These following words the Lord required a servant of his to write this very day and about the same hour the people called Quakers were debating their paper against mee [by] J.P. Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. 1670 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54272 Wing P1420 ESTC R30097 11244064 ocm 11244064 47079 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Society of Friends -- Controversial literature. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion These following words the LORD required a Servant of his to write the very day , and about the same hour the People called Quakers we , debating their Paper against mee . J. P. OYe People , called by the Name of the LORD , why seek ye to stop the Leadings of his pure Spirit of Life in his Children , that seek nothing but to serve Him , nor delight in any thing but to obey Him ? the glory of this World , and the favour of men they despise . Why , why Cannot you let them have their Consciences at liberty to serve the LORD ? In our Father's House is Bread enough ; to Him wee must go ; in Him our Souls take pleasure : It 's His Right alone to Rule , and wee cannot give it to any other , neither can we bow to the Will of any , though because of that wee be cast out from amongst You ; in Meekness , Love , and Lowliness of Mind wee can bear your hard speeches , but only as the LORD leads , so must wee follow Him. O the riches of his Love ! who can declare it ? Is the Cross now become an offence unto you ? that none can truly take it up and escape reviling . Ah , my Father ! the Noble Birth thou hast raised up , that must follow Thee fully ; its joy and delight being only in doing thy Will , and thy Peace is reward enough : In the quiet retired mind let all sink down this day , and they shall know that saying fulfill'd , Not one barren amongst them , but every one bearing Twins . Oh , thou pure righteous Seed ! who teacheth like Thee ? Thy Glory is excellent , and cannot be given to any other . Oh ye wise men , quench not the Spirit , seek not to quench the Spirit , but let it arise in whom it will , and be not you so troubled , for as much as some there be that must be kept chast unto it , and are willing to lay down their lives for its sake . Many years tryal have wee made of it , and found the virtue and life thereof , and it a present strength in all temptations , its love and bounty in all sufferings . O my Soul , bend to none that would oppose its Leadings , it being known to thee the chiefest of ten thousund ; yea , the Marriage of the LAMB is truly come , and the Friend of the BRIDEGROOM greatly rejoyceth to hear the BRIDEGROOM's Voice : They who stand and hear Him , have no desire to cumber themselves with many things , but to keep waiting in silence . O GOD of mighty Power , arise and reign in thy full Dominion , in the Hearts of all thy dearly beloved Children , who cry night and day for thy Presence , and nothing else can satisfie . A Kinsman of mine writing to his Father into the North , sent him one of those Papers I had got printed , which gave an account concerning my intention of carrying my Books out of my house , and of my burning about the quantity of a quarter of a sheet of paper upon the Exchange in London , &c. A Copy of whose Answer I am willing here to insert . J. P. SON , Though the condition your Uncle is now in , is I believe no whit troublesom to him , resigned up welcomly to recieve what hee concieves unjustly comes upon him ; yet I cannot but in affection to him , ( which I have reason to have for him ) have a resentment of his Sufferings . I do believe hee would be unwilling any Friend should any way be engaged for his Liberty sake ; But if I were with you I should endeavour it even against his mind : And therefore I would have you try what your Engagement in his behalf could procure for him : You may consult with Mr. Bates , and joyn with him in what you think may be for his good . I gather from his Paper , and I should have said so of this Act without it , that he did not this in his own will , but as required thereto by the LORD . But I expected in his Paper his reasons to the World more particularly , and what this Burning should be a Sign of . These following words the person that writ to his Son abovesaid , writ also to mee after I was out of my first Imprisonment : I having sent him one of those Papers put out against mee by the People called Quakers . J. P. I Am truly glad thou art at liberty again , although I did believe thou mightest obtain it when thou pleasedst , no Law being broken : Yet , for thy Family's sake , thy Liberty is desirable , except thy Confinement were of publick service , and not to be prevented without unlawful complyance . People are generally dissatisfied concerning this passage of thine , for that ( besides the probability that thou wouldest have burnt those Books which the Porter carried after thee into the middle of the Exchange , and there ( as seems by thy Paper ) poured out ) thou dost not declare to what end and purpose the said Act was . Perhaps thou intendedst only to burn some loose and vain Pamphlets , to give publick detestation of their vanity ; or , perhaps thou didst intend to burn some of thy Friends Books , and other good Writings , to shew that they are too much idolized , that people look too much without , and that time will be when they shall be laid aside . A meaning I am perswaded thou hadst in it , which thou thinkest not fit to publish . In the mean time , since the Action had nothing of positive evil in it ; and since I , and all that know thee are assured that there could be nothing in it of self-interest , or dishonest project , it becomes us to be slow ( if not mild ) in judging . Hence I cannot but admire at this inclosed Paper ( as is intimated ) of the Ouakers , which in some parts of it looks like * a Roaring Romish Bull. They were too forward in their judgments , taking that for granted , which only they suspected , but did not know . But who were they ? It had been fit for them , in my judgement , to have given their Names ; for probably all call'd Quakers are not of their Opinion , and then the Paper is not true ; Besides that , having no hand to it , to own and assert the things certified , it becomes scandalous and libellous . I am perswaded the Authors of it will shortly , if they do not now wish , that the Words of it were as obscure and awanting as their Names . I being at the Press , Anne Mudd came to mee , and desired these following Lines might be inserted . J. P. FRIENDS , In bowels of Love this I have to say unto you . That the time is come that you must arise and come to Judgment , ye that have judged the Servant of the LORD for obeying his Command : . Wash your hands in Innocency , and then you shall not be guilty . Ann Mudd . Printed in the Year accounted 1670. and publised by mee John Pennyman . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A54272-e10 10th day of the Month called August , 1670. Notes for div A54272-e190 August 7 , 1670. Notes for div A54272-e330 * A Bull of Excommunication . August 22 , 1670.