A true account of the proceedings, sence and advice of the people called Quakers at the Yearly Meeting of faithful Friends and bretheren begun in London on the 28th day of the 3d month, 1694, and held by adjournment unto the 11th of the month following, in order to put an end to the divisions and differences among some of the people called Quakers in America : to which is added, an account of the proceedings of the Yearly Meeting at Burlington, relating to the said differences, shewing the dis-harmony of the two said meetings : as also, Some queries to that party of the Yearly Meeting at London, who gave the aforesaid judgment.
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             A true account of the proceedings, sence and advice of the people called Quakers at the Yearly Meeting of faithful Friends and bretheren begun in London on the 28th day of the 3d month, 1694, and held by adjournment unto the 11th of the month following, in order to put an end to the divisions and differences among some of the people called Quakers in America : to which is added, an account of the proceedings of the Yearly Meeting at Burlington, relating to the said differences, shewing the dis-harmony of the two said meetings : as also, Some queries to that party of the Yearly Meeting at London, who gave the aforesaid judgment.
             Hannay, Robert.
             Bealing, Benjamin, d. 1739.
             Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting.
             Society of Friends. Burlington Yearly Meeting.
          
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             1694.
          
           
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           A
           TRUE
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           
             The
             Proceedings
          
           ,
           Sence
           and
           Advice
           of
           the
           People
           called
           QUAKERS
           .
           At
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           of
           Faithful
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           begun
           in
           London
           on
           the
           28
           th
           of
           the
           3
           d
           month
           ,
           1694.
           and
           held
           by
           Adjournment
           unto
           the
           11
           th
           of
           the
           month
           following
           ,
           In
           order
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           Divisions
           and
           Differences
           among
           some
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           in
           America
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           An
           account
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           Burlington
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           said
           Differences
           ;
           shewing
           the
           Dis-harmony
           of
           the
           two
           said
           Meetings
           .
           As
           also
           .
           Some
           Queries
           
             to
             that
             Party
             of
             the
          
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           London
           ,
           
             who
             gave
             the
             aforesaid
             Judgment
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Levis
          
           ,
           MDCXCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Friendly
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           following
           account
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           is
           recommended
           to
           thy
           Impartial
           Judgment
           ,
           wherein
           thou
           mayst
           find
           a
           Party
           of
           them
           of
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           London
           ,
           are
           proved
           guilty
           of
           endeavouring
           to
           Cloak
           and
           cover
           the
           Antichristian
           Errors
           ,
           and
           persecuting
           Practices
           of
           ther
           Apostate
           Brethren
           in
           Pensilvania
           ,
           as
           will
           further
           appear
           by
           these
           following
           Queries
           ,
           given
           forth
           by
           an
           offended
           Christian
           Quaker
           ,
           against
           the
           partial
           proceedings
           of
           Six
           Days
           Controversy
           ,
           and
           their
           False
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Prov
           ▪
           17.15
           .
           He
           that
           Justifieth
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           Condemneth
           the
           Just
           ,
           even
           they
           both
           are
           Abomination
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
        
         
           
             Robert
             Hannay
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           3.
           line
           19.
           for
           impatiently
           read
           
             in
             patiently
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           TRUE
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           
             The
             Proceedings
          
           ,
           Sence
           and
           Advice
           of
           the
           People
           called
           QUAKERS
           .
           At
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           of
           Faithful
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           begun
           in
           London
           on
           the
           28
           th
           of
           the
           3
           d
           month
           ,
           1694.
           and
           held
           by
           Adjournment
           unto
           the
           11
           th
           of
           the
           month
           following
           ,
           In
           order
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           Divisions
           and
           Differences
           among
           some
           of
           the
           People
           called
           Quakers
           in
           America
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           by
           Agreement
           of
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           all
           Epistles
           directed
           to
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           should
           be
           read
           openly
           therein
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           some
           Epistles
           from
           America
           ,
           being
           read
           in
           course
           ,
           in
           which
           
             the
             differences
          
           between
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           others
           were
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           upon
           Notice
           thereof
           given
           him
           ,
           he
           came
           into
           the
           Meeting
           and
           desired
           to
           have
           a
           Paper
           Read
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           heard
           in
           his
           own
           defence
           ;
           
           which
           the
           Meeting
           tenderly
           condescended
           unto
           ;
           and
           whereas
           the
           said
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           did
           before
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           publick
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Brethren
           belonging
           to
           this
           yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           openly
           and
           tenderly
           signify
           his
           earnest
           desire
           of
           Union
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           cast
           off
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Breach
           might
           be
           made
           up
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           rather
           lay
           down
           his
           Natural
           Life
           ,
           then
           it
           should
           not
           be
           made
           up
           ;
           with
           other
           Expressions
           of
           the
           like
           Import
           ,
           which
           did
           tenderly
           affect
           many
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           also
           his
           open
           confessions
           in
           divers
           Meetings
           to
           the
           power
           and
           presence
           of
           God
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           with
           our
           Ministry
           .
           —
           And
           also
           there
           being
           a
           General
           sense
           in
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           of
           a
           great
           and
           tender
           Compassion
           (
           as
           well
           as
           condesention
           )
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           with
           earnest
           Breathings
           and
           supplications
           to
           God
           ,
           both
           with
           Regard
           to
           Geo.
           Keith's
           help
           and
           preservation
           ,
           and
           also
           with
           great
           respect
           to
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           of
           the
           holy
           Truth
           ,
           and
           great
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           God
           in
           our
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           great
           and
           glorious
           Name
           ,
           and
           our
           Christian
           Reputation
           ,
           as
           a
           Chosen
           people
           gathered
           by
           his
           divine
           Power
           and
           Goodness
           to
           shew
           forth
           his
           praise
           in
           our
           Age
           and
           Generation
           ;
           and
           to
           Remove
           and
           prevent
           Reproaches
           and
           Scandals
           ,
           that
           tend
           to
           affect
           us
           ,
           to
           our
           sorrow
           and
           Grief
           ,
           as
           a
           Christian
           Society
           and
           People
           ;
           that
           the
           Mouth
           of
           Iniquity
           may
           be
           stopt
           ,
           and
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           seek
           occasion
           to
           blaspheme
           the
           holy
           Truth
           ,
           and
           reproach
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           confounded
           by
           the
           great
           power
           of
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           for
           his
           Name
           and
           Truths
           sake
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           deeply
           concerned
           and
           Zealous
           for
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           understand
           the
           Christian
           care
           and
           tender
           endeavours
           of
           our
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           here
           in
           London
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           wanting
           ,
           since
           they
           heard
           of
           the
           Divisions
           ,
           by
           Friendly
           and
           tender
           Advice
           ,
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           their
           Epistles
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           stop
           and
           Remove
           this
           Unhappy
           difference
           ,
           and
           to
           Reprehend
           these
           unsound
           and
           Erroneous
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           shew
           their
           dislike
           to
           these
           heats
           that
           have
           been
           among
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           Exhorting
           them
           to
           Brotherly
           Love
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Tenderness
           ,
           and
           Warning
           them
           against
           Separation
           ,
           or
           that
           Spirit
           that
           would
           lead
           thereto
           ,
           and
           expose
           the
           same
           to
           Reproach
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Meeting
           also
           taking
           tender
           Notice
           of
           the
           Request
           of
           our
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           of
           the
           6
           weeks
           Meeting
           in
           London
           ,
           for
           this
           Meeting
           to
           be
           concerned
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           hear
           and
           end
           the
           said
           differences
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           in
           part
           heard
           before
           ,
           but
           had
           not
           oppertunity
           to
           hear
           fully
           :
           It
           was
           thereupon
           ,
           in
           Brotherly
           Love
           ,
           assented
           unto
           by
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           that
           as
           many
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           of
           the
           six
           Weeks
           Meeting
           as
           were
           formerly
           deputed
           by
           the
           six
           Weeks
           Meeting
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           Members
           of
           the
           same
           Meeting
           that
           should
           desire
           it
           ,
           might
           be
           present
           and
           Assistant
           with
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           ends
           aforesaid
           .
           And
           this
           Meeting
           agreed
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           the
           other
           publick
           affairs
           should
           be
           over
           ,
           as
           many
           Members
           of
           the
           yearly
           Meeting
           as
           could
           attend
           the
           service
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           publick
           faithful
           Friends
           that
           are
           free
           ,
           should
           Remain
           and
           continue
           the
           yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           to
           hear
           ,
           judge
           and
           determine
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           Quiet
           all
           the
           differences
           between
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           and
           others
           concerned
           therein
           .
        
         
           Proceedings
           thus
           far
           agreed
           to
           by
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           full
           hearing
           of
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           and
           others
           concerned
           in
           the
           said
           differences
           ,
           much
           of
           six
           days
           were
           spent
           ,
           impatiently
           hearing
           the
           said
           differences
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           were
           related
           ,
           or
           made
           out
           unto
           us
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           publick
           Reading
           of
           several
           Printed
           Books
           and
           Papers
           from
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           differences
           ,
           particularly
           one
           book
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             True
             Copy
             of
             Three
             Judgments
             ,
          
           &c.
           another
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Plea
             of
             the
             Innocent
          
           ,
           &c.
           another
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             Some
             Reasons
             and
             Causes
             of
             the
             late
             Separation
             ,
          
           And
           also
           by
           
             Epistles
             ,
             Papers
          
           and
           Certificates
           (
           from
           many
           concerned
           on
           both
           sides
           )
           out
           of
           America
           ,
           besides
           the
           great
           Patience
           of
           this
           Meeting
           towards
           him
           ,
           in
           frequently
           hearing
           him
           in
           his
           Defence
           and
           
             Complaints
             ,
             Allegations
          
           and
           Arguments
           ;
           as
           also
           in
           divers
           passages
           both
           by
           
             G.
             K.
          
           with
           his
           Friend
           
             Tho.
             Budd
          
           ;
           And
           
             Sam.
             Jennings
          
           with
           
             T.
             Ducket
          
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           were
           several
           times
           patiently
           heard
           Face
           to
           Face
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           
             G.
             K.
          
           divers
           times
           acknowledged
           
             the
             Moderation
             of
             the
             Meeting
          
           .
        
         
           The
           foregoing
           Causes
           and
           Reasons
           ,
           
             How
             this
             Meeting
             came
             to
             be
             concerned
             in
             this
             Weighty
             Affair
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             manner
             of
             Proceedings
             ,
             thus
             far
             being
             sincerely
             related
             ,
             we
             proceed
             likewise
             to
             give
             the
             true
             Sence
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Advice
             of
             this
             Meeting
             thereupon
             .
          
        
         
         
           Concerning
           the
           Printed
           Books
           from
           
             G.
             K.
          
           and
           others
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           relating
           to
           those
           Differences
           and
           Divisions
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           America
           ,
           it
           being
           proposed
           to
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           
             That
             Friends
             concerned
             might
             singly
             declare
             their
             Sence
          
           ;
           which
           they
           had
           liberty
           freely
           to
           do
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           Power
           was
           over
           the
           Meeting
           .
           Thereupon
           many
           Weighty
           Testimonies
           were
           given
           in
           great
           Fear
           and
           Tenderness
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           
             That
             the
             exposing
             the
             Differences
             in
             Print
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             the
             View
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             both
             in
          
           America
           and
           Europe
           ,
           
             hath
             been
             of
             great
             dis-service
             to
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             given
             great
             occasion
             of
             Offence
             and
             stumbling
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Sorrow
             and
             Grief
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             many
             Faithful
             Friends
             ,
             opening
             the
             Mouths
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             Professors
             and
             others
             ,
             to
             reproach
             the
             Truth
             and
             Friends
             thereof
             .
          
           And
           it
           's
           the
           clear
           and
           general
           Sense
           of
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           That
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           therein
           concerned
           with
           him
           ,
           were
           not
           acted
           in
           God's
           Wisdom
           and
           Counsel
           therein
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           had
           more
           regard
           to
           God's
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Reputation
             of
             our
             Christian
             Society
             and
             Profession
             .
          
           And
           altho
           it
           appears
           that
           some
           few
           persons
           have
           given
           Offence
           ,
           either
           through
           
             Erroneous
             Doctrines
             ,
             unsound
             Expressions
          
           ,
           or
           
             Weakness
             ,
             Forwardness
             ,
             Want
             of
             Wisdom
          
           and
           
             Right
             Vnderstanding
          
           ;
           yet
           the
           spreading
           thereof
           in
           Print
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           aggravating
           manner
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           sending
           them
           over
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           (
           unconcerned
           in
           the
           differences
           )
           appears
           not
           to
           be
           in
           God's
           Peaceable
           Wisdom
           ,
           nor
           consistent
           with
           the
           good
           Order
           of
           Truth
           among
           us
           ,
           since
           we
           were
           
             a
             People
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           the
           
             tender
             Advice
          
           and
           Counsel
           ,
           That
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           should
           either
           call
           in
           these
           Books
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           publish
           something
           Innocently
           ,
           and
           
             effectually
             to
             clear
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             People
          
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           and
           
             their
             Ministers
          
           ,
           from
           those
           Gross
           Errors
           charged
           on
           some
           few
           in
           America
           ;
           and
           retract
           the
           bitter
           Language
           in
           them
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           he
           is
           concerned
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           have
           too
           much
           appeared
           in
           some
           few
           particular
           persons
           on
           
             both
             sides
          
           ,
           thereby
           giving
           occasion
           to
           Truth
           's
           Adversaries
           to
           asperse
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           upon
           
             the
             Quakers
             rendering
             Reviling
             for
             Reviling
          
           one
           against
           another
           ;
           which
           is
           of
           an
           ill
           savour
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           remov'd
           by
           God's
           Power
           and
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Root
           and
           Spirit
           thereof
           ,
           in
           whomsoever
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Separation
           among
           Friends
           in
           America
           ,
           arising
           from
           
           the
           unhappy
           differences
           ,
           and
           the
           dividing
           some
           Meetings
           there
           ;
           It
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           the
           great
           reproach
           of
           Truth
           and
           Friends
           ,
           and
           dishonour
           of
           our
           holy
           Professions
           ,
           and
           hinderance
           of
           Truth
           's
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Grief
           and
           Trouble
           of
           Faithful
           Friends
           ,
           both
           in
           England
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World.
           And
           how
           far
           soever
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           hath
           been
           concerned
           therein
           (
           which
           the
           general
           Sense
           of
           Friends
           here
           is
           ,
           doth
           lye
           at
           his
           door
           ;
           )
           He
           ought
           now
           sincerely
           to
           use
           his
           utmost
           Endeavours
           ,
           and
           Interest
           with
           his
           Friends
           concern'd
           ,
           to
           
             remove
             it
          
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           forward
           a
           Re-uniting
           and
           Amicable
           composure
           for
           the
           holy
           Truth
           's
           sake
           ,
           and
           the
           Clory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Peace
           of
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           And
           wherein
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           apprehends
           himself
           injured
           ,
           or
           aggreived
           by
           any
           particular
           persons
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           exercise
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Forgiveness
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           for
           Christ's
           sake
           be
           forgiven
           of
           God
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           accordingly
           as
           he
           himself
           has
           sometimes
           openly
           declar'd
           .
           And
           we
           desired
           the
           same
           in
           all
           others
           concerned
           towards
           him
           ,
           as
           in
           relation
           to
           
             personal
             Injuries
             or
             Offences
          
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           concerning
           those
           few
           late
           Magistrates
           (
           professing
           the
           Truth
           )
           concerned
           against
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           ,
           in
           their
           Sessions-Proceedings
           ,
           and
           
             Order
             of
             Sessions
          
           published
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           fining
           him
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           others
           (
           professing
           the
           Truth
           )
           about
           words
           of
           Reflection
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           Sense
           of
           Friends
           ,
           That
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           others
           with
           him
           ,
           had
           been
           ,
           and
           were
           under
           an
           
             hour
             of
             Temptation
             and
             Provocation
          
           ;
           And
           those
           Magistrates
           concerned
           ,
           did
           too
           much
           let
           in
           the
           
             Provocation
             over
             them
          
           ,
           and
           did
           too
           highly
           resent
           Reflection
           ;
           and
           it
           had
           been
           better
           they
           had
           not
           medled
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           quietly
           have
           born
           it
           ,
           and
           passed
           it
           by
           ;
           and
           had
           they
           kept
           in
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           these
           things
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           .
           There
           appears
           to
           us
           to
           have
           been
           too
           much
           height
           of
           Spirit
           on
           
             both
             sides
          
           ,
           and
           both
           had
           need
           to
           be
           deeply
           humbled
           ,
           both
           
             Provokers
             and
             Provoked
          
           .
           Tho
           the
           Legality
           ,
           or
           Illegality
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           ,
           according
           to
           Men
           ,
           it
           appears
           not
           proper
           for
           this
           Meeting
           to
           meddle
           with
           ,
           howbeit
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Printed
           Trial
           of
           the
           Proceeding
           ,
           where
           Quakers
           are
           represented
           to
           persecute
           Quakers
           ,
           has
           done
           great
           hurt
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           great
           Reproach
           upon
           the
           said
           People
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           whereby
           many
           of
           our
           Enemies
           insult
           over
           
           us
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           a
           People
           swayed
           by
           a
           persecuting
           Spirit
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             knew
             what
             the
             Quakers
             would
             do
             if
             they
             had
             power
             in
             their
             hands
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           Friends
           ought
           to
           be
           cleared
           from
           that
           Reproach
           ;
           howbeit
           the
           said
           Book
           appearing
           scandalous
           in
           divers
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           Inquiry
           was
           made
           in
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Author
           and
           Owner
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           disowned
           it
           to
           be
           his
           ;
           but
           he
           owned
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           concerned
           his
           Trial
           ,
           and
           
             T.
             Budd
          
           said
           ,
           
             he
             was
             not
             willing
             to
             discover
             the
             Author's
             Name
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           our
           Sense
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Publishers
             of
             that
             Book
             (
             if
             they
             profess
             Truth
             )
             should
             call
             it
             in
             ,
             and
             condemn
             its
             publication
             ,
             and
             sending
             it
             over
             hither
             ,
             to
             our
             great
             Reproach
             ,
             and
             Injury
             of
             the
             Truth
             and
             people
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           We
           understand
           from
           divers
           Epistles
           and
           Testimonies
           from
           many
           of
           our
           Friends
           in
           America
           ,
           corresponding
           with
           us
           in
           Brotherly
           Love
           ,
           That
           they
           appear
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           sound
           Mind
           and
           Judgment
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           principle
           Doctrines
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           particularly
           ,
           besides
           other
           Epistles
           ,
           we
           observe
           one
           bearing
           date
           the
           17
           th
           of
           Month
           4.
           1692.
           signed
           with
           near
           30
           Names
           ,
           from
           a
           Meeting
           of
           Ministring
           Friends
           ,
           wherein
           they
           do
           appear
           sincerely
           to
           believe
           and
           confess
           their
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           his
           Conception
           ,
           Birth
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Sufferings
           ,
           Miracles
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           Ascension
           ,
           and
           Intercession
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           he
           did
           and
           suffered
           ,
           was
           to
           compleat
           our
           Redemption
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           expected
           Salvation
           by
           no
           other
           Name
           than
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           to
           which
           every
           knee
           shall
           bow
           ,
           and
           Tongue
           confess
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           and
           General
           Judgment
           ,
           they
           believe
           them
           according
           as
           they
           are
           declared
           in
           Scripture
           ▪
           Thus
           far
           they
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           Gross
           Errors
           ,
           False
           Doctrines
           ,
           or
           Mistakes
           ,
           held
           by
           any
           professing
           Truth
           in
           America
           ,
           as
           are
           either
           against
           the
           Validity
           of
           Christs
           Sufferings
           ,
           Blood
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           Ascension
           ,
           or
           Glory
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           are
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           any
           ways
           tending
           to
           the
           denial
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Man
           Christ
           ;
           such
           persons
           ought
           to
           be
           diligently
           instructed
           and
           admonished
           by
           Faithful
           Friends
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           exposed
           by
           any
           to
           publick
           Reproach
           ;
           and
           where
           the
           Error
           proceeds
           from
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           darkness
           of
           their
           Understanding
           ,
           they
           
           ought
           the
           more
           meekly
           and
           gently
           to
           be
           informed
           But
           if
           any
           shall
           wilfully
           persist
           in
           Error
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Faith
           ,
           after
           duly
           informed
           ,
           then
           such
           to
           be
           further
           dealt
           with
           according
           to
           Gospel
           Order
           ,
           that
           the
           Truth
           ,
           Church
           and
           Body
           of
           Christ
           may
           not
           suffer
           by
           any
           particular
           pretended
           Member
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           corrupt
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           very
           observable
           in
           this
           our
           solemn
           Meeting
           ,
           that
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           remove
           some
           scruples
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           some
           concerning
           his
           belief
           ,
           or
           Doctrine
           about
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           within
           ,
           did
           voluntarily
           Declare
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             viz.
             I
             know
             no
             man
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             professes
             a
             Belief
             of
             the
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Light
             within
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             more
             than
             I
             profess
             or
             hold
             ,
             and
             have
             always
             professed
             since
             I
             came
             among
             Friends
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             That
             the
             Light
             within
             ,
             being
             God
             ,
             the
             Word
             and
             the
             Spirit
             in
             every
             Man
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             to
             Reveal
             to
             every
             Man
             all
             that
             is
             needful
             to
             his
             Eternal
             Salvation
          
           :
           Which
           Confession
           did
           appear
           to
           have
           a
           tendency
           to
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Meeting
           in
           that
           respect
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           earnestly
           desired
           ,
           and
           tenderly
           advised
           by
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           that
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           have
           a
           tender
           regard
           to
           our
           Antient
           Testimony
           ,
           for
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           Faith
           ,
           the
           Immortal
           Seed
           and
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           within
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           plainness
           and
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Preaching
           of
           it
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           whereby
           many
           have
           been
           turned
           to
           God
           ;
           which
           Testimony
           and
           Ministration
           the
           Lord
           hath
           signally
           blessed
           and
           prospered
           by
           his
           power
           and
           presence
           ,
           for
           the
           Gathering
           ,
           confirming
           and
           Building
           up
           of
           many
           thousands
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           holy
           faith
           ;
           Whereof
           there
           are
           many
           Living
           Witnesses
           yet
           Remaining
           .
        
         
           Also
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           in
           true
           and
           tender
           Love
           ,
           for
           Christ's
           sake
           ,
           desire
           and
           admonish
           the
           said
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           (
           and
           even
           for
           the
           peace
           of
           his
           own
           soul
           )
           to
           watch
           against
           his
           Human
           Infirmity
           ,
           and
           Weakness
           appearing
           therein
           ,
           and
           against
           such
           passionate
           Behaviour
           ,
           as
           thence
           appeared
           divers
           times
           in
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           to
           the
           trouble
           and
           Grief
           of
           many
           Antient
           and
           faithful
           Friends
           ;
           and
           humbly
           to
           Wait
           upon
           God
           ,
           to
           feel
           his
           power
           ,
           to
           subdue
           his
           own
           Passions
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           very
           Watchful
           against
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Enemy
           that
           takes
           Advantage
           thereupon
           to
           hurt
           him
           ,
           or
           at
           any
           time
           to
           hurry
           him
           into
           disorder
           of
           Spirit
           at
           unawares
           ;
           which
           we
           pray
           God
           make
           him
           truly
           sensible
           of
           ,
           and
           watchful
           against
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           Inward
           peace
           ,
           and
           for
           Good
           Example
           and
           behaviour
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           we
           do
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           did
           divers
           times
           openly
           acknowledge
           his
           Passions
           ,
           Weaknesses
           and
           Infirmities
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           Meeting
           did
           the
           more
           Exercise
           Compassion
           ,
           Charity
           and
           Patience
           towards
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Meetings
           tender
           Advice
           to
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           also
           is
           ,
           to
           live
           in
           Peace
           and
           Charity
           among
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           here
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           
           and
           else
           where
           ,
           and
           to
           avoid
           all
           publick
           and
           apparent
           Reflections
           upon
           Ministring
           Friends
           ,
           or
           their
           Ministry
           ;
           and
           likewise
           all
           Ministring
           Friends
           to
           forbear
           the
           like
           towards
           him
           ,
           that
           no
           occasion
           of
           stumbling
           or
           Reproach
           may
           be
           given
           thereby
           ,
           nor
           any
           Brother
           Hurt
           in
           his
           Testimony
           .
           And
           as
           
