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             Work for a cooper being an answer to a libel, written by Thomas Wynne the cooper, the ale-man, the quack, and the speaking-Quaker : with a brief account how that dissembling people differ at this day from what at first they were / by one who abundantly pities their ignorance and folly.
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                   He
                   do's
                   my
                   business
                   bravely
                
              
               
                 
                   Needs
                   must
                   when
                   the
                   devil
                   drives
                
              
            
             
               Pride
               Lust
               Hipocrysy
               Covetousnes
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           WORK
           FOR
           A
           COOPER
           .
           BEING
           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           LIBEL
           ,
           Written
           by
           THOMAS
           WYNNE
           The
           COOPER
           ,
           the
           ALE-MAN
           ,
           the
           QUACK
           ,
           AND
           THE
           SPEAKING-QUAKER
           .
           WITH
           A
           brief
           Account
           how
           that
           Dissembling
           People
           differ
           at
           this
           day
           from
           what
           at
           first
           they
           were
           .
        
         
           
             By
             one
             who
             abundantly
             pities
             their
             Ignorance
             and
             Folly.
             
          
        
         
           
             ECCLUS
             22.11
             .
          
           
             Weep
             for
             the
             Dead
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             lost
             the
             Light
             :
             and
             weep
             for
             the
             Fool
             ,
             for
             he
             wants
             understanding
             :
             make
             little
             weeping
             for
             the
             Dead
             ,
             for
             he
             's
             at
             rest
             ;
             but
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Fool
             is
             worse
             than
             death
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             C.
          
           for
           
             S.
             C.
          
           at
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Wales's
           Arms
           ,
           neer
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           .
           MDCLXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           WORK
           FOR
           A
           COOPER
           .
        
         
           OF
           all
           the
           sinners
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           Proud
           in
           Spirit
           seem
           to
           be
           in
           the
           most
           desperate
           condition
           :
           and
           't
           is
           implied
           by
           our
           divine
           Redeemer
           in
           that
           saying
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             poor
             in
             spirit
             ,
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           ;
           as
           if
           indeed
           the
           proud
           and
           the
           conceited
           of
           their
           own
           worth
           ,
           that
           think
           themselves
           more
           upright
           and
           more
           righteous
           than
           any
           body
           else
           ,
           were
           of
           all
           other
           the
           most
           unlikely
           to
           enter
           into
           that
           holy
           place
           .
           The
           probability
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           strengthned
           by
           the
           hardness
           and
           difficulty
           of
           reducing
           such
           vile
           wretches
           ,
           who
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           being
           the
           inspired
           Children
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           inheritors
           of
           Life
           ,
           yield
           themselves
           to
           be
           hurried
           by
           
           the
           spirit
           of
           Darkness
           into
           those
           paths
           that
           lead
           to
           the
           sad
           and
           dismal
           Regions
           of
           eternal
           Death
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           the
           Devil
           seldom
           appears
           with
           his
           Horns
           and
           
             cloven
             Feet
          
           :
           his
           game
           is
           better
           plaid
           when
           he
           
             comes
             like
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light.
          
           In
           imitation
           of
           which
           ,
           his
           Agents
           assume
           the
           same
           way
           :
           First
           proclaim
           their
           own
           sanctity
           and
           familiarity
           with
           God
           ;
           and
           then
           go
           on
           to
           despise
           and
           calumniate
           all
           that
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           are
           better
           provided
           with
           the
           blessing
           of
           either
           this
           world
           or
           the
           other
           ;
           with
           
             Health
             ,
             Wealth
          
           ,
           or
           Honour
           ;
           with
           
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
          
           ,
           or
           Charity
           :
           whose
           qualifications
           were
           seasonably
           discovered
           by
           St.
           Jude
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             These
             filthy
             dreamers
             defile
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             despise
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             Dignities
          
           ;
           adding
           presently
           ,
           
             Who
             separate
             themselves
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             having
             not
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           Whether
           our
           Thomas
           and
           his
           Followers
           be
           concerned
           in
           this
           Description
           ,
           I
           humbly
           leave
           to
           those
           that
           have
           Honesty
           and
           Sense
           to
           judge
           ;
           and
           will
           onely
           endeavour
           briefly
           to
           answer
           his
           Libel
           ,
           and
           make
           appear
           what
           rotten
           and
           false
           Foundation
           he
           has
           built
           his
           designe
           upon
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           he
           saies
           ,
           
             That
             all
             the
             writers
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Saints
             of
             God
             mentioned
             there
             ,
             were
             Quakers
             .
          
           Pag.
           11
           ,
           and
           14.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             the
             present
             Quakers
             have
             got
             the
             Key
             of
          
           David
           ,
           
             with
             which
             they
             (
             and
             they
             onely
             )
             can
             unlock
             all
             Mysteries
             .
          
           Pag.
           11.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Scholars
             (
             especially
             the
             Priests
             )
             having
             quite
             lost
             this
             Key
             ,
             cannot
             tell
             the
             meaning
             
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             ,
             that
             their
             Hearers
             have
             not
             so
             much
             discretion
             as
          
           Pharaoh
           and
           Nebuchadnezzar
           had
           .
           Pag.
           12.
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Ministers
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Priests
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             hear
             them
             ,
             are
             all
             running
             headlong
             to
             destruction
             .
          
           Pag.
           14.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           main
           Pillars
           our
           Quaker
           superstructs
           all
           his
           Foolery
           upon
           ;
           and
           most
           justly
           deserves
           for
           his
           pains
           to
           be
           rewarded
           with
           a
           Whipping-post
           ,
           that
           by
           taking
           of
           a
           lawful
           dance
           about
           that
           ,
           he
           might
           essay
           also
           to
           prove
           the
           antiquity
           of
           a
           
             Lancashire
             Horn-pipe
          
           .
           Justice
           were
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Severity
           but
           an
           act
           of
           the
           greatest
           Charity
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           (
           like
           the
           Devil
           himself
           )
           would
           make
           it
           his
           business
           to
           cheat
           men
           of
           their
           immortal
           Souls
           .
        
         
           Had
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           been
           ancient
           Quakers
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           saies
           they
           were
           )
           why
           should
           the
           modern
           ones
           think
           themselves
           scofft
           at
           by
           being
           called
           so
           ?
           Or
           why
           did
           not
           
             James
             Naylor
          
           and
           some
           others
           give
           themselves
           that
           Name
           ?
           Fear
           and
           trembling
           (
           from
           whence
           he
           infers
           all
           he
           has
           the
           ignorance
           to
           say
           )
           were
           ne're
           recorded
           for
           infallible
           signes
           of
           any
           bodie
           's
           being
           in
           Gods
           favour
           :
           'T
           was
           not
           to
           our
           first
           Parents
           ,
           when
           their
           fear
           for
           having
           sinned
           ,
           pressed
           them
           upon
           an
           impossibility
           ,
           to
           attempt
           the
           hiding
           themselves
           
             from
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Nor
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           when
           his
           fear
           made
           him
           to
           deny
           his
           most
           holy
           Master
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             the
             fearful
          
           (
           leading
           the
           van
           of
           an
           infernal
           Troop
           )
           
             and
             the
             unbelieving
             ,
             the
             abominable
             ,
             and
             murtherers
             ,
             whoremongers
             ,
             and
             sorcerers
             ,
             idolaters
             ,
             and
             all
             lyars
          
           (
           Rev.
           21.
           )
           
           
             shall
             have
             their
             part
             in
             the
             Lake
             that
             burneth
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             .
          
           And
           St.
           Paul
           saies
           (
           2
           Tim.
           1.7
           .
           )
           
             God
             hath
             not
             given
             us
             the
             spirit
             of
             fear
             ,
             but
             of
             power
             ,
             of
             love
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             sound
             minde
          
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           
             fearful
             had
             not
             sound
             mindes
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           were
           onely
           a
           kinde
           of
           a
           distracted
           people
           ,
           whose
           not
           too
           much
           ,
           but
           too
           little
           Learning
           ,
           had
           made
           
             stark
             Revelation-mad
          
           .
        
         
           If
           fear
           and
           trembling
           were
           enough
           to
           prove
           a
           certainty
           of
           being
           beloved
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           
             Baalam's
             Ass
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Daemoniacks
           among
           the
           Tombes
           ,
           Felix
           the
           Hypocrite
           ,
           and
           Judas
           (
           that
           hang'd
           himself
           for
           fear
           of
           seeing
           any
           more
           his
           Innocent
           and
           Righteous
           Master
           ;
           )
           yes
           ,
           and
           the
           Devils
           themselves
           might
           put
           in
           for
           a
           share
           too
           ;
           for
           St.
           James
           does
           expresly
           say
           ,
           
             that
             they
             also
             believe
             and
             tremble
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           Irreligious
           and
           the
           Prophane
           ,
           the
           Blasphemous
           and
           the
           Impenitent
           ,
           it
           
             is
             a
             fearful
             thing
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             living
             God
             :
          
           but
           he
           that
           was
           filled
           with
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             did
             prophecie
          
           (
           Luke
           1.
           )
           said
           ,
           
             That
             we
             being
             delivered
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             our
             enemies
             ,
             might
             serve
             God
             without
             fear
             ,
             in
             holiness
             and
             righteousness
             ,
             all
             the
             days
             of
             our
             life
             .
          
           And
           though
           ,
           till
           we
           have
           mortified
           our
           sinful
           Affections
           and
           Lusts
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           
             work
             out
             our
             salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             :
          
           yet
           when
           after
           a
           most
           hearty
           and
           profound
           repentance
           we
           humbly
           hope
           
             that
             all
             our
             past
             unrighteousness
             is
             forgiven
             ,
             and
             our
             sins
             covered
             ,
          
           we
           may
           then
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           
             serve
             the
             Lord
             with
             gladness
             ,
             and
             come
             before
             his
             presence
             with
             a
             song
             :
          
           And
           with
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           
           (
           Phil.
           4.4
           .
           )
           
             Rejoyce
             in
             the
             Lord
             always
             ,
             and
             again
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             rejoyce
             .
          
