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           AN
           Apostate-Conscience
           EXPOSED
           ,
           AND
           THE
           Miserable
           Consequences
           thereof
           DISCLOSED
           ,
           FOR
           Information
           and
           Caution
           .
        
         
           
             By
             an
             Ancient
             Woman
             ,
             and
             Lover
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             sincere
             Friends
             thereof
             ,
          
           A.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           and
           
             Sold
             by
             T.
             Sowle
          
           ,
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           in
           Gracious-Street
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Lea●●…-Hall-Street
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           Apostate-Conscience
           EXPOSED
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           what
           Contests
           have
           been
           about
           Religious
           Concerns
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           what
           Unmerciful
           Means
           have
           been
           used
           to
           bring
           all
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           altho'
           the
           Penal
           Statutes
           ,
           allowed
           both
           a
           lawful
           and
           reasonable
           Excuse
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           be
           allowed
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           the
           most
           sottish
           and
           busie
           Men
           of
           the
           Clergy
           always
           obstructed
           it
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           no
           Law
           was
           to
           be
           allowed
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           of
           Old
           Age
           ,
           or
           Infirmities
           of
           Body
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           that
           were
           most
           ignorant
           and
           busie
           ,
           were
           meer
           drudges
           to
           those
           Clergy-men
           of
           the
           immoderate
           sort
           ,
           and
           would
           hear
           nothing
           of
           Reason
           many
           times
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           Consciencious
           Dissenters
           to
           speak
           for
           themselves
           :
           But
           our
           Merciful
           God
           ,
           looking
           upon
           the
           Afflictions
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           moved
           in
           the
           Heart
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           grant
           Tole
           in
           a
           do
           the
           Protestant
           Dissenting
           Subjects
           of
           this
           ation
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           are
           truly
           thankful
           ,
           and
           
           I
           do
           really
           believe
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           a
           Blessing
           in
           store
           for
           all
           Kings
           that
           are
           so
           well
           disposed
           ,
           as
           to
           grant
           Liberty
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           Dissenting
           Subjects
           ,
           although
           of
           different
           Persuasions
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           't
           is
           of
           greater
           concern
           than
           any
           worldly
           Interest
           or
           Profit
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           a
           great
           means
           to
           root
           Hypocrisie
           out
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           for
           forced
           Conformity
           makes
           Hypocrites
           ,
           but
           never
           makes
           good
           Christians
           ,
           or
           Subjects
           to
           any
           Prince
           :
           Now
           Liberty
           is
           granted
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           pretence
           of
           quarrelling
           with
           the
           Government
           that
           is
           kind
           to
           them
           ,
           whatsoever
           some
           have
           lately
           pretended
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           some
           cause
           of
           my
           undertaking
           this
           Work
           ,
           to
           Vindicate
           my Self
           ,
           and
           some
           Others
           that
           are
           unjustly
           charged
           with
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           
        
         
           Some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           (
           I
           Charge
           not
           all
           )
           either
           being
           uneasie
           under
           the
           Liberty
           granted
           to
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           have
           of
           late
           Years
           entertained
           a
           Poor
           Indegent
           Person
           ,
           
             viz.
             Francis
             Bugg
          
           of
           Milden-Hall
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Suffolk
           ,
           to
           abuse
           and
           clamour
           against
           the
           said
           People
           in
           Print
           ;
           but
           Lam
           persuaded
           it
           will
           not
           be
           for
           their
           Credit
           ,
           i●
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           would
           be
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           bear
           both
           Parties
           in
           their
           Book
           ,
           Imp●●●●●●
           
             Michael
             Dalton
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           call'd
           ,
           
             Th●●●●●try
             Justice
          
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           
             Cum
             Privilegio
          
           ,
           1630.
           exhorts
           the
           Magistrates
           to
           hear
           both
           
           Parties
           ;
           and
           brings
           several
           places
           of
           Scriptures
           for
           it
           ;
           one
           more
           remarkable
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           in
           the
           Eighth
           Page
           ,
           
             Where
             God
             Almighty
             gives
             you
             an
             Example
             ,
             exprest
             in
             these
             Words
             ,
             Gen.
             18.
             21.
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             I
             will
             now
             go
             down
             and
             see
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             altogether
             according
             to
             the
             Cry
             that
             is
             come
             up
             unto
             me
             .
          
           Thus
           he
           shews
           the
           Magistrate
           how
           to
           perform
           his
           Office
           in
           true
           Justice
           in
           the
           ordering
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           because
           the
           said
           
             Francis
             Bugg
          
           hath
           accused
           us
           of
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           high
           Crimes
           and
           Misdemeanors
           against
           the
           Government
           :
           It
           belongeth
           to
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           such
           things
           ;
           and
           we
           do
           desire
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           read
           our
           Answers
           to
           his
           Aspersions
           ,
           that
           our
           Innocency
           may
           be
           cleared
           of
           what
           we
           are
           accused
           off
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Francis
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Quaker
           25
           Years
           :
           He
           was
           but
           a
           Poor
           Man
           when
           he
           came
           first
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           Suffered
           Imprisonment
           several
           times
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Poor
           ;
           afterward
           he
           grew
           Rich
           ,
           and
           increased
           in
           Wealth
           very
           much
           ,
           his
           Father
           Died
           ,
           and
           there
           fell
           to
           him
           near
           30
           l.
           a
           Year
           ,
           by
           Relation
           ;
           he
           also
           purchased
           an
           Estate
           at
           Milden-Hall
           aforesaid
           ,
           with
           a
           fair
           Brick
           House
           upon
           it
           ,
           Built
           by
           a
           Knight
           Baronet
           ,
           for
           himself
           ,
           to
           dwell
           in
           for
           his
           Pleasure
           ,
           because
           his
           Estate
           lay
           in
           a
           durty
           Country
           ;
           I
           knew
           the
           Person
           that
           Built
           it
           ,
           
           he
           was
           my
           near
           Relation
           .
           This
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           had
           also
           a
           great
           Stock
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           Wool-man
           ,
           and
           used
           the
           Wool-Trade
           ,
           and
           a
           Shop
           besides
           of
           Cloaths
           and
           Stuffs
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           things
           ,
           and
           an
           Adventure
           at
           Sea
           ,
           in
           a
           Coal
           Ship
           at
           Ipswich
           ,
           which
           he
           withdrew
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           smallness
           of
           the
           Profit
           he
           received
           by
           it
           ;
           this
           shews
           he
           was
           a
           Rich
           fore-handed-man
           ,
           and
           now
           Poor
           ,
           and
           blames
           the
           Quakers
           of
           being
           the
           chief
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           easily
           proved
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           neither
           was
           his
           Sufferings
           more
           than
           other
           Rich
           Men
           ,
           but
           still
           continued
           Rich
           so
           long
           as
           he
           was
           amongst
           us
           ,
           but
           being
           uneasie
           under
           his
           Sufferings
           ,
           he
           begun
           to
           contrive
           how
           to
           avoid
           them
           ,
           by
           subtle
           indirect
           means
           ,
           he
           writ
           two
           contentious
           Books
           against
           us
           ,
           before
           he
           conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           was
           in
           danger
           of
           having
           the
           Statute
           of
           20
           l.
           a
           Month
           put
           in
           Execution
           against
           him
           ,
           he
           conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           went
           on
           Writing
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           until
           he
           had
           scribled
           away
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           run
           many
           Hundred
           Pounds
           in
           Debt
           ,
           and
           now
           goes
           about
           a
           Begging
           ,
           with
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           Year
           1682.
           he
           came
           to
           my
           House
           at
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           made
           great
           complaint
           of
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           brought
           in
           Innovations
           into
           the
           Church
           about
           Marriages
           ,
           that
           all
           Marriages
           must
           be
           published
           at
           twice
           in
           the
           Men
           and
           Womens
           Meetings
           ,
           whereas
           
           they
           used
           to
           be
           published
           but
           once
           formerly
           ;
           I
           heard
           him
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           give
           my
           Judgment
           in
           this
           concern
           ,
           but
           let
           it
           rest
           until
           I
           had
           inquired
           further
           of
           it
           ;
           at
           last
           I
           understood
           it
           was
           an
           Order
           of
           Marriage
           of
           his
           own
           Recording
           ,
           in
           the
           Quakers
           Meeting
           Book
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ely
           ,
           and
           partly
           of
           his
           own
           making
           (
           as
           I
           understood
           by
           
             John
             Ainslo
          
           of
           Over
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Cambridge
           )
           he
           also
           told
           me
           that
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           was
           quarrelsome
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           see
           no
           way
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           given
           to
           Contention
           .
           This
           I
           can
           prove
           by
           his
           first
           Book
           he
           writ
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           that
           he
           began
           the
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           hath
           continued
           it
           to
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           came
           again
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           renewed
           his
           complaints
           against
           
             George
             Fox
          
           and
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           bringing
           Innovations
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           also
           brought
           a
           Book
           to
           me
           of
           his
           own
           Writing
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           got
           Printed
           ,
           I
           bought
           it
           of
           him
           ,
           the
           Title
           Page
           was
           ,
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             upon
             its
             true
             and
             proper
             Ground
             .
          
           This
           Book
           ,
           Doctor
           Gunning
           Bishop
           of
           Ely
           read
           ,
           and
           said
           that
           it
           was
           an
           
             Envious
             Thing
          
           ;
           but
           the
           chief
           matter
           which
           was
           the
           Grounds
           of
           his
           Contention
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Ruler
           over
           the
           Quakers
           to
           make
           Laws
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           Preachers
           should
           tell
           their
           Names
           when
           Informers
           came
           into
           a
           Meeting
           to
           convict
           it
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           asked
           their
           Names
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           pay
           their
           20
           l.
           Fines
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           able
           ,
           if
           Poor
           ,
           then
           Money
           should
           be
           
           gathered
           at
           the
           Meetings
           for
           that
           purpose
           (
           if
           he
           were
           fined
           for
           a
           Preacher
           )
           that
           he
           might
           pay
           only
           his
           own
           Fine
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           exceed
           10
           s.
           this
           may
           be
           proved
           out
           of
           his
           own
           second
           Book
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Painted
             Harlot
          
           ,
           &c.
           no
           Quaker
           that
           I
           knew
           would
           consent
           to
           this
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           might
           have
           kept
           from
           the
           Meetings
           ,
           if
           he
           was
           not
           free
           to
           suffer
           what
           Fines
           the
           Magistrate
           laid
           upon
           him
           ;
           for
           his
           complaints
           concerning
           the
           due
           order
           of
           Marriages
           ,
           that
           was
           but
           a
           Cavil
           to
           cover
           these
           designs
           ,
           but
           after
           we
           were
           Rid
           of
           him
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           no
           Contention
           about
           that
           ,
           or
           any
           matter
           in
           this
           County
           ,
           or
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ely
           :
           But
           when
           he
           see
           he
           was
           slighted
           by
           his
           Friends
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           he
           travelled
           about
           into
           other
           places
           ,
           to
           make
           Division
           amongst
           the
           Quakers
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           so
           went
           on
           Writing
           ,
           until
           he
           had
           Written
           20
           Books
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           first
           and
           last
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           are
           above
           300
           Pages
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           great
           Charge
           ,
           the
           Printing
           ,
           besides
           his
           neglecting
           his
           Trade
           ,
           and
           giving
           himself
           wholly
           to
           Contention
           ,
           and
           Travelling
           about
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           until
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           fly
           to
           the
           Clergy
           for
           relief
           :
           The
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           hath
           so
           far
           taken
           him
           under
           his
           special
           Care
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           him
           his
           charitable
           Recommendation
           ,
           and
           he
           ,
           and
           those
           Clergy-men
           that
           have
           incouraged
           him
           in
           his
           Writing
           Books
           ,
           ought
           to
           pay
           his
           Debts
           ,
           and
           
           provide
           for
           his
           Livelihood
           ;
           if
           they
           do
           not
           they
           must
           needs
           come
           of
           with
           some
           Disgrace
           in
           this
           Business
           .
        
         
           At
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           brought
           me
           his
           first
           Book
           ,
           I
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           grounds
           of
           his
           Quarrel
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           inquired
           into
           the
           whole
           business
           ,
           and
           knowing
           nothing
           to
           the
           contrary
           but
           that
           he
           was
           morally
           Honest
           ;
           he
           being
           at
           my
           House
           with
           his
           usual
           Complaints
           against
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           and
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           I
           had
           not
           been
           at
           London
           many
           Years
           ,
           but
           I
           did
           intend
           to
           go
           thither
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           and
           examine
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           Complaints
           .
           One
           of
           my
           Sisters
           ,
           hearing
           of
           my
           Intention
           ,
           sent
           to
           me
           to
           take
           up
           her
           Lodgings
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           to
           remote
           from
           my
           business
           .
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Month
           called
           April
           ,
           1683.
           
           I
           took
           my
           Journey
           to
           London
           in
           the
           Stage-Coach
           ,
           a
           Maid
           Servant
           with
           me
           ;
           when
           I
           came
           at
           my
           Inn
           ,
           there
           met
           me
           a
           Woman
           in
           a
           Coach
           to
           conduct
           me
           to
           my
           Lodging
           ,
           she
           was
           a
           Stranger
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           very
           Civil
           and
           Kind
           to
           me
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           had
           provided
           me
           Lodgings
           at
           her
           House
           ;
           I
           went
           along
           with
           her
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Whole-Sale
           Mercer's
           House
           ,
           I
           shall
           forbear
           to
           name
           him
           at
           length
           ,
           but
           by
           
             T.
             C.
          
           I
           was
           very
           kindly
           used
           by
           him
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           something
           reserved
           about
           the
           Differences
           between
           
             G.
             Fox
             .
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           and
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           but
           he
           referred
           me
           to
           a
           Manuscript
           that
           lay
           in
           his
           Ware-House
           ,
           in
           
           Folio
           ,
           of
           a
           verry
           large
           Vollume
           ,
           I
           read
           in
           it
           divers
           times
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           at
           leasure
           ,
           and
           looked
           over
           some
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           what
           I
           read
           was
           about
           the
           Controversies
           between
           the
           Quakers
           and
           the
           Clergy
           of
           the
           late
           Professing
           Times
           ,
           called
           
           Oliver's
           Days
           ;
           and
           something
           concerning
           the
           Magistrates
           also
           ;
           I
           told
           
             T.
             C.
          
           that
           it
           did
           little
           concern
           the
           present
           Differences
           that
           was
           now
           in
           Controversie
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           written
           in
           a
           very
           small
           Vollume
           ;
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           had
           some
           thoughts
           of
           Printing
           a
           few
           of
           them
           ;
           I
           was
           unwilling
           he
           should
           be
           at
           so
           unnecessary
           a
           Charge
           ,
           which
           signified
           little
           or
           nothing
           ;
           I
           disswaded
           him
           from
           it
           ;
           I
           saw
           that
           it
           would
           not
           quit
           Cost
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           any
           Party
           whatsoever
           ,
        
         
           F.
           Bugg's
           Charges
           and
           Arguments
           (
           I
           take
           to
           be
           mostly
           in
           that
           Manuscript
           )
           that
           he
           hath
           writ
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           not
           proceeding
           from
           his
           own
           Genius
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           some
           of
           his
           Fantastical
           Whimsies
           and
           Perversions
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           added
           to
           the
           Work.
           
        
         
           I
           had
           never
           seen
           
             George
             Fox
          
           before
           this
           Journey
           to
           London
           ,
           nor
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           a
           very
           short
           time
           ;
           I
           went
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           where
           I
           met
           with
           
             George
             Fox
          
           ,
           I
           had
           but
           little
           Discourse
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           Woman
           of
           the
           House
           was
           Sick
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           directed
           me
           to
           the
           Meeting-Chamber
           for
           Business
           ,
           and
           the
           Clerk
           that
           kept
           the
           Chamber
           would
           satisfie
           me
           in
           any
           
           business
           I
           desired
           ;
           when
           I
           came
           there
           ,
           he
           shewed
           me
           some
           Books
           ,
           one
           was
           writ
           against
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           I
           looked
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           perceived
           the
           Differences
           were
           too
           wide
           for
           me
           to
           Compose
           .
           I
           stay'd
           a
           Month
           in
           Town
           ,
           in
           that
           time
           I
           writ
           an
           Epistle
           of
           Love
           and
           Good-will
           to
           my
           old
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Fellow-Sufferers
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           Times
           ,
           the
           old
           Royalists
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           &c.
           and
           carried
           it
           to
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           who
           got
           it
           Printed
           for
           me
           .
           When
           I
           had
           finished
           my
           Concerns
           at
           London
           ,
           I
           paid
           
             T.
             C.
          
           what
           he
           asked
           for
           my
           Bord
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           very
           reasonable
           ;
           then
           I
           returned
           home
           to
           Cambrige
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           I
           came
           home
           ,
           I
           writ
           a
           Paper
           of
           the
           most
           material
           Passages
           of
           the
           Controversie
           that
           hapned
           in
           those
           parts
           where
           I
           dwelt
           ,
           I
           sent
           it
           to
           
             T.
             C.
          
           aforesaid
           to
           be
           Printed
           ;
           it
           was
           Printed
           upon
           a
           Sheet
           of
           Paper
           upon
           one
           side
           only
           ,
           with
           no
           Person
           's
           Name
           in
           it
           ;
           
             T.
             C.
          
           sent
           me
           down
           about
           a
           Quire
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           disposed
           of
           the
           rest
           himself
           ;
           about
           a
           Month
           after
           he
           sent
           me
           this
           Paper
           ,
           I
           received
           from
           him
           the
           same
           Paper
           Reprinted
           in
           half
           a
           Sheet
           ,
           printed
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           with
           an
           Addition
           of
           Characters
           ,
           and
           Names
           in
           it
           ,
           
             viz.
             G.
          
           F's
           party
           ,
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           and
           
             T.
             Ellwood
          
           ,
           with
           my
           name
           to
           the
           Paper
           ;
           I
           complained
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           
             T.
             C.
          
           that
           I
           was
           abused
           in
           Printing
           that
           Paper
           without
           my
           Consent
           or
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           my
           name
           to
           it
           ;
           
             T.
             C.
          
           writ
           me
           word
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           would
           
           not
           own
           it
           ,
           I
           might
           put
           out
           a
           short
           Advertisement
           in
           Print
           to
           disown
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           get
           it
           printed
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           it
           should
           cost
           me
           no
           more
           than
           a
           Burying-Ticket
           ,
           which
           was
           Five
           Shillings
           ;
           I
           soon
           sent
           up
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           Sheet
           of
           Paper
           ,
           with
           a
           short
           Advertisement
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           substance
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           That
           I
           did
           disown
           the
           half
           Sheet
           with
           the
           Characters
           and
           Names
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           writ
           in
           my
           whole
           Sheet
           was
           not
           against
           Parties
           nor
           Persons
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           wrong
           Spirit
           ;
           when
           he
           had
           received
           this
           small
           Paper
           ,
           and
           the
           5
           s.
           he
           soon
           got
           it
           printed
           ,
           and
           sent
           me
           down
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           writ
           me
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           carried
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Meeting
           Chamber
           for
           Business
           ,
           and
           delivered
           them
           to
           the
           Clerk
           ;
           therein
           
             T.
             C.
          
           did
           honestly
           ,
           and
           shewed
           me
           kindness
           ,
           but
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           I
           always
           found
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           went
           next
           to
           London
           ,
           I
           made
           inquiry
           who
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           putting
           out
           the
           aforesaid
           half
           Sheet
           ,
           
             T.
             C.
          
           would
           tell
           me
           nothing
           ;
           I
           was
           acquainted
           with
           none
           of
           F.
           Bugg's
           Friends
           but
           old
           
             John
             Penniman
          
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           him
           to
           know
           if
           he
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           Printing
           the
           half
           Sheet
           ;
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           seen
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           scorned
           to
           do
           such
           an
           unjust
           thing
           ;
           the
           next
           time
           I
           see
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           I
           examined
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           that
           piece
           of
           Deceit
           ,
           the
           half
           Sheet
           that
           was
           printed
           without
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           my
           Name
           set
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           absolutely
           own
           it
           ,
           nor
           
           disown
           it
           ,
           but
           laugh'd
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           That
           Paper
           was
           true
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           .
           1684.
           
           I
           had
           heard
           he
           had
           Conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           asked
           him
           the
           cause
           ,
           his
           answer
           was
           ,
           What
           will
           you
           have
           me
           do
           ,
           the
           Statute
           of
           20
           l.
           a
           Month
           will
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           suffered
           enough
           already
           ?
           Last
           Year
           he
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           I
           charged
           him
           with
           this
           ,
           his
           answer
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Statute
           was
           laid
           aside
           in
           the
           Year
           1684.
           
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           was
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           knew
           that
           That
           Statute
           was
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           both
           in
           Cambridgeshire
           and
           Suffolk
           ,
           the
           County
           where
           he
           dwelt
           that
           very
           Year
           .
           My
           Maid
           was
           by
           when
           we
           had
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           This
           Year
           he
           came
           to
           my
           House
           again
           ,
           a
           Clergy-Man
           came
           with
           him
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Fellows
           of
           Sidny-Colledge
           ,
           I
           charged
           him
           with
           his
           Apostacy
           again
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           of
           what
           he
           said
           the
           Year
           before
           ,
           That
           the
           Statute
           of
           20
           l.
           a
           Month
           was
           laid
           aside
           in
           the
           Year
           1684.
           he
           look'd
           down
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           They
           did
           not
           meddle
           with
           me
           ,
           he
           had
           Conformed
           then
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           reason
           the
           Statute
           was
           not
           put
           in
           Excution
           against
           him
           ,
           nor
           any
           else
           that
           Conformed
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           intend
           now
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           some
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           of
           some
           passages
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           far
           as
           entirely
           to
           Answer
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           answered
           already
           mostly
           ;
           for
           he
           writes
           but
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           
           most
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           Religion
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           writes
           them
           over
           and
           over
           in
           divers
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           and
           very
           many
           times
           over
           in
           his
           late
           Book
           ;
           I
           will
           shew
           one
           passage
           in
           his
           Fifth
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Quakers
             detected
          
           ,
           &c.
           this
           Book
           was
           written
           two
           Years
           after
           he
           Conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             The
             first
             Point
             under
             Consideration
             is
             ,
             how
             I
             came
             to
             be
             a
             Member
             of
             their
             Society
             ,
             viz.
             In
             the
             beginning
             they
             taught
             ,
             that
             all
             Men
             were
             inlightned
             ,
             according
             to
             John
             1.
             9.
             and
             that
             this
             Light
             ,
             
               wherewith
               Christ
            
             had
             inlightned
             them
             ,
             was
             sufficient
             ,
             if
             obeyed
             ,
             to
             lead
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             turn
             People
             from
             Darkness
             to
             Light
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             
               Power
               of
               Satan
            
             unto
             God
             ;
             affirming
             that
             this
             Light
             was
             a
             sufficient
             Teacher
             ,
             Leader
             and
             Guide
             to
             every
             Believer
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             outward
             Prescriptions
             ,
             Forms
             ,
             Orders
             and
             Decrees
             of
             Men
             ;
             upon
             this
             and
             the
             like
             Notions
             ,
             I
             became
             persuaded
             to
             try
             their
             Doctrine
             ;
             and
             when
             I
             came
             to
             see
             and
             observe
             their
             Practices
             ,
             Conversation
             and
             Deportment
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             &
             what
             Simplicity
             and
             Plainness
             attended
             their
             Ministry
             ,
             I
             was
             still
             more
             confirmed
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             Dispensation
             of
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             sent
             as
             a
             Visitation
             to
             Mankind
             :
             Being
             thus
             persuaded
             ,
             I
             resolved
             to
             bear
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             did
             utterly
             despise
             the
             
             Shame
             ,
             that
             attended
             them
             and
             their
             Message
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             behind
             any
             of
             my
             Equals
             ,
             both
             in
             doing
             and
             suffering
             for
             the
             Testimony
             thereof
             ,
             as
             some
             among
             them
             can
             still
             bear
             me
             Witness
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             manner
             we
             went
             on
             for
             many
             Years
             ,
             and
             loved
             one
             another
             with
             Love
             unfeigned
             ;
             and
             doubtless
             God
             blessed
             our
             Meetings
             with
             the
             Comfortable
             Injoyment
             of
             his
             Presence
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Explanation
           of
           his
           Apostacy
           since
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Truth
           that
           will
           stand
           for
           ever
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           preach
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Light
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             is
          
           Sufficient
           ,
           both
           to
           lead
           and
           bring
           us
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           obeyed
           :
           For
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           are
           all
           One
           ,
           tho'
           under
           divers
           Names
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           Principle
           ,
           not
           divided
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           not
           a
           sufficient
           Guide
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           Man
           is
           able
           to
           procure
           Salvation
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           without
           it
           ;
           nor
           with
           it
           ,
           except
           they
           be
           obedient
           to
           it
           ;
           it
           were
           Blasphemy
           to
           set
           any
           Man's
           Learning
           or
           Natural
           Parts
           above
           it
           ,
           or
           against
           it
           ,
           neither
           have
           they
           any
           Scripture
           to
           disprove
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           except
           they
           Expound
           one
           place
           of
           Scripture
           to
           make
           it
           Repugnant
           to
           another
           ,
           which
           the
           Clergy
           are
           Sworn
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           see
           the
           20
           
             th
             Article
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ;
           those
           Articles
           are
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Faith
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           first
           of
           Eliz.
           Chap.
           I.
           
             An
             Act
             to
             Restore
             the
             Crown
             to
             the
             Ancient
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             
             over
             the
             State
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             Spiritual
             ,
             and
             to
             Abolish
             all
             Foreign
             Power
             ,
             repugnant
             to
             the
             same
             :
          
           By
           this
           Statute
           all
           Commissioners
           are
           limitted
           ,
           that
           have
           Authority
           to
           Hear
           and
           Determine
           the
           Offences
           of
           Error
           ,
           Heresies
           ,
           Schisms
           ,
           Abuses
           and
           Enormities
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           in
           any
           wise
           have
           Authority
           or
           Power
           to
           Order
           ,
           or
           Determine
           ,
           or
           Judge
           any
           Matter
           or
           Cause
           to
           be
           Heresie
           ,
           but
           only
           such
           as
           have
           formerly
           been
           Adjudged
           so
           to
           be
           by
           the
           
             Cononical
             Scriptures
             exprest
             in
             plain
             words
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           Statute
           says
           further
           ,
           That
           there
           must
           be
           Two
           sufficient
           Witnesses
           to
           prove
           the
           said
           Offences
           mentioned
           in
           this
           Statute
           ,
           and
           the
           Witness
           brought
           Face
           to
           Face
           ,
           if
           the
           party
           requires
           it
           .
           I
           write
           this
           to
           put
           the
           Magistrates
           in
           mind
           of
           this
           Statute
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           inform
           such
           Persons
           as
           are
           ignorant
           of
           this
           Remarkable
           Law
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           we
           are
           accused
           of
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           these
           Crimes
           mentioned
           in
           this
           Statute
           ,
           by
           the
           said
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           in
           his
           three
           last
           Books
           mostly
           ,
           and
           Countenanced
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           Request
           ,
           That
           We
           ,
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           may
           clear
           our selves
           ,
           so
           as
           our
           Innocency
           may
           appear
           to
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           not
           lie
           under
           
             such
             Scandals
          
           and
           Reproaches
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           from
           every
           Unjust
           Charge
           ,
           that
           may
           render
           us
           Obnoxious
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           Because
           the
           Bishop
           
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           have
           given
           Countenance
           to
           his
           Quarrel
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           have
           given
           Credit
           to
           what
           he
           says
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Truth
           be
           known
           ,
           I
           am
           fully
           persuaded
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           for
           their
           Credit
           ,
           that
           have
           incouraged
           him
           in
           this
           Work.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           Propounded
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           the
           Right
           of
           every
           Free-Born
           Subject
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Civil
             Magistrate
          
           should
           understand
           our
           Innocency
           .
           I
           believe
           there
           are
           but
           few
           ignorant
           of
           what
           we
           have
           suffered
           many
           Years
           by
           a
           long
           Grinding
           Persecution
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           :
           And
           now
           Liberty
           is
           granted
           ,
           we
           stand
           upon
           equal
           Terms
           of
           Justice
           and
           Right
           with
           our
           Opposers
           ,
           and
           in
           Matters
           that
           concerns
           Religion
           ,
           we
           are
           Accountable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           much
           Right
           to
           common
           and
           civil
           Priviledges
           as
           other
           Perswasions
           have
           .
           We
           never
           were
           found
           in
           any
           Plots
           or
           Rebellions
           since
           we
           first
           appeared
           to
           be
           a
           People
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           but
           always
           yielded
           true
           and
           real
           Passive
           Obedience
           under
           all
           our
           Cruel
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           take
           notice
           of
           some
           Passages
           in
           his
           Three
           last
           Books
           ,
           the
           18th
           ,
           the
           19th
           ,
           and
           the
           20th
           Book
           ;
           the
           18th
           Book
           ,
           Entitituled
           ,
           
             The
             Picture
             of
             Quakerism
             drawn
             to
             the
             Life
             ,
          
           there
           is
           not
           much
           in
           them
           but
           what
           may
           be
           found
           in
           his
           former
           Books
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           answered
           already
           ;
           for
           he
           writes
           
           the
           same
           thing
           over
           and
           over
           again
           meerly
           ;
           his
           Books
           are
           without
           method
           ,
           most-rambling
           Stuff
           ,
           not
           worth
           the
           regarding
           ,
           had
           not
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           Countenanced
           him
           ,
           and
           owned
           his
           Books
           ,
           which
           gives
           us
           occasion
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           clear
           our selves
           of
           what
           we
           are
           wrongfully
           Accused
           of
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           18th
           Book
           ,
           page
           60.
           
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             That
             there
             was
             a
             Rumour
             in
             the
             Country
             in
             the
             Year
             1663
             or
             1664.
             that
             
               George
               Fox
            
             had
             in
             one
             Nights
             time
             24
             Languages
             given
             to
             him
             by
             Divine
             Inspiration
             ;
             and
             I
             did
             believe
             (
             says
             
               F.
               Bugg
            
             )
             and
             divers
             others
             for
             Twenty
             Years
             .
          
           That
           he
           did
           believe
           it
           ,
           this
           I
           know
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           but
           for
           divers
           more
           ,
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           but
           one
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           accounted
           a
           Shatter-headed
           Man
           by
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           .
           I
           heard
           this
           Story
           many
           Years
           ago
           ,
           and
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           spoke
           of
           it
           to
           my
           Brother
           
             G.
             Barnadistone
          
           of
           Clare
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Suffolk
           ;
           a
           Man
           well
           known
           to
           be
           a
           Wise
           and
           Honest
           Man
           ;
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           some
           Shatter-brained
           People
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           went
           on
           so
           ,
           we
           should
           want
           a
           Religious
           Bedlam
           for
           such
           Mad
           Folks
           ;
           my
           Brother
           Replied
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           true
           ,
           there
           was
           some
           Shatter-headed
           People
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           way
           was
           to
           use
           them
           kindly
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           were
           morally
           Honest
           ;
           for
           some
           had
           recovered
           ,
           being
           sincerely
           Honest
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           not
           to
           be
           disturbed
           ,
           for
           that
           would
           make
           them
           worse
           .
           I
        
         
         
           I
           always
           used
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           kindly
           ,
           for
           I
           saw
           nothing
           to
           the
           contrary
           but
           that
           he
           was
           morally
           Honest
           for
           divers
           Years
           ,
           after
           this
           ,
           only
           I
           perceived
           he
           had
           some
           Freaks
           and
           Whimsies
           at
           times
           ,
           which
           I
           took
           no
           notice
           of
           to
           him
           ;
           I
           saw
           he
           was
           a
           Man
           capable
           of
           managing
           his
           own
           Concerns
           well
           enough
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Peoples
           business
           ,
           if
           he
           undertook
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           his
           18th
           Book
           ,
           the
           Second
           Part
           ,
           page
           148
           ,
           149
           ,
           and
           150.
           there
           is
           a
           Letter
           concerning
           a
           Common
           Bank
           ;
           this
           Letter
           hath
           no
           Name
           to
           it
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           19th
           Book
           he
           chargeth
           this
           Letter
           upon
           me
           ;
           I
           read
           over
           his
           18th
           Book
           twice
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           in
           the
           least
           suspect
           it
           to
           be
           mine
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           Metamorphosed
           ;
           but
           I
           do
           not
           charge
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           with
           the
           false
           Transcribing
           it
           ;
           the
           Man
           is
           dead
           I
           writ
           to
           concernig
           a
           Common
           Bank
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           it
           came
           into
           
             F.
             Bugg's
          
           hands
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           since
           the
           Man
           died
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           had
           had
           it
           sooner
           ,
           I
           suppose
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           Printed
           before
           the
           Year
           1697.
           which
           is
           the
           Date
           of
           his
           18th
           Book
           ;
           the
           Date
           of
           the
           Letter
           is
           1684.
           
           After
           I
           understood
           he
           charged
           me
           with
           this
           Printed
           Letter
           ,
           I
           sent
           for
           a
           Cambridge
           Man
           that
           I
           used
           to
           imply
           to
           send
           Letters
           into
           Harfordshire
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           was
           acquainted
           with
           some
           of
           my
           Concerns
           ,
           I
           shewed
           him
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           concerning
           a
           Common
           Bank
           ,
           he
           remembred
           the
           Letter
           very
           well
           ,
           for
           I
           read
           it
           
           to
           him
           before
           I
           sealed
           it
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           concerned
           in
           this
           Letter
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ,
           and
           sent
           it
           by
           him
           ,
           he
           since
           gave
           me
           a
           Certificate
           of
           the
           whole
           sum
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           followeth
           ,
        
         
           
             
               WHereas
               ,
               
                 Francis
                 Bugg
              
               hath
               accused
               the
               People
               called
               Quakers
               ,
               of
               having
               a
               
                 common
                 Bank
              
               ,
               in
               several
               of
               his
               Books
               ,
               printed
               1697
               and
               1698.
               by
               reason
               of
               a
               Letter
               he
               has
               printed
               ,
               that
               concerns
               
                 Ann
                 Docwra
              
               and
               my
               self
               ,
               bearing
               date
               ,
               the
               11
               th
               Month
               ,
               1684.
               
               This
               is
               to
               Certifie
               those
               that
               desire
               to
               know
               the
               Truth
               of
               this
               concern
               ;
               that
               about
               Twenty
               Years
               ago
               ,
               a
               Warehouse
               in
               Roystone
               was
               robbed
               ,
               wherein
               I
               had
               above
               30
               l.
               worth
               of
               Goods
               ,
               which
               I
               lost
               then
               ;
               soon
               after
               this
               loss
               ,
               my
               Friends
               in
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               at
               a
               Meeting
               ,
               gathered
               10
               l.
               and
               sent
               it
               to
               me
               ,
               towards
               my
               loss
               ,
               I
               knowing
               nothing
               of
               it
               until
               the
               Mony
               was
               brought
               me
               ,
               for
               I
               did
               neither
               desire
               nor
               expect
               any
               Mony
               from
               them
               ;
               their
               Mony
               remained
               in
               my
               Hands
               about
               six
               Years
               ,
               until
               my
               eldest
               Son
               was
               about
               taking
               a
               Wife
               ,
               which
               was
               obstructed
               by
               one
               of
               the
               separate
               Quakers
               ,
               then
               a
               Prisoner
               at
               Hertford
               ;
               and
               the
               aforesaid
               10
               l.
               was
               demanded
               by
               him
               ,
               pretending
               it
               was
               but
               lent
               me
               ;
               there
               was
               at
               that
               time
               in
               the
               Prison
               ,
               about
               13
               more
               of
               my
               honest
               Friends
               ,
               they
               all
               declared
               ,
               that
               the
               Mony
               was
               given
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               honest
               Friends
               :
               
                 Ann
                 Docwra
              
               understanding
               by
               me
               ,
               how
               I
               was
               dealt
               with
               by
               the
               Man
               that
               claimed
               the
               Mony
               ,
               did
               bid
               me
               ask
               
               him
               what
               he
               would
               do
               with
               it
               ,
               his
               answer
               was
               ,
               he
               would
               put
               it
               into
               a
               
                 common
                 Bank
              
               :
               She
               soon
               after
               writ
               a
               Letter
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               she
               read
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               gave
               it
               me
               ,
               to
               send
               it
               to
               him
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               ,
               in
               that
               Letter
               she
               charged
               him
               with
               a
               
                 common
                 Bank
              
               ,
               and
               none
               else
               besides
               him
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               of
               the
               Friends
               in
               the
               Prison
               ,
               disowned
               his
               
                 common
                 Bank
              
               ;
               nevertheless
               ,
               lest
               he
               should
               make
               a
               noise
               for
               the
               Mony
               ,
               and
               use
               further
               means
               to
               obstruct
               my
               Son's
               Marriage
               ,
               I
               sent
               him
               the
               10
               l.
               Some
               Months
               after
               ,
               he
               had
               a
               great
               loss
               by
               Fire
               ;
               so
               that
               he
               said
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               subsist
               without
               some
               help
               ;
               then
               some
               Friends
               told
               him
               that
               it
               was
               a
               just
               Judgment
               from
               God
               upon
               him
               ,
               for
               defrauding
               me
               of
               my
               Mony
               ,
               and
               setting
               up
               a
               
                 common
                 Bank.
              
               
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               real
               Truth
               I
               herein
               Testifie
               .
               Cambrige
               ,
               
                 the
                 17
                 th
                 .
                 Day
                 of
                 the
                 8
                 th
                 .
                 Month
                 ,
                 call'd
                 October
                 ,
                 1698.
                 
              
               
                 Witness
                 my
                 Hand
              
               
                 John
                 Clement
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   MEmorandum
                   ,
                   That
                   Whereas
                   
                     Francis
                     Bugg
                  
                   saith
                   in
                   his
                   Book
                   ,
                   called
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     Sober
                     Expostulation
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   
                     John
                     Peacock
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   
                     We
                     have
                     told
                     the
                     Bookseller
                     at
                  
                   St.
                   Ives
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     if
                     he
                     Sells
                     any
                     of
                  
                   Francis
                   Bugg
                   '
                   
                     s
                     Books
                     ,
                     he
                     shall
                     lose
                     his
                     Trade
                     with
                     us
                     .
                  
                   I
                   do
                   hereby
                   declare
                   ,
                   that
                   neither
                   
                     John
                     Peacock
                  
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   other
                   Person
                   called
                   a
                   Quaker
                   ,
                   forbid
                   me
                   Selling
                   ,
                   or
                   spake
                   to
                   me
                   not
                   to
                   Sell
                   Francis
                   Bugg's
                   Books
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   thing
                   tending
                   to
                   that
                   purpose
                   .
                
                 
                   Witness
                   my
                   hand
                   this
                   
                     19th
                     .
                     of
                     December
                     ,
                     1698.
                     
                  
                   
                     Thomas
                     Stockre
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sign'd
                     in
                     the
                     Presence
                     of
                     
                       Chistopher
                       Kay
                       ,
                       John
                       Rogers
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           In
           his
           19
           th
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Sober
             Expostulation
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Page
           10.
           
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           writes
           to
           
             John
             Peacock
          
           of
           St.
           Ives
           ,
           Draper
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             Why
             do
             you
             suffer
             your
             She-Prelate
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
               Ann
               Dockwra
            
             ,
             to
             tell
             solemn
             lyes
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             serve
             a
             turn
             ,
             which
             being
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             asked
             ,
             whether
             the
             Quakers
             had
             a
             common
             Purse
             or
             Bank
             ,
             she
             answered
             No
             ;
             which
             ,
             said
             she
             in
             her
             letter
             to
             me
             ,
             gave
             them
             great
             Satisfaction
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             same
             letter
             to
             me
             ,
             confesses
             to
             me
             that
             you
             have
             a
             Bank
             ,
             or
             common
             Fund
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             never
             be
             well
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Quakers
             put
             away
             their
             Dagon
             ,
             as
             at
             large
             in
             her
             letter
             to
             me
             ,
             printed
             in
             
               The
               Picture
               of
               Quakerism
            
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             148
             ,
             to
             150.
             
          
           This
           is
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           Forgery
           as
           is
           seldom
           heard
           of
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           write
           to
           him
           about
           a
           common
           Bank
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           charge
           him
           with
           those
           things
           in
           that
           letter
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           true
           liberty
           of
           an
           Apostate-Conscience
           ,
           to
           Forge
           lyes
           of
           me
           that
           always
           used
           him
           kindly
           ,
           and
           never
           disobliged
           him
           ,
           until
           after
           he
           had
           printed
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           reproved
           him
           sharply
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           dwelt
           above
           18
           Years
           in
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           Magistrate
           asked
           me
           such
           a
           Question
           ,
           whether
           we
           had
           a
           common
           Bank
           or
           not
           ;
           neither
           had
           I
           any
           discourse
           ,
           with
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           about
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           untill
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           had
           printed
           this
           Story
           ;
           then
           I
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           to
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           that
           
           was
           then
           a
           Parliament-man
           ,
           him
           I
           told
           that
           the
           Quakers
           had
           no
           common
           Bank
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           had
           the
           Confidence
           to
           send
           me
           this
           19
           th
           Book
           to
           read
           ;
           and
           a
           short
           time
           after
           he
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           a
           Clergy-man
           came
           with
           him
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Fellows
           of
           
             Sidny
             College
          
           ,
           I
           charged
           him
           with
           this
           aforesaid
           Forged
           Letter
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           I
           sent
           him
           ;
           he
           stood
           stifly
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           send
           it
           to
           him
           ;
           then
           I
           asked
           him
           who
           that
           
             J.
             C.
          
           was
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Letter
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           tell
           me
           that
           ,
           then
           I
           asked
           him
           who
           was
           the
           Man
           I
           writ
           the
           Letter
           to
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           tell
           me
           that
           also
           ;
           I
           suppose
           he
           did
           not
           know
           who
           I
           writ
           my
           Letter
           to
           then
           ;
           but
           I
           told
           the
           Clergy-man
           who
           the
           
             J.
             C.
          
           was
           ,
           and
           so
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           came
           to
           know
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           printed
           it
           in
           his
           20
           th
           Book
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           same
           Man
           that
           gave
           me
           the
           aforesaid
           Certificate
           ,
           viz.
           
             John
             Clements
          
           ,
           of
           Cambridge
           ,
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           something
           concerning
           the
           Prelacy
           he
           charges
           me
           with
           ,
           the
           matter
           concerning
           a
           common
           Bank
           ,
           do
           not
           belong
           to
           a
           Prelate
           ,
           it
           concerns
           the
           Magistrate
           only
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           called
           me
           a
           She-Lawyer
           ,
           he
           had
           had
           some
           grounds
           for
           this
           ;
           for
           when
           I
           was
           about
           15
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           my
           Father
           finding
           me
           reading
           some
           Idle
           Books
           ,
           he
           took
           them
           from
           me
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           he
           would
           have
           me
           read
           better
           Books
           ,
           and
           pointed
           to
           the
           great
           Statute
           Book
           that
           lay
           upon
           the
           Parlor
           Window
           ,
           and
           bid
           me
           read
           that
           ,
           and
           said
           it
           was
           as
           proper
           for
           
           a
           Woman
           as
           a
           Man
           to
           understand
           the
           Laws
           ,
           because
           they
           must
           live
           under
           them
           as
           well
           as
           Men
           ;
           I
           soon
           applied
           my self
           to
           obey
           his
           commands
           ,
           and
           was
           very
           diligent
           in
           learning
           them
           :
           My
           Father
           was
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           first
           ,
           many
           Years
           ,
           but
           not
           afterward
           ;
           although
           he
           lived
           about
           Seven
           Years
           after
           the
           Wars
           began
           :
           I
           have
           read
           several
           Law-Books
           ,
           besides
           the
           Statute-Book
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           beneficial
           to
           my self
           and
           others
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Persecution
           :
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           knew
           that
           I
           had
           some
           understanding
           in
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           therefore
           he
           might
           have
           given
           me
           a
           more
           rational
           Title
           than
           a
           She
           -
           Prelate
           .
        
         
           Most
           of
           this
           little
           Pamphlet
           is
           writ
           against
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           who
           hath
           answered
           most
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           such
           rambling
           Stuff
           ,
           full
           of
           Tautologies
           ,
           can
           be
           answered
           :
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           hath
           so
           gauled
           him
           with
           his
           Answers
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           object
           of
           his
           Malice
           ,
           in
           most
           of
           his
           Books
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           his
           20
           th
           Book
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Pilgrims
             Progress
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           the
           front
           is
           his
           Picture
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Page
           ,
           his
           Pedegree
           and
           Education
           ,
           he
           says
           
             his
             Father's
             name
             was
             
               Robert
               Bugg
            
             ,
             second
             Son
             of
             
               Francis
               Bugg
            
             ,
             who
             was
             Chief
             Constable
             many
             Years
             ;
             his
             Parents
             were
             of
             a
             good
             Yeoman
             Family
             ,
             and
             lived
             in
             good
             Repute
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             up
             in
             the
             Profession
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           I
           will
           say
           somthing
           
           concerning
           this
           matter
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           related
           to
           me
           by
           my
           Uncle
           Docwra
           of
           Hinton
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           followeth
           ,
           he
           told
           me
           that
           there
           was
           one
           Bugg
           a
           Serving
           Man
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Docwra's
           ;
           this
           Man
           Debauched
           one
           of
           the
           Daughters
           of
           that
           Family
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Servant
           ,
           then
           Stole
           her
           away
           and
           Married
           her
           as
           was
           supposed
           :
           This
           Francis
           Bugg's
           Grandfather
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Posterity
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Serving
           Man
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Poor
           Boy
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Docwra's
           bound
           him
           out
           Apprentice
           to
           the
           Wool-Trade
           ,
           and
           when
           his
           time
           of
           Apprentiship
           was
           expired
           ,
           Money
           was
           gathered
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Docwra's
           to
           set
           him
           up
           ;
           he
           grew
           Rich
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           troublesome
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Docwra's
           ,
           preying
           upon
           them
           by
           indirect
           means
           ,
           that
           I
           perceived
           he
           was
           much
           slighted
           by
           the
           whole
           Family
           at
           the
           time
           I
           was
           Married
           to
           my
           Husband
           ,
           which
           is
           above
           52
           Years
           ago
           :
           
             Robert
             Bugg
          
           (
           Father
           to
           this
           
             Francis
             Bugg
          
           that
           writes
           now
           against
           us
           )
           was
           a
           melancholly
           down
           look'd
           Man
           by
           Relation
           ,
           and
           dwelt
           with
           his
           Son
           ,
           this
           Bugg
           ;
           some
           Years
           after
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           was
           Married
           ,
           he
           arose
           from
           Dinner
           one
           Day
           and
           went
           out
           ,
           and
           was
           found
           Drowned
           in
           a
           Water
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           no
           occasion
           to
           go
           to
           that
           place
           ,
           as
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           and
           his
           Wife
           related
           ;
           I
           had
           some
           discourse
           about
           it
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           other
           Persons
           with
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           both
           concluded
           he
           Drowned
           himself
           ;
           nevertheless
           the
           Jury
           was
           favourable
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           proof
           he
           
           drowned
           himself
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           find
           it
           wilful
           Murther
           ;
           which
           saved
           the
           30
           l.
           a
           Year
           that
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           boasts
           of
           in
           Page
           31.
           for
           he
           cannot
           prove
           that
           he
           had
           30
           l.
           a
           Year
           before
           his
           Father's
           Death
           ,
           which
           was
           long
           after
           he
           came
           of
           Age
           ,
           although
           he
           writes
           of
           much
           more
           :
           It
           was
           the
           Advice
           of
           Friends
           to
           be
           tender
           to
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           least
           some
           such
           Misfortune
           should
           befall
           him
           when
           he
           was
           amongst
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           one
           reason
           that
           he
           was
           humer'd
           in
           giving
           him
           Certificates
           when
           he
           required
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           since
           printed
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           Religion
           ,
           he
           says
           he
           
             was
             brought
             up
             in
             the
             Profession
             of
             the
          
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           this
           I
           believe
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           because
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           many
           Years
           ago
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Presbyterian
           when
           he
           came
           amongst
           the
           Quakers
           :
           This
           agrees
           with
           his
           Books
           ,
           where
           he
           Cavils
           much
           with
           E.
           Burroughs's
           Works
           ,
           which
           were
           written
           against
           those
           People
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Persecuted
           by
           them
           in
           the
           late
           professing
           Times
           ;
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           was
           turned
           out
           of
           Doors
           .
        
         
           In
           Page
           4.
           he
           speaks
           concerning
           our
           Silent
           Meetings
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Declaration
           he
           speaks
           something
           of
           Truth
           in
           this
           weighty
           concern
           ,
           although
           it
           is
           not
           so
           well
           worded
           ,
           nor
           confirmed
           by
           Scripture
           Texts
           as
           our
           Preachers
           declares
           it
           .
           But
           afterward
           he
           goes
           on
           and
           makes
           them
           as
           ridiculous
           as
           he
           can
           ,
           calling
           them
           
             Schools
             of
             Ignorance
          
           :
           There
           hath
           been
           much
           written
           by
           the
           Quakers
           
           concerning
           them
           ,
           and
           never
           contradicted
           in
           Print
           ,
           by
           any
           Clergy-Man
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           ;
           I
           have
           seen
           the
           same
           Exercise
           allow'd
           by
           a
           dignified
           Clergy-Man
           in
           Print
           ,
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           Vigils
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           in
           a
           more
           Dark
           and
           Unprofitable
           manner
           than
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           use
           of
           them
           but
           in
           Saints
           Eves
           ,
           or
           the
           Night
           before
           a
           Saint's
           day
           ,
           so
           called
           .
        
         
           In
           Page
           7.
           he
           says
           ,
           
             He
             hath
             given
             a
             Mortal
             Wound
             to
             the
             Female
             Government
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             my
             first
             Book
             (
             Entitued
             ,
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             ,
             &c.
             the
             Second
             Part
             ,
             Page
             33
             ,
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             )
             a
             Wilder
             Imagination
             ,
             never
             appeared
             amongst
             the
             People
             in
             Bedlam
             .
          
           This
           he
           means
           by
           the
           Womens
           Meetings
           ,
           which
           are
           alive
           and
           whole
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           ;
           they
           were
           set
           up
           to
           take
           care
           for
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           where
           there
           is
           need
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           as
           much
           use
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           ,
           where
           Friends
           are
           numerous
           .
           The
           Men
           cannot
           perform
           so
           great
           a
           Work
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Women
           ;
           the
           Women
           meet
           together
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           to
           inform
           the
           Men
           what
           is
           wanting
           for
           that
           Service
           ,
           and
           agree
           about
           Visiting
           the
           Sick
           and
           Lying-in
           Women
           that
           are
           poor
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           young
           Maids
           to
           Services
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           Works
           of
           Charity
           :
           These
           Works
           are
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           ,
           although
           Men
           and
           Women
           are
           his
           Instruments
           to
           perform
           them
           .
           But
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           where
           
           we
           are
           but
           few
           ,
           and
           can
           do
           that
           Service
           without
           a
           distinct
           Womens
           Meeting
           ;
           and
           in
           divers
           Monthly
           Meetings
           the
           Men
           and
           Women
           meet
           together
           for
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           other
           Services
           needful
           ,
           and
           not
           meerly
           for
           Formality
           sake
           ,
           as
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           would
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           we
           do
           some
           things
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           makes
           a
           great
           noise
           ,
           in
           divers
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           of
           the
           Quakers
           Address
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           for
           granting
           liberty
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           he
           says
           we
           have
           made
           no
           Address
           to
           King
           William
           ;
           our
           Address
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           is
           as
           justifiable
           as
           any
           other
           Perswasion
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           the
           3
           d.
           Month
           called
           May
           ,
           1687.
           in
           a
           Gazette
           I
           find
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Durham
           presented
           an
           Address
           to
           the
           King
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Durham
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Chester
           ;
           also
           another
           Address
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Clergy
           in
           general
           belonging
           to
           his
           Diocess
           ;
           also
           the
           Independants
           and
           Anabaptists
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           the
           Presbyterians
           also
           of
           the
           same
           City
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           likely
           there
           was
           more
           ,
           for
           I
           find
           all
           these
           before-mentioned
           in
           one
           Gazette
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           Addresses
           were
           concerning
           liberty
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           my
           Judgment
           they
           did
           well
           to
           incourage
           the
           King
           to
           keep
           his
           promise
           ,
           for
           Liberty
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Religion
           is
           a
           good
           thing
           ;
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           good
           in
           it self
           comes
           from
           God
           ,
           altho
           King
           James
           was
           Instrumental
           to
           procure
           it
           ;
           yet
           it
           stands
           to
           this
           
           day
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           doubt
           but
           that
           King
           William
           would
           confirm
           it
           ;
           coming
           out
           of
           a
           Country
           where
           Liberty
           is
           allowed
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           so
           beneficial
           to
           that
           Government
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           need
           to
           incourage
           King
           William
           in
           this
           concern
           :
           I
           have
           not
           seen
           any
           Address
           made
           to
           him
           by
           any
           Dissenters
           ,
           yet
           I
           believe
           they
           are
           all
           thankful
           for
           their
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           in
           Page
           7.
           
           
             That
             Quakerism
             is
             such
             a
             Sandy
             Foundation
             that
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             produce
             the
             Articles
             of
             their
             Faith
             they
             pretend
             to
             .
          
           [
           The
           Quakers
           are
           no
           
             Faith
             makers
          
           ,
           they
           say
           that
           true
           Faith
           is
           the
           Gift
           of
           God
           Only
           ]
           This
           shews
           what
           a
           Quaker
           he
           was
           when
           he
           was
           amongst
           us
           ,
           altho
           '
           the
           Quakers
           are
           no
           
             Faith
             makers
          
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           contained
           in
           a
           small
           Book
           ,
           about
           three
           Sheets
           of
           Paper
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Truth
             's
             Principles
             :
             Or
             ,
             those
             things
             about
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
             which
             are
             most
             assuredly
             believed
             and
             received
             amongst
             the
             People
             of
             God
             called
          
           Quakers
           .
           (
           And
           other
           Books
           also
           )
           these
           are
           our
           Ancient
           Principles
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           reprinted
           three
           or
           four
           times
           since
           I
           came
           amongst
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           which
           is
           above
           35
           Years
           ,
           I
           bought
           a
           dozen
           of
           them
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           amongst
           the
           most
           Eminent
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           whereof
           Doctor
           Gunning
           ,
           afterward
           Bishop
           of
           Ely
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           desired
           an
           answer
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           others
           also
           ,
           but
           never
           received
           one
           from
           any
           
           of
           them
           ;
           at
           last
           a
           Clergy-man
           came
           to
           my
           House
           that
           was
           related
           to
           my
           Husband
           ,
           I
           desired
           him
           to
           answer
           them
           ,
           he
           promised
           me
           before
           he
           read
           them
           that
           he
           would
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           had
           read
           them
           ,
           he
           said
           that
           I
           should
           have
           no
           other
           answer
           than
           this
           (
           
             that
             he
             did
             not
             intend
             to
             be
             a
             Fool
             in
             Print
          
           )
           these
           Principles
           declares
           that
           our
           Faith
           is
           not
           a
           Man-made
           Faith
           :
           Also
           ,
           they
           treat
           of
           the
           Substance
           of
           true
           Religion
           in
           General
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           there
           are
           but
           few
           Magistrates
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           Priest-ridden
           ,
           but
           may
           understand
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Priciples
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           as
           to
           clear
           us
           of
           those
           Aspersions
           that
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           has
           cast
           upon
           us
           in
           divers
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           he
           charges
           the
           Quakers
           with
           preferring
           their
           own
           Books
           above
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           this
           is
           as
           false
           as
           any
           thing
           can
           be
           ,
           for
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           often
           quoted
           and
           expounded
           in
           our
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           most
           People
           that
           comes
           to
           our
           Meetings
           can
           witness
           ,
           but
           for
           our
           Books
           they
           are
           never
           quoted
           nor
           mentioned
           in
           our
           Meetings
           ,
           by
           our
           Ministers
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           .
        
         
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           pleads
           that
           we
           read
           Epistles
           from
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           never
           read
           a
           Chapter
           in
           the
           Bible
           ;
           these
           Epistles
           are
           read
           after
           our
           Meetings
           for
           Worship
           are
           over
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           once
           in
           a
           Year
           scarcely
           .
        
         
           In
           Page
           the
           25
           
             th
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             I
             have
             a
             Letter
             by
             me
             which
             my
             Cousen
             
               Ann
               Docwra
            
             
             Widdow
             of
             Cambridge
             ,
             sent
             me
             ,
             dated
             the
             26
             th
             of
             the
             12
             th
             Month
             ,
             
               viz.
               G.
               Whitehead
            
             hath
             sent
             me
             one
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             for
             me
             to
             read
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             the
             old
             Mony-Story
             in
             it
             ,
             with
             I
             know
             not
             what
             besides
             ;
             I
             was
             asked
             by
             an
             honest
             Friend
             if
             he
             was
             not
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             I
             answered
             nay
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             solid
             enough
             for
             them
             to
             own
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             write
             to
             a
             solid
             People
             ,
             there
             is
             pretty
             much
             airy
             conceited
             Stuff
             in
             it
             .
          
           This
           Letter
           is
           a
           meer
           forged
           thing
           ,
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           I
           never
           writ
           any
           such
           Letter
           to
           him
           ,
           neither
           did
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           send
           me
           any
           Book
           to
           read
           with
           a
           Mony
           Story
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           without
           one
           ;
           I
           was
           not
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           him
           then
           ,
           as
           for
           him
           to
           send
           me
           Books
           to
           read
           :
           But
           I
           remember
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           came
           to
           my
           House
           about
           that
           time
           this
           Letter
           was
           dated
           ,
           and
           complained
           of
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           very
           much
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Book
           he
           had
           writ
           that
           concerned
           him
           ;
           I
           remember'd
           I
           had
           seen
           such
           a
           Book
           in
           our
           Booksellers
           hands
           ,
           but
           I
           read
           but
           little
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           I
           did
           not
           buy
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           in
           this
           forged
           Letter
           ,
           he
           spoke
           to
           me
           then
           by
           word
           of
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           not
           I
           to
           him
           ;
           he
           calls
           me
           Cousin
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           for
           that
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           is
           nothing
           a-Kin
           to
           me
           ,
           neither
           can
           he
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           he
           is
           Kin
           to
           my
           Husband
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           my
           Husbands
           Pedegree
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           not
           the
           name
           of
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           I
           will
           now
           take
           notice
           of
           something
           of
           Concernment
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           Page
           58.
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Preachers
             take
             Mony
             for
             Preaching
          
           :
           This
           is
           a
           strange
           Story
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           should
           be
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           I
           not
           know
           it
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           above
           35
           Years
           amongst
           Them
           ,
           and
           never
           heard
           any
           Body
           say
           so
           but
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ;
           a
           pritty
           many
           Years
           ago
           ,
           I
           asked
           him
           who
           paid
           them
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           
             They
             were
          
           George
           Fox
           '
           
             s
             Pensioners
          
           :
           This
           shews
           that
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           gave
           them
           no
           Mony
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           had
           he
           would
           have
           printed
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Sum
           also
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           his
           Books
           :
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           I
           never
           gave
           any
           Mony
           upon
           that
           account
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           neither
           was
           I
           ever
           asked
           for
           any
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           a
           great
           loss
           a
           Preacher
           had
           by
           Fire
           ;
           I
           gave
           Mony
           upon
           that
           account
           :
           But
           if
           Preachers
           be
           Poor
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           relieved
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           honest
           Friend
           that
           will
           see
           them
           want
           ,
           or
           grudge
           what
           they
           do
           upon
           that
           account
           ;
           but
           to
           my
           knowledge
           some
           Apostate
           Quakers
           have
           done
           so
           .
        
         
           In
           Page
           34.
           
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Charges
             were
             greater
             to
             the
          
           Quakers
           
             Preachers
             in
             three
             Months
             ,
             than
             the
          
           Church
           of
           England
           
             Ministers
             have
             been
             in
          
           15
           Years
           .
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           Preachers
           should
           lye
           upon
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           more
           than
           upon
           others
           ,
           they
           want
           it
           not
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           
             Tenth
             Part
          
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Lands
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Labour
           
           and
           Industry
           of
           the
           Husband-man
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Incomes
           that
           I
           could
           reckon
           :
           I
           partly
           know
           the
           Charge
           he
           hath
           been
           at
           for
           the
           Quakers
           Preachers
           ,
           which
           was
           sometimes
           a
           Nights
           Entertainment
           for
           them
           and
           their
           Horses
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           without
           some
           Invitation
           on
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           part
           ;
           but
           this
           i
           know
           ,
           by
           what
           he
           said
           to
           me
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           that
           the
           grudged
           their
           entertainment
           although
           he
           invited
           them
           to
           his
           House
           ;
           he
           divers
           times
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Quakers
           were
           chargeable
           to
           him
           :
           I
           told
           him
           it
           was
           his
           own
           fault
           to
           give
           them
           entertainment
           ,
           and
           then
           grudge
           it
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           decease
           of
           my
           Husband
           ,
           I
           kept
           a
           publick
           Meeting
           at
           my
           House
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           about
           three
           Miles
           from
           Cambrige
           ,
           for
           about
           seven
           Years
           ,
           and
           entertained
           all
           Travelling
           Preachers
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           also
           ;
           I
           did
           not
           find
           it
           so
           chargeable
           as
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           speaks
           of
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           think
           I
           was
           the
           Poorer
           upon
           that
           account
           of
           entertaining
           Preachers
           ,
           what
           I
           lost
           was
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           in
           the
           Year
           1673.
           who
           plunder'd
           me
           for
           keeping
           Meetings
           at
           my
           House
           ;
           at
           a
           time
           when
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           Proclamation
           ,
           had
           granted
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           nevertheless
           I
           kept
           up
           the
           Meeting
           at
           my
           House
           for
           above
           Six
           Years
           after
           that
           ,
           until
           a
           publick
           Meeting-House
           was
           provided
           on
           that
           side
           of
           the
           Country
           where
           I
           dwelt
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           my
           
           House
           ;
           so
           I
           removed
           to
           
             Cambrige
             :
             F.
             Bugg
          
           knows
           this
           ,
           he
           hath
           been
           at
           some
           Meetings
           at
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           lain
           at
           my
           House
           also
           .
        
         
           In
           Page
           62.
           
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           
             if
             we
             look
             into
             
             Fox's
             Order
             for
             Marriages
             ,
             you
             may
             observe
             that
             he
             points
             to
             have
             the
             matter
             laid
             before
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             a
             brief
             Testimony
             of
             one
             of
             their
             Female
             Preachers
             ,
             a
             Woman
             of
             Note
             amongst
             them
             ;
          
           in
           a
           Letter
           I
           have
           by
           me
           ,
           &c.
           in
           the
           Margent
           he
           quotes
           Ann
           Docwra's
           Letter
           :
           This
           Letter
           I
           have
           disowned
           before
           ,
           with
           a
           Certificate
           to
           prove
           it
           false
           ,
           towards
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Book
           ;
           it
           mostly
           concerns
           a
           Common
           Bank
           ,
           and
           obstructing
           a
           Lawful
           Marriage
           by
           an
           Apostate-Quaker
           ;
           one
           that
           went
           about
           to
           make
           Devisions
           amongst
           us
           ,
           as
           F.
           Bugg
           did
           ;
           and
           to
           his
           report
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           a
           She-Preacher
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           prove
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           Preached
           in
           a
           publick
           Meeting
           ;
           I
           have
           dwelt
           above
           18
           Years
           at
           Cambrige
           ,
           and
           he
           cannot
           prove
           this
           to
           be
           true
           :
           That
           is
           not
           the
           Office
           in
           the
           Church
           that
           God
           hath
           called
           me
           to
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           Commission
           from
           God
           to
           Preach
           in
           a
           Meeting
           ;
           our
           Preachers
           have
           a
           Commission
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           speak
           what
           he
           requires
           of
           them
           ;
           they
           know
           when
           to
           speak
           ,
           and
           when
           to
           be
           silent
           :
           And
           when
           God
           requires
           me
           to
           speak
           or
           write
           I
           will
           not
           be
           silent
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           not
           at
           this
           time
           to
           reprove
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           in
           writing
           ,
           for
           
           abusing
           so
           many
           honest
           Persons
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           in
           this
           wicked
           Book
           .
        
         
           I
           suppose
           that
           F.
           Bugg
           was
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           some
           part
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           called
           the
           20
           th
           .
           Book
           ,
           for
           divers
           reasons
           ;
           for
           I
           heard
           that
           he
           was
           16
           weeks
           from
           home
           when
           this
           Book
           was
           written
           ;
           only
           he
           came
           home
           some
           times
           for
           a
           night
           or
           two
           ,
           least
           his
           Family
           should
           be
           at
           a
           loss
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           think
           he
           was
           come
           to
           some
           Misfortune
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           he
           was
           seen
           at
           Oxford
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           this
           Book
           was
           about
           writing
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           is
           written
           somthing
           in
           a
           better
           Form
           than
           his
           former
           Books
           are
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           much
           of
           F.
           Bugg's
           Whimsies
           in
           divers
           places
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           more
           particularly
           in
           the
           Front
           under
           his
           Picture
           ,
           he
           was
           
             first
             courted
             by
             the
             Library-keeper
             of
          
           Bodleian
           Library
           at
           Oxford
           .
           See
           his
           19
           th
           .
           Book
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Picture
             of
             Quakerism
          
           ,
           the
           Second
           Part
           ,
           Page
           164.
           there
           is
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Library-keeper
           to
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           which
           begins
           thus
           ,
           Mr.
           Bugg
           ,
           
             you
             must
             needs
             think
             it
             strange
             to
             receive
             a
             Letter
             from
             a
             Man
             so
             utterly
             unknown
             to
             you
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           matter
           of
           Admiration
           ,
           that
           University-Men
           should
           take
           his
           Books
           for
           Truth
           ,
           upon
           the
           Credit
           and
           Relation
           of
           F.
           Bugg
           ,
           being
           a
           stranger
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           an
           Apostate-Quaker
           ,
           which
           was
           never
           accounted
           good
           by
           any
           Rational
           Honest
           Men
           ,
           of
           what
           Persuasion
           soever
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           read
           his
           three
           last
           Books
           lately
           ,
           and
           do
           affirm
           that
           there
           are
           as
           many
           repetitions
           of
           Lyes
           as
           there
           are
           Leaves
           in
           those
           Books
           ,
           only
           they
           are
           the
           same
           Lyes
           written
           over
           and
           over
           again
           ,
           very
           many
           times
           :
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           met
           with
           Credulous
           Persons
           ,
           for
           his
           purpose
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Market
           on
           ,
           to
           get
           his
           Debts
           paid
           :
           For
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           in
           his
           last
           Book
           ,
           that
           ☞
           Oxford
           exceeded
           Cambrige
           
             in
             their
             bounty
             to
             him
          
           .
           It
           is
           worth
           the
           observing
           ,
           and
           a
           Mercy
           to
           us
           also
           ,
           that
           now
           they
           have
           entertained
           F.
           Bugg
           for
           their
           Informer
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           pay
           him
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Purses
           :
           formerly
           the
           Informers
           were
           paid
           out
           of
           our
           Estates
           ,
           by
           the
           spoil
           of
           our
           Goods
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           come
           to
           answer
           something
           more
           that
           concerns
           my self
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           page
           64
           ,
           65.
           there
           are
           Verses
           ,
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           I
           writ
           of
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ,
           this
           is
           False
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knows
           in
           his
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           told
           him
           divers
           times
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           in
           former
           Years
           ,
           and
           lately
           also
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           he
           writ
           this
           last
           Book
           .
           The
           Verses
           I
           writ
           had
           a
           short
           Declaration
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           wherein
           a
           Preacher
           is
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           not
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Man
           by
           Name
           :
           I
           always
           told
           him
           that
           whatsoever
           I
           writ
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           against
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ;
           these
           Printed
           Verses
           are
           partly
           mine
           ,
           and
           partly
           his
           own
           ;
           there
           is
           both
           adding
           and
           diminishing
           from
           mine
           in
           several
           places
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           mis-placing
           divers
           of
           
           them
           ;
           and
           making
           them
           hobble
           like
           his
           own
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           ,
           by
           adding
           John
           Story
           's
           Name
           in
           them
           ;
           the
           Man
           that
           these
           Verses
           did
           concern
           ,
           was
           dead
           some
           Years
           before
           G.
           Fox's
           decease
           .
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           he
           hath
           the
           Manuscript
           by
           him
           :
           That
           may
           be
           forged
           ;
           I
           writ
           a
           plain
           hand
           ,
           easie
           to
           be
           Counterfeited
           .
           I
           have
           several
           of
           the
           Copies
           of
           my
           Verses
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           can
           prove
           that
           those
           Printed
           Verses
           differs
           from
           mine
           in
           divers
           places
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           something
           to
           say
           of
           some
           of
           our
           Preachers
           ,
           which
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           hath
           abused
           much
           in
           Print
           :
           The
           first
           two
           are
           
             Thomas
             Green
          
           and
           
             Samuel
             Cater
          
           ,
           my
           Brother
           
             G.
             Barnardiston's
          
           Companions
           ,
           in
           his
           Travels
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           Truth
           ,
           to
           spread
           the
           Gospel
           in
           Forreign
           Nations
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           that
           
             
               Thomas
               Green
            
             was
             a
             poor
             Mason
             ,
             and
             now
             worth
             many
             Thousands
             .
          
           But
           he
           does
           not
           say
           of
           what
           ;
           if
           he
           means
           Pounds
           ,
           I
           believe
           he
           does
           not
           say
           true
           ;
           
             T.
             Green
          
           hath
           neither
           House
           nor
           Land
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           upon
           enquiry
           ,
           his
           Wife
           ,
           
             Ellen
             Green
          
           ,
           had
           several
           Hundred
           Pounds
           given
           her
           by
           some
           of
           her
           Relations
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           ,
           which
           she
           being
           an
           Ingenious
           Industrious
           Woman
           ,
           imployed
           in
           a
           Trade
           ,
           so
           that
           between
           twenty
           and
           thirty
           Years
           she
           got
           enough
           to
           maintain
           them
           well
           in
           their
           Old
           Age
           ,
           now
           they
           have
           given
           over
           Trading
           .
        
         
         
           F.
           Bugg
           quarrels
           with
           
             T.
             Green
          
           for
           not
           entertaining
           him
           at
           his
           House
           ,
           when
           he
           and
           his
           Wife
           came
           to
           London
           :
           It
           cannot
           be
           the
           Custom
           of
           our
           Preachers
           ,
           to
           entertain
           every
           one
           that
           comes
           to
           London
           ,
           although
           they
           have
           been
           entertained
           in
           their
           Travels
           ,
           when
           they
           visited
           the
           Meetings
           in
           the
           Countries
           where
           they
           preached
           ;
           if
           they
           should
           do
           so
           ,
           their
           Houses
           would
           be
           like
           Inns.
           But
           F.
           Bugg
           accuses
           him
           for
           not
           keeping
           one
           of
           his
           poor
           Brothers
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           reason
           for
           that
           ,
           for
           what
           
             Ellen
             Green
          
           got
           by
           her
           Indudustry
           ,
           should
           be
           spent
           by
           such
           an
           extravagant
           woman
           as
           his
           Brother's
           Wife
           was
           ,
           by
           Relation
           ,
           what
           they
           gave
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           little
           the
           better
           for
           ,
           his
           Wife
           would
           devour
           it
           :
           But
           
             T.
             Green
          
           kept
           his
           own
           Mother
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife's
           Mother
           many
           Years
           ,
           in
           
             Meat
             ,
             Drink
          
           ,
           and
           Cloaths
           ,
           during
           their
           Lives
           ;
           and
           hired
           them
           a
           House
           to
           dwell
           together
           ,
           and
           found
           them
           all
           other
           necessaries
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           .
           I
           never
           went
           to
           London
           ,
           but
           they
           always
           gave
           me
           entertainment
           ,
           although
           
             T.
             Green
          
           seldom
           came
           to
           my
           House
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           both
           Thomas
           and
           his
           Wife
           were
           very
           serviceable
           to
           me
           ,
           in
           providing
           me
           Lodgings
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           I
           desired
           .
        
         
           
             Samuel
             Cater
          
           I
           have
           known
           about
           Thirty
           Years
           ,
           he
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           Sufferer
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           Imprisoned
           many
           times
           ,
           Six
           Years
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           a
           close
           Prisoner
           ,
           for
           Three
           Years
           of
           the
           time
           not
           stirred
           
           out
           of
           the
           Prison
           .
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           that
           
             he
             was
             a
             poor
             Journey-man
             Carpenter
             ,
             and
             now
             a
             Rich
             Man
             ,
             worth
             Hundreds
             of
             Pounds
             .
          
           What
           then
           ,
           shall
           an
           Industrious
           Man
           work
           more
           than
           Forty
           Years
           ,
           and
           get
           nothing
           ?
           His
           Trade
           was
           a
           gainful
           Trade
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           wisely
           managed
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           not
           a
           Rich
           Man
           ;
           he
           hath
           a
           Commendable
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           Lot
           that
           belongs
           to
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           Fenns
           were
           taken
           in
           ,
           at
           little
           Port
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ely
           ,
           and
           two
           Acres
           and
           a
           half
           of
           Arable
           Land
           in
           the
           Fields
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           all
           his
           visible
           Estate
           that
           I
           can
           hear
           of
           ;
           besides
           a
           small
           Stock
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Butter
           Trade
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           a
           Factor
           to
           send
           Butter
           to
           London
           ,
           altho'
           he
           is
           about
           seventy
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           yet
           he
           gets
           his
           living
           by
           that
           Trade
           .
        
         
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           makes
           a
           great
           noise
           against
           
             S.
             Cater
          
           ,
           about
           a
           Meeting
           where
           
             S.
             C.
          
           was
           Fined
           for
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           had
           his
           Timber
           siezed
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             Had
             it
             again
             ,
             says
             
               F.
               B
            
             ,
             and
             had
             10
             l.
             sent
             him
             by
             his
             Friends
             towards
             his
             Loss
             .
          
           That
           he
           had
           his
           Timber
           again
           ,
           appears
           to
           me
           to
           be
           a
           false
           Story
           of
           F.
           B's
           making
           ;
           for
           
             S.
             Cater
          
           does
           affirm
           that
           he
           never
           had
           his
           Timber
           again
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Officers
           sold
           it
           ;
           his
           Goods
           in
           his
           House
           were
           siezed
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           them
           he
           had
           again
           ,
           a
           Neighbour
           bought
           them
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           to
           him
           :
           This
           shews
           what
           :
           a
           Malicious
           Lyer
           
             F.
             B.
          
           is
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           of
           his
           Friends
           were
           so
           Charitable
           ,
           as
           to
           send
           him
           10
           l.
           to
           help
           to
           
           pay
           Debts
           ,
           or
           to
           carry
           on
           his
           Trade
           ,
           they
           did
           well
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           better
           than
           
             F.
             B.
          
           in
           upbraiding
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           come
           to
           
             George
             Whitehead
             ;
             F.
             Bugg
          
           hath
           vented
           his
           Malice
           against
           him
           in
           an
           abundant
           manner
           ,
           in
           most
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           the
           Cause
           whereof
           is
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           answered
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           laid
           him
           open
           effectually
           :
           It
           is
           hard
           to
           recount
           how
           bitterly
           malicious
           this
           F.
           Bugg
           hath
           been
           against
           him
           ,
           the
           slanderous
           Lies
           that
           he
           hath
           vented
           against
           him
           ,
           are
           hard
           to
           be
           numbred
           ,
           his
           own
           Books
           will
           witness
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           say
           is
           true
           ;
           for
           G.
           Whitehead
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           known
           him
           but
           by
           Report
           till
           of
           late
           Years
           ;
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           reports
           him
           a
           poor
           Boy
           ,
           came
           out
           of
           the
           North
           on
           foot
           ,
           his
           Father
           dwelt
           in
           a
           poor
           Cottage
           not
           worth
           above
           50
           s.
           His
           Education
           from
           his
           Youth
           shews
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           although
           I
           was
           not
           acquainted
           with
           him
           but
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           yet
           I
           can
           say
           something
           to
           prove
           his
           Education
           and
           Learning
           in
           his
           Youth
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           F.
           Bugg's
           ,
           that
           was
           but
           a
           Wool-Comber
           :
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Young
           Man
           ,
           travelled
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           Truth
           ,
           into
           Suffolk
           .
           I
           had
           an
           Aunt
           ,
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           World's
           Account
           ;
           she
           was
           a
           wise
           Woman
           ,
           and
           inquisitive
           after
           Religion
           ,
           and
           desired
           that
           a
           Quaker
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           her
           ,
           
           to
           discourse
           with
           .
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           was
           brought
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           after
           her
           Discourse
           with
           him
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           and
           others
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Quakers
             held
             the
             same
             Opinion
             that
             her
             Cousin
          
           Barrow
           
             did
             ,
             that
             was
             hanged
             for
             his
             Religion
             in
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           '
           
             s
             Days
             ,
             and
             that
             this
          
           Barrow
           
             was
             Chaplain
             to
             her
             Grandfather
             ,
             Sir
          
           Nicholas
           Bacon
           :
           I
           heard
           my
           Grandmother
           say
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           that
           
             Henry
             Barrow
          
           was
           her
           Father's
           Chaplain
           ,
           and
           Tutor
           to
           his
           Children
           ,
           whereof
           she
           was
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           London
           was
           the
           chief
           Cause
           of
           his
           Death
           ;
           and
           said
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           very
           religious
           good
           Man
           ;
           and
           for
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           my
           Aunt
           said
           ,
           that
           she
           did
           believe
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           born
           ,
           or
           brought
           up
           under
           the
           same
           Education
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           call'd
           him
           the
           Gentleman
           Quaker
           ,
           always
           when
           she
           spoke
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           Pag.
           137
           ,
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           tells
           a
           long
           Story
           of
           
             Stephen
             Crisp
          
           deceased
           ,
           and
           Samuel
           Duncon's
           Wife
           of
           Norwich
           deceased
           .
           I
           have
           examined
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Matter
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           it
           to
           be
           very
           false
           ,
           and
           a
           wicked
           Report
           of
           
           Bugg's
           raising
           :
           He
           names
           
             Joseph
             Carver
          
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Buddery
          
           ,
           both
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           for
           his
           Witnesses
           .
           Since
           I
           read
           this
           Book
           
             Joseph
             Carver
          
           hath
           been
           at
           my
           House
           ,
           I
           examined
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           said
           that
           his
           Wife
           was
           Samuel
           Duncon's
           Sister
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           went
           often
           to
           S.
           Duncon's
           House
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           had
           been
           any
           thing
           as
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           heard
           something
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           did
           ;
           I
           desired
           him
           to
           
           send
           a
           Letter
           of
           what
           
             Tho.
             Buddery
          
           could
           say
           in
           this
           Case
           .
           
             Tho.
             Buddery
          
           says
           ,
           in
           the
           Letter
           he
           sent
           me
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Story
             is
             like
             F.
             Bugg's
             old
             Way
             of
             belying
             the
             Dead
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Living
          
           ;
           and
           says
           further
           ,
           That
           Sam.
           Duncon
           '
           
             s
             Wife
             was
             well
             known
             to
             all
             her
             Neighbours
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             sober
             ,
             honest
             Woman
             .
          
           This
           Woman
           was
           lame
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           a
           Surgeon
           for
           Help
           ;
           and
           Bugg
           makes
           an
           Evil
           of
           that
           also
           .
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           in
           Pag.
           33.
           says
           ,
           That
           Stephen
           Crisp
           
             was
             a
             poor
             Weaver
             at
             the
             Beginning
             ,
             and
             died
             a
             very
             rich
             Man.
          
           What
           then
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ?
           This
           does
           not
           conclude
           him
           a
           dishonest
           Man
           :
           He
           married
           a
           second
           Wife
           ,
           that
           was
           a
           Dutch
           Woman
           ,
           that
           had
           Children
           by
           a
           former
           Husband
           :
           It
           was
           said
           that
           she
           was
           very
           rich
           .
           She
           died
           before
           him
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           that
           when
           she
           died
           
             S.
             C.
          
           gave
           all
           she
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           her
           Children
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           inrich
           himself
           by
           her
           ,
           therefore
           I
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           died
           a
           very
           rich
           Man.
           He
           was
           a
           good
           Lawyer
           :
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           his
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           very
           beneficial
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           he
           took
           no
           Mony
           of
           me
           for
           it
           .
           He
           was
           Guardian
           to
           many
           Orphans
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           ,
           which
           he
           managed
           with
           much
           Industry
           and
           Honesty
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Orphans
           .
           This
           I
           have
           heard
           from
           divers
           credible
           Persons
           .
        
         
           
             George
             Fox
          
           is
           much
           quoted
           in
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           Books
           ,
           for
           
             making
             Laws
             for
             the
             Quakers
          
           .
           This
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           a
           very
           wise
           
           Man
           ,
           and
           a
           Man
           of
           great
           Courage
           in
           what
           he
           undertook
           ,
           and
           always
           successfull
           ,
           although
           he
           had
           many
           Enemies
           to
           oppose
           him
           ,
           as
           well
           Apostate
           Quakers
           as
           others
           .
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           he
           was
           worsted
           in
           any
           thing
           he
           undertook
           :
           He
           was
           an
           Instrument
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           Meetings
           in
           all
           Countries
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           the
           Poor
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           poor
           Ministers
           who
           travelled
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           to
           be
           relieved
           with
           such
           Necessaries
           as
           they
           wanted
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Reason
           that
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           calls
           them
           
             G.
             Fox's
             Pensioners
          
           .
        
         
           F.
           Bugg
           knows
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           speak
           the
           Truth
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           common
           Bank
           to
           go
           to
           ,
           but
           only
           occasional
           Contributions
           for
           charitable
           and
           necessary
           Supplies
           :
           Neither
           hath
           he
           any
           Grounds
           to
           surmise
           it
           ,
           only
           this
           false
           Letter
           that
           he
           hath
           printed
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Copy
           of
           what
           I
           writ
           ;
           but
           I
           can
           prove
           it
           a
           meer
           Cheat
           put
           upon
           us
           by
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           his
           Confederates
           .
        
         
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           That
           G.
           Fox
           
             was
             a
             poor
             Journeyman
             Shoemaker
             ,
             and
             died
             worth
             Abundance
             :
          
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           he
           did
           not
           die
           so
           rich
           as
           F.
           B.
           reports
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           an
           Adventurer
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           might
           get
           something
           considerable
           by
           that
           ,
           if
           he
           used
           it
           many
           Years
           :
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           
             He
             lived
             in
             as
             much
             Plenty
             as
             any
             Knight
             in
             England
             :
          
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           this
           ;
           I
           have
           heard
           this
           Story
           formerly
           from
           F.
           Bugg
           .
           I
           
           had
           a
           Desire
           to
           know
           how
           he
           fared
           :
           Some
           Years
           before
           his
           Decease
           ,
           I
           being
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           understanding
           where
           his
           Lodging
           was
           ,
           I
           went
           about
           Dinner
           Time
           ;
           when
           I
           went
           into
           the
           Room
           where
           he
           was
           ,
           I
           found
           him
           sitting
           down
           to
           Dinner
           ,
           his
           Meat
           was
           upon
           the
           Table
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           a
           Piece
           of
           very
           salt
           Beef
           ,
           as
           big
           as
           a
           Man's
           Fist
           ,
           it
           was
           cold
           Meat
           :
           I
           sate
           down
           by
           him
           until
           he
           had
           dined
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           eat
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           did
           like
           his
           Dinner
           so
           well
           :
           He
           had
           no
           Wine
           ,
           his
           Beer
           was
           said
           to
           have
           Wormwood
           in
           it
           :
           I
           did
           not
           drink
           with
           him
           neither
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           whole
           Bill
           of
           his
           Fare
           at
           that
           Time
           :
           I
           had
           heard
           before
           ,
           by
           one
           of
           my
           Brothers
           that
           was
           well
           acquainted
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           his
           Diet
           was
           salt
           Beef
           when
           he
           could
           get
           it
           ,
           and
           Wormwood
           stampt
           and
           squeezed
           into
           his
           Beer
           .
           After
           he
           arose
           from
           Dinner
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           short
           Declaration
           to
           me
           ,
           the
           Substance
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           
             That
             I
             should
             not
             look
             at
             him
             ,
             but
             look
             to
             the
             Light
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             in
             my
             own
             Heart
             ,
             the
             Appearance
             of
             that
             would
             teach
             me
             more
             than
             Man
             could
             teach
             me
             ,
             that
             would
             shew
             me
             who
             were
             God's
             Friends
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             obedient
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             did
             wait
             in
             Silence
             for
             God's
             teaching
             .
          
           This
           was
           no
           more
           than
           what
           I
           knew
           before
           ,
           and
           had
           had
           some
           Experience
           of
           it
           ,
           nevertheless
           I
           kindly
           received
           his
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           parted
           .
           I
           do
           not
           intend
           to
           rehearse
           the
           whole
           Matter
           of
           
           Bugg's
           
           Charge
           against
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           my
           Reader
           with
           Tautologies
           that
           have
           been
           answered
           already
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           say
           something
           more
           of
           a
           new
           Charge
           against
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ,
           the
           strangest
           Lye
           that
           ever
           was
           heard
           of
           :
           Pag.
           133.
           
           
             That
             he
             was
             ,
             some
             Years
             before
             his
             Decease
             ,
             like
             a
             Statue
             or
             unsensible
             Image
             ,
             which
             could
             scarce
             see
             or
             understand
             ,
             being
             grown
             so
             corpulent
             in
             Bulk
             as
             two
             or
             three
             Men
             ,
             and
             so
             dozed
             away
             his
             Time
             with
             strong
             Liquors
             and
             Brandy
             ,
             who
             left
             these
             Words
             for
          
           William
           Rogers
           ,
           John
           Rance
           ,
           Ann
           Docwra
           ,
           
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             have
             opposed
             his
             Tyranny
             and
             Usurpation
             .
          
           For
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           and
           
             J
             Rance
          
           ,
           they
           are
           wholly
           Strangers
           to
           me
           ,
           
             A.
             Docwra
          
           ,
           only
           I
           read
           some
           Part
           of
           a
           Book
           that
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           put
           forth
           :
           I
           did
           not
           like
           it
           ,
           there
           was
           many
           of
           F
           Bugg's
           Cavils
           in
           it
           against
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           and
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           :
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           Tyranny
           or
           Usurpation
           by
           G.
           F.
           I
           did
           not
           see
           him
           for
           some
           few
           Years
           before
           his
           Decease
           ,
           yet
           I
           always
           observed
           him
           much
           when
           I
           was
           in
           his
           Company
           ,
           because
           his
           Enemies
           made
           a
           great
           Noise
           of
           his
           Bulk
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           pretty
           tall
           of
           Stature
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           great
           Bon'd
           Man
           in
           my
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           his
           Face
           was
           not
           so
           fat
           as
           some
           fat
           Mens
           Faces
           are
           ,
           by
           much
           ;
           his
           Hands
           were
           stiff
           and
           swell'd
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           could
           not
           well
           Write
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           his
           Days
           ;
           his
           Limbs
           were
           stiff
           ,
           I
           could
           perceive
           that
           by
           his
           rising
           up
           and
           siting
           down
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           his
           Body
           was
           
           swell'd
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           him
           speak
           to
           that
           purpose
           ;
           he
           wore
           loose
           Garments
           always
           when
           I
           saw
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           discribe
           his
           bulk
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           perceive
           that
           he
           was
           somewhat
           Burly
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           describes
           him
           .
           And
           for
           his
           Doziness
           and
           Insensibility
           ,
           that
           many
           Hundreds
           can
           Witness
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           in
           less
           than
           three
           Days
           before
           his
           Decease
           ,
           he
           Preached
           in
           the
           Meeting
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           in
           Gracious-street
           ,
           he
           Preached
           before
           a
           great
           Congregation
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           Prayed
           also
           :
           In
           his
           Declaration
           it
           is
           credibly
           Reported
           ,
           That
           he
           opened
           many
           weighty
           Truths
           ,
           to
           the
           Refreshment
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Hearers
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Power
           and
           Clearness
           ,
           as
           at
           other
           times
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           came
           out
           of
           the
           Meeting
           ,
           he
           was
           taken
           ill
           ,
           and
           soon
           took
           his
           Bed
           ,
           and
           Deceased
           on
           the
           Third
           Day
           following
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Week
           .
           This
           is
           upon
           Record
           ,
           see
           G.
           F's
           Journal
           ,
           p.
           613.
           
        
         
           Now
           I
           come
           to
           Page
           141
           ,
           142
           ,
           143.
           
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             That
             
               George
               Smith
            
             of
             
               Little
               Port
            
             ,
             having
             a
             Wife
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             since
             Dead
             ,
             being
             Bailiff
             for
             a
             Gentleman
             in
             the
             same
             Town
             ,
             whose
             Wife
             was
             a
             handsome
             young
             Woman
             ;
             
               G.
               Smith
            
             in
             time
             grew
             very
             kind
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             falling
             Sick
             ,
             gave
             his
             Wife
             warning
             of
             
               G.
               Smith
            
             ,
             he
             dying
             ,
             there
             was
             room
             for
             him
             to
             accomplish
             his
             design
             .
          
           This
           looks
           like
           a
           feigned
           Story
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           should
           entertain
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           for
           his
           
           Bailiff
           to
           his
           dying
           Day
           ,
           and
           be
           Jealous
           of
           him
           concerning
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           not
           put
           him
           away
           before
           .
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           goes
           on
           with
           a
           long
           formal
           Story
           ,
           more
           than
           he
           can
           prove
           by
           half
           ;
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Widow
             had
             two
             Children
             by
             G.
             Smith
          
           ;
           the
           Woman
           was
           well
           known
           to
           all
           her
           Neighbours
           to
           be
           a
           Light
           Woman
           ,
           as
           the
           General
           Report
           goes
           ;
           so
           that
           no
           Body
           could
           truly
           say
           who
           was
           the
           Father
           of
           her
           Children
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           was
           so
           honess
           ,
           as
           to
           own
           that
           Child
           that
           he
           thought
           might
           be
           his
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           made
           publick
           by
           G.
           Smith's
           Friends
           and
           Neighbours
           .
           After
           this
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           did
           acknowledge
           his
           Offence
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           really
           Believed
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           sincerely
           Repent
           ;
           for
           he
           caused
           his
           Repentance
           to
           be
           Recorded
           in
           our
           Quarterly
           Meeting-Book
           ,
           at
           Hadnam
           ,
           in
           the
           Ille
           of
           Ely
           ,
           and
           set
           his
           Name
           to
           it
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Man
           in
           the
           Town
           that
           would
           have
           Married
           this
           Widow
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           when
           she
           was
           with
           Child
           (
           with
           that
           Child
           that
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           owned
           )
           but
           it
           was
           put
           by
           then
           by
           her self
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Persons
           ;
           but
           she
           happened
           to
           be
           with
           Child
           again
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           same
           Man
           Married
           her
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           Married
           her
           when
           she
           was
           with
           Child
           before
           ;
           but
           the
           common
           Report
           goes
           ,
           that
           the
           Child
           she
           was
           withal
           ,
           when
           she
           Married
           ,
           was
           neither
           G.
           Smith's
           ,
           nor
           the
           Man's
           she
           Married
           ;
           but
           the
           Woman
           was
           Rich
           ,
           and
           that
           preferr'd
           her
           to
           a
           Husband
           .
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           she
           lives
           honestly
           and
           soberly
           
           with
           the
           Man
           that
           she
           is
           now
           Married
           to
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           Quakers
           ,
           so
           called
           ,
           neither
           the
           Man
           nor
           the
           Woman
           .
        
         
           After
           I
           read
           this
           Story
           of
           F.
           Bugg's
           ,
           I
           made
           strict
           inquiry
           by
           credible
           Persons
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           a
           true
           Relation
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Account
           I
           received
           ,
           although
           I
           knew
           most
           of
           it
           before
           .
           This
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           I
           am
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           will
           give
           this
           Character
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           most
           understanding
           Men
           in
           
             Little
             Port
          
           do
           say
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           excellent
           Parts
           to
           manage
           any
           Business
           concerning
           Estates
           ;
           he
           has
           been
           Guardian
           to
           many
           Orphans
           ,
           and
           their
           Estates
           .
           not
           only
           Quakers
           Children
           ,
           but
           People
           of
           other
           Perswasions
           ,
           have
           made
           him
           Guardian
           to
           their
           Children's
           Estates
           also
           ;
           and
           he
           hath
           performed
           his
           Trust
           with
           so
           much
           Honesty
           and
           Industry
           ,
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Orphans
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           gained
           great
           Reputation
           ,
           in
           the
           Town
           where
           he
           dwells
           ,
           and
           Country
           thereabouts
           :
           I
           will
           Vindicate
           him
           further
           ,
           by
           a
           Warrantable
           Example
           of
           
           David's
           Sin
           and
           Repentance
           :
           For
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           more
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           of
           David
           but
           his
           Adultery
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           been
           esteemed
           a
           worse
           Man
           than
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           known
           Murder
           ;
           but
           true
           Repentance
           wipes
           away
           the
           Reproach
           of
           Man's
           Sin
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Sight
           of
           God
           and
           Good
           Men.
           
        
         
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           
             The
             Boy
             the
             Widow
             had
             ,
             is
             like
          
           G.
           Smith
           ,
           
             which
             he
             does
             not
             own
          
           .
           It
           
           may
           be
           never
           the
           more
           so
           for
           
           Bugg's
           say
           so
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           were
           supposedly
           so
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           certain
           Rule
           :
           There
           may
           be
           a
           secondary
           cause
           of
           likeness
           after
           a
           Child
           is
           begotten
           ,
           whosoever
           reads
           
             F.
             Malebranch
          
           ,
           that
           Famous
           French
           Man
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Search
             after
             Truth
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Title
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           may
           find
           therein
           many
           excellent
           Things
           ,
           both
           Divine
           and
           Natural
           ;
           but
           I
           do
           not
           justifie
           all
           that
           is
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           but
           do
           approve
           of
           many
           things
           in
           it
           ;
           he
           hath
           a
           pretty
           large
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Accidents
           that
           happens
           to
           a
           Child
           in
           the
           Womb
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           after
           it
           is
           Begotten
           ,
           in
           producing
           different
           likeness
           ,
           with
           remarkable
           Arguments
           upon
           this
           subject
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           makes
           me
           the
           larger
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           is
           to
           shew
           F.
           Bugg's
           Malice
           to
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           as
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           is
           to
           him
           ;
           they
           are
           Cousin
           Garmans
           ,
           own
           Sisters
           Children
           :
           This
           shews
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           ill
           Nature
           and
           Folly
           ,
           in
           making
           such
           a
           Noise
           ,
           to
           render
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           rediculous
           ;
           but
           some
           cause
           of
           it
           is
           plainly
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           in
           his
           Malice
           against
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           ,
           because
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           
             G.
             Smith
             was
             a
             well-meaning
             Man
             ,
             one
             that
             hath
             lived
             uprightly
             ever
             since
             he
             came
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           F.
           Bugg
           can
           prove
           nothing
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           when
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           writ
           this
           Relation
           of
           him
           ,
           nor
           any
           Body
           else
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           really
           believed
           he
           was
           really
           so
           then
           ,
           this
           that
           
             G.
             W.
          
           hath
           written
           ,
           was
           some
           Years
           before
           G.
           Smith's
           failing
           ,
           and
           we
           doubt
           not
           ,
           
           but
           that
           his
           Repentance
           will
           shew
           forth
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           real
           Principle
           of
           Sincerity
           towards
           God
           and
           Man
           at
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           In
           
           Bugg's
           
             Picture
             of
             Quakerism
          
           ,
           the
           second
           Part
           ,
           Page
           164.
           the
           University
           Library-keeper
           of
           Oxford
           promised
           F.
           
             Bugg
             ,
             That
             his
             Books
             shall
             be
             received
             into
             the
          
           University
           
             Library
             at
          
           Oxford
           ;
           
             and
             there
             be
             preserved
             ,
             and
             his
             Donation
             shall
             be
             particularly
             registred
             amongst
             other
             Benefactors
             :
          
           If
           it
           may
           be
           permitted
           ,
           the
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Cobler
             of
             Glocester
          
           ,
           may
           be
           registred
           also
           :
           That
           Book
           shews
           the
           Vices
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           points
           at
           them
           ,
           naming
           their
           Names
           and
           Habitations
           ;
           which
           those
           Clergy-men
           mentioned
           therein
           ,
           never
           refuted
           ,
           or
           took
           notice
           of
           ,
           nor
           any
           Body
           else
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           .
        
         
           F.
           Bugg
           in
           his
           
             Pilgrims
             Progress
          
           ,
           Page
           154.
           in
           the
           Margent
           says
           ,
           
             About
             four
             Years
             thereof
             ,
             I
             was
             in
             their
             Community
             labouring
             for
             a
             Reformation
             .
          
           His
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Painted
             Harlot
          
           ,
           &c.
           shews
           that
           his
           Labour
           was
           to
           get
           Mony
           when
           he
           was
           fined
           for
           any
           Preacher
           ,
           of
           whomsoever
           he
           could
           get
           it
           ,
           amongst
           us
           ;
           he
           got
           15
           l.
           of
           his
           Cousin
           
             G.
             Smith
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           by
           Fraud
           ,
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           that
           was
           no
           Preacher
           ;
           this
           I
           know
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           he
           hath
           confessed
           it
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           Printed
           it
           also
           ,
           and
           covered
           it
           with
           bold
           Excuses
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           he
           could
           .
           F.
           Bugg
           was
           fined
           for
           a
           Preacher
           15
           l.
           and
           got
           it
           by
           Fraud
           of
           his
           Kinsman
           aforesaid
           ;
           the
           Justice
           that
           fined
           him
           ,
           gave
           
           him
           5
           l.
           of
           the
           Mony
           back
           again
           ,
           this
           he
           concealed
           divers
           Years
           ,
           until
           
             Edward
             Swanton
          
           ,
           the
           Priest
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           where
           the
           Meeting
           was
           fined
           ,
           discovered
           it
           ,
           and
           gave
           a
           Certificate
           under
           his
           Hand
           ,
           that
           the
           Justice
           told
           him
           that
           he
           gave
           F.
           Bugg
           5
           l.
           of
           the
           Mony
           again
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           fined
           for
           ,
           at
           that
           Meeting
           at
           Lacking-Heath
           in
           Suffolk
           ,
           but
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           That
           Edward
           Swanton
           
             the
             Priest
             was
             a
             bad
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Justice
             gave
             him
             the
          
           5
           l.
           
             upon
             another
             account
          
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           the
           Justice
           was
           Dead
           ,
           before
           this
           Controversie
           was
           on
           foot
           :
           F.
           Bugg
           is
           now
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           the
           Priests
           believed
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           but
           not
           out
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           except
           it
           is
           for
           his
           Interest
           :
           It
           is
           likely
           that
           this
           
             Edward
             Swanton
          
           did
           give
           this
           Certificate
           meerly
           out
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           when
           he
           heard
           that
           F.
           Bugg
           had
           defrauded
           his
           Kinsman
           of
           the
           whole
           15
           l.
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           had
           concealed
           the
           5
           l.
           that
           the
           Justice
           gave
           him
           back
           ,
           a
           short
           time
           after
           the
           Justice
           had
           the
           15
           l.
           in
           his
           Hand
           .
        
         
           In
           Pag.
           155.
           
           F.
           Bugg
           brings
           divers
           Certificates
           to
           clear
           himself
           of
           several
           things
           ,
           whereof
           one
           is
           as
           followeth
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
          
           F.
           Bugg
           
             neither
             is
             ,
             nor
             ever
             was
             distracted
             nor
             discomposed
             since
             any
             of
             us
             can
             remember
             him
             ,
             or
             that
             ever
             we
             heard
             of
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           worst
           Character
           of
           him
           that
           his
           Friends
           could
           give
           :
           But
           if
           he
           be
           not
           shatter-headed
           ,
           and
           discomposed
           
           in
           his
           Mind
           :
           He
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Deceivers
           and
           Lyers
           that
           this
           Age
           hath
           produced
           :
           But
           my
           Judgment
           is
           more
           favourable
           .
           I
           know
           ,
           by
           the
           Discourse
           I
           have
           had
           with
           him
           lately
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           disturbed
           in
           his
           Mind
           beyond
           all
           Reason
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           crossed
           in
           any
           Discourse
           or
           Writing
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           knows
           not
           when
           he
           speaks
           Truth
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           Lyes
           :
           When
           he
           first
           writ
           against
           us
           ,
           some
           Friends
           told
           him
           that
           he
           writ
           Lyes
           :
           His
           Answer
           was
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Pen
             would
             run
             too
             quick
             sometimes
          
           ;
           and
           now
           lately
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           of
           some
           Passages
           in
           his
           Books
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           made
           false
           Quotations
           out
           of
           our
           Books
           ,
           and
           mentioned
           one
           to
           him
           out
           of
           
             Edward
             Burrough
          
           his
           Works
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           rambled
           above
           a
           hundred
           Pages
           ,
           and
           gathered
           up
           Words
           ,
           and
           made
           one
           intire
           Paragraph
           of
           them
           :
           His
           Answer
           was
           ,
           that
           that
           was
           by
           way
           of
           Paraphraise
           ;
           so
           at
           first
           ,
           when
           he
           writ
           Lyes
           ,
           his
           
             Pen
             run
             too
             quick
          
           ,
           and
           now
           his
           Lyes
           are
           Paraphraises
           ,
           and
           such
           crafty
           ,
           or
           rather
           crazy
           foolish
           Stuff
           his
           Books
           are
           composed
           of
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           well
           in
           his
           Wits
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           scribled
           away
           a
           fair
           Estate
           ,
           and
           run
           many
           hundred
           Pounds
           in
           debt
           ,
           beside
           to
           no
           purpose
           :
           I
           really
           believe
           ,
           all
           that
           he
           lost
           by
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           does
           not
           amount
           to
           32
           l.
           see
           page
           31.
           where
           he
           names
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           the
           Sums
           also
           ;
           but
           in
           page
           148.
           
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Quakers
             are
             the
             chief
             Cause
             of
             my
             Misfortune
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             
             Respect
             of
             Controversie
             ,
             but
             Six
             or
             Eight
             breaking
             in
             my
             Debt
             .
          
           If
           they
           had
           been
           real
           Quakers
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           named
           them
           every
           Man
           ,
           for
           he
           writes
           at
           large
           upon
           such
           Matters
           ;
           but
           to
           my
           Knowledge
           ,
           there
           was
           some
           that
           died
           in
           his
           Debt
           that
           were
           of
           his
           own
           Fraternity
           ,
           that
           went
           about
           to
           make
           Division
           amongst
           us
           :
           It
           was
           his
           restless
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           shattered
           Head
           that
           was
           the
           Cause
           of
           his
           Misfortune
           :
           They
           that
           are
           well
           acquainted
           with
           his
           Books
           ,
           may
           perceive
           it
           :
           In
           the
           Title
           Page
           of
           divers
           of
           his
           Books
           shews
           his
           wild
           Fancy
           ,
           I
           will
           quote
           some
           of
           them
           .
           His
           second
           Book
           ,
           the
           Title
           Page
           ,
           
             The
             painted
             Harlot
             stript
             and
             whipt
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           Title
           Page
           of
           some
           of
           the
           rest
           ;
           his
           7
           th
           Book
           ,
           
             battering
             Rams
             against
          
           Rome
           ,
           &c.
           
           His
           8
           th
           Book
           ,
           
             One
             Blow
             more
             against
             New
          
           Rome
           ,
           &c.
           
           His
           9
           th
           Book
           ,
           New
           Rome
           
             unmasked
             ,
             and
             her
             Foundation
             shaken
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           His
           10
           th
           Book
           ,
           New
           Rome
           
             arraigned
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             her
             own
             Mouth
             condemned
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           Book
           is
           the
           strangest
           Fiction
           that
           ever
           I
           read
           .
           His
           15
           th
           .
           Book
           ,
           
             A
             Second
             Summons
             to
             the
             City
          
           Abeb
           ,
           
             by
             way
             of
             Metaphor
             ,
             deliver
             up
          
           Sheba
           
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Bichri
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           20.
           
             i.
             e.
             George
             Whitehead
          
           by
           Name
           :
           This
           shews
           his
           Malice
           against
           
             G.
             W.
          
           I
           know
           of
           a
           certain
           ,
           that
           shatter-headed
           People
           are
           very
           malicious
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           qualified
           ;
           and
           the
           Reason
           is
           ,
           because
           their
           Imagination
           works
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           it
           serves
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           make
           a
           Grave
           for
           their
           Reason
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           something
           to
           say
           concerning
           
             Edward
             Burrough
          
           ,
           one
           of
           our
           Preachers
           ;
           he
           was
           before
           my
           time
           ,
           I
           not
           being
           acquainted
           with
           him
           ,
           only
           by
           reading
           his
           Books
           ,
           where
           I
           find
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           ,
           both
           for
           Natural
           and
           Supernatural
           Parts
           ,
           extraordinary
           well
           Qualified
           .
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           says
           ,
           that
           he
           finds
           in
           his
           Works
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             the
             Quakers
             were
             greater
             than
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
          
           There
           is
           something
           upon
           Record
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           as
           I
           understand
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           in
           
           Oliver's
           Days
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Quakers
             Sufferings
             were
             worse
             ,
             in
             some
             respect
             ,
             than
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           his
           Reason
           was
           ,
           because
           the
           Jews
           pretended
           Law
           for
           what
           they
           did
           ;
           and
           the
           Quakers
           Sufferings
           were
           very
           much
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           small
           Trivial
           Things
           ,
           and
           no
           Law
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           pretended
           :
           Although
           no
           Quakers
           do
           justifie
           this
           Passage
           ,
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           excused
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           Truth
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Men
           have
           broke
           out
           into
           Passion
           under
           Sufferings
           ;
           and
           E.
           Burrough's
           Sufferings
           were
           great
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           seeing
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Innocent
           Friends
           under
           great
           Afflictions
           and
           Sufferings
           :
           Under
           the
           Agony
           of
           Sufferings
           the
           best
           of
           Men
           have
           shewed
           much
           Weakness
           and
           Passion
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           forsaken
           them
           ,
           or
           hid
           his
           Face
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           a
           short
           time
           .
           And
           this
           was
           witnessed
           by
           Job
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophet
           Elijah
           ,
           and
           
           others
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ,
           when
           he
           cried
           out
           ,
           under
           the
           Agony
           of
           his
           Suffering
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             me
             .
          
           Now
           God's
           hiding
           his
           Face
           from
           the
           best
           of
           Men
           ,
           for
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           was
           his
           Love
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           shew
           to
           Man
           his
           Weakness
           ,
           That
           no
           Flesh
           should
           Glory
           but
           in
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           But
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           makes
           a
           great
           Noise
           to
           have
           us
           retract
           our
           Books
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           prove
           Error
           in
           them
           ;
           we
           have
           answered
           what
           they
           can
           Charge
           us
           withal
           already
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           further
           if
           God
           Almighty
           requires
           it
           ;
           but
           will
           not
           concern
           our selves
           with
           F.
           Bugg
           ,
           and
           his
           Clergy
           ,
           any
           further
           than
           God
           requires
           us
           to
           do
           .
           Our
           Books
           are
           a
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           obeyed
           ;
           to
           it
           we
           have
           many
           Testimonies
           :
           For
           that
           ,
           and
           our
           Sufferings
           upon
           that
           Account
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           preserve
           ,
           God
           willing
           ,
           that
           the
           Generations
           to
           come
           may
           Rejoice
           in
           our
           Testimony
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           Rejoice
           in
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           Suffering
           People
           of
           God
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           under
           what
           Denomination
           soever
           they
           are
           Recorded
           :
           For
           such
           People
           injoyed
           a
           large
           Measure
           of
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           bore
           them
           up
           above
           all
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           in
           a
           publick
           Testimony
           in
           all
           Suffering
           Times
           ;
           which
           do
           witness
           ,
           that
           such
           People
           are
           the
           Chosen
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           Praise
           from
           one
           Generation
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           come
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Norwich's
           Certificate
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   These
                   are
                   to
                   Certifie
                   ,
                   That
                   I
                   have
                   known
                   
                     Francis
                     Bugg
                  
                   some
                   Years
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   hath
                   appeared
                   to
                   me
                   a
                   Sober
                   ,
                   Honest
                   and
                   Industrious
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   hath
                   taken
                   much
                   Pains
                   to
                   Undeceive
                   and
                   Convert
                   the
                   Quakers
                   ,
                   by
                   Publishing
                   Useful
                   Books
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   not
                   without
                   success
                   ;
                   but
                   by
                   the
                   Hardness
                   of
                   Times
                   ,
                   several
                   Losses
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   Printing
                   the
                   Books
                   he
                   writ
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   reduced
                   to
                   great
                   Difficulties
                   .
                   Therefore
                   I
                   apprehend
                   him
                   a
                   real
                   Object
                   of
                   Charity
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   doth
                   truly
                   deserve
                   the
                   Bounty
                   of
                   Well-disposed
                   Persons
                   ,
                   unto
                   whom
                   I
                   recommend
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       October
                       22.
                       1698.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     John
                     Norwich
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           Matter
           of
           Admiration
           to
           all
           Inquisitive
           People
           ,
           when
           the
           real
           Truth
           of
           this
           Concern
           is
           known
           ;
           that
           a
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           should
           appear
           so
           publickly
           to
           Vindicate
           F.
           Bugg
           ,
           and
           his
           Books
           ,
           which
           the
           Bishop
           calls
           Useful
           ,
           and
           that
           F.
           Bugg
           hath
           taken
           
             great
             pains
             to
             Undeceive
             and
             Convert
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             Success
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           were
           a
           Matter
           of
           great
           Concernment
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           true
           .
           I
           intend
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           several
           Passages
           in
           the
           said
           Certificate
           .
           First
           ,
           As
           to
           his
           
             Honesty
             and
             Industry
          
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           been
           
           Honest
           and
           Industrious
           ,
           as
           the
           Bishop
           says
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           lost
           his
           Time
           ,
           and
           neglected
           his
           Trade
           ,
           for
           near
           Twenty
           Years
           ,
           as
           I
           can
           make
           it
           appear
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Books
           ,
           and
           spent
           a
           good
           Estate
           in
           Scribling
           against
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           as
           will
           further
           appear
           ;
           and
           run
           many
           Hundred
           Pounds
           in
           Debt
           ,
           more
           than
           he
           was
           able
           to
           pay
           ;
           and
           his
           Creditors
           must
           needs
           have
           lost
           much
           Money
           by
           him
           ,
           if
           this
           Project
           ,
           with
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           did
           not
           take
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           thing
           doubtful
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           .
           In
           his
           20th
           Book
           ,
           p.
           147.
           there
           may
           be
           much
           more
           said
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           I
           will
           Instance
           but
           few
           of
           them
           .
           In
           or
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           1697.
           he
           Married
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           made
           great
           Feasting
           and
           Entertainments
           ,
           that
           was
           said
           to
           be
           very
           Chargable
           ,
           and
           promised
           300
           l.
           Portion
           with
           her
           ,
           upon
           the
           Marriage
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           was
           Indepted
           many
           Hundred
           Pounds
           more
           than
           he
           was
           worth
           .
           He
           also
           gave
           Bond
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           Wife
           a
           Jointure
           of
           some
           part
           of
           his
           Estate
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           since
           Sold
           to
           his
           Son.
           These
           things
           he
           has
           confessed
           to
           me
           and
           others
           .
           And
           a
           few
           Months
           after
           the
           aforesaid
           Marriage
           of
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           he
           broke
           ,
           and
           was
           sculking
           about
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ely
           :
           He
           then
           writ
           to
           me
           to
           conveigh
           a
           Paper-parcel
           to
           Milden-Hall
           for
           him
           ;
           the
           Letter
           bears
           Date
           as
           followeth
           ,
           
             June
             ,
             Saturday
          
           the
           19
           th
           or
           20
           th
           Day
           ,
           1697.
           
           When
           I
           
           received
           this
           Letter
           ,
           I
           was
           much
           surprised
           ,
           that
           F.
           Bugg
           should
           make
           such
           a
           Request
           to
           me
           ,
           which
           had
           held
           no
           Correspondence
           with
           him
           for
           above
           Twelve
           Years
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           read
           any
           of
           his
           Books
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           only
           I
           had
           seen
           the
           Answers
           to
           them
           .
           This
           Request
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           looked
           upon
           as
           a
           Trapan
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           some
           Colour
           to
           pretend
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           one
           of
           his
           Party
           in
           Print
           .
           I
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           concern
           my self
           with
           any
           of
           his
           Paper-parcels
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           been
           brought
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           I
           writ
           to
           him
           an
           answer
           to
           that
           purpose
           :
           And
           in
           my
           Letter
           I
           reproved
           him
           for
           his
           Apostacy
           also
           .
           So
           I
           cleared
           my self
           of
           his
           Concerns
           at
           that
           time
           .
           These
           aforementioned
           things
           ,
           concerning
           his
           Daughter's
           Marriage
           ,
           his
           Defrauding
           his
           Wife
           of
           her
           Jointure
           ,
           and
           Scribling
           away
           that
           which
           should
           have
           pay'd
           his
           Debts
           ,
           shews
           that
           the
           Bishop
           lies
           under
           a
           great
           mistake
           ,
           as
           to
           F.
           Bugg
           '
           
             s
             Honesty
             and
             Industry
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Bishop
           ,
           in
           his
           Certificate
           ,
           further
           says
           ,
           That
           F.
           Bugg
           
             took
             great
             Pains
             to
             Undeceive
             and
             Convert
             the
          
           Quakers
           ,
           
             by
             publishing
             Useful
             Books
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             without
             Success
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           Matter
           of
           great
           Concernment
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           true
           :
           I
           and
           many
           more
           can
           Witness
           ,
           that
           he
           neither
           proved
           us
           in
           Error
           ,
           neither
           were
           we
           so
           far
           Influenced
           by
           F.
           Bugg
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           Credit
           to
           what
           he
           writ
           ;
           although
           F.
           Bugg
           counted
           me
           to
           be
           one
           of
           his
           Proselytes
           in
           his
           20th
           Book
           ,
           Pag.
           133.
           where
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           
           
             I
             opposed
          
           G.
           Fox
           '
           
             s
             Tyranny
          
           .
           I
           never
           had
           any
           Controversie
           with
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           I
           was
           first
           acquainted
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Decease
           :
           And
           when
           I
           had
           heard
           the
           Controversie
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           I
           found
           that
           there
           was
           many
           Lyes
           Forged
           of
           him
           ,
           which
           made
           me
           pitty
           him
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           better
           esteem
           of
           him
           .
           I
           never
           heard
           any
           of
           the
           Separate
           Quakers
           that
           opposed
           him
           ,
           except
           F.
           Bugg
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Tyrant
           .
           But
           some
           of
           them
           have
           said
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           now
           in
           his
           old
           Age
           ,
           he
           was
           Childish
           and
           Wilful
           :
           I
           did
           not
           perceive
           any
           Childishness
           in
           him
           after
           that
           ,
           but
           I
           pleaded
           ,
           that
           
             G.
             Fox
          
           had
           done
           much
           Service
           for
           Truth
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           had
           a
           Dog
           that
           had
           done
           me
           good
           Service
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           hang
           him
           in
           his
           old
           Age
           ,
           nor
           use
           him
           ill
           when
           his
           Service
           was
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           that
           shewed
           an
           ill
           Nature
           to
           do
           so
           :
           But
           to
           return
           to
           my
           former
           Discourse
           ,
           of
           what
           Proselytes
           F.
           Bugg
           hath
           made
           amongst
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           I
           have
           as
           good
           Intelligence
           as
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           in
           our
           own
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           I
           hear
           of
           none
           that
           owned
           F.
           Bugg
           ,
           or
           his
           Books
           ,
           except
           he
           counts
           those
           that
           Conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Persecution
           ,
           to
           save
           their
           Estates
           ;
           and
           they
           may
           be
           more
           properly
           accounted
           the
           Persecuting
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop's
           Proselytes
           ,
           than
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           ;
           yet
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           those
           People
           owned
           F.
           Bugg's
           Books
           .
        
         
         
           But
           F.
           Bugg
           may
           plead
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           some
           Separate
           Quakers
           that
           own
           him
           and
           his
           Books
           ;
           that
           was
           before
           he
           conformed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           did
           own
           his
           first
           Book
           ,
           and
           his
           second
           Book
           was
           owned
           by
           some
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           occasioned
           me
           to
           write
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           my
           Acquaintance
           ,
           That
           F.
           Bugg
           had
           written
           Lyes
           in
           his
           second
           Book
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Separatists
           warning
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           it
           will
           be
           hard
           for
           the
           Bishop
           and
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           to
           produce
           five
           Persons
           that
           ever
           was
           Quakers
           ,
           that
           do
           own
           any
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           written
           for
           these
           last
           seven
           Years
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           were
           called
           
             Separate
             Quakers
          
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           spent
           his
           Time
           and
           Estate
           in
           making
           Divisions
           amonst
           us
           ;
           and
           a
           Separate
           Meeting
           was
           set
           up
           in
           London
           ,
           which
           continued
           divers
           Years
           ,
           called
           ,
           Harp-Lane
           Meeting
           ;
           but
           have
           been
           disolved
           about
           two
           Years
           ,
           and
           those
           People
           ,
           excepting
           a
           very
           few
           ,
           comes
           now
           to
           our
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           I
           understand
           .
           There
           are
           divers
           honest
           People
           amongst
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           see
           the
           inconveniency
           of
           Separate
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           withdraw
           from
           it
           ;
           which
           might
           happen
           by
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           making
           Divisions
           amongst
           them
           ,
           by
           rasing
           new
           Notions
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           entertained
           amongst
           most
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           they
           held
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           as
           to
           Religion
           and
           Worship
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           ;
           although
           
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           he
           does
           not
           say
           true
           ,
           for
           I
           was
           at
           one
           of
           their
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           two
           Preachers
           ,
           and
           they
           preached
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           that
           all
           other
           Quakers
           do
           ,
           the
           Differences
           that
           F.
           Bugg
           raised
           at
           first
           ,
           was
           about
           some
           particular
           Men
           ,
           that
           was
           owned
           by
           some
           ,
           and
           dis-owned
           by
           others
           ,
           about
           
             Church
             Government
          
           :
           F.
           Bugg
           and
           some
           others
           were
           for
           Liberty
           without
           true
           Measure
           ,
           this
           was
           Rantisnt
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           own
           Books
           ;
           there
           came
           down
           from
           London
           some
           Orders
           for
           
             Church
             Government
          
           ,
           that
           were
           friendly
           recommended
           to
           us
           about
           several
           things
           :
           But
           that
           which
           was
           made
           a
           Controversie
           of
           ,
           in
           these
           Parts
           :
           Was
           ,
           an
           Order
           to
           
             prevent
             Clandestine
             .
             Marriages
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             necessary
             Things
             :
          
           Also
           ,
           
             Men
             and
             Women's
             Meetings
             that
             should
             take
             care
             for
             the
             Poor
             .
          
           This
           was
           all
           the
           principal
           Matter
           of
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           Quarrels
           ;
           and
           not
           about
           any
           of
           our
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           :
           I
           heard
           his
           complaints
           often
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           only
           these
           things
           I
           have
           here
           inserted
           ;
           I
           did
           not
           contradict
           him
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           disturb
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           set
           him
           a
           scribling
           against
           me
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           I
           was
           not
           willing
           to
           enter
           into
           Controversie
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           put
           him
           to
           Charges
           ,
           it
           concerned
           others
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           much
           abused
           in
           Print
           ,
           to
           take
           him
           in
           Hand
           .
        
         
         
           And
           although
           I
           declined
           him
           then
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           now
           a
           Bishop
           and
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           only
           countenanced
           him
           ,
           but
           incouraged
           him
           also
           ;
           which
           hath
           imboldened
           him
           to
           be
           so
           insolent
           ,
           as
           to
           Charge
           us
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           me
           in
           Particular
           ,
           with
           Crimes
           that
           are
           meerly
           his
           own
           Invention
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           stand
           with
           his
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           
           Clergy's
           Reputation
           ,
           if
           things
           be
           rightly
           understood
           .
        
         
           See
           his
           
             Pilgrims
             Progress
          
           ,
           Page
           59.
           in
           the
           Margent
           ,
           where
           F.
           Bugg
           says
           ,
           
             I
             told
             a
             Lye
             to
             the
             Magistate
             ,
             with
             design
             to
             Deceive
             ,
             as
             bad
             as
             Perjury
             :
          
           Altho'
           I
           have
           cleared
           my self
           ,
           and
           my
           Friends
           ,
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           in
           the
           fore-part
           of
           my
           Book
           ;
           yet
           there
           remains
           a
           further
           Consideration
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           have
           some
           Satisfaction
           from
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           Bishop
           and
           Clergy
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           make
           good
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           Charge
           ,
           against
           me
           and
           others
           ,
           by
           credible
           Witnesses
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           requires
           :
           It
           is
           a
           disparagment
           to
           my
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           to
           have
           one
           of
           them
           no
           better
           than
           a
           Pillory'd
           Person
           .
           I
           and
           my
           Husband
           ,
           and
           my
           Father
           also
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           old
           Royallists
           ,
           and
           suffered
           much
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           civil
           Wars
           in
           England
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           first
           ,
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           Loyalty
           :
           Therefore
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           let
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           know
           ,
           what
           my
           Family
           and
           Relations
           are
           ;
           not
           out
           of
           any
           Ostentation
           ,
           
           but
           to
           give
           some
           satisfaction
           to
           my
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           so
           much
           abused
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           Record
           no
           better
           than
           a
           perjured
           Person
           in
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           Books
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           Certificate
           countenances
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I
             was
             the
             eldest
             Daughter
             of
          
           William
           Waldegrave
           ,
           of
           Buers
           ,
           
             in
             the
             County
             of
          
           Suffolk
           ,
           
             Son
             and
             Heir
             to
             Sir
          
           William
           Waldegrave
           
             the
             Younger
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             Sir
          
           William
           
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             he
             ,
             deceased
             both
             in
             less
             than
             a
             Years
             time
             ,
          
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           my
           Grand-mother
           say
           ,
           
             It
             was
             an
             Ancient
             Protestant
             Family
             :
          
           I
           heard
           my
           great
           Uncle
           ,
           my
           Father's
           Uncle
           ,
           
             Henry
             Waldegrave
          
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Grand-father
             ,
             Sir
          
           William
           Waldegrave
           ,
           
             was
             persecuted
             in
             Queen
          
           Mary
           '
           
             s
             days
             ,
             by
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Norwich
           ,
           
             and
             so
             closely
             beset
             by
             his
             Emissaries
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             go
             home
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             but
             was
             fed
             in
             his
             Tenants
             Barnes
             ,
             until
             he
             got
             out
             of
             the
             Bishop's
             Diocess
             to
             a
             House
             he
             had
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             where
             he
             ended
             his
             days
             in
             Peace
             .
          
           Now
           is
           a
           time
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           persecuted
           in
           our
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           been
           formerly
           ;
           yet
           we
           are
           persecuted
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           murdering
           of
           our
           Reputations
           ,
           altho'
           we
           were
           never
           found
           in
           any
           Plot
           or
           Rebellion
           ,
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           since
           we
           first
           appeared
           to
           be
           a
           People
           in
           England
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Quakers
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           heard
           of
           ;
           yet
           some
           Men
           are
           so
           uneasie
           at
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           restless
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           they
           
           have
           entertained
           such
           a
           wicked
           Emissary
           ,
           as
           this
           
             F.
             Bugg
          
           is
           ,
           whose
           desperate
           Fortune
           hath
           made
           him
           so
           resolute
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           ashamed
           to
           Abuse
           and
           Scandalise
           a
           great
           Body
           of
           People
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           vent
           whatsoever
           the
           Devil
           puts
           in
           his
           Heart
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Father
             of
             all
             Lyers
          
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           incourage
           them
           also
           .
        
         
           Yet
           it
           is
           the
           desires
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           come
           to
           Repentance
           and
           Amendment
           of
           Life
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           God's
           gracious
           Will
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           live
           peaceably
           in
           this
           day
           of
           the
           visitation
           of
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           hath
           visited
           us
           ,
           by
           his
           Light
           and
           Grace
           in
           our
           Hearts
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           have
           any
           dependency
           on
           any
           fallible
           or
           blind
           Guides
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           8.
           
           
             For
             if
             the
             Trumpet
             gives
             an
             uncertain
             Sound
             ,
             who
             shall
             prepare
             for
             the
             Battle
             ?
          
           Now
           a
           true
           Christian's
           Life
           ,
           is
           a
           continual
           Warfare
           ,
           against
           the
           Enemies
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           they
           ought
           to
           put
           on
           the
           
             Armour
             of
             Light
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           12.
           
           This
           is
           the
           infallible
           Guide
           to
           those
           that
           live
           in
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Teaching
           thereof
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           gift
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           lead
           them
           into
           the
           way
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           if
           Man
           do
           not
           resist
           it
           ,
           or
           be
           not
           lead
           out
           from
           it
           ,
           to
           follow
           the
           devices
           and
           desires
           of
           his
           own
           Heart
           ,
           to
           imbrace
           the
           Delights
           ,
           Vanities
           and
           Deceits
           of
           this
           wicked
           World
           ,
           which
           is
           
           the
           cause
           that
           too
           many
           have
           laid
           down
           their
           Heads
           in
           Sorrow
           ,
           altho'
           they
           have
           had
           all
           the
           injoyment
           this
           World
           could
           afford
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           a
           request
           to
           my
           Reader
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           be
           biased
           by
           any
           interest
           ,
           but
           sincerely
           mind
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Heart
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           then
           shall
           my
           end
           be
           answered
           in
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           may
           read
           the
           Ancient
           Principles
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           find
           any
           Error
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           shew
           it
           us
           in
           Love
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           find
           none
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           Testimony
           he
           owns
           them
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           satisfaction
           that
           I
           desire
           ,
           for
           my Self
           and
           my
           Friends
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           uncharitable
           Censures
           and
           Defamations
           he
           hath
           at
           unawares
           given
           Credit
           to
           ;
           by
           owning
           and
           incouraging
           F.
           
           Bugg's
           abusive
           Books
           ,
           full
           of
           mis-representations
           against
           us
           ,
           that
           desire
           to
           live
           peaceably
           with
           all
           Men.
           
        
         
           Our
           Ancient
           Principles
           are
           inserted
           before
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           I
           may
           repeat
           them
           that
           they
           may
           be
           known
           more
           amply
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           't
           is
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Truth
             's
             Principles
             :
             Or
             ,
             those
             things
             about
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
             ,
             which
             are
             most
             surely
             believed
             and
             received
             amongst
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             called
          
           Quakers
           .
           These
           Principles
           are
           a
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           shews
           that
           That
           is
           the
           Quakers
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           Belief
           concerning
           Doctrine
           and
           Worship
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           accounted
           a
           dangerous
           Principle
           amongst
           
           those
           Teachers
           ,
           that
           keep
           People
           always
           in
           teaching
           that
           they
           may
           be
           always
           paying
           them
           :
           These
           would
           spoil
           their
           Trade
           ,
           if
           People
           would
           come
           to
           be
           taught
           by
           the
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           their
           own
           Hearts
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           which
           is
           my
           Desire
           for
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           no
           more
           be
           led
           away
           by
           the
           Craft
           and
           Subtelty
           of
           those
           Men
           that
           make
           a
           Money
           Trade
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           are
           always
           obstructing
           the
           blessed
           Light
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           would
           shew
           unto
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           the
           true
           and
           real
           Way
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           will
           no
           ways
           deceive
           them
           that
           be
           obedient
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           will
           give
           more
           Satisfaction
           to
           the
           humble
           and
           contrite
           Heart
           ,
           than
           all
           Worldly
           Injoyments
           ,
           which
           is
           witnessed
           by
           me
           and
           many
           more
           that
           have
           had
           full
           Experience
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           desire
           that
           all
           Mankind
           would
           be
           so
           kind
           to
           themselves
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           their
           Calling
           and
           Election
           sure
           ,
           by
           being
           obedient
           to
           it
           :
           Farewel
           .
        
         
           
             
               Your
               unfeigned
               Friend
               in
               the
               Light
               and
               Grace
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
            
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           College
           in
           Cambrige
           .
           Whereunto
           is
           added
           ,
           a
           plain
           and
           necessary
           Confutation
           of
           divers
           gross
           Errors
           delivered
           by
           Mr.
           
             Sydrach
             Sympson
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           to
           the
           same
           Congregation
           at
           the
           
             Commencement
             ,
             Anno
          
           MDCLIII
           .
           Wherein
           (
           among
           other
           things
           )
           is
           declared
           ,
           that
           the
           Vniversities
           (
           according
           to
           their
           present
           Statutes
           and
           Practices
           )
           are
           not
           (
           as
           he
           affirmed
           )
           answerable
           to
           the
           Schools
           of
           the
           Prophets
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           but
           rather
           to
           the
           Idolatrous
           
             High
             Places
          
           .
           And
           that
           
             Humane
             Learning
          
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Preparation
           appointed
           by
           Christ
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           
             Right
             Vnderstanding
          
           ,
           or
           
             Right
             Teaching
          
           the
           Gospel
           .
           With
           a
           brief
           Testimony
           against
           Divinity-Degrees
           in
           the
           Vniversities
           .
           As
           also
           
           Luther's
           Testimony
           at
           large
           upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           
             Right
             Reformation
          
           of
           
             Learning
             ,
             Schools
          
           and
           Vniversities
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           that
           shines
           therein
           .
           All
           necessary
           for
           the
           Instruction
           and
           Direction
           of
           the
           Faithful
           in
           these
           last
           times
           .
           Price
           Bound
           1
           s.
           6
           d
           ,