               .
            
             It
             is
             an
             ill
             Way
             of
             admiring
             
               Grace
            
             which
             destroyes
             
               Nature
               ,
            
             and
             such
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             some
             of
             yours
             is
             ,
             or
             hath
             been
             ,
             who
             have
             sacrificed
             
               Vniversal
               Love
               ,
               Natural
               Affection
               ,
               Relation
               ,
            
             the
             
               Liberties
            
             and
             
               Lives
            
             of
             Men
             
               diff●rently
               perswad●d
            
             to
             the
             
               Promotion
            
             of
             your
             so
             much
             Beloved
             
               Interests
               :
            
             Remember
             
               T.
               Edward's
            
             
               Gangraen
               ,
               and
               the
            
             London-Ministers
             
               Petition
               ,
            
             and
             
               the
            
             New-England
             
               Tragedy
               .
            
             How
             exceeding
             short
             doth
             this
             fall
             of
             the
             
               Admirable
               Sweetness
            
             of
             his
             Nature
             ,
             who
             is
             Lord
             of
             the
             
               Christian-Religion
               ,
            
             that
             was
             so
             far
             from
             
               Indulging
               Hatred
            
             to
             his
             
               Conscientious
               Friends
               ,
            
             that
             he
             
               forbid
            
             it
             to
             his
             
               greatest
               Enemies
            
             ?
             Can
             you
             call
             for
             
               Fire
            
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             
               Dissenters
               ,
            
             and
             rather
             then
             not
             compass
             their
             
               Destruction
               ,
            
             kindle
             
               Fire
               on
               Earth
            
             to
             devour
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             with
             any
             the
             least
             Pretence
             to
             Modesty
             cheek
             others
             for
             
               Incharity
            
             and
             
               S●paration
            
             ?
             But
             take
             this
             with
             you
             ,
             that
             
               good
               Notions
            
             will
             signifie
             little
             to
             the
             Comfort
             of
             an
             
               ill
               Soul
            
             at
             God's
             Bar
             ;
             it
             will
             not
             be
             
               Well
               H●ld
               ,
            
             but
             
               Well
               Done
               Good
               and
               Faithful
               Servant
               .
            
             Preferring
             
               Opinion
            
             before
             
               Piety
            
             hath
             filled
             the
             World
             with
             
               Perplexing
               Controversies
               ,
            
             and
             Mens
             
               Censures
            
             have
             been
             according
             to
             
               Notion
               ,
            
             not
             according
             to
             
               Conversation
            
             :
             It
             is
             not
             what
             
               Works
               ,
            
             but
             what
             
               Faith
            
             ?
             though
             
               Works
            
             best
             of
             all
             define
             and
             evidence
             what
             
               Faith
            
             is
             .
             But
             this
             Age
             hath
             no
             Kindness
             for
             
               Good
               Works
            
             ;
             the
             more
             the
             Pitty
             :
             Loose
             Men
             slight
             them
             in
             
               Life
               ,
            
             and
             you
             in
             
               Doctrine
            
             ;
             A
             Man
             cannot
             plead
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             
             at
             the
             Hazard
             of
             being
             counted
             a
             
               Papist
               .
            
             Tell
             you
             such
             an
             one
             is
             a
             
               Virtuous
               Person
               ,
            
             and
             you
             an●wer
             us
             commonly
             ,
             
               He
               is
               a
               Good
               Moral
               Man
               ,
               but
               he
               hath
               no
               Saving
               Grace
            
             ;
             as
             if
             
               Grace
            
             and
             
               Morality
            
             were
             at
             as
             great
             Distance
             as
             
               London
            
             and
             
               Constantinople
            
             :
             These
             Notions
             have
             abused
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             
               greatly
               injured
            
             the
             Souls
             of
             People
             ;
             1.
             
             By
             giving
             them
             to
             conceit
             themselves
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             though
             
               Vnlike
               Christ
               .
            
             2.
             
             In
             Distinguishing
             between
             a
             
               Good
               Man
            
             and
             a
             
               Christian
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             hath
             flown
             that
             Stinginess
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             denies
             any
             to
             have
             
               Saving
               Grace
            
             that
             fall
             not
             in
             with
             their
             
               Principles
               ,
            
             and
             so
             divides
             
               Gr●ee
            
             from
             
               Virtue
               ,
            
             which
             God
             hath
             
               Inseparably
               joyned
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Doctrine
             that
             deceiveth
             Men
             ,
             which
             make
             them
             too
             great
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             Mankind
             :
             
               Moral
               Men
            
             are
             no
             Company
             for
             them
             ;
             they
             may
             be
             that
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             
               Hell
            
             for
             their
             Pains
             ,
             if
             what
             some
             of
             you
             say
             be
             true
             .
             It
             is
             the
             
               Presbyterians
            
             special
             
               Grace
            
             that
             saveth
             ;
             for
             
               Morality's
            
             Part
             ,
             alas
             !
             she
             is
             a
             poor
             
               Heathen
               ,
            
             an
             
               Alien
               ,
            
             an
             
               Infidel
               ,
               without
               the
               Pale
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               Mercies
               of
               the
               Covenant
            
             ;
             but
             then
             it
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             
               Scotch
               One
               .
            