           Or
           with
           holy
           David
           ,
           (
           Psal.
           97.11
           ,
           12.
           )
           
             There
             is
             sprung
             up
             a
             light
             for
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             a
             joyful
             gladness
             to
             such
             as
             are
             true-hearted
             .
             Rejoyce
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             ye
             righteous
             ,
             and
             give
             thanks
             for
             a
             remembrance
             of
             his
             holiness
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           belief
           of
           those
           Saints
           that
           were
           no
           Quakers
           ,
           however
           disgusted
           by
           those
           Quakers
           that
           are
           no
           Saints
           ;
           who
           if
           not
           illuminated
           to
           a
           higher
           pitch
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           comprehension
           of
           holy
           David
           and
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           might
           certainly
           humble
           themselves
           to
           the
           approbation
           of
           the
           same
           way
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           ,
           (
           quite
           contrary
           to
           our
           Quaker's
           understanding
           )
           whenever
           God's
           Servants
           are
           said
           to
           have
           fear'd
           or
           trembl'd
           ,
           't
           was
           because
           they
           or
           their
           people
           had
           offended
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           after
           an
           amazing
           recollection
           of
           their
           former
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           apprehension
           of
           some
           most
           justly
           expected
           Judgement
           .
           But
           our
           Quakers
           never
           do
           it
           upon
           this
           account
           ;
           they
           are
           too
           impudent
           to
           pretend
           it
           ,
           reporting
           themselves
           
             to
             be
             God's
             onely
             meek
             and
             most
             entirely
             beloved
             people
             :
             That
             they
             ,
             and
             they
             onely
             ,
             are
             born
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           cannot
           sin
           .
           And
           say
           ,
           that
           
             whosoever
             confesses
             himself
             a
             sinner
             ,
             pleads
             for
             sin
             .
          
           Though
           Saint
           John
           hath
           said
           expresly
           ,
           
             If
             we
             say
             we
             have
             no
             sin
             ,
             we
             do
             but
             deceive
             our selves
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             not
             in
             us
             .
          
           But
           if
           Quakers
           are
           without
           sin
           ,
           what
           need
           they
           fear
           ?
           if
           forgiven
           all
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           the
           same
           ,
           have
           nothing
           to
           be
           forgiven
           ,
           what
           judgements
           can
           they
           apprehend
           ?
           The
           very
           truth
           is
           ,
           all
           their
           pretences
           about
           these
           things
           are
           but
           mere
           
           Traps
           and
           Gins
           to
           catch
           the
           foolish
           and
           the
           silly
           in
           :
           and
           those
           places
           which
           our
           Thomas
           pretends
           to
           take
           his
           pattern
           from
           ,
           are
           clear
           to
           other
           purposes
           ,
           and
           quite
           of
           other
           meanings
           than
           any
           he
           intends
           them
           for
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           evidenced
           by
           his
           fourth
           Page
           ,
           wherein
           he
           observes
           (
           with
           a
           world
           of
           wit
           )
           that
           
             Isaac
             trembled
          
           for
           having
           mistaken
           Jacob
           for
           Esau
           ;
           and
           then
           presently
           infers
           ,
           that
           
             Isaac
             was
             a
             Quaker
          
           !
           (
           A
           strange
           and
           a
           very
           choice
           way
           of
           arguing
           )
           by
           which
           he
           makes
           him
           pay
           dearer
           for
           his
           inadvertence
           ,
           than
           ever
           Esau
           himself
           was
           forced
           to
           do
           .
           Whereas
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           holy
           Isaac
           was
           quite
           another
           man
           ;
           was
           much
           given
           to
           Meditation
           and
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           not
           the
           Quakers
           :
           Then
           Isaac
           was
           not
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           beyond
           the
           possibility
           of
           a
           mistake
           ,
           which
           Quakers
           affirm
           they
           are
           not
           subject
           to
           ,
           as
           having
           perceptions
           clearer
           than
           any
           body
           else
           ,
           and
           can
           most
           infallibly
           (
           as
           the
           Blasphemous
           Muggleton
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           )
           fix
           Woes
           or
           Joys
           ,
           a
           Blessing
           or
           a
           Curse
           irreversibly
           to
           all
           eternity
           .
           But
           if
           Isaac
           was
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           and
           yet
           (
           nevertheless
           )
           did
           erre
           in
           so
           important
           a
           business
           ,
           why
           should
           it
           be
           impossible
           for
           another
           Quaker
           to
           erre
           also
           ?
           Surely
           it
           much
           behoves
           our
           second
           
             Tom
             of
             Bedlam
          
           to
           make
           an
           impartial
           and
           very
           strict
           enquiry
           into
           his
           own
           weakness
           ,
           and
           consider
           that
           the
           blindness
           of
           the
           understanding
           may
           be
           as
           ruinous
           (
           at
           least
           )
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           impossible
           for
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Quaker
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           be
           under
           the
           same
           circumstances
           with
           those
           
             that
             have
             eyes
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             see
             ;
             that
             have
             ears
             ,
             yet
             will
             not
             
             hear
             ,
             nor
             understand
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             converted
             and
             live
             .
          
        
         
           And
           then
           in
           his
           fifth
           Page
           ,
           (
           by
           which
           alone
           we
           may
           judge
           equitably
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             that
             those
             people
             mentioned
             in
             the
             ninth
             of
          
           Ezra
           ,
           
             were
             the
             Quakers
             Meeting
          
           ,
           (
           't
           is
           well
           he
           did
           not
           say
           ,
           at
           Holy-well
           ,
           or
           Caerwys
           .
           )
           But
           to
           manifest
           his
           Worship's
           ignorance
           ,
           I
           humbly
           offer
           this
           toward
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           contrary
           :
           That
           Ezra
           (
           in
           the
           sixth
           Verse
           of
           the
           same
           Chapter
           )
           said
           ,
           
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             ashamed
             and
             blush
             to
             lift
             up
             my
             face
             to
             thee
             ;
             for
             our
             iniquities
             are
             gone
             over
             our
             head
             ,
             and
             our
             trespasses
             are
             grown
             up
             unto
             the
             Heavens
             .
          
           Now
           those
           that
           know
           our
           Thomas
           much
           better
           than
           he
           does
           himself
           ,
           do
           assure
           me
           ,
           that
           Praying
           and
           Blushing
           is
           none
           of
           his
           way
           ;
           he
           never
           did
           so
           in
           all
           his
           life
           ,
           much
           less
           since
           first
           he
           turned
           his
           Tub
           into
           a
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           that
           into
           a
           Drum
           to
           beat
           up
           for
           Voluntiers
           for
           the
           
             Prince
             of
             the
             air
          
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Ezra
           does
           most
           evidently
           acquit
           himself
           and
           his
           people
           of
           this
           charge
           :
           For
           
             he
             arose
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             chief
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Levites
             ,
             and
             all
             Israel
             to
             swear
             ;
             and
             they
             did
             so
             according
             to
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           which
           most
           sufficiently
           proves
           that
           they
           were
           no
           Quakers
           ;
           and
           therefore
           our
           
             Cinque
             and
             Cater
          
           was
           most
           wofully
           mistaken
           in
           his
           pretence
           to
           a
           spiritual
           way
           of
           understanding
           ,
           He
           saies
           Ezra
           was
           a
           Quaker
           ,
           yet
           dares
           not
           (
           forsooth
           )
           do
           what
           that
           Quaker
           did
           ,
           though
           but
           according
           to
           the
           Law.
           He
           would
           perswade
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           
             Quakers
             are
             guided
             by
             the
             same
             unerring
             spirit
             :
          
           how
           then
           come
           they
           so
           much
           to
           disagree
           ?
           
           Ezra
           did
           blush
           ,
           but
           our
           Thomas
           can't
           :
           Ezra
           did
           repent
           ,
           our
           Thomas
           won't
           :
           Ezra
           and
           all
           Israel
           did
           
             swear
             according
             to
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           but
           our
           
             wise
             man
             of
          
           Gotham
           is
           endued
           with
           a
           greater
           
             light
             ,
             and
             knows
             better
             things
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           the
           Quakers
           will
           neither
           blush
           nor
           repent
           ,
           or
           
             swear
             lawfully
          
           ,
           as
           Israel
           here
           did
           ;
           then
           most
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           neither
           those
           Israelites
           were
           true
           Quakers
           ,
           nor
           these
           Quakers
           true
           Israelites
           .
           And
           thus
           't
           is
           palpable
           enough
           ,
           that
           though
           our
           Quaker
           will
           not
           humble
           himself
           to
           the
           taking
           of
           a
           lawful
           Oath
           ,
           yet
           he
           does
           not
           at
           all
           boggle
           the
           telling
           of
           an
           untruth
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           our
           Thomas
           should
           be
           so
           brisk
           in
           the
           false
           ,
           and
           so
           dull
           in
           the
           true
           notion
           of
           fear
           and
           trembling
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           unless
           to
           bubble
           poor
           weak
           and
           simple
           people
           with
           the
           fancy
           of
           his
           being
           some
           mighty
           Hero
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           the
           onely
           Oracle
           of
           
             celestial
             mysteries
          
           .
           But
           alas
           poor
           Soul
           !
           this
           spiritual
           Bait
           won't
           take
           ;
           the
           poison
           of
           it
           has
           eaten
           quite
           through
           the
           Varnish
           ,
           and
           does
           of
           it self
           discover
           the
           poverty
           of
           the
           whole
           Plot.
           He
           pretends
           to
           fear
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           vouches
           himself
           above
           the
           
             state
             of
             a
             Saint
             Militant
          
           ;
           which
           if
           true
           ,
           would
           make
           fear
           a
           wost
           unnecessary
           thing
           ;
           for
           
             perfect
             love
             casteth
             out
             fear
          
           .
           The
           Watchmen
           at
           our
           Saviour's
           Grave
           
             were
             afraid
             ,
             and
             became
             as
             dead
             men
             :
          
           But
           the
           Angel
           of
           the
           Lord
           said
           to
           the
           holy
           Women
           ,
           
             Fear
             not
             ye
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             that
             ye
             seek
             Jesus
          
           ;
           which
           most
           plainly
           shews
           ,
           
             that
             the
             servile
             fear
             the
             Quakers
             are
             possessed
             with
             ,
             is
             perfectly
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             holy
             temper
             of
             such
             as
             in
             reality
             ,
             
             with
             zealous
             and
             humble
             confidence
             seek
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
          
           We
           are
           bid
           to
           come
           
             boldly
             to
             the
             Throne
             of
             Grace
          
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           of
           the
           wicked
           onely
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             shall
             laugh
             at
             their
             calamity
             ,
             and
             mock
             when
             their
             fear
             cometh
             :
             But
             the
             righteous
             shall
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             all
             they
             that
             are
             true
             of
             heart
             shall
             be
             glad
             ,
          
           (
           Psal.
           64.10
           .
           )
           And
           ,
           
             My
             soul
          
           (
           said
           David
           )
           
             shall
             be
             satisfied
             as
             with
             marrow
             and
             fatness
             ,
             when
             my
             mouth
             praiseth
             thee
             with
             joyful
             lips
             .
          
           Our
           laps'd
           Sinner
           was
           therefore
           wise
           onely
           in
           his
           own
           conceit
           ;
           whom
           Solomon
           foreseeing
           ,
           gave
           necessary
           and
           just
           direction
           how
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           treated
           :
           
             A
             whip
          
           (
           saies
           he
           )
           
             for
             the
             horse
             ,
             a
             bridle
             for
             the
             Ass
             ,
             and
             a
             rod
             for
             the
             fools
             back
             ,
          
           (
           Prov.
           26.3
           .
           )
           And
           God
           himself
           denouncing
           wrath
           against
           such
           wicked
           Impostors
           as
           the
           Quakers
           are
           ,
           saies
           ,
           
             Wo
             to
             the
             rebellious
             children
             ,
             that
             take
             counsel
             ,
             but
             not
             of
             me
             ;
             that
             cover
             with
             a
             covering
             ,
             but
             not
             of
             my
             Spirit
             ,
          
           (
           Isa.
           30.1
           )
        
         
           But
           farther
           ,
           had
           he
           any
           thing
           of
           Ingenuity
           or
           Sence
           ,
           he
           'd
           never
           have
           been
           so
           silly
           as
           to
           think
           that
           quaking
           or
           trembling
           (
           as
           such
           )
           could
           possibly
           be
           enough
           to
           denominate
           a
           just
           or
           a
           
             good
             man
          
           by
           ;
           yet
           is
           so
           fond
           of
           the
           Conceit
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           way
           possibly
           to
           Heaven
           but
           this
           :
           and
           might
           as
           well
           have
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           surly
           and
           
             churlish
             ,
             ignorant
          
           and
           
             singular
             ,
             envious
          
           and
           
             unmannerly
             ,
             dissembling
          
           and
           hypocritical
           ,
           had
           been
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           have
           pleas'd
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           certain
           character
           whereby
           to
           know
           the
           inspired
           ,
           and
           the
           heavenly-minded
           ,
           from
           such
           as
           have
           onely
           (
           what
           he
           thinks
           poor
           and
           despicable
           )
           the
           gifts
           of
           
             Charity
             ,
             
             Humility
          
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           that
           has
           a
           guilty
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           carries
           any
           sin
           unrepented
           of
           about
           him
           ,
           may
           most
           reasonably
           fear
           and
           tremble
           :
           And
           of
           such
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           said
           ,
           (
           Psal.
           9.20
           .
           )
           
             Put
             them
             in
             fear
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             the
             Heathen
          
           (
           not
           the
           Israelites
           )
           
             may
             know
             themselves
             to
             be
             but
             men
             .
          
           And
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           true
           distinction
           between
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           wicked
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           practice
           ,
           who
           after
           his
           blessed
           recovery
           from
           his
           unhappy
           fall
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             I
             will
             rejoyce
             in
             thy
             salvation
             ,
             and
             triumph
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             my
             God.
             
          
        
         
           The
           worst
           of
           men
           have
           commonly
           the
           greatest
           share
           of
           fear
           :
           The
           just
           execution
           of
           God
           or
           Man's
           Laws
           may
           do
           this
           upon
           the
           most
           vile
           Transgressor
           ,
           that
           suffers
           
             as
             an
             evil
             doer
          
           ,
           or
           
             as
             a
             busie
             body
             in
             other
             mens
             matters
          
           ;
           but
           can
           never
           be
           the
           better
           for
           't
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           much
           as
           a
           probable
           signe
           (
           and
           much
           less
           a
           certain
           )
           of
           their
           being
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           moved
           to
           such
           a
           fear
           by
           him
           .
           Fear
           and
           trembling
           (
           at
           the
           best
           )
           are
           signes
           of
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           ;
           not
           perhaps
           so
           much
           for
           having
           sinned
           ,
           as
           in
           dread
           of
           a
           most
           just
           punishment
           :
           but
           the
           Ways
           ,
           the
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           are
           not
           so
           ;
           
             His
             yoak
             is
             easie
             ,
             and
             his
             burthen
             light
             .
          
           The
           Psalmist
           saies
           indeed
           ,
           that
           
             sorrow
             may
             continue
             for
             a
             night
          
           ;
           but
           immediately
           addes
           ,
           
             that
             joy
             cometh
             in
             the
             morning
             .
          
           If
           God
           
             delights
             not
             in
             a
             sinners
             death
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           likely
           that
           he
           does
           in
           the
           misery
           of
           his
           life
           .
           Sorrow
           is
           but
           what
           we
           bring
           commonly
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           not
           any
           thing
           (
           or
           but
           very
           seldom
           )
           of
           God's
           sending
           .
        
         
         
           Yet
           if
           always
           to
           hang
           down
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           sowre
           face
           ;
           to
           grieve
           ,
           or
           be
           perplexed
           continually
           ,
           were
           certain
           signes
           of
           any
           peoples
           being
           in
           God's
           favour
           (
           as
           I
           am
           very
           sure
           they
           are
           not
           )
           wherein
           could
           this
           benefit
           the
           Quakers
           ?
           it
           being
           most
           demonstrably
           true
           ,
           that
           they
           trouble
           not
           themselves
           in
           that
           kind
           now
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           in
           
           Oliver's
           time
           ,
           (
           when
           Hell
           did
           seem
           to
           have
           broke
           loose
           )
           in
           which
           a
           sort
           of
           shameless
           Animals
           (
           scarce
           in
           humane
           shapes
           )
           went
           naked
           through
           Fairs
           and
           Markets
           by
           way
           of
           Masquerade
           ,
           or
           a
           spiritual
           kinde
           of
           Morrice-dancing
           ;
           boasting
           to
           have
           received
           Commissions
           in
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           with
           full
           power
           to
           denounce
           everlasting
           ruine
           against
           all
           that
           had
           not
           impudence
           enough
           to
           do
           as
           they
           did
           ;
           or
           that
           would
           not
           believe
           they
           should
           ,
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           most
           sufficiently
           be
           covered
           with
           the
           righteousness
           of
           the
           Lamb.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Blasphemous
           
             James
             Nailor
          
           (
           one
           of
           the
           first
           Founders
           of
           that
           wicked
           Sect
           )
           rid
           upon
           an
           Ass
           with
           naked
           Women
           to
           attend
           him
           ,
           crying
           ,
           
             Hosanna
             to
             the
             Son
             of
             David
             ,
             blessed
             is
             he
             that
             cometh
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           at
           once
           abusing
           both
           those
           holy
           places
           (
           Isa.
           32.11
           .
           )
           
             Tremble
             ,
             ye
             women
             ,
             strip
             ,
             and
             make
             ye
             bare
          
           ;
           and
           that
           other
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           riding
           to
           Jerusalem
           .
           And
           many
           such
           pranks
           they
           play'd
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           as
           falling
           into
           Trances
           and
           most
           gastly
           Distortions
           ,
           like
           Conjurers
           and
           Bell-founders
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           spoken
           to
           till
           the
           mysterie
           was
           over
           ;
           or
           like
           those
           among
           the
           Tombes
           ,
           that
           were
           possessed
           with
           
             dumb
             Devils
          
           ;
           (
           from
           whom
           perhaps
           the
           Quakers
           take
           their
           president
           )
           
           but
           when
           they
           had
           drawn
           a
           Croud
           together
           as
           great
           as
           ever
           Bear-baiting
           could
           do
           ,
           't
           was
           then
           made
           plain
           as
           could
           be
           what
           kinde
           of
           Spirit
           had
           been
           at
           work
           ,
           by
           their
           Howling
           and
           
             Whining
             ,
             Groaning
          
           and
           Foaming
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           woful
           Quaking
           and
           Trembling
           ,
           (
           the
           onely
           reason
           why
           they
           were
           at
           first
           called
           Quakers
           )
           who
           with
           a
           special
           respect
           to
           the
           qualification
           of
           the
           Spectators
           ,
           would
           endeavour
           to
           obtrude
           ,
           
             that
             they
             had
             been
             just
             then
             in
             a
             most
             intimate
             and
             cabinet
             Communion
             with
             the
             great
             and
             mighty
             God
             ,
          
           and
           had
           
             received
             the
             spirit
             of
             Prophecy
             in
             abundance
             ,
             with
             the
             gift
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             that
             God
             had
             ,
             or
             could
             bestow
             :
          
           That
           they
           could
           to
           a
           minute
           foretel
           the
           last
           and
           dreadful
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           and
           heal
           more
           Diseases
           than
           all
           the
           World
           could
           possibly
           need
           help
           for
           .
           That
           they
           (
           and
           they
           onely
           )
           were
           those
           of
           whom
           't
           was
           said
           ,
           
             they
             should
             lay
             their
             hands
             upon
             the
             sick
             ,
             and
             they
             should
             recover
          
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           meant
           them
           ,
           onely
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             my
             Spirit
             upon
             all
          
           flesh
           ;
           as
           if
           of
           all
           humane
           Race
           ,
           none
           had
           flesh
           but
           Quakers
           .
           Though
           nothing
           is
           plainer
           than
           that
           this
           Prophesie
           was
           fulfilled
           at
           Pentecost
           ,
           when
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           a
           most
           extraordinary
           manner
           endu'd
           the
           Disciples
           of
           our
           Lord
           with
           the
           gift
           of
           Tongues
           (
           as
           never
           were
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           nor
           ever
           will
           be
           )
           so
           that
           Parthians
           and
           
             Medes
             ,
             Elamites
          
           and
           the
           Dwellers
           of
           
             Mesopotamia
             ,
             Judea
             ,
             Cappadocia
             ,
             Pontus
             ,
             Asia
             ,
             Cyrenians
             ,
             Romans
             ,
             Jews
             ,
             Proselytes
             ,
             Cretes
             ,
          
           and
           Arabians
           ,
           might
           be
           taught
           in
           those
           very
           Languages
           in
           which
           they
           
             were
             all
             born
          
           .
           And
           Quakers
           never
           
           being
           able
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           ought
           in
           honesty
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           this
           Prophecie
           is
           not
           at
           all
           verified
           in
           them
           ;
           it
           being
           to
           be
           done
           (
           too
           )
           in
           
             those
             days
          
           ,
           which
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           assure
           us
           was
           that
           very
           Age
           the
           holy
           Apostles
           liv'd
           in
           .
        
         
           The
           days
           of
           immediate
           Inspiration
           are
           now
           long
           since
           over
           ;
           and
           our
           second
           
           Oliver's
           Porter
           is
           described
           by
           the
           Wise
           man
           after
           a
           much
           other
           kinde
           of
           way
           ,
           (
           Ecclus
           19.26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           )
           
             There
             is
          
           (
           saies
           he
           )
           
             a
             man
             that
             hangeth
             down
             the
             head
             sadly
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             he
             is
             full
             of
             deceit
             ;
             casting
             down
             his
             countenance
             ,
             and
             making
             as
             if
             he
             heard
             not
          
           ;
           (
           but
           )
           
             where
             he
             is
             not
             known
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             thee
             a
             mischief
             before
             thou
             be
             aware
             ;
             and
             if
             for
             want
             of
             power
             he
             be
             hinder'd
             from
             sinning
             ,
             yet
             when
             he
             findes
             opportunity
             he
             will
             do
             thee
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           their
           
             Hocus
             Pocus
             tricks
          
           are
           now
           much
           laid
           aside
           ;
           and
           they
           observe
           that
           
             Leger
             de
             main
          
           will
           not
           go
           off
           as
           formerly
           it
           has
           done
           :
           Nor
           do
           the
           most
           sober
           of
           them
           deny
           but
           that
           they
           are
           as
           lame
           and
           decrepit
           as
           other
           sinners
           ,
           in
           every
           thing
           but
           the
           explanation
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           (
           the
           Original
           of
           which
           our
           Thomas
           and
           the
           Elephant
           are
           very
           much
           alike
           acquainted
           with
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           if
           he
           thinks
           he
           hath
           not
           onely
           got
           the
           start
           of
           all
           other
           people
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           the
           Quakers
           too
           ;
           why
           then
           should
           not
           the
           powerful
           and
           the
           unfathomable
           parts
           he
           pretends
           to
           ,
           serve
           to
           benefit
           honest
           
             Prester
             John
          
           ,
           the
           
             Great
             Turk
          
           ,
           or
           Cham
           of
           Tartary
           ?
           Why
           does
           he
           not
           make
           a
           serious
           visit
           into
           those
           parts
           ?
           where
           neither
           the
           Antiquity
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Name
           of
           Quakers
           was
           ever
           yet
           thought
           of
           .
        
         
         
           But
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           ,
           their
           Zeal
           is
           most
           extreamly
           fallen
           and
           abated
           within
           these
           twelve
           or
           fourteen
           years
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           have
           exceedingly
           refin'd
           and
           improv'd
           their
           manners
           another
           way
           ;
           being
           sensible
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           Preaching
           and
           their
           other
           Trades
           go
           off
           best
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           readier
           way
           to
           what
           they
           mainly
           aim
           at
           ,
           
             worldly
             profit
             and
             advantages
          
           :
           Thinking
           it
           now
           too
           unfashionable
           to
           run
           madding
           about
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           into
           Churches
           ,
           as
           formerly
           they
           did
           ;
           being
           so
           far
           from
           believing
           it
           any
           longer
           necessary
           wholly
           to
           attend
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           they
           as
           freely
           bestow
           their
           observances
           of
           the
           World
           and
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           (
           I
           know
           not
           how
           they
           deal
           with
           the
           Devil
           )
           as
           any
           the
           most
           extravagant
           of
           sinners
           ever
           did
           ;
           and
           differ
           so
           abundantly
           from
           their
           first
           Founders
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           now
           come
           much
           to
           the
           same
           pitch
           with
           what
           the
           Presbyterians
           were
           in
           47
           and
           48
           ;
           (
           stand
           up
           most
           stifly
           for
           the
           priviledge
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           act
           like
           Devils
           incarnate
           ;
           cursing
           dolefully
           all
           that
           had
           either
           Honesty
           or
           Courage
           to
           stem
           or
           thwart
           the
           current
           of
           their
           Pride
           and
           Avarice
           .
           )
           They
           use
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           World
           with
           as
           much
           fondness
           and
           delight
           as
           ever
           other
           sinners
           did
           :
           Nor
           does
           Righteousness
           alone
           serve
           to
           cloath
           them
           ;
           they
           wear
           (
           and
           will
           do
           )
           as
           good
           
             Cloth
             ,
             Silks
          
           ,
           and
           Camlets
           as
           the
           proudest
           of
           mankinde
           can
           do
           ;
           offering
           freely
           to
           stand
           proof
           ,
           
             that
             the
             sin
             lies
             onely
             in
             the
             Colour
             ,
             or
             the
             broadness
             of
             the
             Ribbon
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           way
           of
           Good-fellowship
           is
           also
           become
           very
           fashionable
           ;
           and
           ,
           for
           their
           lasting
           commendation
           ,
           
           are
           now
           so
           conformable
           a
           people
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           that
           they
           very
           seldom
           or
           never
           shrink
           in
           the
           wetting
           ,
           not
           much
           mattering
           what
           the
           unsanctifi'd
           say
           of
           their
           petty
           deviations
           ,
           of
           their
           
             Drunkenness
             ,
             Fornication
             ,
             Adultery
             ,
             Anger
             ,
             Envy
             ,
             Hatred
             ,
             Malice
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             Vain
             glory
             ,
          
           and
           Hypocrisie
           ;
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           rare
           qualifications
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           pure
           and
           
             sufficient
             Saints
          
           as
           any
           the
           whole
           World
           affords
           .
        
         
           This
           needs
           not
           be
           much
           wonder'd
           at
           ;
           Experience
           has
           given
           all
           people
           of
           sense
           sufficient
           knowledge
           of
           their
           baseness
           ,
           who
           by
           striving
           to
           fly
           far
           enough
           from
           all
           Decency
           and
           Order
           ,
           are
           yet
           at
           last
           become
           the
           most
           
             formal
             Coxcombs
          
           produceable
           in
           this
           age
           ;
           crying
           out
           wofully
           against
           all
           external
           Ornaments
           ,
           whilst
           themselves
           at
           the
           same
           time
           doat
           most
           wickedly
           upon
           a
           Quirp-Cravat
           ,
           copi'd
           from
           a
           
             chitterling
             Original
          
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           best
           of
           them
           are
           so
           far
           from
           submitting
           
             to
             every
             Ordinance
             of
             man
             for
             the
             Lord's
             sake
             ,
          
           that
           they
           will
           no
           so
           much
           as
           do
           it
           to
           those
           of
           God's
           own
           appointment
           ;
           of
           which
           their
           slighting
           and
           refusal
           of
           the
           holy
           Sacraments
           ,
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           most
           sufficient
           proof
           .
        
         
           Nor
           do
           they
           stop
           here
           neither
           ,
           but
           go
           on
           to
           a
           perfect
           hatred
           of
           all
           that
           have
           better
           moral
           or
           intellectual
           endowments
           ,
           or
           any
           more
           of
           this
           Worlds
           good
           than
           what
           is
           unfortunately
           fallen
           to
           their
           own
           share
           .
           And
           yet
           our
           Thomas
           in
           very
           many
           places
           of
           his
           Canting
           Enterlude
           ,
           would
           fain
           be
           thought
           hugely
           courteous
           for
           his
           inviting
           of
           as
           many
           Religions
           as
           his
           poor
           Memory
           could
           
           hold
           ;
           (
           to
           see
           some
           rare
           sight
           no
           doubt
           )
           but
           quite
           forgot
           the
           Jews
           and
           the
           Mahometans
           ,
           the
           Greek
           and
           the
           
             Muscovian
             Churches
          
           :
           't
           is
           a
           wonder
           that
           these
           also
           had
           not
           been
           bid
           to
           his
           intolerable
           Farce
           ;
           wherein
           at
           once
           he
           discovers
           both
           his
           Malice
           and
           his
           Folly
           too
           ,
           knowing
           in
           his
           own
           Conscience
           (
           if
           indeed
           he
           has
           any
           )
           that
           those
           people
           which
           he
           so
           promiscuously
           heaps
           together
           ,
           are
           neither
           alike
           in
           Principles
           nor
           Life
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           been
           alike
           treated
           by
           him
           .
           For
           what
           reason
           had
           he
           to
           herd
           Protestants
           among
           
             Beasts
             of
             prey
          
           ?
           or
           worry
           us
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           )
           between
           the
           Lions
           and
           the
           Bears
           ?
           Are
           these
           the
           thanks
           he
           returns
           our
           first
           and
           best
           Reformers
           for
           putting
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           into
           the
           vulgar
           tongue
           ?
           without
           which
           ,
           he
           ,
           undoubtedly
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           still
           as
           ignorant
           that
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           was
           ever
           given
           man
           ,
           as
           now
           he
           is
           in
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           :
           'T
           was
           hardly
           possible
           for
           any
           but
           a
           beastly
           Quaker
           to
           make
           
             Ingratitude
             his
             Goddess
          
           ,
           or
           fall
           down
           to
           
             worship
             the
             Devil
             's
             eldest
             Daughter
          
           .
        
         
           The
           holy
           Scriptures
           might
           still
           have
           lain
           dormant
           in
           their
           sheets
           of
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           ,
           for
           any
           remedy
           he
           could
           help
           us
           to
           .
           But
           if
           he
           thinks
           it
           any
           kindness
           that
           they
           are
           faithfully
           translated
           ,
           why
           should
           he
           abuse
           and
           vilifie
           those
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           laid
           down
           their
           lives
           (
           also
           )
           to
           justifie
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ?
           They
           upon
           whose
           very
           credit
           he
           (
           for
           his
           part
           at
           least
           )
           takes
           those
           sacred
           Writings
           (
           if
           he
           thinks
           they
           are
           so
           at
           all
           )
           to
           be
           the
           revealed
           Will
           of
           God
           ?
           They
           were
           indeed
           holy
           
           and
           
             learned
             men
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           most
           certain
           it
           is
           they
           have
           not
           deceived
           us
           :
           but
           sure
           I
           am
           't
           is
           more
           than
           he
           knows
           ;
           nor
           had
           he
           ever
           any
           the
           least
           spark
           of
           
             divine
             Revelation
          
           to
           ascertain
           their
           integrity
           :
           Yet
           still
           ,
           but
           for
           those
           men
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           Pious
           and
           Learned
           Protestants
           ,
           't
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           he
           would
           at
           this
           day
           have
           taken
           (
           as
           some
           others
           do
           )
           the
           Apocryphal
           to
           have
           been
           of
           equal
           Authority
           with
           the
           Canonical
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           He
           therefore
           has
           done
           extreamly
           ill
           in
           putting
           Protestants
           amongst
           his
           delinquent
           Pupils
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           he
           thinks
           us
           not
           honest
           ,
           why
           will
           he
           believe
           us
           ?
           if
           he
           does
           ,
           why
           should
           he
           think
           us
           damn'd
           ?
           as
           the
           inavoidable
           consequence
           of
           his
           wicked
           opinion
           does
           suppose
           .
           If
           all
           that
           were
           not
           ,
           are
           not
           ,
           nor
           ever
           will
           be
           Quakers
           ,
           were
           ,
           are
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           still
           in
           darkness
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           way
           to
           Hell
           ,
           (
           as
           fain
           he
           would
           have
           all
           believe
           )
           then
           certainly
           he
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           those
           learned
           and
           pious
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           translated
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           into
           the
           vulgar
           Tongues
           ;
           but
           that
           even
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           also
           all
           the
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           all
           the
           devout
           
             Confessors
             ,
             Virgins
          
           ,
           and
           Widows
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           till
           James
           Nailor's
           time
           ,
           have
           their
           portion
           onely
           in
           that
           woful
           place
           .
           Ah
           most
           wicked
           Wretch
           !
           how
           ,
           or
           when
           hadst
           thou
           authority
           to
           exclude
           true
           Penitents
           from
           eternal
           life
           ?
           or
           from
           the
           benefit
           of
           that
           Redemption
           purchased
           for
           us
           by
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           most
           
             holy
             Jesus
          
           ?
        
         
           We
           Protestants
           are
           taught
           and
           enjoyn'd
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           everlasting
           ruine
           ,
           
           most
           unfeignedly
           to
           repent
           of
           all
           our
           sins
           past
           ,
           and
           carefully
           to
           endeavour
           for
           the
           future
           that
           we
           sin
           no
           more
           .
           And
           that
           we
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           deliver
           us
           
             from
             all
             blindness
             of
             heart
             ,
             from
             Pride
             ,
             Vain-glory
             ,
             and
             Hypocrisie
             ;
             from
             Envy
             ,
             Hatred
             ,
             and
             Malice
             ,
             and
             all
             Vncharitableness
             :
             From
             all
             Sedition
             ,
             privy
             Conspiracy
             and
             Rebellion
             ,
             from
             all
             false
             Doctrine
             ,
             Heresie
             and
             Schism
             ;
             from
             Hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             Contempt
             of
             his
             Word
             and
             Commandment
             .
             That
             he
             would
             please
             to
             bring
             into
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             all
             such
             as
             have
             erred
             and
             are
             deceived
             :
             and
             give
             us
             all
             increase
             of
             Grace
             to
             hear
             meekly
             his
             Word
             ,
             to
             receive
             it
             with
             pure
             affection
             ,
             and
             bring
             forth
             the
             fruit
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
             And
             with
             the
             holy
             Prophet
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             please
             to
             make
             us
             clean
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             renew
             right
             Spirits
             within
             us
             :
             That
             he
             would
             not
             cast
             us
             away
             from
             his
             presence
             ,
             nor
             take
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             from
             us
             ;
             but
             mercifully
             give
             us
             the
             continual
             comfort
             of
             his
             help
             ,
             and
             establish
             us
             with
             his
             free
             Spirit
             :
          
           and
           as
           a
           just
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           endeavour
           all
           our
           days
           in
           our
           several
           stations
           ,
           to
           teach
           his
           ways
           unto
           the
           wicked
           ,
           
             that
             sinners
             may
             be
             converted
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           will
           such
           a
           sincere
           course
           ,
           and
           such
           humble
           Prayers
           as
           these
           stand
           us
           in
           no
           stead
           ,
           unless
           also
           we
           become
           Quakers
           ?
           God
           forbid
           !
        
         
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           there
           will
           come
           a
           day
           in
           which
           't
           will
           appear
           ,
           
             who
             serv'd
             God
             ,
             and
             who
             serv'd
             him
             not
             .
          
           When
           our
           Thomas
           may
           perhaps
           wish
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           never
           spent
           his
           time
           so
           idly
           ,
           in
           quest
           of
           nothing
           but
           incentives
           to
           Pride
           and
           Immorality
           :
           nor
           had
           abus'd
           God's
           Servants
           ,
           and
           the
           
           meaning
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           as
           Saint
           Peter
           said
           some
           had
           done
           Saint
           
           Paul's
           Epistles
           ,
           
             In
             which
          
           (
           saies
           he
           )
           
             are
             some
             things
             hard
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             which
             they
             that
             are
             unlearned
             and
             unstable
             ,
             wrest
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             also
             the
             other
             Scriptures
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           our
           foolish
           Quaker
           thought
           that
           if
           he
           did
           but
           interlard
           his
           ruful
           conceits
           with
           words
           of
           Holy
           Writ
           ,
           and
           Hoop
           his
           
             leakie
             Vessel
          
           with
           that
           refin'd
           Gold
           ,
           't
           would
           certainly
           hold
           Water
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           bring
           him
           reputation
           among
           those
           of
           his
           own
           way
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           some
           little
           profit
           too
           :
           which
           to
           all
           that
           have
           eyes
           to
           see
           ,
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           of
           any
           danger
           ,
           the
           Hook
           being
           so
           visible
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Bait
           )
           that
           nothing
           will
           be
           caught
           except
           some
           
             poor
             ,
             contemptible
          
           ,
           and
           very
           
             selly
             Fish
          
           indeed
           .
           So
           that
           all
           his
           trouble
           was
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           unless
           to
           shew
           his
           fool-hardiness
           in
           giving
           holy
           Isaac
           and
           Ezra
           the
           lie
           ,
           or
           to
           insinuate
           this
           way
           what
           skill
           he
           had
           at
           Sharps
           ,
           by
           his
           thus
           furiously
           
             running
             the
             Bible
             through
          
           .
        
         
           Sure
           he
           and
           his
           Fairy-crew
           are
           the
           very
           people
           pointed
           at
           by
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           (
           in
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           )
           
             Of
             this
             sort
             are
             they
             that
             creep
             into
             houses
             ,
             and
             lead
             captive
             silly
             women
             ,
             laden
             with
             sin
             ,
             led
             away
             with
             divers
             lusts
             ,
          
           &c.
           adding
           in
           the
           very
           next
           Chapter
           ,
           
             The
             time
             will
             come
             when
             they
             will
             not
             endure
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
             but
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
             heap
             to
             themselves
             Teachers
             ,
             having
             itching
             ears
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           our
           Quaker
           will
           not
           endure
           that
           this
           should
           be
           fulfill'd
           by
           him
           and
           his
           Blazing-stars
           ;
           for
           they
           
           (
           if
           any
           body
           he
           so
           mad
           as
           to
           believe
           him
           )
           
             have
             got
             the
             Key
             of
          
           David
           
             with
             which
             they
             can
             instantly
             unlock
             all
             mysteries
             .
          
           It
           may
           be
           so
           ;
           but
           I
           should
           be
           extreamly
           loth
           to
           swear
           it
           .
           For
           instance
           ,
           I
           verily
           believe
           he
           knows
           not
           the
           meaning
           of
           ,
           
             Beatus
             qui
             praestolabitur
             ;
             &
             perveniet
             ad
             dies
             mille
             trecentos
             triginta
             quinque
             :
          
           nor
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           These
           are
           words
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           neither
           he
           nor
           any
           Quaker
           living
           can
           tell
           us
           ,
           (
           I
           do
           not
           say
           the
           bare
           English
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           )
           the
           true
           intent
           ,
           meaning
           ,
           and
           signification
           thereof
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           that
           
             secret
             things
             belong
             to
             God
             ;
             but
             the
             revealed
             to
             us
             and
             our
             Children
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           Thomas
           is
           therefore
           but
           a
           false
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           Hypocrite
           ,
           boasting
           of
           skill
           in
           those
           mysteries
           which
           (
           indeed
           )
           he
           knows
           nothing
           of
           ,
           being
           wholly
           ignorant
           of
           that
           very
           thing
           wherein
           he
           pretends
           his
           greatest
           ,
           his
           
             incomparable
             Talent
          
           lies
           .
           No
           ,
           he
           's
           much
           fitter
           to
           
             plant
             Tobacco
          
           ,
           &c.
           or
           at
           best
           to
           mind
           his
           Ax
           and
           Saw
           ,
           the
           Joynter
           and
           the
           Adz
           (
           alias
           Nedde
           )
           the
           Crisle
           and
           the
           Head-knife
           ,
           the
           Spoak
           and
           the
           Round-sheve
           ,
           the
           Dowling
           and
           the
           Taper-Bitts
           ,
           the
           Tap
           and
           the
           Bung-bore
           ,
           than
           to
           open
           intricate
           and
           abstruse
           places
           ;
           being
           undoubtedly
           much
           more
           dexterous
           and
           of
           a
           clearer
           understanding
           in
           the
           use
           of
           these
           Tools
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           sacred
           business
           of
           a
           divine
           Interpreter
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           worse
           yet
           ;
           I
           believe
           he
           is
           ignorant
           in
           his
           very
           Trade
           of
           
             Quack
             Chyrurgery
          
           ,
           and
           can't
           so
           much
           as
           enlighten
           his
           credulous
           and
           very
           venturous
           Patients
           ,
           with
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Hypo
           and
           the
           Epigaster
           ,
           
           the
           
             Medulla
             Spinalis
          
           ,
           and
           Pilorus
           ;
           the
           
             Syncondrosis
             ,
             Syndeurosis
          
           ,
           and
           Synsarcosis
           ;
           nor
           how
           far
           it
           is
           from
           the
           
             Midriff
             to
             the
             left
             Ventricle
             of
             the
             Heart
          
           ;
           or
           from
           his
           own
           
             Metapedium's
             to
             the
             Subclavicular
             branch
             of
             his
             Vena
             Cava
             :
          
           He
           knows
           not
           what
           the
           Thorax
           ,
           the
           
             Apophysces
             Mamillares
          
           ,
           the
           Diaphragma
           ,
           the
           Nombril
           ,
           the
           Paroxysm
           and
           
             Prostata
             ,
             Parastates
             ,
             Amnios
          
           or
           Corion
           mean
           :
           Nor
           is
           he
           able
           to
           acquaint
           them
           
             (
             Cacochymically
          
           )
           how
           the
           Placenta
           has
           to
           do
           with
           the
           
             Lacteal
             vein
          
           ,
           or
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Vertebra's
           with
           the
           
             Os
             Sacrum
          
           :
           Or
           what
           a
           
             Cathartique
             Cataplasm
          
           signifies
           to
           a
           Quaker
           that
           has
           a
           Windmil
           in
           his
           Scull
           :
           nor
           discover
           to
           the
           World
           all
           the
           Distempers
           
             China-root
             ,
             Sassafras
             ,
             Sarsaparilla
             ,
             Diapalma
             ,
          
           and
           
             Album
             Rasis
          
           ,
           are
           good
           for
           .
           Nor
           how
           far
           it
           is
           from
           Scylla
           to
           Charybdis
           ,
           or
           what
           consanguinity
           there
           is
           between
           the
           Porpos
           and
           the
           Whale
           ,
           or
           the
           Craw-fish
           and
           the
           Lobster
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           he
           has
           but
           Honesty
           enough
           to
           confess
           his
           ignorance
           in
           these
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           other
           as
           poor
           and
           common
           things
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           easie
           is
           it
           for
           him
           to
           be
           defective
           in
           far
           remoter
           undertakings
           ?
        
         
           But
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           huffing
           pretence
           to
           the
           Key
           of
           David
           ,
           he
           is
           so
           conscious
           of
           somewhat
           (
           'twere
           well
           if
           of
           his
           own
           ignorance
           )
           that
           in
           the
           fifteenth
           Page
           of
           his
           abominable
           Book
           ,
           he
           saies
           ,
           
             As
             you
             prize
             the
             welfare
             of
             your
             immortal
             Souls
             ,
             cease
             from
             man
             ,
             and
             man's
             teaching
             :
          
           In
           which
           (
           methinks
           )
           he
           's
           guilty
           of
           
             Felo
             de
             Se
          
           ,
           of
           having
           destroy'd
           himself
           ;
           for
           he
           addes
           ,
           
             that
             the
             true
             Teacher
             is
             onely
             
             the
             anointing
             from
             within
             :
          
           and
           we
           all
           know
           
             that
             our
          
           Thomas
           
             is
             not
             that
             anointing
          
           ;
           therefore
           not
           fit
           at
           all
           (
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           )
           to
           be
           a
           Teacher
           .
           And
           here
           indeed
           (
           to
           give
           the
           Devil
           his
           due
           )
           he
           was
           very
           much
           in
           the
           right
           on
           't
           ;
           for
           having
           no
           authority
           from
           either
           God
           or
           Man
           to
           teach
           ,
           all
           he
           ever
           did
           ,
           or
           can
           do
           ;
           will
           be
           but
           
             man's
             teaching
          
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           worst
           way
           in
           the
           World
           of
           teaching
           too
           .
           How
           foolish
           therefore
           was
           he
           in
           this
           way
           of
           expressing
           himself
           ?
           bidding
           people
           cease
           from
           doing
           that
           very
           thing
           which
           he
           at
           the
           same
           time
           does
           ;
           intimating
           (
           to
           such
           fools
           as
           will
           believe
           it
           )
           
             as
             if
             he
             were
             really
             something
             more
             than
             Man
          
           ;
           leading
           men
           to
           the
           same
           fatal
           Precipice
           that
           
           Herod's
           Flatterers
           arriv'd
           at
           ,
           to
           vouch
           his
           proud
           sayings
           ,
           his
           imperious
           Non-sence
           ,
           
             to
             be
             the
             Voice
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             man.
             
          
        
         
           After
           which
           he
           invites
           us
           all
           
             to
             come
             and
             drink
             of
             the
             Waters
             of
             life
             freely
          
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           alone
           had
           had
           them
           in
           his
           keeping
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           dispens'd
           but
           when
           ,
           where
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           he
           pleas'd
           ;
           this
           was
           very
           hard
           and
           strange
           indeed
           !
           Is
           it
           no
           longer
           possible
           to
           partake
           of
           those
           
             blessed
             Springs
          
           but
           from
           his
           Heretical
           and
           
             poisoned
             Cistern
          
           ?
           God
           forbid
           !
           I
           could
           wish
           the
           poor
           wretch
           may
           be
           forgiven
           this
           extravagance
           ;
           for
           certainly
           he
           knows
           not
           so
           much
           as
           what
           those
           
             holy
             Waters
          
           mean
           :
           Let
           us
           therefore
           most
           earnestly
           pray
           in
           the
           words
           of
           holy
           Church
           ,
        
         
           
             That
             God
             ,
             who
             shews
             to
             them
             that
             be
             in
             errour
             the
             Light
             of
             his
             Truth
             ,
             to
             the
             intent
             they
             may
             return
             
             into
             the
             way
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             would
             mercifully
             grant
             to
             all
             them
             that
             are
             admitted
             to
             the
             fellowship
             of
             Christ's
             Religion
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             eschew
             all
             those
             things
             that
             are
             contrary
             to
             their
             Profession
             ,
             and
             follow
             such
             good
             things
             as
             are
             agreeable
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           really
           those
           
             holy
             Waters
          
           were
           in
           his
           keeping
           ,
           and
           wholly
           at
           his
           dispose
           ,
           may
           we
           not
           dare
           to
           suspect
           his
           generosity
           ?
           Does
           his
           own
           trifling
           
             Pedlary
             stuff
          
           go
           off
           at
           that
           free
           rate
           ?
           who
           ever
           has
           receiv'd
           his
           
             corruptible
             things
          
           for
           nothing
           ?
           Has
           he
           never
           meekly
           finger'd
           Goose
           or
           
             Gibblets
             ,
             Pig
          
           or
           
             Pettitoes
             ,
             Wine
          
           or
           Honey
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           soothing
           ,
           from
           those
           of
           his
           own
           Gang
           ?
           How
           then
           shall
           we
           believe
           that
           he
           will
           do
           greater
           and
           infinitely
           better
           matters
           freely
           ?
        
         
           Freeness
           ,
           in
           the
           best
           sence
           ,
           is
           a
           branch
           of
           holy
           Charity
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           so
           far
           from
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           become
           unjust
           too
           ;
           
             a
             Robber
             upon
             God's
             High-way
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             bids
             us
             stand
             ,
             and
             deliver
             up
             the
             very
             means
             of
             Salvation
             :
          
           forbids
           
             holy
             and
             lawful
             Teaching
          
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           that
           Commission
           which
           God
           himself
           hath
           given
           ;
           
             Go
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             baptizing
             them
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
          
           And
           would
           invalidate
           that
           most
           gracious
           condescention
           of
           our
           Lord
           in
           saying
           ,
           
             As
             my
             Father
             sent
             me
             ,
             so
             send
             I
             you
             .
          
           And
           thus
           be
           would
           destroy
           and
           root
           up
           even
           what
           the
           Lord
           himself
           hath
           planted
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           said
           bad
           enough
           of
           this
           miserable
           
           Charon
           ,
           this
           wicked
           
             Ferry-man
             of
             Hell
          
           ?
           that
           thus
           Rows
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           looks
           another
           ;
           that
           sets
           up
           
             a
             trade
             of
             Teaching
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           tells
           the
           people
           that
           they
           need
           none
           ?
           Giving
           us
           indeed
           (
           not
           
             the
             Waters
             of
             Life
          
           ,
           but
           )
           a
           World
           of
           
             Nonsence
             ,
             freely
          
           ;
           and
           ought
           certainly
           to
           be
           as
           freely
           chastis'd
           and
           corrected
           for
           't
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           look
           to
           the
           bottom
           of
           his
           wicked
           designe
           ,
           the
           main
           of
           his
           Artillery
           lies
           levell'd
           against
           those
           
             that
             serve
             at
             God's
             Altar
          
           ;
           and
           is
           hugely
           ill
           at
           ease
           ,
           that
           God
           and
           Man
           hath
           appointed
           such
           any
           thing
           to
           live
           upon
           ;
           as
           thinking
           it
           abundantly
           sitter
           they
           should
           be
           forc'd
           to
           beg
           their
           Bread.
           And
           this
           ,
           because
           he
           considers
           that
           some
           encouragement
           ,
           some
           assistances
           even
           from
           this
           world
           ,
           are
           but
           necessary
           to
           whet
           the
           industry
           of
           the
           Ingenious
           ,
           for
           their
           better
           and
           more
           chearful
           progress
           in
           
             true
             Piety
          
           and
           
             good
             Learning
          
           :
           and
           might
           consider
           also
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           for
           this
           ,
           but
           likewise
           for
           our
           everlasting
           concerns
           in
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           allow'd
           
             respect
             to
             a
             recompense
             of
             reward
             .
          
           But
           the
           destruction
           of
           all
           good
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           principal
           thing
           he
           aims
           it
           ;
           knowing
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           ever
           Holiness
           and
           
             pious
             Education
             ,
             Devotion
          
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           have
           any
           countenance
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           so
           long
           will
           the
           Ignorance
           and
           the
           Folly
           ,
           the
           Malice
           and
           the
           Hypocrisie
           of
           Quakers
           be
           discover'd
           and
           condemn'd
           .
           He
           therefore
           charges
           the
           main
           encouragers
           of
           Vertue
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           woful
           name
           of
           Hirelings
           ;
           and
           thinks
           it
           a
           most
           fine
           and
           glib
           way
           to
           depreciate
           and
           bring
           disparagement
           upon
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           were
           
           infected
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           see
           any
           body
           sound
           and
           well
           .
        
         
           The
           Tythes
           (
           the
           chief
           cause
           of
           all
           his
           grumbling
           )
           are
           but
           a
           portion
           which
           God
           himself
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           own
           world
           ,
           hath
           given
           to
           such
           as
           minister
           about
           holy
           things
           :
           And
           may
           not
           the
           Great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           do
           what
           he
           will
           with
           his
           own
           ?
           
             Is
             thy
             eye
             evil
          
           (
           said
           our
           Saviour
           )
           
             because
             I
             am
             good
          
           ?
           'T
           was
           never
           likely
           that
           God
           would
           be
           less
           kinde
           to
           the
           Servants
           of
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           than
           he
           had
           been
           to
           any
           body
           else
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           meant
           to
           exclude
           them
           onely
           from
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           good
           Providence
           .
           
             They
             that
             will
             not
             work
             ,
             neither
             let
             them
             eat
             ,
          
           is
           most
           authentically
           true
           ;
           yet
           not
           in
           
             all
             cases
          
           ,
           nor
           of
           
             all
             persons
          
           ,
           nor
           of
           any
           at
           
             all
             times
          
           .
           The
           labour
           of
           the
           Body
           profits
           little
           ;
           that
           of
           the
           Minde
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           of
           as
           much
           greater
           value
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           of
           a
           higher
           importance
           .
           'T
           is
           therefore
           but
           in
           vain
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           works
           but
           he
           that
           goes
           to
           Plough
           ,
           or
           that
           no
           man
           is
           charitable
           but
           he
           that
           gives
           his
           whole
           Estate
           away
           .
           He
           that
           watches
           and
           
             takes
             care
             over
             the
             Flock
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             labours
             in
             the
             Vineyard
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           or
           
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
          
           may
           certainly
           with
           good
           reason
           be
           said
           to
           work
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           very
           eminently
           known
           who
           it
           was
           Saint
           Paul
           called
           ,
           
             his
             fellow-worker
             in
             the
             Lord.
          
           
        
         
           In
           Gen.
           47.22
           .
           it
           is
           said
           
             The
             Priests
             had
             a
             Portion
             assigned
             them
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           holy
           Joseph
           (
           that
           knew
           better
           than
           any
           Quaker
           living
           both
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           leave
           undone
           )
           
             would
             not
             meddle
             with
             any
             part
             of
             that
             Portion
             .
          
           And
           God
           making
           
           a
           Prohibition
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           (
           Hos.
           4.4
           .
           )
           says
           ,
           
             Let
             no
             man
             strive
             nor
             reprove
             another
             ;
             for
             this
             people
             are
             as
             they
             that
             strive
             with
             the
             Priest.
          
           And
           the
           holy
           Patriarch
           Abraham
           (
           whose
           
             Faith
             ,
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           did
           infinitely
           surpass
           all
           that
           our
           Thomas
           is
           endu'd
           with
           )
           
             gave
             a
             tenth
             part
             of
             all
             that
             he
             had
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
          
           (
           Hebr.
           2.7
           .
           )
           which
           me
           thinks
           might
           be
           enough
           to
           stop
           those
           unhallow'd
           Mouths
           that
           so
           inveterately
           rail
           against
           such
           as
           they
           ought
           with
           humble
           reverence
           to
           honour
           and
           esteem
           ,
           at
           least
           
             for
             their
             work-sake
          
           ,
           as
           being
           
             the
             Ministers
             and
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           To
           which
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           
             the
             obedience
             due
             to
             every
             Ordinance
             of
             Man
             for
             the
             Lord's
             sake
             :
          
           and
           then
           ,
           what
           was
           confirm'd
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Charta
             de
             Foresta
          
           (
           in
           the
           9th
           year
           of
           Hen.
           3.
           )
           may
           very
           reasonably
           take
           place
           .
           The
           words
           are
           ,
           
             We
             have
             granted
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             Our
             present
             Charter
             have
             Confirmed
             ,
             for
             Vs
             and
             our
             Heirs
             for
             ever
             ,
             That
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             shall
             be
             free
             ,
             and
             shall
             have
             all
             her
             Holy
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             inviolable
             .
          
           This
           stood
           good
           then
           ,
           and
           does
           so
           still
           with
           such
           as
           have
           not
           lost
           all
           sense
           of
           Honesty
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Religion
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           a
           Maxime
           in
           all
           Laws
           ,
           
             Quod
             Nostrum
             est
             ,
             sine
             facto
             Nostro
             transferri
             non
             potest
             .
          
           And
           Solomon
           says
           to
           such
           as
           refuse
           obedience
           in
           much
           the
           like
           case
           ;
           
             He
             that
             turns
             away
             his
             ear
             from
             hearing
             the
             Law
             ,
             even
             his
             prayer
             shall
             be
             an
             abomination
             :
          
           nor
           was
           it
           ever
           doubted
           by
           any
           man
           of
           Justice
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           but
           that
           an
           estate
           in
           Tythes
           or
           otherwise
           belonging
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           as
           truly
           and
           justly
           the
           Right
           and
           
           Property
           of
           every
           
             Incumbent
             Canonically
             Ordain'd
             ,
             Instituted
          
           ,
           and
           Inducted
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           an
           honest
           man
           lawfully
           enjoys
           ,
           can
           possibly
           be
           his
           .
           All
           which
           the
           holy
           Apostle
           justifies
           ,
           when
           speaking
           of
           what
           he
           and
           others
           might
           do
           by
           God's
           own
           Order
           ,
           (
           1
           Cor.
           9.6
           ,
           11
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           )
           
             Have
             not
             we
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             power
             to
             forbear
             working
             ?
             If
             we
             have
             sown
             unto
             you
             spiritual
             things
             ,
             is
             it
             a
             great
             matter
             if
             we
             reap
             your
             carnal
             things
             ?
             Do
             ye
             not
             know
             that
             they
             which
             minister
             about
             holy
             things
             ,
             live
             of
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Temple
             ?
             and
             that
             they
             which
             wait
             at
             the
             Altar
             ,
             are
             partakers
             with
             the
             Altar
             ?
             Even
             so
             hath
             the
             Lord
             ordained
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             should
             live
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           But
           our
           Lay-preacher
           ,
           this
           infallible
           Cooper
           ,
           hates
           as
           well
           the
           name
           of
           Priest
           as
           
             the
             paying
             of
             his
             Tythes
          
           ;
           and
           shews
           it
           in
           saying
           (
           in
           his
           fifth
           Page
           )
           
             That
             the
             Priests
             did
             bemoan
             the
             death
             of
          
           Oliver
           ,
           
             and
             that
             this
             had
             been
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             Priests
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
          
           All
           which
           is
           a
           most
           abominable
           untruth
           :
           For
           when
           did
           ever
           any
           true
           Protestant-minister
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           make
           any
           fawning
           Addresses
           to
           
             Richard
             Cromwel
          
           ?
           or
           bemoan
           and
           grieve
           for
           the
           death
           of
           Oliver
           ?
           speak
           Thomas
           ,
           and
           call
           thy self
           a
           Liar
           and
           a
           Fool
           ;
           and
           then
           peradventure
           God
           may
           give
           thee
           Grace
           to
           repent
           before
           it
           be
           too
           late
           .
           And
           remember
           that
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           was
           himself
           both
           a
           Bishop
           and
           a
           Priest
           ;
           and
           is
           said
           by
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           to
           be
           
             a
             Priest
             for
             ever
             after
             the
             Order
             of
             Melchisedec
          
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           to
           be
           
             the
             great
             Shepherd
             and
             Bishop
             of
             our
             Souls
             .
          
        
         
         
           Near
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           his
           waste
           Paper
           (
           which
           he
           has
           been
           taught
           to
           call
           Postscript
           )
           seems
           to
           lodge
           the
           greatest
           Foolery
           of
           any
           in
           the
           whole
           Project
           :
           for
           he
           calls
           us
           all
           
             his
             Friends
             ,
             Oh
             his
             dear
             Friends
             !
          
           a
           mighty
           alteration
           this
           !
           How
           dares
           he
           venture
           to
           call
           us
           so
           ,
           whom
           in
           another
           place
           he
           proclaims
           to
           be
           
             the
             Enemies
             of
             Christ
          
           ?
           Our
           blessed
           Redeemer
           said
           ,
           
             Ye
             are
             my
             friends
             if
             ye
             do
             what
             I
             command
             you
             :
          
           but
           our
           Thomas
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           
             pay
             Tribute
             to
             whom
             Tribute
             ,
             Custom
             to
             whom
             Custom
             ,
             or
             Honour
             to
             whom
             Honour's
             due
             ,
          
           cannot
           be
           Christ's
           friend
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           suppos'd
           ours
           .
           Yet
           in
           Christian
           Charity
           I
           'll
           most
           heartily
           recommend
           Saint
           
           Paul's
           advice
           (
           Heb.
           3.12
           .
           )
           not
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Quakers
           onely
           ,
           but
           likewise
           to
           all
           those
           other
           unhappy
           wretches
           ,
           who
           from
           the
           bosom
           of
           God's
           Church
           ,
           run
           greedily
           upon
           their
           own
           ruine
           :
           
             Take
             heed
             brethren
             lest
             there
             be
             in
             any
             of
             you
             an
             evil
             heart
             of
             unbelief
             in
             departing
             from
             the
             living
             God.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           making
           of
           a
           great
           noise
           ,
           or
           speaking
           loud
           and
           long
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           nor
           repeating
           the
           same
           words
           a
           hundred
           times
           over
           in
           the
           same
           Speech
           ,
           an
           impertinent
           Harangue
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           a
           
             confused
             ,
             uncouth
          
           ,
           and
           most
           incoherent
           manner
           ,
           (
           which
           really
           and
           truly
           is
           the
           whole
           business
           of
           a
           Preaching-Quaker
           )
           this
           (
           I
           say
           )
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           make
           
             our
             Calling
             and
             Election
             sure
          
           .
           But
           the
           certain
           and
           safe
           course
           is
           ,
           
             truely
             and
             most
             earnestly
             to
             repent
             us
             of
             all
             our
             sins
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             love
             and
             charity
             with
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             leading
             a
             new
             life
             ,
             following
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             walking
             
             from
             henceforth
             in
             his
             holy
             ways
          
           ;
           (
           for
           ,
           
             without
             holiness
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           )
           This
           (
           I
           say
           )
           is
           what
           most
           certainly
           will
           stand
           us
           in
           good
           stead
           
             at
             the
             Hour
             of
             Death
          
           and
           
             Day
             of
             Judgement
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Testimony
             ,
          
           (
           Isa.
           8.20
           .
           )
           according
           to
           which
           whosoever
           speaks
           not
           ,
           
             it
             is
             because
             there
             is
             no
          
           LIGHT
           
             in
             them
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Atteb
           i'r
           COWPER
           O
           GAERWYS
           ,
           o'i
           Lythyr
           anraslon
           at
           y
           CYMRU
           .
        
         
           YSpys
           oeddem
           er
           ystalm
           fod
           y
           Bendro
           arnat
           ;
           ond
           nis
           gwybuom
           dy
           fod
           o'
           th
           gôf
           ,
           nes
           gweled
           dy
           bappyr
           anhirion
           .
           Tydi
           a
           wyddit
           fod
           y
           Cymru
           wedi
           eu
           dyscu
           yn
           Ffydd
           a
           Ffyrdd
           yr
           Arglwydd
           ,
           lawer
           cant
           o
           flynyddoedd
           cyn
           i'r
           Wiber
           ddodwy
           yn
           dy
           Siolyn
           ,
           na
           bod
           crioed
           sôn
           am
           Gwaceriaeth
           yn
           y
           byd
           ;
           ac
           a
           wyddit
           ma'i
           nad
           Cyscu
           yr
           oeddem
           pan
           beraist
           ti
           inni
           Ddeffro
           .
        
         
           Pa
           bryd
           y
           clowaist
           nyni'n
           gwadu
           fod
           dydd
           yr
           ARGLWYDD
           wedi
           gwawrio
           ?
           Ma'i
           nad
           CRIST
           yw
           goleini'r
           byd
           ,
           
           Neu
           ,
           ma'i
           nad
           Ei
           YSPRYD
           bendigedig
           Ef
           ,
           sy'n
           Towys
           ,
           yn
           Cyfrwyddo
           ,
           ac
           yn
           Cynghori
           Ei
           holl
           ufydd
           wasanaethwyr
           ?
           A
           phwy
           o
           Honom
           (
           trwy
           holl
           Wynedd
           )
           a
           wyddost
           yn
           disgwil
           llwyddiant
           Corphorol
           nag
           Ysprydol
           ,
           yn
           y
           byd
           hwn
           ,
           nag
           yn
           y
           byd
           a
           ddaw
           ,
           heb
           wir
           Edifeirwch
           ,
           ac
           nes
           ufudd
           grefu
           gan
           Dduw
           faddeuant
           o'n
           holl
           bechodau
           a'n
           camweddau
           ,
           i'r
           mwyn
           grasusol
           Haeddedigaethau'r
           JESU
           ?
           Onid
           ydys
           eusys
           yn
           Ein
           dyscu
           yn
           yr
           EGLWYSI
           ,
           a
           chan
           Lyfrau
           da
           Ein
           BUGEILIAID
           CYFREITHLON
           Ein
           hunain
           ,
           beth
           a
           Gredwn
           ,
           a
           pheth
           a
           Wnawn
           ?
           Ma'i
           nad
           Ffydd
           yn
           unig
           ,
           onid
           hefyd
           fod
           yn
           anghenrhaid
           
           Weithredoedd
           da
           tuag
           at
           feddianu
           bywyd
           tragwyddol
           .
           A
           elli
           di
           ddyscu
           ffordd
           well
           ,
           a
           nês
           i'r
           Nef
           na
           hon
           ?
           Os
           medri
           ,
           Dysc
           ,
           onide
           ,
           Taw.
           
        
         
           Yn
           dy
           holl
           Rigwm
           nid
           oes
           un
           gair
           mewn
           Trefn
           ,
           na
           Rhôl
           ,
           na
           Rheswn
           .
           A
           diammeu
           mae
           dianghenrhaid
           a
           fuasse
           myned
           i
           ddywedyd
           (
           i'r
           mwyn
           llês
           i'r
           eneidiau
           )
           fod
           dwrf
           yn
           HAFREN
           a
           DOWRFDWY
           ,
           a'i
           fod
           yn
           ymdowallt
           o'r
           rheini
           i'r
           môr
           ;
           fod
           Sêr
           a
           Lleuad
           ,
           fod
           Codiad
           a
           Machlud
           Haul
           ,
           a
           dymyno
           ar
           bobl
           goelio
           fod
           hyn
           yn
           wir
           :
           ac
           etto
           roedd
           dy
           daith
           ynfyd
           ti
           ,
           o
           efrydd
           yn
           oferach
           .
        
         
           Ond
           ymhellach
           i
           egluro
           dy
           ffolineb
           ,
           tydi
           a
           fynit
           inni
           gymeryd
           
           dy
           air
           ,
           ma'i
           CYFLOGWYR
           yw'r
           EGLWYSWYR
           ,
           ac
           ma'i
           ffô
           a
           wnânt
           pan
           ddelo'r
           BLAIDD
           i
           blîth
           Eu
           Defeidiau
           .
           BLAIDD
           diffaith
           distrowys
           wyt
           ti
           ,
           yn
           Ein
           mysc
           er
           Stalm
           ;
           yn
           ceisio
           gwenwyno'r
           Meusydd
           ,
           a
           Sathru'r
           Corlennydd
           tan
           dy
           draed
           :
           etto
           pa
           sawl
           un
           o'r
           CYFLOGWYR
           rheini
           a
           redasant
           o'r
           Wlâd
           o
           herwydd
           dy
           fod
           ti
           ynddi
           ?
        
         
           Dos
           ,
           gofyn
           i
           Dduw
           faddeuant
           am
           dy
           holl
           bechodau
           a'
           th
           anwireddau
           ,
           cyn
           i'r
           DDRAIG
           Gythreilig
           o'r
           Carchardy
           tanllyd
           ,
           dy
           lysco
           i'
           th
           losci
           yn
           dragwyddol
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .