A demonstration, that Hen. Meriton, John Meriton and Lau. Park, priests, of the country of Norfolk, in confederacy with Francis Bugg, were the challengers; and not the Quakers Feddeman, John. 1699 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A41023 Wing F600B ESTC R218276 99829885 99829885 34332 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A41023) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 34332) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2029:10) A demonstration, that Hen. Meriton, John Meriton and Lau. Park, priests, of the country of Norfolk, in confederacy with Francis Bugg, were the challengers; and not the Quakers Feddeman, John. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London? : 1699] Signed at end: John Feddeman. Place of publication conjectured by and date from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Friends House Library, London. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724? -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800. Meriton, Henry, d. 1707 -- Early works to 1800. Meriton, John, 1666-1717 -- Early works to 1800. Park, Laurence, d. 1716 -- Early works to 1800. Society of Friends -- Early works to 1800. Quakers -- Early works to 1800. 2006-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DEMONSTRATION , THAT , Hen. Meriton , John Meriton and Lau. Park , Priests , Of the County of Norfolk , in Confederacy with Francis Bugg , were The CHALLENGERS ; And not the QUAKERS . F. BUGG , their Mercenary Agent , Printed a Challenge upon the Quakers , bearing Date , the 3d. of August , 1698. in which he says , Friends , you cannot but remember your Ancient Practice in going into the Churches , disturbing the Established Ministers , your Challenging them into the Field , to Dispute with you : But behold ! Here is a Change with you . We may now Challenge you , and Charge you again and again ; Fearfulness doth Surprize you , that you dare not appear ; but remember it is a sign you cannot defend your Errors , and that your Innocency is not Triumphant , as G. Whitehead boasts : Let this Charge and Challenge therefore be a Touch-Stone to try your Sincerity , and let it be a Monument of your Cowardise and Insincerity for ever . Now , whether the Three Persons above named , who did so publickly Espouse F. B's Charge and Challenge be not Included in the We Express'd in the above Recited Challenge : Let their following Actions demonstrate . For upon the 28th Day of the Month called August last , L. Park wrote a Letter to S. Cater , a Minister among the Quakers , with the said Printed Challenge inclosed ; acquainting him , the said S. Cater , That he , the said L. Park , and F. Bugg , and Four more ( Six in all ) would make good the Charge , therein contained , and that they had agreed upon Time and Place , viz. The Third of October next ( says he ) if you will meet us with the same Number , at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon , of that Day , in Dereham Church ; or if that place Offend you , at any other Place within the said Parish of West-Dereham ; and you are desired to resolve us in 14 Days time , that we may relie upon it . And further , to shew the Industry and Officiousness of the Three Priests before named , to Push on the said Challenge , and to Urge our Acceptance thereof , and to come forth on the Third of October next after : The following Certificates may fully Evince . This is to Certifie , That on or about the 28th Day of the Month called August , 1698. John Meriton and Lau. Park came , with F. Bugg , accompanied with several of the Inhabitants of West-Dereham , to the House of William Phillips ( Tho. Becket's Wife being there ) and did leave a Printed Charge and Challenge ( with F. Bugg's Name thereto ) against the People called Quakers ; and soon after , upon the same day , Samuel Chicko , one of the Inhabitants of West-Dereham aforesaid , brought a Paper in Writing to the said Tho. Becket's Wife , wherein was Proposed a Meeting to be upon the Third of October next following , in West-Dereham Church , and that they would be Six of them , and would allow us the like Number , to Debate the Matters contained in the said Printed Challenge . Witness our Hands , William Phillips , Mary Becket . This is to Certifie , That upon or about the 30th Day of the Month called August , 1698. Hen. Meriton and John Meriton came , with F. Bugg , to the House of John Hubbard , in Stoak , and there did urge again the said Matter , of a Publick Meeting , in the Presence of , John Hubbard , Daniel Phillips , Edward Plumstid . And the same day , the aforesaid Priests , with F. Bugg , went to the Crown-Inn , in the said Town of Stoak ; and one or more of them , would have had the Inn-keeper Post up the said Charge and Challenge , which the said Inn-keeper refused to do : This he affirmed in our Presence , John Gurney , Joseph Hadduk , Gilbert Lowe . By all which it manifestly appears , that the said Priests , with F. Bugg , were the Aggressors , and Challengers , and not the Quakers . Wherefore let all Sober and Moderate Persons Judge , whether we could do any less , than Appear and Defend Our Selves , against their false Charge ; considering how they Dared us to Come forth and Charged us with Fearfulness and Surprize , if we did not ; and said , Let it be a Monument of your Cowardise and Insincerity for ever . John Feddeman .