An apology for the people called Quakers, and an appeal to the inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk, or whom else it may concern
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             An apology for the people called Quakers, and an appeal to the inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk, or whom else it may concern
             Field, John, 1652-1723.
          
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             Printed and sold by T. Sowle ...,
             London :
             1699.
          
           
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             Signed: J.F.
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           AN
           APOLOGY
           For
           the
           PEOPLE
           called
           QVAKERS
           ,
           And
           An
           APPEAL
           to
           the
           INHABITANTS
           OF
           Norfolk
           and
           Suffolk
           ,
           Or
           whom
           else
           it
           may
           Concern
           .
        
         
           
             But
             this
             I
             confess
             unto
             thee
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             way
             which
             they
             call
             Heresie
             ,
             so
             worship
             I
             the
             God
             of
             my
             Fathers
             ,
             believing
             all
             things
             which
             are
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           Acts
           24.
           14.
           
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             T.
             Sowle
          
           ,
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           in
           Gracious-Street
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             THE
             INHABITANTS
             OF
          
           Norfolk
           and
           Suffolk
           ,
           And
           all
           to
           whom
           these
           may
           come
           .
        
         
           SUffer
           me
           to
           Expostulate
           with
           you
           ,
           on
           behalf
           of
           those
           abused
           People
           in
           your
           Counties
           ,
           that
           have
           of
           late
           been
           render'd
           Blasphemers
           ,
           and
           to
           Apologize
           a
           little
           for
           them
           ;
           whom
           some
           among
           you
           have
           lately
           often
           Assembled
           and
           Consulted
           together
           ,
           how
           they
           might
           (
           by
           Subtilty
           and
           Misrepresentation
           )
           Incense
           you
           (
           and
           by
           you
           ,
           those
           in
           Authority
           )
           against
           this
           Innocent
           People
           ,
           and
           your
           peaceable
           Country-Men
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           that
           the
           Monster
           of
           Persecution
           might
           be
           again
           raised
           and
           let
           loose
           on
           them
           to
           suppress
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           consider
           ,
           are
           there
           not
           many
           things
           in
           your
           
             Counties
             ,
             Towns
          
           and
           City
           ,
           more
           needful
           to
           be
           suppressed
           than
           these
           Industrious
           and
           Well-meaning
           People
           ,
           viz.
           reigning
           Evils
           ,
           yea
           ,
           gross
           Vices
           ,
           and
           abominable
           Oaths
           and
           Execrations
           ,
           to
           the
           Blaspheming
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           Swearing
           by
           his
           Blood
           ,
           and
           calling
           upon
           God
           to
           Damn
           their
           Souls
           ;
           against
           which
           crying
           Sins
           many
           wholsome
           Laws
           are
           made
           :
           
           Is
           there
           not
           more
           need
           that
           these
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           all
           ungodly
           Plays
           ,
           and
           Bear-baitings
           ,
           and
           Bull-baitings
           ,
           and
           things
           that
           tends
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Youth
           ,
           defile
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           provoke
           God
           ,
           should
           be
           presented
           ,
           and
           Application
           made
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Endeavours
           used
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           suppressed
           ,
           rather
           than
           your
           Neighbours
           ,
           those
           sober
           and
           honest
           People
           among
           you
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           whom
           you
           know
           are
           not
           such
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           fear
           God
           ,
           love
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           do
           good
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           only
           for
           their
           Religious
           Dissent
           from
           the
           Established
           Religion
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           matter
           relating
           to
           the
           Worship
           of
           their
           God
           ,
           have
           been
           great
           Sufferers
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           and
           among
           you
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           in
           whose
           Goals
           and
           Dungeons
           they
           have
           lain
           like
           Men
           buried
           Alive
           ,
           to
           the
           imparing
           their
           Healths
           ,
           and
           weakning
           them
           in
           Body
           and
           Estate
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Endangering
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           making
           their
           Wives
           Widows
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           Fatherless
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           his
           Divine
           and
           Over-ruling
           Providence
           ,
           Glorious
           and
           Eternal
           Power
           ,
           in
           tender
           Mercy
           and
           Compassion
           to
           his
           Suffering
           and
           Afflicted
           People
           ,
           hath
           inclined
           the
           Heart
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           to
           Indulge
           them
           in
           the
           free
           Exercise
           of
           their
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           in
           their
           Peaceable
           and
           Religious
           Assemblies
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           are
           truly
           Thankful
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           Authority
           .
        
         
           And
           whatever
           evil
           things
           have
           or
           may
           be
           suggested
           against
           them
           ,
           by
           Men
           of
           corrupt
           Minds
           ,
           and
           evil
           Designs
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           
           Cain's
           Nature
           ,
           in
           
           Hammon's
           Pride
           ,
           of
           
           Ishmael's
           and
           
           Judah's
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Seed
           of
           Evil-Doers
           that
           shall
           never
           be
           Renowned
           ;
           and
           that
           do
           not
           consider
           what
           the
           Lord
           
           hath
           said
           ,
           and
           will
           certainly
           perform
           ,
           
             viz.
             I
             will
             punish
             the
             World
             for
             their
             Evil
             ,
             and
             the
             Wicked
             for
          
           
           
             their
             Iniquity
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             cause
             the
             Arrogancy
             of
             the
             Proud
             to
             cease
             ,
             and
             will
             lay
             low
             the
             Hautiness
             of
             the
             Terrible
             .
             And
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Transgressors
             and
          
           
           
             Sinners
             shall
             be
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             forsake
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             consumed
             .
          
        
         
           But
           these
           People
           ,
           for
           whom
           I
           Apologize
           and
           Appeal
           to
           you
           ,
           however
           they
           are
           or
           may
           be
           Rendered
           and
           Represented
           by
           Men
           of
           Evil
           Designs
           and
           Persecuting
           Spirits
           ,
           Have
           ,
           Do
           ,
           and
           and
           by
           the
           Lord's
           Assistance
           ,
           are
           Resolved
           to
           continue
           Quiet
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Christian
           Duty
           and
           Practice
           ,
           of
           
             making
             Supplications
          
           ,
           
           
             Prayers
             ,
             Intercessions
             ,
             and
             giving
             of
             Thanks
             for
             all
             Men
             ,
             for
             Kings
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             that
             are
             in
             Authority
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             lead
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             Life
             ,
             in
             all
             Godliness
             and
             Honesty
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             good
             and
             acceptable
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             our
             Saviour
          
           ;
           who
           will
           have
           
             all
             Men
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             unto
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           some
           called
           Clergy-Men
           in
           your
           Counties
           have
           (
           as
           the
           
             Chief
             Priests
             ,
             Scribes
             and
             Elders
          
           in
           days
           past
           did
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           accounted
           his
           Followers
           ,
           your
           Neighbours
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           be
           Blasphemers
           and
           Deceivers
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           them
           the
           Objects
           of
           their
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           cannot
           do
           ,
           would
           incite
           you
           ,
           and
           stir
           up
           others
           too
           ,
           and
           as
           Herod
           and
           Pontius
           
           
             Pilate
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             gathered
             together
             against
             the
             holy
             Child
          
           Jesus
           ,
           so
           one
           or
           two
           Presbyterian
           Preachers
           now
           joyned
           with
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           owned
           in
           Print
           ,
           
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Difference
           that
           hath
           been
           between
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           far
           become
           Friends
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           unite
           against
           this
           poor
           People
           .
        
         
         
           
             The
             Lord
             behold
             their
             Threatnings
             ,
             and
             grant
             unto
             his
             Servants
             ,
             that
             with
             all
             boldness
             they
             may
             speak
             his
             Word
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Charity
           obligeth
           me
           to
           hope
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           some
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           and
           Enmity
           are
           against
           these
           Christian
           and
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           so
           officiously
           concerned
           ,
           and
           have
           espoused
           the
           Cause
           of
           one
           who
           hath
           broke
           the
           Bond
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           let
           in
           secret
           Enmity
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           a
           Canker
           ,
           hath
           eat
           out
           what
           was
           Good
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           Apostatized
           ,
           and
           left
           those
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           he
           once
           enjoyed
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           amongst
           ,
           and
           whose
           Power
           he
           hath
           acknowledged
           was
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           some
           of
           them
           was
           reached
           :
           But
           now
           like
           a
           Flood
           ,
           hath
           he
           poured
           forth
           Lyes
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           Forgeries
           ,
           and
           gross
           Misrepresentations
           ,
           hath
           and
           doth
           seek
           to
           bespatter
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           kindle
           Strife
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           Solomon
           said
           ,
           is
           
             As
             Coals
             are
             to
             burning
             Coals
             ,
             and
             Wood
             to
             Fire
             ;
             so
             is
             a
             Contentious
             Man
             to
             kindle
             Strife
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           those
           few
           Clergy-Men
           ,
           in
           those
           Counties
           ,
           that
           have
           espoused
           him
           ,
           
             May
             well
             be
             compared
             to
             him
             that
             passeth
             by
             ,
             and
             medleth
             with
             Strife
             belonging
             not
             to
             him
             :
             Who
             is
             like
             one
             that
             taketh
             a
             Dog
             by
             the
             Ears
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Mad-man
             who
             casleth
             Fine-brands
             ,
             Arrows
             and
             Death
          
           ;
           
           
             so
             is
             that
             Man
             that
             deceiveth
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             Am
             not
             I
             in
             Sport
             ?
          
        
         
           Be
           not
           therefore
           ,
           in
           Love
           ,
           I
           intreat
           you
           ,
           of
           this
           Number
           ,
           let
           not
           the
           lying
           Stories
           ,
           base
           Suggestions
           ,
           or
           wicked
           Insinuations
           of
           any
           ,
           or
           their
           false
           Pretences
           ,
           be
           they
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           prevail
           with
           you
           to
           joyn
           with
           such
           ,
           or
           to
           become
           of
           that
           Number
           ,
           
             That
             speak
             evil
             of
             their
             Neighbours
             without
             Cause
             ,
             or
             that
             lay
             to
             their
          
           
           
             Charge
             things
             that
             they
             know
             not
             of
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           rather
           observe
           the
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           Examine
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           those
           your
           Neighbours
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           against
           whom
           this
           great
           Rage
           and
           Combination
           is
           ;
           and
           take
           not
           things
           upon
           Trust
           nor
           Report
           :
           Remember
           the
           Excellent
           Advice
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           follow
           her
           Direction
           ,
           take
           her
           Councel
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           worthy
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             Blame
             not
             before
             thou
             hast
             examined
             the
             Matter
             ,
             first
             understand
             ,
             and
             then
             Rebake
             .
          
        
         
           Inspect
           their
           Conversations
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           you
           can
           find
           that
           they
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           either
           Curse
           ,
           Swear
           ,
           Revile
           ,
           Blaspheme
           or
           speak
           Evil
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           or
           if
           any
           of
           them
           Contemn
           Magistracy
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           falsly
           charged
           :
           It
           's
           hoped
           their
           Patient
           Suffering
           and
           Peaceable
           Deportment
           ,
           under
           all
           the
           various
           Revolutions
           of
           Government
           ,
           will
           sufficiently
           Evince
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           their
           Passive
           and
           Patient
           Suffering
           ,
           wherein
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           they
           could
           not
           Actively
           obey
           ,
           may
           well
           demonstrate
           their
           Regard
           to
           Magistracy
           .
        
         
           And
           altho'
           in
           some
           things
           they
           have
           seemed
           to
           differ
           from
           those
           of
           other
           Perswasions
           ,
           yet
           who
           can
           Convict
           them
           of
           Error
           in
           any
           
             Fundamental
             Doctrine
          
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           or
           of
           their
           not
           holding
           that
           which
           is
           truly
           Essential
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ?
           Which
           holy
           Records
           (
           how
           ever
           they
           have
           been
           Misrepresented
           ,
           or
           falsly
           Accused
           ,
           as
           Slighters
           and
           Contemners
           of
           them
           )
           I
           do
           declare
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           they
           have
           always
           had
           ,
           and
           still
           have
           ,
           a
           high
           Esteem
           of
           ,
           and
           true
           Value
           for
           them
           ,
           above
           all
           other
           Writings
           ,
           or
           Books
           ;
           and
           their
           frequent
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           pressing
           their
           Children
           and
           Servants
           to
           the
           reading
           therein
           ,
           may
           sufficiently
           Demonstrate
           to
           those
           that
           know
           them
           ,
           the
           Innocency
           of
           this
           abused
           People
           .
        
         
         
           Be
           you
           therefore
           like
           the
           Noble
           Bereans
           ,
           search
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           see
           their
           Writings
           and
           Doctrines
           are
           not
           contrary
           thereto
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           plainly
           proved
           thereby
           :
           For
           they
           desire
           not
           any
           farther
           to
           be
           Credited
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           what
           they
           Write
           or
           Preach
           received
           by
           any
           ,
           but
           as
           its
           consonant
           thereto
           ,
           and
           answers
           that
           Holy
           Principle
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Oracle
           ,
           that
           the
           Great
           and
           All-wise
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           hath
           placed
           in
           every
           Man's
           Heart
           and
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Suspend
           therefore
           your
           Censure
           ,
           and
           forbear
           your
           Complaints
           ,
           till
           the
           Contrary
           of
           these
           things
           are
           cleared
           to
           you
           ,
           by
           sound
           Reason
           ,
           and
           plain
           Scripture
           ,
           without
           any
           corrupt
           Meanings
           ,
           false
           Glosses
           ,
           or
           Interpretations
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           were
           a
           People
           mistaken
           in
           any
           Point
           ,
           or
           were
           Clouded
           in
           their
           Understandings
           ;
           would
           it
           not
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           )
           much
           more
           become
           those
           that
           esteem
           themselves
           Learned
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           Meekness
           to
           Instruct
           ,
           and
           by
           sound
           Doctrine
           to
           Convince
           them
           ;
           rather
           than
           to
           call
           them
           ,
           and
           Charge
           every
           one
           of
           them
           to
           be
           Blasphemers
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           Proof
           thereof
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           true
           the
           Quakers
           complied
           to
           meet
           them
           at
           West-Dereham
           ,
           the
           8th
           of
           December
           ,
           1698.
           altho'
           there
           was
           not
           a
           Mutual
           Consent
           ,
           of
           the
           things
           proposed
           ,
           in
           the
           Letters
           that
           passed
           between
           them
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Conference
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           peruse
           the
           Letters
           may
           find
           ,
           yet
           so
           Eager
           were
           these
           Men
           ,
           and
           Resolute
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           last
           Letter
           to
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           they
           tell
           them
           ,
           
             Their
             Measures
             are
             Fixt
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             chuse
             whether
             they
             will
             Meet
             them
             ,
             upon
             the
             Terms
             resolved
             upon
             or
             No
             :
          
           Yet
           the
           Quakers
           went
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           requested
           to
           have
           the
           Authors
           Names
           ,
           Titles
           of
           Books
           ,
           and
           Pages
           ,
           they
           pretended
           
           to
           prove
           their
           Charges
           out
           of
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           that
           ,
           were
           Hallowed
           and
           Hissed
           at
           by
           some
           of
           those
           Clergy-Men
           ,
           as
           such
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           were
           present
           ,
           may
           well
           Remember
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           these
           People
           must
           be
           accounted
           Blasphemers
           ,
           if
           they
           disown
           not
           those
           Books
           ,
           or
           their
           Friends
           that
           Writ
           them
           ,
           without
           seeing
           the
           Books
           ,
           or
           what
           's
           in
           them
           ;
           how
           can
           they
           be
           either
           just
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           or
           true
           to
           themselves
           ;
           for
           ought
           any
           Man
           to
           condemn
           another
           ,
           without
           full
           Hearing
           and
           due
           Examination
           ,
           or
           would
           those
           Clergy-Men
           account
           it
           just
           ,
           that
           any
           should
           charge
           them
           as
           the
           highest
           of
           Criminals
           ,
           and
           Condemn
           and
           Sentence
           them
           as
           such
           ,
           for
           what
           some
           of
           their
           Brethren
           have
           Writ
           in
           Books
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           saw
           nor
           read
           ,
           nor
           knew
           the
           Contents
           of
           ;
           or
           would
           they
           be
           so
           unjust
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           false
           to
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           to
           acknowledge
           them
           Guilty
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           and
           condemn
           them
           for
           Writing
           that
           they
           themselves
           neither
           knew
           or
           never
           saw
           :
           If
           not
           ,
           Why
           should
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           without
           seeing
           the
           Books
           and
           examining
           the
           Contents
           ,
           be
           obliged
           to
           condemn
           their
           Friends
           for
           Publishers
           of
           Blasphemy
           ,
           or
           be
           esteemed
           Blasphemers
           .
        
         
           Consider
           this
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           and
           examine
           whether
           it
           agrees
           with
           Christ's
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             All
             things
             whatsoever
             ye
             would
             that
             Men
             should
             do
             unto
             you
             ,
             do
             ye
             even
             so
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             :
          
           Or
           whether
           there
           is
           any
           ground
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           Chargers
           would
           ever
           have
           refused
           to
           have
           given
           the
           Account
           desired
           by
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           been
           well
           assured
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Express
           words
           of
           these
           Books
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           prove
           their
           Charge
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           clearly
           and
           evidently
           proved
           .
        
         
           Let
           these
           things
           be
           duely
           considered
           ,
           Oh
           ye
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Counties
           aforesaid
           ,
           or
           to
           whom
           this
           
           may
           come
           ,
           and
           let
           Christian
           Moderation
           be
           exercised
           towards
           your
           Peaceable
           Neighbours
           and
           Country-Men
           .
        
         
           Remember
           the
           Anthem
           the
           Angels
           sounded
           when
           they
           published
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             Glory
             to
             God
             on
             High
             ,
             on
             Earth
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Good
             Will
             to
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           And
           if
           we
           all
           endeavour
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Practice
           of
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           render
           us
           more
           like
           to
           him
           that
           we
           all
           Profess
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             By
             this
             shall
             all
             Men
             know
             that
             ye
             are
             my
             Disciples
             ,
             if
             ye
             have
             love
             one
             to
             another
             :
          
           
           It
           's
           those
           that
           dwell
           therein
           that
           wear
           his
           Badge
           .
           
             For
             whoso
             hateth
             his
             Brother
             ,
             is
             a
             Murtherer
             ;
             and
             ye
             know
             that
             no
             Murtherer
             ,
             hath
             Eternal
             Life
             abiding
             in
          
           
           
             him
             ,
             for
             Envy
             slayeth
             the
             silly
             One
             ,
          
           and
           Hatred
           is
           the
           Badge
           of
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           and
           renders
           People
           too
           like
           
           him
           ,
           that
           first
           Envied
           and
           was
           Wrathful
           ,
           and
           then
           Murthered
           his
           Brother
           ,
           because
           the
           Lord
           had
           regard
           to
           his
           Sacrifice
           :
           Yet
           the
           Lord
           said
           to
           
             Cain
             ,
             If
             thou
             dost
             well
             ,
             shalt
             thou
             not
             be
             accepted
             ?
             And
             if
             thou
          
           
           
             dost
             not
             well
             ,
             Sin
             lies
             at
             the
             Door
             .
          
           And
           while
           Sin
           lies
           there
           ,
           it
           's
           a
           Bar
           to
           keep
           Man
           from
           Acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           altho'
           he
           may
           Sacrifice
           and
           Offer
           ,
           he
           'll
           fall
           short
           of
           his
           Duty
           whilst
           that
           's
           loved
           and
           lived
           in
           .
           But
           he
           that
           Envies
           not
           ,
           but
           Loves
           his
           Neighbour
           
           as
           himself
           ,
           keeps
           the
           great
           Commandment
           of
           him
           that
           in
           all
           things
           we
           ought
           to
           hear
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           those
           that
           abide
           in
           his
           Love
           that
           knows
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           Oh
           ye
           Inhabitants
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           all
           People
           of
           what
           Degree
           ,
           Rank
           or
           Quality
           foever
           ,
           let
           a
           serious
           Consideration
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           Effect
           of
           true
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           Examination
           ,
           which
           all
           Wise
           Men
           ought
           to
           use
           ,
           be
           had
           and
           made
           by
           you
           ,
           before
           you
           Exclaim
           against
           a
           People
           ye
           know
           no
           Evil
           by
           ;
           be
           not
           hurried
           into
           a
           Misapprehension
           of
           this
           Peoples
           Doctrines
           by
           
           Men
           filled
           with
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           whose
           Interest
           prompts
           them
           in
           General
           to
           Lurk
           ,
           in
           which
           lies
           Deceit
           ,
           and
           therein
           under
           pretence
           of
           Mischief
           ,
           Threatning
           Danger
           ,
           Venemous
           Doctrines
           ,
           Blasphemous
           Books
           ,
           and
           Pernicious
           Principles
           ,
           tending
           to
           subvert
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           do
           but
           endeavour
           to
           draw
           you
           into
           the
           like
           Enmity
           with
           them
           :
           Let
           your
           Experience
           now
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           had
           of
           this
           People
           ,
           under
           the
           various
           Revolutions
           of
           Government
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           for
           above
           Forty
           Years
           ,
           speak
           for
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           been
           of
           those
           that
           are
           quiet
           in
           the
           Land
           ;
           but
           these
           things
           which
           are
           false
           and
           slanderous
           Stories
           suggested
           without
           Ground
           or
           Proof
           ,
           are
           like
           
           Demetrius's
           Exclamations
           against
           Paul
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Moreover
             ye
             See
             and
             Hear
             that
          
           
           
             not
             alone
             at
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           
             but
             almost
             throughout
             all
          
           Asia
           ,
           this
           Paul
           
             hath
             persuaded
             and
             turned
             away
             much
             People
             :
          
           But
           Demetrius
           was
           so
           Ingenuous
           then
           ,
           as
           to
           confess
           it
           was
           
             That
             Craft
          
           by
           which
           he
           and
           his
           Brethren
           got
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           Danger
           ,
           and
           plainly
           intimated
           that
           was
           the
           Cause
           of
           his
           Wrath
           ;
           
             And
             when
             they
             heard
             those
             things
             they
             were
             full
             of
             Wrath.
             
          
        
         
           But
           Remember
           the
           Town-Clerks
           Advice
           ,
           when
           this
           Vproar
           was
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Ye
             ought
             to
             be
             Quiet
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             nothing
             Rashly
             ,
             for
             these
             Men
             are
             neither
             Robbers
             of
             Churches
             ,
             nor
             Blasphemers
             of
             your
             Goddess
             .
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           if
           Demetrius
           ,
           &c.
           hath
           matter
           against
           any
           Man
           ,
           the
           Law
           is
           open
           .
        
         
           And
           Oh
           my
           Friends
           !
           to
           you
           I
           appeal
           ,
           whether
           ever
           ye
           knew
           ,
           or
           did
           observe
           ,
           the
           
           Demetrius's
           of
           our
           Age
           present
           any
           Man
           ,
           or
           prosecute
           him
           at
           Law
           ,
           or
           Incense
           or
           Stir
           up
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           by
           Petition
           to
           Incense
           the
           Government
           against
           him
           ,
           whilst
           he
           lived
           in
           Pride
           ,
           Gluttony
           ,
           Drunkenness
           or
           any
           Excess
           of
           Riot
           .
           But
           this
           hath
           often
           been
           seen
           ,
           
           that
           when
           those
           ,
           or
           any
           have
           turned
           from
           their
           Evil
           Ways
           ,
           become
           Conscientious
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           pay
           their
           Tithes
           ,
           or
           comply
           with
           some
           other
           things
           that
           are
           acknowledged
           but
           Outward
           and
           Visible
           Signs
           ,
           of
           an
           Inward
           and
           Spiritual
           Grace
           .
           Then
           ,
           Oh
           then
           !
           how
           have
           these
           been
           prosecuted
           ,
           if
           but
           for
           a
           few
           Farthings
           ,
           a
           few
           Pence
           and
           Shillings
           ;
           the
           Justices
           and
           Officers
           troubled
           ,
           the
           Courts
           and
           Lawyers
           imployed
           ,
           and
           Mony
           spent
           ,
           Revenge
           vented
           ,
           and
           Havock
           and
           Spoil
           made
           ,
           Two
           ,
           Three
           or
           Four
           times
           more
           taken
           then
           demanded
           :
           And
           yet
           these
           Suffering
           People
           are
           exclaimed
           against
           as
           Men
           of
           Pernicious
           Principles
           ,
           the
           great
           Growth
           and
           daily
           Increase
           of
           whom
           ,
           threatens
           the
           Nation
           with
           Mischiefs
           and
           Dangers
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           the
           Law
           is
           open
           to
           Punish
           
             Romish
             Emissaries
          
           ;
           yet
           these
           Petitioners
           cannot
           be
           content
           to
           take
           that
           way
           ,
           but
           would
           falsly
           insinuate
           ,
           there
           were
           such
           among
           the
           Teachers
           of
           the
           said
           People
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           are
           not
           many
           of
           these
           Clergy-Men
           in
           Romish
           Practices
           ,
           viz.
           Bowing
           to
           the
           Alter
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           having
           God-fathers
           and
           God-mothers
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           and
           Signing
           Children
           with
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           their
           Surplace
           ,
           and
           their
           Absolution
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Minister
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           absolve
           thee
           from
           all
           thy
           Sins
           ;
           are
           not
           these
           things
           Romish
           ,
           see
           the
           
             Mass
             Book
          
           ?
           And
           also
           their
           Prosecuting
           for
           Mortuaries
           and
           Smoak-Penny
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Oh!
           consider
           all
           People
           ,
           to
           whom
           this
           may
           come
           ,
           and
           know
           assuredly
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Great
           and
           Everlasting
           God
           ,
           
             who
             hath
             measured
             the
             Waters
             in
             the
             hallow
             of
             his
             Hand
             ,
             and
             meted
             out
             the
             Heaven
             with
             a
             Span
             ,
             and
             comprehended
             the
             Dust
             of
             the
             Earth
             in
             a
             measure
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             weighed
             the
             Mountains
             in
             Scales
             ,
             and
             the
             Hills
             in
             a
             Balance
             ?
          
           He
           sees
           and
           beholds
           these
           things
           ;
           
             for
             the
             
             Lord
             is
             a
             God
             of
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             Actions
             are
          
           
           weighed
           ;
           and
           he
           marks
           the
           ways
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           records
           their
           doings
           ,
           as
           with
           
             a
             Pen
             of
             Iron
             ,
             and
             Point
             of
             a
             Diamond
             ,
             in
             the
             Books
             that
             shall
             be
             opened
             ,
             when
             the
             Dead
             ,
             both
             small
             and
             great
             shall
             stand
             before
             God
             ,
          
           and
           him
           that
           John
           see
           
             sat
             on
             a
             great
          
           
           
             white
             Throne
             ,
             from
             whose
             Face
             the
             Earth
             and
             the
             Heaven
             fled
             away
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             found
             no
             more
             place
             for
             them
             that
             went
             on
             the
             breadth
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             compassed
             the
             Camp
             of
             the
             Saints
             about
             ,
             and
             the
             Beloved
             City
             ;
             and
             Fire
             came
             down
             from
             God
             out
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             devoured
             them
             :
             And
             the
             Devil
             that
             deceived
             them
             ,
             was
             cast
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             where
             the
             Beast
             and
             the
             false
             Prophet
             are
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             tormented
             Day
             and
             Night
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           let
           all
           consider
           their
           Ways
           ,
           and
           amend
           their
           Doings
           ,
           for
           Time
           here
           is
           short
           ,
           and
           our
           Moments
           uncertain
           ;
           but
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           
             God
             will
             bring
             every
             Work
             to
             Judgment
             ,
             with
             every
             secret
             thing
          
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           none
           can
           appear
           before
           him
           with
           boldness
           ,
           nor
           give
           their
           Account
           with
           joy
           ,
           that
           take
           pleasure
           in
           Unrighteousness
           ,
           and
           
             die
             in
             their
             Sins
             ,
             such
             can
             never
             go
             where
             Christ
             is
             ,
          
           as
           he
           said
           .
           
           Therefore
           in
           Bowels
           of
           tender
           Love
           ,
           and
           in
           Good-Will
           to
           your
           never
           dying
           Souls
           ,
           I
           tenderly
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Turn
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Evil
           of
           your
           Doings
           ,
           and
           put
           away
           the
           Violence
           that
           's
           in
           your
           Hearts
           ;
           and
           against
           this
           Innocent
           People
           entertain
           no
           Prejudice
           ,
           neither
           hearken
           to
           the
           lying
           Stories
           ,
           and
           false
           Suggestions
           of
           Men
           ,
           whose
           Fruits
           and
           Works
           declares
           ,
           they
           neither
           follow
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           blessed
           Ensample
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           who
           taught
           not
           as
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           but
           as
           one
           having
           Authority
           ,
           and
           who
           enforced
           his
           Doctrine
           by
           his
           Ensample
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Learn
             of
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             meek
             and
             lowly
          
           
           
             in
             Heart
          
           ;
           He
           was
           full
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           
             was
             moved
             with
          
           
           
           Compassion
           on
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           them
           that
           are
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ;
           
             and
             come
             not
             to
             destroy
             ,
             but
             to
             save
             ;
             and
             by
          
           
           
             him
             Grace
             and
             Truth
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             it
             appears
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             his
             Light
             shines
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             his
             Spirit
             strives
             with
             the
          
           
           
             Children
             of
             Men
             ;
             it
             's
             he
             shews
             Man
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Lord
             requires
          
           at
           your
           Hands
           ;
           it
           's
           he
           ,
           that
           
           by
           his
           Spirit
           
             Convinces
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             reproves
             for
             it
             in
          
           
           
             the
             secret
             of
             Mens
             Hearts
          
           ;
           it
           's
           he
           that
           is
           the
           great
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           calls
           to
           the
           Simple
           Ones
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             How
             long
             ye
             Simple
             Ones
             will
             ye
             love
             Simplicity
             ,
             and
             ye
          
           
           
             Scorners
             delight
             in
             their
             Scorning
             ,
             and
             Fools
             hate
             Knowledge
             ?
             Turn
             ye
             at
             my
             Reproof
             :
             Behold
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             of
             my
             Spirit
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             make
             known
             my
             Words
             unto
             you
             :
          
           Oh!
           It
           's
           this
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Grace
             that
             Comes
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             appears
             to
             all
             ,
          
           and
           would
           teach
           all
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           learn
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           deny
           all
           that
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           God's
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           would
           
             teach
             them
             to
             live
             Soberly
             ,
             and
             Righteously
             ,
             and
             Godly
             .
          
           
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           while
           ye
           have
           Time
           ,
           prize
           your
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           Day
           of
           your
           tender
           Visitation
           ,
           which
           God
           ,
           through
           Christ
           ,
           is
           affording
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           that
           belong
           to
           your
           Peace
           you
           may
           come
           to
           know
           ,
           before
           they
           are
           hid
           from
           your
           Eyes
           ;
           these
           things
           will
           be
           of
           profit
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           so
           doing
           will
           bespeak
           you
           Christians
           indeed
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           bear
           that
           Name
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           guided
           and
           led
           by
           Christ's
           Spirit
           ,
           
           you
           will
           be
           found
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           nor
           Sons
           of
           God
           ,
           profess
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           if
           you
           remain
           
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
          
           Christ
           
             will
             profess
             ,
             he
             knows
             ye
             not
             ,
             and
             will
             bid
             you
             depart
             from
             him
          
           into
           Everlasting
           Fire
           ,
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           
           and
           his
           Angels
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           be
           of
           that
           Number
           which
           he
           will
           say
           unto
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
          
           
           
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
          
           ;
           then
           you
           must
           be
           Righteous
           ,
           
           and
           that
           you
           cannot
           be
           ,
           unless
           ye
           do
           Righteousness
           ;
           for
           ,
           said
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             He
             that
             doeth
             Righteousness
             ,
             is
             Righteous
             ,
             even
             as
             he
             is
             Righteous
             :
             He
             that
          
           
           
             committeth
             Sin
             is
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           And
           none
           can
           do
           Righteousness
           but
           those
           that
           learn
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           teached
           to
           deny
           all
           Unrighteousness
           ,
           and
           are
           guided
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           he
           promised
           
             should
             guide
             into
             all
          
           
           
             Truth
             .
             And
             walk
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             in
             the
             Light
             ,
          
           
           where
           the
           
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             known
             to
             cleanse
             from
             all
             Sin.
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           this
           People
           teach
           ,
           against
           whom
           this
           great
           Rage
           is
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           would
           come
           to
           that
           Spirit
           the
           holy
           Pen
           men
           were
           moved
           to
           write
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           by
           ,
           and
           in
           and
           by
           that
           Compare
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           these
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           Practice
           ,
           and
           the
           Practice
           of
           those
           Men
           that
           preach
           against
           this
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           that
           charge
           them
           with
           Error
           ,
           Blasphemy
           ,
           and
           Pernicious
           Principles
           ,
           you
           would
           quickly
           find
           whose
           Quodrat
           most
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           true
           Prophets
           and
           Ministers
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           .
           Therefore
           remember
           the
           Excellent
           Counsel
           of
           the
           wise
           and
           learned
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
             Prove
             all
             things
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
          
           ;
           you
           may
           remember
           it
           was
           said
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           a
           Sect
           every
           
           
             where
             spoken
             against
          
           :
           And
           yet
           the
           true
           Ministers
           in
           all
           things
           approved
           themselves
           
             as
             the
             Ministers
             of
             God
          
           ,
           
           
             in
             much
             Patience
             ,
             in
             Afflictions
             ,
             in
             Necessities
             ,
             in
             Stripes
             ,
             in
             Imprisonments
             ,
             in
             Tumults
             ,
             in
             Labour
             ,
             in
             Watchings
             ,
             in
             Fastings
             ,
             by
             Pureness
             ,
             by
             Knowledge
             ,
             by
             Long-Suffering
             ,
             by
             Kindness
             ,
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             by
             Love
             unfeigned
             ,
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             Armour
             of
             Righteousness
             on
             the
             right
             Hand
             and
             on
             the
             left
             ,
             by
             Honour
             and
             Dishonour
             ,
             by
             evil
             Report
             and
             good
             Report
             ,
             as
             deceivers
             ,
             yet
             true
             .
          
        
         
         
           Observe
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           impatient
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           Afflict
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           great
           Revenues
           ,
           nor
           large
           Benefices
           ,
           or
           forced
           Maintenance
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           Stripe
           and
           Imprison
           ,
           nor
           cause
           Tumults
           ,
           by
           incensing
           the
           People
           against
           their
           Peaceable
           Neighbours
           ;
           they
           were
           not
           idle
           ,
           nor
           exercised
           in
           Feastings
           ,
           received
           not
           the
           Honour
           nor
           high
           Title
           ,
           did
           not
           Lord
           it
           over
           God's
           Heritage
           ,
           but
           by
           
             Pureness
             ,
             Knowledge
             ,
             Long-Suffering
             ,
             Kindness
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             Love
             unfeigned
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             Truth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             approved
             themselves
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           they
           were
           not
           defiled
           ,
           ignorant
           ,
           hasty
           ,
           angry
           or
           hateful
           :
           Consider
           these
           things
           seriously
           ,
           and
           let
           all
           endeavour
           to
           amend
           what
           's
           amiss
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           rather
           mend
           faults
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           than
           suggest
           faults
           where
           they
           are
           not
           ;
           let
           every
           Man
           be
           fully
           persuaded
           in
           his
           own
           Mind
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           him
           act
           ;
           and
           hate
           nothing
           but
           the
           Devil
           and
           Sin
           ,
           but
           love
           God
           ,
           and
           one
           another
           .
           So
           having
           in
           Love
           and
           Plainness
           discharged
           my
           Spirit
           of
           what
           ,
           as
           a
           concern
           ,
           remained
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           him
           that
           hath
           loved
           and
           died
           for
           us
           all
           ,
           I
           Conclude
           and
           Remain
        
         
           
             Your
             sincere
             Friend
             ,
             and
             hearty
             Well-wisher
             to
             the
             People
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             all
             Men.
             J.
             F.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A41270-e140
           
             Isa
             .
             13.
             11.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             1.
             28.
             to
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Acts
             4.
             27.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             26.
             21.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             26.
             17.
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             35.
             11.
             
          
           
             John
             13.
             35.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Job
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.
             38.
             39.
             
             Lev.
             19.
             18.
             
             Rom.
             13.
             9.
             
             Gal.
             5.
             14.
             
             James
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Acts
             19.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             40.
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             20.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             29.
             
          
           
             Mark
             6.
             34.
             
          
           
             Luke
             9.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             17.
             
             Titus
             2.
             13.
             
             John
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             Micah
             6.
             8.
             
          
           
             John
             16.
             8.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             1.
             22.
             
          
           
             Titus
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             9.
             14.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             23.
             
             Mat.
             25.
             41.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             34.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             John
             16.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Acts
             28.
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             4
             to
             9.