          
           
             Oh
             I
             
               beseech
               you
            
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             by
             whom
             alone
             God
             will
             judge
             you
             and
             I
             in
             the
             
               Dreadful
               Day
               of
               Account
            
             ;
             let
             the
             
               Vniversal
               Principle
            
             in
             your
             Consciences
             have
             Power
             with
             you
             ;
             the
             Divine
             Fruit
             of
             which
             is
             ,
             
               first
               ,
               A
               Discovery
               of
               Duty
            
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             and
             as
             clo●ed
             with
             there
             ,
             
               next
               ,
               Power
               and
               Ability
               to
               perform
               it
               ,
            
             which
             strips
             you
             of
             
               Self
               ,
            
             and
             
               Glorying
            
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             will
             work
             all
             necessary
             Works
             
               In
               you
            
             and
             
               For
               you
            
             :
             It
             will
             
               first
               correct
            
             and
             then
             
               comfort
            
             you
             ;
             
               Its
               Wayes
               are
               Wayes
               of
               Pleasantness
               ,
               and
               all
               her
               Paths
               are
               Peace
               ;
               To
               Faith
               it
               adds
               Virtue
               ,
               to
               Virtue
               Knowledge
               ,
               to
               Knowledge
               Temperance
               ,
               and
               to
               Temperance
               Patience
               ,
               and
               to
               Patience
               Godliness
               ,
               to
               Godliness
               Brotherly-Kindness
               ,
               and
               to
               Brotherly-Kindness
            
             CHARITY
             .
             Contend
             not
             against
             it
             ;
             your
             
               Credit
            
             is
             a
             
               Temptation
            
             to
             you
             ;
             sacrifice
             it
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             your
             own
             and
             other
             Mens
             
               Souls
            
             upon
             the
             Altar
             
               self-Denyal
               ,
            
             and
             that
             Humble
             and
             Heavenly
             
               Obedience
            
             you
             owe
             to
             the
             God
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             ;
             and
             think
             not
             
               Repentance
            
             a
             Work
             to
             
               Mean
            
             for
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             have
             been
             so
             long
             Preachers
             of
             it
             to
             others
             ;
             your
             Time
             hastens
             on
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Grave
             it
             will
             be
             too
             
               late
            
             :
             If
             it
             was
             
               John's
            
             
               Honour
            
             to
             receive
             him
             when
             he
             came
             in
             
               Flesh
            
             ;
             let
             it
             not
             be
             your
             
               Judgment
            
             to
             reject
             his
             coming
             in
             
               Spirit
            
             :
             God
             knows
             I
             have
             no
             
               Ill-will
            
             but
             much
             
               Kindness
            
             for
             you
             ;
             I
             wish
             you
             were
             as
             
               truly
               taught
            
             of
             him
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             great
             
               Teachers
            
             of
             others
             :
             could
             my
             Desires
             
             prevail
             ,
             you
             should
             be
             such
             upon
             better
             Terms
             ;
             but
             as
             
               Wo
            
             be
             unto
             them
             who
             are
             
               sent
            
             and
             don't
             
               preach
            
             ;
             so
             
               Wo
               be
               unto
               them
               who
               do
               preach
               and
               are
               not
               sent
            
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             hard
             in
             this
             Sense
             to
             be
             
               Righteous
               overmuch
               ,
            
             to
             be
             too
             
               Officious
               ,
            
             and
             to
             act
             
               Thanklesly
            
             for
             God
             .
          
           
             Oh
             that
             we
             may
             all
             consider
             what
             we
             are
             
               Building
            
             with
             ,
             and
             whether
             our
             
               Works
            
             will
             stand
             the
             
               Tryal
            
             of
             God's
             
               Fire
            
             !
             whose
             
               Terrible
               Day
            
             hastens
             upon
             the
             World
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             will
             severely
             plead
             with
             all
             Flesh
             that
             hath
             
               corrupted
               its
               Way
            
             before
             him
             ;
             as
             with
             the
             
               Gentile
               ,
            
             so
             with
             the
             
               Jew
            
             !
             as
             with
             the
             
               Prophane
               ,
            
             so
             with
             the
             
               Professor
               ,
               VVho
               hath
               had
               a
               Name
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               be
               found
               Dead
               ,
               who
               calls
               himself
               a
            
             Jew
             ,
             
               and
               yet
               is
               not
               ;
               a
            
             Christian
             ,
             
               and
               is
               not
               ;
               who
               runs
               ,
               and
               God
               hath
               not
               sent
               him
               ,
               who
               cryeth
               ,
               thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               God
               hath
               never
               spoaken
               by
               him
            
             :
             Let
             us
             therefore
             be
             perswaded
             into
             a
             Serious
             Examination
             of
             our selves
             and
             Preparation
             for
             this
             Great
             and
             Notable
             Day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             the
             Sound
             of
             the
             last
             Amazing
             Trump
             may
             not
             surprize
             us
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             us
             be
             overtaken
             at
             unawares
             ,
             but
             in
             Godly
             Fear
             wait
             till
             our
             great
             Change
             comes
             ,
             that
             with
             Holy
             
               Habakkuk
               ,
            
             we
             may
             
               all
               find
               Rest
               to
               our
               Souls
               in
               the
               Day
               of
               Trouble
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Friend
             in
             much
             Sincerity
             ,
             
               W.P.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           AS
           for
           his
           
             Appendix
             ,
          
           it
           s
           an
           
             arrant
             Cheat
          
           obtruded
           upon
           the
           
             Reader
             .
          
           The
           
             Title-Page
          
           be
           speaks
           it
           a
           
             new
             Piece
             ;
          
           whereas
           it
           is
           no
           other
           in
           the
           
             Matter
             ,
          
           and
           for
           a
           great
           Part
           of
           the
           Words
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           what
           hath
           been
           answered
           by
           me
           
             again
          
           and
           
             again
             .
          
           It
           consists
           of
           two
           Parts
           ;
           
             1.
             
             Two
             Letters
          
           of
           our
           Friends
           ,
           with
           his
           usual
           disingenuous
           
             Discants
             ;
          
           which
           Letters
           are
           justify'd
           from
           his
           
             Black
             Imputations
          
           in
           my
           
             Rejoy●der
             ,
          
           and
           another
           Discourse
           ,
           call'd
           
             Judas
             and
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           The
           second
           Part
           of
           the
           
             Appendix
          
           is
           a
           Collection
           of
           our
           
             Principles
             ,
          
           which
           both
           in
           my
           
             Answer
          
           and
           
             Rejoynder
          
           I
           have
           prov'd
           to
           be
           his
           own
           Indirect
           &
           Foul
           
             Consequences
          
           from
           our
           R●al
           Principles
           ,
           which
           lye
           at
           his
           Door
           ,
           or
           rather
           now
           at
           his
           
             One
             and
             Twenty
             Learned
             and
             Reverend
             Divines
             ,
          
           that
           have
           so
           Imprudently
           espoused
           his
           Cause
           ;
           and
           recommended
           his
           Endeavours
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54003e-390
           
             Qu.
             no
             Chr.
             
               pag.
               45.
               
            
          
           
             My
             Answer
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             42.
             
          
           
             Rejoynder
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             60
             ,
             61
             ,
             62.
             
          
           
             Rejoy
             .
             
               ibid.
            
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             p.
             117
             ,
             119
             
          
           
             My
             Rejoynder
             ,
             
               from
               pag.
            
             141.
             
               to
            
             157.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             pag.
             41.
             
             Answ
             .
             
               p.
            
             35.
             
             Rejo.
             
               p.
            
             424.
             
          
           
             
               Vind.
            
             p.
             50.
             
             Rejo.
             
               p.
            
             194
             ,
             195.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             part
             3.
             p.
             88.
             
             Answ
             .
             
               p.
            
             250.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             pag.
             89.
             
             Answ
             .
             
               p.
            
             251
             ,
             252.
             
             Rejoy
             .
             
               p.
            
             395
             ,
             396.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr
            
             pag.
             163.
             
          
           
             
               Vindic.
            
             from
             p.
             75.
             to
             87.
             
          
           
             Rejo.
             
               p.
            
             348
             ,
             349
             ,
             350.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             p.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
               p.
            
             14.
             
             Rejo.
             
               p.
            
             420.
             
          
           
             
               Qu.
               no
               Chr.
            
             pag.
             190.
             
          
           
             Rejo.
             
               p.
            
             126
             ,
             127
             ,
             425.