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             Some reasons why Robert Bridgman, and his wife, and some others in Hvntington-shire, have left the society of the people called Quakers, and have join'd in communion with the Church of England and some passages contained in a letter of George Whitehead to R.J., and R. Bridgman's reply to the same / by Robert Bridgman.
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           SOME
           REASONS
           WHY
           
             Robert
             Bridgman
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           And
           some
           others
           in
           HUNTINGTON-SHIRE
           ,
           Have
           left
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           People
           called
           QUAKERS
           ,
           AND
           Have
           join'd
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           And
           some
           Passages
           contained
           in
           a
           Letter
           of
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           to
           
             R.
             J.
          
           and
           R.
           Bridgman's
           Reply
           to
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           By
           
             ROBERT
             BRIDGMAN
          
           ,
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Brab
             .
             Aylmer
          
           at
           the
           Three
           Pigeons
           over-against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           and
           
             Char.
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDCC
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           ROBERT
           BRIDGMAN's
           REASONS
           For
           Leaving
           the
           QUAKERS
           .
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           REASONS
           WHY
           
             ROBERT
             BRIDGMAN
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           Have
           left
           the
           QUAKERS
           .
        
         
           IT
           has
           been
           matter
           of
           Sorrow
           and
           Shame
           unto
           me
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           have
           now
           left
           the
           Quakers
           Communion
           ,
           that
           we
           so
           long
           professed
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           whilst
           we
           remained
           so
           ignorant
           of
           the
           fundamental
           Principles
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           or
           three
           Persons
           of
           one
           Nature
           and
           Substance
           in
           the
           Godhead
           .
        
         
           The
           Incarnation
           of
           the
           second
           Person
           or
           Son
           of
           God
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
        
         
           The
           Satisfaction
           and
           Atonement
           made
           unto
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           by
           his
           Obedience
           and
           Death
           upon
           the
           Cross.
           
        
         
           The
           Resurrection
           and
           Ascention
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           Person
           into
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           His
           remaining
           in
           our
           Nature
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           our
           Head
           ,
           High-Priest
           and
           Intercessour
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Faith
           and
           full
           persuasion
           of
           his
           second
           ,
           last
           ,
           and
           outward
           appearance
           and
           coming
           again
           to
           raise
           the
           Dead
           Bodys
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Men
           in
           the
           great
           Day
           and
           solemn
           Assize
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           in
           which
           an
           Infallible
           and
           final
           Sentence
           will
           be
           passed
           upon
           all
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Deeds
           done
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           the
           plain
           and
           positive
           sense
           of
           divers
           Texts
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           These
           Doctrines
           and
           the
           Faith
           of
           them
           ,
           wrought
           by
           the
           Operation
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           the
           third
           Person
           in
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           are
           Essential
           or
           Fundamental
           Parts
           and
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           Faith
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           saved
           in
           this
           or
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           't
           is
           of
           great
           Weight
           and
           Consequence
           ,
           yea
           of
           the
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           to
           every
           one
           under
           a
           Christian
           Profession
           ,
           to
           be
           duly
           Instructed
           and
           rightly
           Informed
           ,
           in
           these
           great
           and
           necessary
           Truths
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           ,
           in
           some
           good
           measure
           ,
           no
           Man
           can
           be
           rightly
           denominated
           a
           Christian
           Man
           or
           Believer
           .
        
         
           The
           Faith
           of
           God
           as
           a
           Great
           and
           Mercyful
           Creator
           and
           the
           Seal
           of
           his
           Power
           and
           Providence
           in
           and
           over
           all
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           is
           indeed
           a
           necessary
           work
           ,
           and
           our
           Love
           and
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           Light
           with
           which
           he
           instructs
           and
           enlightens
           our
           Nature
           ,
           is
           a
           pretious
           and
           necessary
           condition
           on
           our
           parts
           ,
           to
           sit
           and
           prepare
           us
           for
           the
           due
           reception
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ;
           and
           indeed
           without
           some
           experience
           of
           this
           sort
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           pretend
           to
           any
           Religion
           ,
           much
           more
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           Yet
           the
           order
           and
           progress
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           
           ought
           to
           be
           duly
           distinguished
           ,
           for
           to
           reduce
           all
           Religion
           and
           Faith
           towards
           God
           ,
           under
           a
           Profession
           and
           Experience
           of
           Light
           and
           Truth
           ,
           without
           any
           distinction
           of
           common
           and
           special
           Illumination
           or
           Grace
           ,
           is
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Soul
           and
           very
           destructive
           to
           the
           real
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           How
           far
           the
           People
           call'd
           Quakers
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           their
           most
           noted
           and
           approved
           Authors
           and
           Ministers
           in
           particular
           ,
           have
           Ignorantly
           and
           Blasphemously
           opposed
           this
           work
           of
           Faith
           and
           Reformation
           (
           begun
           and
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           Souls
           of
           many
           ,
           by
           hearing
           the
           Word
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           declared
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           from
           Men
           qualified
           to
           Read
           and
           Expound
           the
           same
           )
           is
           now
           become
           so
           evident
           to
           such
           whose
           Eyes
           the
           Lord
           in
           Mercy
           hath
           opened
           ,
           that
           to
           contradict
           or
           deny
           it
           ,
           must
           bespeak
           very
           great
           Ignorance
           or
           Obstinacy
           .
        
         
           How
           far
           they
           have
           withstood
           and
           rejected
           the
           Institutions
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           in
           the
           due
           administration
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           sincere
           and
           faithful
           practise
           of
           such
           as
           are
           convinced
           of
           their
           Duty
           and
           Profit
           in
           receiving
           them
           ,
           is
           also
           as
           evident
           to
           such
           as
           have
           had
           occasion
           to
           deal
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           peruse
           their
           Writings
           constantly
           published
           from
           their
           beginning
           .
           And
           how
           under
           pretence
           of
           higher
           Attainments
           and
           farther
           Glory
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Pride
           and
           great
           Uncharitableness
           hath
           possessed
           them
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           manifest
           by
           its
           fruits
           ,
           in
           Censuring
           and
           Reproaching
           all
           other
           denominations
           of
           Professed
           Christians
           ,
           whom
           they
           set
           to
           a
           great
           distance
           ,
           and
           account
           as
           the
           World
           which
           yet
           lieth
           in
           Wickedness
           .
           And
           by
           a
           shew
           of
           Spirituality
           ,
           Simplicity
           ,
           Humility
           and
           Patience
           ,
           have
           
           deceived
           themselves
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           most
           ignorant
           and
           inadvertent
           Professors
           ,
           who
           inconsiderately
           and
           rashly
           conclude
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           most
           holy
           and
           reformed
           People
           and
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           they
           appear
           in
           a
           more
           sedate
           ,
           retired
           ,
           and
           self
           denying
           manner
           ,
           as
           a
           Society
           and
           Body
           of
           People
           ,
           than
           generally
           is
           observed
           of
           other
           Societies
           .
        
         
           But
           whoever
           arrives
           to
           any
           tolerable
           understanding
           of
           sound
           Christian
           Principles
           ,
           and
           attends
           an
           impartial
           Examination
           of
           what
           the
           Quakers
           preach
           and
           publish
           ,
           shall
           not
           only
           find
           them
           very
           disagreeable
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           but
           ,
           in
           general
           very
           opposite
           to
           true
           Christianity
           .
           And
           that
           which
           also
           very
           much
           exposeth
           them
           to
           contempt
           with
           all
           True
           Intelligent
           and
           Religious
           minds
           ,
           is
           the
           liberty
           they
           take
           in
           their
           Apologies
           and
           Defences
           to
           quible
           and
           shuffle
           with
           dull
           and
           apparent
           Sophistry
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           now
           become
           their
           repeated
           Practise
           to
           alter
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Opponents
           writings
           ,
           by
           adding
           or
           diminishing
           of
           words
           ,
           by
           Transposing
           them
           ,
           by
           playing
           upon
           such
           as
           are
           equivocal
           ,
           by
           connecting
           Matter
           that
           lies
           disjoynted
           ,
           and
           disjoynting
           Matter
           that
           lies
           connected
           ,
           by
           questioning
           the
           autography
           of
           their
           own
           Prints
           ,
           when
           they
           cannot
           otherwise
           vindicate
           or
           defend
           them
           .
           And
           thus
           they
           inherit
           the
           Jesuites
           practice
           (
           '
           tho
           through
           want
           of
           their
           Education
           they
           fall
           short
           in
           their
           skill
           )
           and
           by
           this
           very
           means
           ruine
           their
           Cause
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           Zeal
           and
           specious
           Pretences
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           mercyful
           Providence
           so
           many
           are
           delivered
           from
           the
           snare
           of
           their
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           with
           soundings
           and
           Echoes
           works
           on
           the
           Imagination
           and
           Fancy
           of
           the
           more
           Ignorant
           and
           Credulous
           .
        
         
         
           Did
           they
           regard
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           ,
           without
           respecting
           Persons
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           never
           declined
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           Test
           ,
           before
           any
           competent
           number
           of
           Sober
           and
           Judicious
           Persons
           ,
           without
           making
           such
           Pleas
           and
           Pretences
           to
           excuse
           ,
           and
           be
           excused
           as
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           Being
           detected
           ,
           they
           became
           greatly
           inraged
           ,
           and
           breath
           out
           their
           spite
           in
           Prophecies
           and
           Curses
           ,
           both
           in
           private
           and
           publick
           ,
           against
           such
           as
           oppose
           them
           ;
           whilst
           they
           are
           blessing
           and
           magnifying
           themselves
           and
           their
           Faction
           in
           such
           flights
           of
           Devotion
           as
           allarms
           and
           amuzes
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           Unwary
           .
           The
           account
           given
           by
           
             George
             Keith
          
           in
           his
           Books
           and
           Narratives
           of
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           so
           well
           attested
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Load
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           very
           uneasie
           ;
           and
           not
           daring
           to
           appear
           to
           justifie
           themselves
           ,
           are
           labouring
           to
           abuse
           and
           misrepresent
           him
           .
           They
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           insinuate
           ,
           that
           Covetousness
           ,
           Pride
           and
           Envy
           are
           the
           motive
           of
           his
           practice
           :
           An
           Apostate
           ,
           a
           Judas
           ,
           a
           Renegado
           ,
           are
           the
           Epithets
           they
           bestow
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           in
           their
           
             Word
             to
             the
             Well-inclin'd
          
           ,
           represent
           him
           the
           Epitome
           and
           very
           Common-place
           of
           all
           the
           Malice
           of
           their
           preceding
           Adversaries
           :
           And
           these
           fine
           Characters
           they
           industriously
           spread
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           defame
           and
           reproach
           him
           ;
           having
           a
           method
           effectually
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           by
           spreading
           their
           Pamphlets
           according
           to
           an
           agreement
           of
           their
           Yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           their
           supreme
           Authority
           in
           this
           and
           in
           other
           Kingdoms
           and
           Countries
           where
           they
           have
           any
           settled
           Interest
           .
           )
           The
           Agreement
           and
           Order
           of
           their
           Yearly
           Meeting
           held
           in
           London
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           third
           and
           fourth
           Days
           
           of
           June
           1691
           ,
           and
           directed
           to
           the
           Quarterly
           and
           Monthly
           Meetings
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           Wales
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           was
           and
           is
           .
           That
           each
           Monthly
           Meeting
           (
           of
           which
           they
           had
           at
           that
           time
           about
           150
           )
           in
           England
           and
           Wales
           (
           and
           since
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           the
           number
           is
           greatly
           increased
           )
           was
           to
           take
           off
           two
           Books
           of
           a
           sort
           ,
           when
           both
           do
           not
           exceed
           the
           price
           of
           a
           Shilling
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sent
           by
           the
           several
           Correspondents
           in
           London
           (
           or
           their
           Order
           )
           to
           the
           Correspondents
           of
           each
           County
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           send
           up
           the
           Money
           out
           of
           their
           Meeting
           Stock
           ;
           which
           sufficiently
           encourages
           both
           the
           Author
           and
           Printer
           .
           And
           this
           Agreement
           and
           Order
           was
           expresly
           made
           for
           the
           spreading
           their
           Books
           ,
           as
           is
           more
           at
           large
           declared
           in
           their
           Yearly
           Meeting
           Paper
           ,
           printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1691.
           
           And
           thus
           they
           are
           encouraged
           to
           be
           continually
           scribling
           ,
           and
           judge
           it
           to
           be
           (
           as
           they
           say
           in
           their
           
             Word
             to
             the
             well-inclin'd
          
           )
           the
           fairer
           ,
           more
           substantial
           and
           edifying
           method
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           misery
           that
           attends
           their
           numerous
           Proselytes
           ,
           is
           the
           impressions
           they
           are
           under
           in
           partiality
           and
           prejudice
           ;
           what
           is
           published
           by
           their
           Party
           passes
           for
           Truth
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Fact
           ,
           but
           they
           conceive
           a
           peculiar
           presence
           of
           God
           is
           a
           continual
           Blessing
           that
           accompanies
           them
           .
           The
           same
           conceit
           they
           have
           in
           all
           they
           say
           and
           do
           ,
           and
           are
           generally
           so
           affected
           with
           a
           Relish
           and
           Savour
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           puffs
           them
           up
           with
           intolerable
           Pride
           ,
           even
           whilst
           it
           appears
           to
           themselves
           under
           a
           Disguise
           of
           Humility
           .
           But
           true
           Humility
           is
           another
           thing
           ,
           it
           submits
           to
           Truth
           where-ever
           ,
           whenever
           and
           in
           whomsoever
           it
           appears
           ,
           inlarging
           the
           Heart
           with
           Catholick
           Love
           ,
           which
           like
           
           the
           attracting
           and
           bountiful
           Heaven
           ,
           scatters
           its
           Dew
           on
           every
           Soyl
           ,
           and
           maintains
           its
           correspondence
           with
           an
           impartial
           influence
           .
           The
           Lord
           in
           Mercy
           increase
           this
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           inable
           the
           sincere
           in
           all
           persuasions
           to
           let
           go
           the
           shackles
           of
           their
           several
           singularities
           ,
           looking
           up
           unto
           Jesus
           the
           universal
           Head
           and
           Captain
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           blessed
           and
           Holy
           Spirit
           is
           sprinkling
           the
           Nations
           through
           the
           Faith
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           respect
           of
           persons
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           me
           beseech
           such
           of
           my
           Friends
           ,
           as
           profess
           their
           Faith
           in
           a
           Crucified
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           in
           humility
           submit
           to
           the
           means
           he
           has
           appointed
           as
           the
           Seals
           of
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           Symbols
           of
           his
           Presence
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           careful
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Adversary
           ,
           who
           seeks
           many
           ways
           to
           undermine
           and
           lay
           waste
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           may
           be
           stop'd
           every
           way
           in
           which
           he
           appears
           .
           The
           greatest
           reproach
           that
           at
           this
           time
           attends
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           is
           a
           loose
           Conversation
           in
           too
           many
           not
           season'd
           with
           Grace
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ?
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Ground
           and
           Plea
           of
           all
           Schismaticks
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Air
           that
           infests
           the
           Atheist
           ,
           who
           secretly
           concludes
           ,
           because
           of
           such
           Liberty
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           God
           of
           such
           Purity
           and
           Power
           ,
           as
           the
           Christians
           profess
           in
           their
           verbal
           Confession
           .
           But
           this
           I
           can
           say
           from
           a
           good
           and
           comfortable
           experience
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           many
           pious
           and
           heavenly-minded
           Souls
           ,
           in
           several
           places
           ,
           both
           Ministers
           and
           People
           ,
           that
           are
           as
           Lights
           ,
           and
           as
           Salt
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           Stations
           ,
           though
           once
           I
           could
           hardly
           believe
           it
           ,
           so
           much
           Filth
           and
           Dirt
           having
           been
           
           cast
           upon
           them
           by
           an
           ignorant
           ,
           proud
           and
           obstinate
           Generation
           of
           Men
           ;
           whose
           feigned
           Simplicity
           and
           Humility
           ,
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           Subjection
           to
           a
           Power
           above
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           is
           very
           delusive
           in
           the
           Appearance
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           when
           duly
           examined
           proves
           chiefly
           the
           Fruit
           of
           Education
           and
           Humour
           .
        
         
           Being
           taught
           and
           persuaded
           ,
           that
           Reasoning
           is
           dangerous
           in
           things
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           stop
           their
           Ears
           and
           close
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           until
           by
           degrees
           they
           grow
           hardy
           in
           Imagination
           and
           Fancy
           ,
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           which
           they
           have
           been
           suffered
           to
           proceed
           until
           their
           own
           Folly
           hath
           corrected
           them
           .
        
         
           Whoever
           comes
           to
           a
           sober
           mind
           ,
           and
           attentively
           ,
           reads
           over
           the
           History
           given
           by
           
             George
             Fox
          
           and
           his
           Delegates
           ,
           in
           the
           Entrance
           of
           his
           Journal
           ,
           may
           readily
           find
           ,
           that
           an
           ignorant
           Education
           and
           Melancholly
           Temper
           ,
           impressed
           and
           blown
           up
           by
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           gave
           birth
           to
           his
           Faction
           in
           those
           Hurricane
           Times
           (
           whilst
           the
           Church
           lay
           despoyled
           of
           her
           Power
           and
           Privileges
           )
           and
           since
           that
           inundation
           of
           Heresie
           and
           Schism
           ,
           the
           Breach
           has
           remaiued
           too
           much
           unobserved
           :
           And
           to
           my
           Understanding
           no
           better
           Expedient
           can
           readily
           be
           proposed
           to
           heal
           up
           this
           Breach
           and
           recover
           the
           Wasts
           ,
           than
           a
           laborious
           and
           diligent
           instruction
           of
           Youth
           ,
           and
           detecting
           of
           Errour
           ,
           by
           open
           and
           free
           Conferences
           judiciously
           managed
           in
           divers
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           a
           lamentable
           thing
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           Christian
           Nation
           the
           publick
           Seals
           and
           Badges
           of
           its
           Communion
           should
           be
           so
           slighted
           ,
           neglected
           ,
           opposed
           and
           rejected
           by
           a
           sort
           and
           number
           of
           men
           that
           will
           not
           be
           accountable
           
           in
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           for
           their
           Mistakes
           and
           Abuses
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           most
           lame
           and
           scandalous
           Insinuation
           against
           the
           Institution
           and
           Practice
           of
           Outward
           Baptism
           ,
           which
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           advances
           in
           his
           
             Rector
             Examined
          
           ,
           p.
           27.
           saying
           ,
           When
           this
           Rector
           (
           meaning
           Mr.
           Merriton
           )
           can
           demonstrate
           a
           
             Probatum
             est
          
           ,
           of
           such
           Virtue
           in
           that
           poor
           Element
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           of
           Water-baptism
           ,
           as
           to
           cure
           polluted
           and
           distemper'd
           Souls
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Issue
           or
           Effect
           of
           a
           means
           that
           is
           prescribed
           ,
           must
           determine
           the
           right
           or
           lawfulness
           of
           its
           Institution
           and
           Practice
           without
           any
           Exception
           ;
           he
           may
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           question
           the
           Authority
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           in
           their
           Teaching
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           because
           many
           that
           heard
           them
           were
           not
           effectually
           Cleansed
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Commission
           that
           was
           given
           Math.
           28.
           19.
           there
           is
           no
           more
           mention
           made
           of
           outward
           teaching
           ,
           than
           of
           outward
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           the
           Quakers
           may
           as
           well
           reject
           Teaching
           with
           Words
           as
           Baptizing
           with
           Water
           .
           But
           to
           manifest
           how
           liable
           they
           are
           to
           pervert
           the
           True
           Sense
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           see
           what
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           says
           concerning
           the
           Supper
           ,
           Page
           35.
           of
           his
           
             Rector
             Examined
          
           ,
           where
           he
           produces
           some
           Testimonies
           out
           of
           the
           
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
          
           to
           favour
           his
           Cause
           ,
           which
           duly
           considered
           are
           directly
           against
           it
           .
           The
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           in
           the
           Supper
           ,
           are
           Figurative
           and
           Symbolical
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           by
           the
           faithful
           Receiver
           ,
           Intitles
           him
           to
           the
           Graces
           and
           Blessings
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           the
           breaking
           the
           Bread
           and
           pouring
           out
           the
           Wine
           ,
           were
           Instituted
           as
           a
           means
           to
           preserve
           the
           Faith
           and
           Remembrance
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           ,
           that
           was
           Broken
           
           and
           Slied
           for
           the
           Remission
           of
           Sin
           and
           which
           is
           now
           Exalted
           and
           Glorified
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           he
           being
           now
           in
           Heaven
           in
           his
           Body
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           our
           Bodily
           Senses
           .
        
         
           One
           end
           of
           the
           Supper
           is
           to
           Receive
           and
           Establish
           the
           Faith
           of
           his
           Existence
           ,
           and
           assurance
           of
           his
           coming
           in
           his
           Body
           to
           Judge
           us
           ;
           and
           those
           Arguments
           of
           Dr.
           Cranmer
           and
           Ridley
           which
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           recites
           ,
           were
           at
           that
           time
           advanced
           to
           oppose
           the
           Erroneous
           Conceit
           of
           Transubstantiation
           .
           See
           the
           
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
          
           page
           74.
           
           Where
           t
           is
           said
           ,
           
             that
             to
             believe
             the
             Wafer
             and
             Wine
             to
             be
             Transubstantiated
             into
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             [
             Argument
             the
             second
             ]
             it
             varieth
             from
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             
               He
               ascended
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               sitteth
               on
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               from
               whence
            
             (
             and
             not
             from
             any
             other
             place
             ,
             saith
             St.
             
               Augustin
               )
               he
               shall
               come
               to
               judge
               both
               the
               quick
               and
               the
               dead
               .
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             destroyeth
             and
             taketh
             away
             the
             Institution
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             which
             was
             commanded
             only
             to
             be
             used
             and
             continued
             until
             the
             Lord
             Himself
             should
             come
             ,
             if
             therefore
             He
             be
             now
             really
             present
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Flesh
             ,
             then
             must
             the
             Supper
             cease
             .
             For
             a
             Remembrance
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             a
             thing
             present
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             thing
             past
             and
             absent
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             difference
             between
             Remembrance
             and
             Presence
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             one
             of
             the
             Fathers
             saith
             )
             a
             Figure
             is
             in
             vain
             where
             the
             thing
             figured
             is
             present
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           you
           see
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Martyrs
           intended
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           wou'd
           make
           them
           to
           intend
           another
           ;
           the
           Supper
           is
           a
           Figure
           and
           Sign
           
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Inward
           and
           Spiritual
           Grace
           ,
           received
           by
           the
           Faithful
           in
           their
           partaking
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           now
           absent
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Faith
           of
           which
           being
           lost
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           denyed
           and
           opposed
           by
           their
           obstinate
           pervertion
           ;
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           Institution
           appears
           the
           more
           necessary
           ,
           and
           the
           frequent
           and
           due
           practice
           of
           it
           appears
           the
           more
           seasonable
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           these
           poor
           Elements
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           at
           the
           Administration
           and
           Reception
           of
           them
           ,
           will
           prove
           two
           such
           Pillars
           and
           Supports
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           and
           Experience
           ,
           that
           the
           Combination
           of
           Hell
           shall
           not
           prevail
           ,
           tho
           her
           Gates
           many
           ways
           are
           set
           open
           to
           furnish
           the
           Army
           of
           Abaddon
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           specious
           pretence
           the
           Quakers
           have
           made
           to
           the
           Virtue
           and
           Efficacy
           of
           the
           Inward
           Principle
           ,
           as
           having
           therein
           an
           Art
           of
           Extraction
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           perform
           as
           by
           one
           single
           Still
           ,
           all
           that
           can
           be
           proposed
           from
           the
           variety
           in
           a
           Laboratory
           .
           This
           very
           Comparison
           and
           Illustration
           I
           heard
           from
           
             William
             Penn
          
           in
           a
           publick
           Meeting
           at
           Grace-Church-Street
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           he
           delivers
           in
           his
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           ,
           where
           he
           Rants
           at
           a
           very
           unreasonable
           rate
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           disparages
           the
           Reputation
           of
           their
           Principle
           by
           the
           extravagancy
           of
           his
           Notion
           ,
           as
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           has
           done
           by
           the
           Irregularity
           of
           his
           practice
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           no
           Principle
           of
           Truth
           ever
           taught
           
             William
             Penn
          
           to
           advance
           such
           a
           Notion
           of
           the
           Composition
           of
           Man
           ,
           as
           he
           delivers
           in
           p.
           71.
           of
           his
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           .
           
             Man
             ,
             (
             says
             he
             )
             as
             I
             said
             just
             now
             ,
             is
             a
             Composition
             of
             both
             
             Worlds
             ,
             his
             Body
             is
             of
             this
             ,
             his
             Soul
             of
             the
             other
             World
             —
             by
             the
             Body
             the
             Soul
             looks
             into
             and
             beholds
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             World
             it
             beholds
             God
             ,
             the
             World
             that
             is
             without
             End.
             
          
           So
           that
           the
           World
           without
           End
           ,
           and
           God
           ,
           are
           with
           him
           Terms
           Synonimous
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           endless
           World
           is
           [
           with
           him
           ]
           a
           part
           of
           Man's
           Composition
           ,
           his
           Soul
           is
           of
           its
           Essence
           ,
           and
           beholds
           its
           being
           a
           kin
           to
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           a
           Relation
           but
           in
           Substance
           :
           And
           in
           his
           Book
           called
           
             Judas
             and
             the
             Jews
          
           ,
           p.
           130.
           he
           hath
           the
           following
           Words
           .
           
             The
             new
             despised
             flock
             of
             God
             shall
             rest
             with
             him
             in
             that
             World
             which
             never
             had
             beginning
             ,
             and
             is
             without
             end
          
           ;
           thus
           he
           gives
           us
           a
           Description
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           ,
           its
           being
           a
           part
           of
           him
           .
           And
           thus
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           Shuffling
           and
           Cutting
           about
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Soul
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           see
           how
           naturally
           
             William
             Penn
          
           jumps
           in
           with
           
             George
             Fox
          
           in
           his
           Notion
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           so
           fully
           exposed
           and
           explained
           by
           
             George
             Keith
          
           in
           his
           fourth
           Narrative
           ,
           p.
           61
           ,
           62
           ,
           63
           ,
           64
           ,
           65
           ,
           66
           ,
           67.
           
           And
           as
           in
           this
           his
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           
             Primitive
             Christianity
          
           ,
           he
           defines
           the
           Soul
           to
           be
           part
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           in
           his
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Invalidit●
             of
          
           John
           Faldo
           ,
           p.
           365.
           he
           defines
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           opposes
           the
           conclusion
           of
           his
           Opponent
           ,
           who
           speaking
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           says
           ,
           it
           shall
           have
           the
           same
           Matter
           ,
           tho'
           not
           the
           same
           Grossness
           ;
           it
           shall
           have
           the
           same
           Essential
           Form
           ,
           tho
           not
           the
           same
           Accidents
           .
           William
           Penn's
           Answer
           will
           not
           allow
           that
           he
           ever
           read
           in
           Scripture
           any
           thing
           favourably
           towards
           such
           a
           Conclusion
           .
           His
           words
           are
           ,
           
             I
             never
             read
             yet
             of
             a
             Body
             having
             the
             same
             Matter
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             same
             Grossness
             ,
             
             the
             same
             Substance
             and
             Essence
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             same
             Accidents
          
           ;
           by
           which
           account
           we
           must
           believe
           that
           either
           
             William
             Penn
          
           never
           read
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           believes
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Bodies
           of
           those
           that
           arose
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           were
           changed
           in
           Substance
           .
           For
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           the
           same
           Substance
           they
           must
           also
           retain
           the
           same
           Grossness
           and
           Accidents
           ;
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           Body
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           now
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           a
           gross
           and
           mortal
           Body
           ,
           if
           they
           believe
           he
           has
           the
           same
           Body
           now
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           sort
           of
           Reasoning
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           Objections
           and
           constant
           Clamour
           against
           all
           sorts
           of
           Christians
           ,
           has
           been
           to
           insinuate
           the
           Carnality
           of
           their
           Notions
           .
           And
           thus
           do
           they
           raise
           such
           a
           dust
           of
           Confusion
           by
           their
           Doctrines
           and
           Distinctions
           ,
           that
           many
           poor
           People
           are
           led
           entangled
           in
           a
           Mist
           of
           thick
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           give
           a
           large
           and
           particular
           Relation
           of
           sundry
           Conferences
           I
           have
           had
           with
           several
           of
           Note
           among
           them
           ,
           (
           appointed
           to
           hear
           and
           examine
           my
           Reasons
           for
           declining
           their
           Meetings
           )
           from
           whom
           I
           cou'd
           never
           yet
           obtain
           any
           plain
           and
           positive
           Answer
           to
           this
           necessary
           and
           seasonable
           Question
           ,
           
             
               Whether
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               is
               now
               in
               Heaven
               above
               ,
               or
               without
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               true
               and
               intire
               Nature
               of
               Man
               glorified
               ,
               the
               same
               for
               Substance
               which
               he
               had
               on
               Earth
               ,
               and
               forever
               to
               come
               united
               with
               the
               Godhead
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           But
           finding
           this
           Doctrine
           so
           fully
           and
           so
           safely
           expressed
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           also
           those
           other
           necessary
           and
           essential
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           inclined
           me
           to
           make
           a
           farther
           Search
           into
           the
           Matter
           and
           Manner
           of
           her
           Publick
           Worship
           ;
           which
           appearing
           to
           me
           so
           sound
           and
           instructive
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           in
           Conscience
           delay
           my
           adventuring
           to
           make
           some
           Approaches
           towards
           her
           Communion
           .
        
         
           And
           through
           a
           merciful
           Providence
           it
           has
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           so
           to
           influence
           and
           to
           bless
           due
           means
           of
           Instruction
           ,
           that
           my
           dear
           Wife
           ,
           with
           several
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           were
           also
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           are
           become
           religiously
           affected
           with
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           Lord
           will
           preserve
           us
           in
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           our
           Intentions
           ,
           the
           Insinuations
           notwithstanding
           and
           Reproaches
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           :
           An
           instance
           of
           which
           I
           think
           sit
           here
           to
           subjoyn
           ,
           not
           being
           likely
           to
           obtain
           any
           offer
           of
           Justice
           from
           the
           Person
           concerned
           .
        
         
           Upon
           my
           Wife
           and
           Children's
           receiving
           Baptism
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             George
             Whitehead
          
           writes
           a
           Letter
           of
           Condolence
           to
           my
           Wife's
           Father
           ,
           wherein
           he
           insinuates
           after
           this
           manner
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 Dear
                 Brother
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 often
                 sensible
                 of
                 thy
                 Exercise
                 and
                 Affection
                 occasioned
                 by
                 the
                 miserable
                 Backsliding
                 of
                 such
                 near
                 Relations
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 so
                 long
                 professed
                 the
                 blessed
                 Truth
                 among
                 us
                 —
                 The
                 blessed
                 Truth
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Beginning
                 ,
                 in
                 Life
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 will
                 stand
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 out-live
                 all
                 its
                 Adversaries
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 who
                 are
                 approved
                 and
                 stand
                 faithful
                 therein
                 ,
                 shall
                 the
                 more
                 be
                 manifest
                 ,
                 and
                 shine
                 ,
                 when
                 Shame
                 and
                 Confusion
                 shall
                 cover
                 the
                 Rebellious
                 ,
                 who
                 reproach
                 God's
                 Heritage
                 and
                 People
                 to
                 excuse
                 their
                 own
                 Revolting
                 and
                 Looseness
                 of
                 Spirit
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Letter
           in
           which
           these
           Passages
           are
           ,
           falling
           ,
           providentially
           into
           my
           Hand
           ,
           I
           wrote
           to
           
             Geo.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           as
           is
           hereafter
           exprest
           .
           But
           being
           in
           London
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           prospect
           of
           having
           such
           a
           Meeting
           as
           I
           desir'd
           ,
           think
           fit
           to
           expose
           it
           ,
           as
           matter
           of
           Caution
           to
           himself
           and
           such
           others
           as
           may
           be
           under
           temptation
           to
           practise
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           disparage
           and
           discourage
           with
           such
           Blasts
           of
           Reviling
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Hunt.
                 
                   
                     the
                     16th
                  
                   April
                   ,
                   1700.
                   
                
              
               
                 George
                 Whitehead
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 In
                 these
                 Passages
                 [
                 which
                 I
                 transcribed
                 to
                 him
                 ]
                 are
                 contained
                 a
                 severe
                 Charge
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Insinuation
                 against
                 my self
                 and
                 my
                 Wife
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 near
                 Relations
                 mentioned
                 in
                 that
                 Letter
                 :
                 And
                 we
                 being
                 such
                 (
                 had
                 you
                 proved
                 your
                 Charge
                 )
                 the
                 unworthiness
                 of
                 your
                 Disposition
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 ,
                 hath
                 sufficiently
                 appeared
                 ,
                 in
                 offering
                 so
                 to
                 aggravate
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 consequence
                 to
                 set
                 such
                 near
                 Relations
                 at
                 too
                 great
                 a
                 Distance
                 .
                 But
                 whereas
                 your
                 Charge
                 and
                 Insinuations
                 remain
                 unproved
                 by
                 you
                 ,
                 they
                 ought
                 in
                 Justice
                 to
                 be
                 returned
                 upon
                 you
                 as
                 a
                 Slander
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 think
                 you
                 can
                 make
                 Proof
                 of
                 
                 these
                 miserable
                 ,
                 yea
                 and
                 I
                 may
                 add
                 ,
                 detestable
                 things
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 desire
                 you
                 would
                 do
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 more
                 manifest
                 and
                 shine
                 ,
                 we
                 care
                 not
                 how
                 publickly
                 you
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 Your
                 writing
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 to
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 Premonition
                 to
                 us
                 (
                 had
                 we
                 been
                 really
                 guilty
                 )
                 looks
                 not
                 only
                 like
                 a
                 Deed
                 of
                 Darkness
                 ,
                 but
                 (
                 we
                 being
                 innocent
                 )
                 too
                 much
                 intitles
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 those
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 11th
                 Psalm
                 ,
                 
                   Who
                   bend
                   the
                   Bow
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   ready
                   their
                   Arrow
                   upon
                   the
                   String
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   privily
                   shoot
                   at
                   the
                   upright
                   in
                   heart
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Had
                 not
                 your
                 Name
                 and
                 Pretences
                 been
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 have
                 overlook'd
                 your
                 Reproach
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 done
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 from
                 others
                 of
                 a
                 meaner
                 Rank
                 among
                 you
                 )
                 cast
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 verily
                 believe
                 ,
                 for
                 our
                 open
                 Profession
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 practising
                 the
                 Institutions
                 of
                 our
                 blessed
                 Lord
                 and
                 Saviour
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 in
                 ways
                 most
                 agreeable
                 to
                 our
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 serious
                 ,
                 deliberate
                 and
                 impartial
                 Enquiry
                 and
                 Consideration
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 we
                 take
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Reason
                 of
                 your
                 Displeasure
                 ,
                 knowing
                 very
                 well
                 how
                 you
                 have
                 slighted
                 ,
                 opposed
                 ,
                 and
                 rejected
                 those
                 great
                 and
                 necessary
                 Truths
                 ,
                 and
                 proper
                 means
                 of
                 Christian
                 Fellowship
                 and
                 Communion
                 ,
                 appointed
                 ,
                 we
                 believe
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 end
                 by
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 practised
                 by
                 his
                 holy
                 Apostles
                 and
                 Disciples
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 purest
                 Ages
                 of
                 Christianity
                 .
                 And
                 you
                 in
                 particular
                 bearing
                 such
                 a
                 Name
                 and
                 Sway
                 (
                 amongst
                 so
                 many
                 deluded
                 ,
                 though
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 ,
                 well-meaning
                 People
                 )
                 and
                 so
                 generally
                 passing
                 under
                 the
                 Character
                 
                 of
                 an
                 honourable
                 and
                 worthy
                 Minister
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 therefore
                 highly
                 necessary
                 to
                 take
                 some
                 Notice
                 of
                 your
                 practice
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 do
                 hereby
                 acquaint
                 you
                 that
                 my
                 Occasions
                 calling
                 me
                 to
                 London
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 time
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 expect
                 you
                 will
                 give
                 me
                 a
                 Meeting
                 before
                 some
                 sober
                 and
                 judicious
                 Persons
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 Proof
                 of
                 your
                 Charge
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 retract
                 what
                 you
                 have
                 in
                 such
                 manner
                 insinuated
                 against
                 us
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 think
                 fit
                 to
                 decline
                 to
                 give
                 me
                 such
                 a
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 reason
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 sufficient
                 demonstration
                 that
                 Shame
                 and
                 Confusion
                 is
                 over
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 very
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 Cause
                 suggested
                 against
                 us
                 in
                 your
                 Letter
                 .
                 Thus
                 much
                 at
                 present
                 from
                 your
                 abused
                 Friend
                 and
                 Kinsman
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 R.
                 Bridgman
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           To
           which
           Letter
           I
           may
           now
           add
           what
           is
           written
           in
           the
           26th
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Proverbs
             ,
             v.
          
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           
             Whose
             Hatred
             is
             covered
             by
             Deceit
             ,
             his
             Wickedness
             shall
             be
             shewed
             before
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             .
             Whoso
             diggeth
             a
             Pit
             ,
             shall
             fall
             therein
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             rolleth
             a
             Stone
             ,
             it
             will
             return
             upon
             him
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Page
           16.
           l.
           3.
           for
           
             the
             World
             it
          
           ,
           read
           
             the
             Word
             it
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
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           in
           Cornhil
           .
        
         
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           Keith's
           Last
           Sermon
           at
           
             Turner's-Hall
             ,
             May
          
           5.
           1700.
           in
           which
           he
           gave
           an
           account
           of
           his
           joining
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Quarto
          
           .
        
         
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           Two
           Sermons
           Preach'd
           at
           the
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             George
             Botolph-lane
             ,
             May
          
           12.
           1700.
           being
           his
           first
           Preaching
           after
           Ordination
           .
           Quarto
           .
        
         
           —
           His
           Explications
           and
           Retractations
           of
           divers
           Passages
           in
           his
           former
           Books
           .
           Quanto
           .
           Price
           
             6d
             ▪
          
        
         
           —
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           Sermon
           Preached
           .
           April
           16.
           1696.
           
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           .
           Price
           6d
           .
        
         
           —
           His
           First
           Narrative
           at
           
             Turner's-Hall
             ,
             Quarto
          
           .
           Price
           12d
           .
        
         
           —
           His
           Second
           Narrative
           at
           
             Turner's-Hall
             ,
             Quar.
          
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           —
           His
           Fourth
           Narrative
           at
           Turner's-Hall
           ,
           detecting
           the
           Quakers
           gross
           Errours
           ,
           vile
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           Antichristian
           Principles
           ,
           &c.
           by
           clear
           and
           evident
           Proofs
           (
           in
           above
           two
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Quotations
           )
           faithfully
           taken
           out
           of
           their
           Books
           :
           with
           an
           Attestation
           of
           Dr.
           Isham
           ,
           Dr.
           Bedford
           ,
           and
           three
           other
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           said
           Quotations
           .
           Quarto
           .
           Price
           1
           
             s.
             6
             d.
          
           
        
         
           —
           His
           large
           Catechism
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           Youth
           .
           Octavo
           ,
           Bound
           ,
           Price
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           —
           His
           small
           Catechism
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           Children
           .
           Octavo
           ,
           Stitch'd
           ,
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