The Quakers subterfuge or evasion over-turned In the vindication of the late narrative, concerning the memorable hand of God against a Quaker, and his family, in the county of Lincoln. Wherein the unchristianlike dealings of the Quakers in their late book, entituled The anabaptists lying wonder detected, with an admonition to all Christians to beware of their delusions: with some antiqueries to John Whitehead, about his pretence to the ministery, and the state of the Quakers congregations.
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             The Quakers subterfuge or evasion over-turned In the vindication of the late narrative, concerning the memorable hand of God against a Quaker, and his family, in the county of Lincoln. Wherein the unchristianlike dealings of the Quakers in their late book, entituled The anabaptists lying wonder detected, with an admonition to all Christians to beware of their delusions: with some antiqueries to John Whitehead, about his pretence to the ministery, and the state of the Quakers congregations.
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           THE
           QUAKERS
           SUBTERFUGE
           or
           EVASION
           Over-turned
           .
           In
           the
           Vindication
           of
           the
           late
           NARRATIVE
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           memorable
           Hand
           of
           God
           against
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           LINCOLN
           .
           WHEREIN
           The
           Unchristianlike
           Dealings
           of
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           late
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           The
           Anabaptists
           Lying
           Wonder
           detected
           ,
           With
           an
           Admonition
           to
           all
           Christians
           to
           beware
           of
           their
           Delusions
           :
           With
           some
           Antiqueries
           to
           
             Iohn
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           about
           his
           pretence
           to
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Congregations
           .
        
         
           
             Eccles.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           Again
           ,
           I
           considered
           all
           travel
           ,
           and
           every
           right
           work
           ;
           that
           for
           this
           a
           Man
           is
           envied
           of
           his
           Neighbor
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Francis
             Smith
          
           at
           the
           Elephant
           and
           Castle
           without
           
             Temple
             Bar.
          
           1672.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Judicious
           READER
           .
        
         
           WHen
           I
           consented
           to
           the
           Publication
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           of
           that
           remarkable
           Reproof
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           against
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Error
           ,
           which
           moved
           Richardson
           against
           the
           way
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           to
           attempt
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           by
           denouncing
           a
           Curse
           upon
           me
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           onely
           because
           of
           that
           testimony
           ,
           which
           upon
           just
           occasion
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           bear
           against
           their
           Errors
           ;
           I
           could
           hardly
           imagine
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           should
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           so
           fully
           evidenced
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           so
           many
           witnesses
           ,
           by
           the
           party
           himself
           that
           was
           most
           eminently
           concerned
           in
           it
           .
           And
           what
           Man
           of
           Reason
           will
           believe
           ,
           that
           any
           Man
           should
           voluntarily
           accuse
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           without
           some
           powerful
           conviction
           .
           And
           why
           should
           any
           Man
           complain
           of
           the
           Hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           being
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           ,
           in
           judgment
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           And
           what
           could
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           propose
           to
           himself
           ,
           in
           bringing
           his
           wife
           three
           or
           four
           miles
           purposely
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           be
           intreated
           to
           remove
           his
           stroke
           from
           her
           ,
           and
           her
           children
           ,
           if
           indeed
           there
           had
           be
           no
           cause
           ?
           Or
           ,
           why
           should
           they
           both
           declare
           ,
           they
           were
           disquieted
           with
           restless
           pain
           ,
           and
           their
           child
           with
           sores
           ,
           &c.
           and
           that
           upon
           his
           so
           prophaning
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           if
           all
           was
           well
           with
           them
           ?
           Surely
           in
           vain
           do
           Men
           go
           about
           to
           out-face
           a
           thing
           so
           manifest
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           Quakers
           say
           ,
           they
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           
             Richard
             Andersons
          
           iniquity
           ,
           in
           taking
           on
           him
           that
           office
           of
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           but
           rather
           seem
           to
           favor
           his
           doings
           in
           that
           behalf
           ,
           by
           suggesting
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           judgment
           by
           him
           pronounced
           ,
           was
           upon
           me
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           (
           
             see
             their
          
           Lying
           Wonder
           ,
           p.
           7
           )
           though
           it
           is
           neither
           witnessed
           by
           any
           ,
           nor
           confessed
           by
           me
           (
           as
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           cause
           )
           and
           yet
           they
           will
           in
           no
           wise
           believe
           any
           judgment
           fell
           on
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           or
           his
           family
           ,
           though
           so
           much
           verified
           !
           Surely
           ,
           should
           half
           so
           much
           have
           been
           testified
           of
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           
             Richard
             Andersons
          
           prophesie
           on
           me
           or
           mine
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           truth
           thereof
           had
           been
           out
           of
           dispute
           with
           them
           ere
           this
           day
           .
        
         
         
           Seeing
           then
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           was
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Falshood
           ,
           and
           prophesied
           falsly
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           it
           is
           far
           more
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           did
           rebuke
           his
           folly
           ,
           upon
           the
           evidence
           offered
           ,
           then
           to
           believe
           he
           did
           escape
           unpunished
           under
           such
           iniquity
           ,
           without
           ,
           and
           against
           evidence
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           shifts
           of
           the
           Quakers
           to
           help
           him
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           Reader
           ,
           perufe
           (
           if
           thou
           pleasest
           )
           what
           I
           have
           here
           offered
           to
           observation
           ,
           
             With
             much
             further
             confirmation
             of
             the
             Narrative
             .
          
           And
           believe
           me
           in
           this
           (
           for
           it
           is
           truth
           )
           that
           I
           have
           not
           in
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           wronged
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           nor
           designed
           any
           evil
           against
           the
           persons
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           make
           discovery
           (
           so
           far
           as
           this
           providence
           might
           tend
           to
           it
           )
           of
           the
           false
           ways
           they
           have
           chosen
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           escape
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           Nor
           do
           I
           hereby
           proclaim
           my
           own
           glory
           (
           as
           they
           suggest
           )
           and
           we
           know
           (
           for
           all
           their
           noise
           )
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           report
           what
           God
           doth
           by
           them
           ,
           
             Acts
             15.
             12.
          
           
           And
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           work
           Miracles
           ;
           for
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           expected
           by
           me
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           after
           that
           manner
           rebuke
           the
           vanity
           of
           the
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           pronounce
           me
           a
           Leper
           .
           But
           seeing
           it
           hath
           pleased
           him
           to
           do
           it
           thus
           beyond
           my
           expectation
           ,
           I
           know
           I
           sin
           not
           in
           declaring
           it
           :
           I
           have
           more
           cause
           to
           think
           I
           should
           have
           sinned
           in
           concealing
           it
           .
           And
           for
           the
           removal
           of
           the
           affliction
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           answer
           of
           the
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           mine
           onely
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           for
           Printing
           I
           had
           no
           resolution
           ,
           till
           moved
           by
           such
           as
           heard
           of
           the
           business
           ,
           knowing
           my
           own
           incapacity
           ,
           for
           a
           work
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           said
           I
           was
           not
           without
           fears
           of
           the
           consequence
           :
           But
           this
           I
           willingly
           put
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           my
           infirmities
           ,
           not
           being
           conscious
           of
           any
           Hypocrisie
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           though
           boldly
           charged
           by
           the
           Quakers
           in
           that
           kind
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           a
           faculty
           to
           accuse
           beyond
           their
           ability
           to
           prove
           .
           I
           commit
           all
           that
           which
           concerns
           the
           matter
           ,
           to
           his
           wise
           disposing
           ,
           that
           knows
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           will
           render
           to
           every
           one
           as
           his
           work
           shall
           be
           .
        
         
           
             
               Thine
               in
               the
               Love
               of
               the
               Truth
               ,
            
             Ralph
             Iames.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           QUAKERS
           Subterfuge
           overturned
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           ALthough
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           long
           ago
           confirmed
           by
           divers
           Signs
           and
           Wonders
           ,
           and
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           and
           therefore
           stands
           not
           in
           any
           need
           of
           further
           confirmation
           :
           Yet
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           is
           not
           tied
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           may
           yet
           (
           even
           this
           way
           )
           still
           his
           Adversaries
           ,
           by
           stretching
           forth
           his
           Hand
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           former
           days
           ,
           if
           so
           it
           pleaseth
           him
           ,
           and
           especially
           against
           such
           presumptuous
           ones
           ,
           as
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           denounce
           Curses
           in
           his
           Sacred
           Name
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           Servants
           (
           a
           practise
           too
           frequent
           with
           the
           Quakers
           )
           and
           thereby
           to
           rebuke
           the
           vanity
           of
           such
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           his
           own
           Word
           ,
           Gen.
           27.
           29.
           
           Psal.
           119.
           21.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           how
           far
           forth
           the
           Lord
           hath
           this
           way
           shewed
           himself
           in
           the
           Controversie
           ,
           depending
           between
           the
           Baptised
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           touching
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           to
           try
           the
           spirits
           of
           Men
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           express
           it
           more
           fully
           ,
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           as
           he
           speaks
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           try
           and
           judge
           the
           spirits
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           they
           term
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           )
           under
           what
           pretence
           soever
           they
           come
           forth
           into
           the
           World
           to
           promote
           any
           design
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           is
           the
           Matter
           which
           now
           falls
           under
           consideration
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           certain
           Narrative
           (
           lately
           given
           forth
           )
           of
           some
           remarkable
           Passages
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           against
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           Quakers
           spirit
           :
           Which
           Narrative
           I
           will
           here
           insert
           (
           because
           this
           Book
           may
           come
           where
           the
           first
           did
           not
           )
           and
           vindicate
           the
           same
           against
           the
           vain
           Cavils
           and
           Reproach
           cast
           upon
           it
           by
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           Book
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Anabaptists
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           I
           now
           address
           my self
           by
           making
           good
           these
           ensuing
           particulars
           .
        
         
           
           
             1.
             
             
               That
               the
               Matter
               reported
               in
               the
            
             Narrative
             ,
             
               is
               no
            
             Lying
             Wonder
             ,
             
               as
               it
               is
               untruly
               and
               immodestly
               represented
               in
               their
               Title
               Page
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             Richard
             Anderson
             
               was
               a
               Quaker
               in
               Principles
               ,
               and
               did
               own
               the
               Quakers
               above
               all
               People
               ,
               and
               was
               acted
               by
               the
               same
               spirit
               ,
               and
               had
               frequent
               conversation
               with
               them
               touching
               their
               Principles
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               That
               he
               and
               his
               family
               was
               afflicted
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               in
               the
            
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               That
               he
               and
               his
               ,
               were
               delivered
               from
               affliction
               ,
               as
               reported
               in
               the
            
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
               That
               the
               Evidences
               brought
               by
               the
               Quakers
               to
               invalidate
               the
            
             Narrative
             ,
             
               are
               either
               forged
               ,
               or
               unworthily
               abused
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             
               That
               the
               Baptists
               and
               Independants
               used
               no
               juggling
               ,
               touching
               any
               thing
               relating
               to
               the
            
             Narrative
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             
               A
               recital
               of
               sundry
               abusive
               Expressions
               and
               Passages
               scattered
               throughout
               the
               Quakers
               Pamphlet
               .
            
          
           
             8.
             
             
               An
               Exhortation
               or
               Admonition
               to
               all
               Christians
               ,
               to
               beware
               of
               the
               Delusions
               of
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
               .
            
          
           
             9.
             
             
               Some
               Antiqueries
               to
            
             John
             Whitehead
             ,
             
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Postscript
            
             .
             And
             first
             ,
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             the
             Matter
             reported
             in
             the
          
           Narrative
           ,
           
             is
             no
          
           Lying
           Wonder
           ,
           &c.
           is
           thus
           shewed
           ,
           Because
           it
           is
           neither
           false
           in
           it self
           ,
           nor
           brought
           to
           maintain
           any
           Falshood
           ,
           nor
           to
           oppose
           any
           Truth
           ,
           and
           consequently
           cannot
           be
           a
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           sith
           these
           are
           the
           particulars
           of
           which
           ,
           in
           part
           ,
           or
           in
           whole
           ,
           all
           
             Lying
             Wonders
          
           do
           consist
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           this
           Matter
           was
           in
           it self
           ,
           shall
           appear
           in
           the
           probation
           of
           the
           Third
           and
           fourth
           particulars
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           brought
           to
           maintain
           falshood
           ,
           or
           oppose
           any
           truth
           ,
           is
           thus
           evinced
           ,
           viz.
           Because
           it
           was
           brought
           to
           vindicate
           the
           just
           Authority
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Scriptures
           and
           Ordinances
           ;
           and
           onely
           to
           oppose
           the
           spirit
           of
           falshood
           ,
           which
           led
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           into
           the
           sin
           of
           a
           false
           prophet
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           reading
           the
           Narrative
           it self
           .
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Narrative
                     :
                  
                   
                     
                       RIchard
                       Anderson
                    
                     of
                     Panton
                     ,
                     about
                     Ten
                     miles
                     from
                     Lincoln
                     ,
                     came
                     to
                     our
                     Meeting
                     at
                     Northwillingham
                     ,
                     to
                     hear
                     the
                     Gospel
                     Preached
                     ;
                     who
                     when
                     he
                     had
                     been
                     a
                     hearer
                     for
                     some
                     time
                     ,
                     
                     was
                     convinced
                     ,
                     and
                     said
                     ,
                     He
                     did
                     believe
                     the
                     Baptism
                     in
                     Water
                     was
                     an
                     Ordinance
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     both
                     Men
                     and
                     Women
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     baptised
                     in
                     Water
                     ,
                     as
                     taking
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                     for
                     our
                     Leader
                     and
                     Example
                     ;
                     so
                     he
                     went
                     away
                     for
                     that
                     time
                     :
                     But
                     before
                     he
                     came
                     again
                     ,
                     he
                     met
                     with
                     the
                     People
                     called
                     Quakers
                     ,
                     who
                     told
                     him
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     himself
                     confessed
                     )
                     That
                     he
                     must
                     not
                     look
                     upon
                     these
                     outward
                     Ordinances
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                     were
                     low
                     ,
                     [
                     
                       But
                       the
                       Way
                       of
                       Life
                       above
                       to
                       the
                       Wise
                       ,
                    
                     Prov.
                     15.
                     24.
                     
                     Note
                     also
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       the
                       Ordinances
                       of
                       Christ
                       ,
                       as
                       well
                       as
                       the
                       Authority
                       of
                       the
                       Scripture
                       ,
                       is
                       opposed
                       by
                       the
                       false
                       prophet
                       ,
                       and
                       consequently
                       defended
                       by
                       the
                       fulfilling
                       his
                       prophesie
                       upon
                       himself
                       and
                       family
                       ,
                    
                     ]
                     but
                     that
                     now
                     he
                     must
                     mind
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     guided
                     by
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     by
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                     were
                     a
                     
                       dead
                       Letter
                    
                     .
                     To
                     which
                     Light
                     ,
                     he
                     gave
                     such
                     heed
                     ,
                     that
                     when
                     he
                     came
                     to
                     our
                     Meeting
                     again
                     ,
                     he
                     much
                     contended
                     against
                     the
                     Baptism
                     of
                     Water
                     ,
                     and
                     said
                     ,
                     That
                     now
                     they
                     were
                     to
                     be
                     baptised
                     with
                     the
                     Baptism
                     of
                     the
                     Spirit
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     with
                     Water
                     ;
                     for
                     the
                     Spirit
                     was
                     to
                     try
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     to
                     try
                     the
                     Spirit
                     .
                     In
                     answer
                     to
                     which
                     ,
                     I
                     said
                     ,
                     That
                     I
                     believed
                     that
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     were
                     to
                     try
                     the
                     Spirits
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     the
                     Spirits
                     to
                     try
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     (
                     Meaning
                     as
                     before
                     is
                     said
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     holy
                     Spirit
                     ,
                     as
                     he
                     speaketh
                     in
                     the
                     Scripture
                     ,
                     is
                     to
                     try
                     and
                     judge
                     the
                     spirits
                     of
                     Men
                     ,
                     and
                     particularly
                     the
                     Quakers
                     spirit
                     ,
                     which
                     they
                     call
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     )
                     he
                     seemingly
                     made
                     Light
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     said
                     ,
                     That
                     now
                     we
                     must
                     mind
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     .
                     In
                     answer
                     to
                     which
                     ,
                     I
                     said
                     I
                     was
                     afraid
                     that
                     the
                     Quakers
                     were
                     deceived
                     ,
                     and
                     guided
                     by
                     a
                     spirit
                     of
                     delusion
                     ;
                     and
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     was
                     my
                     judgment
                     ,
                     That
                     all
                     the
                     Sons
                     and
                     Daughters
                     of
                     Men
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     guided
                     by
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     ,
                     as
                     being
                     the
                     Oracles
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     rule
                     for
                     us
                     to
                     walk
                     by
                     ;
                     and
                     he
                     for
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     the
                     rule
                     for
                     the
                     Sons
                     and
                     Daughters
                     of
                     Men
                     to
                     be
                     guided
                     by
                     .
                     But
                     as
                     for
                     every
                     particular
                     of
                     our
                     discourse
                     ,
                     it
                     is
                     out
                     of
                     my
                     remembrance
                     ;
                     so
                     he
                     went
                     away
                     for
                     that
                     time
                     .
                     And
                     the
                     Light
                     which
                     the
                     Quakers
                     did
                     tell
                     him
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     ,
                     he
                     must
                     be
                     guided
                     by
                     ,
                     commanded
                     him
                     within
                     a
                     short
                     time
                     after
                     ,
                     so
                     that
                     he
                     came
                     very
                     early
                     one
                     Morning
                     to
                     my
                     House
                     and
                     inquired
                     for
                     me
                     ;
                     so
                     I
                     went
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     he
                     told
                     me
                     ,
                     That
                     he
                     was
                     commanded
                     of
                     God
                     to
                     come
                     and
                     reprove
                     me
                     for
                     speaking
                     against
                     the
                     People
                     of
                     God
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     called
                     Quakers
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     exhort
                     me
                     to
                     turn
                     to
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     ,
                     [
                     
                       Here
                       he
                       speaks
                       the
                       very
                       language
                       and
                       spirit
                       of
                       the
                       Quakers
                       ,
                    
                     ]
                     or
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     else
                     he
                     was
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     to
                     pronounce
                     a
                     judgment
                     against
                     me
                     .
                     I
                     told
                     him
                     ,
                     That
                     I
                     thought
                     him
                     to
                     be
                     a
                     false
                     prophet
                     ,
                     and
                     possessed
                     with
                     a
                     spirit
                     of
                     delusion
                     ;
                     then
                     he
                     said
                     ,
                     He
                     was
                     commanded
                     of
                     God
                     to
                     pronounce
                     me
                     a
                     Leper
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     crown
                     of
                     the
                     head
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     sole
                     of
                     the
                     foot
                     .
                     In
                     answer
                     to
                     these
                     words
                     ,
                     I
                     said
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     Through
                     the
                     goodness
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     not
                     discouraged
                     at
                     what
                     thou
                     sayest
                     ;
                     but
                     do
                     believe
                     thou
                     art
                     a
                     false
                     prophet
                     ,
                     and
                     possessed
                     with
                     a
                     spirit
                     of
                     delusion
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     am
                     not
                     to
                     take
                     any
                     notice
                     of
                     what
                     thou
                     sayest
                     :
                     But
                     I
                     do
                     desire
                     ,
                     withal
                     my
                     heart
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Lord
                     would
                     be
                     pleased
                     to
                     let
                     thee
                     see
                     thy
                     evil
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     error
                     of
                     thy
                     way
                     ,
                     that
                     thou
                     mayest
                     report
                     and
                     confess
                     thy
                     error
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     Name
                     of
                     God
                     may
                     be
                     honored
                     ,
                     his
                     ways
                     and
                     appointments
                     exalted
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     his
                     people
                     may
                     be
                     better
                     established
                     ,
                     and
                     confirmed
                     in
                     his
                     ways
                     and
                     appointments
                     .
                     So
                     we
                     parted
                     ,
                     and
                     he
                     went
                     a
                     little
                     way
                     from
                     me
                     ,
                     but
                     returned
                     again
                     ,
                     and
                     said
                     unto
                     me
                     .
                     Thou
                     sayest
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     am
                     a
                     false
                     prophet
                     ,
                     deceived
                     ,
                     and
                     possessed
                     with
                     a
                     spirit
                     of
                     delusion
                     ;
                     but
                     it
                     will
                     be
                     known
                     by
                     me
                     or
                     mine
                     ,
                     or
                     thee
                     ,
                     
                       Whether
                       I
                       be
                       a
                       true
                       prophet
                       ,
                       or
                       false
                       one
                    
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     he
                     went
                     home
                     .
                     But
                     within
                     a
                     short
                     time
                     after
                     he
                     came
                     home
                     ,
                     the
                     Lord
                     was
                     pleased
                     to
                     smite
                     one
                     of
                     his
                     children
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     spotted
                     all
                     over
                     ,
                     himself
                     and
                     wife
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     other
                     children
                     were
                     taken
                     with
                     a
                     restless
                     pain
                     in
                     their
                     bodies
                     also
                     ;
                     so
                     that
                     he
                     was
                     forced
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     to
                     come
                     again
                     and
                     confess
                     he
                     was
                     deceived
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     he
                     was
                     a
                     false
                     prophet
                     ,
                     and
                     
                       the
                       same
                       judgment
                    
                     [
                     
                       Lo
                       here
                       is
                       the
                       true
                       interpretation
                       of
                       the
                       judgment
                       intended
                       by
                       the
                       false
                       prophet
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       that
                       which
                       the
                       Quakers
                       fictitiously
                       give
                       out
                       in
                       their
                    
                     Lying
                     Wonder
                     ,
                     p.
                     7.
                     ]
                     
                       he
                       had
                       pronounced
                       against
                       me
                       ,
                       was
                       faln
                       upon
                       one
                       of
                       his
                       children
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       himself
                       and
                       wife
                       ,
                       and
                       other
                       children
                       were
                       taken
                       with
                       a
                       restless
                       pain
                       in
                       their
                       bodies
                       :
                    
                     And
                     he
                     said
                     ,
                     That
                     he
                     and
                     his
                     wife
                     did
                     believe
                     ,
                     that
                     if
                     I
                     would
                     pray
                     to
                     God
                     for
                     them
                     ,
                     they
                     might
                     all
                     be
                     restored
                     again
                     to
                     their
                     former
                     healths
                     .
                     In
                     answer
                     to
                     his
                     words
                     ,
                     I
                     told
                     him
                     I
                     could
                     not
                     at
                     present
                     give
                     an
                     him
                     answer
                     ,
                     but
                     if
                     he
                     and
                     his
                     wife
                     would
                     please
                     to
                     meet
                     me
                     at
                     Donnington
                     ,
                     where
                     I
                     am
                     to
                     be
                     by
                     promise
                     ,
                     the
                     next
                     Lords
                     day
                     ,
                     it
                     may
                     please
                     God
                     that
                     your
                     desire
                     may
                     be
                     answered
                     .
                     He
                     being
                     very
                     sad
                     at
                     that
                     time
                     ,
                     I
                     fell
                     a
                     speaking
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     asking
                     him
                     some
                     questions
                     about
                     the
                     
                       Light
                       within
                    
                     ,
                     which
                     the
                     Quakers
                     bad
                     him
                     mind
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     guided
                     by
                     :
                     And
                     he
                     told
                     me
                     ,
                     That
                     that
                     Light
                     many
                     times
                     would
                     ,
                     when
                     he
                     had
                     sat
                     down
                     to
                     eat
                     his
                     meat
                     ,
                     
                     and
                     had
                     drawn
                     his
                     knife
                     to
                     cut
                     it
                     ,
                     have
                     commanded
                     him
                     to
                     put
                     it
                     up
                     again
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     (
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     he
                     had
                     done
                     several
                     times
                     ,
                     and
                     gone
                     without
                     his
                     meat
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     Light
                     also
                     (
                     as
                     he
                     said
                     )
                     perswaded
                     him
                     to
                     fast
                     ,
                     and
                     told
                     him
                     ,
                     That
                     he
                     should
                     cure
                     the
                     sick
                     .
                     In
                     obedience
                     to
                     which
                     perswasion
                     ,
                     he
                     did
                     fast
                     ,
                     and
                     came
                     to
                     our
                     Town
                     of
                     Northwillingham
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     house
                     of
                     one
                     
                       Iohn
                       Lamin
                    
                     ,
                     whose
                     child
                     was
                     then
                     sick
                     and
                     weak
                     ;
                     and
                     he
                     told
                     me
                     ,
                     he
                     went
                     to
                     cure
                     that
                     child
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     Light
                     and
                     perswasion
                     did
                     deceive
                     him
                     ,
                     for
                     he
                     now
                     saw
                     he
                     could
                     not
                     cure
                     the
                     sick
                     .
                     So
                     according
                     to
                     my
                     promise
                     ,
                     I
                     went
                     to
                     Donnington
                     ,
                     and
                     he
                     and
                     his
                     wife
                     met
                     me
                     there
                     amongst
                     our
                     Friends
                     ,
                     and
                     did
                     both
                     confess
                     what
                     is
                     here
                     before
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     who
                     also
                     desired
                     our
                     Prayers
                     to
                     God
                     for
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     I
                     with
                     the
                     Congregation
                     there
                     met
                     together
                     ,
                     did
                     seek
                     unto
                     God
                     for
                     the
                     removing
                     that
                     distemper
                     and
                     affliction
                     ,
                     which
                     he
                     there
                     with
                     his
                     wife
                     confessed
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     and
                     their
                     children
                     were
                     under
                     :
                     And
                     the
                     Lord
                     was
                     mercifully
                     pleased
                     to
                     hear
                     our
                     poor
                     Prayers
                     for
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     restore
                     them
                     all
                     to
                     their
                     former
                     health
                     again
                     ,
                     which
                     he
                     himself
                     confessed
                     when
                     he
                     came
                     to
                     our
                     Meeting
                     afterwards
                     ;
                     to
                     the
                     praise
                     of
                     God
                     alone
                     ,
                     for
                     ever
                     be
                     it
                     spoken
                     .
                     This
                     Relation
                     is
                     true
                     witness
                     my
                     hand
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         Ralph
                         Iames
                      
                       of
                       Northwillingham
                       in
                       the
                       County
                       of
                       Lincoln
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           As
           it
           is
           hence
           evident
           ,
           this
           act
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           was
           not
           brought
           to
           maintain
           any
           falshood
           ,
           so
           neither
           to
           oppose
           any
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           oppose
           the
           falshood
           of
           that
           spirit
           which
           moved
           the
           deluded
           Quaker
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           to
           prophesie
           falsly
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           evil
           he
           pronounced
           against
           me
           ,
           fell
           on
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           sensibly
           ,
           as
           to
           convince
           him
           of
           his
           folly
           ;
           yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           will
           needs
           insinuate
           the
           fulfilling
           of
           that
           vain
           prophesie
           upon
           me
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           prophet
           
             meant
             it
             not
             of
             outward
             diseases
          
           —
           And
           
             that
             for
             ought
             appears
          
           ,
           they
           say
           (
           
             in
             effect
          
           )
           
             That
             I
             am
             as
             Leperous
             as
          
           Miriam
           
             was
             to
             this
             day
          
           .
           After
           this
           manner
           they
           may
           shift
           off
           the
           most
           manifest
           eviction
           of
           their
           falshood
           ,
           and
           so
           delude
           their
           unweary
           Readers
           :
           But
           surely
           ,
           he
           that
           uttered
           the
           vain
           prophesie
           against
           me
           ,
           must
           in
           reason
           know
           his
           own
           meaning
           better
           then
           another
           .
           
           And
           sith
           he
           was
           convict
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           smiting
           him
           with
           bodily
           diseases
           ,
           and
           by
           sparing
           me
           in
           that
           kind
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           this
           Authors
           interpretation
           to
           be
           impertinent
           ,
           and
           as
           false
           as
           the
           prophesie
           it self
           .
           [
           
             A
             false
             prophesie
             as
             he
             designed
             it
             against
             me
             ,
             a
             true
             prophesie
             against
             himself
             and
             the
             Quakers
             .
          
           ]
           Thus
           it
           appears
           ,
           what
           befel
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           the
           Quaker
           ,
           was
           no
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Book
           is
           not
           true
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Richard
           Anderson
           
             was
             a
             Quaker
             in
             Principles
             ,
             and
             own'd
             that
             People
             above
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             was
             acted
             by
             their
             spirit
          
           ;
           Is
           palpable
           enough
           from
           what
           is
           said
           in
           the
           Narrative
           .
           First
           ,
           In
           that
           he
           contributes
           his
           testimony
           to
           that
           which
           they
           call
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           at
           as
           high
           a
           rate
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           of
           that
           way
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           they
           have
           any
           principles
           at
           all
           )
           is
           the
           cheis
           of
           their
           Principles
           ;
           for
           he
           advanceth
           it
           above
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           prefers
           its
           dictates
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           Christ.
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           that
           he
           took
           upon
           him
           to
           appear
           as
           a
           Prophet
           for
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           condemning
           such
           as
           opposed
           them
           ,
           and
           proclaiming
           them
           to
           be
           the
           People
           of
           God.
           Thirdly
           ,
           By
           his
           acting
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           divers
           Quakers
           in
           these
           days
           ,
           going
           on
           unsent
           errands
           ,
           onely
           moved
           by
           the
           conceits
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           the
           Light
           in
           them
           .
           But
           since
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           do
           so
           boldly
           deny
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           here
           therefore
           what
           is
           attested
           in
           that
           case
           [
           Iune
           17.
           1672
           ]
           since
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           Quakers
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           credible
           Witnesses
           hereafter
           named
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           they
           write
           ,
           )
           
             Having
             a
             desire
             to
             be
             fully
             satisfied
             concerning
             that
             which
             passed
             between
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             and
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             ,
             and
             having
             seen
             the
             Narrative
             and
             the
             
               Lying
               Wonder
            
             ,
             it
             was
             demanded
             of
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             ,
             Whether
             he
             ever
             heard
             the
             Quakers
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             he
             heard
             them
             at
             Lincoln
             ,
             within
             the
             Prison
             ,
             about
             the
             space
             of
             an
             hour
             [
             
               And
               it
               is
               known
               by
               sad
               experience
               ,
               that
               many
               in
               as
               little
               time
               ,
               as
               that
               is
               ,
               have
               been
               so
               levened
               with
               their
               Principles
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               not
               been
               cleansed
               from
               the
               corruption
               thereof
               to
               the
               day
               of
               their
               death
               .
            
             ]
          
        
         
           And
           being
           further
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           do
           say
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             no
             further
             acquaintance
             or
             knowledge
             of
             their
             Principles
             then
             ,
             by
             the
             hearing
             them
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             .
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             before
             he
             was
             at
             the
             
             Meeting
             at
             Lincoln
             ;
             and
             after
             also
             ,
             He
             had
             discourse
             with
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             forty
             times
             ,
             touching
             their
             Principles
             ,
             Saying
             moreover
             ,
             That
             after
             he
             had
             been
             with
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             he
             went
             to
             the
             Meeting
             at
             Northwillingham
             many
             times
             ,
             to
             contend
             against
             the
             Baptists
             ,
             more
             then
             for
             any
             thing
             else
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           he
           declared
           (
           without
           any
           inquiry
           ,
           )
           
             That
             the
             reason
             why
             he
             went
             to
             pronounce
             
               Richard
               Iames
            
             a
             Leper
             ,
             arose
             from
             the
             consideration
             of
             a
             passage
             ,
             Numb
             .
             12.
             
             And
             that
             he
             looked
             upon
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             eminently
             owned
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             Moses
             ;
             so
             he
             was
             perswaded
             ,
             God
             would
             send
             the
             same
             judgment
             on
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             for
             contending
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             as
             he
             sent
             on
             Mirriam
             ,
             for
             contending
             with
             Moses
             .
             All
             this
             Relation
             is
             attested
             by
             
               Christopher
               Foster
               ,
               William
               Skin
               ,
               Iohn
               Walesby
               ,
               Robert
               Trigg
               ,
            
             and
             
               Richard
               Horton
            
             .
          
        
         
           Iuly
           21.
           1672.
           
           This
           last
           passage
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           did
           again
           relate
           almost
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Christopher
             Foster
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           three
           strangers
           which
           came
           out
           of
           Oxfordshire
           ,
           to
           have
           satisfaction
           concerning
           the
           Narrative
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           also
           ,
           being
           asked
           by
           these
           strangers
           concerning
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             As
             to
             the
             substance
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             was
             all
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             own
             it
             before
             any
             Man.
             
          
           This
           is
           subscribed
           by
           
             William
             Greenwood
             Iohn
             Stutchbury
             Iohn
             Grammar
          
           The
           Oxfordshire
           strangers
           .
           and
           by
           
             Christopher
             Foster
          
           ,
           as
           ear
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           general
           testimony
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           all
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           for
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           did
           deliver
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           a
           few
           days
           before
           the
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Foster
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Walesby
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 William
                 Skin
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Trigg
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Horton
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           it
           appears
           ,
           That
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           was
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nor
           can
           we
           have
           a
           better
           testimony
           ,
           then
           a
           Man
           's
           own
           confession
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           for
           he
           must
           needs
           know
           his
           own
           opinions
           better
           then
           
           another
           Man
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           prove
           ,
           what
           conversation
           (
           in
           all
           respects
           )
           he
           had
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           remote
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           concerned
           in
           the
           Quakers
           Congregations
           .
           And
           whether
           a
           Man
           's
           own
           confession
           for
           matter
           of
           opinion
           ,
           being
           attended
           with
           those
           demonstrations
           of
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           hereby
           observed
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           cogent
           proof
           to
           satisfie
           indifferent
           Men
           ,
           I
           must
           leave
           the
           sober
           Reader
           to
           judge
           for
           his
           own
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             he
             the
             said
          
           Richard
           Anderson
           ,
           
             and
             his
             family
             ,
             was
             afflicted
             by
             the
             Hand
             of
             God
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             in
             the
          
           Narrative
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           Quakers
           make
           a
           very
           strange
           out-cry
           against
           me
           for
           evidence
           ,
           as
           if
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           and
           his
           wives
           testimony
           ,
           were
           nothing
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           since
           the
           World
           was
           ,
           there
           could
           never
           be
           a
           more
           cogent
           evidence
           against
           any
           Man
           (
           ordinarily
           )
           then
           himself
           ;
           and
           it
           s
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           
             Where
             there
             is
             open
             confession
             ,
             there
             needs
             no
             evidence
             .
          
           And
           one
           would
           think
           the
           Father
           and
           Mother
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           knows
           best
           the
           state
           of
           their
           Children
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           serious
           Reader
           consider
           ,
           how
           unreasonable
           it
           would
           have
           been
           for
           me
           ,
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           and
           his
           wife
           ,
           both
           testified
           of
           their
           own
           pains
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           sores
           of
           their
           child
           ,
           &c.
           and
           that
           with
           great
           sorrow
           of
           heart
           ,
           especially
           seeing
           him
           come
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           and
           bring
           his
           wife
           with
           him
           three
           or
           four
           miles
           (
           a
           person
           not
           wont
           to
           come
           to
           our
           Assemblies
           )
           to
           attest
           ,
           and
           request
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           did
           ;
           and
           sith
           I
           had
           no
           ground
           to
           doubt
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           necessity
           to
           go
           (
           being
           not
           requested
           ,
           nor
           any
           way
           related
           to
           any
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           )
           yet
           had
           I
           foreseen
           this
           peevishness
           in
           the
           incredulous
           Quakers
           ,
           I
           might
           perhaps
           have
           deprived
           them
           of
           this
           their
           foolish
           advantage
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           ,
           did
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           go
           to
           visit
           all
           ,
           (
           Matth.
           8.
           13.
           
           )
           for
           whose
           health
           he
           prayed
           ,
           I
           trow
           not
           .
           Neither
           did
           Paul
           ,
           that
           chosen
           vessel
           ,
           Acts
           19.
           12.
           visit
           all
           whom
           he
           was
           instrumental
           to
           heal
           ;
           for
           this
           they
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           had
           from
           his
           body
           again
           ,
           their
           Aprons
           and
           Kercheifs
           ,
           and
           by
           Faith
           received
           healing
           ,
           yet
           we
           read
           not
           of
           his
           going
           to
           the
           places
           of
           their
           abode
           .
           [
           
             But
             what
             am
             I
             !
             O
             Lord
             ,
             I
             confess
             unto
             thee
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             mentioned
             here
             ;
             nor
             was
             I
             an
             instrument
             of
             good
             to
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             any
             more
             then
             the
             rest
             of
             thy
             servants
             met
             together
             to
             make
             their
             Prayers
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           ]
        
         
         
           But
           now
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           himself
           hath
           testified
           before
           many
           witnesses
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           since
           the
           publishing
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           
             Lying
             Wonder
             .
             Iune
          
           10.
           1672.
           
           The
           witnesses
           hereafter
           named
           write
           thus
           .
           We
           asked
           him
           (
           meaning
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           )
           when
           he
           had
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           pronounce
           the
           judgment
           of
           Leprosie
           against
           
             Ralph
             Iames
          
           ,
           Whether
           he
           himself
           had
           not
           a
           child
           presently
           after
           that
           ,
           was
           Leprous
           ;
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           child
           then
           that
           did
           break
           out
           into
           sores
           ;
           and
           he
           did
           also
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           to
           
             Ralph
             Iames
          
           to
           desire
           his
           Prayers
           for
           the
           reparation
           of
           himself
           and
           his
           family
           .
           Witness
           
             
               
                 Robert
                 Wright
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 William
                 Leesing
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 William
                 Skin
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 George
                 Hall.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Hollingworth
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Eye
           and
           Ear-witnesses
           which
           the
           Quakers
           call
           for
           ,
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           that
           passage
           in
           the
           Title
           Page
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           and
           the
           wonderment
           they
           make
           that
           no
           Neighbor
           or
           Kinsman
           can
           be
           brought
           to
           testifie
           their
           knowledge
           of
           this
           judgment
           .
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           first
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           of
           the
           Neighborhood
           that
           say
           ,
           They
           do
           remember
           about
           the
           time
           to
           which
           the
           Narrative
           hath
           Relation
           (
           which
           is
           about
           nine
           years
           since
           )
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Andersons
          
           family
           was
           afflicted
           ,
           but
           being
           unwilling
           to
           have
           their
           names
           brought
           in
           question
           ,
           and
           there
           being
           no
           necessity
           for
           it
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           that
           which
           is
           above
           the
           evidence
           of
           a
           Neighbor
           ,
           even
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           Parents
           concerning
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           children
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           forbear
           to
           mention
           their
           names
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           the
           Title
           Page
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           of
           my
           composing
           ,
           and
           yet
           even
           that
           passage
           (
           or
           any
           like
           to
           it
           )
           is
           not
           without
           truth
           (
           being
           candidly
           interpreted
           )
           for
           there
           was
           as
           much
           evidenced
           both
           to
           the
           Eye
           and
           Ear
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           affliction
           of
           the
           Parents
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           as
           was
           subject
           to
           such
           observation
           ,
           viz.
           A
           sorrowful
           countenance
           ,
           their
           complaint
           ,
           and
           humble
           confession
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           Richard
           Anderson
           
             and
             his
             family
             were
             delivered
             from
             their
             afflictions
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             declared
             in
             the
             Narrative
             .
          
           Although
           the
           Quakers
           are
           pleased
           in
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           to
           deny
           this
           ,
           and
           do
           bear
           their
           unmindful
           Readers
           in
           hand
           ,
           as
           if
           none
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           
           to
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           do
           evidence
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           yet
           several
           of
           them
           do
           clearly
           attest
           the
           whole
           Relation
           in
           the
           Narrative
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           one
           Branch
           whereof
           is
           this
           ,
           —
           
             The
             Lord
             was
             mercifully
             pleased
             to
             hear
             our
             poor
             prayers
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             restore
             them
             all
             to
             their
             former
             health
             again
             ;
             which
             he
             himself
          
           (
           
             that
             is
          
           ,
           Richard
           Anderson
           )
           
             confessed
             when
             he
             came
             to
             our
             Meeting
             afterwards
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           see
           the
           child
           ,
           nor
           perhaps
           the
           Woman
           after
           their
           recovery
           ;
           yet
           they
           saw
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           family
           ,
           whose
           testimony
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           family
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           is
           considerable
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           cavillations
           in
           the
           Quakers
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           .
           Hear
           also
           what
           he
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           hath
           testified
           since
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           
             Narrative
             ,
             &c.
             Iune
          
           10.
           1672.
           
        
         
           
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             being
             asked
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             divers
             persons
             ,
             whether
             he
             did
             not
             go
             to
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             and
             desire
             his
             Prayers
             to
             God
             for
             him
             and
             his
             Family
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             so
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             did
             appoint
             him
             and
             his
             wife
             ,
             to
             meet
             him
             at
             Donnington
             ,
             where
             prayer
             was
             put
             up
             to
             God
             for
             them
             by
             the
             Congregation
             there
             met
             together
             .
          
           
             And
             being
             asked
             ,
             if
             he
             thought
             any
             person
             could
             be
             sadder
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             any
             relation
             or
             dear
             friend
             ,
             then
             he
             was
             at
             that
             time
             when
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             was
             upon
             him
             ;
             he
             answered
             ,
             no
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             sad
             enough
             .
             In
             answer
             to
             this
             question
             ,
             whether
             he
             did
             not
             come
             the
             next
             Lords
             day
             ,
             after
             the
             Congregation
             at
             Donnington
             had
             prayed
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             there
             confess
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             his
             family
             was
             all
             recovered
             ,
             and
             in
             health
             again
             .
             He
             answered
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             so
             ;
             and
             said
             moreover
             ,
             That
             what
             he
             said
             then
             ,
             he
             would
             own
             it
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             for
             he
             could
             not
             deny
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Witness
             to
             the
             first
             Part.
             
          
           
             
               Robert
               Wright
            
             ,
          
           
             
               William
               Leesing
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Robert
               Hollingworth
            
             ,
          
           
             
               William
               Skin
            
             ,
          
           
             
               George
               Hall.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Witness
             to
             the
             second
             Part.
             
          
           
             
               Christopher
               Foster
            
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Skin
            
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             That
             the
             evidences
             brought
             by
             the
             Quakers
             to
             invalidate
             the
          
           Narrative
           ,
           
             are
             either
             abused
             ,
             or
             by
             them
             most
             unworthily
             forged
             .
          
           For
           although
           they
           pretend
           a
           testimony
           from
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           no
           Quaker
           ,
           yet
           doth
           he
           not
           say
           so
           ,
           in
           all
           that
           which
           they
           say
           he
           subscribed
           ,
           onely
           this
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           but
           at
           one
           Meeting
           ,
           read
           but
           one
           of
           their
           Books
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           proved
           before
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           
           discourse
           with
           the
           Quakers
           forty
           times
           about
           their
           Principles
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           he
           was
           at
           the
           Meeting
           at
           Lincoln
           .
           What
           therefore
           no
           Quaker
           ?
           Surely
           some
           have
           become
           their
           Proselytes
           ,
           by
           as
           little
           acquaintance
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           this
           amounts
           to
           .
           I
           could
           tell
           them
           of
           one
           (
           and
           that
           a
           Man
           of
           no
           small
           eminency
           )
           who
           onely
           went
           down
           a
           yard
           with
           one
           of
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           came
           up
           again
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           without
           hearing
           any
           other
           Preaching
           or
           Reading
           any
           Book
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           so
           remained
           to
           the
           day
           of
           his
           death
           .
           Again
           ,
           they
           pretend
           ,
           that
           he
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           hath
           subscribed
           ,
           That
           he
           and
           his
           family
           was
           clear
           from
           any
           Leprosie
           or
           distemper
           ,
           but
           they
           offer
           no
           evidence
           at
           all
           of
           that
           subscription
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           saith
           now
           ,
           to
           their
           pretended
           subscription
           .
           The
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           being
           read
           in
           Pag.
           5.
           to
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           touching
           that
           Relation
           which
           is
           said
           to
           be
           subscribed
           by
           him
           ,
           Iune
           15.
           1672.
           the
           said
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           did
           affirm
           ,
           
             That
             they
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Quakers
             )
             did
             write
             a
             Paper
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             set
             his
             hand
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             he
             said
             he
             neither
             knew
             what
             was
             in
             the
             Paper
             ,
             nor
             what
             he
             set
             his
             hand
             unto
             .
          
        
         
           And
           whereas
           they
           pretend
           one
           
             Katherine
             Hall
          
           (
           an
           Alewife
           in
           Panton
           )
           to
           be
           an
           evidence
           ;
           hear
           what
           she
           hath
           said
           .
           Being
           asked
           concerning
           this
           Matter
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           
             I
             know
             not
             what
             they
             had
             written
             ,
             which
             they
             desired
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             to
             set
             his
             hand
             to
             ,
             and
             they
             desired
             to
             know
             my
             name
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             not
             tell
             it
             them
             ;
             then
             they
             said
             they
             would
             learn
             it
             of
             some
             in
             the
             Town
             ;
             and
             they
             being
             thus
             importunate
             with
             me
             ,
             I
             told
             them
             my
             name
             .
          
           Witness
           
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Foster
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Skin
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Iuly
           21.
           1672.
           
           The
           said
           
             Katherine
             Hall
          
           being
           asked
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           persons
           hereafter
           named
           ,
           
             Whether
             she
             had
             set
             her
             hand
             to
             a
             Paper
             written
             by
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Narrative
             of
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             ;
             to
             this
             she
             answered
             ,
             No
             ,
             she
             did
             not
             set
             her
             hand
             to
             any
             Paper
             ;
             but
             they
             desired
             her
             name
             to
             a
             Paper
             ,
             but
             she
             would
             not
             give
             it
             them
             .
             Then
             they
             desired
             to
             know
             her
             name
             ,
             and
             she
             refused
             to
             tell
             them
             her
             name
             .
             Hereupon
             they
             said
             ,
             if
             she
             would
             not
             tell
             her
             name
             ,
             they
             would
             learn
             it
             in
             the
             Town
             .
             She
             answered
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             ashamed
             of
             my
             name
             ,
             and
             so
             she
             told
             it
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Being
           asked
           ,
           Whether
           she
           lived
           in
           Panton
           when
           that
           passage
           fell
           out
           between
           
             Ralph
             Iames
          
           and
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           
             No
             ,
             
             it
             is
             thirteen
             years
             since
             I
             went
             away
             from
             Panton
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             but
             five
             since
             I
             came
             hither
             again
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             matter
             between
             those
             men
             ,
             she
             knew
             nothing
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Witness
           
             
               
                 William
                 Greenwood
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Grammar
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Stutchbury
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Foster
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Hence
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           what
           Conscience
           those
           Men
           make
           of
           these
           their
           doings
           ;
           and
           how
           falsly
           they
           pretend
           this
           poor
           Alewives
           subscription
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           ,
           perceiving
           their
           designs
           ,
           was
           unwilling
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           tell
           them
           her
           name
           .
           And
           here
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           very
           busie
           to
           get
           more
           evidence
           to
           their
           false
           cause
           ;
           and
           what
           Conscience
           they
           use
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           may
           be
           discerned
           from
           this
           Relation
           following
           .
        
         
           Iuly
           21.
           1672.
           
           
             Katherine
             Hall
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           being
           asked
           ,
           If
           there
           had
           not
           been
           some
           Men
           with
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           lately
           (
           for
           it
           was
           reported
           the
           Quakers
           had
           been
           with
           him
           )
           she
           said
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           there
           was
           six
           Men
           came
           to
           talk
           with
           him
           ,
           who
           were
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           they
           called
           for
           much
           Ale
           ,
           and
           brought
           it
           into
           the
           Street
           ,
           bad
           the
           People
           drink
           what
           they
           would
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           would
           have
           more
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           it
           .
           [
           
             Probably
             to
             move
             the
             people
             to
             be
             friend
             them
             with
             the
             more
             liberal
             testimonies
             .
          
           ]
           And
           hereupon
           it
           was
           reported
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           the
           forenamed
           
             Christopher
             Foster
          
           ,
           That
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           had
           denied
           all
           that
           formerly
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           meaning
           it
           of
           his
           owning
           the
           Narrative
           :
           Wherefore
           
             Christopher
             Foster
          
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           (
           This
           Christopher
           Foster
           
             is
             a
             person
             of
             good
             repute
             ,
             living
             in
             the
             Town
             of
          
           Binbrooke
           in
           Lincolnshire
           )
           spake
           to
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           Whether
           he
           owned
           it
           to
           be
           true
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           own
           it
           before
           any
           Man.
           Attested
           by
           
             
               
                 William
                 Greenwood
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Grammar
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Stutchbury
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Foster
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             The
             Baptists
             and
             Independants
             free
             from
             any
             juggling
             in
             giving
             forth
             the
             Narrative
          
           ;
           Nor
           doth
           the
           Quakers
           in
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           ,
           make
           the
           least
           evidence
           appear
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           termed
           an
           evidence
           in
           this
           case
           .
           They
           say
           (
           and
           onely
           say
           )
           that
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Independant
           and
           Baptist
           people
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           appears
           not
           ,
           that
           he
           ever
           heard
           the
           Independants
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           
           he
           was
           never
           Baptised
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           a
           Member
           of
           any
           Baptised
           Church
           in
           Lincolnshire
           ;
           nor
           are
           the
           Independants
           concerned
           for
           ought
           that
           appears
           ;
           in
           the
           publication
           of
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           there
           are
           onely
           two
           or
           three
           places
           where
           they
           are
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           no
           way
           as
           Confederates
           with
           the
           Baptists
           ,
           onely
           
             Peter
             Stacy
          
           is
           brought
           in
           as
           an
           evidence
           ,
           that
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           owned
           the
           Relation
           given
           by
           
             Ralph
             Iames
          
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           joyntly
           concerned
           in
           a
           dispute
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           not
           at
           all
           about
           this
           controversie
           ;
           nor
           can
           their
           being
           named
           in
           
             I.
             Greens
          
           Letter
           ,
           make
           them
           Jugglers
           ,
           sith
           there
           he
           onely
           complains
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           abused
           them
           both
           as
           Liers
           ,
           when
           yet
           there
           was
           nothing
           that
           appeared
           on
           the
           Independants
           part
           .
           Onely
           Mr
           Morley
           had
           given
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           to
           some
           of
           his
           friends
           in
           London
           .
           But
           what
           is
           this
           to
           the
           Independants
           ?
           What
           evil
           hath
           he
           done
           in
           this
           Matter
           ?
           that
           he
           should
           have
           this
           odious
           Brand
           of
           a
           Juggler
           claped
           on
           his
           back
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           this
           were
           too
           gentle
           an
           Epithite
           they
           give
           him
           ,
           the
           black
           mark
           of
           
             Horrid
             Li●r
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           appears
           not
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           said
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           .
           )
           However
           ,
           nothing
           that
           is
           blame-worthy
           in
           this
           Matter
           at
           all
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Anabaptist
           is
           charged
           with
           the
           same
           crimes
           ,
           yet
           most
           unjustly
           ,
           as
           hath
           already
           been
           evinced
           .
           And
           very
           unjust
           is
           that
           which
           is
           said
           in
           the
           Quakers
           
             Lying
             Wonder
             ,
             pag.
          
           1.
           
           That
           this
           story
           was
           found
           upon
           inquiry
           ,
           made
           of
           
             Ralph
             Iames
          
           and
           
             Richard
             Anderson
          
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           feigned
           imagination
           six
           years
           ago
           ;
           then
           which
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           untruly
           spoken
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           constantly
           affirmed
           ,
           what
           now
           I
           have
           declared
           in
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           and
           see
           no
           cause
           to
           this
           day
           to
           recal
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Independants
           in
           
             New
             England
          
           be
           no
           further
           culpable
           of
           the
           fault
           charged
           on
           them
           ,
           then
           those
           our
           Neighbors
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           are
           very
           injurious
           in
           what
           they
           have
           reported
           ,
           Pag.
           10.
           of
           this
           their
           
             Lying
             Wonder
          
           .
           And
           thus
           have
           we
           seen
           an
           end
           of
           this
           pretended
           Juggle
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           
             A
             particular
             recital
             of
             sundry
             abusive
             expressions
             ,
             scattered
             throughout
             the
             Quakers
          
           Lying
           Wonder
           .
           It
           is
           a
           true
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             evil
             words
             ,
             corrupt
             good
             manners
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           be
           more
           corrupting
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           Liberty
           of
           ill
           speaking
           ,
           many
           Professors
           have
           been
           justly
           reproved
           ;
           and
           this
           generation
           of
           Men
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           do
           seem
           to
           exceed
           others
           in
           this
           miscarriage
           .
           
           I
           might
           fill
           much
           Paper
           ,
           should
           I
           recapitulate
           what
           of
           this
           kind
           I
           have
           met
           with
           from
           them
           ,
           it
           shall
           suffice
           therefore
           ,
           that
           we
           view
           how
           this
           small
           Book
           of
           theirs
           is
           furnished
           ;
           that
           by
           a
           taste
           from
           thence
           ,
           we
           may
           know
           the
           Fountain
           whence
           they
           draw
           that
           which
           they
           so
           freely
           fill
           out
           to
           others
           .
           Let
           us
           hear
           them
           speak
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               They
               call
               their
               Book
            
             ,
             The
             Anabaptists
             Lying
             Wonder
             ,
             
               which
               is
               a
               title
               as
               far
               from
               modesty
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               from
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               They
               call
               the
               Baptists
               and
               Independants
               ,
               Iugglers
               ,
               and
               Horrid
               Liers
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               cause
               ,
               as
               is
               shewed
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               They
               scornfully
               call
            
             Ralph
             James
             ,
             
               an
               Anabaptist
               Preacher
               ,
               a
               Testing
               Preacher
               ;
               a
               Lying
               Herald
               to
               proclaim
               his
               own
               vain
               glory
               .
               They
               charge
               him
               with
               horrid
               Hipocrisie
               ,
               Deceit
               ,
               and
               a
               Romance
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             
               They
               represent
               the
               Baptists
               and
               Independants
               ,
               as
               Makers
               and
               Worshippers
               of
               Images
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             
               They
               term
               the
            
             Narrative
             
               a
               Brat
               crying
               in
               our
               Streets
               ,
               a
               Fragment
               of
               Deceit
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               and
               Hipocrisie
               ;
               and
               the
               methods
               of
               its
               Writing
               ,
               they
               term
               Irksom
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             
               They
               scornfully
               term
               the
            
             Narrative
             ,
             
               a
               new
               vampt
               story
               ,
               hereby
               deriding
            
             J.
             Green
             
               by
               his
               Calling
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               is
               a
               Shoomaker
               .
            
          
           
             7.
             
             
               They
               tauntingly
               call
            
             J.
             Greene
             ,
             
               a
               zealous
            
             London
             -
             
               Brother
               ,
               and
               charge
               him
               with
               envious
               desires
               .
            
          
           
             8.
             
             
               They
               charge
            
             Ralph
             James
             
               to
               be
               uncharitable
            
             beyond
             measure
             ,
             
               because
               he
               visited
               not
            
             Richard
             Andersons
             
               family
               ,
               though
               he
               was
               not
               desired
               .
               This
               shews
               what
               measure
               the
               Quakers
               give
               to
               those
               whom
               they
               love
               not
               ,
               in
               their
               representment
               of
               them
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               whiles
               they
               tax
            
             Ralph
             James
             
               for
               want
               of
               Charity
               ,
               they
               bewray
               their
               own
               barrenness
               of
               that
               grace
               .
            
          
           
             9.
             
             
               They
               deride
               the
               Baptists
               and
               Independants
               ,
               saying
               ,
            
             They
             buoy
             one
             another
             up
             ;
             
               and
               term
               them
               an
               Hipocritical
               Generation
               .
            
          
           
             10.
             
             
               They
               term
               the
               Relater
               ,
               and
               Evidencs
               of
               the
            
             Narrative
             ,
             
               Imposters
               ,
               whose
               evidence
               (
               they
               say
               )
               centers
               in
               the
               same
               pitch
               of
               folly
               and
               falsity
               .
            
          
           
             11.
             
             
               They
               scornfully
               call
            
             F.
             Baldock
             ,
             
               one
               of
               the
               Sacrificers
               for
               the
               Leper
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               a
               witness
               that
               the
               Church
               at
            
             Donnington
             ,
             
               prayed
               for
            
             Richard
             Anderson
             
               and
               his
               family
            
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             
               They
               represent
            
             J.
             Greene
             
               as
               a
               Fool
               and
               a
               Knave
               ,
               by
               his
               own
               handy-work
               ;
               thereby
               deriding
               him
               for
               calling
               the
               judgment
               which
               befel
            
             Richard
             Anderson
             ,
             
               the
               Lords
               handy-work
            
             .
          
           
             
             13.
             
             They
             charge
             their
             opposites
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             horrid
             deceit
             ,
             and
             term
             them
             an
             Hipocritical
             Fraternity
             ,
             because
             the
             time
             when
             that
             judgment
             which
             befel
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             for
             his
             presumptuous
             undertaking
             ,
             was
             not
             set
             down
             .
             But
             sure
             this
             is
             the
             way
             to
             make
             the
             very
             Apostles
             ,
             &c.
             
             Hipocrites
             too
             ;
             for
             though
             many
             of
             those
             things
             which
             God
             did
             by
             them
             ,
             be
             set
             down
             ,
             and
             that
             long
             after
             they
             were
             done
             too
             ,
             yet
             the
             time
             is
             seldom
             mentioned
             .
             And
             what
             would
             it
             have
             signified
             ,
             if
             the
             time
             had
             been
             precisely
             set
             down
             (
             for
             that
             the
             business
             was
             more
             ancient
             ,
             then
             of
             yesterday
             ,
             was
             sufficiently
             intimated
             in
             the
             Letters
             Printed
             )
             seeing
             the
             Men
             concerned
             ,
             are
             both
             living
             ,
             the
             places
             of
             their
             abode
             known
             ,
             and
             easie
             to
             be
             found
             by
             any
             that
             would
             know
             further
             concerning
             that
             matter
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             But
             it
             s
             not
             sufficient
             that
             they
             deride
             men
             ,
             but
             they
             deride
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Lord
             (
             and
             therein
             God
             himself
             
               (
               Mal.
               3.
               13
               ,
               14.
               )
            
             also
             :
             As
             every
             
               discerning
               Reader
            
             may
             perceive
             ,
             by
             reading
             
               Page
               4.
            
             of
             their
             
               Lying
               Wonder
            
             ,
             where
             having
             occasion
             to
             mention
             Baptism
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             add
             this
             Parenthesis
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Dipping
               in
               Water
            
             )
             and
             before
             that
             ,
             another
             thus
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             Dipt
             ,
             )
             thereby
             to
             mislead
             their
             inconsiderate
             Readers
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             Baptism
             were
             onely
             a
             Dipping
             in
             Water
             ;
             whereas
             every
             Dipping
             in
             Water
             may
             not
             be
             called
             The
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             nothing
             of
             that
             divine
             signification
             ,
             of
             Christs
             dying
             for
             sin
             ;
             and
             rising
             again
             for
             our
             justification
             ,
             and
             our
             dying
             to
             sin
             ;
             and
             rising
             to
             a
             new
             life
             ;
             as
             the
             Sacred
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             hath
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             Baptism
             of
             Repentance
             for
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Washing
             or
             Dipping
             in
             the
             Element
             Water
             ,
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             according
             to
             Christs
             Commission
             ,
             
               Matth.
               28.
               19.
            
             
             And
             the
             Apostles
             Injunction
             ,
             
               Acts
               2.38
               &
               10.
               47
               ,
               48.
               
            
             And
             Christs
             own
             practice
             ,
             
               Matth.
               3.
               16.
               
               John
               3.
               22.
               
               &
               4.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
            
          
        
         
           8.
           
           
             An
             Exhortation
             to
             all
             Christians
             to
             beware
             of
             the
             delusions
             of
             the
             people
             called
             Quakers
             .
          
           Nor
           can
           I
           do
           less
           (
           having
           this
           occasion
           put
           into
           my
           hand
           )
           then
           to
           admonish
           and
           exhort
           all
           Christians
           to
           look
           well
           to
           their
           goings
           ;
           for
           ,
           let
           us
           know
           assuredly
           ,
           that
           the
           days
           are
           perillous
           ,
           because
           the
           time
           is
           come
           ,
           wherein
           that
           doctrine
           which
           is
           according
           to
           Godliness
           (
           even
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           and
           ,
           that
           form
           of
           sound
           words
           delivered
           to
           the
           Churches
           by
           the
           holy
           Apostles
           ;
           that
           form
           of
           Doctrine
           once
           obeyed
           from
           the
           Heart
           ;
           
           that
           Faith
           once
           delivered
           to
           the
           Saints
           ;
           is
           now
           in
           every
           place
           turned
           from
           ,
           or
           lightly
           regarded
           ,
           by
           many
           pretending
           to
           the
           high
           Calling
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           therefore
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           more
           and
           more
           turned
           into
           Fables
           ,
           according
           as
           is
           foreshewn
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           seeing
           we
           know
           these
           things
           before
           ,
           Let
           us
           beware
           ,
           least
           at
           any
           time
           we
           be
           led
           away
           with
           the
           Errors
           of
           these
           days
           ,
           and
           fall
           from
           that
           stedfastness
           in
           the
           Apostles
           Doctrine
           and
           Fellowship
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           through
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           have
           attained
           .
        
         
           And
           above
           all
           ,
           Let
           us
           beware
           of
           those
           ;
           who
           either
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           deny
           the
           onely
           Lord
           God
           and
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           whiles
           they
           believe
           not
           his
           Death
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           Ascension
           ,
           and
           second
           coming
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           But
           in
           stead
           of
           those
           necessary
           points
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           labor
           to
           refer
           (
           by
           obscure
           ways
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           shew
           of
           words
           )
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           to
           the
           work
           of
           mortification
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           (
           pretend
           )
           to
           experience
           in
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Labor
           therefore
           to
           distinguish
           between
           the
           work
           of
           Christ
           in
           redeeming
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           Work
           of
           his
           Spirit
           and
           Word
           ,
           in
           sanctifying
           his
           people
           .
           Hold
           fast
           the
           first
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           labor
           to
           live
           in
           the
           latter
           by
           blessed
           experience
           :
           Waiting
           for
           the
           Redemption
           of
           your
           Bodies
           ,
           in
           the
           glorious
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Just
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           working
           ,
           whereby
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           is
           able
           to
           subdue
           all
           things
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           And
           be
           not
           deceived
           by
           any
           means
           ,
           by
           the
           empty
           boasts
           of
           some
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           already
           obtained
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           they
           even
           now
           do
           witness
           mortality
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           of
           life
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           such
           great
           swelling
           words
           of
           vanity
           .
           But
           ever
           remember
           ,
           that
           Paul
           in
           his
           greatest
           attainments
           ,
           wherein
           he
           heard
           things
           too
           high
           to
           be
           uttered
           to
           the
           Churches
           ;
           yet
           had
           he
           not
           then
           no
           ,
           nor
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           attained
           to
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           but
           labored
           ,
           if
           by
           any
           means
           he
           might
           attain
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           follow
           not
           those
           who
           indirectly
           (
           or
           by
           consequence
           )
           deny
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           mean
           those
           that
           deny
           his
           Commandments
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           one
           hath
           well
           said
           ,
           Such
           as
           deny
           those
           things
           which
           Christ
           hath
           ordained
           to
           declare
           and
           keep
           in
           memory
           ,
           his
           coming
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           his
           dying
           ,
           rising
           ,
           ascension
           ,
           and
           second
           coming
           ,
           do
           (
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           unawares
           )
           
           by
           consequence
           deny
           him
           to
           be
           come
           in
           the
           Flesh.
           By
           these
           things
           which
           are
           ordained
           to
           declare
           Christ
           come
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           mean
           all
           Gospel
           Institutions
           ;
           for
           whether
           it
           be
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Praying
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           Sacred
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           the
           Table
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           &c.
           they
           serve
           to
           this
           end
           specially
           ,
           to
           hold
           forth
           Christ
           ,
           and
           him
           crucified
           ,
           to
           come
           again
           and
           receive
           his
           servants
           into
           his
           Everlasting
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           holy
           Gospel
           being
           duly
           observed
           in
           all
           its
           parts
           ,
           with
           a
           constant
           waiting
           for
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           even
           Jesus
           who
           was
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           found
           unto
           praise
           and
           honor
           ,
           for
           keeping
           the
           Ordinances
           ,
           here
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           delivered
           to
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           hereafter
           ;
           for
           if
           any
           Man
           will
           serve
           Christ
           ,
           him
           will
           the
           Father
           honor
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           
             Antiqueries
             to
          
           John
           Whitehead
           ,
           
             Author
             of
             the
             Postscript
             annexed
             to
             the
          
           Lying
           Wonder
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Postscript
           ,
           I
           note
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             John
             Whitehead
             
               calls
               himself
               a
               Laborer
               in
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               He
               calls
               the
               Quakers
               ,
               The
               People
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               It
               is
               said
            
             Richard
             Anderson
             
               was
               not
               joyned
               to
               ,
               or
               owned
               by
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
               .
            
          
        
         
           Upon
           these
           particulars
           I
           Quere
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Whether
             he
             be
             fitly
             called
             a
             Laborer
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             who
             holds
             that
             the
             Gospel
             was
             never
             Preached
             in
             England
             ,
             till
             
               George
               Fox
            
             preached
             it
             ?
             (
             Not
             yet
             forty
             years
             ago
             .
             )
             And
             whether
             thou
             did
             not
             assert
             this
             ?
             And
             being
             admonished
             of
             the
             consequence
             of
             that
             saying
             ,
             viz.
             That
             then
             the
             Gospel
             preached
             by
             Fox
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             because
             Christs
             Gospel
             was
             preached
             in
             England
             many
             hundreds
             of
             years
             before
             Fox
             was
             born
             ,
             Whether
             thou
             did
             not
             still
             persist
             in
             thy
             assertion
             with
             this
             emendation
             ,
             That
             the
             Gospel
             was
             not
             preached
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             preached
             by
             the
             People
             of
             God
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             till
             
               George
               Fox
            
             preached
             it
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             do
             not
             make
             the
             Matter
             worse
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             hence
             evident
             ?
             That
             thou
             Laborest
             not
             in
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             the
             Gospel
             of
             
               George
               Fox
            
             ,
             which
             being
             no
             Gospel
             ,
             it
             follows
             thou
             art
             no
             Laborer
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Whether
             he
             that
             holds
             that
             nothing
             which
             was
             Mortal
             ,
             was
             called
             Christ
             ,
             doth
             not
             thereby
             deny
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             ?
             And
             
             whether
             thy
             conscience
             do
             not
             tell
             thee
             ,
             thou
             asserted
             this
             ;
             and
             being
             shewed
             the
             sequel
             of
             thy
             words
             ,
             (
             viz.
             That
             then
             Christ
             died
             not
             ,
             )
             and
             an
             offer
             made
             by
             thy
             opposite
             ,
             to
             recal
             that
             saying
             ,
             if
             thou
             thought
             thou
             wast
             mistaken
             ?
             whether
             then
             did
             not
             thou
             refuse
             to
             recal
             it
             ;
             and
             chose
             rather
             to
             persist
             in
             thy
             error
             .
             And
             whether
             he
             that
             holds
             this
             dangerous
             position
             ,
             can
             truly
             Preach
             the
             dying
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             for
             sin
             ?
             And
             how
             then
             can
             he
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Whether
             he
             that
             shall
             assert
             .
             That
             Christ
             hath
             no
             Body
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             beside
             his
             Church
             ,
             can
             Preach
             truly
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             Ascension
             ,
             and
             second
             coming
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             according
             to
             Scripture
             .
             And
             whether
             thou
             did
             not
             assert
             this
             before
             many
             witnesses
             !
             and
             if
             thou
             still
             art
             of
             the
             same
             opinion
             ,
             how
             canst
             thou
             truly
             Labor
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Whether
             by
             the
             words
             (
             
               People
               of
               God
            
             )
             thou
             means
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             visible
             Profession
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             pattern
             of
             the
             Churches
             in
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Whether
             the
             people
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             are
             gathered
             ,
             constituted
             ,
             and
             governed
             ,
             in
             a
             Church
             capacity
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             Matth.
             28.19
             .
             Acts
             2.
             38.
             to
             43.
             
             &
             10.
             
             47,48
             .
             &
             8.
             12
             ,
             13,14
             ,
             15,16,17
             .
             Heb.
             6.12
             .
             Ephes.
             4.4
             ,
             5,6,11,12,13,14,15,16
             .
             Tit.
             1.5
             .
             Acts
             14.
             23.
             
             Phil.
             1.
             1.
             1
             
             Cor.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             If
             not
             ,
             (
             as
             doubtless
             not
             )
             then
             shew
             by
             what
             authority
             ,
             and
             when
             that
             first
             order
             of
             gathering
             ,
             constituting
             ,
             and
             governing
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             was
             abrogated
             ;
             and
             another
             way
             instituted
             instead
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             sufficient
             for
             any
             to
             judge
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             that
             having
             conversed
             with
             them
             ,
             receives
             their
             doctrine
             ,
             opposes
             the
             Truths
             by
             them
             opposed
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             same
             pretences
             ;
             and
             owned
             not
             onely
             their
             doctrine
             ,
             but
             their
             persons
             as
             the
             onely
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             acts
             by
             their
             spirit
             ,
             and
             prophesies
             or
             preaches
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
             and
             hath
             frequent
             conversation
             with
             them
             ?
             (
             And
             whether
             the
             Quakers
             have
             any
             constant
             and
             visible
             order
             ,
             to
             receive
             Members
             into
             their
             Congregations
             ?
             and
             if
             they
             have
             ,
             then
             shew
             what
             it
             is
             ?
             )
             And
             whether
             
               Richard
               Anderson
            
             had
             not
             all
             these
             (
             demonstrable
             )
             characters
             ;
             and
             therefore
             justly
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Quaker
             ?
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Postscript
           of
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           .
        
         
           BEcause
           every
           Truth
           ought
           to
           have
           its
           just
           estimation
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           of
           the
           precedent
           Discourse
           ,
           being
           not
           to
           oppose
           any
           Light
           which
           God
           hath
           ordained
           for
           Mans
           direction
           ,
           Whether
           that
           which
           is
           common
           to
           all
           (
           ordinarily
           )
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           by
           some
           called
           the
           
             Light
             within
          
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           manifested
           at
           sundry
           times
           ,
           and
           divers
           manners
           .
           It
           shall
           not
           be
           inexpedient
           here
           to
           propose
           a
           few
           things
           :
           And
           first
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               It
               is
               certain
               (
               and
               not
               denied
               by
               the
               Baptised
               Churches
               )
               that
               God
               Almighty
               hath
               endowed
               mankind
               with
               a
               Principle
               of
               Light
               ,
               Vnderstanding
               ,
               or
               Iudgment
               ,
               to
               lead
               him
               to
               the
               consideration
               and
               observation
               of
               things
               good
               and
               honest
               among
               themselves
               ,
               and
               to
               contemplate
               the
               divine
               goodness
               it self
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               his
               wonderful
               Works
               ,
               and
               to
               render
               to
               him
               the
               honor
               of
               his
               Mercies
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               as
               there
               is
               a
               certain
               relation
               between
               the
               Creator
               ,
               and
               a
               Rational
               Creature
               ,
               even
               thence
               arises
               a
               necessity
               of
               obedience
               on
               the
               Creatures
               part
               .
               Whereupon
               it
               behooveth
               ,
               that
               he
               know
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               general
               ,
               what
               is
               his
               Will
               ,
               whom
               he
               is
               to
               serve
               :
               And
               this
               is
               the
               great
               work
               of
               the
               Law
               written
               in
               the
               Heart
               of
               Man
               ,
               
                 Rom.
                 2.
              
               
            
             
               2.
               
               But
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Creator
               to
               give
               further
               ,
               what
               particular
               discoveries
               of
               himself
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               will
               he
               pleases
               ,
               beyond
               the
               extent
               of
               this
               common
               principle
               of
               Light.
               And
               this
               he
               did
               to
               Adam
               ,
               in
               forbidding
               by
               a
               Positive
               Law
               the
               Fruit
               of
               one
               Tree
               ,
               which
               without
               that
               prohibition
               had
               brought
               no
               inconvenience
               to
               eat
               thereof
               ,
               seeing
               it
               was
               good
               for
               Food
               ;
               and
               therefore
               not
               sin
               ,
               as
               some
               do
               vainly
               interpret
               this
               place
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               there
               is
               in
               the
               Godhead
               the
               distinction
               of
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ;
               and
               that
               Mans
               salvation
               must
               depend
               on
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Son
               ;
               that
               he
               ,
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               should
               be
               born
               of
               a
               Woman
               (
               even
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               Mary
               by
               Name
               )
               that
               he
               should
               rise
               from
               Death
               ,
               and
               ascend
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               come
               to
               raise
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               judge
               the
               World
               ;
               are
               things
               wholly
               beyond
               the
               reach
               of
               the
               common
               principle
               of
               Light
               in
               Man
               ,
               and
               onely
               known
               by
               particular
               Revelation
               from
               the
               Omnificient
               God
               ,
               who
               revealed
               these
               things
               to
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               confirmed
               them
               by
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               hath
               witnessed
               the
               same
               by
               the
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               the
               Oeconomy
               ,
               Order
               ,
               or
               Government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               should
               vary
               ,
               viz.
               Be
               of
               one
               form
               in
               the
               old
               World
               ;
               of
               another
               from
               Abraham
               
               till
               Christ
               ;
               of
               a
               third
               ,
               from
               Christ
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               is
               that
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               common
               principle
               of
               Light
               in
               Man
               ,
               fails
               to
               give
               any
               ac●ount
               :
               Onely
               the
               Wisdom
               and
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Creator
               ,
               is
               the
               ground
               and
               cause
               of
               this
               alteration
               ;
               to
               which
               ,
               the
               Light
               of
               Mans
               understanding
               must
               be
               subordinate
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               Abraham
               must
               cut
               off
               the
               foreskin
               ,
               and
               his
               posterity
               observe
               the
               same
               for
               a
               Law
               ,
               under
               pain
               of
               being
               cut
               off
               from
               the
               People
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               no
               way
               perceivable
               by
               the
               principle
               of
               Light
               in
               Man
               ,
               but
               may
               seem
               to
               be
               repugnant
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               the
               Saviour
               of
               the
               World
               should
               come
               to
               be
               Baptised
               of
               John
               in
               Jordan
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               should
               become
               all
               his
               Disciples
               to
               follow
               him
               in
               that
               act
               of
               Obedience
               :
               That
               Israel
               must
               commemorate
               their
               deliverance
               out
               of
               Egypt
               by
               the
               Paschal
               observation
               ;
               and
               Christians
               their
               deliverance
               from
               Sin
               and
               Satan
               ,
               by
               the
               Bread
               and
               Cup
               at
               the
               Lords
               Table
               ,
               &c.
               
               Is
               that
               which
               the
               principle
               of
               Light
               in
               Man
               does
               not
               dictate
               ,
               but
               he
               onely
               ,
               who
               without
               controul
               ,
               might
               require
               Abraham
               to
               offer
               his
               own
               Son
               for
               a
               Sacrifice
               ,
               required
               these
               things
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               obeyed
               ,
               when
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               he
               requires
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               The
               sum
               of
               all
               ,
               is
               this
               ,
               The
               general
               principle
               of
               Vnderstanding
               ,
               Light
               ,
               or
               Iudgment
               in
               Man
               ,
               is
               capable
               of
               improvements
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               onely
               improved
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               it
               is
               subordinate
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               the
               lesser
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               greater
               things
               of
               his
               appointment
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               Quakers
               undeniably
               opposing
               themselves
               against
               many
               things
               required
               by
               the
               Positive
               Laws
               ,
               and
               made
               known
               by
               the
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               concerning
               Mans
               redemption
               ;
               and
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               are
               not
               obedient
               to
               ,
               nor
               sincere
               favorers
               of
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               but
               are
               under
               the
               guidance
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Darkness
               and
               Error
               ,
               in
               such
               their
               opposition
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               Reader
               ,
            
          
           
             WHereas
             it
             is
             said
             both
             in
             Word
             and
             in
             Print
             ,
             That
             I
             
               Iohn
               Green
            
             of
             Southwark
             ,
             deny
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Narrative
             given
             forth
             by
             
               Ralph
               Iames
            
             touching
             the
             Leprosie
             .
             These
             may
             certifie
             all
             whom
             it
             doth
             concern
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             believe
             the
             said
             Narrative
             to
             be
             a
             Truth
             ,
             and
             do
             appeal
             to
             the
             Conscience
             of
             several
             Quakers
             ;
             Whether
             I
             did
             not
             ,
             both
             by
             Word
             and
             Writing
             ,
             acknowledge
             the
             same
             to
             their
             faces
             ,
             though
             by
             some
             of
             them
             pressed
             to
             deny
             it
             ;
             and
             now
             they
             have
             contrary
             to
             their
             promise
             published
             my
             name
             in
             Print
             .
             This
             Testimony
             is
             true
             ,
             witness
             my
             hand
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Green.
               
            
             
               
                 21
                 Sept.
                 1672.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Attested
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             these
             Witnesses
             ,
          
           
             
               William
               Vridge
               ,
               Timothy
               Morloy
               ,
               Iohn
               Smith
               ,
               Peter
               S●ager
               ,
               all
               living
               in
               Southwark
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           .
           Pag
           11.
           
           Line
           7.
           for
           Richard
           read
           Ralph
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .