A brief answer to F. Bugg's Brief reply to the considerations humbly offered by the people call'd Quakers relating to the bill for restraining the licentiousness of the press.
Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.
1701
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A brief answer to F. Bugg's Brief reply to the considerations humbly offered by the people call'd Quakers relating to the bill for restraining the licentiousness of the press.
Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.
3,[1]p.
s.n.,
[London?,
1701?]
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A
Brief
Answer
to
F.
Bugg's
Brief
Reply
to
the
Considerations
Humbly
Offered
by
the
People
call'd
Quakers
,
Relating
to
the
Bill
for
Restraining
the
Licentiousness
of
the
Press
.
IT
has
been
the
known
Practice
of
the
said
F.
B.
of
late
Years
,
not
only
to
Buisy
himself
to
Interrupt
our
Applications
to
the
Parliament
,
by
his
Abusive
Pamphlets
,
but
now
strives
to
have
us
debarred
of
the
Liberty
of
the
Press
,
that
he
may
more
easily
Misrepresent
our
Christian
Profession
,
and
Calumniate
us
without
Detection
,
as
appears
in
his
said
pretended
Reply
;
and
therefore
the
more
Necessity
that
we
(
the
said
People
)
should
not
be
debarred
of
the
Press
for
our
Just
Defence
,
according
to
Holy
Scripture
,
that
we
may
not
be
Defamed
(
in
our
Christian
Reputation
)
as
Seditious
or
Blasphemous
.
According
to
his
usual
Method
,
he
begins
with
a
perverted
Quotation
upon
our
Considerations
,
thus
,
viz.
[
Yet
,
say
they
,
to
Limit
the
Press
,
we
conceive
Vnsafe
.
]
Instead
of
[
to
Limit
Religious
Books
to
a
License
,
&c.
]
Thus
he
stumbles
at
the
Threshold
,
and
Imposes
on
the
Reader
.
And
as
false
it
is
,
That
the
Quakers
are
Guilty
of
Printing
and
Publishing
Seditious
and
Scandalous
Pamphlets
;
and
as
unjustly
Inferred
,
that
therefore
a
Restraint
on
them
they
think
Vnsafe
.
1.
Of
Kingly
Government
,
about
Earthly
Kings
,
&c.
he
gives
Curtailed
and
Broken
Quotations
,
but
not
the
Dates
of
the
several
Papers
,
he
mentions
,
which
(
however
Perverted
)
we
take
the
General
Import
thereof
to
mean
,
That
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
King
over
true
Christians
Consciences
,
and
his
own
Spiritual
Kingdom
(
which
is
not
of
this
World
)
and
not
Earthly
or
Persecuting
Kings
,
as
are
mention'd
.
2.
Of
Parliaments
;
We
find
not
F.
Howgill
fairly
Quoted
,
but
grossly
Abused
,
by
leaving
out
what
he
saith
for
the
good
Intention
of
Parliaments
.
And
is
it
reasonable
we
should
Answer
for
the
Opinion
of
the
Council
of
Officers
(
against
the
House
of
Lords
)
in
the
Common-wealths
days
,
or
what
any
one
told
them
thereof
?
*
Or
is
it
a
good
Argument
,
that
because
the
Corruption
and
Bad
Lives
of
Earthly
Kings
and
Governments
,
as
also
their
Ends
,
are
upon
Record
both
in
History
and
Sacred
Writ
,
that
therefore
all
such
History
and
Writings
(
or
Citations
out
of
them
)
are
Seditious
?
Or
because
some
have
Writ
against
the
Oppression
of
former
Persecuting
Kings
and
Parliaments
,
were
it
a
good
Inference
that
therefore
the
Quakers
ought
not
to
have
Liberty
of
the
Press
to
Defend
their
Religious
Perswasion
,
Christian
Profession
or
Innocency
?
when
they
have
not
the
least
Design
of
Sedition
or
Scandal
against
the
Civil
Government
,
or
Constitution
of
Parliaments
;
tho'
to
tell
of
Respect
of
Persons
,
and
not
Equality
in
Chosing
Members
,
be
Quoted
as
Seditious
,
yet
it
is
no
new
thing
;
Undue
and
Partial
Elections
not
unknown
to
Parliaments
,
who
have
Endeavoured
to
Reform
the
same
.
