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         Key, Leonard.
      
       
         
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             The lybeller carracterizd [sic], or a hue and cry sent after him. Some of his works made publick: with observations thereupon
             Key, Leonard.
             Coale, Benjamin. aut
          
           8 p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1684]
          
           
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           THE
           
             Lybeller
             Carracterizd
          
           ,
           OR
           A
           Hue
           and
           Cry
           Sent
           after
           Him.
           Some
           of
           his
           Works
           made
           Publick
           :
           with
           Observations
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           some
           envious
           Person
           ,
           or
           Persons
           in
           or
           about
           London
           (
           as
           is
           supposed
           )
           have
           of
           late
           abused
           several
           honest
           Men
           in
           several
           Countries
           ,
           by
           sending
           great
           Packets
           by
           the
           POST
           ;
           and
           thereby
           not
           only
           putting
           them
           to
           considerable
           Charges
           ,
           but
           also
           abusing
           several
           with
           scurrilous
           Language
           and
           Falshood
           ;
           which
           have
           been
           born
           with
           until
           it
           became
           frequent
           ;
           and
           then
           several
           have
           refused
           to
           receive
           them
           ;
           so
           they
           have
           been
           returned
           upon
           the
           Post-Master
           again
           .
           The
           Hand-Writing
           being
           compared
           ,
           seems
           much
           alike
           ;
           and
           the
           Seal
           ,
           sometimes
           the
           Anchor
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           the
           Ship
           ,
           &c.
           and
           Printed
           Books
           writ
           upon
           between
           the
           Lines
           ,
           and
           wrapt
           up
           in
           a
           blank
           piece
           of
           Paper
           ,
           charged
           14
           ,
           and
           18
           d.
           for
           Postage
           ;
           and
           some
           less
           :
           And
           inasmuch
           as
           such
           Practice
           is
           very
           unjust
           ,
           and
           a
           Work
           of
           Unrighteousness
           :
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           all
           honest
           men
           fearing
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           disown
           ,
           but
           publickly
           to
           testifie
           against
           such
           a
           Practice
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           a
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           
             That
             he
             that
             doth
             Evil
             hates
             the
             Light
             :
          
           neither
           will
           he
           bring
           his
           Deeds
           to
           it
           ,
           least
           it
           should
           reprove
           him
           .
           And
           doubtless
           ,
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           of
           those
           Packets
           loved
           Darkness
           rather
           than
           the
           Light
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           afraid
           to
           put
           his
           Name
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           writ
           :
           but
           his
           Work
           discovers
           him
           to
           be
           a
           
             Night
             Wanderer
          
           :
           and
           though
           he
           would
           seem
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           to
           be
           Religious
           ;
           yet
           how
           vain
           is
           it
           for
           him
           
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           a
           Bridle
           to
           his
           Tongue
           ;
           but
           will
           accuse
           ,
           and
           not
           prove
           ,
           and
           ask
           Questions
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           except
           to
           slander
           and
           abuse
           men
           ;
           and
           is
           yet
           to
           learn
           that
           Lesson
           which
           our
           Saviour
           taught
           his
           Followers
           ,
           
             Viz.
             Whatsoever
             ye
             would
             that
             Men
             should
             do
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             do
             unto
             them
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Nameless
           Author
           of
           the
           Packets
           ,
           seems
           as
           if
           he
           had
           authority
           (
           or
           at
           least
           assumes
           it
           )
           to
           judge
           of
           Men's
           Properties
           ,
           and
           question
           the
           printing
           of
           Books
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           Licensed
           by
           such
           nameless
           Persons
           as
           himself
           :
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           he
           quarrels
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           be
           offended
           with
           a
           small
           Book
           written
           concerning
           that
           Honourable
           Woman
           
             Loveday
             Hambly
          
           ,
           deceased
           ;
           and
           several
           other
           Books
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           wrote
           by
           Persons
           of
           good
           Repute
           ,
           Men
           fearing
           God
           ,
           and
           abhorring
           such
           idle
           Practices
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Lybel
           is
           found
           in
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           those
           Packets
           makes
           it
           his
           Business
           to
           abuse
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lyes
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           their
           good
           Name
           ,
           by
           bespattering
           them
           with
           bad
           Names
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           hath
           bent
           his
           Arrows
           of
           Envy
           and
           Hatred
           against
           that
           Servant
           of
           God
           
             J.
             S.
          
           deceased
           ,
           and
           
             J.
             W.
          
           and
           others
           :
           but
           seeing
           he
           is
           such
           a
           Night-Wanderer
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           tell
           his
           Name
           ,
           what
           he
           writes
           is
           the
           less
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           or
           credited
           amongst
           men
           of
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           Lybeller
           will
           come
           forth
           ,
           and
           own
           his
           Work
           ,
           he
           shall
           have
           a
           fair
           Hearing
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           be
           found
           guilty
           ,
           let
           him
           repent
           and
           do
           so
           no
           more
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           doth
           persist
           in
           this
           wicked
           Work
           to
           abuse
           and
           cheat
           men
           ,
           as
           before
           mentioned
           ;
           which
           is
           little
           less
           than
           picking
           their
           Pockets
           .
           This
           is
           to
           give
           notice
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           can
           give
           certain
           intelligence
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           place
           of
           his
           Residence
           or
           Habitation
           ,
           shall
           have
           reasonable
           Satisfacton
           for
           their
           pains
           .
           Written
           by
           a
           Lover
           of
           Truth
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           but
           a
           Witness
           against
           the
           Contrary
           .
        
         
           
             Reading
             ,
             
               the
               5
               th
               .
               of
               1
               st
               .
               Mo.
               1683
               /
               4.
               
            
          
           
             Benj.
             Coales
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             have
             no
             Fellowship
             with
             the
             Vnfruitful
             Works
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             but
             rather
             reprove
             them
             :
             for
             it
             is
             a
             shame
             even
             to
             speak
             of
             those
             things
             which
             are
             done
             of
             them
             in
             secret
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           HEre
           is
           the
           work
           of
           a
           formal
           Apostate
           manifested
           ,
           and
           some
           Observations
           and
           Queries
           made
           publick
           ,
           that
           was
           long
           since
           
           delivered
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Formal
           Preachers
           in
           Reading
           ,
           but
           no
           Answer
           given
           to
           them
           ;
           or
           an
           Hue
           and
           Cry
           after
           a
           nameless
           Author
           ,
           that
           hath
           made
           it
           his
           business
           to
           send
           great
           Packets
           by
           Post
           ,
           from
           London
           to
           Reading
           ,
           and
           to
           many
           other
           Places
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           whereby
           honest
           men
           have
           been
           put
           to
           great
           Charge
           ,
           and
           much
           abused
           by
           one
           that
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           Religious
           and
           very
           Zealous
           ,
           for
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Outward
           Things
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           by
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           two
           Persons
           in
           Reading
           ,
           set
           down
           verbatim
           :
           also
           a
           short
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           
             First
             Query
          
           .
           Was
           not
           Peoples
           going
           from
           the
           Light
           and
           Spirit
           in
           their
           own
           Particulars
           many
           Ages
           since
           ,
           the
           Cause
           why
           so
           many
           Forms
           of
           Prayers
           were
           made
           to
           be
           said
           by
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           And
           did
           not
           their
           compelling
           and
           using
           Violence
           to
           those
           that
           were
           otherwise
           minded
           ,
           proceed
           from
           the
           Spirit
           that
           made
           the
           Form
           ?
        
         
           3
           dly
           .
           Did
           not
           the
           Presbyterians
           with
           their
           Church-Faith
           and
           Directory
           that
           they
           had
           made
           ,
           do
           like
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           power
           ;
           Excommunicate
           and
           cast
           into
           Prison
           ,
           such
           as
           could
           not
           bow
           to
           their
           Image
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           set
           up
           ?
        
         
           4
           thly
           .
           '
           Did
           not
           the
           Baptists
           with
           their
           Form
           which
           they
           did
           cry
           up
           ,
           do
           like
           the
           former
           ?
           And
           hath
           not
           all
           the
           
             Lo
             heres
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Lo
             there
             's
          
           arisen
           ,
           when
           the
           People
           in
           every
           Generation
           have
           gone
           from
           the
           Spirit
           's
           Teaching
           ?
        
         
           5
           thly
           .
           '
           And
           hath
           it
           not
           been
           so
           with
           all
           other
           Sects
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           erred
           from
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           was
           given
           to
           be
           for
           a
           Leader
           ,
           and
           have
           run
           into
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Outward
           Things
           ;
           which
           hath
           proved
           a
           Snare
           in
           all
           Ages
           ;
           read
           and
           see
           how
           it
           was
           with
           Israel
           of
           old
           ,
           when
           they
           forsook
           the
           Lord
           ;
           how
           did
           their
           Enemies
           prevail
           over
           them
           ?
           Let
           it
           be
           a
           warning
           to
           all
           in
           our
           days
           .
        
         
           6
           thly
           .
           And
           now
           it
           is
           come
           to
           the
           Formal
           Quakers
           turn
           ;
           and
           are
           not
           they
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           strength
           and
           might
           they
           can
           get
           in
           most
           places
           ,
           a
           setting
           up
           the
           Form
           that
           they
           have
           made
           ,
           and
           giving
           it
           higher
           Names
           than
           any
           that
           hath
           gone
           before
           :
           and
           some
           hath
           had
           the
           Confidence
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           preach
           openly
           (
           that
           what
           they
           had
           set
           up
           )
           was
           to
           keep
           things
           sweet
           and
           clean
           ;
           notwithstanding
           many
           things
           have
           happened
           amongst
           them
           in
           many
           Places
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           stink
           and
           a
           shame
           to
           mention
           ;
           yet
           calling
           them
           
             Holy
             Orders
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           N●m●s
           as
           they
           in
           their
           imaginary
           Minds
           could
           think
           on
           ;
           too
           much
           like
           the
           Golden
           Image
           that
           was
           set
           up
           
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Daniel
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           did
           and
           will
           Confound
           .
        
         
           7
           thly
           .
           And
           doth
           not
           many
           of
           the
           Formal
           Preachers
           sit
           with
           their
           Hats
           on
           ,
           when
           many
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Servants
           are
           moved
           to
           pray
           .
        
         
           8
           thly
           .
           And
           doth
           not
           many
           others
           imitate
           them
           in
           that
           ungodly
           Practice
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           as
           it
           was
           in
           times
           past
           ,
           like
           Priest
           ,
           like
           People
           :
           which
           is
           a
           trouble
           to
           many
           ,
           and
           a
           stumbling
           Block
           to
           the
           Weak
           that
           beholds
           it
           ;
           and
           may
           it
           not
           be
           said
           now
           as
           in
           Times
           past
           ;
           
             The
             Teachers
             of
             the
             people
             have
             caused
             them
             to
             err
             .
          
        
         
           9
           thly
           .
           And
           do
           not
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           Formal
           Preachers
           ,
           send
           great
           Packets
           by
           the
           Post
           ,
           directed
           to
           honest
           men
           in
           the
           Countrey
           without
           any
           Name
           to
           them
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           put
           them
           to
           Charge
           ,
           witness
           Reading
           ,
           where
           four
           were
           sent
           to
           two
           Persons
           in
           eight
           days
           time
           ,
           and
           charged
           3
           s.
           8
           d.
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           them
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           ;
           and
           many
           more
           have
           come
           to
           this
           Town
           since
           ,
           besides
           what
           have
           been
           sent
           to
           other
           Places
           .
        
         
           10
           thly
           .
           And
           are
           these
           the
           Fruits
           of
           a
           Christian
           Spirit
           ?
           or
           from
           them
           that
           are
           Apostatized
           from
           it
           ?
           Let
           any
           that
           have
           any
           understanding
           of
           the
           Things
           of
           God
           ,
           Judge
           .
        
         
           11
           thly
           .
           And
           have
           not
           you
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           Power
           ,
           been
           like
           them
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           considering
           your
           standing
           ,
           in
           giving
           bad
           Names
           ,
           both
           in
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           also
           Preaching
           ;
           calling
           such
           dark
           Spirits
           (
           that
           cou●d
           not
           joyn
           with
           you
           about
           your
           Forms
           )
           and
           that
           they
           were
           gone
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Cain
           :
           and
           many
           such
           like
           Expressions
           ;
           and
           have
           you
           not
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           the
           People
           believe
           it
           ;
           when
           you
           know
           in
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           many
           that
           you
           so
           brand
           ,
           are
           blameless
           ,
           both
           in
           Life
           ,
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           12
           thly
           .
           And
           was
           it
           not
           the
           Elders
           of
           Israel
           in
           days
           that
           are
           past
           ,
           that
           gave
           unrighteous
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           did
           condemn
           the
           Innocent
           ?
           And
           hath
           it
           not
           been
           so
           in
           our
           days
           ?
           Witness
           the
           Paper
           that
           was
           signed
           by
           66
           against
           their
           innocent
           Brethren
           in
           the
           North
           ?
           And
           may
           not
           the
           same
           Cry
           be
           sounded
           in
           this
           our
           day
           ,
           as
           was
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           Ears
           of
           many
           ,
           
             Return
             ,
             return
             to
             the
             place
             of
          
           Judgment
           .
           Even
           to
           that
           Principle
           that
           was
           first
           preached
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           the
           last
           .
        
         
           13
           thly
           .
           When
           David
           kept
           to
           the
           Spirits
           teaching
           ,
           did
           not
           he
           say
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             thou
             hast
             made
             me
             wiser
             than
             all
             my
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             thy
             Word
             is
             a
             Light
             to
             my
             Feet
             ,
             and
             Lanthorn
             to
             my
             Paths
             .
          
           And
           this
           teach't
           him
           to
           order
           his
           Conversation
           aright
           :
           and
           it
           is
           the
           same
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           will
           remain
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
         
           14thly
           .
           And
           is
           not
           the
           Lord
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           an
           All-seeing
           Eye
           ,
           appeared
           ,
           and
           made
           known
           himself
           in
           this
           our
           day
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           end
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Promise
           ,
           to
           gather
           a
           People
           to
           himself
           ,
           from
           all
           the
           Lo-heres
           and
           the
           Lo-theres
           ,
           as
           hath
           appeared
           ,
           and
           is
           bringing
           them
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           ;
           who
           is
           feeding
           all
           that
           do
           truly
           hunger
           after
           him
           ,
           with
           that
           Bread
           that
           doth
           truly
           satisfie
           their
           longing
           Souls
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           abide
           under
           his
           Teaching
           ,
           need
           go
           no
           more
           forth
           ,
           blessed
           and
           praised
           be
           his
           everlasting
           Name
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             
               26
               th
               .
               11
               th
               .
               Mo.
               1683.
               
            
          
           
             L.
             K.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           Here
           follows
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           written
           in
           the
           Title
           Page
           of
           the
           Relation
           of
           
             Loveday
             Hambly
          
           ,
           deceased
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           
             B.
             C.
          
           Viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               Ben.
               Coale
            
             ,
             Here
             is
             a
             Paper
             of
             thine
             ,
             where
             thou
             applauds
             ,
             with
             many
             frothy
             Expressions
             ,
             
               L.
               H.
            
             and
             saith
             ,
             
               Her
               Table
               was
               plentifully
               spread
            
             .
             It
             is
             like
             so
             ,
             makes
             thee
             so
             to
             applaud
             her
             :
             hath
             she
             not
             given
             thee
             some
             great
             Legacy
             for
             thy
             
               Funeral
               Sermon
            
             ?
             Hadst
             thou
             ,
             or
             you
             Authority
             to
             Print
             
               M.
               D.
            
             &
             F.
             S's
             Letters
             ?
             Ye
             tell
             of
             her
             good
             Works
             and
             Charity
             ,
             and
             is
             that
             the
             Cause
             that
             ye
             do
             so
             so
             applaud
             her
             ?
             the
             Papists
             will
             do
             the
             same
             :
             But
             are
             you
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Good
             Works
             and
             Charity
             ,
             or
             Evil
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             not
             cryed
             Peace
             to
             such
             as
             put
             in
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             and
             oppose
             such
             as
             stand
             against
             thy
             wilful
             ,
             peevish
             Spirit
             for
             want
             of
             Charity
             ;
             but
             thou
             wouldst
             appear
             to
             be
             somebody
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             a
             noise
             in
             Print
             ,
             with
             thy
             tinckling
             Cymbals
             and
             sounding
             Brass
             ,
             as
             thou
             dost
             in
             Meetings
             :
             Why
             did
             not
             you
             Print
             ,
             how
             you
             shut
             the
             Women's
             Quarterly-Meeting
             out
             of
             their
             Meeting
             House
             ,
             and
             shut
             the
             Quarterly
             Men's-Meeting
             out
             of
             the
             house
             at
             Blewberry
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             fain
             to
             meet
             at
             an
             Inn
             ,
             and
             
               A.
               Estmead
            
             nailed
             up
             their
             Meeting-House
             Door
             at
             Calne
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             fain
             to
             meet
             in
             the
             Street
             ,
             and
             the
             Women
             fain
             to
             meet
             in
             a
             Malt-House
             .
             Is
             this
             your
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             and
             Works
             of
             Charity
             ,
             to
             keep
             People
             out
             of
             their
             Property
             ,
             or
             the
             Persecuting
             Spirit
             of
             the
             World
             cloakt
             with
             Liberty
             ?
             Hath
             
               J.
               S.
            
             and
             
               J.
               W.
            
             taught
             you
             this
             Doctrine
             ?
             Is
             this
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Beginning
             ?
             He
             that
             sitteth
             in
             Heaven
             will
             break
             your
             Bands
             in
             sunder
             ,
             and
             laugh
             you
             to
             scorn
             ,
             whose
             Babel
             and
             Folly
             is
             manifest
             to
             all
             men
             that
             know
             you
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             rewarded
             according
             to
             your
             Works
             .
             Isai
             .
             48.
             8.
             
             
               I
               knew
               thee
               ,
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               deal
               treacherously
               .
            
          
        
         
           Observe
           ,
           
             B.
             C.
          
           gave
           a
           short
           Testimony
           with
           some
           others
           in
           Print
           relating
           to
           the
           Life
           and
           Death
           of
           his
           old
           Mistriss
           
             L
             H.
          
           and
           spake
           something
           of
           her
           Praise
           ,
           whom
           he
           knew
           to
           be
           worthy
           thereof
           ,
           living
           a
           Servant
           
           with
           her
           some
           years
           ,
           as
           appears
           more
           at
           large
           in
           that
           Paper
           given
           forth
           on
           her
           behalf
           ;
           which
           the
           Reader
           may
           do
           well
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           then
           may
           better
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Envy
           and
           Mallice
           that
           hath
           appeared
           by
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           of
           the
           Packets
           :
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             a
             Payer
             of
             thine
             ,
             where
             thou
             applandest
             with
             many
             frothy
             Expressions
          
           L.
           H.
           Which
           is
           wrong
           in
           this
           Formal
           Apostate
           ,
           so
           to
           say
           :
           and
           for
           B.
           C's
           saying
           ,
           
             Her
             Table
             was
             plentifully
             spread
          
           ;
           he
           said
           no
           more
           than
           he
           knew
           ;
           see
           the
           Paper
           ,
           and
           Judge
           :
           and
           if
           she
           had
           given
           him
           a
           Legacy
           ,
           as
           he
           scoffingly
           saith
           ,
           he
           had
           better
           deserved
           it
           than
           some
           others
           that
           used
           to
           be
           frequent
           at
           her
           Table
           ;
           and
           they
           can
           do
           no
           less
           but
           say
           ,
           if
           they
           speak
           true
           ;
           as
           
             B.
             C.
          
           hath
           done
           ;
           although
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           for
           any
           great
           Legacy
           ,
           or
           for
           her
           
             Funeral
             Sermon
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           scoffingly
           saith
           ,
           for
           he
           wrote
           nothing
           as
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           till
           she
           was
           dead
           ,
           a●●
           if
           she
           gave
           him
           any
           thing
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           for
           that
           ,
           for
           she
           knew
           not
           〈◊〉
        
         
           Observe
           ,
           This
           Lybeller
           seems
           to
           be
           offended
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             Hadst
             〈◊〉
             or
             you
             Authority
          
           to
           Print
           M.
           D's
           and
           T.
           S's
           Letters
           .
           Answer
           There
           is
           no
           Question
           to
           be
           made
           of
           that
           ;
           but
           the
           Reader
           may
           observe
           ,
           th●●
           what
           was
           Printed
           ,
           was
           not
           stamped
           by
           the
           
             Second-days
             Meeting
          
           ;
           and
           some
           may
           be
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             It
             was
             out
             of
             the
             Vnity
          
           ;
           and
           did
           not
           this
           make
           him
           to
           compare
           it
           with
           the
           Papists
           :
           But
           I
           think
           many
           of
           them
           will
           hardly
           do
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           in
           sending
           great
           Packets
           by
           P●st
           ,
           to
           put
           honest
           men
           to
           Charge
           ,
           and
           conceal
           their
           Names
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           his
           ;
           and
           must
           needs
           be
           talking
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           tells
           of
           
             Tinkling
             Cymbals
          
           and
           
             Sounding
             Brass
          
           :
           but
           what
           this
           Formal
           Apostate
           hath
           done
           ,
           makes
           but
           a
           bad
           Sound
           .
           
             And
             why
             did
             you
             not
             print
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             how
             you
             shut
             the
             Women's
             Meeting
             out
             of
             their
          
           Meeting-House
           ,
           
             and
             shut
             the
             Quarterly
          
           Mens-Meeting
           
             out
             of
             the
             House
             at
          
           Blewberry
           ,
           
             and
             they
             were
             〈◊〉
             to
             meet
             at
             an
          
           Inn.
           Answer
           .
           If
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           the
           Friends
           at
           Blewberry
           can
           give
           the
           best
           account
           why
           it
           was
           so
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sign
           they
           were
           a
           〈◊〉
           of
           such
           Company
           that
           use
           to
           frequent
           such
           Meetings
           of
           late
           days
           which
           made
           it
           their
           Business
           to
           brawl
           and
           contend
           against
           honest
           Men
           ,
           〈◊〉
           had
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           serviceable
           in
           their
           day
           :
           too
           much
           of
           this
           I
           have
           seen
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           speak
           by
           Hear-say
           .
           This
           Nameless
           Author
           saith
           〈◊〉
           Estmead
           nailed
           up
           their
           Meeting-House
           Doors
           at
           Calre
           ;
           but
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           was
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           it
           ,
           it
           being
           without
           the
           Compass
           of
           my
           knowledge
           but
           do
           wish
           he
           had
           not
           as
           much
           ground
           for
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           at
           Blewberry
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           what
           's
           all
           that
           to
           
             B.
             C.
          
           
        
         
           Observe
           .
           The
           Nameless
           Author
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Women
             were
             〈◊〉
             meet
             in
             a
             Malt-House
             .
          
           I
           confess
           ,
           that
           was
           hardly
           well
           taken
           by
           〈◊〉
           that
           came
           from
           Londong
           ,
           and
           other
           Places
           ,
           to
           help
           to
           settle
           the
           Gov●●●m●nt
           of
           the
           
             Women's
             Meetings
          
           ;
           but
           he
           need
           not
           be
           so
           much
           offended
           with
           the
           Malt-House
           ,
           for
           is
           is
           no
           such
           inferiour
           Place
           to
           sit
           in
           at
           〈◊〉
           
           And
           he
           further
           saith
           ,
           
             Is
             this
             your
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
             Ans
             .
          
           Surely
           the
           Women
           in
           the
           Malt-house
           in
           Reading
           ,
           there
           met
           and
           assembled
           together
           ,
           might
           have
           brought
           forth
           as
           good
           an
           Edict
           as
           they
           did
           that
           met
           at
           Barbados
           .
           And
           saith
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           ,
           
             Hath
             J.
             S.
             &
             J.
             H.
             taught
             you
             this
             Doctrine
             ?
             Ans
             .
          
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           never
           taught
           any
           to
           do
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           and
           then
           conceal
           his
           Name
           ,
           they
           were
           men
           of
           more
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           did
           abhor
           such
           a
           Practise
           as
           he
           is
           found
           in
           ;
           but
           his
           Reward
           will
           be
           according
           to
           his
           Work
           :
           
             How
             are
             the
             hidden
             things
             of
             Esau
             searched
             out
             !
          
           The
           Nameless
           Author
           cites
           Isai
           .
           48.
           8.
           
           
             I
             knew
             thee
             that
             thou
             wouldst
             deal
             treacherously
             .
             Ans
             .
          
           Very
           proper
           for
           himself
           .
           And
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           him
           as
           once
           the
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Lord
           said
           concerning
           
             Edom
             ,
             The
             pride
             of
             thy
             heart
             hath
             deceived
             thee
             ,
             thou
             that
             dwillest
             in
             the
             Clefts
             of
             the
             Rock
             ,
             whose
             Habitation
             is
             high
             ;
             that
             saith
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             who
             shall
             bring
             me
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             ?
             Tho
             thou
             exalt
             thy self
             as
             the
             Eagle
             ,
             and
             tho
             thou
             set
             thy
             Nest
             among
             the
             Stars
             ,
             thence
             will
             I
             bring
             thee
             down
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Here
           follows
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Nameless
           Author
           ,
           to
           
             Tho.
             Curtis
          
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Packets
           ,
           Viz.
           
           
             You
             may
             take
             your
             fawning
             ,
             flattering
             
               Funeral
               Sermon
            
             home
             again
             ,
             and
             spread
             not
             such
             things
             abroad
             least
             they
             be
             turned
             home
             again
             with
             shame
             ;
             had
             you
             not
             ,
             nor
             do
             you
             not
             expect
             some
             great
             Legacy
             for
             your
             Work
             ?
             and
             is
             not
             this
             crying
             up
             one
             ,
             as
             you
             did
             
               J.
               S.
            
             and
             crying
             down
             others
             ,
             like
             Carnal
             men
             ,
             building
             of
             Babel
             ,
             whom
             God
             will
             confound
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             her
             Neighbours
             reproved
             the
             Madness
             and
             Folly
             of
             such
             Prophets
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             those
             flattering
             frothy
             Expressions
             concerning
             
               L.
               H.
            
             which
             more
             manifests
             a
             puft
             up
             Spirit
             than
             Humility
             ,
             but
             no
             better
             Fruits
             can
             be
             expected
             .
             
               T.
               C.
            
             read
             it
             over
             again
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             happen
             thou
             mayst
             better
             consider
             thy
             Folly
             ,
             if
             Envy
             and
             Passion
             hath
             not
             blinded
             thee
             ;
             and
             thou
             hast
             made
             a
             great
             Boast
             what
             thou
             hast
             done
             in
             this
             Book
             ;
             but
             the
             Truth
             hath
             tryed
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             Work
             and
             Spirit
             to
             be
             conceited
             and
             Lofty
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               There
               is
               no
               peace
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               to
               the
               Wicked
               .
            
             Their
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               you
               may
               read
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             16.
             
             Isai
             .
             48.
             22.
             and
             in
             Jude
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Reader
           may
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           
             T.
             C.
          
           was
           one
           of
           them
           that
           gave
           a
           testimony
           forth
           concerning
           his
           old
           Friend
           
             L.
             H.
          
           with
           whom
           he
           had
           been
           conversant
           ,
           and
           made
           serviceable
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           appears
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           by
           what
           he
           hath
           wrote
           on
           her
           behalf
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           this
           Nameless
           Author
           should
           be
           so
           much
           offended
           at
           it
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           except
           it
           was
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           sent
           to
           be
           approved
           of
           by
           the
           
             Second
             ,
             Days
             Meeting
          
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           power
           to
           Bind
           and
           Loose
           :
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             the
             Truth
             hath
             tryed
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             sence
             of
             the
             Work
             and
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           Observe
           .
           So
           many
           as
           have
           an
           Eye
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           are
           zealous
           for
           the
           Form
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           sit
           with
           their
           hats
           on
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             out
             of
             the
             Vnity
             ,
          
           as
           they
           used
           to
           do
           by
           that
           Innocent
           Man
           
             J.
             S.
          
           Which
           the
           Formal
           Apostate
           cites
           :
           he
           talks
           of
           
             Crying
             up
             one
             ,
             and
             crying
             down
             others
             ,
             like
             Carnal
             Men
             ,
             building
             of
             Babel
             .
          
           Who
           will
           cry
           up
           thee
           ,
           thou
           treacherous
           person
           ,
           that
           art
           ashamed
           to
           put
           thy
           Name
           to
           thy
           Work
           ?
           What
           can
           be
           more
           like
           Babel
           than
           what
           thou
           hast
           done
           .
           The
           Lybeller
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             some
             of
             her
             Neighbours
             reproved
             the
             Madness
             and
             Folly
             of
             such
             Prophets
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Observe
           ,
           They
           are
           as
           nameless
           as
           this
           Author
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           say
           to
           him
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           once
           said
           ,
           
             What
             shall
             be
             done
             unto
             thee
             ,
             thou
             false
             tongue
             ?
          
           And
           doth
           not
           this
           manifest
           more
           a
           puft
           up
           Spirit
           than
           Humility
           ,
           let
           his
           own
           words
           answer
           him
           ;
           but
           no
           better
           Fruits
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           one
           that
           is
           ashamed
           of
           his
           Name
           ,
        
         
           Obs
           .
           He
           saith
           flatteringly
           ,
           
             Read
             it
             over
             again
             ,
             &
             it
             may
             happen
             thou
             mayst
             better
             consider
             thy
             Folly
             ,
             if
             Envy
             &
             Passion
             hath
             not
             blinded
             thee
             .
             Ans
             .
          
           If
           Envy
           ,
           Madness
           and
           Folly
           had
           not
           blinded
           this
           Formal
           Apostate
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           have
           done
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           to
           put
           honest
           men
           to
           such
           unnecessary
           Charge
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           in
           eight
           days
           time
           ,
           and
           concealing
           his
           Name
           .
           Surely
           none
           will
           own
           his
           Work
           nor
           he
           ,
           unless
           he
           give
           forth
           a
           Paper
           of
           Condemnation
           ;
           for
           such
           things
           go
           a
           great
           way
           in
           our
           days
           ;
           especially
           among
           such
           as
           are
           ready
           to
           pin
           their
           Faith
           on
           other
           Folks
           Sleeves
           .
        
         
           Observe
           .
           He
           saith
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             peace
             to
             the
             wicked
             .
             Ans
             .
          
           Very
           true
           ,
           therefore
           it
           will
           concern
           this
           Person
           to
           look
           back
           and
           repent
           of
           this
           ungodly
           Work
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           found
           in
           ,
           and
           not
           like
           Lucifer
           ,
           think
           to
           make
           his
           Nest
           amongst
           the
           Stars
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           God
           in
           his
           own
           day
           and
           time
           will
           bring
           him
           down
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           so
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           Nameless
           Author
           talkes
           of
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           and
           cites
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           16.
           
           Isai
           .
           48.
           2.
           and
           in
           Jude
           .
           So
           the
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           before
           cited
           ,
           and
           compare
           what
           they
           say
           with
           his
           Practice
           .
           It
           was
           said
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             The
             Remnant
             of
             Israel
             shall
             not
             do
             Iniquity
             ,
             nor
             speak
             Lyes
             ,
             neither
             shall
             a
             deceitful
             tongue
             be
             found
             in
             their
             Mouth
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           Te
           Nameless
           Author
           before
           mentioned
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Person
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           Intelligence
           from
           many
           Places
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           which
           may
           make
           many
           think
           he
           is
           one
           that
           frequents
           the
           
             Second
             day's
             Meeting
          
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           ,
           doth
           account
           himself
           one
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           &
           would
           seem
           to
           have
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Churches
           upon
           him
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           some
           great
           Instrument
           in
           Setting
           up
           the
           
             Women's
             Meetings
          
           ,
           separate
           from
           the
           Men.
           So
           here
           is
           a
           short
           Discription
           given
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           left
           to
           some
           ,
           that
           have
           made
           a
           great
           talk
           of
           their
           Inward
           sense
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           further
           Discovery
           of
           this
           Nameless
           Author
           ,
           that
           so
           honest
           Men
           in
           the
           Country
           may
           no
           longer
           be
           abused
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Reading
             
               2
               d.
               of
               the
               2
               d.
               Month
               ,
               1684.
               
            
          
           
             Written
             by
             a
             Lover
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             
               Leonard
               Key
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

