A Babylonish opposer of truth by the truth reproved and his enmity, falshood, and confusion manifested in answer to an impertinent paper sent abroad by Thomas Crisp, in which his false foundation is discovered, and his building brought upon his own head / written by Stephen Crisp ; with a postscript by J. Penington and R. Richardson.
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             A Babylonish opposer of truth by the truth reproved and his enmity, falshood, and confusion manifested in answer to an impertinent paper sent abroad by Thomas Crisp, in which his false foundation is discovered, and his building brought upon his own head / written by Stephen Crisp ; with a postscript by J. Penington and R. Richardson.
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           A
           Babylonish
           Opposer
           OF
           TRUTH
           By
           the
           TRUTH
           REPROUED
           :
           AND
           His
           Enmity
           ,
           Falsehood
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           manifested
           in
           ANSWER
           to
           an
           Impertinent
           Paper
           sent
           abroad
           by
           Thomas
           Crisp
           .
        
         
           IN
           WHICH
           His
           False
           Foundation
           is
           discovered
           ,
           and
           his
           Building
           brought
           upon
           his
           own
           Head.
           
        
         
           WRITTEN
           By
           a
           Servant
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Witness
           against
           Lying
           and
           Lyars
           ,
           STEPHEN
           CRISP
           .
        
         
           With
           a
           POSTSCRIPT
           by
           
             J.
             Penington
          
           ,
           and
           
             R.
             Richardson
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Benjamin
             Clark
          
           in
           
           George-Yard
           in
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Babylonish
           Opposer
           of
           Truth
           by
           the
           Truth
           Reproved
           .
        
         
           
             THomas
             Crisp
          
           ,
           Thou
           or
           some
           other
           of
           thy
           Party
           having
           directed
           a
           Printed
           Paper
           to
           me
           ,
           called
           ▪
           
             Babels
             Builders
             unmasking
             themselves
          
           ;
           I
           have
           read
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           well
           considered
           the
           Contents
           thereof
           ,
           and
           do
           find
           that
           not
           only
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Enmity
           but
           also
           of
           Falshood
           and
           Contradiction
           is
           contained
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           is
           laid
           before
           thee
           in
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           and
           tenderness
           ,
           from
           one
           that
           seeks
           and
           desires
           thy
           Salvation
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           may
           have
           some
           effect
           upon
           thee
           to
           the
           abating
           thy
           foolish
           rashness
           ,
           and
           may
           bring
           thee
           to
           a
           better
           consideration
           of
           thy
           work
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           I
           chiefly
           desire
           and
           aim
           at
           :
           else
           am
           not
           apt
           to
           meddle
           with
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           having
           never
           loved
           Controversie
           for
           Controversie
           sake
           :
           but
           am
           one
           that
           satisfies
           my self
           in
           an
           assurance
           of
           Faith
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           believing
           it
           will
           break
           and
           confound
           all
           that
           rise
           up
           against
           it
           as
           it
           hitherto
           hath
           done
           .
        
         
           Now
           considering
           the
           time
           in
           which
           thou
           hast
           published
           thy
           Book
           against
           us
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           only
           time
           the
           Devil
           could
           have
           taken
           advantagiously
           to
           work
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           people
           a
           belief
           of
           our
           being
           in
           a
           hidden
           Confederacy
           with
           Rome
           ,
           when
           many
           of
           them
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           have
           by
           their
           wicked
           works
           rendred
           themselves
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           punishment
           of
           Just
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           abhorrence
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           time
           it
           is
           that
           thou
           renders
           us
           ,
           the
           people
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           least
           half
           way
           in
           Unity
           with
           them
           ,
           having
           taken
           such
           a
           stride
           over
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           such
           another
           may
           make
           us
           meet
           and
           embrace
           ,
           as
           in
           page
           9.
           and
           that
           our
           Judgment
           ,
           or
           the
           Judgment
           which
           we
           take
           part
           with
           is
           
             bare
             faced
             Popery
          
           ,
           as
           in
           page
           14.
           and
           in
           divers
           other
           particulars
           in
           thy
           Book
           :
           by
           all
           which
           thou
           dost
           but
           shew
           how
           willingly
           thou
           would
           have
           us
           fallen
           upon
           as
           Papists
           ,
           or
           render
           us
           suspitious
           both
           to
           Magistrate
           and
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           by
           thy
           
           crooked
           Insinuations
           ,
           as
           dangerous
           persons
           to
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           Oh
           Thomas
           !
           who
           hath
           set
           thee
           on
           work
           herein
           ,
           and
           so
           timed
           thy
           Book
           ,
           is
           manifested
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Father
           of
           Lies
           ,
           with
           whom
           thou
           wilt
           certainly
           have
           thy
           reward
           if
           thou
           Repent
           not
           .
           And
           when
           all
           is
           done
           of
           this
           kind
           that
           thou
           and
           you
           can
           do
           ,
           yet
           shall
           we
           appear
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           men
           of
           this
           and
           after
           .
           Generations
           to
           be
           in
           our
           principles
           and
           practice
           ,
           and
           life
           too
           ,
           at
           a
           farther
           distance
           from
           that
           sort
           o●
           men
           thou
           would
           link
           us
           to
           ,
           than
           ever
           your
           Ranting
           Libertine
           Spirit
           will
           lead
           you
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           shall
           see
           us
           delivered
           from
           the
           evil
           you
           thought
           to
           bring
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           see
           our
           Testimony
           shine
           over
           the
           heads
           of
           Papists
           and
           you
           too
           ,
           and
           your selves
           (
           for
           want
           of
           the
           Divine
           Assistance
           of
           God's
           power
           )
           crowch
           and
           truckle
           under
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           already
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           then
           will
           you
           gnaw
           your
           Tongues
           for
           very
           pain
           ,
           and
           the
           reward
           of
           your
           Enmity
           will
           come
           upon
           your
           own
           pates
           ,
           with
           a
           witness
           .
           Therefore
           if
           there
           be
           yet
           a
           day
           ,
           seek
           Mercy
           and
           forgiveness
           at
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           before
           he
           comes
           to
           render
           his
           Vengeance
           upon
           you
           for
           all
           your
           hard
           Speeches
           ,
           which
           ungodlily
           you
           have
           Spoken
           ,
           Written
           or
           Printed
           against
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           Heritage
           ,
           a
           People
           that
           fears
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           walks
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           his
           Day
           everlastingly
           ,
           upon
           which
           your
           Clouds
           and
           Smoke
           can
           no
           more
           bring
           a
           Night
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           thy
           deceit
           and
           falshood
           in
           this
           little
           Book
           which
           is
           grounded
           upon
           a
           Lie
           ,
           
             viz.
             G.
             F.
             G.
             W.
          
           and
           
             A.
             P.
          
           have
           not
           denied
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Barbados
           Paper
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           given
           one
           word
           of
           Reproof
           to
           it
           ;
           nor
           disowned
           the
           principles
           therein
           contained
           ,
           &c.
           now
           how
           notorious
           false
           this
           is
           every
           unbiassed
           Reader
           may
           Judge
           ;
           First
           ,
           They
           declare
           that
           this
           (
           meaning
           the
           Matter
           or
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Paper
           )
           would
           be
           the
           way
           to
           bring
           them
           all
           from
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           their
           own
           particulars
           .
           What
           Thomas
           ,
           is
           this
           not
           a
           word
           of
           Reproof
           ?
           is
           this
           not
           a
           disowning
           the
           Principle
           ?
           It
           's
           well
           said
           ,
           
             A
             Lyar
             had
             need
             of
             a
             good
             Memory
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           all
           are
           to
           give
           up
           to
           the
           Uuniversal
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           their
           own
           Particulars
           ;
           what
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           a
           disowning
           the
           Position
           of
           the
           Paper
           neither
           !
           Again
           ,
           as
           to
           Subscriptions
           to
           an
           outward
           tye
           be
           above
           such
           things
           ,
           &c.
           we
           desire
           you
           would
           stop
           this
           Paper
           for
           going
           any
           farther
           ,
           &c.
           
           What!
           not
           a
           word
           yet
           of
           Reproof
           or
           disowning
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           must
           bear
           the
           reflection
           of
           this
           Position
           ,
           
           as
           if
           he
           and
           they
           had
           been
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ;
           Hath
           not
           thy
           Enmity
           betrayed
           thy
           Reason
           ,
           and
           robbed
           thee
           of
           common
           Justice
           and
           Ingenuity
           too
           .
           Yea
           ,
           but
           thou
           objects
           ,
           page
           11.
           that
           they
           are
           more
           afraid
           of
           the
           publication
           ,
           than
           ashamed
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           &c.
           
           This
           seems
           to
           me
           a
           very
           silly
           Allegation
           ,
           for
           if
           the
           Paper
           were
           so
           much
           according
           to
           G.
           F's
           ,
           &c.
           minds
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           very
           product
           of
           what
           we
           had
           laboured
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           what
           should
           make
           
             G.
             F.
          
           or
           any
           of
           us
           afraid
           of
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           ?
           hath
           that
           ever
           been
           our
           practice
           ,
           to
           be
           afraid
           to
           publish
           the
           Conclusions
           and
           Agreements
           of
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           name
           and
           power
           of
           God
           have
           concluded
           and
           agreed
           upon
           things
           that
           we
           knew
           would
           stand
           and
           be
           justifiable
           by
           God's
           Witness
           ,
           though
           we
           knew
           they
           would
           meet
           with
           opposition
           from
           bad
           Spirits
           ;
           What
           needed
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           care
           what
           bad
           Spirits
           or
           Apostates
           would
           say
           of
           the
           Paper
           if
           they
           got
           it
           ;
           but
           only
           because
           we
           knew
           there
           was
           a
           ground
           given
           them
           so
           to
           say
           ;
           we
           use
           not
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           what
           you
           can
           say
           to
           us
           or
           our
           Papers
           ,
           which
           are
           wrirten
           in
           the
           true
           and
           Divine
           Authority
           of
           the
           power
           of
           God
           which
           is
           over
           you
           all
           :
           but
           let
           them
           go
           abroad
           freely
           for
           you
           to
           say
           your
           worst
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           barking
           at
           neither
           the
           Sun
           nor
           the
           Moon
           can
           keep
           them
           from
           shining
           :
           so
           that
           it
           must
           needs
           appear
           that
           it
           was
           the
           dislike
           that
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           had
           to
           the
           Paper
           that
           caused
           them
           to
           desire
           the
           stopping
           of
           it
           more
           than
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           use
           you
           could
           make
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           fear
           not
           wholly
           excluded
           neither
           ,
           knowing
           that
           you
           might
           justly
           reflect
           upon
           it
           in
           some
           things
           which
           we
           could
           not
           stand
           by
           .
        
         
           But
           thou
           seemest
           to
           be
           highly
           offended
           at
           the
           kind
           and
           friendly
           language
           of
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           in
           their
           Paper
           by
           which
           thou
           shews
           how
           little
           savour
           thou
           hast
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           true
           Christian
           or
           Christian
           Minister
           ,
           who
           is
           to
           restore
           such
           as
           are
           overtaken
           in
           a
           fault
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           meekness
           ;
           what
           if
           they
           said
           ,
           
             We
             know
             you
             mind
             the
             best
             things
             ,
          
           the
           Letter
           being
           written
           to
           a
           Body
           of
           people
           ,
           dare
           thou
           say
           that
           none
           of
           them
           do
           mind
           the
           best
           things
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           they
           were
           that
           very
           day
           minding
           how
           they
           might
           keep
           down
           such
           loose
           Libertines
           that
           had
           for
           a
           long
           time
           sought
           to
           disturb
           the
           peace
           of
           their
           Christian
           Society
           ;
           though
           they
           might
           possibly
           exceed
           in
           the
           method
           of
           proceeding
           with
           them
           by
           the
           Arguments
           or
           influence
           of
           some
           few
           among
           them
           .
           What
           then
           ,
           must
           they
           all
           be
           unfriended
           and
           denied
           Brotherhood
           hereupon
           ,
           and
           be
           written
           to
           as
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           ,
           
           after
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
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           〈◊〉
           to
           quote
           my
           words
           though
           fallaciously
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           seeming
           opposition
           between
           us
           ,
           that
           I
           said
           the
           Paper
           was
           not
           only
           ill
           worded
           but
           ill
           meant
           ;
           my
           words
           did
           not
           reflect
           at
           all
           upon
           the
           Subscribers
           generally
           ,
           as
           thou
           quotes
           them
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           Contriver
           or
           Drawer
           up
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           ever
           it
           was
           that
           I
           feared
           it
           was
           not
           well
           meant
           in
           him
           or
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           still
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           ,
           and
           it
           's
           my
           desire
           ,
           and
           the
           desire
           of
           us
           all
           that
           every
           Friend
           may
           keep
           in
           a
           sence
           of
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           their
           own
           particulars
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           they
           may
           feel
           their
           Unity
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           with
           one
           anothers
           Testimonies
           .
           According
           to
           the
           ancient
           Doctrine
           Preached
           among
           us
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           keeps
           in
           this
           sence
           feels
           what
           flows
           from
           the
           Universal
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           receives
           it
           in
           their
           own
           measure
           ▪
           from
           a
           sensible
           satisfaction
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           an
           Implicit
           Subjection
           or
           blind
           obedience
           ,
           as
           thou
           enviously
           intimates
           we
           aim
           to
           set
           up
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           should
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           a
           thing
           should
           be
           declared
           from
           the
           motion
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           particular
           Friend
           doth
           not
           presently
           have
           that
           sensible
           satisfaction
           in
           himself
           concerning
           the
           matter
           ,
           what
           then
           ?
           do
           you
           think
           that
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           himself
           will
           stir
           him
           up
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           and
           War
           against
           it
           ,
           surely
           no
           ;
           but
           it
           will
           teach
           him
           to
           wait
           in
           quietness
           upon
           God
           who
           is
           the
           opener
           of
           the
           understanding
           ,
           and
           doth
           by
           his
           Spirit
           bring
           his
           People
           to
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           but
           that
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           whose
           Quarrel
           thou
           hast
           so
           much
           espoused
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           heady
           unruly
           Opposers
           of
           themselves
           ,
           fierce
           despisers
           ,
           who
           malignes
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           labour
           in
           it
           ,
           aspersing
           both
           them
           and
           their
           Labours
           with
           Nick-names
           and
           reproachful
           Speeches
           ,
           and
           bloody
           and
           murderous
           Insinuations
           and
           Suggestions
           :
           And
           must
           all
           this
           be
           fathered
           upon
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God!
           Oh
           horrible
           darkness
           !
           well
           may
           it
           be
           said
           night
           is
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           blindness
           is
           happened
           to
           you
           .
           Are
           not
           you
           ashamed
           to
           plead
           for
           the
           Primitive
           Doctrine
           of
           Truth
           as
           it
           was
           practised
           amongst
           us
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           should
           keep
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           Light
           and
           Grace
           given
           them
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           thou
           sees
           before
           thy
           eyes
           ,
           whether
           
             J.
             P.
          
           and
           
             M.
             P.
          
           are
           come
           ,
           and
           may
           see
           if
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           whether
           thy self
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           of
           your
           loose
           Libertine
           Associates
           are
           coming
           .
           What
           did
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           the
           beginning
           teach
           a
           Conformity
           to
           the
           World
           in
           Ribbons
           ,
           Lace
           ,
           Pendants
           ,
           Bowings
           ,
           
           Complements
           ,
           Paying
           Tythes
           ,
           
           and
           Marrying
           with
           the
           Priests
           ,
           &c.
           
           *
           Did
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           the
           beginning
           teach
           such
           an
           industrious
           improving
           of
           failings
           and
           weaknesses
           ;
           such
           a
           raking
           for
           evil
           things
           ,
           such
           heaping
           up
           Accusations
           ,
           such
           rendring
           of
           them
           that
           fear
           God
           obnoxious
           both
           to
           reproach
           and
           sufferings
           .
           Nay
           ,
           nay
           Thomas
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           World
           entred
           in
           another
           appearance
           ,
           which
           had
           thou
           and
           you
           been
           faithful
           to
           the
           real
           Gift
           and
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           had
           preserved
           you
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           concerning
           that
           disingenious
           manner
           of
           reflecting
           ,
           which
           thou
           frequently
           uses
           ,
           I
           hope
           thou
           wilt
           meet
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Reproof
           in
           thy self
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           not
           say
           much
           ,
           only
           to
           put
           thee
           in
           mind
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           thou
           would'st
           be
           so
           dealt
           by
           :
           As
           where
           thou
           supposes
           our
           meanings
           ,
           and
           then
           Comments
           upon
           thy
           own
           suppositions
           ,
           as
           that
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           means
           by
           the
           Universal
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           Spirit
           that
           set
           up
           these
           Orders
           and
           Meetings
           ;
           and
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           meant
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           ruling
           Party
           or
           Foxonians
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           he
           seems
           to
           place
           more
           vertue
           and
           power
           in
           conforming
           to
           his
           Orders
           of
           Womens
           Meetings
           ,
           than
           in
           all
           Faith
           and
           Fruits
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           &c.
           
           Hast
           thou
           here
           dealt
           like
           an
           ingenious
           Adversary
           (
           I
           say
           not
           a
           Friend
           )
           nay
           many
           that
           never
           knew
           Truth
           would
           scorn
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           treating
           us
           ,
           but
           Enmity
           is
           blind
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           if
           it
           be
           His
           Will
           ,
           open
           thy
           eyes
           to
           see
           thy
           own
           state
           ,
           and
           then
           thou
           wilt
           know
           that
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           have
           deserved
           to
           be
           better
           treated
           at
           thy
           hands
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           thing
           I
           marvel
           at
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           How
           this
           Author
           
             T.
             C.
          
           should
           labour
           so
           much
           to
           make
           his
           Reader
           believe
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           their
           owning
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           and
           renders
           the
           consequences
           thereof
           to
           be
           the
           very
           Doctrine
           and
           Government
           that
           he
           hath
           laboured
           to
           set
           up
           ,
           upon
           which
           he
           hath
           fixed
           so
           many
           heinous
           names
           as
           cleer
           Evidence
           of
           Apostacy
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           p.
           7.
           
           This
           unlimitted
           power
           the
           Pope's
           Yoke
           ,
           a
           making
           men
           slaves
           and
           Vassals
           ,
           p.
           9.
           
           Arbitrary
           unlimitted
           power
           ,
           implicit
           ,
           blind
           ,
           and
           unacceptable
           obedience
           ,
           p.
           10.
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           ruling
           Party
           or
           Foxonians
           among
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           p.
           11.
           and
           so
           on
           to
           the
           〈◊〉
           pag.
           and
           then
           he
           tells
           his
           Reader
           
           a
           quite
           contrary
           story
           and
           acquits
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           again
           of
           the
           matter
           charged
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           that
           
             G.
             F.
          
           differs
           from
           the
           subscribers
           of
           the
           Paper
           .
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           have
           born
           their
           Testimony
           against
           their
           subscription
           ,
           for
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           saies
           this
           would
           make
           the
           belief
           which
           is
           in
           the
           Light
           and
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           their
           own
           particulars
           ,
           not
           one
           with
           the
           Universal
           Spirit
           ,
           &c.
           and
           then
           
             T.
             C.
          
           adds
           as
           an
           Amen
           to
           G.
           F's
           Position
           ,
           
             Indeed
             so
             it
             does
          
           .
           Could
           any
           one
           that
           had
           read
           this
           Book
           have
           thought
           the
           Author
           should
           before
           he
           had
           done
           have
           Acquiesced
           with
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           and
           cleered
           him
           of
           his
           high
           charge
           he
           had
           laid
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           had
           so
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           Folk
           believe
           that
           the
           Answer
           was
           but
           a
           seeming
           one
           ,
           an
           Answer
           for
           fashion
           sake
           ,
           for
           fear
           the
           Paper
           should
           be
           published
           ,
           not
           one
           word
           of
           Reproof
           ,
           no
           denial
           in
           Fact
           ,
           but
           
             G.
             F.
          
           and
           they
           all
           one
           in
           the
           judgment
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           thought
           the
           same
           man
           should
           tell
           us
           that
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           differs
           from
           the
           Subscribers
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           most
           Capital
           point
           of
           their
           Paper
           ,
           and
           tells
           them
           their
           Paper
           would
           make
           the
           Faith
           and
           the
           measure
           in
           which
           it
           stands
           ,
           not
           one
           with
           the
           Universal
           Spirit
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           's
           well
           Truth
           's
           come
           ,
           though
           almost
           at
           last
           ;
           who
           is
           Babels
           Builder
           now
           Thomas
           ?
           Hast
           not
           thou
           play'd
           the
           foolish
           Woman
           that
           pull'd
           down
           her
           House
           with
           her
           own
           Hands
           ?
           but
           as
           if
           thou
           hadst
           herein
           spoken
           too
           much
           Truth
           ,
           thou
           seeks
           to
           bury
           it
           again
           with
           three
           or
           four
           palpable
           Lies
           in
           the
           next
           Page
           ;
           
             First
             ,
             G.
             F.
          
           seemingly
           disowns
           the
           Paper
           ,
           yet
           owns
           it
           too
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           whole
           scope
           of
           their
           Letter
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           only
           dissatisfied
           with
           the
           wording
           of
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           nothing
           against
           them
           we
           call
           Opposers
           ,
           but
           their
           not
           submitting
           to
           G.
           F's
           orders
           without
           Conviction
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           
             G.F.
             &c.
          
           does
           not
           at
           all
           contradict
           the
           principles
           in
           the
           Paper
           ,
           only
           the
           subscribing
           of
           it
           ,
           p.
           13.
           
        
         
           Is
           not
           this
           strange
           work
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           set
           thy
           name
           to
           such
           notorious
           untruths
           and
           things
           wherein
           thou
           thy self
           shews
           every
           body
           how
           to
           contradict
           thee
           too
           .
           First
           tell
           them
           that
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           differs
           from
           the
           Subscribers
           ,
           and
           wherein
           even
           in
           such
           a
           principle
           of
           their
           Paper
           as
           thou
           differs
           from
           them
           in
           ,
           and
           indeed
           I
           too
           :
           and
           then
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           
             G.
             F.
          
           does
           not
           at
           all
           contradict
           the
           principles
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           even
           sad
           work
           to
           see
           men
           grope
           at
           noon
           day
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           kept
           the
           love
           and
           fear
           of
           God
           in
           their
           heart
           so
           I
           intend
           not
           at
           present
           
           to
           bestow
           much
           more
           pains
           about
           this
           matter
           ,
           the
           foundation
           upon
           which
           it
           was
           built
           ,
           being
           discovered
           to
           be
           Enmity
           and
           Falsehood
           ,
           the
           Structure
           cannot
           stand
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           glad
           should
           I
           be
           that
           thou
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           may
           sink
           down
           into
           Coolness
           and
           remember
           whence
           you
           are
           fallen
           and
           falling
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           Spirit
           is
           entred
           you
           that
           is
           refresh'd
           at
           any
           thing
           ;
           that
           is
           a
           grief
           to
           the
           Innocent
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           are
           fretting
           and
           grieving
           at
           that
           which
           is
           our
           greatest
           Joy
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           in
           which
           many
           among
           you
           sometime
           did
           partake
           with
           us
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           ye
           see
           what
           Spirit
           this
           is
           that
           hath
           prevailed
           upon
           you
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           you
           wish
           you
           had
           not
           wandered
           from
           the
           Flock
           ,
           nor
           from
           the
           Shepherds
           Tents
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           be
           when
           it
           may
           be
           too
           late
           .
           Therefore
           you
           that
           have
           time
           ,
           prize
           it
           ,
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           His
           Judgments
           hastens
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           decide
           the
           Controversie
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           S.
           E's
           Paper
           which
           thou
           puts
           in
           the
           end
           of
           thy
           Book
           ,
           we
           look
           upon
           to
           be
           more
           a
           fruit
           of
           a
           general
           Enmity
           against
           us
           as
           a
           People
           ,
           than
           any
           particular
           grudge
           against
           
             S.
             E.
          
           for
           we
           see
           how
           thou
           Improves
           it
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           with
           a
           bold-faced
           Lye
           charges
           us
           generally
           with
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             These
             things
             are
             Covered
             ,
             Excused
             ,
             or
             Justified
             .
          
           Who
           among
           us
           have
           either
           Covered
           ,
           Excused
           ,
           or
           Justified
           S.
           E's
           Paper
           :
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           ,
           nor
           I
           believe
           thou
           neither
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           divers
           did
           Testifie
           against
           it
           before
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           after
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           before
           it
           could
           be
           outwardly
           known
           whether
           it
           would
           be
           true
           or
           no
           ;
           but
           he
           did
           give
           out
           such
           a
           Paper
           to
           his
           own
           hurt
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           grieving
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           it
           serves
           thou
           and
           you
           for
           food
           and
           nourishment
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           Stone
           to
           stumble
           upon
           :
           But
           alas
           ,
           what
           will
           you
           gain
           by
           it
           ,
           do
           you
           think
           to
           make
           this
           Conclusion
           :
           S.E.
           was
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           wrote
           that
           as
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           that
           was
           his
           own
           word
           became
           his
           own
           burthen
           .
           
             Ergo
             ,
             G.F.
          
           and
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           are
           led
           by
           a
           wrong
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           will
           and
           must
           fall
           .
           Do
           you
           think
           this
           would
           not
           be
           sorry
           arguing
           if
           turned
           upon
           your selves
           :
           but
           I
           let
           it
           pass
           ,
           and
           leave
           it
           to
           your
           better
           Considerations
           ;
           and
           seeing
           thou
           hast
           published
           E.
           S's
           Letter
           to
           
             J.
             S.
          
           in
           which
           the
           offence
           lies
           .
           Here
           followeth
           his
           own
           Testimony
           against
           himself
           and
           it
           long
           since
           ,
           which
           though
           I
           know
           it
           will
           not
           satisfie
           those
           that
           seeks
           occasions
           of
           stumbling
           ,
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           a
           help
           to
           the
           simple
           in
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           warning
           to
           all
           that
           may
           be
           tempted
           in
           like
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               AS
               I
               was
               sitting
               Waiting
               upon
               the
               Lord
               ,
               on
               the
               
               29th
               Instant
               ,
               these
               things
               rose
               in
               my
               Heart
               ,
               That
               I
               should
               acknowledge
               my
               Offence
               to
               all
               the
               Brethren
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               thereabouts
               ,
               and
               Bristoll
               ;
               and
               to
               all
               the
               Brethren
               North
               and
               South
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               Witnesses
               against
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Separation
               ;
               and
               am
               to
               let
               you
               know
               that
               it
               doth
               truly
               Repent
               me
               ,
               and
               sorely
               grieve
               me
               ,
               that
               you
               that
               do
               bear
               a
               faithful
               Testimony
               for
               God
               should
               have
               any
               Prophecy
               thrown
               at
               you
               ,
               which
               I
               spoke
               to
               
                 John
                 Story
              
               in
               an
               angry
               Spirit
               .
               I
               do
               therefore
               acknowledge
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               signified
               in
               my
               last
               Paper
               ,
               about
               two
               years
               ago
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               had
               little
               Rest
               day
               nor
               night
               at
               times
               never
               since
               I
               spoke
               these
               words
               to
               
                 John
                 Story
                 [
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 Die
                 that
                 year
                 ]
              
               which
               were
               mine
               own
               words
               :
               And
               soon
               became
               my
               Burthen
               ,
               and
               were
               spoken
               in
               the
               Dark
               ,
               and
               Darkness
               was
               upon
               my
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               so
               under
               a
               strong
               Temptation
               which
               I
               was
               suffered
               to
               fall
               into
               ,
               I
               not
               standing
               in
               the
               Councel
               of
               God
               ;
               for
               which
               I
               bore
               God's
               Indignation
               .
               But
               I
               soon
               saw
               I
               should
               have
               gone
               to
               him
               in
               a
               Meek
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               beseech
               him
               to
               be
               reconciled
               to
               his
               Brethren
               .
               But
               I
               do
               Judge
               and
               Condemn
               that
               hasty
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               set
               time
               for
               his
               Dying
               .
               And
               called
               it
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord.
               And
               do
               desire
               this
               may
               go
               as
               far
               as
               where
               ever
               it
               may
               have
               a
               service
               for
               Truth
               .
            
             
               
                 Barbados
                 
                   
                     the
                     30.
                     3
                     
                     Month
                     ,
                     1681.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 S.
                 E.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           
             THomas
             Crisp
          
           having
           once
           before
           appeared
           in
           Print
           ,
           with
           a
           like
           evil
           design
           of
           opposing
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Friends
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           to
           the
           order
           and
           practice
           now
           observed
           among
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           and
           having
           therein
           curtailed
           a
           Testimony
           of
           my
           dear
           Father
           
             Isaac
             Penington
          
           ,
           and
           published
           that
           as
           
             Edward
             Burroughs
          
           his
           Vision
           ,
           which
           is
           questioned
           whether
           he
           ever
           wrote
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           he
           confessed
           he
           had
           never
           seen
           or
           read
           that
           Book
           of
           my
           Fathers
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           he
           presumed
           to
           render
           him
           to
           the
           World
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           Friends
           now
           ,
           but
           taken
           it
           from
           the
           credit
           of
           another
           ,
           no
           less
           disingenious
           than
           himself
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           having
           been
           thus
           gross
           ,
           it
           had
           better
           become
           him
           to
           have
           taken
           shame
           to
           himself
           for
           his
           former
           headiness
           ,
           partiality
           ,
           rash
           and
           confused
           work
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           put
           forth
           another
           Pamphlet
           ,
           reflecting
           upon
           such
           on
           whom
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Churches
           is
           laid
           ,
           as
           
             Babel
             Builders
          
           ;
           especially
           seeing
           his
           unfairness
           and
           unworthiness
           was
           both
           privately
           represented
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           publiquely
           required
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           ;
           First
           ,
           
             That
             ever
          
           Edward
           Burrough
           
             wrote
             that
             or
             any
             such
             Paper
             ,
             as
             he
             took
             upon
             trust
             as
             his
             Vision
             .
          
           Or
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             that
             cited
             by
             him
             was
          
           Edward
           Burroughs
           
             's
             entire
             Paper
          
           .
           But
           that
           he
           instead
           thereof
           should
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           these
           reasonable
           demands
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           material
           ,
           or
           he
           not
           bound
           to
           make
           good
           what
           he
           had
           said
           and
           declared
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           continue
           in
           his
           wicked
           work
           of
           smiting
           God's
           Servants
           and
           Messengers
           ,
           and
           traducing
           their
           Writings
           ,
           greatly
           detects
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           man's
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           regard
           he
           hath
           to
           deal
           justly
           and
           equally
           with
           those
           he
           opposeth
           .
           Yet
           he
           can
           have
           the
           face
           to
           bring
           up
           the
           names
           of
           
             E.
             B.
          
           and
           
             J.
             P.
          
           again
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           tendency
           as
           before
           ,
           viz.
           to
           render
           their
           sence
           different
           from
           their
           Brethrens
           present
           practice
           ,
           and
           particularly
           their
           
             directing
             to
             the
             Light
             in
             our
             own
             Hearts
             or
             Consciences
             ,
          
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           
             unlimited
             power
          
           ,
           which
           he
           saith
           is
           given
           to
           
             Men
             and
             Women
             Meetings
          
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           ,
           p.
           9
           ,
           and
           12.
           of
           his
           Book
           stiled
           ,
           
             Babels
             Builders
             unmasking
             themselves
          
           ,
           &c.
           which
           if
           by
           
             E.
             B.
          
           and
           
             J.
             P.
          
           he
           means
           
             Edward
             Burroughs
          
           and
           
             Isaac
             Penington
          
           ,
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           than
           a
           manifest
           Perversion
           of
           their
           Writings
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           that
           I
           demand
           of
           him
           to
           prove
           ,
           how
           it
           can
           be
           deducible
           therefrom
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           rather
           for
           that
           I
           my self
           know
           ,
           that
           my
           Father
           hath
           delivered
           to
           the
           contrary
           both
           by
           word
           and
           writing
           ,
           and
           never
           saw
           or
           heard
           any
           thing
           contradictory
           thereto
           come
           from
           him
           :
           
           And
           I
           have
           also
           a
           Manuscript
           of
           
             Edward
             Burroughs
          
           by
           me
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           Ninth
           Year
           of
           the
           publication
           of
           Truth
           in
           London
           ;
           wherein
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           given
           account
           of
           the
           first
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           he
           declares
           that
           the
           Mens
           M●eting
           there
           was
           set
           up
           
             in
             the
             Name
             ,
             Power
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             given
             them
             Power
             and
             Authority
             so
             to
             do
             :
          
           And
           afterwards
           speaking
           of
           the
           Womens
           Meeting
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             was
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ordered
             ,
             in
             the
             Authority
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             continued
             ,
          
           for
           such
           and
           such
           services
           ;
           and
           concludes
           .
           
             These
             things
             was
             I
             moved
             of
             the
             Lord
             to
             write
             forth
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             Truth
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             same
             Name
             ,
             Power
             and
             Authority
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             do
             I
             enjoyn
             the
             free
             and
             perfect
             observation
             of
             the
             things
             herein
             signified
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           in
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           neither
           of
           them
           did
           oppose
           a
           man's
           being
           guided
           by
           the
           Light
           ,
           to
           his
           concurring
           in
           practice
           ,
           with
           that
           good
           order
           and
           government
           now
           Establish'd
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           acknowledged
           the
           benefit
           and
           necessity
           thereof
           ,
           (
           so
           that
           as
           by
           
             the
             Spirit
             none
             can
             call
             Jesus
             accursed
             ,
          
           so
           none
           that
           is
           really
           led
           by
           the
           Light
           ,
           can
           under
           pretence
           of
           being
           directed
           thereto
           ,
           
             As
             the
             only
             Guide
             and
             Leader
             ,
          
           call
           that
           accursed
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Order
             and
             Edicts
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           which
           the
           same
           Light
           ,
           Grace
           and
           Truth
           ,
           that
           convinced
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           brings
           forth
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           whether
           immediately
           or
           mediately
           through
           Instruments
           )
           will
           not
           this
           man
           then
           be
           found
           a
           false
           accuser
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           would
           insinuate
           the
           contrary
           ?
           Let
           him
           consider
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           care
           ,
           lest
           by
           his
           continual
           smiting
           against
           God's
           Servants
           ,
           and
           mis-representing
           them
           ,
           he
           be
           at
           length
           given
           up
           to
           a
           Reprobate
           mind
           :
           for
           is
           it
           not
           grosly
           wicked
           thus
           elaborately
           to
           endeavour
           to
           render
           men
           otherwise
           than
           they
           are
           in
           God's
           sight
           ,
           and
           take
           those
           indirect
           means
           to
           prove
           it
           as
           he
           did
           by
           my
           Father
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           read
           his
           Book
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           it
           were
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           but
           only
           take
           it
           upon
           trust
           from
           his
           Adversary
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           sole
           Authority
           commit
           it
           to
           the
           Press
           :
           and
           then
           instead
           of
           reclaiming
           it
           ,
           go
           on
           in
           a
           like
           evil
           work
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           wiped
           off
           such
           a
           blemish
           before
           I
           came
           in
           Print
           again
           on
           such
           an
           occasion
           :
           but
           with
           regret
           let
           me
           say
           it
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           too
           many
           hardned
           through
           the
           deceitfulness
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           their
           very
           innocent
           Image
           lost
           ,
           when
           prejudice
           and
           envy
           hath
           filled
           them
           against
           the
           Lord's
           People
           ,
           and
           fallen
           short
           of
           what
           is
           civil
           ,
           generous
           and
           noble
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           become
           too
           much
           like
           the
           brute
           Beast
           that
           perisheth
           ;
           which
           indeed
           is
           not
           pleasant
           to
           behold
           ,
           though
           a
           just
           reward
           upon
           such
           as
           would
           lay
           God's
           Heritage
           wast
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           what
           I
           thought
           my self
           more
           immediately
           conce●ned
           to
           observe
           ,
           having
           been
           already
           engaged
           in
           detecting
           the
           〈◊〉
           unfairness
           and
           injuriousness
           ,
           and
           being
           the
           person
           that
           demanded
           of
           him
           to
           make
           good
           what
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           relating
           to
           
             E.
             B.
          
           and
           my
           Father
           
             J.
             P.
          
           both
           publickly
           in
           Print
           ;
           (
           of
           which
           I
           gave
           him
           one
           into
           his
           own
           hands
           )
           and
           Privately
           in
           converse
           ,
           who
           am
           known
           by
           the
           name
           of
        
         
           
             John
             Penington
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           few
           Notes
           on
           some
           Principal
           Passages
           in
           
             Babel
             Builders
          
           ;
           and
           another
           Pamphlet
           subscribed
           ,
           Teste
           T.
           C
           ▪
        
         
           BAbel
           ,
           &c.
           Page
           7.
           
           Their
           Reasons
           against
           such
           Subscriptions
           are
           ,
           lest
           Opposers
           should
           make
           ill
           work
           with
           it
           ;
           not
           that
           they
           are
           against
           the
           substance
           in
           it
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Note
           ,
           It
           may
           be
           observed
           how
           ambiguously
           he
           names
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           yet
           making
           but
           one
           thing
           the
           Reason
           .
           Whereas
           there
           's
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           one
           Reason
           ,
           the
           only
           Reason
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Reason
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Reasons
           ;
           the
           least
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Reason
           .
           Because
           God
           and
           his
           Prophet
           said
           ,
           
             Because
             thou
             hast
             made
             the
             Enemies
             of
             God
             to
             Blaspheme
          
           ;
           
           was
           he
           not
           therefore
           otherwise
           displeased
           with
           what
           David
           had
           done
           .
        
         
           Consider
           how
           much
           ado
           Friends
           in
           Barbados
           had
           ,
           and
           opposition
           ;
           they
           took
           this
           course
           .
           As
           King
           James
           did
           with
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           Papists
           :
           and
           the
           Scots
           with
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           
           to
           distinguish
           Malignants
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           them
           ;
           so
           in
           this
           these
           did
           ,
           aiming
           at
           the
           best
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           Worder
           or
           Worders
           of
           it
           might
           do
           in
           the
           particular
           ,
           which
           't
           is
           probable
           S.
           
           C.
           believed
           ,
           but
           not
           that
           he
           believed
           it
           was
           ill
           meant
           in
           the
           General
           ,
           by
           the
           whole
           quarterly
           Meeting
           .
           Which
           Errour
           in
           them
           ,
           through
           ignorance
           or
           shortness
           of
           in-sight
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           fore-sight
           ,
           
             G.
             F.
          
           &c.
           taking
           care
           to
           convince
           them
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           wisely
           renders
           them
           docible
           and
           attentive
           ,
           by
           shewing
           them
           how
           they
           mist
           their
           aim
           ,
           in
           rather
           giving
           the
           Adversary
           just
           advantage
           against
           themselves
           thereby
           ,
           than
           getting
           thereby
           the
           advantage
           they
           expected
           against
           their
           Adversaries
           .
           And
           shews
           them
           how
           :
           so
           much
           against
           their
           want
           of
           fore-sight
           of
           the
           effect
           ,
           as
           one
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           
             T.
             C.
          
           makes
           all
           the
           reasons
           ,
           Then
           having
           prepared
           their
           minds
           thereby
           as
           a
           Preface
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           entring
           into
           the
           Matter
           it self
           ,
           and
           shewing
           their
           want
           of
           present
           clear
           in-sight
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           .
           There
           follows
           other
           reasons
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Effects
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           bring
           them
           from
           their
           own
           particular
           measures
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           would
           cause
           an
           Offering
           of
           a
           blind
           Sacrifice
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           received
           among
           themselves
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           Neither
           in
           the
           wilful
           Opposers
           of
           them
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           A
           plain
           Affirmation
           and
           inference
           therefrom
           ,
           viz.
           therefore
           all
           are
           to
           give
           up
           to
           that
           in
           their
           own
           particulars
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           The
           effect
           of
           that
           ,
           viz.
           Unity
           and
           Fellowship
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           receiving
           strength
           .
           For
           all
           things
           ,
           (
           even
           in
           nature
           )
           desire
           Union
           ,
           to
           gain
           strength
           thereby
           ;
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           giving
           up
           and
           weakening
           by
           subscription
           ,
           and
           tying
           below
           ,
           a
           blind
           Offering
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           .
           But
           the
           Unity
           and
           bond
           of
           the
           Spirit
           is
           above
           that
           ;
           a
           natural
           bond
           (
           in
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           )
           and
           clear
           and
           voluntary
           joyning
           for
           mutual
           joy
           and
           comfort
           .
           So
           that
           Sixthly
           ,
           Here
           is
           a
           clear
           distinction
           of
           the
           two
           Writings
           ,
           viz.
           that
           above
           ,
           &
           that
           below
           ;
           one
           Earthly
           ,
           the
           other
           Heavenly
           .
           Seventhly
           ,
           Proved
           by
           the
           Saints
           Testimony
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           who
           were
           led
           by
           one
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           see
           their
           names
           written
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Eighthly
           ,
           From
           the
           absurdity
           and
           contradiction
           appearing
           in
           the
           action
           ,
           as
           arguing
           a
           contrariety
           of
           things
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           and
           nature
           of
           the
           particular
           to
           the
           general
           in
           the
           same
           Spirit
           .
           Ninthly
           ,
           The
           impossibility
           of
           Union
           of
           that
           of
           a
           contrary
           kind
           and
           nature
           in
           those
           that
           are
           erred
           from
           the
           same
           Spirit
           .
           Tenthly
           ,
           From
           the
           general
           rule
           and
           Apostles
           Testimony
           and
           line
           ,
           the
           new
           creature
           in
           the
           particular
           to
           keep
           to
           that
           to
           have
           Unity
           .
           
           Eleventhly
           ,
           From
           the
           Offence
           ,
           in
           not
           answering
           the
           measure
           in
           the
           convinced
           .
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           in
           the
           Opposers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           errers
           from
           it
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           a
           bad
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           this
           Opposer
           does
           :
           who
           passing
           by
           all
           the
           other
           reasons
           ,
           makes
           this
           only
           their
           Reasons
           .
           Thereby
           making
           it
           an
           occasion
           to
           publish
           it
           contrary
           to
           promise
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           disowned
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           clearly
           done
           in
           these
           Twelve
           Reasons
           as
           Spiritual
           things
           can
           be
           expressed
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           words
           borrowed
           from
           sensible
           things
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           outward
           ear
           :
           which
           with
           the
           other
           two
           these
           deaf
           Adders
           stop
           .
           And
           like
           perfidious
           persecuting
           Papists
           make
           what
           use
           they
           can
           of
           Confessions
           ,
           thereby
           to
           deliver
           up
           to
           the
           Secular
           Powers
           ,
           to
           execute
           their
           own
           Spiritual
           revenge
           and
           malice
           ,
           here
           intimating
           to
           them
           ,
           page
           7.
           
           That
           
             we
             ,
             like
             Papists
             ,
             hold
             that
             our
             Meetings
             cannot
             Err.
          
           For
           ●●ereby
           is
           pointed
           his
           first
           Horn
           in
           his
           Dilemma
           ,
           or
           Horned
           Argument
           .
           But
           he
           rather
           confides
           in
           his
           other
           sharper
           pointed
           Horn
           ,
           to
           Goar
           us
           as
           Papists
           ,
           in
           making
           us
           one
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           condemning
           and
           persecuting
           conscientious
           Dissenters
           and
           crying
           blind
           obedience
           ;
           and
           endeavours
           to
           make
           blind
           men
           believe
           ,
           that
           our
           reasons
           against
           it
           are
           but
           one
           .
           And
           so
           12
           reasons
           but
           one
           reason
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           very
           blind
           indeed
           that
           cannot
           discern
           .
           And
           the
           destroying
           beast
           rages
           ,
           and
           shakes
           his
           head
           ,
           because
           the
           Apostles
           did
           not
           lay
           waste
           and
           unchurch
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
             Galatia
          
           and
           Corinth
           ,
           &c.
           
           Because
           they
           had
           a
           few
           things
           against
           them
           ;
           as
           
             G.
             F.
          
           &c.
           had
           one
           thing
           against
           a
           Church
           in
           
           Barbado's
           ,
           in
           not
           taking
           a
           right
           course
           
             for
             their
             not
             suffering
             bad
             Spirits
             ,
          
           But
           nevertheless
           calls
           them
           Brethren
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Apostles
           did
           ,
           and
           Saints
           Sanctified
           ;
           who
           a
           little
           mitigated
           even
           the
           offence
           of
           the
           Jews
           that
           delivered
           Christ
           to
           death
           ,
           saying
           they
           did
           it
           through
           ignorance
           ,
           Acts
           3.17
           .
           And
           these
           are
           not
           in
           this
           commended
           nor
           magnified
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           p.
           7.
           
           Unless
           he
           will
           make
           that
           mittigating
           ,
           Act.
           3.17
           .
           a
           magnifying
           .
           And
           herein
           he
           ,
           his
           Owners
           and
           Abetters
           act
           not
           only
           as
           Persecutors
           and
           Papists
           ,
           but
           as
           Atheists
           ,
           Enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Ranters
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           should
           say
           ,
           God
           and
           his
           Prophets
           (
           as
           in
           the
           Scripture
           afore
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           12.14
           .
           as
           also
           in
           Amos
           3.2
           .
           )
           did
           not
           dislike
           the
           greatest
           wickedness
           and
           mischief
           (
           as
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           Adultery
           ,
           &c.
           )
           in
           it self
           ,
           
           or
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           :
           But
           only
           because
           the
           Profession
           of
           Religion
           would
           be
           evil
           spoken
           of
           thereby
           (
           because
           the
           Prophets
           gave
           that
           reason
           )
           and
           not
           that
           he
           hated
           all
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           as
           he
           testifies
           
           elsewhere
           many
           times
           .
           
           As
           now
           we
           hear
           prophane
           Scoffers
           at
           Religion
           mocking
           ;
           as
           if
           all
           our
           Disowning
           ,
           detesting
           and
           grieving
           at
           Miscarriages
           of
           some
           among
           us
           ,
           is
           only
           because
           't
           is
           known
           to
           such
           as
           them
           ;
           and
           all
           were
           done
           only
           in
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           that
           relates
           to
           Religion
           ;
           so
           do
           these
           in
           this
           ,
           And
           shew
           themselves
           to
           be
           for
           Recording
           and
           publishing
           Miscarriages
           ,
           but
           not
           Condemnations
           of
           them
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           unless
           to
           pervert
           them
           ,
           as
           appears
           here
           by
           this
           of
           Barbados
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           
             S.
             E.
          
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           would
           Entitle
           Churches
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           particulars
           too
           ;
           as
           here
           he
           goes
           about
           to
           perswade
           Honest
           people
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           )
           of
           other
           Titles
           ,
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           seems
           to
           appeal
           ,
           as
           appears
           b●●is
           Preface
           .
           And
           p.
           9.
           possesses
           them
           with
           strange
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           
           Pope's
           Yoke
           so
           uneasie
           for
           England
           ;
           yet
           denys
           he
           ever
           read
           the
           Pope
           gain'd
           it
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           seem
           worse
           than
           Popery
           ,
           and
           himself
           a
           sure
           finder
           ,
           who
           never
           found
           that
           England
           groan'd
           under
           the
           Pope
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           ;
           does
           he
           not
           see
           it
           ,
           nor
           feel
           it
           neither
           ,
           can
           he
           pay
           Tythes
           so
           freely
           ?
           How
           light
           and
           easie
           he
           makes
           rhe
           Pope's
           Yoke
           seem
           ;
           to
           make
           that
           ,
           he
           make
           ours
           seem
           heavy
           :
           Grievous
           Imposer
           !
           And
           how
           could
           the
           
           Pope's
           yoke
           wherein
           he
           gain'd
           not
           ,
           
           Senseless
           Gainsayer
           !
           Did
           he
           not
           gain
           King
           
           John's
           Crown
           interdicting
           the
           whole
           Land
           ,
           which
           was
           Proverbially
           called
           ,
           The
           Popes
           
             White
             Ass
          
           ,
           bearing
           all
           he
           laid
           on
           it
           .
           But
           whose
           Ox
           or
           Ass
           hath
           been
           taken
           away
           by
           any
           of
           our
           Meetings
           ,
           that
           he
           finds
           to
           make
           such
           Exclamation
           ?
           Who
           have
           been
           wronged
           or
           defrauded
           by
           them
           ,
           more
           than
           by
           Samuel
           the
           Servant
           of
           God
           ,
           
           by
           whose
           hands
           yet
           his
           Righteous
           Law
           was
           administred
           ;
           or
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           yet
           said
           Saints
           may
           judge
           the
           lest
           things
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           greater
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           thereby
           making
           them
           chargeable
           with
           acquitting
           Persecutors
           in
           their
           violence
           ,
           as
           this
           man
           doth
           our
           Womens
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           without
           Precept
           ,
           President
           ,
           or
           Law
           (
           which
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           Papists
           had
           .
           )
           And
           again
           ,
           where
           can
           he
           charge
           them
           with
           taking
           any
           thing
           Violently
           from
           any
           against
           Law
           ?
           Blood
           or
           Goods
           ?
           or
           incited
           the
           Magistracy
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           he
           and
           his
           ,
           by
           the
           tendency
           of
           such
           publication
           at
           this
           time
           especially
           have
           done
           ?
           But
           if
           he
           mean
           :
           (
           for
           he
           writes
           Ambiguously
           and
           Confusedly
           ,
           as
           his
           Precedent
           has
           done
           )
           that
           there
           's
           no
           Precept
           ,
           President
           ,
           nor
           Law
           for
           Womens
           Meetings
           ,
           
           but
           against
           them
           .
           I
           would
           ask
           him
           if
           those
           Prophecies
           imply
           not
           all
           ,
           and
           Scriptures
           in
           the
           Margin
           ,
           
           when
           well
           considered
           ,
           and
           the
           Deaconnesses
           among
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           and
           where
           are
           those
           against
           them
           ,
           
             viz.
             Precept
             ,
             Precedent
             ,
             and
             Law
             against
             our
             Womens
             Meetings
             .
          
           And
           seeing
           he
           compares
           the
           effect
           of
           their
           Authority
           to
           the
           sufferings
           of
           Protestants
           by
           the
           bloody
           Papists
           .
           He
           may
           find
           in
           the
           Works
           of
           
             William
             Tindall
          
           ,
           that
           eminent
           Protestant
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           Translator
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           several
           places
           ,
           what
           authority
           he
           yields
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           in
           short
           direct
           him
           to
           ,
           as
           in
           his
           Answer
           to
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Moore
          
           ,
           Title
           [
           Elders
           .
           ]
           And
           against
           the
           Popish
           Prelates
           ,
           &c.
           where
           he
           shews
           
           Paul's
           Prohibition
           to
           Women
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           Universal
           .
           And
           farther
           saith
           ,
           That
           they
           m●y
           Bind
           and
           Loose
           ,
           Baptize
           ,
           Administer
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           nay
           Teach
           ,
           Rule
           ,
           that
           Histories
           say
           ,
           since
           the
           publishing
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           they
           have
           Preached
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           he
           may
           find
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Martyrs
             Contin
          
           .
           that
           a
           Womens
           Meeting
           was
           Persecuted
           by
           Papists
           .
           
           And
           he
           may
           find
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           God
           by
           a
           Woman
           hath
           Counselled
           ,
           Perswaded
           ,
           Taught
           ,
           and
           Judged
           a
           High
           Priest
           ,
           Captain
           ,
           King
           ,
           and
           Nation
           ;
           for
           as
           Tindall
           Notes
           ,
           
             They
             have
             Wisdom
             as
             well
             as
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           because
           they
           have
           it
           in
           particular
           ,
           have
           they
           it
           not
           therefore
           congregated
           ?
           will
           he
           Argue
           so
           ?
           to
           oppose
           ,
           
             G.
             F.
             &c.
          
           saying
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Particular
           and
           in
           the
           General
           are
           not
           contrary
           :
           Or
           will
           he
           argue
           ,
           that
           because
           the
           man
           of
           sin
           hath
           sat
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           must
           not
           :
           nor
           Rule
           in
           and
           Govern
           his
           People
           and
           Church
           ?
           lest
           he
           be
           like
           his
           Enemy
           ?
           And
           from
           the
           Supposition
           ,
           deny
           the
           Position
           ;
           We
           deny
           the
           false
           Judgment
           and
           Violence
           of
           that
           pretended
           Vicar
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           not
           therefore
           the
           true
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           which
           the
           Protestants
           call
           the
           Vicar
           of
           Christ
           (
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Pope
           )
           to
           whom
           in
           truth
           ,
           
           not
           in
           pretence
           ,
           they
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           exhort
           and
           are
           exhorted
           to
           submit
           ,
           in
           the
           Particular
           and
           in
           the
           General
           both
           as
           one
           ,
           and
           not
           opposite
           ,
           as
           this
           man
           would
           make
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           is
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           himself
           also
           ,
           in
           his
           Babylonish
           confusion
           ;
           
           being
           one
           of
           those
           that
           raise
           up
           Strife
           and
           Contention
           .
           And
           how
           should
           it
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           that
           (
           as
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           Proverbially
           ,
           
             Conveniet
             
             nulli
          
           ,
           &c.
           )
           he
           that
           disagrees
           with
           himself
           ,
           cannot
           agree
           with
           others
           ?
           For
           in
           his
           Teste
           he
           confesseth
           ,
           
             That
             God
             by
             his
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Heart
             doth
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             may
             ,
             forbid
             Tithe
             ;
             and
             that
             may
             be
             required
             of
             one
             which
             may
             not
             be
             required
             of
             another
          
           ;
           Yet
           calls
           them
           [
           YOUR
           OWN
           ORDERS
           AND
           TRADITIONS
           ]
           which
           ,
           saies
           he
           ,
           I
           fear
           you
           take
           more
           care
           for
           the
           strict
           observation
           of
           ,
           than
           the
           Truth
           in
           the
           Heart
           ;
           and
           calls
           them
           Civil
           Rites
           ,
           yet
           supposes
           one
           may
           really
           ,
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           refuse
           to
           observe
           them
           .
           He
           should
           have
           said
           Legal
           Rites
           ,
           or
           Rites
           of
           the
           Levitical
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           abolished
           .
           Does
           he
           make
           all
           to
           be
           Civil
           Rites
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           which
           the
           Civil
           Law
           Commands
           .
           
           Then
           many
           Superstitious
           and
           severe
           Rites
           of
           Will-worship
           and
           persecution
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           which
           I
           suppose
           hee
           'l
           not
           yet
           own
           .
           And
           then
           if
           the
           Civil
           Law
           should
           command
           all
           the
           six
           hundred
           Jewish
           Rites
           ,
           which
           the
           Rabbins
           reckon
           ,
           whereof
           Tythe
           is
           one
           ,
           they
           ought
           all
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           well
           as
           Tythe
           .
           And
           is
           Marrying
           with
           a
           Priest
           a
           Civil
           Rite
           too
           ?
           and
           not
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           Do
           not
           Priests
           claim
           the
           right
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Liturgy
           and
           Trent
           Council
           .
           How
           will
           he
           produce
           the
           effect
           without
           the
           Cause
           ?
           and
           was
           not
           Superstition
           the
           Cause
           of
           bringing
           in
           Tythes
           again
           in
           the
           Apostacy
           ?
           Does
           he
           find
           any
           Civil
           Rite
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Apostles
           daies
           ?
           Will
           not
           this
           Liberty
           lead
           at
           last
           ,
           
           if
           followed
           ,
           as
           into
           the
           confused
           Language
           there
           opposed
           to
           ours
           ,
           and
           into
           Hills
           ,
           Holes
           ,
           and
           Gills
           ,
           in
           hard
           times
           ,
           so
           also
           into
           Bell-houses
           and
           Cells
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Cellars
           ?
           And
           will
           it
           not
           be
           said
           then
           as
           much
           as
           now
           ,
           That
           may
           be
           required
           of
           one
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Spirit
           of
           God
           may
           allow
           it
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           require
           the
           contrary
           in
           another
           ,
           setting
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           opposition
           to
           it self
           ?
           Gross
           Ranterism
           ,
           and
           Author
           of
           Confusion
           .
           Do
           ye
           then
           confess
           your selves
           as
           Jews
           and
           weaker
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           that
           cannot
           so
           soon
           and
           easily
           part
           with
           your
           ancient
           Worship
           and
           Services
           ,
           once
           commanded
           or
           allowed
           you
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ?
           Or
           do
           you
           eat
           Herbs
           ,
           fearing
           lest
           Flesh
           may
           be
           offered
           to
           Idols
           ?
           If
           Tythe
           be
           a
           Civil
           Rite
           with
           you
           ,
           you
           pay
           them
           neither
           as
           a
           holy
           Religious
           Divine
           Rite
           ;
           nor
           to
           avoid
           feeding
           on
           an
           old
           Idolatrous
           Rite
           .
           Where
           is
           your
           Precedent
           ,
           that
           not
           Tything
           is
           such
           a
           Rite
           :
           A
           Rite
           (
           if
           you
           will
           call
           it
           so
           )
           that
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Primitive
           
           Christians
           observed
           ,
           as
           is
           by
           all
           confessed
           .
           And
           who
           are
           you
           Precedents
           to
           pay
           Tythe
           ,
           to
           avoid
           that
           old
           Rite
           .
           A
           Rite
           or
           Ceremony
           ,
           signifies
           an
           old
           manner
           (
           not
           purely
           Negative
           ,
           somewhat
           Positive
           )
           or
           some
           outward
           circumstance
           wherewith
           things
           are
           accompanyed
           or
           done
           .
           Do
           Tithes
           accompany
           Civil
           things
           ,
           or
           Religious
           ?
           Do
           not
           even
           all
           Impropriators
           hold
           them
           with
           condition
           to
           maintain
           a
           Priest
           ?
           
           A
           great
           Antiquary
           and
           Lawyer
           by
           his
           search
           observes
           ,
           that
           there
           's
           no
           other
           Original
           thereof
           in
           the
           Monuments
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           he
           calls
           them
           a
           Sacred
           Revenue
           (
           as
           do
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           Numb
           .
           18.31
           ,
           32.
           )
           But
           instead
           of
           fear
           of
           old
           Idol
           Sacrifice
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           you
           pay
           them
           ,
           lest
           old
           Idol
           Sacrificers
           Sacrifice
           you
           .
           A
           Professors
           Book
           was
           written
           about
           nine
           or
           ten
           years
           ago
           to
           retire
           and
           hide
           themselves
           ,
           because
           the
           Lord
           by
           his
           Spirit
           in
           his
           People
           called
           to
           it
           .
           You
           joyn
           with
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           we
           with
           that
           which
           stands
           in
           the
           Testimony
           .
           Are
           these
           like
           to
           be
           one
           ,
           calling
           to
           contrary
           things
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           time
           and
           state
           of
           things
           ,
           
           Weeping
           and
           Piping
           ;
           Fasting
           and
           Feasting
           ?
           And
           in
           differing
           state
           of
           particular
           persons
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           winking
           at
           and
           forbearance
           more
           properly
           than
           a
           calling
           to
           or
           allowing
           (
           as
           in
           time
           and
           state
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           infirmity
           ,
           &c.
           )
           And
           are
           you
           strong
           Okes
           ,
           Ogs
           ,
           
           Hills
           and
           Bulls
           of
           Bashan
           (
           or
           Confusion
           )
           such
           feeble
           Weaklings
           in
           your
           own
           eyes
           ?
           (
           Nay
           ,
           by
           an
           allowance
           you
           must
           mean
           at
           least
           an
           approbation
           .
           )
           And
           thou
           that
           payest
           Tythe
           ,
           carpest
           at
           our
           proper
           plain
           Speech
           ,
           Marrys
           by
           a
           Priest
           ,
           Art
           thou
           in
           thine
           own
           sight
           one
           of
           those
           weak
           scabby
           Sheep
           (
           or
           a
           Tower
           ,
           Strong-hold
           ,
           or
           Ensample
           to
           a
           Flock
           )
           mention'd
           in
           that
           spurious
           ,
           Apocryphal
           Parroting
           Pamphlet
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           be
           call'd
           till
           better
           prov'd
           ,
           which
           thou
           settest
           out
           by
           thy
           authority
           
             Teste
             T.
             C.
          
           (
           canst
           say
           that
           by
           thy
           own
           knowledge
           )
           under
           the
           name
           of
           E.B.
           as
           the
           Monks
           in
           the
           Apostacy
           did
           theirs
           ,
           under
           the
           names
           of
           those
           they
           call
           Fathers
           .
           
           Dost
           not
           thou
           draw
           back
           ,
           not
           draw
           on
           ,
           by
           thy
           Doctrine
           and
           Example
           ?
           And
           what
           pleasure
           then
           will
           the
           chief
           Shepherd
           have
           in
           thee
           ,
           who
           leads
           his
           Sheep
           .
           And
           Paul
           bids
           follow
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           Christ
           ;
           and
           Peter
           to
           be
           Ensamples
           to
           the
           Flock
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             Richardson
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           AND
           seeing
           thou
           appearest
           as
           an
           Advocate
           to
           defend
           the
           Cause
           of
           
             J.
             W.
             J.
             S.
             W.
             R.
             &c.
          
           Hear
           what
           they
           say
           against
           thee
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Tythes
           in
           W.
           R's
           Book
           ,
           Fourth
           Part
           ,
           p.
           39.
           
             viz.
             As
             to
             Tythes
             ,
             we
             can
             in
             Truth
             say
             ,
             't
             was
             never
             so
             much
             as
             in
             our
             Hearts
             to
             strengthen
             any
             in
             the
             payment
             thereof
             ,
             nor
             yet
             to
             weaken
             the
             Faith
             of
             any
             ,
             having
             a
             Testimony
             in
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             Tythes
             ,
             as
             at
             this
             day
             paid
             ,
             are
             Antichristian
             .
          
           Who
           are
           now
           in
           the
           Babylonish
           Confusion
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           among
           your selves
           ?
           You
           would
           do
           well
           ,
           before
           you
           appear
           against
           us
           in
           Print
           ,
           to
           be
           reconciled
           among
           your selves
           .
           And
           does
           not
           
             J.
             S.
          
           and
           
             J.
             W.
          
           deny
           Friends
           Marrying
           by
           the
           Priests
           ;
           and
           thou
           sayst
           ,
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             God
             doth
             or
             may
             allow
             it
             ,
          
           which
           appears
           to
           be
           thy
           Principle
           by
           thy
           practice
           ?
           art
           thou
           not
           in
           Confusion
           thy self
           ?
        
         
           The
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           13.
           line
           9.
           for
           two
           read
           too
           ,
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34986-e140
           
             The
             8th
             Month
             ,
             168
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Thomas
               Crisp
               
                 said
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 paid
                 Tythes
                 lately
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 did
                 or
                 might
                 allow
                 him
                 to
                 pay
                 Tyther
                 ,
                 or
                 Marry
                 by
                 a
                 Priest
                 ;
                 And
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 another
                 might
                 b●
                 required
                 not
                 to
                 pay
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 same
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               
                 Thomas
                 Crisp
              
               spoke
               the
               day
               and
               year
               abovesaid
               ;
               and
               consented
               to
               be
               Writ
               and
               Printed
               ;
               and
               took
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               abovesaid
               words
               with
               him
               .
               Witness
               
                 J.
                 Feild
              
               ,
               Jun.
               
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A34986-e1660
           
             2
             Sam.
             12
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             
               This
               was
               writ
               before
            
             S.
             C
             
               's
               Answer
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.29
             .
             with
             Chap.
             1.2
             .
             &
             2
             Cor.
             3.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Gualter
             on
             Amos.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             16.
             
             ●2
             .
             Isa
             .
             5.14
             .
             Mal.
             2.16
             .
          
           
             
               Book
               of
            
             Mart.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             12.3
             .
             2
             Cor.
             7.2
             .
             1
             Cor.
             6.2
             .
          
           
             Zach.
             12.12
             .
             Joel
             2.26
             .
             Acts
             16.13
             .
          
           
             At
             Vienna
             ,
             in
             France
             .
             Judg.
             4.4
             .
             2
             Chr.
             34.22
             2
             Kin.
             22.14
             2
             Sam.
             20.18
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Hab.
             1.3
             .
          
           
             Page
             14.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Cod.
               Theodos
               .
               &
               Justin
               .
            
          
           
             Page
             14.
             
          
           
             
               See
               my
               Book
               against
               Tythes
               ,
               p.
            
             16
             ,
             69
             ,
             70
             ,
             71.
             
             J.
             Selden
             
               's
               Hist
               .
               of
               Tithes
               ,
               p.
            
             293
             ,
             398
             ,
             402.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             22.12
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14.22
             .
             Luke
             11.48
             .
             See
             W.R.
             2
             
               part
               p.
            
             43.
             
          
           
             John
             10.4
             .
             Phil.
             3.16
             ,
             17.
             1
             
             Pet.
             5.3
             .