3.
Of
the
Holy
Trinity
;
Thereby
being
meant
,
that
,
in
the
Deity
,
there
are
Three
Bearing
Witness
in
Heaven
,
the
Father
,
the
Word
,
and
the
Spirit
,
i.
e.
the
Father
,
the
Son
,
and
the
Holy
Ghost
,
which
are
One
God
Blessed
for
ever
,
the
Scripture
Terms
thereof
are
not
Questioned
,
but
owned
by
the
People
called
Quakers
,
*
what
Disputes
or
Reflections
soever
have
been
(
about
Vnscriptural
Terms
and
Distinctions
)
they
were
never
by
any
of
us
applied
or
intended
against
the
Blessed
Deity
or
Divinity
of
Father
,
Son
,
or
Holy
Ghost
.
4.
Of
Christ
our
Blessed
Lord
,
the
Eternal
Son
,
or
Word
of
God
,
his
Body
that
Dyed
,
is
called
in
Scripture
the
Body
of
Jesus
;
and
't
is
said
he
Suffered
and
was
put
to
Death
in
the
Flesh
,
1
Pet.
3.
18.
Not
in
his
Divine
Nature
,
for
that
never
Dyed
.
This
was
W.
P's
.
Sense
,
*
That
the
True
Ministers
do
not
Preach
Christ
without
Only
,
as
he
is
in
Heaven
(
and
Glory
)
above
,
but
also
as
he
is
in
Men's
Hearts
,
is
an
Undeniable
Christian
Doctrine
.
The
Word
Only
being
omitted
(
in
one
Edition
of
William
Smith's
Primmar
)
is
made
an
Accusation
against
us
(
as
if
we
denied
Jesus
to
be
Christ
)
tho'
the
same
Word
Only
be
inserted
in
his
Works
in
the
same
place
.
Thus
unfair
is
this
Adversary
.
5.
Concerning
the
Holy
Scriptures
.
We
Hope
our
preferring
Christ
the
Word
,
and
his
Spirit
to
the
Letter
of
the
Scripture
,
and
yet
owning
the
Holy
Scriptures
to
be
given
by
Divine
Inspiration
,
and
preferring
them
before
all
other
Books
,
may
not
be
Offensive
,
or
render
us
Uncapable
of
the
Liberty
of
the
Press
,
or
of
our
Consciences
.
If
one
should
Argue
thus
against
us
,
Some
of
your
Antient
Friends
Writings
are
Perverted
and
Misconstrued
,
(
and
thereby
made
Offensive
)
therefore
you
must
Write
no
more
:
Or
,
some
of
you
have
spoken
something
amiss
,
or
that
Offends
Vs
,
therefore
you
must
never
speak
more
.
Would
this
be
fairly
Argued
?
Yet
we
don't
see
our
Adversary
make
better
Work
on
't
against
Us.
Under
the
Title
of
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
F.
B.
sets
,
the
Letter
is
Death
-
Beastly
Wares
,
&c.
as
if
the
Quakers
so
Term
the
Holy
Scriptures
Beastly
Wares
(
Oh!
Horrible
)
;
this
has
been
often
Charged
upon
him
,
and
Refuted
as
a
gross
Slander
and
Forgery
,
and
not
found
applied
to
the
Scriptures
in
his
own
Quotation
;
tho'
he
persists
repeating
the
same
,
and
in
such
foul
Aspersions
,
as
,
that
the
Quakers
Vilify
the
Scripture
,
Blaspheme
the
Blessed
Trinity
,
Reproach
Christ's
Ministers
.
(
But
,
F.
B.
didst
thou
so
,
when
a
Quaker
25
years
?
)
Boldly
in
Print
tell
the
World
,
that
such
as
turn
from
them
,
and
Imbrace
the
Christian
Faith
,
are
the
worst
of
Apostates
,
worse
than
Francis
Spira
and
Julian
the
Apostate
.
Quoting
John
Whiting's
Book
,
[
Judas
and
the
Chief
Priests
,
]
Preface
and
p.
5
,
6.
wherein
F.
B.
Notoriously
Wrongs
both
the
People
called
Quakers
,
and
J.
W.
also
,
who
never
told
the
World
so
.
And
to
his
Charging
the
said
J.
W.
with
false
Stories
of
G.
Keith
;
J.
W.
saith
,
he
has
several
Certificates
to
prove
the
Truth
of
what
he
related
concerning
G.
K.
in
his
Preface
,
under
the
Hands
of
such
as
were
Witnesses
of
the
same
,
ready
to
Produce
as
Occasion
may
offer
.
His
Story
by
the
Fire
side
against
Edward
Dikes
,
Junior
,
of
Bury
St.
Edmonds
,
and
his
Constructions
on
the
Words
We
and
You
,
are
so
Ridiculous
that
it
is
not
worth
insisting
on
.
He
again
Clamours
out
their
Blasphemies
(
against
the
Quakers
)
upon
a
Passage
Aledged
against
our
Deceased
Friend
Edward
Burroughs
,
terming
him
as
Horrible
an
Impostor
as
Mahomet
,
about
the
Sufferings
of
the
People
of
God
;
which
yet
(
he
saith
)
he
could
never
find
any
of
them
so
Defend
;
tho'
the
same
be
fully
Answered
and
Explain'd
in
Vind.
Verit.
p.
206.
F.
B's
.
Story
of
G.
F.
hiring
Two
Jews
for
80
l.
we
reject
as
his
own
Forgery
.
But
no
better
Treatment
,
or
Manner
of
Answering
,
do
we
expect
from
a
Mercinary
Scribbler
,
than
Reiterated
Perversion
,
Forgery
,
Curtalizing
and
Confounding
Quotations
,
whereby
the
Best
of
People
and
Books
have
been
grosly
Misrepresented
.
Therefore
the
more
Need
of
the
Liberty
of
the
Press
for
Just
Vindication
.
Passing
by
several
other
Abuses
and
Falshoods
,
for
Brevity
sake
,
we
Refer
the
Reader
to
our
following
Answers
to
F.
B's
.
Books
,
&c.
viz.
1.
Judgment
Fixed
.
Printed
1682.
2.
The
Quakers
Answer
to
a
Scandalous
Libel
.
1690.
3.
Innocence
against
Envy
.
1681.
4.
The
Contentious
Apostate
,
and
his
Blow
Refelled
.
1691.
5.
The
Contentious
Apostate
Recharged
.
6.
A
Charitable
Essay
,
in
order
to
allay
the
Outrage
of
a
Contentious
Apostate
.
1693.
7.
The
Quakers
Vindication
against
Francis
Bugg's
Calumnies
,
1693.
8.
Innocency
Triumphant
over
Insolency
and
Outrage
,
1693.
9.
A
Just
Enquiry
into
the
Libellers
Abuse
,
1693.
10.
The
Counterfeit
Convert
,
a
Scandal
to
Christianity
,
1694.
11.
An
Answer
to
Fra.
Bugg's
Presumptious
Impeachment
,
1695.
12.
A
Sober
Expostulation
with
some
of
the
Clergy
,
against
their
Pretended
Convert
Francis
Bugg
his
repeated
gross
Abuse
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
1697.
13.
A
Rambling
Pilgrim
,
or
Prophane
Apostate
Exposed
.
[
Wherein
he
is
Detected
of
gross
Calumny
,
Forgery
and
Propaneness
.
]
14.
A
Just
Censure
of
Francis
Bugg's
Address
to
the
Parliament
,
against
the
Quakers
.
For
the
said
Books
Enquire
of
T.
Sowle
,
Bookseller
,
in
White-Hart-Court
in
Grace-Church-street
,
London
.
By
G.
Whitehead
,
And
others
Concerned
.
A
Brief
ANSWER
to
Francis
Bugg's
Reply
,
to
the
Quaker's
Considerations
Humbly
Offered
.
Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
Notes for div A65841-e10
*
See
Truth
and
Innocency
,
pag.
64.
*
See
Rambling
Pilgrim
,
p.
45
,
46.
*
See
Truth
and
Innocency
,
p.
71
,
72.
And
D.
P
'
s.
Vindic.
Verit.
p.
89
,
to
110.