             G.
             Keith
          
           shall
           apptove
           himself
           in
           Charity
           and
           Reconciliation
           with
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           here
           in
           London
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           they
           are
           desired
           accordingly
           to
           be
           tender
           and
           kind
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           sincerely
           approves
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           of
           Peace
           and
           Charity
           towards
           all
           ,
           and
           Answers
           our
           Christian
           Advice
           herein
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           This
           our
           Solemn
           Meeting
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           and
           Power
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           doth
           Exhort
           and
           Charge
           all
           them
           that
           have
           separated
           ,
           to
           meet
           together
           with
           other
           Friends
           ,
           in
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           humbly
           to
           wait
           for
           his
           Power
           to
           Repair
           the
           Breach
           ,
           Reconcile
           and
           Reunite
           them
           in
           his
           tender
           Love
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           Supplicates
           the
           God
           of
           all
           our
           Mercies
           ,
           to
           remove
           all
           Prejudice
           and
           Offences
           out
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           to
           Effect
           this
           good
           End
           ,
           which
           our
           Souls
           have
           deeply
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           Humility
           and
           Brokenness
           of
           Heart
           ,
           Travelled
           for
           in
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           are
           still
           in
           a
           Travel
           for
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           Reproach
           may
           be
           removed
           ,
           Gods
           Truth
           Exalted
           ,
           and
           his
           Churches
           Peace
           Restored
           and
           preserved
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           man
           think
           himself
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           or
           Spiritual
           ,
           let
           him
           acknowledg
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           Mind
           of
           Christ
           in
           these
           Matters
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           Recommend
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Love
           we
           Salute
           you
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           God
           of
           Peace
           be
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           bruise
           Satan
           under
           your
           Feet
           .
        
         
           
             
               Signed
               on
               behalf
               of
               the
               said
               Meeting
               and
               their
               Appointment
               .
               By
            
             Benj.
             Bealing
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Some
           Queries
           to
           that
           Party
           ,
           or
           Faction
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Yearly
             Meeting
          
           at
           London
           ,
           who
           gave
           the
           aforesaid
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           
             Friends
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Being
           deeply
           sensible
           of
           the
           renewed
           burthens
           ,
           and
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           grief
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           your
           Paper
           of
           
             False
             Judgment
          
           will
           bring
           upon
           many
           Hundreds
           of
           the
           poor
           despised
           ,
           persecuted
           Witnesses
           of
           the
           Crucified
           Jesus
           ,
           in
           Pensilvania
           and
           elsewhere
           ;
           I
           thought
           my self
           obliged
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           publish
           in
           Print
           the
           Judgment
           given
           forth
           by
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           Burlington
           ,
           against
           the
           Twenty
           Eight
           False
           Judges
           ,
           together
           with
           these
           following
           Queries
           .
           By
           all
           which
           it
           will
           be
           discovered
           to
           all
           Impartial
           and
           Unprejudiced
           Readers
           ,
           which
           of
           the
           Two
           Yearly
           Meetings
           were
           guided
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Counsel
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Infallible
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ;
           the
           Judgment
           given
           by
           them
           of
           Burlington
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           given
           by
           that
           Party
           or
           Faction
           of
           this
           Yearly
           Meeting
           at
           London
           ,
           they
           being
           so
           Opposite
           and
           Contradictory
           ,
           in
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           viz.
           That
           of
           Burlington
           ,
           being
           signed
           by
           Seventy
           Friends
           of
           Known
           Integrity
           and
           Good
           Conversation
           ,
           wherein
           there
           doth
           appear
           a
           more
           convincing
           Demonstration
           and
           Ground
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           acted
           in
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           a
           tender
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           Impartial
           and
           Unprejudiced
           Men
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           set
           their
           Hands
           to
           any
           Papers
           of
           difference
           on
           either
           side
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           viz.
           that
           Party
           of
           this
           yearly
           Meeting
           at
           London
           ,
           giving
           Just
           Cause
           of
           Suspicion
           that
           they
           were
           not
           acted
           by
           the
           Counsel
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           partly
           appears
           by
           their
           refusing
           to
           set
           their
           Hands
           to
           their
           own
           Judgment
           ,
           when
           much
           importuned
           thereto
           by
           us
           ,
           but
           too
           Pharisee-like
           ,
           laying
           that
           heavy
           burthen
           upon
           the
           Back
           of
           their
           Hired
           Clerk
           ,
           which
           they
           
             themselves
             would
             not
             touch
             with
             one
             of
             the
             least
             of
             their
             Fingers
             .
          
           (
           so
           as
           to
           Sign
           it
           .
           )
        
         
           
           
             Query
             I.
             
          
           
             WHether
             that
             Party
             or
             Faction
             of
             this
             Yearly
             Meeting
             ,
             have
             not
             discovered
             themselves
             to
             be
             too
             like
             unto
             their
             Persecuting
             Brethren
             in
             Pensilvania
             ,
             by
             endeavouring
             to
             cover
             and
             lessen
             their
             Crimes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Query
             II.
             
          
           
             Whether
             it
             hath
             not
             been
             sufficiently
             proved
             that
             some
             of
             your
             Brethren
             in
             America
             ,
             are
             guilty
             of
             holding
             such
             Damnable
             Errors
             and
             Doctrines
             of
             Devils
             ,
             that
             no
             Protestant
             Society
             would
             tollerate
             ?
             (
             If
             this
             you
             deny
             )
             the
             Letters
             and
             Papers
             Writ
             and
             Signed
             by
             their
             own
             hands
             which
             were
             read
             in
             your
             yearly
             Meeting
             ,
             may
             be
             Printed
             to
             further
             Demonstrate
             ,
             and
             prove
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Query
             III.
             
          
           
             Why
             are
             you
             so
             partial
             as
             to
             order
             
               George
               Keith
            
             and
             Friends
             to
             call
             in
             their
             Printed
             Books
             ,
             and
             not
             also
             to
             order
             
               Samuel
               Jennings
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             to
             call
             in
             the
             false
             and
             rash
             Judgments
             given
             forth
             by
             them
             against
             
               George
               Keith
            
             and
             Friends
             ,
             without
             any
             due
             Conviction
             ,
             Hearing
             or
             Tryal
             ,
             especially
             that
             of
             the
             twenty
             Eight
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             being
             the
             rotten
             basis
             and
             foundation
             on
             which
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             built
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Query
             IV.
             
          
           
             And
             how
             do
             you
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             that
             part
             of
             your
             yearly
             Meeting
             ,
             that
             have
             blamed
             
               G.
               K.
            
             and
             Friends
             ,
             was
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             that
             yearly
             Meeting
             at
             Burlington
             that
             were
             unanimous
             in
             clearing
             
               G.
               K.
            
             were
             not
             led
             thereby
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Error
             ;
             unless
             ye
             will
             say
             that
             the
             Meetings
             in
             America
             have
             a
             dependance
             on
             the
             Meeting
             here
             ,
             as
             
               Samuel
               Jennings
            
             openly
             affirmed
             to
             you
             in
             your
             and
             our
             hearing
             ,
             and
             to
             erect
             to
             your selves
             a
             new
             Rome
             ,
             or
             Metropolitan
             Church
             in
             London
             ,
             which
             
               G.
               K.
            
             openly
             opposed
             in
             your
             and
             our
             hearing
             ,
             saying
             ,
             The
             Meetings
             in
             America
             ,
             or
             any
             where
             else
             ,
             had
             no
             more
             dependance
             on
             you
             here
             ,
             than
             ye
             had
             on
             them
             ;
             nor
             had
             ye
             any
             more
             promise
             of
             Infallibility
             annexed
             ,
             or
             Intailed
             to
             you
             ,
             than
             any
             other
             Meeting
             of
             Friends
             ;
             and
             
               G.
               K.
            
             blaming
             the
             word
             
               Dependance
               ,
               W.
               P.
            
             bid
             retract
             that
             word
             Dependance
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             Relation
             ;
             to
             which
             
               G.
               K.
            
             replyed
             ,
             He
             did
             own
             all
             Meetings
             every
             where
             related
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             but
             without
             any
             Dependance
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             did
             own
             our
             giving
             and
             receiving
             Advice
             to
             and
             from
             one
             another
             ;
             but
             the
             Dependance
             of
             all
             must
             be
             upon
             Christ
             ,
             on
             whom
             God
             hath
             Promised
             ,
             
               He
               will
               hang
               all
               the
               Glory
               of
               his
               Fathers
               House
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Vessels
               of
               small
               and
               great
               quantity
               ,
            
             
             (
             read
             Isa
             .
             22.24
             .
             )
             and
             another
             of
             the
             Ministers
             said
             in
             his
             Declaration
             in
             one
             of
             these
             yearly
             Meetings
             ,
             in
             your
             and
             our
             hearing
             ,
             that
             this
             Meeting
             was
             the
             Mother
             of
             Churches
             ,
             without
             having
             any
             check
             given
             him
             by
             any
             of
             you
             ;
             but
             we
             believe
             that
             Jerusalem
             above
             is
             that
             Mother
             of
             Churches
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             yearly
             Meeting
             at
             London
             ,
             nor
             any
             where
             else
             upon
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Query
             V.
             
          
           
             How
             could
             you
             lay
             the
             Separation
             on
             us
             ,
             seeing
             
               Thomas
               Lloyd
            
             went
             away
             twice
             from
             the
             Monthly
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             taking
             a
             skirt
             of
             the
             Meeting
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             denying
             the
             Monthly
             Meeting
             to
             be
             a
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             their
             Judgment
             to
             be
             a
             true
             Judgment
             ,
             tho
             ye
             your selves
             cannot
             deny
             it
             to
             be
             a
             true
             and
             seasonable
             Judgment
             .
             See
             a
             true
             Copy
             of
             it
             in
             
               Reasons
               and
               Causes
               of
               Separation
            
             .
             (
             pag.
             10.
             )
             And
             seeing
             it
             was
             sufficiently
             proved
             that
             
               Thomas
               Lloyd
            
             ,
             and
             his
             party
             did
             first
             Separate
             from
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             leaving
             of
             the
             Bank
             Meeting
             eight
             Months
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Publishing
             of
             the
             False
             Judgment
             of
             the
             28
             ,
             and
             their
             forcing
             the
             Reading
             of
             it
             in
             Monthly
             Meetings
             ,
             against
             the
             consent
             of
             many
             of
             the
             Principal
             Members
             of
             said
             Meetings
             ,
             did
             occasion
             the
             dividing
             of
             the
             other
             Meetings
             .
          
        
         
           
             Query
             VI.
             
          
           
             Why
             should
             you
             refuse
             to
             sign
             your
             Paper
             of
             false
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             on
             your
             hired
             Clerk
             ,
             who
             was
             mostly
             absent
             from
             these
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             therefore
             extreamly
             Ignorant
             of
             the
             matter
             of
             fact
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             because
             you
             know
             that
             it
             was
             only
             a
             prejudiced
             party
             of
             you
             that
             are
             the
             Authors
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             yearly
             Meeting
             ;
             for
             it
             cannot
             be
             thought
             that
             all
             the
             Members
             of
             so
             solemn
             Assembly
             should
             be
             so
             greatly
             blinded
             ,
             as
             to
             consent
             to
             the
             Publishing
             of
             such
             a
             paper
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             full
             of
             Errors
             and
             Mistakes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Query
             VII
             .
          
           
             Why
             have
             you
             so
             readily
             and
             heartily
             received
             ,
             owned
             and
             commended
             your
             Brethrens
             Scriptural
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             ,
             seeing
             it
             doth
             not
             appear
             they
             have
             Condemned
             their
             Antichristian
             Errors
             ,
             and
             unsound
             Notions
             ,
             which
             they
             should
             have
             first
             done
             ,
             before
             you
             had
             received
             them
             into
             Communion
             ,
             and
             owned
             them
             Sound
             in
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ;
             otherwise
             they
             may
             be
             still
             guilty
             of
             these
             gross
             Errors
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             Confession
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             for
             the
             Papists
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ,
             will
             confess
             in
             Scripture
             Words
             ,
             but
             differ
             in
             the
             true
             Sense
             of
             it
             ,
             from
             sound
             Christians
             ;
             something
             of
             which
             will
             appear
             by
             the
             following
             Query
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Query
             VIII
             .
          
           
             Why
             do
             you
             not
             tell
             your
             Brethren
             in
             Pensilvania
             what
             those
             Errors
             are
             which
             you
             reprehend
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             them
             disown
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             read
             to
             you
             in
             the
             Meeting
             ,
             out
             of
             many
             of
             their
             own
             Manuscripts
             and
             Papers
             ,
             signed
             by
             their
             own
             hands
             (
             as
             namely
             )
             that
             of
             
               John
               Dellaval
            
             ,
             who
             charged
             
               G.
               K.
            
             of
             being
             guilty
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             in
             denying
             a
             Fundamental
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             his
             Heresie
             being
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Light
               within
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               without
               something
               else
               ;
               G.
               K.
            
             meaning
             by
             that
             ,
             something
             else
             ,
             
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             
               John
               Dellaval
            
             defining
             Heresie
             by
             a
             
               Popish
               Definition
            
             .
             (
             not
             saying
             with
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             ,
             )
             that
             it
             is
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             (
             but
             to
             the
             Church
             )
             meaning
             his
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             Also
             John
             Humphrey's
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               is
               grieved
               to
               hear
               some
               say
               ,
               they
               expect
               to
               be
               Justified
               by
               that
               Blood
               that
               was
               shed
               at
            
             Jerusalem
             ;
             and
             further
             saying
             ,
             
               Is
               not
               this
               to
               divide
               Christ
            
             ;
             to
             use
             that
             Term
             
               Christ
               within
               ,
               and
               Christ
               without
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             other
             blasphemous
             Expressions
             of
             his
             read
             in
             your
             hearing
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             
               Jacob
               Tallnar
            
             his
             charging
             
               G.
               K.
            
             with
             impious
             Blasphemy
             ,
             and
             denying
             the
             Lord
             that
             bought
             him
             ;
             for
             his
             saying
             in
             his
             Catechism
             ,
             
               That
               Death
               both
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               was
               the
               Effect
               of
            
             Adam
             
               's
               Fall
            
             ;
             in
             which
             said
             Paper
             he
             positively
             asserteth
             gross
             Antinomian
             Doctrines
             and
             Principles
             ,
             as
             that
             mens
             sins
             are
             forgiven
             them
             when
             Christ
             died
             on
             the
             Cross
             ;
             and
             blaming
             
               G.
               K.
            
             for
             not
             giving
             all
             that
             belongs
             to
             
               Christ
               without
            
             ;
             as
             others
             of
             his
             Party
             blame
             
               G.
               K.
            
             for
             not
             giving
             all
             that
             belongs
             to
             Christ
             within
             .
          
           
             As
             also
             the
             Record
             of
             their
             Monthly
             Meeting
             in
             Philadelphia
             ,
             that
             clears
             
               Thomas
               Fitzwater
            
             of
             his
             charging
             
               G.
               K.
            
             of
             saying
             ,
             
               the
               Light
            
             [
             within
             ]
             
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               without
               something
               else
            
             ;
             with
             divers
             other
             Vile
             Errors
             and
             Blasphemies
             ,
             contained
             in
             divers
             other
             of
             their
             Papers
             ,
             signed
             with
             their
             own
             Hands
             ;
             the
             Original
             Copies
             whereof
             were
             read
             at
             one
             of
             the
             said
             Meetings
             in
             your
             hearing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Query
             IX
             .
          
           
             Why
             are
             ye
             so
             partial
             ,
             to
             leave
             out
             these
             Material
             ,
             and
             very
             Necessary
             Words
             of
             
               G.
               K.
            
             his
             Declaration
             in
             your
             hearing
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             He
             
               believed
               that
               the
               Light
               within
               ,
               being
               God
               ,
               the
               Word
               and
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               in
               every
               Man
               ,
               is
               sufficient
               to
               reveal
               to
               every
               Man
               all
               that
               is
               needful
               to
               his
               Eternal
               Salvation
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               not
               excluding
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               his
               Death
               ,
               Sufferings
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               and
               Intercession
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               from
               being
               joyntly
               concerned
               in
               our
               Salvation
            
             ;
             as
             also
             his
             telling
             you
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Faith
               of
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               died
               for
               us
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               is
               necessary
               to
               our
               Christianity
               and
               Salvation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Query
             X.
             
          
           
             Why
             are
             you
             so
             partial
             ,
             so
             to
             misconstrue
             
               G.
               K.
            
             his
             Godly
             Zeal
             and
             Earnestness
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             his
             Christian
             Testimony
             ,
             calling
             it
             
               Passionate
               Behaviour
            
             in
             your
             Meeting
             ;
             whereas
             ye
             take
             no
             notice
             not
             only
             of
             the
             greatly
             Passionate
             Behaviour
             of
             divers
             of
             you
             towards
             him
             ,
             oft
             interrupting
             him
             in
             his
             Just
             Defence
             ,
             and
             in
             divers
             of
             you
             speaking
             to
             him
             at
             once
             ,
             nor
             of
             other
             divers
             gross
             Abuses
             he
             met
             with
             from
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             whom
             he
             did
             prove
             manifestly
             had
             falsly
             accused
             him
             in
             your
             hearing
             ;
             Nor
             of
             
               Samuel
               Jennings
            
             attesting
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             to
             a
             Lye
             ,
             as
             
               G.
               K
            
             proved
             to
             you
             in
             your
             hearing
             ,
             from
             a
             Paper
             signed
             by
             
               Samuel
               Jennings
            
             his
             own
             Hand
             ?
             
               Do
               ye
               indeed
               speak
               Righteousness
               ,
               O
               Congregation
               ?
               Do
               ye
               judge
               uprightly
               ,
               O
               ye
               Sons
               of
               Men
               ?
            
             Psal
             .
             58.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Robert
               Hannay
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           From
           the
           
             Yearly
             Meeting
          
           at
           Burlington
           ,
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           Fifth
           ,
           Sixth
           ,
           and
           Seventh
           Days
           of
           the
           Seventh
           Month
           ,
           Anno
           1692.
           
        
         
           To
           our
           Friends
           and
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Truth
           ,
           both
           in
           
             Pensilvania
             ,
             East
          
           and
           West-Jarsey
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           as
           there
           may
           be
           occasion
           ,
           to
           be
           Read
           in
           their
           Monthly
           and
           Quarterly
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           they
           in
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           shall
           see
           meet
           .
        
         
           WHEREAS
           there
           hath
           been
           an
           Unhappy
           Difference
           ,
           of
           late
           ,
           between
           our
           Friends
           ,
           
             Geo.
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           our
           Friends
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
             ,
             John
             Simcock
             ,
             Sam.
             Jennings
             ,
          
           and
           others
           joyned
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           hath
           tended
           to
           the
           Great
           Reproach
           of
           Truth
           and
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Dishonour
           of
           our
           Holy
           Profession
           .
           And
           whereas
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           Paper
           signed
           by
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
             ,
             Samuel
             Jennings
             ,
             John
             Simcock
             ,
          
           and
           others
           joyned
           with
           them
           ,
           being
           in
           Number
           Twenty
           eight
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           have
           opposed
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Friends
           joyned
           with
           him
           ,
           whereby
           he
           is
           condemned
           ,
           as
           
             a
             Person
             unfit
             and
             unqualified
             to
             be
             a
             Minister
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Person
             without
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           whereas
           the
           said
           Paper
           of
           Condemnation
           hath
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           setting
           up
           many
           separate
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           other
           Confusion
           and
           Disturbance
           ,
           (
           both
           privately
           and
           publickly
           )
           in
           these
           Parts
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           said
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           others
           joyned
           with
           him
           ,
           being
           offended
           with
           the
           said
           Judgment
           ,
           have
           appealed
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           and
           true
           Judgment
           of
           all
           faithful
           Friends
           at
           this
           Yearly
           Meeting
           ,
           and
           have
           requested
           (
           by
           a
           Second
           Paper
           sent
           to
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           with
           him
           )
           That
           they
           might
           have
           a
           fair
           Hearing
           and
           Tryal
           before
           impartial
           Friends
           ,
           (
           who
           have
           not
           taken
           part
           to
           the
           signing
           Papers
           sent
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           on
           either
           side
           )
           the
           Second
           Day
           of
           the
           said
           Meeting
           ,
           about
           an
           hour
           after
           the
           breaking
           up
           of
           the
           Meeting
           for
           Publick
           Worship
           ;
           and
           we
           whose
           Names
           are
           hereunto
           subscribed
           ,
           being
           extreamly
           
           grieved
           and
           troubled
           ,
           under
           a
           sence
           of
           the
           Reproaches
           the
           Truth
           has
           met
           withal
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           said
           unhappy
           Difference
           ,
           yet
           having
           not
           concerned
           our selves
           actually
           in
           the
           said
           Difference
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           being
           met
           at
           the
           said
           Meeting-House
           ,
           with
           true
           Desires
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           make
           us
           instrumental
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           said
           Difference
           ,
           and
           truly
           make
           up
           the
           said
           Breach
           ,
           before
           it
           grow
           wider
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           said
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Friends
           joyned
           with
           him
           in
           their
           said
           Appeal
           :
           And
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           ,
           (
           though
           again
           desired
           ,
           by
           two
           Messengers
           from
           the
           Meeting
           ,
           to
           appear
           ,
           and
           they
           )
           refusing
           the
           Meeting
           ,
           adjourned
           till
           an
           hour
           after
           the
           Publick
           Meeting
           the
           next
           day
           ;
           and
           then
           being
           assembled
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           still
           refusing
           to
           come
           (
           although
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           had
           lately
           before
           advised
           the
           said
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           to
           make
           Application
           to
           the
           Yearly
           Meeting
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           (
           as
           Divers
           of
           us
           can
           witness
           )
           and
           the
           said
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           ,
           laying
           their
           Complaint
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           concerned
           ,
           not
           appearing
           ,
           (
           though
           again
           desired
           several
           times
           )
           our
           Expectations
           and
           Desires
           ,
           (
           with
           respect
           to
           that
           effectual
           and
           absolute
           healing
           the
           said
           Breach
           )
           is
           in
           some
           measure
           frustrated
           .
           Notwithstanding
           whereof
           ,
           having
           heard
           the
           Papers
           on
           both
           sides
           read
           ,
           and
           having
           weightily
           and
           deliberately
           considered
           them
           ,
           do
           give
           it
           as
           our
           Sence
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           
             George
             Keith
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Friends
           concerned
           in
           the
           said
           Paper
           of
           Condemnation
           ,
           are
           not
           guilty
           of
           the
           Charges
           and
           Censures
           therein
           contained
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           ,
           for
           the
           Honour
           ,
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           Welfare
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Peace
           and
           Quietness
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           in
           these
           Parts
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           said
           Twenty
           eight
           Persons
           ,
           forthwith
           Re-call
           their
           said
           Paper
           of
           Condemnation
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           condemn
           the
           same
           by
           a
           Writing
           under
           their
           Hands
           ,
           directed
           to
           all
           the
           Monthly
           and
           Quarterly
           Meetings
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           said
           Paper
           was
           directed
           ;
           And
           that
           they
           forbear
           offering
           to
           speak
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           publick
           Testimony
           in
           Meetings
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           so
           done
           .
           And
           we
           do
           also
           give
           it
           as
           our
           Judgment
           ,
           That
           those
           Publick
           Friends
           who
           are
           charged
           with
           Misdemeanours
           ,
           and
           Ill
           Behaviour
           in
           their
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           do
           forbear
           speaking
           in
           Publick
           Meetings
           by
           way
           of
           Testimony
           ,
           till
           they
           clear
           themselves
           ,
           and
           make
           Satisfaction
           to
           their
           Brethren
           :
           And
           that
           all
           Publick
           Friends
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           forbear
           all
           Railing
           and
           Reviling
           one
           another
           ,
           either
           publickly
           or
           privately
           ,
           which
           hath
           only
           this
           tendency
           ,
           to
           dishonour
           Truth
           ,
           and
           lay
           Stumbling-blocks
           in
           the
           Way
           of
           the
           Weak
           ;
           but
           that
           in
           such
           Case
           they
           observe
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           Order
           ,
           established
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           practised
           among
           Friends
           .
        
         
           
           
             Signed
             by
             Us
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             Our Selves
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             Friends
             ,
             who
             are
             one
             with
             us
             herein
             .
             
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Turner
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Elias
                   Burling
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Reid
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Charles
                   Reade
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Coborne
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Harmon
                   Vpdengraves
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Powel
                
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Fitzrandal
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Joseph
                   Richards
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Edmund
                   Wells
                
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Kimber
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Neall
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Anthony
                   Woodward
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Andrew
                   Smith
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Hixon
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Panceast
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Burcham
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Hearse
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Jones
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Joseph
                   Willcox
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Godfrey
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Budd
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Parke
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Caleb
                   Wheatly
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   White
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Gladwin
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Rutter
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Smith
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Benjamin
                   Morgan
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Joseph
                   Sharp
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Thomas
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Bainbridge
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Snowden
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Black
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Snowden
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Abraham
                   Brown
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Hampton
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Daniel
                   Bacon
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Joseph
                   Adams
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Guy
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Barnard
                   Devonish
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Samuel
                   Ellis
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Cross
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Moore
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Jenner
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Harper
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Wheeler
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Walton
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Roe
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Peter
                   Boss
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Bowles
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Budd
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Silver
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Samuel
                   Taylor
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Griffith
                   Jones
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Righton
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Kendal
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Samuel
                   Houghton
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Emanuel
                   Smith
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Peter
                   Daite
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Richard
                   Sery
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Willcox
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Wells
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Isaac
                   Jacobs
                   van
                   Bibet
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cornelius
                   Scevers
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Snead
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   David
                   Sherkis
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Carter
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Paxon
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tindal
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .