The apostate incendiary rebuked, and the people called Quakers vindicated from Romish hirarchy and imposition in a serious examination of VVilliam Mucklows Liberty of conscience asserted against imposition, but proved a liberty which is in Christ Jesus, and against unity and order in his church / by one whose rejoycing is the testimony of a good conscience toward God and man, G. Whitehead.
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           Mucklow, William, 1631-1713. -- Queries touching liberty of conscience.
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           THE
           Apostate
           Incendiary
           REBUKED
           ,
           And
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           vindicated
           from
           Romish
           Hirarchy
           and
           Imposition
           .
           IN
           A
           Serious
           Examination
           OF
           VVilliam
           Mucklows
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             asserted
             against
             Imposition
          
           ;
           But
           proved
           a
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           Self-Will
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Liberty
           which
           is
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           against
           Unity
           and
           Order
           in
           his
           CHURCH
           .
        
         
           
             By
             one
             whose
             Rejoycing
             is
             the
             Testimony
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             towards
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             G.
             Whitehead
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             mark
             them
             which
             cause
             Divisions
             and
             Offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             which
             ye
             have
             learned
             ,
             and
             avoid
             them
             ,
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             
          
        
         
           
             They
             crucifie
             to
             themselves
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             afresh
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             to
             open
             Shame
             ,
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           
             But
             if
             any
             Man
             seem
             to
             be
             contentious
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             such
             CUSTOM
             ,
             neither
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           SHORT
           EPISTLE
           To
           Friends
           who
           love
           the
           true
           Light
           ,
           and
           desire
           Sion's
           Prosperity
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Friends
             ,
          
        
         
           
             WHo
             have
             received
             and
             do
             retain
             the
             Love
             of
             the
             precious
             Truth
             ;
             it
             was
             for
             your
             Sakes
             and
             the
             Truth
             's
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             pressed
             in
             Spirit
             in
             a
             godly
             Zeal
             ,
             thus
             to
             appear
             against
             this
             deceitful
             Worker
             and
             treacherous
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             at
             length
             hath
             shewn
             it self
             in
             open
             Enmity
             against
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             us
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             and
             elect
             People
             of
             God
             called
          
           Quakers
           ;
           
             otherwise
             we
             were
             unwilling
             these
             Controversies
             should
             have
             been
             brought
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             being
             occasioned
             by
             some
             that
             have
             walked
             among
             us
             ,
             who
             should
             have
             been
             reclaimed
             by
             the
             Strivings
             of
             God's
             holy
             Spirit
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             Admonition
             therein
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             had
             kickt
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             spurned
             at
             his
             People
             ,
             hating
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             and
             therefore
             open
             Rebuke
             is
             just
             upon
             such
             treacherous
             Betrayers
             and
             deceitful
             Workers
             ;
             one
             of
             whom
             this
          
           W.
           M.
           
             hath
             shewn
             himself
             to
             be
             ,
             even
             an
             Engine
             of
             Sathan
             and
             Member
             of
             Anti-christ
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             his
             being
             an
             Informer
             of
             Truth
             's
             Adversaries
             against
             us
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             publishing
             and
             delivering
             (
             near
             our
             Meeting
             Door
             to
             the
             People
             )
             his
             malitious
             ,
             lying
             and
             confused
             Papers
             ,
             striking
             at
             Elders
             and
             ancient
             Friends
             among
             us
             in
             this
             City
             of
          
           London
           ;
           
             whereby
             he
             hath
             gratified
             Scorners
             ,
             and
             afforded
             a
             Theam
             and
             Text
             to
             that
             insolent
             Scoffer
             ,
             and
             irreligious
             Agent
             of
             Hypocrites
          
           
           Fra.
           Chadwel
           ,
           
             that
             old
             disturber
             of
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             who
             frequently
             abuseth
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             whom
             the
             Truth
             ,
             hath
             often
             confounded
             and
             discovered
             his
             Wickedness
             and
             Lyes
             :
          
           *
           
             This
             is
             the
             Fruit
             of
          
           W.
           M.
           
             his
             Work
             to
             animate
             Scornes
             and
             Blaphemers
             ;
             the
             Lord
             will
             reward
             him
             and
             all
             such
             perfidious
             Apostates
             who
             crucifie
             to
             themselves
             the
             Lord
             of
             Life
             afresh
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             to
             open
             Shame
             ;
             who
             most
             unworthily
             have
             eaten
             and
             drunk
             among
             ,
             and
             been
             convinced
             of
             the
             Power
             and
             Presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             being
             with
             us
             in
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             that
             thereby
             he
             hath
             chosen
             us
             to
             be
             his
             People
             and
             Church
             ;
             but
             they
             went
             out
             from
             us
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             now
             are
             become
             open
             Enemies
             in
             their
             self-Separation
             ,
             Conceit
             and
             whimsical
             Motions
             ,
             opposing
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             in
             his
             People
             ,
             rendring
             his
             Church
             fallible
             ,
             subject
             to
             err
             ,
             and
             under
             an
             Apostacy
             ,
             and
             setting
             up
             themselves
             as
             the
             infallible
             Judges
             over
             the
             Church
             ,
             even
             over
             the
             antient
             Friends
             and
             Elders
             ,
             who
             have
             kept
             their
             Integrity
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             therein
             are
             grown
             in
             that
             divine
             Understanding
             ,
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             (
             as
             many
             are
             among
             us
             )
             wherein
             all
             the
             Apostates
             and
             Anti-christs
             in
             the
             World
             cannot
             come
             near
             nor
             touch
             them
             ,
             blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             for
             ever
             :
             And
             as
             for
             our
             confessing
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             first-born
             ,
             let
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             Testimony
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Sufferings
             bear
             witness
             ;
             and
             God's
             Power
             which
             is
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             his
             Witness
             in
             Men's
             Consciences
             be
             our
             Proof
             beyond
             all
             that
             can
             be
             spoken
             ,
             being
             therein
             manifest
             in
             men's
             Consciences
             (
             that
             are
             tender
             )
             in
             the
             Sight
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             such
             a
             Place
             in
             the
             truly
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
             that
             we
             need
             not
             impose
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             never
             our
             Principle
             to
             force
             ,
             or
             drive
             them
             ,
             or
             impose
             ,
             or
             infringe
             upon
             their
             real
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             Gospel
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             there
             is
             no
             true
             Liberty
             ;
             but
             for
             the
             feared
             and
             hardned
             Consciences
             of
             Apostates
             ,
             Judasses
             and
             deceitful
             
             Workers
             (
             whose
             hypocritical
             Conformity
             is
             not
             at
             all
             desirable
             to
             us
             )
             we
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God
             to
             awaken
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Day
             will
             further
             discover
             them
             ,
             and
             kindle
             a
             Fire
             in
             them
             that
             will
             burn
             to
             the
             lowest
             Hell
             ,
             and
             be
             to
             their
             incessant
             Torment
             and
             Anguish
             ,
             if
             they
             seek
             not
             a
             place
             of
             Repentance
             before
             it
             be
             too
             late
             ;
             therefore
             dear
             Friends
             ,
             be
             ye
             diligent
             ,
             and
             watchful
             in
             the
             true
             Light
             to
             retain
             the
             Love
             of
             the
             Truth
             unto
             the
             End
             ,
             and
             beware
             of
             deceitful
             Workers
             and
             Sowers
             of
             Discord
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             Abomination
             to
             the
             Lord
             :
             And
             mark
             them
             that
             make
             Division
             ,
             and
             cause
             Offences
             contrary
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             for
             they
             serve
             not
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             nor
             his
             People
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             Bellies
             ,
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Self-Will
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Faithful
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             in
             the
             Lords
             Work
             ,
             
               G.
               W.
            
             
          
           
             London
             
               30th
               .
               11th
               .
               Month
               ,
               1673
               ,
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Serious
           Examination
           OF
           
             William
             Mucklow's
          
           Liberty
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             To
             his
             Title
             [
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               asserted
               against
               Imposition
               ,
               proposed
               in
               several
               Queries
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             THe
             first
             part
             makes
             a
             great
             Shew
             ,
             and
             proclaims
             him
             an
             eminent
             Asserter
             of
             a
             conscientious
             Liberty
             against
             some
             great
             Infringement
             and
             Bondage
             ;
             but
             he
             varies
             in
             his
             very
             next
             Words
             [
             
               proposed
               in
               several
               Queries
            
             ]
             as
             if
             he
             could
             not
             write
             consistant
             Matter
             ;
             for
             this
             contadicts
             his
             great
             Pretence
             before
             ,
             and
             discredits
             it
             to
             those
             that
             understand
             the
             Difference
             between
             asserting
             Liberty
             and
             
               proposing
               Queries
            
             ,
             which
             are
             about
             the
             Imposition
             as
             well
             as
             Liberty
             :
             However
             we
             will
             take
             the
             Substance
             of
             them
             (
             insinuating
             Aspersions
             upon
             us
             )
             as
             positive
             as
             his
             Title
             ;
             but
             the
             ground
             of
             his
             Queries
             and
             Charge
             implyed
             throughout
             them
             against
             
               those
               of
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
               ,
            
             is
             as
             false
             as
             is
             his
             Work
             inconsistent
             ;
             and
             in
             order
             to
             make
             it
             so
             appear
             ,
             Let
             us
             inquire
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             What
             this
             Imposition
             is
             in
             his
             Sence
             that
             he
             pretends
             to
             oppose
             ?
          
           
             2ly
             ,
             Who
             
               those
               of
            
             the
             Pople
             called
             Quakers
             that
             have
             assumed
             to
             impose
             ,
             contratry
             to
             their
             former
             Testimonies
             ,
             as
             he
             saith
             ?
          
           
             3ly
             ,
             What
             this
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             is
             in
             the
             Exercise
             of
             it
             that
             he
             pretends
             to
             assert
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             To
             the
             first
             ,
             This
             Imposition
             in
             his
             Sence
             ,
             
               and
               an
               inforcing
               Uniformity
               and
               Unity
               in
               outward
               Ceremonies
               and
               Gestures
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               that
               upon
               Persons
               before
               they
               found
               Convictions
               in
               themselves
               ,
               thereby
               retaining
               and
               letting
               in
               the
               complying
               Hypocrite
               that
               should
               be
               cast
               out
               .
            
          
           
             2ly
             ,
             Those
             of
             
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
            
             thus
             charged
             ,
             and
             
               some
               Persons
               counted
               famous
               and
               renowned
               in
               the
               Congregation
               at
               the
               City
               of
            
             London
             ,
             
               Ancient
               Heads
               ,
               Elders
               in
               God
               ,
               &c.
               that
               have
               reduced
               the
               People
               under
               this
               Yoak
               of
               Bondage
               .
            
          
           
             3ly
             ,
             The
             
               Liberty
               of
               his
               Conscience
            
             is
             
               to
               keep
               on
               his
               Hat
               in
               the
               time
               of
               publick
               Prayer
               to
               God
               in
               our
               Assemblies
               ,
            
             when
             owned
             by
             him
             (
             an
             unreverent
             Posture
             and
             causless
             Sign
             ,
             as
             among
             Beleivers
             *
             contrary
             to
             that
             Order
             and
             Custom
             in
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             w
             ch
             was
             at
             first
             brought
             forth
             and
             setled
             among
             us
             by
             his
             Power
             and
             in
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             any
             Man's
             Imposition
             whatsoever
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Foundation
             of
             this
             Man's
             Work
             against
             us
             is
             both
             groundless
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             stated
             the
             matter
             very
             falsly
             and
             disingenuously
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             same
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
             Christ
             we
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             remove
             
               Joh.
               Perrot's
               Imposition
            
             (
             who
             was
             the
             great
             Examplar
             )
             of
             disorderly
             
               keeping
               on
               the
               Hat
               in
               time
               of
               publick
               Payer
            
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             remember
             ,
             he
             first
             gave
             the
             Occasion
             and
             Offence
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             severely
             imposing
             it
             ,
             and
             judging
             our
             innocent
             Practice
             (
             of
             putting
             of
             our
             Hat
             in
             publick
             Prayer
             )
             to
             be
             
               Accursed
               ,
               Idolatrous
               ,
               a
               Romish
               Tradition
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               repented
               of
               ,
               as
               his
               Soul
               had
               done
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Whereby
             (
             together
             with
             his
             Example
             )
             some
             were
             seduced
             into
             a
             Party
             and
             Prejudice
             ;
             this
             in
             the
             Name
             and
             Power
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             we
             witnessed
             against
             ,
             and
             that
             imposing
             exalted
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             repugnant
             to
             that
             Unity
             and
             good
             Order
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             beginning
             the
             Lord
             led
             us
             freely
             into
             ,
             upon
             which
             
               J.
               P.
            
             the
             Imposer
             ,
             being
             frustrated
             of
             his
             singular
             Rule
             and
             Sect-Mastership
             ,
             did
             grant
             a
             Relaxation
             ,
             leaving
             all
             
               to
               the
               free
               Spirit
               of
               God
               in
               keeping
               on
               or
               putting
               off
               the
               Hat
               in
               Prayer
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             his
             judging
             the
             latrer
             
               Idolatry
               ,
               Accursed
            
             ,
             &c
             ,
             But
             afterward
             his
             pretended
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             extended
             to
             this
             
             
               that
               he
               might
               do
               that
               to
               day
               in
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               ,
               which
               to
               morrow
               he
               might
               be
               ashamed
               of
               ,
               or
               be
               denyed
               in
               by
               the
               same
               Spirit
            
             [
             Sordid
             Ranterism
             and
             Blasphemy
             ]
             and
             after
             he
             went
             into
             Jamaica
             he
             could
             get
             
               into
               worldy
               pomp
               and
               preferment
               ,
               put
               of
               his
               Hat
               to
               Men
               ,
               and
            
             (
             in
             officiating
             the
             place
             of
             a
             Clark
             )
             
               most
               strictly
               tender
               Men
               Oathes
            
             ,
             &c.
             insomuch
             that
             some
             that
             had
             admired
             him
             ,
             then
             were
             ashamed
             of
             him
             and
             his
             Ranterism
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             who
             for
             a
             time
             were
             drawn
             aside
             and
             darkned
             ,
             who
             were
             of
             the
             more
             honest
             and
             conscientious
             ,
             after
             some
             Labour
             of
             Love
             used
             (
             with
             them
             to
             convince
             them
             )
             came
             to
             a
             Sence
             of
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             rent
             the
             Vail
             ,
             and
             broke
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             brought
             them
             to
             judge
             that
             dividing
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             reduced
             them
             back
             to
             their
             first
             Love
             and
             primitive
             Order
             ;
             therefore
             his
             Charge
             of
             
               inforcing
               Uniformity
               and
               Unity
               in
               outward
               Gestures
               upon
               Men
               before
               Conviction
               ,
               and
               so
               far
               retaining
               and
               letting
               in
               the
               complying
               Hypocrite
            
             (
             which
             he
             flings
             upon
             those
             that
             are
             accounted
             renowned
             Elders
             among
             us
             in
             the
             City
             of
             London
             )
             Is
             all
             of
             it
             utterly
             false
             ,
             and
             also
             contains
             a
             slanderous
             Aspertion
             against
             those
             that
             are
             let
             in
             and
             owned
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             being
             
               complying
               Hypocrites
            
             ,
             which
             he
             cannot
             prove
             ,
             nor
             instance
             any
             of
             them
             that
             hath
             thus
             hypocritically
             complyed
             before
             Conviction
             ,
             nor
             that
             we
             have
             Unity
             with
             such
             ;
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             many
             can
             with
             good
             Conscience
             testifie
             against
             him
             in
             this
             Matter
             ;
             and
             he
             might
             have
             given
             a
             more
             honest
             Account
             if
             his
             Conscience
             were
             rightly
             exercized
             ;
             for
             hath
             not
             he
             himself
             been
             sought
             in
             Love
             and
             Tenderness
             both
             by
             perswasive
             Means
             for
             his
             Conviction
             with
             Patience
             and
             long-Suffering
             (
             by
             Friends
             that
             wished
             him
             well
             )
             to
             reduce
             him
             out
             of
             that
             Spirit
             of
             Prejudice
             and
             Opposition
             (
             which
             would
             cover
             it self
             with
             the
             Hat
             )
             that
             he
             might
             have
             come
             into
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Society
             of
             the
             Lord's
             People
             ?
             But
             he
             hath
             rejected
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             persisted
             in
             Hardness
             and
             Wilfulness
             ,
             crucified
             and
             slain
             the
             just
             one
             in
             himself
             ,
             and
             become
             an
             open
             Enemy
             ,
             having
             entred
             into
             
             Judas's
             Way
             ,
             both
             to
             the
             Grief
             of
             God's
             Spirit
             and
             People
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             include
             his
             tender
             Wife
             or
             Mother
             ,
             or
             those
             Relations
             ,
             whose
             Respect
             to
             the
             Truth
             and
             People
             of
             God
             might
             have
             some
             Influence
             upon
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             not
             a
             surly
             ,
             wilful
             and
             conceited
             Man
             ;
             yet
             his
             great
             Pretence
             is
             for
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             but
             what
             a
             tender
             Conscience
             he
             hath
             we
             may
             casily
             judge
             from
             what
             follows
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             In
             his
             Query
             ,
             viz.
             
               Whether
               it
               hath
               not
               been
               experienced
               how
               difficult
               it
               is
               to
               root
               out
               such
               ,
               when
               once
               they
               have
               reduced
               a
               People
               to
               this
               Belief
               ,
               and
               they
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               this
               Authority
               ,
               because
               the
               Honour
               of
               being
               invested
               in
               such
               a
               Capacity
               ,
               doth
               obliege
               Men
               to
               secure
               themselves
               in
               this
               superior
               Orbe
               ,
               and
               stirs
               up
               Men
               of
               Parts
               and
               Ambition
               to
               support
               such
               an
               Hirarchy
               ,
               in
               Expectation
               that
               it
               will
               at
               last
               fall
               unto
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             By
             his
             insinuating
             against
             us
             in
             Print
             ,
             
               as
               supporting
               such
               an
               Hirarchy
               ,
               as
               usurps
               the
               Place
               of
               the
               Head
               ,
               breaks
               in
               sunder
               the
               Unity
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               sets
               up
               another
               Head
               besides
               Christ
               ,
               with
            
             Romish
             
               Positions
               ,
               such
               kind
               of
               Apellations
               ,
               Principles
               and
               Pretences
               ,
               as
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             
               did
               obtain
               her
               unlimitted
               Power
               by
               .
            
          
           
             How
             now
             William
             ,
             Is
             this
             thy
             tender
             Conscience
             ,
             Moderation
             ,
             Love
             and
             Charity
             professed
             towards
             the
             People
             of
             God
             called
             Quakers
             ?
             O
             envious
             Man
             ,
             and
             peevish
             Incendiary
             ,
             who
             art
             thus
             reviling
             and
             slandering
             them
             in
             the
             Sight
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             do
             not
             these
             thy
             invective
             Insinuations
             savour
             of
             the
             Malice
             of
             Satan
             in
             the
             height
             ?
             Tending
             to
             stir
             up
             Persecution
             to
             destroy
             and
             root
             us
             out
             (
             if
             the
             Lord
             were
             not
             a
             Wall
             about
             us
             )
             and
             to
             beget
             that
             Jealousie
             in
             the
             Powers
             against
             us
             that
             's
             more
             cruel
             then
             Death
             ;
             and
             even
             at
             this
             Juncture
             when
             the
             Stream
             appears
             against
             the
             Papists
             and
             
             Rome's
             Hirarchy
             ?
             Let
             the
             Lord
             and
             all
             that
             fear
             him
             ,
             or
             are
             charitable
             ,
             judge
             concerning
             thy
             Conscience
             and
             Charity
             towards
             us
             in
             these
             inveterate
             Suggestions
             ;
             who
             yet
             knowest
             in
             thy
             Conscience
             that
             we
             deny
             the
             Pope
             and
             
             Rome's
             Hirarchy
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             the
             
               Romish
               Hirarchy
               ,
               usurping
               the
               Place
               of
               the
               Head
               ,
               enforcing
               Men
               to
               an
               Uniformity
               before
               Conviction
               ,
               making
               them
               Hypocrites
               ,
               Arbritary
               Rule
               or
               Judicature
               ,
               excommunicating
               Persons
               meerly
               for
               their
               tender
               Consciences
               ,
            
             be
             all
             utterly
             denyed
             and
             detested
             by
             us
             :
             Yet
             in
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             which
             Christ
             was
             (
             and
             still
             is
             )
             the
             Foundation
             and
             Head
             of
             ▪
             God
             was
             known
             to
             be
             the
             God
             of
             Order
             and
             not
             of
             Confusion
             ,
             and
             he
             afforded
             Helps
             and
             Governments
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             could
             be
             no
             such
             Usurpation
             or
             Arbritaries
             as
             this
             Man
             falsly
             insinuates
             against
             the
             ancient
             Friends
             and
             Elders
             amongst
             us
             :
             There
             were
             Elders
             that
             did
             rule
             well
             ,
             Overseers
             made
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             Power
             from
             God
             therein
             ,
             to
             set
             divers
             things
             in
             order
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             to
             exhort
             ,
             perswade
             and
             admonish
             Persons
             among
             them
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             reprove
             ,
             rebuke
             and
             (
             in
             the
             
             Name
             and
             Authority
             of
             Christ
             )
             to
             command
             ,
             charge
             ,
             enjoyn
             (
             and
             in
             that
             Sence
             )
             to
             impose
             among
             themselves
             matters
             or
             things
             telating
             to
             Society
             and
             good
             Order
             in
             the
             Church
             (
             as
             we
             know
             no
             religious
             Society
             but
             hath
             a
             Care
             of
             its
             Preservation
             )
             as
             in
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             they
             saw
             Cause
             ;
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             had
             also
             Power
             and
             Authority
             in
             his
             Name
             to
             reject
             ,
             withdraw
             from
             ,
             exclude
             out
             of
             their
             Communion
             obstinate
             and
             disordily
             Walkers
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             before
             Rome's
             usurped
             Hirarchy
             :
             See
             Mat.
             18.
             
             Ch.
             17.
             ver
             .
             18.
             1
             
             Cor.
             12.
             28.
             
             Ch.
             11.
             ver
             .
             34.
             
             Ch.
             5.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             2.
             2
             
             Thes.
             2
             ▪
             15.
             
             Ch.
             3.
             6.
             ver
             .
             14.
             
             Tit.
             1.
             5.
             
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             1
             
             Tim.
             1.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Phil.
             4.
             8
             ,
             9.
             1
             
             Cor.
             14.
             37.
             
             Ch.
             4.
             17
             ,
             19.
             with
             many
             more
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             us
             consider
             W.
             M's
             
               tender
               Conscience
               as
               to
               the
               Lord
               his
               further
               Manifestation
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             his
             
               wearing
               his
               Hat
               in
               time
               of
               publick
               Prayer
               ,
            
             where
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               that
               we
               greatly
               err
               who
               say
               ,
               the
               keeping
               on
               the
               Hat
               is
               a
               Practice
               introduced
               ,
               unless
               we
               can
               prove
               it
               is
               done
               upon
               a
               religious
               Account
               ,
               when
               as
               in
               Truth
               it
               is
               only
               a
               Custom
               left
               which
               they
               formerly
               practized
            
             ;
             this
             agrees
             with
             what
             they
             say
             in
             their
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Ha
            
             ,
             p.
             24.
             
             
               That
               they
               keep
               it
               neither
               off
               nor
               on
               upon
               a
               religious
               Account
               :
            
             Then
             this
             bespeaks
             their
             meer
             Indifferency
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             if
             not
             upon
             a
             religious
             Account
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             such
             tender
             Conscience
             nor
             farther
             Manifestation
             in
             the
             matter
             on
             their
             parts
             ;
             wherefore
             their
             Pretence
             of
             both
             is
             a
             meer
             Dissimulation
             and
             Cheat
             ;
             and
             if
             then
             this
             Man's
             Conscience
             were
             not
             asleep
             ,
             or
             much
             hardned
             ,
             he
             might
             see
             it
             is
             in
             his
             Wilfulness
             and
             Opposition
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             persisted
             in
             such
             a
             reproved
             and
             offensive
             Gesture
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             neither
             the
             Exercise
             of
             Conscience
             nor
             Religion
             in
             :
             See
             what
             his
             asserting
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             amounts
             to
             ;
             he
             should
             have
             rather
             entituled
             his
             Paper
             [
             
               Liberty
               of
               self-Will
               and
               a
               perverse
               Spirit
               asserted
               against
               the
               Unity
               and
               Order
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               and
               People
               of
               God
               called
            
             Quakers
             ]
             And
             how
             do
             we
             err
             in
             saying
             ,
             their
             irreverend
             Posture
             
               is
               introduced
            
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             both
             brought
             in
             and
             imposed
             long
             after
             they
             accustomed
             the
             contrary
             in
             the
             Church
             ?
          
           
             But
             his
             main
             Allegation
             is
             ,
             
               He
               wants
            
             (
             or
             finds
             not
             )
             
               the
               Lord's
               Requiring
               for
               the
               Practice
               of
               him
               .
            
             How
             should
             he
             know
             his
             Requiring
             ,
             for
             that
             which
             he
             is
             prejudicially
             engaged
             against
             ?
             And
             in
             such
             a
             hardned
             wilful
             State
             (
             that
             feels
             not
             the
             living
             Union
             )
             wherein
             he
             hath
             resisted
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             in
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             quencht
             it
             in
             himself
             ?
             and
             how
             should
             such
             a
             one
             that
             despises
             the
             Church
             of
             
             Christ
             ,
             and
             reviles
             the
             Lord's
             People
             (
             in
             that
             State
             )
             joyn
             with
             them
             either
             in
             the
             Unity
             or
             Order
             of
             Life
             ?
             This
             Man
             therefore
             playes
             the
             hardned
             Hypocrite
             and
             Dissembler
             ,
             while
             he
             seems
             to
             complain
             of
             
               being
               excluded
               out
               of
               our
               Communion
               ,
            
             when
             he
             desires
             it
             not
             with
             us
             ,
             having
             excluded
             himself
             ,
             and
             odified
             us
             as
             grosly
             as
             he
             can
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             His
             Complaint
             of
             
               Excommunication
               ,
               denying
               him
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               the
               Benefit
               of
               Marriage
               and
               Burial
               ,
               having
               a
               Propriety
               therein
               ,
               only
               for
               the
               Omittance
               of
               keeping
               of
               the
               Hat
               in
               time
               of
               Prayer
               ,
            
             is
             neither
             fully
             nor
             truly
             stated
             ;
             for
             first
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             deny
             them
             Marriage
             in
             it self
             ,
             but
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             as
             being
             out
             of
             Unity
             and
             Charity
             with
             us
             (
             which
             is
             more
             then
             only
             for
             the
             said
             Omission
             )
             we
             may
             not
             in
             Conscience
             be
             their
             Witnesses
             .
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             
               Denyal
               of
               him
               Burial
            
             ,
             He
             hath
             not
             Cause
             to
             cast
             that
             upon
             us
             without
             Distinction
             .
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             Yet
             our
             Friends
             have
             Reason
             to
             take
             Care
             whom
             they
             admit
             Burial
             among
             us
             ,
             to
             prevent
             Reproach
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             .
          
           
             His
             saying
             ,
             
               They
               give
               that
               Meeting
               this
               Appellation
               ,
               THE
               BODY
               ,
            
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             but
             also
             falsly
             &
             scornfully
             given
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Hat
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Meeting
             in
             Devon-shire-House
             ;
             for
             
               the
               Lody
            
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             Members
             ;
             so
             also
             is
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             made
             up
             of
             one
             particular
             Meeting
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             general
             Assembly
             of
             the
             first-born
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Tryal
               of
               Motions
               and
               Unity
            
             is
             by
             that
             Life
             and
             Spirit
             which
             searches
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             whereby
             the
             spiritual
             Man
             judgeth
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             a
             few
             
               that
               seek
               Preheminence
            
             ,
             nor
             do
             such
             sway
             
               over
               us
               or
               our
               Body
            
             ,
             as
             he
             falsly
             insinuates
             ,
             who
             himself
             is
             one
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Many
             are
             filled
             with
             Prayer
             and
             Praises
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               in
               silent
               Meettings
            
             ,
             who
             notwithstanding
             sometimes
             requires
             some
             outward
             Expressions
             thereof
             ,
             both
             in
             Words
             and
             Gestures
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             deep
             Humility
             of
             Soul
             ,
             
               with
               unvailed
               Spirits
               and
               Heads
               too
               ,
            
             which
             for
             this
             Man
             to
             oppose
             and
             shew
             a
             publick
             Sign
             against
             ,
             is
             no
             token
             of
             Humility
             ,
             but
             of
             Hardness
             and
             self-Exaltation
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             what
             Gestures
             we
             may
             use
             in
             our
             private
             Devotion
             and
             Prayer
             ,
             whether
             
               walking
               by
               the
               Way
            
             ,
             or
             on
             our
             Beds
             ;
             it
             follows
             not
             that
             we
             must
             needs
             be
             in
             the
             same
             posture
             in
             publick
             Prayer
             in
             Meetings
             ,
             any
             more
             then
             we
             are
             to
             follow
             our
             usual
             Labours
             or
             
             Vocations
             in
             our
             publick
             Meetings
             ;
             and
             we
             are
             not
             accountable
             to
             Apostates
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             our
             private
             Devotion
             :
             What
             we
             do
             is
             singly
             to
             the
             Lord
             without
             Respect
             to
             Spectators
             (
             none
             being
             present
             )
             but
             in
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             he
             who
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Order
             and
             not
             of
             Confusion
             ,
             hath
             called
             us
             to
             express
             or
             shew
             forth
             
               Reverence
               and
               Order
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Sake
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             
               all
               things
               to
               Edification
            
             ;
             and
             God's
             Power
             &
             Presence
             we
             feel
             with
             us
             in
             what
             we
             do
             ;
             but
             one
             while
             this
             Man
             is
             heaping
             Questions
             against
             our
             Practice
             ,
             another
             while
             his
             Complaint
             is
             only
             about
             
               imposing
               Postures
               upon
               our
               Fellow-Members
            
             ,
             which
             is
             false
             ;
             for
             they
             give
             us
             no
             such
             Occasion
             ,
             nor
             hath
             he
             approved
             himself
             
               as
               our
               Fellow-Member
            
             ,
             who
             hath
             slighted
             our
             Testimony
             and
             Exhortation
             ,
             and
             refused
             to
             hear
             the
             Church
             ,
             being
             one
             of
             them
             that
             
               went
               out
               from
               us
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               were
               not
               of
               us
               ;
               for
               had
               they
               been
               of
               us
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               continued
               with
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               his
               Query
            
             ,
             Whether
             the
             Head
             mentioned
             in
             Cor.
             11.
             may
             not
             be
             covered
             with
             a
             Hat
             off
             ,
             and
             uncovered
             with
             a
             Hat
             on
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Head
             Christ
             (
             whom
             he
             means
             )
             may
             ;
             but
             this
             Man
             hath
             nor
             rightly
             considered
             the
             Apostle's
             Words
             in
             restraining
             them
             only
             to
             that
             Sence
             of
             
               the
               Head
            
             ,
             when
             they
             also
             relate
             to
             an
             outward
             Order
             or
             different
             Postures
             of
             Men
             and
             Women
             ;
             see
             ver
             .
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             13.
             which
             argue
             that
             the
             Women
             would
             be
             uncovered
             then
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             comely
             in
             them
             as
             in
             the
             Men
             ;
             and
             the
             men's
             being
             uncovered
             appears
             to
             be
             in
             Opposition
             to
             the
             Jews
             Vails
             and
             Coverings
             under
             the
             Law
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             Head
             Christ
             ,
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             covered
             in
             the
             Women
             any
             more
             then
             in
             the
             Men.
             
          
           
             Que.
             Have
             not
             some
             kneeled
             ,
             sat
             ,
             and
             stood
             in
             publick
             ▪
             &c.
             
             Whether
             a
             Cap
             is
             not
             as
             real
             a
             Covering
             to
             the
             Head
             as
             a
             Hat
             ?
          
           
             
               Answ.
               No
            
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             ;
             but
             these
             Questions
             are
             to
             excuse
             himself
             ,
             and
             recriminate
             our
             Friends
             ;
             he
             states
             not
             the
             Ground
             of
             the
             Difference
             ,
             which
             lies
             chiefly
             in
             that
             
               Spirit
               of
               Division
               and
               Opposition
            
             in
             himself
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             which
             should
             it
             seek
             to
             make
             Discord
             and
             Parties
             ,
             either
             about
             
               kneeling
               ,
               Cap
               on
               ,
               or
               Cap
               off
               in
               Prayer
            
             ;
             the
             Life
             and
             Power
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Church
             would
             rise
             up
             in
             Judgment
             against
             it
             and
             the
             Discord-Makers
             ;
             he
             triffles
             touching
             
               wearing
               a
               Cap
               ,
               standing
               or
               sitting
            
             ;
             for
             God
             allows
             a
             Conveniency
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             expedient
             for
             the
             Necessity
             of
             the
             weak
             ,
             and
             aged
             ,
             and
             feeble
             in
             Body
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             in
             Prejudice
             or
             Opposition
             in
             what
             
             they
             do
             ;
             yet
             however
             ,
             where
             the
             substantial
             part
             of
             true
             Worship
             is
             known
             ▪
             which
             is
             in
             
               Spirit
               and
               Truth
            
             ,
             with
             
               a
               naked
               ,
               bowed
               and
               broken
               Heart
               before
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             there
             will
             be
             no
             Straitness
             nor
             Scruple
             to
             express
             it
             with
             uncovered
             
               Head
               and
               bended
               Knees
               as
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             which
             was
             practiced
             among
             the
             Saints
             of
             old
             ;
             but
             the
             Liberty
             we
             have
             in
             Christ
             touching
             these
             lesser
             matters
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             give
             a
             particular
             Account
             of
             to
             an
             Apostate
             ,
             who
             with
             an
             evil
             Eye
             hath
             sought
             to
             spy
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             prejudiced
             Mind
             heaps
             a
             Multitude
             of
             Queries
             to
             us
             ;
             but
             for
             no
             serious
             or
             good
             End
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             having
             slandered
             and
             traduced
             us
             as
             
               Usurpers
               ,
               Imposors
               ,
               self-Seekers
               Romish
               ,
            
             and
             what
             not
             ?
             However
             God
             and
             our
             own
             Consciences
             bear
             us
             Witnesses
             ,
             that
             we
             would
             not
             use
             or
             strain
             our
             Liberty
             to
             give
             either
             Offence
             or
             Occasion
             of
             stumbling
             to
             our
             weak
             Brethren
             ,
             as
             false
             Brethren
             give
             by
             their
             fleshly
             Liberty
             of
             Self-Will
             ,
             wherein
             this
             Man
             cannot
             excuse
             himself
             by
             his
             pleading
             
               the
               Apostles
               for
               bidding
               to
               judge
               one
               another
               in
               Meats
               ,
               or
               Drinks
               or
               Dayes
            
             ;
             so
             he
             was
             so
             tender
             of
             offending
             his
             weak
             Brother
             about
             Meat
             ,
             thar
             he
             would
             rather
             forbear
             eating
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             may
             condemn
             thit
             man's
             Hardness
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             so
             much
             as
             forbear
             his
             Hat
             a
             littls
             space
             in
             Prayer
             to
             shun
             such
             an
             Occasion
             ;
             so
             little
             Regard
             hath
             hee
             either
             to
             his
             weak
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Church
             for
             their
             Sake
             ;
             howbeit
             ,
             when
             abstaining
             from
             Meats
             came
             to
             be
             imposed
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             opposed
             it
             as
             a
             Doctrine
             of
             Devils
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             our
             Purpose
             of
             opposing
             John
             Perrot's
             Imposition
             about
             the
             Hat.
             
          
           
             Que.
             Why
             not
             in
             prophesying
             
               (
               he
               meanes
            
             )
             keep
             off
             the
             Hat.
             
          
           
             This
             Query
             is
             because
             men's
             praying
             or
             prophesying
             with
             the
             head
             covered
             is
             forbidden
             ;
             wherein
             he
             seems
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             we
             fail
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             which
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             is
             no
             ground
             to
             oppose
             us
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             or
             to
             gain-say
             that
             part
             of
             Obedience
             that
             appears
             :
             But
             he
             is
             mistaken
             in
             taking
             the
             whole
             Course
             of
             preaching
             to
             be
             that
             Prophecying
             intended
             ,
             that
             is
             brought
             in
             with
             Praying
             ;
             for
             all
             preaching
             cannot
             be
             that
             intire
             or
             
               peculiar
               Prophecying
            
             ,
             which
             where
             any
             one
             is
             immediately
             called
             to
             ;
             I
             grant
             ,
             that
             its
             most
             comely
             to
             stand
             up
             with
             the
             Hat
             of
             ;
             besides
             there
             is
             a
             difference
             between
             praying
             to
             God
             and
             preaching
             to
             Men
             :
             I
             could
             say
             more
             to
             this
             Matter
             ,
             but
             the
             Man
             is
             unworthy
             ;
             also
             I
             am
             informed
             
               W.
               Penn
            
             did
             privately
             answer
             him
             to
             the
             Substance
             of
             his
             Queries
             ,
             which
             he
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             as
             an
             Answer
             ,
             which
             he
             might
             have
             published
             with
             
             his
             Queries
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             heap
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             reitterate
             a
             Multitude
             of
             triffling
             Questions
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             not
             regard
             any
             serious
             Answer
             ;
             and
             most
             unjustly
             and
             peevishly
             reflects
             ,
             like
             some
             angry
             Anabaptist
             ,
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               When
               you
               can
               pretend
               Scriptures
               ,
               prove
               your
               Practices
               ,
               then
               they
               shall
               be
               your
               Rule
               and
               Touch-Stone
               ;
               but
               when
               you
               are
               out
               of
               their
               Practices
               and
               Commands
               ,
               then
               the
               Spirit
               and
               not
               the
               Scriptures
               is
               your
               Rule
               :
            
             Whereas
             we
             have
             alwayes
             preferred
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             as
             our
             Rule
             and
             Touch-Stone
             ,
             and
             to
             produce
             the
             Scripture
             to
             prove
             our
             Practice
             (
             is
             not
             to
             make
             them
             our
             Rule
             and
             Touch-Stone
             instead
             of
             the
             Spirit
             )
             which
             therefore
             shews
             our
             Belief
             and
             Esteem
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             their
             place
             .
             Oh
             envious
             and
             confused
             Man
             !
             How
             dishonestly
             and
             perversly
             hast
             thou
             stated
             the
             Controversie
             ;
             our
             citing
             that
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
               Ch.
            
             11.
             was
             not
             the
             
               Ground
               ,
               Touch-Stone
            
             and
             Rule
             of
             our
             Practice
             ;
             for
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             which
             moves
             us
             to
             pray
             ,
             singly
             brought
             us
             into
             it
             in
             the
             beginning
             without
             any
             such
             outward
             Consideration
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             truely
             cited
             to
             prove
             that
             our
             reverent
             Order
             and
             Practice
             in
             Prayer
             was
             not
             a
             
               Romish
               Tradition
            
             ,
             brought
             forth
             in
             the
             
               Apostacy
               and
               Curse
            
             ,
             as
             
               J.
               P.
            
             and
             some
             of
             his
             Disciples
             falsly
             charged
             this
             our
             Order
             and
             Custom
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             after
             they
             themselves
             had
             been
             some
             time
             therein
             with
             us
             .
          
           
             His
             alledging
             ,
             
               different
               Measures
               ,
               Growths
               ,
               Motions
               ,
               further
               Manifestation
               ,
               Addition
               ,
            
             and
             
               how
               ab●ndantly
               different
               Gestures
               will
               contend
               the
               Unity
               of
               true
               faith
            
             ;
             for
             his
             contradictory
             and
             offensive
             Behaviour
             in
             time
             of
             publick
             Prayer
             these
             are
             but
             false
             Covers
             ,
             and
             savor
             of
             meer
             Ranterism
             in
             the
             bottom
             ,
             like
             the
             Ranters
             ,
             VARIETY
             IN
             UNITY
             ,
             AND
             UNITY
             IN
             VARIETY
             for
             their
             fleshly
             Liberty
             ,
             wherein
             they
             contemptuously
             have
             stood
             staring
             at
             us
             with
             their
             Hats
             on
             in
             time
             of
             publick
             Prayer
             ,
             whose
             Spirits
             we
             Judged
             in
             the
             beginning
             ;
             whereas
             
               different
               Measures
               ,
               Growths
               or
               further
               Manifestations
               ,
            
             in
             the
             true
             Church
             (
             which
             must
             relate
             to
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Light
             and
             Truth
             )
             do
             neither
             change
             the
             Property
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             nor
             make
             it
             another
             Dispensation
             ;
             nor
             can
             they
             cause
             Contradiction
             ,
             Opposition
             or
             Division
             in
             one
             Member
             against
             another
             ,
             as
             is
             between
             this
             Appostatized
             Ranting
             Spirit
             (
             that
             Quarels
             about
             the
             Hat
             )
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             which
             acts
             in
             Unity
             ,
             Peace
             and
             good
             Order
             .
             His
             pretence
             of
             
               a
               further
               Manifestation
               ,
               Growth
               or
               Addition
               ,
               for
               that
            
             
             his
             irreverent
             Custom
             which
             is
             not
             upheld
             by
             him
             upon
             
               a
               Religious
               Account
            
             ,
             is
             a
             manifest
             and
             gross
             Contradiction
             ;
             and
             his
             further
             Manifestation
             ,
             Growth
             and
             Addition
             ,
             pretended
             ,
             must
             be
             beyond
             us
             all
             ,
             and
             above
             the
             whole
             Church
             (
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             him
             )
             for
             therein
             he
             assumes
             an
             Authority
             to
             judge
             and
             revile
             both
             Elders
             and
             
               Ancient
               Friends
            
             ,
             and
             infamously
             to
             notifie
             particular
             persons
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             a
             Mark
             upon
             them
             :
             and
             all
             this
             without
             either
             dealing
             with
             them
             as
             Christ
             injoyned
             ,
             Mat.
             18.
             16
             ,
             17.
             or
             having
             the
             least
             Consent
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             owned
             among
             us
             ;
             and
             indeed
             contrary
             to
             all
             Gospel
             and
             Christian
             order
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Thus
             while
             he
             is
             accusing
             ancient
             Friends
             ,
             with
             
               Usurping
               a
               Head-Ship
               ,
               setting
               up
               a
               Romish
               Hirarthy
            
             ;
             he
             himself
             is
             acting
             the
             part
             of
             an
             
               usurping
               Pope
               ,
               proud
               Prelate
            
             ,
             and
             
               exalted
               Diotrophes
               ,
               that
               loved
               Preheminence
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             would
             make
             the
             World
             believe
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             man
             of
             
               a
               very
               tender
               conscience
            
             ,
             and
             
               great
               Humility
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               as
               real
               as
               his
               Brother
               John
               Penyman
            
             entituling
             himself
             ,
             
               One
               of
               the
               least
               of
               thousands
               in
               Israel
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Popes
             being
             
               a
               Servant
               of
               Servants
            
             .
          
           
             Howbeit
             his
             great
             Capital
             and
             Charge
             
               is
               ,
               That
               we
               assert
               those
               Romish
               Positions
               ,
               which
               having
               enslaved
               Nations
               ,
               and
               destroyed
               thousands
               ,
               and
               is
               of
               a
               most
               dangerous
               unutterable
               Consequence
            
             [
             Mark
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             how
             he
             acts
             the
             part
             of
             a
             most
             malitious
             Incendiary
             what
             more
             envious
             an
             Instigation
             to
             Persecution
             could
             he
             have
             brought
             forth
             at
             this
             Juncture
             against
             us
             ?
             Oh
             Treacherous
             Apostate
             ,
             Judas
             the
             Lord
             Rebuke
             thee
             ]
             But
             what
             are
             those
             Romish
             positions
             ?
             They
             are
             namely
             ,
             1st
             ,
             
               That
               we
               are
               to
               believe
               as
               the
               Church
               believes
               :
            
             2dly
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Church
               cannot
               err
            
             :
             3dly
             ,
             
               That
               she
               hath
               Power
               to
               bind
               and
               to
               loose
               :
            
             4thly
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               abominable
               Pride
               not
               to
               submit
               to
               her
               Judgment
               ,
               she
               having
               alwayes
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             However
             to
             his
             own
             Confutation
             ,
             he
             seems
             herein
             to
             clear
             us
             from
             setting
             up
             an
             usurped
             Hirarchy
             of
             
               some
               that
               seek
               Preheminence
               over
               the
               Body
               ,
               &
               limitting
               the
               Power
               to
               persons
            
             (
             as
             he
             falsly
             suggests
             )
             for
             here
             the
             Power
             is
             attributed
             to
             
               the
               Church
            
             in
             general
             ,
             yet
             in
             these
             Positions
             he
             deals
             very
             unfairly
             ;
             for
             
               to
               believe
               as
               the
               Church
               believes
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             May
             be
             taken
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             use
             to
             preach
             those
             bare
             positions
             as
             our
             great
             Arguments
             to
             enforce
             People
             into
             our
             Faith
             ;
             which
             we
             never
             did
             ;
             but
             commend
             our selves
             to
             every
             man's
             
             Conscience
             in
             the
             Sight
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             therein
             are
             we
             manifested
             ;
             yet
             that
             I
             may
             loose
             nothing
             of
             Truth
             's
             Testimony
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             first
             I
             affirm
             ,
             That
             the
             true
             Church
             is
             in
             the
             true
             Faith
             that
             is
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             we
             must
             either
             believe
             thus
             as
             the
             true
             Church
             believes
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             were
             but
             both
             a
             Folly
             and
             Hypocrisie
             to
             profess
             our selves
             Members
             thereof
             ;
             this
             man
             hath
             treacherously
             betrayed
             both
             his
             own
             Conscience
             and
             Testimony
             ,
             who
             while
             he
             would
             seem
             to
             own
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             a
             Member
             of
             her
             ;
             yet
             tells
             the
             World
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               most
               dangerous
               Position
               that
               we
               are
               to
               believe
               as
               the
               Church
               believes
               ,
               Oh
               ,
               Treacherous
               Enemy
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             2dly
             ,
             Is
             it
             so
             dangerous
             ,
             
               that
               this
               Church
            
             (
             or
             universal
             Body
             of
             Christ
             )
             
               cannot
               err
            
             ?
             Whenas
             
               the
               Church
            
             signifies
             
               the
               Elect
            
             ,
             and
             Christ
             implies
             an
             Impossibility
             that
             the
             
               very
               Elect
            
             should
             be
             deceived
             ,
             Mat.
             24.
             24
             
             Or
             that
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             should
             prevail
             against
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             promiseth
             his
             Presence
             to
             the
             End
             of
             the
             World
             :
             Were
             it
             either
             reasonable
             or
             just
             to
             conclude
             ,
             the
             whole
             Body
             or
             Church
             of
             Christ
             is
             liable
             to
             err
             ,
             because
             some
             particular
             Members
             may
             ?
             Observe
             the
             Darkness
             and
             perverse
             Spirit
             of
             this
             Apostate
             and
             Accuser
             of
             (
             not
             only
             the
             Brethren
             ,
             but
             )
             the
             whole
             Church
             ;
             for
             he
             states
             not
             this
             Charge
             against
             a
             false
             Application
             made
             of
             the
             said
             Positions
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             Positions
             themselves
             ,
             as
             being
             destructive
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             as
             asserted
             concerning
             the
             Church
             ,
             not
             this
             nor
             that
             particular
             
               Church
               ,
               Congregation
            
             or
             Assembly
             ,
             but
             it
             s
             the
             Church
             his
             Quarrel
             lies
             against
             .
          
           
             3dly
             ,
             He
             is
             even
             also
             against
             the
             Church
             having
             Power
             to
             
               bind
               and
               to
               loose
            
             ,
             though
             this
             was
             a
             certain
             Priviledge
             given
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             unto
             the
             Church
             (
             who
             in
             him
             received
             a
             living
             Sence
             of
             both
             Judgment
             and
             Mercy
             )
             even
             to
             bind
             and
             to
             loose
             ,
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             given
             unto
             her
             ,
             see
             Mat.
             18.
             18
             
             Joh.
             20
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
             If
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             accounted
             dangerous
             to
             assert
             this
             ?
             then
             it
             s
             dangerous
             to
             confess
             the
             power
             of
             Christ
             that
             is
             in
             the
             true
             Church
             the
             man
             hath
             greatly
             wronged
             and
             out
             faced
             his
             own
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             
               4thly
               ,
               If
               he
               will
               not
               hear
               the
               Church
               let
               him
               be
               to
               thee
               as
               a
               Heathen
               man
               ,
            
             &c.
             what
             is
             it
             but
             abominable
             Pride
             for
             any
             one
             (
             especially
             that
             professeth
             himself
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             )
             to
             Refuse
             to
             hear
             her
             ,
             or
             submit
             to
             her
             judgment
             ?
             when
             demonstrated
             ?
             for
             she
             must
             needs
             have
             both
             the
             infallible
             Spirit
             and
             true
             Judgment
             ;
             if
             every
             living
             Member
             pertake
             thereof
             ,
             
               he
               that
               hath
               not
               the
               Spirit
               of
               
               Christ
               is
               none
               of
               his
            
             ;
             and
             God
             is
             come
             in
             ten
             Thousand
             of
             his
             Saints
             to
             judge
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             and
             the
             Saints
             shall
             judge
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             doth
             not
             
               W.
               M.
            
             profess
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             it
             ?
             Yet
             tells
             the
             Word
             ,
             
               It
               is
               a
               Romish
               Position
               ,
               destructive
               and
               dangerous
               to
               assert
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               hath
               alwayes
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
            
             (
             that
             is
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             )
             but
             did
             not
             Christ
             promise
             the
             
               holy
               Spirit
            
             the
             Comforter
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               shall
               abide
               with
               you
               forever
            
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             this
             infallible
             ,
             and
             the
             Church's
             Judgment
             therefore
             of
             Value
             ?
             Oh
             how
             sadly
             hath
             this
             Opposer
             violated
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             perverted
             the
             right
             Wayes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             abused
             the
             pretious
             Testimony
             of
             Truth
             ?
             And
             seeing
             his
             Charge
             is
             so
             high
             against
             us
             for
             asserting
             those
             four
             Positions
             afore-said
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             are
             both
             
               Romish
               ,
               Destructive
            
             and
             of
             
               a
               most
               dangerous
               Consequence
            
             ;
             it
             naturally
             follows
             that
             he
             deems
             it
             
               not
               dangerous
               nor
               destructive
               for
               him
            
             to
             assert
             the
             contrary
             ,
             namely
             ,
             1.
             
             
               That
               we
               are
               not
               to
               believe
               as
               the
               Church
               believes
            
             (
             but
             rather
             as
             
               W.
               Mucklow
            
             and
             his
             Brother
             
               J.
               Pennyman
            
             believe
             )
             seeing
             that
             they
             have
             assumed
             a
             Jurisdiction
             over
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             a
             Power
             to
             judge
             her
             .
             2.
             
             
               That
               the
               Church
               can
               err
               ,
               is
               fallible
               ,
               or
               is
               liable
               to
               be
               deceived
               and
               apostatize
            
             (
             as
             he
             questions
             us
             .
             )
             3.
             
             
               That
               she
               hath
               no
               such
               Power
               as
               to
               bind
               and
               to
               loose
               :
            
             [
             Wherein
             he
             sets
             his
             Judgment
             above
             Christ's
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             his
             express
             Promise
             to
             his
             Church
             .
             ]
             4.
             
             
               That
               the
               Church
               hath
               not
               alwayes
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
            
             (
             which
             is
             Christ's
             )
             
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               no
               Pride
               ,
               but
               great
               Humility
               in
            
             W.
             M.
             and
             J.
             P.
             (
             as
             being
             the
             lowly
             Ones
             )
             
               not
               to
               submit
               to
               the
               Church
               in
               matter
               of
               Judgment
               :
            
             So
             that
             at
             this
             Rate
             they
             will
             claim
             a
             Superiority
             and
             Preheminence
             above
             the
             Church
             (
             which
             heretofore
             they
             have
             owned
             ,
             and
             confessed
             to
             the
             
               Power
               of
               God
            
             in
             her
             )
             as
             if
             this
             
               had
               the
               Infallible
               Spirit
            
             ,
             when
             
               the
               Church
               wants
               it
            
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             not
             a
             Head-ship
             and
             Usurpation
             ,
             a
             degree
             higher
             then
             the
             Pope
             himself
             pretends
             to
             ,
             let
             all
             intelligent
             Readers
             judge
             ;
             is
             so
             be
             the
             Pope
             pretends
             to
             an
             Infallibility
             ,
             not
             as
             in
             a
             Separation
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             as
             professing
             Unity
             with
             her
             still
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             really
             Anti-christian
             in
             his
             usurping
             the
             Headship
             ,
             that
             he
             doth
             ;
             and
             so
             are
             these
             Men
             ,
             who
             like
             evil
             Spies
             have
             brought
             Evil
             Reports
             upon
             the
             good
             Land
             ,
             and
             despise
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             even
             his
             People
             (
             called
             Quakers
             )
             contrary
             to
             their
             first
             Love
             ,
             Testimony
             and
             Conviction
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
               W.
               M.
            
             his
             Addition
             to
             his
             Queries
             it
             contains
             both
             apparent
             
             Untruths
             ,
             Folly
             and
             Confusion
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             implying
             
               the
               Churches
               Apostacy
               ,
               Declension
               or
               Fall
               from
               what
               was
               testifyed
               in
               the
               beginning
            
             among
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             good
             Doctrine
             as
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             
               Christ's
               Spouse
               ,
               Bride
               or
               the
               Lamb's
               Wife
               is
               become
               an
               Adulteress
            
             ;
             where
             then
             is
             the
             Church's
             Security
             or
             Care
             taken
             over
             her
             by
             the
             Head
             ?
             But
             this
             Man
             himself
             is
             fallen
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Church
             nor
             Ministry
             in
             it
             ,
             though
             most
             grosly
             slandered
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Hat
            
             ,
             which
             
               J.
               P.
            
             pretended
             in
             publick
             he
             would
             prove
             ;
             but
             instead
             thereof
             exhibited
             divers
             Articles
             against
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             
               our
               Preachers
               and
               Leaders
               are
               not
               so
               infallible
               as
               they
               pr●tend
               to
               be
               ,
            
             which
             was
             much
             besides
             and
             short
             of
             the
             slanderous
             Charge
             given
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Hat
            
             ,
             p.
             43.
             
             But
             how
             infallible
             they
             ever
             pretended
             themselves
             to
             be
             ,
             he
             told
             not
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             so
             ingenuous
             ;
             did
             we
             ever
             preach
             up
             
               meerly
               our selves
            
             as
             Infallible
             ,
             or
             pretend
             Infallibility
             any
             otherwise
             then
             as
             instructed
             by
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             which
             is
             Infallible
             ?
             Or
             did
             we
             ever
             place
             it
             upon
             
               human
               Understanding
            
             ,
             as
             
               meer
               Men
            
             ,
             but
             upon
             that
             
               divine
               Understanding
            
             that
             God
             giveth
             ?
             But
             these
             Apostates
             judge
             others
             from
             their
             own
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             evil
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             therein
             render
             the
             Body
             as
             
               divided
               from
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               rent
               to
               peices
               within
               it self
               ,
            
             which
             is
             that
             the
             Devil
             (
             
               the
               old
               Divider
            
             )
             hath
             sought
             ,
             and
             now
             sets
             his
             Agents
             on
             Work
             to
             make
             the
             World
             believe
             a
             Lye
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               he
               hath
               made
               such
               Division
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             as
             where
             
               W.
               M.
            
             saith
             ,
             
               In
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               Christ
               within
               us
               was
               then
               to
               be
               Head
               ,
               but
               now
               the
               Body
               without
               us
               .
            
          
           
             A
             manifest
             Slander
             against
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ;
             never
             such
             a
             Doctrine
             was
             preached
             or
             owned
             among
             us
             ,
             
               That
               now
               the
               Body
               without
               us
               is
               to
               be
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               not
               Christ
            
             (
             as
             implyed
             )
             and
             yet
             he
             grants
             ,
             
               Christ
               to
               be
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Body
            
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             that
             Body
             the
             Church
             which
             he
             hath
             owned
             ?
             See
             what
             Contradiction
             Envy
             leads
             this
             Man
             into
             ,
             who
             also
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Chuch
               was
               then
               to
               be
               in
               Subjection
               to
               her
               Head
               ,
               and
               every
               Member
               governed
               and
               exercized
               according
               to
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Head
               ;
               but
               now
               the
               Body
               ,
               the
               Church
               claims
               Authority
               over
               their
               Fellow-Members
               ,
               as
               peculiarly
               having
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             These
             latter
             Words
             from
             [
             BUT
             ]
             contain
             two
             false
             and
             Unjust
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             Church
             ;
             for
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             the
             Body
             or
             Church
             claims
             no
             such
             Authority
             over
             their
             
             Fellow-Members
             ;
             it
             is
             gross
             Confusion
             in
             him
             for
             to
             affirm
             it
             ;
             for
             all
             Fellow-Members
             thereof
             are
             included
             in
             the
             same
             Body
             in
             Subjection
             to
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Head
             ,
             which
             is
             Christ.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             None
             of
             the
             Fellow-Members
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             excluded
             from
             having
             the
             infallible
             Spirit
             in
             some
             degree
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             peculiar
             only
             to
             some
             few
             ,
             whenas
             its
             universal
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Body
             ;
             though
             there
             be
             diversities
             of
             Gifts
             given
             ,
             as
             the
             Lord
             sees
             meet
             ,
             to
             every
             Man
             his
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             Gift
             ,
             which
             all
             tends
             to
             Unity
             and
             Edification
             of
             the
             whole
             Body
             :
             But
             this
             Man
             seems
             to
             claim
             a
             Member-ship
             in
             the
             Church
             or
             Body
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             us
             )
             and
             yet
             judges
             and
             reviles
             the
             Church
             ;
             what
             then
             would
             he
             be
             a
             Member
             of
             ;
             Is
             it
             of
             such
             a
             Body
             that
             he
             represents
             ,
             as
             
               torn
               to
               peices
               ,
               and
               rent
               from
               the
               Head
               ,
               or
               fallen
               under
               Apostacy
            
             ;
             for
             we
             cannot
             look
             upon
             the
             Church
             to
             be
             made
             up
             of
             
               himself
               and
               John
               Pennyman
            
             ,
             or
             a
             few
             of
             their
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             that
             were
             also
             contrary
             to
             J.
             P's
             writing
             himself
             ,
             
               One
               of
               the
               least
               of
               the
               Thousands
               in
            
             Israel
             ;
             but
             whether
             he
             had
             such
             low
             Thoughts
             of
             himself
             or
             not
             ;
             let
             God's
             Witness
             and
             his
             People
             (
             who
             have
             beheld
             his
             Deportment
             and
             Luceferian
             Spirit
             )
             judge
             .
          
           
             
               W.
               M.
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Friends
               ,
               That
               which
               was
               declared
               of
               ,
               and
               testified
               unto
               in
               the
               beginning
               was
               ,
               to
               direct
               our
               Minds
               unto
               the
               Heavenly
               Gift
               (
               not
               to
               the
               Church
               )
               but
               to
               the
               Manifestation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               in
               the
               particular
               waiting
               there
               to
               feel
               its
               Motions
               ,
               and
               to
               hear
               its
               Voice
               ,
               which
               would
               infallibly
               teach
               us
               our
               Duty
               towards
               God
               ,
               our
               Neighbour
               and
               our selves
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               go
               forth
               into
               Reasonings
               to
               promote
               comely
               Orders
               after
               the
               Manner
               of
               men
               ,
               nor
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               any
               thing
               in
               his
               pure
               Worship
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               Lord
               ,
               not
               the
               Body
               required
               ,
               else
               to
               stand
               still
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Herein
             he
             hath
             intermixt
             his
             perverse
             Parenthesis
             ,
             falsly
             charging
             us
             in
             divers
             Respects
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Heavenly
             Gift
             and
             the
             Church
             were
             now
             separate
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             People
             require
             in
             Oppositior
             ▪
             or
             as
             if
             we
             were
             promoting
             
               a
               Body
               without
               the
               Spirit
            
             ,
             or
             
               Subjection
               to
               what
               the
               Lord
               requires
               ,
            
             as
             if
             our
             Testimony
             were
             now
             so
             much
             
               varied
               from
            
             what
             it
             was
             
               in
               the
               Beginning
            
             ;
             these
             are
             all
             most
             falsly
             suggested
             ,
             his
             saying
             ,
             
               It
               was
               to
               direct
               our
               minds
               to
               the
               Heavenly
               Gift
               ,
               not
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               to
               what
               the
               Lord
               ,
               not
               the
               Body
               required
               :
            
             See
             what
             Division
             this
             would
             make
             between
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             People
             ;
             but
             he
             mistakes
             [
             
               Not
               to
               the
               Church
            
             ]
             for
             our
             Testimony
             
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             and
             still
             is
             ,
             to
             promote
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             our
             directing
             the
             Minds
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             that
             love
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             dwell
             in
             Love
             and
             Unity
             ,
             which
             all
             come
             unto
             who
             come
             unto
             the
             Heavenly
             Gift
             ,
             and
             to
             follow
             the
             Lord's
             Requirings
             therein
             ,
             which
             is
             unerring
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             this
             but
             to
             preach
             up
             a
             true
             Church-State
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             the
             real
             Intent
             and
             Tendency
             of
             our
             Testimony
             from
             the
             Beginning
             ?
             And
             had
             this
             Man
             been
             faithful
             to
             what
             was
             testfied
             in
             the
             Beginning
             (
             as
             he
             pretends
             a
             great
             Esteem
             thereof
             )
             the
             Unity
             and
             Society
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             People
             of
             God
             called
             Quakers
             would
             have
             been
             of
             more
             value
             with
             him
             ,
             then
             now
             so
             enviously
             and
             confusedly
             to
             quarrel
             with
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             
               comely
               Order
            
             or
             
               reverent
               Custom
               in
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             not
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ;
             for
             when
             his
             Mind
             was
             directed
             to
             the
             
               Manifestation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               would
               infallibly
               teach
               us
               our
               Duty
               towards
               God
               ,
               our
               Neighbour
               and
               our selves
            
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             then
             he
             (
             and
             the
             rest
             concerned
             )
             in
             the
             Beginning
             did
             not
             
               irreverently
               sit
               with
               their
               Hats
               on
               in
               publick
               Prayer
               among
               us
               ,
            
             nor
             say
             that
             the
             contrary
             among
             us
             was
             
               a
               going
               forth
               into
               Reasonings
               to
               promote
               comely
               Orders
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               Men
            
             ;
             for
             what
             needed
             that
             ,
             when
             the
             infallible
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             owned
             to
             be
             their
             Teacher
             ,
             freely
             led
             them
             into
             it
             ?
             Nor
             did
             the
             Apostle
             so
             go
             out
             into
             reasoning
             ,
             when
             he
             exhorted
             the
             
               Saints
               to
               think
               on
               whatsoever
               things
               were
               true
               ,
               honest
               ,
               just
               ,
               pure
               ,
               lovely
               ,
               of
               good
               Report
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             this
             Man
             is
             offended
             at
             our
             vindicating
             that
             Order
             which
             was
             made
             both
             lovely
             and
             comely
             (
             by
             that
             Spirit
             that
             set
             it
             up
             )
             since
             he
             is
             gone
             out
             from
             that
             infallible
             Spirit
             which
             he
             was
             directed
             to
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             which
             then
             moved
             and
             led
             them
             into
             both
             Reverence
             to
             God
             ,
             Respect
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             behave
             themselves
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             both
             in
             Decency
             and
             in
             Order
             .
             Note
             that
             
               W.
               M.
            
             in
             so
             plainly
             professing
             ,
             and
             (
             in
             Words
             )
             owning
             the
             
               Truth
               's
               Testimony
               and
               Infallibility
               of
               the
               Spirits
               Teaching
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Beginning
               testified
               to
               among
               us
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             therein
             said
             more
             for
             the
             comely
             Order
             that
             then
             was
             brought
             forth
             in
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Church
             having
             
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
               to
               know
               Truth
               from
               Error
               and
               the
               right
               from
               the
               wrong
               Spirit
               ,
            
             then
             ever
             he
             can
             say
             or
             produce
             for
             the
             contrary
             ,
             viz.
             
               for
               his
               keeping
               on
               his
               Hat
               in
               Prayer
               ,
            
             for
             his
             accusing
             the
             Church
             
               with
               Fallibility
               ,
               Apostacy
            
             ,
             or
             
               the
               Antient
               Friends
            
             with
             
               Imposing
               ,
               Usurping
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
           
             Out
             of
             his
             own
             Mouth
             he
             is
             condemned
             ,
             as
             one
             apostatized
             from
             the
             Heavenly
             Gift
             ,
             from
             his
             first
             Love
             ,
             Convincement
             and
             Order
             ,
             and
             hath
             wilfully
             excluded
             himself
             from
             the
             Union
             and
             Society
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             He
             still
             boggles
             and
             seems
             offended
             at
             the
             Body
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             having
             
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               certain
               unerring
               Judgment
               reciding
               with
               them
               upon
               all
               Occasions
               to
               know
               Truth
               from
               Error
               and
               the
               right
               from
               the
               wrong
               Spirit
               ;
               will
               you
               limit
               the
               Lord
               ?
            
             saith
             he
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             Is
             it
             a
             limitting
             the
             Lord
             for
             the
             Body
             or
             Church
             of
             Christ
             to
             have
             his
             Spirit
             which
             is
             infallible
             ?
             and
             an
             unerring
             Judgment
             so
             far
             as
             we
             received
             from
             the
             same
             Spirit
             ?
             What
             gross
             Darkness
             is
             come
             over
             this
             Man
             ?
             Doth
             not
             the
             spiritual
             Man
             judge
             all
             Things
             ?
             And
             the
             Saints
             shall
             judge
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             dare
             he
             say
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             hath
             not
             taught
             the
             Church
             Truth
             from
             Error
             ,
             nor
             to
             know
             the
             right
             from
             the
             wrong
             Spirit
             ?
             Whenas
             the
             Principle
             we
             direct
             unto
             ,
             and
             our
             Testimony
             concerning
             it
             ,
             he
             dares
             not
             say
             is
             fallible
             ;
             but
             seems
             to
             justifie
             our
             Testimony
             as
             it
             
               was
               in
               the
               Beginning
            
             ,
             and
             in
             Words
             to
             own
             
               Inward
               Motions
               ,
               Voice
               and
               Teachings
               of
               the
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               measure
               thereof
               within
               to
               try
               the
               Verity
               of
               our
               Doctrine
               :
            
             And
             why
             should
             it
             be
             rendred
             a
             limitting
             of
             the
             Lord
             for
             the
             Church
             to
             claim
             this
             Priviledge
             ,
             as
             thus
             ,
             having
             the
             unerring
             Spirit
             ?
             And
             that
             we
             have
             it
             to
             guide
             and
             give
             discovery
             in
             the
             weighty
             matters
             of
             Faith
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             to
             try
             Spirits
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             of
             God
             or
             no
             ?
             Surely
             then
             we
             need
             not
             want
             true
             Understanding
             and
             Judgment
             in
             things
             of
             lesser
             Concernment
             .
             And
             we
             are
             so
             far
             from
             limitting
             the
             Lord
             ,
             his
             Power
             and
             Church
             
               to
               Persons
            
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             
               would
               exercise
               Authority
               above
               their
               places
               ,
            
             that
             we
             affirm
             (
             as
             we
             experience
             )
             that
             the
             Power
             is
             universally
             free
             and
             unlimitted
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             even
             every
             living
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             pertakes
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             every
             Member
             is
             not
             an
             Eye
             ;
             and
             we
             further
             testifie
             that
             wheresoever
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gathered
             together
             in
             Christ's
             Name
             ,
             there
             he
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             to
             aid
             and
             ass●st
             them
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             make
             Agreement
             on
             Earth
             ,
             end
             Differences
             ,
             give
             a
             true
             Judgment
             in
             matters
             as
             there
             shall
             be
             need
             in
             the
             Church
             among
             the
             weak
             ,
             or
             only
             to
             wait
             in
             Truth
             of
             Heart
             upon
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             receive
             inward
             Advantage
             unto
             their
             Souls
             ;
             and
             God
             beareth
             us
             Record
             that
             our
             Eye
             is
             to
             
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             our
             Dependence
             is
             upon
             his
             Counsel
             upon
             all
             weighty
             Occasions
             in
             our
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             our
             own
             Understandings
             
               meerly
               as
               Men.
            
             
          
           
             Now
             it
             were
             very
             gross
             and
             impious
             to
             deny
             that
             Priviledge
             to
             the
             
               whole
               Church
               ,
               Body
               or
               general
               Assembly
               ,
            
             which
             two
             or
             three
             met
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             pertake
             of
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               his
               Presence
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               them
            
             ;
             and
             if
             his
             Presence
             be
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             two
             or
             three
             met
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             surely
             he
             will
             not
             be
             absent
             from
             a
             greater
             number
             so
             met
             ;
             but
             saith
             W.
             M.
             
               Cannot
               he
               reveal
               to
               a
               particular
               ,
               yea
               such
               things
               as
               the
               Church
               would
               he
               startled
               at
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               be
               ready
               to
               question
               the
               Verity
               thereof
               ?
            
             yet
             he
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Lord
             to
             reveal
             himself
             unto
             
               the
               lowly
               Ones
               ,
               that
               are
               little
               in
               their
               own
               Eyes
               to
               inform
               the
               Church
               and
               Elders
               thereof
               :
            
             And
             are
             not
             these
             lowly
             Ones
             Members
             or
             included
             in
             the
             Church
             then
             ?
             Or
             is
             the
             whole
             Church
             or
             Body
             which
             he
             confesseth
             
               Christ
               to
               be
               the
               Head
               of
               ,
            
             in
             such
             an
             Exaltation
             over
             the
             lowly
             ones
             ?
             Oh
             what
             confused
             Work
             doth
             this
             man
             make
             ?
             yet
             we
             will
             grant
             him
             
               that
               ,
               that
            
             may
             be
             revealed
             in
             some
             particular
             Cases
             to
             a
             Prophet
             or
             Apostle
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             to
             all
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             then
             such
             Prophets
             or
             Apostles
             are
             no
             self-Separators
             ,
             but
             included
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             having
             one
             Head
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Church
             will
             not
             be
             startled
             thereat
             ,
             nor
             question
             the
             Verity
             thereof
             ,
             but
             be
             in
             Subjection
             to
             the
             Power
             or
             Head
             Christ
             ,
             which
             reveals
             ;
             and
             the
             Spirits
             of
             the
             Prophets
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             Prophets
             .
             John
             
               to
               the
               Angells
               of
               the
               seaven
               Churches
               in
            
             Asia
             ;
             Moses
             ,
             Isaiah
             ,
             Jeremiah
             ,
             
               &c.
               to
               the
            
             Jews
             
               had
               particular
               Discoveries
               and
               Reproofs
            
             who
             thereby
             did
             not
             make
             Divisions
             nor
             Schisms
             in
             the
             true
             Evangelical
             Church
             ,
             nor
             oppose
             any
             comely
             Order
             or
             Custom
             therein
             ;
             but
             then
             his
             Comparison
             is
             unequal
             between
             
               the
               Church
            
             (
             
               or
               Body
               of
               Christ
            
             )
             now
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Carnall
               Jews
               ,
               fallen
               Angells
               ,
               Elders
               that
               sat
               in
            
             Moses
             
               Chair
               ,
               who
               Resisted
               the
               Appearance
               of
               Christ
               both
               in
               Flesh
               and
               Spirit
               ,
            
             or
             between
             
               the
               Spirituall
               Church
               ,
               and
               Congregation
               of
            
             Israel
             whom
             Caleb
             and
             Joshuah
             withstood
             ;
             is
             there
             not
             a
             manifest
             disparity
             between
             
               the
               Carnal
            
             Jews
             
               Under
               the
               Law
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Church
               now
               Under
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             from
             whom
             his
             Work
             still
             drives
             at
             a
             Separation
             in
             those
             he
             counts
             
               the
               lowly
               Ones
               that
               may
               have
               such
               things
               revealed
               as
               the
               Church
               may
               be
               startled
               at
               ?
            
             who
             then
             are
             those
             lowly
             Ones
             that
             are
             not
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             And
             what
             are
             those
             peculiar
             Revelations
             or
             Motions
             ?
             
             Are
             they
             such
             as
             
               John
               Perrot
               ,
               John
               Pennyman
               ,
               W.
               Mucklow
               ,
            
             &c.
             whose
             perverse
             Spirits
             and
             Works
             of
             Darkness
             are
             denyed
             by
             the
             true
             Church
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             
               J.
               Perrot
            
             with
             his
             Motion
             ,
             
               To
               be
               ashamed
               to
               morrow
               of
               that
               which
               he
               might
               do
               in
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               to
               day
               ?
            
             or
             J.
             Pennyman
             
               with
               his
               Motion
            
             to
             have
             the
             
               Bible
               and
               Testimonies
               of
               Martyrs
               ,
               with
               other
               good
               Books
            
             to
             the
             Exchange
             in
             order
             to
             burn
             ?
             Or
             to
             invite
             both
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             to
             the
             
               Publication
               of
               his
               Wedding
               at
               Merchant-Taylors
               Hall
            
             (
             and
             to
             his
             many
             Venson
             Pasties
             ,
             
               voluptuous
               Extravigancy
            
             )
             and
             there
             to
             act
             a
             
               Fool
               's
               Tragedy
            
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             the
             People
             ,
             
               I
               have
               taken
            
             M.
             B.
             but
             when
             and
             where
             he
             had
             before
             taken
             her
             he
             told
             not
             (
             so
             how
             should
             they
             witness
             to
             his
             clandestine
             Proceedings
             ?
             they
             hoped
             they
             should
             have
             come
             to
             his
             Wedding
             ,
             but
             were
             cheated
             and
             deceived
             of
             their
             Expectations
             )
             And
             afterwards
             his
             Motion
             to
             cry
             against
             us
             in
             our
             publick
             Assemblies
             ;
             which
             
               whimsical
               Motions
               and
               mad
               Actions
               of
               his
            
             the
             Church
             hath
             utterly
             denyed
             and
             condemned
             ;
             and
             also
             
               W.
               M.
            
             with
             his
             Motion
             to
             deliver
             his
             
               envious
               confused
               Papers
            
             neer
             our
             Meeting-House
             Door
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             to
             render
             the
             People
             of
             God
             called
             
               Quakers
               odious
            
             and
             obnoxious
             ;
             it
             seems
             ,
             he
             values
             his
             own
             Reputation
             (
             which
             he
             pleads
             for
             )
             more
             then
             the
             Church's
             .
          
           
             He
             saith
             ,
             Of
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             this
             is
             the
             Sum
             ,
             
               A
               Church
               limitted
               to
               Persons
               may
               impose
               an
               Error
               ,
               and
               cast
               out
               the
               most
               spiritual
               :
            
             Seeing
             his
             great
             Matter
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             summed
             up
             in
             this
             narrow
             Compass
             ;
             let
             it
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             his
             Charge
             against
             the
             Church
             or
             Body
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             confest
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Head
             of
             ,
             is
             varied
             into
             a
             Supposition
             against
             
               a
               Church
            
             limitted
             to
             Persons
             ,
             that
             such
             
               a
               Church
               may
               err
               and
               cast
               out
               the
               most
               spiritual
               :
            
             And
             that
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             as
             it
             s
             universally
             stated
             of
             
               a
               Church
               limitted
            
             to
             Persons
             ,
             which
             is
             
               any
               Church
               or
               selected
               number
               of
               persons
               ,
            
             whereas
             there
             are
             Persons
             in
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             that
             are
             grown
             in
             the
             Truth
             and
             VVisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             being
             chosen
             out
             by
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             People
             for
             any
             Service
             of
             Truth
             ,
             they
             are
             
               a
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             fitted
             to
             do
             the
             Service
             they
             are
             called
             to
             ;
             and
             so
             are
             two
             or
             three
             gathered
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             whom
             he
             is
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             :
             And
             to
             be
             sure
             ,
             if
             this
             Man
             will
             own
             that
             there
             is
             any
             Members
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             of
             a
             sound
             Judgment
             (
             or
             any
             Eyes
             in
             the
             Body
             )
             there
             may
             be
             
               a
               Church
            
             or
             select
             Number
             chosen
             out
             ,
             that
             will
             give
             a
             true
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             
             make
             a
             right
             Distinction
             between
             the
             pretious
             and
             the
             vile
             ;
             and
             we
             know
             there
             are
             such
             Persons
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             now
             ,
             Men
             growa
             in
             the
             Light
             and
             Wisdom
             and
             Counsel
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             of
             old
             the
             Church
             had
             Power
             in
             some
             Cases
             to
             chuse
             out
             Men
             of
             
               honest
               Report
               ,
               full
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               and
               Wisdom
               ▪
               and
               there
               were
               Elders
               and
               Overseers
               made
               by
               the
               holy
               Ghost
            
             ;
             however
             the
             
               Elders
               and
               ancient
               Frie●ds
            
             now
             ,
             who
             have
             kept
             their
             Integrity
             be
             slited
             by
             Apostates
             ,
             who
             are
             fruitless
             withered
             Branches
             ;
             as
             for
             this
             Man's
             Vindication
             of
             his
             Innocency
             from
             being
             one
             of
             the
             Cabal
             with
             the
             Author
             of
             
               Tyranny
               and
               Hypocrisie
            
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             saith
             ,
             He
             
               hath
               not
               the
               least
               A●●
               〈…〉
               with
               him
               that
               is
               said
               to
               b●
               the
               Author
               thereof
               .
            
             We
             do
             not
             look
             upon
             this
             to
             be
             sufficient
             to
             clear
             him
             from
             being
             one
             of
             the
             Cabal
             ,
             or
             Correspondent
             with
             some
             of
             those
             that
             had
             a
             Hand
             in
             that
             slanderous
             Pamphlet
             ,
             because
             some
             of
             the
             matter
             came
             from
             himself
             ,
             he
             was
             an
             Informer
             at
             least
             ,
             confessing
             himself
             to
             be
             concerned
             in
             page
             50.
             and
             52.
             and
             he
             hath
             appeared
             in
             the
             very
             same
             Language
             of
             
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Hat
            
             and
             Tyranny
             ,
             &c.
             against
             us
             ;
             however
             he
             seems
             to
             clear
             himself
             more
             from
             being
             directly
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             latter
             then
             of
             the
             former
             ;
             for
             that
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Hat
            
             shews
             forth
             W.
             M's
             perverse
             Spirit
             and
             Language
             (
             against
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             
               our
               Ministry
            
             and
             Elders
             )
             rei●terated
             in
             this
             late
             Paper
             :
             His
             Reflection
             upon
             
               J.
               W.
               and
               T.
               M.
            
             is
             answered
             before
             in
             our
             Book
             against
             
               Judas
               and
               the
               Jews
            
             .
             However
             he
             hath
             not
             dealt
             either
             like
             a
             Brother
             or
             Christian
             with
             them
             ,
             in
             notifying
             them
             to
             the
             World
             in
             such
             an
             infamous
             manner
             ;
             if
             they
             had
             been
             culpable
             of
             all
             that
             's
             reported
             against
             them
             (
             which
             they
             are
             not
             )
             he
             should
             have
             first
             admonished
             them
             in
             private
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             have
             dealt
             with
             them
             as
             with
             Heathen
             ,
             in
             this
             publick
             manner
             ,
             unless
             they
             had
             refused
             (
             not
             only
             )
             to
             hear
             (
             him
             and
             two
             or
             three
             more
             )
             but
             the
             Church
             also
             :
             I
             appeal
             to
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             hath
             he
             taken
             this
             Course
             to
             gain
             his
             Brother
             according
             to
             Christ's
             Precept
             ;
             and
             dare
             he
             say
             that
             
               T.
               M.
            
             hath
             not
             been
             dealt
             withall
             for
             his
             Miscarriage
             ,
             though
             we
             never
             understood
             it
             was
             so
             gross
             as
             rendred
             in
             
               Tyranny
               and
               Hypocrisie
            
             [
             wherein
             
               J.
               W.
            
             and
             many
             others
             are
             abused
             ]
             However
             is
             it
             equal
             to
             cast
             that
             upon
             us
             which
             we
             have
             condemned
             and
             are
             clear
             of
             ?
             Or
             to
             upbraid
             any
             with
             what
             is
             past
             ,
             that
             have
             repented
             ,
             received
             Mercy
             and
             Forgiveness
             from
             the
             Lord
             ?
             Would
             he
             be
             so
             dealt
             by
             ?
             Oh
             hard-Hearted
             perfidious
             Man.
             
          
           
           
             To
             his
             saying
             ,
             
               It
               is
               denyed
               that
               he
               accused
            
             G.
             F.
             
               to
               be
               a
               Respecter
               of
               Persons
               in
               Judgment
               ;
               but
               he
               positively
               affirms
               ,
               he
               did
               so
               accuse
               him
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             ask
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             denyed
             that
             he
             did
             so
             accuse
             him
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             confest
             ,
             
               that
               some
               pronounced
               Woes
               upon
            
             W.
             M.
             
               Judas
               and
               the
               Jews
            
             ,
             p.
             22.
             which
             sure
             was
             on
             some
             Occasion
             given
             by
             him
             ;
             therefore
             his
             Accusation
             was
             condemned
             by
             the
             Meeting
             (
             and
             so
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             )
             as
             false
             ;
             and
             Wo
             belongs
             to
             that
             treacherous
             Spirit
             that
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             since
             hath
             spread
             it
             to
             the
             World
             ;
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               is
               ready
               to
               make
               good
               his
               Charge
               ,
               if
               they
               deny
               it
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             It
             seems
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             made
             good
             yet
             then
             ;
             but
             still
             he
             violates
             Christ's
             Precepts
             ,
             for
             if
             he
             could
             have
             made
             it
             good
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             done
             it
             before
             two
             or
             three
             Witnesses
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             if
             there
             had
             been
             need
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             publisht
             it
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             unless
             there
             had
             been
             a
             refusing
             to
             hear
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             Church
             hath
             given
             Judgment
             and
             Pronounced
             Woes
             against
             this
             ACCUSER
             OF
             THE
             BRETHREN
             who
             hath
             refused
             to
             hear
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             His
             accusing
             us
             
               with
               justifying
               the
               accused
               when
               guilty
               ,
               and
               condemning
               the
               Accusers
               when
               Innocent
               ,
               and
               saying
               ,
               until
               you
               take
               Shame
               unto
               your
               〈◊〉
               &
               lie
               low
               before
               the
               Lord
               for
               these
               Abominations
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             If
             he
             had
             apprehended
             any
             Injury
             done
             him
             of
             this
             kind
             by
             any
             among
             us
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             told
             the
             party
             of
             it
             particularly
             ,
             that
             the
             matter
             might
             have
             been
             heard
             and
             determined
             within
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             (
             in
             this
             general
             Way
             of
             charging
             )
             divulged
             it
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             tending
             to
             beget
             a
             general
             Suspition
             against
             us
             ,
             but
             its
             manifest
             ,
             that
             his
             Accusations
             proceed
             from
             an
             envious
             Heart
             ,
             which
             God
             will
             judge
             ,
             and
             favour
             of
             an
             exalted
             Luciferian
             Spirit
             in
             him
             ,
             that
             assumes
             such
             an
             Infallibility
             in
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             Power
             to
             exclude
             and
             excommunicate
             others
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             allow
             the
             Church
             (
             or
             Body
             that
             Christ
             is
             Head
             of
             )
             among
             us
             ,
             whilst
             all
             along
             he
             suggests
             that
             
               the
               Church
               may
               err
               in
               Judgment
               and
               Tryal
               of
               Spirit●
               ,
            
             but
             he
             would
             have
             his
             Judgment
             against
             us
             believed
             as
             Infallible
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             or
             else
             he
             would
             not
             be
             so
             positive
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             have
             ●●●ted
             it
             as
             
               Queries
               proposed
            
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             
               Liberty
               of
               Cons●ien●●
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             His
             admonishing
             us
             
               to
               let
               Judgment
               pass
               upon
               the
               Transgressors
               and
               ●●●are
               no
               Person
               whatsoever
               for
               Favour
               or
               Affection
            
             ;
             implies
             
             then
             that
             we
             (
             as
             the
             Church
             )
             must
             have
             infallible
             Judgment
             and
             Power
             to
             pass
             it
             :
             How
             well
             this
             agrees
             with
             much
             of
             his
             Work
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             them
             whose
             Eyes
             are
             open
             to
             judge
             .
          
           
             To
             his
             pretending
             ,
             
               that
               he
               hath
               discharged
               his
               Conscience
               towards
               us
               in
               Faithfulness
               .
            
          
           
             VVe
             are
             sure
             that
             his
             reviling
             us
             openly
             to
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             and
             infamously
             notifying
             Persons
             among
             us
             ,
             without
             any
             faithful
             ,
             friendly
             ,
             or
             Gospel-Proceeding
             with
             them
             within
             the
             Church
             ;
             these
             do
             neither
             savour
             of
             any
             tender
             Conscience
             nor
             Christian
             Spirit
             .
             Oh
             gross
             Dissimulation
             and
             manifest
             Hypocrisie
             and
             Treachery
             ,
             thus
             to
             place
             his
             own
             Malice
             and
             Shame
             (
             he
             has
             fomed
             out
             against
             us
             )
             upon
             Conscience
             and
             Faithfulness
             :
             And
             so
             his
             conclusive
             Title
             to
             himself
             savours
             of
             meer
             feigned
             Flattery
             and
             deceitful
             Insinuation
             ,
             in
             calling
             himself
             ,
             
               One
               who
               greatly
               desires
               to
               see
               Moderation
               ,
               Love
               and
               Charity
               to
               be
               mutually
               extended
               unto
               all
               those
               whose
               Hearts
               are
               upright
               and
               Consciences
               tender
               towards
               the
               Lord
               ,
               though
               in
               several
               Forms
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             he
             would
             ingratiate
             himself
             into
             a
             popular
             Affection
             ,
             whenas
             he
             hath
             shewn
             neither
             Moderation
             ,
             Love
             nor
             Charity
             (
             but
             the
             contrary
             )
             towards
             the
             House-hold
             of
             Faith
             ,
             among
             whom
             he
             sometime
             walked
             not
             long
             since
             (
             namely
             ,
             among
             the
             People
             of
             God
             called
             Quakers
             )
             having
             represented
             them
             ,
             as
             no
             better
             than
             a
             Church
             made
             up
             of
             1.
             
             
               Imposing
               usurping
               Elders
            
             ;
             2.
             
             
               Complying
               Hypocrites
            
             ;
             3.
             
             
               Fearful
               ,
               Enslaved
               and
               Ignorant
               Persons
               ,
               who
               comply
               for
               Fear
               or
               Self-Interest
               ,
               and
               not
               from
               a
               real
               Conviction
               in
               themselves
               :
            
             The
             very
             Tenour
             of
             his
             VVork
             doth
             at
             least
             implicitely
             thus
             charge
             us
             :
             And
             as
             we
             are
             a
             People
             professing
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             bearing
             witness
             to
             his
             pretious
             Truth
             ;
             we
             do
             commit
             our
             Cause
             to
             him
             to
             plead
             and
             vindicate
             our
             Innocency
             from
             these
             Aspertions
             and
             Slanders
             ,
             not
             doubting
             ,
             but
             he
             will
             rebuke
             that
             Treacherous
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             hath
             so
             grosly
             abused
             and
             mis-represented
             us
             to
             the
             VVorld
             .
          
        
         
           
             AS
             concerning
             B.
             Furly's
             Paper
             long
             since
             writ
             ,
             but
             lately
             part
             of
             it
             inserted
             in
             
               Tyranny
               and
               Hypocrisie
            
             ,
             and
             which
             that
             Scoffer
             
               Fra
               ▪
               Chadwel
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             Truth
             's
             Adversaries
             have
             boasted
             of
             against
             me
             ;
             this
             may
             signifie
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             was
             writ
             when
             
               B.
               F.
            
             was
             clouded
             by
             this
             Spirit
             of
             Division
             ;
             since
             (
             through
             the
             Lord's
             
             Mercy
             )
             he
             hath
             been
             brought
             to
             a
             better
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             and
             judge
             his
             former
             Prejudice
             and
             VVorks
             thereof
             ;
             being
             satisfied
             also
             that
             the
             Apostates
             and
             Baptists
             had
             not
             in
             the
             least
             B.
             F's
             Consent
             in
             the
             Publication
             of
             his
             Paper
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             (
             presently
             after
             I
             had
             it
             )
             give
             a
             plain
             and
             full
             Answer
             *
             to
             in
             the
             Light
             of
             Truth
             ;
             and
             
               J.
               Pennyman
            
             was
             privy
             to
             those
             Controversies
             ,
             being
             intrusted
             in
             conveying
             the
             Letters
             between
             us
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             not
             pleased
             to
             publish
             my
             Answer
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             abuse
             my
             Name
             in
             Print
             without
             Cause
             ,
             accusing
             me
             with
             
               subtil
               and
               dark
               Imaginations
            
             ,
             *
             But
             he
             should
             look
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             see
             his
             own
             dark
             Imaginations
             :
             Judge
             serious
             Reader
             ,
             what
             Respect
             these
             Men
             have
             to
             the
             Truth
             and
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             their
             reviling
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             despising
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             in
             print
             ,
             publishing
             Weaknesses
             and
             Failings
             of
             particulars
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             judged
             by
             them
             long
             ago
             ,
             raking
             up
             condemned
             Stuff
             to
             cast
             upon
             us
             ,
             telling
             those
             things
             in
             Gath
             ,
             and
             publishing
             them
             in
             Ashkelon
             ,
             that
             cause
             the
             Uncircumcised
             to
             triumph
             :
             All
             which
             have
             necessitated
             us
             ,
             thus
             publickly
             to
             appear
             in
             Truth
             's
             Vindication
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             
               G.
               W.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Some
           Defects
           and
           Faults
           escaped
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           thus
           to
           be
           corrected
           .
        
         
           EPistle
           page
           3.
           
           Line
           12.
           read
           
             have
             kickt
          
           .
           P.
           4.
           
           The
           Margin-Note
           relates
           to
           
             Fra.
             Chadwell
          
           .
           L.
           9.
           r.
           
             among
             us
          
           .
           P.
           7.
           
           L.
           1.
           for
           and
           r.
           is
           .
           L.
           6.
           for
           and
           r.
           are
           .
           L.
           8.
           for
           Heads
           r.
           Friends
           .
           P.
           8.
           
           L.
           2.
           for
           in
           r.
           him
           .
           L.
           33.
           for
           
             or
             Mother
          
           r.
           
             and
             Mother
          
           .
           P.
           9.
           
           L.
           33.
           r.
           Arbitrariness
           .
           P.
           12.
           
           L.
           19.
           for
           nor
           r
           not
           .
           P.
           15.
           
           L.
           19.
           dele
           and.
           P.
           17.
           
           L.
           4.
           for
           Word
           r.
           World.
           L.
           28.
           for
           this
           r.
           they
           P.
           18.
           
           L.
           10.
           for
           hat
           r.
           that
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A65836-e180
           
             *
             Whose
             false
             Doctrines
             &
             Blasphemies
             against
             the
             true
             Light
             ,
             we
             have
             also
             upon
             Record
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A65836-e380
           
             *
             Howbeit
             it
             hath
             been
             a
             Mark
             of
             our
             disowning
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             wicked
             and
             Unbelievers
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Spirit
             that
             hath
             led
             us
             to
             deny
             doffing
             our
             Hats
             to
             Men
             ,
             or
             to
             honour
             proud
             Flesh
             ,
             hath
             led
             us
             to
             doff
             them
             in
             Prayer
             to
             God
             in
             our
             Assemblies
             .
          
           
             *
             Which
             I
             could
             yet
             produce
             if
             need
             were
             .
          
           
             *
             In
             his
             Paper
             ,
             dated
             London
             ,
             3.
             
             Day
             of
             Aug.
             1671.