SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE REMARKS UPON THE QUAKERS: OR, THE busy Priest's ENVY Detected, AND FOLLY Manifested; And his poor Ability for his Languishing-Churh Proved Ineffectual.  Prov. 21. 10. 
The Soul of the Wicked desireth Evil: His Neighbour findeth no Favour in his Eyes.  Psal. 84. 14. 
The Lord will not cast of his People, neither will he forsake his Inheritance.  
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INTRODUCTION.  
ALtho' the King and Parliament, in their great Wisdom, with Regard to the good of the Nation, and for Uniting of the Hearts of the King's Protestant Subjects in Interest and Affection, have seen meet to grant Indulgence to Tender Consciences, in the Exercise of Religious Worship; yet there needs but little Observation to inform, to what a height of rancour and Prejudice some Parsons( and such as they can Influence) are grown, whose particular Interest, and earnest Desire( to gratify their Wills, and to be at their old Trade of Persecution) is such, that they would frustrate the designed Good to the Nation, and break the good Unity in Interest and Affection, of the King's Protestant Subjects; knowing they shall thereby weaken the Interest of the Protestants, if they can divide them, and provoke them to fall one upon another; remembering that saying, That a Kingdom divided against itself, cannot stand: And those that are most hot at this Work, give cause to suspect, they are such Tools and Emissaries that are employed by a contrary Interest to the Protestants.  
And their Cry of heresy, heretics, Wolves, Cloven-foot Saints, &c. and deniers of the Trinity, doth savour of their persecuting Spirit: And their charging those that the Parliament have recognised Protestant Dissenters, with the opprobrious Names of Blasphemers, Impostors, Cheats, Knaves, Renouncers of Christianity, and with laying aside the Lord Jesus Christ, and being Despisers of the Scriptures, Inconsistent with State, Inclinable to Disturb the Peace, shows the small Reverence they have to their Governours, to Insinuate, that they were so Unwise and Ignorant, as to Indulge such, and recognise them for Protestants, that are Blasphemers, and deniers of Christ, as they falsely say.  
And this shows not only their small Reverence to their Governours, but their great Design to Alienate and Divide the Affections of the King's Protestant Subjects; and tends to Incense them one against another, that now God in Mercy, and by his Providence, affords us Peace and Plenty in our Native Land, we might not enjoy that Blessing, by quietly living according to that Religion, which is an Institution of Love; and the Tenor of which is, Glory to God in the highest, Peace on Earth, and good Will to all Men.  
But, it seems to me, this, and such other prejudiced Priests, with such of their angry Hearers as they can prevail with, and Influence, would have the Protestant Dissenters, in this time of Peace, Suppressed, and not Tolerated nor Indulged, to give Glory to God in the highest, in their Peaceable, Religious and Christian Assemblies; nor suffered to live Quietly and Peaceably on the Earth, and in the Nation wherein they were Born, altho' he, or such as he, live at Ease, and enjoy plenty from the Sweat of other Mens Brows, and the Labours of those he is so angry with: Oh! what shane it is that any of his Pretensions should be found in such Work! Will nothing serve him, but to have those that live in Love and Peace disturbed, that he so severely charges them to be Blasphemers, and so vehemently cries out against them, whose constant care hath been, under all the various Governments, since they were a People, to live Peaceably and Inoffensively? What aileth this angry Priest? Doth he want to have Ill-minded Men( like himself) again encouraged, such that have in days past been too much countenanced,( to Inform and give false Witness against this Honest, Industrious and Laborious People;) whereby many have been great Sufferers in Body and Estate, by having their Blood spilled in the Streets, and great havoc made upon their Goods, by Lewd, Loose, Idle Persons, of ill famed, that were either never so Industrious and Diligent to get Estates, or otherwise by their Loose, Ungodly and Extravagant Living, to spend what their Parents got. If he would not encourage such, what means his calling to have the Quakers Suppressed, and coercion exercised; and his saying, I do not think the Ring-leaders among them worthy of so much Compassion? Is it not then reasonable to conclude, that his tender Mercies would be Cruelty? And indeed( this was the old way of those whose Works declared they were not what they would be accounted;) their Speech bewrays, and their Writings declares them to be of a bitter persecuting Spirit, by crying out, The best way we can take against the Quakers, is to Address the King, and to Petition our Representatives in Parliament; adding, as this Priest doth, I can't see what Law will oppose our Wishes, the Quakers having been favoured too long; let us not be Fools any longer, but call upon one another for Assistance against the Quakers; and Men of all persuasions, Combine and Confederate against them. It seems he wants those that are Dissenters from his Languishing Church, as he calls it, to join with her against the Quakers. Oh! what an out-cry is here? Surely I may say, as Marien Bishop of Calcedon, in Bithynia, did to Julian the Apostate, viz. In mine Opinion, he is a Persecutor which molesteth any kind of way, such Men that led a quiet and peaceable Life. Julian in this sort afflicted the Christians not a little; so this Priest may see whose Example he follows, and would have others to follow, if they have no more Wit or Christianity than he: But I hope, and am persuaded, we have now such a King, that will not follow that Emperors Example, however he may be excited thereto( by such busy and envious Priests) neither will, it's hoped, his great Council, the Parliament, any more Countenance such Petitions hereafter, then they did the last Sessions, those from Suffolk and Norfolk, where the Priests had prevailed with some to Petition to have the Quakers Suppressed: See the Answer to them Petitions, where that Spirit, and its evil Designs, are opened, and set forth in their proper Colours.   

A Catalogue of some of this Priests notorious lies.  
Introd. Chap. 5. The Quakers want Patience in themselves, and Permission from their Superiors to red the Books that are writ against them. p. 7. — None comes nearer the Papists than the Quakers. p. 8. The Quakers Disown, both in their Writings and Preaching, the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Ibid. The Quakers declare it utterly Impracticable, to deprive them of the present Benefits of passing their Words. Ibid. The Quakers Trade with none but themselves. p. 10. They seldom or never give a Farthing to any of a Different persuasion. c. 7. p. 13. The Quakers set their own Authorities above the Scriptures. p. 15. The Quakers set up for Infallible Persons. Ibid. The Quakers, in our Controversies with them, will not be judged by the Holy Scriptures. p. 16.   Ibid. It is never usual for the Quakers to ask God Pardon for what they have done, tho' there is need enough of it. Ibid. The Quakers quiter lay aside our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, thinking to be saved without him. Ibid. The Quakers deny and destroy the ever Blessed Trinity. Ibid. The Quakers have preached down all outward Devotion and Decency in Religion. p. 17. The Quakers Curse and Damn all the World besides themselves. p. 18. I have not misrepresented the Quakers in the least here, for nothing hath been charged to their Score, but is naturally deducible from the great Principle of the Light within. p. 26. The Quakers have Renounced Christianity at the bottom. p. 28. The Quakers have owned, that Priests of the Church of Rome have often preached amongst them.  
To these I might add more, but think these too many, viz. as his lying ridiculous Stories, in p. 21. about the Quakers, and a Schollar's Speaking in the Quakers Meeting, who the Quakers called Daniel, and magnified God for him, when it was a Cheat under Disguise.   

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE REMARKS Upon the Quakers, &c.  
Remarks, Chap. 1. page. 1. WHo but the Quakers, amongst their Neighbours, for godly Men and upright Dealers? And what confirms it, is a constant Care to abstain from vain Oaths and idle Expressions— a great plainness in their Discourse, and a plausible pretence of standing inviolably to their Word; they appear withal, Meek and Lowly in their own, and in the Eyes of others; so far from Pride, and the Flattery of the World, that they never give nor take the common Civilities of the Age or Country.  
And that Men may judge of their Intentions by their Outside, the Quakers Dress is Mean and Humble, such as becomes the Pure in Heart, which is justly 
Note, If their Dress be commendable, is not the antic Dresses of many others, their high Heads, and patched Faces, condemnable? Why then are not the former imitated, and the latter forsaken?  commendable, we ought to aclowledge, and respect where ever we find it, and so we do in them.— The Quakers speak but seldom, and then it comes from them like an Oracle;— and are upright enough in their Intentions.— Thus the Quakers recommend themselves to the common People[ and are willing so to recommend themselves to all People] and gain their good Opinion, or at least their Notice.  
Observation. These are granted to be the Ways and Means by which the Quakers set themselves off to the best advantage, and gain the good Opinion of the common People; and what ever Offence it may be to this Priest, we esteem it both Christian, and Agreeable to the King's Proclamation, for Preventing and Punishing Immorality and profaneness; and the late Queen's Gracious Letter, and for the suppressing profaneness and Debauchery; and the Humble Address of the House of Commons, for the suppressing profaneness and 'vice; and what he doth contrary thereto; and to what is said in that Book, so highly Recommended by a great number of Lords, Bishops, and most of the Judges of the Land, entitled, An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, &c. Were what is Advised to therein, practised, he would not have writ as he hath, And now especially the times of Peace are returned, which we have been  told, are the times of Reformation, as in p. 20. of the said Book, then should not this busy Priest have been so earnest to blow up Persecution; and by what skill he hath endeavoured to raise that Monster again, that hath been so long laid; red what followeth, p. 27. Let all our Learned rabbis, the great Disputers of the World, and all that make Profession of Religion, but give little better Account of it, than by expressing a fierce and uncharitable Heat, against those that differ from them, in some things relating to Religion, but not essential to it,[ by calling them, they give the Character afore-quoted unto, Blasphemers, heretics, Cheats, Impostors, &c.] and wherein all Men, equally Wise and Good, have, I doubt not, never yet been fully agreed; think seriously with themselves, whether they may not better employ some share, at least of their Parts and Zeal, to much better purpose, in furthering the Reformation of Mens Lives and Manners of the Nation, by suppressing profaneness and 'vice, than by raising or keeping up with an Unchristian Temper[ as this Priest doth] to the manifest Injury of the Christian Religion, which is an Institution of Love, dangerous or unnecessary Controversies or Divisions. Neither would he, if he had followed this Advice, have called for suppressing the Quakers, for Professing and practising that Religion which is an Institution of Love, and living Peaceably under the Government, which he tacitly Reflects upon for the Indulgence they have granted, and we gratefully aclowledge; neither is this agreeable to the Advice aforesaid, nor becoming any, much less a professed Minister of Christ, that came not to Destroy Men's Lives, but to Save them, to be so earnest and industrious for Persecution as he is.  
Rem. Chap. 2. p. 3. This Priest also tells a strange thing, and delivers it in manner following, viz. They ( i.e. e. Quakers) prevail with some, and make them Converts before he is ware; which may be his Grief, who saith, To his satisfaction he hath endeavoured according to his poor Ability, to prevent the Mischief that's threatened to the best of Churches( altho' Languishing, as he confesses) p. 29, 30.  
Rem. Chap. 3. p. 3. Again this Priest( as he owns he is) saith, 'tis not a Fiction of my own, but plain matter of Fact, that many have been enticed, and hired with Money, into the Party, and the event hath confirmed it beyond denial.  
Obser. We have this Parsons Word, that this is no Fiction of his, but plain matter of Fact, but he offers no proof, and I challenge him, and those of his Fraternity that are like minded with him, and will take his Word, to prove it: But if they account his Word may be taken, then their Church is Languishing, and may not I truly say, They give cause to think so, when they so liberally part with their Money to Francis Bugg, for his Books and his Services; and what Hire or Reward G. K. hath from them,( since he is become a Sworn Deacon among them,) is best known to him he Swore by and to, and those in whose Pulpits he Preaches: And would ever such Tools be made use of by the Bishops of London, Norwich and Lincoln, &c. and sent about City and Country, if they were not under some Apprehensions of the Languishing Condition of their Church, as this Son of hers says.  
Rem. Chap. 4. p. 4. He seigns a Story of a Quakers Visiting one that is not a Quaker, and calls it the Method of Converting; which Fictitious Story, after he hath confidently  told, he as falsely affirms, They do so where ever they come; and says positively, This is the way, and nothing but matter of Fact; and I am confident( says he) that most Persons that have any knowledge of the Quakers— must needs own, that they have found them thus going to Work, viz. He, i.e. e. the Quaker, contrives some way or other to make a Visit— the Quaker sits for some time— but at last he takes an opportunity to open his Mouth, and( as he feigns him) saith, Friend, at my first coming under thy Roof, I did not know that I had any thing to say to thee; but since my coming here, I have received a Word from the Lord— And thus saith the Lord, Come out of Darkness, and be enlightened, that thou mayst be saved, and all thy House.  
Obser. Now he asserts they do so wherever they come, which is notoriously false; and that this proves them greater Knaves than Prophets, saith he. I shall leave it to all to whom Quakers come, to determine whether this be nothing but matter of Fact, as related, or nothing but Fiction in this person; and whether this Man is not more ridiculous herein than he renders the Quakers.  
Rem. Chap. 5. p. 5. He pretends to tell the Arguments made use of to Alienate the People from their own, and bring them over to the persuasion of the Quakers.  
1st, When a thing is Odd or Mystical, it is sure to be more respected for its being so.— The Quakers are very sensible of this, and therefore are purposely provided with uncommon Expressions, dark Words— such as spiritual Worship, spiritual Worshippers, and the Light within, with which they amuse the common People.  
Obser. What blindness and Ignorance this Man appears in, to call the Expressions of spiritual Worship, and spiritual Worshippers, and the Light within, dark Words? Surely he is very Dark and Ignorant of the spiritual Worship Christ spoken of; and is not such a Worshipper that Christ said, the Father seeketh to Worship him, for they Worship in the Spirit and Truth, which this Man Ridicules and Rejects; and thereby shows he is not Taught by Christ, and therefore unfit to be a Preacher of him to others.  
2dly, He complains, That the Quakers abate the good Opinion the common People have of their Parish-Ministers, and in order to it, tells them, That he is an Hireling— who does nothing but for filthy Lucre, Preaching for tithe pigs, goose and Capons— A Doctrine one may be sure( say this Priest) is very agreeable with many amongst the Vulgar, who pay their tithes with a very unwilling Mind, and grudge the Minister should have One in Ten.  
Obser. How can the Quakers abate the good Opinion of the common People, when they have not so good Opinion of them, as to pay their tithes willingly; but some for Fear may, least if they should withhold a tithe Goose or pig, or a few Eggs or Plumbs, they should be Subpoena'd to the Exchequer at London, altho they live 200 Miles from it; and then have a Non est Inventus returned, altho' they are easily to be found, they not absconding, and yet have an Attachment for non-Appearance taken against them; or if they do appear, are committed to Goal, and Run to a Sequestration against their Estates, for a Contempt; and so by such Angry Parish-Priests, who to show their Revenge against them that are unwilling to pay them, as some for Conscience sake are, then get their Goods and Estates seized, and thereby put them to Forty, Sixty, or One Hundred times more loss, than what is pretended to be due for tithes; and tho' the Priest get little by it, yet will they take these severe ways, although by Act of Parliament there is provided a more easy way for them to Recover their tithes; but that doth not so well please many of the Angry Envious and Revengeful Parish-Priests, like unto Ruining of Families, Parting Man and Wife, endangering thereby the poor Country-man's Life, by depriving him of Breathing in his Native Air, and shutting him up in a close nasty Goal, above 100 Miles many times from his Family( as there are many Instances) whereby his Wife is sometimes made a Widow, and his Children Fatherless; and if there be ten of them Children, the Priest will not have one of them, but either the Parish, their Friends, or Relations, must provide for them, when the poor Father is Dead, and the Family Ruined, or they may Starve for him; and this is the way that many of them take. But whether these things render them Ministers of Christ, Hirelings, or such that seek the Fleece more than the Flock, or demonstrates them to be in the Spirit, practise or Doctrine of Christ, let true Christians Judge; for by their Fruits they are known, whatever clothing they have, or however broad their phylacteries are, and how well so ever they love Greeting in the Market-place, and to be called of Men Master, it may easily appear whose Servants they are.  
But this Priest says in the same page., God never designed his Ministers should Serve for nothing.  
Obser. He pretends here to be positively acquainted with God's Designs; but his own Mind and Design is manifest, that he is not willing to Serve for nothing, or to stand to the Discretion or Benevolence of the People; for indeed were he and his Brethren left to their Discretion and Benevolence, they would not have so many Thousands and Hundreds per Year, as some of them have; for they pay their tithes with a very unwilling Mind, as he confesseth, which shows they are sensible their Preaching hath but little effect upon the People; and the Works and Lives of many of them are such, that no ways Recommends them to be what they would be accounted; and therefore coercion, Force and Violence, are their knocking Arguments to them that do not receive them, and pay them.  
Again saith this Priest, p. 6. There is less reason still for Men to grudge the tithes to their Ministers, or think they pay them in their own Wrong, since the tithe is what the Laity never had a Title to; for if the Increase be God's, then nothing is more certain, than that the Tenth was never theirs,  
Obser. He here excludes all his, or others Hearers from being God's Heritage, and thereby from a Right to tithes; and if they are not God's Heritage, What hath his and their Preaching benefited them? If he and they say, They are the Heritage of God( as Clergy signifies) then they have a Right to their own tithes.  
And again, If tithes be the Increase, and the Increase God's, then it's not theirs, altho' they presume to take it, but the Lord's; yet this Priest( that thanks his God, that he doth not writ for Bread) altho' he pleads much for his Belly, Tithe pigs and goose, &c. and pretends the like Provision( i.e. e. a settled Maintenance) hath been made for the Ministers of God in all Christian Nations— arising from the tithes and Possessions of the Church.  
Obser. This wants Proof, I desire to know of this red Man, whether Holland be a Christian Nation, and whether the Ministers there are paid from the tithes of the Church, where none are demanded or paid.  
Again, If the People are the Church, and some of those People are common Cheats, Pick-pockets, Blasphemers, Impostors and heretics, as he calls the Quakers, ought these Ministers to be paid by such, or will they by force take tithes from them that are not of their Church, nor Members of it; if he allows the Quakers are Members, then by his account, common Cheats, Pick-pockets, Blasphemers, Impostors, and heretics, are Members of his Church; and if not, he would force them to pay that are not of the Church, from the tithes and Possessions of which they are to be paid, as he saith. And seeing he saith, They ought to be paid from the tithes and Possessions of the Church; then not from the tithes and Possessions of those that are not the Church. He saith also, That the denial or with-holding tithe by the People, is Robbing of God: Indeed, some Jews were of old said so to do, when tithes were Commanded of God; but Robbery was not in that day charged on the Gentiles, that were not of the Jewish Church, neither ought it to be Charged now on the true Christians, that are acquitted from paying tithes, either to the Jews, or such that call themselves Christians; for the Priesthood being Changed, there is of necessity a Change also of the Law that gave them; and the Law being Changed, and no New Law given by Christ, that requires the Payment of them, none are obliged to pay them to any of Christ's Ministers, For where there is no Law, there is no Transgression. Indeed the Apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ saith, The Lord hath ordained, that they which Preach the Gospel, should live by the Gospel; but he don't say, They must live by the tithe pigs, goose and Corn, &c. of those that do, not own them to be Ministers of the Gospel; and if this Priest would be accounted a Minister of the Gospel, let him prove himself so, seeing he saith, p. 7. Another Argument whereby the Quakers endeavour to Discredit the Parish Ministers with the People, they tell them, He is a Papist: This wants Proof, and he offers nothing but his confident say-so for it.  
However, seeing he hath started it, and calls the Quakers Knaves, and saith, Hereby they show their Ignorance and Malice, by such causeless and illiterate Aspersions. Let this Priest try if he can prove his Ordination any other way than through the Pope of Rome, and whether he hath any other Ordination or Call, but what was first received from Him, and the Popish Bishops; and then it may appear, whether he and his Brethren, or the Quakers, whom he saith none comes nearer the Papists, be most a-kin to the Pope, whose Authority the Quakers expressly and altogether Reject and Deny, as mere Usurpation; and if he hath no other way to prove his Ordination or Call, may he not be justly accounted one of the Pope's Emissaries, which I account signifies one Sent; and then, is not his Ordination, Call and Sending, by or from the Pope? And is he not an Emissary of the Pope's? And may not I revert his Words upon him, and say, Never was Man more unlucky in an Objection?  
He hath also another fling more at the poor Quakers and their Speakers, saying, p. 6. There is not a Speaker of the Quakers, but what hath a better Maintenance, and picks up more than most Parish-Ministers.  
And observe it where you will, you seldom or never meet with a Speaker amongst them, of any Name, but what is thought to be Rich, or else hath purchased a Visible Estate, of a considerable Value.  
Obser. This is a false Insinuation; If any are grown Rich, or got Estates, it hath not been by taking Peoples Goods by Force, Imprisoning their Bodies, and Ruining their Families, that either did or did not Hear them: But it's to be feared; this person, nor his Brethren, will not follow the Quakers Example of Preaching freely, because they find their Preaching hath so little effect upon their Hearers, and their Love so small to them, considering how they behave themselves, that altho' they have a Law to Compel the paying their Maintenance, yet their Hearers don't willingly, but very unwillingly pay them, as he confesseth. Besides, if this person and his Brethren followed the Quakers Preachers Example, they must not only Preach freely, but use Care Diligence and Pains in their Trades and employments to get Money to provide for themselves and Families; and when God is pleased to bless their Endeavours and Industry in their lawful employs, they are truly thankful to him, and readily contribute according to their Abilities, towards the Relief and Assistance of them that stand in Need, and take Care that the Wives and Children of those, which such as he hath Ruined( and been Instrumental to make Widows and Fatherless) are provided for; and if because they are found in that Love, which is the Mark of the true Disciples of Christ, and by which, as he said, All Men should know they were his Disciples; this Priest, and such angry ones( as he appears to be) are displeased, they cannot help it. Again, this Priest and his Brethren opening their Mouths, and employing their Pens and the Press against the Quakers, and procure Curses and Excommunications for their not paying their tithes or Easter Reckonings, altho' it's well known to them, that well know the Quakers, that they are Quiet, Honest, Peaceable and Industrious People, that sincerely desire to live in the Love and Fear of God; and such that so live, have, through his Assistance, demeaned themselves so, as to have a Conscience voided of Offence to God, and towards all Men; and therefore hath the Lord frustrated the Designs of the Wicked, and restrained the Wrath of the Ungodly, altho' they have many times been like the Raging Waves of the Sea, casting forth Mire and Dirt, horrid lies and gross Slanders, against this Innocent People, yet the Lord that knows their Innocency, hath, and they trust will, as they abide in his Love, and dwell in his Fear, Deliver them out of all their Troubles, and Sweep away the Refuge of lies, and put the Lying Lips to Silence.  
This Priest one while commends their Behaviour and Dress, and that it becomes the Pure in Heart; another while says, p. 8. They are fitted for Monkery, with all the tendency of Habit and Behaviour. What? Is that Dress which becomes the pure in Heart, fitted for Monkery? Hath he such a great Opinion for those, and is he so near of kin, as to commend their Habit and Behaviour?  
But he hath not done with the Quakers yet, but saith, p. 8. And it's this Suspicion of their( i.e. Quakers) being Papists, that made many at Home Sorry, and Foreigners wonder at their having the Benefit of the Toleration; of which the Quakers are more unworthy, because they make another Use and Advantage of it, than the Government did, or does design they should.  
Obser. He pretends to be well acquainted with Foreigners, and says, they Wonder( because he Envies) at the Quakers having the Benefit of the Toleration( a thing he cannot endure) of which he saith, the Quakers are more unworthy; but who are they that are more worthy than the Quakers? Are they the Papists, because his Comparison or Writing is of the Papists and Quakers, saying, all Concluded and Expected they( i.e. Quakers) would( in King James's Time) have declared and joined with the Papists? But if all so Concluded and Expected, their Conclusion was wrong, and their Expectations frustrated, as is plainly manifested, as well as his Suggestion false. But what's the Use, and more Advantage, the Quakers make of the Toleration, than the Government did, or does design they should: This he tells not, because he knows of no more Ill Advantage they make, than any other, and his Prejudice is evident enough against other Dissenters, whom he accounts Sects and Parties, against the Languishing-Church, as he saith, as well as the Quakers; only he pretends, p. 8. That the King and Parliament have been pleased to grant them( i.e. Quakers) a Toleration, and to take their bare Word in all Cases, when other Men are bound to Swear; whereby they would have People think, the Government have owned Quakerism to be the best Religion. The contrary of which appears, for if they did intend any more than a Toleration, they could have granted it; however, for that we are thankful, and hope the good Effects( notwithstanding the Anger of some Interested Men, whose Passion and Enmity is greater than their Wisdom and Conduct) will be a sufficient Encouragement to our Wise Legislators to continue it, that now we have Peace Abroad, we may enjoy it at Home: But this Angry Priest hath not yet done using his poor Endeavours, according to his weak Ability, as he saith, to Incense the Government against the Quakers, by suggesting they have really forfeited all Pretences to it, and for Proof asserts two notorious Untruths.  
1st, That the Quakers deny the ever blessed and undivided Trinity: Of which he as confidently as falsely says, nothing is more certain than that they are against. When nothing is more true, than they do, and always did, own there are Three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three are One.  
Now, if to say Three, be not more Scriptural, than to say, Trinity, and One, than Undivided, let the true Christians that love the Scripture, as we sincerely do, Judge.  
His 2d Untruth on this Head is expressed by him, p. 8. thus, They( i.e. Quakers) disown, both in their Writings and Preaching, the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and therefore it must needs follow, that they have no right to the Toleration.  
Obser. What lying Stories this Hot, Angry, and Envious Priest vents, to render them such that have no right to the Toleration; those that are acquainted with their Books and Preaching, know that it's their characteristic Principle, to assert, That the Word that was in the beginning with God, and was God, in which was Life; and the Life was the Light of Men; is the true Light, which lighteth every Man that cometh into the World, according to John 1. and that shows we own his Divinity, and ever did; and believe the Word was made Flesh, and dwelled among us, according to John 1. 14.  
I could give account of more of his Untruths, but being many, have given a particular Catalogue of some of them: And I have been larger in my Answer to this Chapter than to the foregoing, or may be to the following, this being larger by far, than any of his others.  

Of their Meetings.  
Rem. Chap. 6. p. 12. The Company meets, and the Speaker having stayed some time for the Spirit, starts up— I shall not here make Sport with their Preaching— But I think we may safely expose that dullness, Grunting and Groaning in the People, with those Postures and Grimaces, spitting in their Hands, and pulling off their Coats— However the Man, you may be sure, sheweth his best.  
Obser. How Scofflingly he Writes, and how Foully he Represents the Quakers here, as well as he hath falsely before; those that frequent their Meetings, do and may see their Behaviour, and hear their Preaching, and can testify; to whom I leave this.  
Rem. Chap. 7. p. 13. This Man saith, There cannot be a plainer Instance, and wherein the common People may better Judge for themselves, that the Quakers set their own Authority above the holy Scriptures, than their allowing the Women to Speak and Preach among them.  
Obser. First his false Position or Suggestion of the Quakers setting their own Authority above the holy Scriptures is denied, for nothing contrary to holy Scriptures do they hold; and his Instance is short of Proof, for the Apostle was not positively against any Christian Woman Blessing God's Name, Confessing to his Goodness, or Praying or prophesying in the Church, altho' he was for having them keep in Subjection, and not to Teach nor Usurp Authority over the Man, which the Quakers are against; but if any true Believing, Sanctified Woman is opened, or moved by the Spirit of God, in the Congregations of the Lord's People, to Pray or prophesy, with her Head Covered, as the Apostle Adviseth, the Quakers dare not forbid it, and the Apostle Adviseth to it; and we are persuaded he intended what he expressed, that they should Learn in Silence, with all Sub-Subjection, and that a Woman should not be suffered to Teach nor Usurp Authority over the Man; for that would be no good Doctrine, for it would better become her to be in Silence, with all Subjection, and Learn of her Husband, as is advised before: But the Apostle, Phil. 4. 3. saith, I entreat thee, true yoke-fellow, help those Women which Laboured with me in the Gospel; so that there was Holy sanctified Women that Laboured with him in the Gospel; and such that are Called and Qualified thereto, may now Labour in the Gospel, altho' he saith, either St. Paul or the Quakers are in the Wrong; it's his Mistake, and bare ipse dixit; and as he says, One would think there is no Body in his Wits. but would be on the apostles side; and truly the Quakers are, whatever he is, so much in their Wits, to be of the apostles Mind.  
Rem. Chap. 8. p. 14. Concerning the Fundamental Principle of the Quakers, or the Light within, and the mischievous Effects and Consequences of it— which fortifies them against all the Arguments of their Adversaries.  
Obser. The Quakers indeed do profess and believe in Jesus Christ, the Light within, who said, I am the Light of the World, and commanded to believe in the Light; who is that true Light that lighteth every One that cometh into the World; and is the Life of that Word that was in the beginning with God, and was God, and who commanded the Light to shine out of Darkness, and hath shined in our Hearts, to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God, in the Face of Jesus Christ, and through the Revelation of him, are they made partakers of that Knowledge which is Life Eternal; and Christ who is this Light, as this Priest acknowledgeth he is, is not, nor cannot be, the Author of any mischievous Effects and Consequences, neither do dangerous Mistakes arise from the belief of Christ the Light within, as this Priest very Blindly and Blasphemously Asserts; neither doth Christ the Light within destroy all Civil Dominion, Property and Right among the Quakers, as he saith, p. 16. but teacheth and strengtheneth them to maintain and uphold it.  
He Asserts also in the same page. as followeth, That another dangerous and blasphemous Consequence from the Opinion of the Light within, is, That the Quakers quiter lay aside our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, thinking to be Saved without him.  
Obser. This is as notoriously false, as Positive and Blasphemous; for I Assert that it's through Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that died for our Sins, and Obedience to him that Rose again for our Justification, and is in all true Believers, that the Quakers hope and expect to be saved by; and this Belief is no dangerous and blasphemous Consequence, as this Priest foully, blindly and blasphemously Asserts.  
Yet he again Asserts, in p. 16. Nor will they ( i.e. Quakers) aclowledge that there ever was in Earth, nor now is in Heaven, any other Christ, but what they have at present all within them; and so here is an end of the Divinity, Incarnation, Nativity, Passion, Satisfaction, Resurrection, Mediatorship, and Coming again to judgement, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  
Obser. What a strange People this Priest would render the Quakers, through his outrageous Envy, which he accounts commendable Zeal, altho' it's evident to be such Paul had, whilst Saul, by the very rancour of it; I wish he doth it as ignorantly and blindly as Paul did, and may come so to see it, as he did. And if this Priest, and all that think hardly of the Quakers, would be so considerate, as to lay aside all their Prejudices, and have so much Charity for them, as to believe what they have, and do frequently say and writ, so far as it is according to Scripture, they would find their Mistake of the Quakers, and that their Doctrines are not Erroneous, Heretical, or contrary to Scripture, however they are represented by some Interested and Prejudiced Parsons, that are found in the Spirit and practise of those learned Doctors and great rabbis that called Christ Beelzebub, and that said, his Disciples were Drunk, or filled with new Wine, unlearned and accursed, and that esteemed the Primitive Christians a Sect, which was almost every where spoken against, and persecuted them, as this Man would have the Quakers; altho' he pretends he is only for a tender coercion, yet would he have them Innocently Suppressed, as in p. 29. but that tenderness also is too much for those he is pleased to call Ring-leaders and Crafty Knaves. Howbeit I will here declare what they firmly believe, and in express Scripture-words, as much as I can:  
It's that Jesus Christ, that was Born of the Virgin Mary, and was supposed to be the Son of Joseph, who about 1700 Years past appeared in the World, was manifest in the Flesh, wrought wonderful Miracles, preached excellent Doctrine, underwent a great Agony, Died for our Sins, Rose again for our Justification, and Ascended into Heaven, and is there the one Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus; to whom all judgement is committed, and Power given; and who declared himself the Light of the World, and was before the World began, and exhorted to believe in the Light, and is as truly now in the true Believers, as he was of old, yea, in all, except they are Reprobates; and the same Jesus Christ they firmly believe, shall himself Descend from Heaven, with a Shout, with the Voice of the Arch-Angel, and with the Trump of God, and the Dead in Christ shall rise first: And they own and believe there shall be a Resurrection both of the Just and Unjust.  
And therefore what this Priest hath asserted is false, for they believe there is not, nor ever was, any other Lord Jesus Christ, than him that they Profess and Believe in, that is the Alpha and Omega, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good Confession, which in his times he shall show, who is the Blessed and Only Potentate, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lord's, who only hath Immortality, dwelling in the Light which no Man can approach unto, whom no Man hath seen, nor can see: To whom be Honour and Power. Amen.  
This Priest notwithstanding goes on, in the same 16th page., falsely to Suggest or Charge, without bringing proof, viz. And if the Quakers have thus laid aside Jesus Christ himself, 'tis no wonder if they despise his Ordinances and Institutions; and we find by sad Experience they have— overturned the Priesthood, and preached down all outward Devotion and Decencies in Religion.  
Obser. This is false, for they have not laid aside Jesus Christ, nor do they despise any Ordinance or Institution of his; neither have they overturned that Priesthood which is changed, for that which took tithes; neither have they preached down all outward Devotion and Decencies in Religion, altho' their Ministers do not wear Surplices, have not a Cushion to loll on, have not Organs and Singing-Boys, because they do not find they are any of Christ's Institutions nor Ordinances; but whatsoever by plain and express Scripture, and in plain and express Scripture-words, without the corrupt Meanings of those that do not pretend to the Guidance of Christ's Spirit, can be proved to be an Institution or Ordinance of Christ, which all his Followers are obliged to practise, they are for.  
P. 16, and 17. This Light they ( i.e. Quakers) say is Christ, and Christ is the Heir of all things, which gives them a Title to Inherit the Earth, and sets them above all Magistracy, Government and Laws, and so they are in a fair way to Invade the Estates and Goods of other Men, and will never want a pretence to justify their Rapine.  
Obser. The Folly and Ridiculousness of what he saith, to Argue, Because Christ is Heir of all things, those that believe, and have a part in him, are in a fair way to Invade the Estates and Goods of other Men; What will he make of those that are true Christians, and of Christ that is their Leader and Teacher? Will he make him the Author of Sin, and the Justifier of Rapine? Oh Horrible! How will he like this Argument? He and his Brethren say, They believe in Christ, and Christ is Heir of all things: Therefore they are set above all Magistrates, Government and Laws, and are in a fair way to Invade the Estates and Goods of other Men, and will never want a pretence to justify their Rapine.  
And indeed they have already began with the Quakers, and are in a fairer way to Ruin them under colour of Law, than the Quakers are, who only desire their, and all Men's Good, and Covet not what is theirs, but would be glad all those that Profess themselves Ministers of Christ, or Christians, were really guided in all things by Christ's Spirit, and walked according to the Holy Scriptures, which many profess to be the only Rule of Faith and practise, that cannot prove their Faith thereby, and that do not practise according to it, as the abominable Pride, great Vanity, vicious Ways, ungodly Actions, execrable Oaths, grievous Imprecations, horrid Invocating of God to Damn their Souls, abundant Hatred, and bitter Envyings, in many, as too much thereof is by this Priest evidently manifest: The Lord give him and them, if it be his Will, Repentance unto Life, before the day of Visitation be over.  
And altho' this Man wickedly saith, The Light within makes the Quakers Threaten, Curse and Damn all the World besides themselves: It's notoriously false, for Christ, who is the Light within all that are not Reprobates, fills the Quakers Hearts with Love and good Will to all, and makes them desirous that all Men, according to the Will of God, might be Saved and Redeemed by him that died for all Men, and that tasted Death for every Man; and therefore they Earnestly, and in great Love Exhort all to Believe in Christ, the true Light, that shows them their Sins, and tells them all that ever they did; and to receive his Spirit, that convinceth them of their Sins, and reproves them for their evil Deeds, and to learn of his Grace, that they may be taught to deny all Ungodliness, the Cause of God's Wrath, and to learn of his Grace, to live Soberly and Righteously, that they may enjoy Peace, and die in God's Favour, and be Blessed for ever.  
Chap. 9. p. 18. I have not misrepresented them in the least here, for nothing hath been charged to their Score, but what is naturally deducible from their great Principle, the Light within.  
Obser. The horrible Confidence and falsehood of this Man is great, thus to Assert; for either he is ignorant of the Quakers Principle, or he is very wicked in what he hath said; for the Quakers never meant nor intended any thing thereby, but Christ the Word of God, of which the Righteousness( p. 16. and he acknowledgeth as much) of Faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine Heart, Who shall Ascend into Heaven( that is, to bring Christ down from above) and that Word is nigh thee( i.e. every Man) even in thy Mouth and in thy Heart, and is that Word of Faith which the Apostles preached( and the Quakers now Preach) yet this blind Priest saith, p. 19. The Light within is the Foundation and Cornerstone, upon which the Quakers lay all the stress and weight of Babel. And yet p. 14. he grants what they mean by the Light within, viz. An Immediate Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, or Revelation sent from God. Now can any Body believe this Man hath not misrepresented the Quakers in the least; and that nothing hath been charged to their Score, but what is naturally deducible from their great Principle: Is it naturally deducible from the Quakers owning Christ, the Word and Light within, or an Inspiration from the Holy Ghost, &c. That Christ, and the Word or Light within, Is the Foundation and Corner of Babel? And doth, from their Belief hereof; these dangerous and blasphemous Consequences follow, which he hath Asserted, viz. That they lay aside our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and think to be Saved without him; and to deny or make an end of the Divinity, Incarnation, Nativity, Passion, Satisfaction and Resurrection, Mediatorship and Coming again, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, without th 〈…〉 se they believe and know him to be within them; Oh! How Horrib●… and Abominable are these things? And what a height of Impudence, o● deep hypocrisy, and great Darkness, is this Man In! Can any believe him to be a Minister of Christ, that thus writes? Surely nay; and many other undue and unconsequential Consequences he hath foully asserted, and falsely drawn, as I have shown before, from the Quakers owning Christ, the Light within. He saith, They lay the stress of a Babel upon it: But let him know, It's the Lord that is strong, in whom the Quakers believe; he that judgeth Babylon and her Merchants, and causeth them to Weep and Mourn, for no Man buyeth her merchandise any more; I say, It's he that doth this, in whom the Quakers believe, and therefore is not the Corner and Foundation-stone of Babylon, as this Priest falsely saith: But he hath not done yet.  
Chap. 10. p. 19. The Title is, The Grand Impostor of the Light within.  
Obs. Altho' he most wickedly calls the Light within. The grand Impostor, yet p. 18. he speaketh of the Quakers preaching up the Word, and the Christ of God— the Light within; and is the Word, the Christ of God, and Light within, an Impostor? Is not this most notorious Blasphemy, which would Astonish a sober Christian Man to hear? And yet this Man proceeds, and saith, p. 19. By the Light within, I bave shewed you, That the Quakers mean an Immediate Revelation from God: Do they so? And is an Immediate Revelation from God, the grand Impostor? It may well be said, The way of the Wicked is Darkness, and they know not at what they stumble; and that it's they that do Evil, hate the Light. And notwithstanding this Man hath said of the Quakers, p. 15. The Quakers will not, in their Controversies with others, be judged by the Holy Scriptures: They do sincerely declare. They desire no Doctrine or Principle they hold, should be by any received, but what's agreeable to holy Scripture, or no ways contradictory thereto; and they desire often, as I do of this Priest, plain and express Scripture-proof for what he saith and writes; and that he would give plain Scripture for what he saith in this Chap. p. 19. viz. How nothing is more certain, than that Immediate Revelation has ceased long ago, both as to the Designs and Effects of it: And that there can be no such thing. That the Gospel, which the Apostles preached, God intended should be a Rule of Faith, and Standard of Religion to all Ages of the World: And that there is no other way of coming to the knowledge of God's Will, but by the holy Scriptures: And that the occasion of Immediate Inspiration is ceased, and prophesy was sealed and closed up: And that the Light within is nothing but a mere Cheat; with much more that he hath said of the Light within; let the Quakers have plain Scripture for these things.  
This Priest is also much displeased at the Preachers or Speakers among the Quakers, and says, p. 22. The Quakers have nothing of Divinity or Learning in them; nor do I know how it should be otherwise, for it's very unlikely, that a Man that hath served seven Years to a sorry Trade, and after all, not Master of it, should on a sudden, and in few days, be fit for a Pulpit.  
Obs. Doth this Priest think it unlikely for a Man to be fit for a Pulpit, without serving seven Years to get the knack of talking by Notes, for an hour in a Pulpit, which if he can't attain to, he may repeat some old Sermon by rote, which he may buy for two Pence, that may serve: But I would have him consider, whether the holy Apostles were not as Illiterate, as some Preachers amongst the Quakers; and yet more were converted to God, and turned from the Evil of their Ways, at one Sermon of their Preaching, than, I am persuaded, there have been ever since, by all the Man-made-Ministers in England, or else-where, that did not Minister in the Power and Spirit of God; and therefore the Quakers matter not, if they are by the rabbis of our Age called, as the Apostles were in their Day, Illiterate and Unlearned Men, so long as they find the Lord with them, and his Presence and Power attending their Ministry: And so I shall leave this Chapter, and pass by his idle Story of Ignatius Loyola, and scoffs at the Spirit and Inspiration, and proceed to his 11th Chap.  
Chap. 11. p. 24. He falsely saith, viz. We may therefore safely conclude, they counterfeit the Holy Ghost, to his great Scandal and Vexation; for hereby they Charge and Father upon him, all their ( i.e. e. Quakers) Mistakes, Fooleries, Infirmities, Heresies, villainies, and knavish Tricks; making him a Principal with them all the while, which is an horrible Blasphemy, and must needs do great Dishonour and Despite to the Spirit of Grace.  
Obs. This is notoriously false: and if he and his Brethren conclude, The Quakers counterfeit the holy Ghost, and do as above-said, they utterly deny it; howbeit that wicked Conclusion is no proof, neither doth it appear, or is likely, that those who use a constant Care to keep from vain Oaths, and idle Expressions, as this Priest saith the Quakers do, and are so far from Pride, and the Flattery of the World, that they never give nor take the common Civilities of the Age, or Country, and whose Intentions Men may judge of, by their outside, whose Dress is Mean and Humble, such as becomes the Pure in Heart, which is justly commendable; I say, It is not likely that that these Quakers are Guilty of such Heresies, villainies, knavish Tricks, and horrible Blasphemy, and do great Dishonour and Despite to the Spirit of Grace: For if they were found in such Practices of villainy and Blasphemy, surely any might conclude, They would not be Commendable, but Condemnable: But this Priest, like some other of his Hot, Angry Brethren, are endeavouring to render, by lies and Slanders, the Quakers Odious and Obnoxious, and are calling them heretics and Blasphemers, and charging them to be guilty of villainy and knavish Tricks, that they might encite the Populacy against them, and prevail with some, whom they can Ride, and will take things upon Trust from them, to cry out against the Quakers, to stir up Persecution, the thing they want; Jails, Fines and Ruin, is what they want to have exercised upon the Quakers: And it's greatly to be feared, That some of those Men, that are so fierce in this Work, that wants to have them Suppressed, and coercion exercised against the Quakers, and are comparing them to Papists; are notwithstanding secretly influenced by some Popish Emissaries that envy the Peace and Happiness that the Protestants at present Enjoy, and would frustrate the good Design of the King and Parliament, in giving the Toleration, which was for the Uniting his Protestant Subjects in Interest and Affection; that by dividing them, in Affection, they might weaken them in their Interest; and if they could prevail so to effect their Design, they might rejoice that they had prevailed with the Church of England, to imitate the Papists in Persecution, one of their worst Practices, and that had got her again into that, which more than once, to excuse themselves of, they said, Was done by a Popish Interest; and itis well known, that some of those Tools, which were countenanced by the Church of England, in King Charles's time, were known Papists, altho' so greatly encouraged.  
And those Priests of the Church of England, that are so Hot and Fierce now for Persecution and coercion, can see little farther than their Noses, that esteem this their Interest, or that think this will Convince any, that they are the Ministers of him, that said, concerning the Wheat and Tares, Let both grow together; for altho' an Enemy Sowed the Tares, yet the householder, when he was Informed thereof, by his Servants, forbid gathering of them, lest the Wheat were rooted up with them. And it's hoped the Wisdom of the present King and Parliament will be such, as to follow this Advice, although these Priests may esteem themselves like those that asked leave to Call or Command for Fire to come down from Heaven, yet let them remember that Christ rebuked them, and said, They knew not what manner of Spirit they were of. So this Priest not knowing what Spirit he is of, or not acting according to what he professeth himself, goes on in his evil Work, as will yet appear.  
Chap. 12. p. 25. This Chapter is about Swearing, wherein he would have us not take the Text in the plain and express Scripture terms, but his Exposition or Addition, for where it is said, Swear not at all, and where it is said, Swear not by any Oath; he contradicts the Texts, and says, We may Swear sometimes; and where it's said, Swear not by any Oath, he says, We may Swear by some Oath; and for proof he saith, God Commanded his People to Swear under the Law, before Christ, that is the End of the Law, and that recited the Law, when he gave this Command, and forbid all Swearing; he  told them what was commanded in the Old Law, which never allowed the People to Swear in their common Communication; but Christ was minded, it appears, to carry it farther, therefore after he had reminded them of what was commanded, viz. That thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oath( mind, perform thy Oath, that could not be a vain and common Oath) for such are many times better broken than kept; but such Oath, that under the old Law was allowed, But I say unto you, Swear not at all; now who must the Quakers believe, he that never spake a-miss, that is, that great Prophet, that in all things they ought to hear, or this Priest, whose Spirit and Works declare he is one of those idle Shepherds, that feeds himself, and not the Flock? And is it not apparent, that this Priest's Voice is the Voice of the Stranger, because he speaks contrary to Christ, and contrary to his Apostles; For the 1st says, Swear not at all: The 2d says, Swear not by any Oath. This Priest says, We ought to Swear, and we must Swear by some Oath; nay, he complains of the Quakers, and says, They hold it not lawful or safe to Swear at all, altho' the Magistrate Command; What would he have the Magistrates Command obeied, and not Christ's? Surely here the person is besides his Cushion, but he hath still one Story to tell, which if he might be believed, is matter of Fact( but I desire none may believe the latter part of it, till the Fact is proved, for its pity the Quakers should have Abbington-Law) however he saith, 'Tis matter of Fact, that never were Men so abused, as the Quakers, by the Popish Priests; he might have added, and by me and some of my Brethren: Nor as we by the Quakers( this wants proof) under the plausible pretence of the unlawfulness of Swearing— and it is put in the Mouths of the Quakers to preach it up: Oh! strange, Would the Quakers be so good conditioned to suffer this to be put in their Mouths, by them that abuse them: Oh! this poor Priest fumbles and makes poor work of it. If he could prove that Papists put it first in the Quakers Mouths; let him prove who these cunning Papists and abused Quakers were, and where this strange Fact was done, and who were the Witnesses of it; then he may expect some Reward, but till then he may rest satisfied, that he hath exposed his Folly, and shewed his Enmity, and yet must stand charged with Lying Forgery, and being a False Accuser, till he can bring sufficient Evidence to prove what he hath writ and published to the World is true; so I may conclude with his own words, Never were Men so abused as the Quakers.  
I am now come to his Conclusion, and wherein he vents his Malice, and shows his Shapes, and calls the Quakers, Wolves in Sheeps clothing, and Saints with Cloven-feet— They have renounced Christianity; they have wholly laid aside our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; They have despised the holy Scriptures; Their Design's utterly inconsistent with the present State. We are like to suffer by them in our civil Interest without Regard or Obligation to Worldly Rulers, and suggests we have reason to fear and expect Revolutions effected in States and Kingdoms by them— most capable and inclinable to disturb our Peace The Quakers have renounced the fundamental Principle of Christianity, and become Heretical, and are at an irreconcilable Distance; and should they succeed, there'll be no Quarter, neither for Church nor State, for no Religion will be Tolerated, no Laws admitted but their own; therefore let us Consult our own Security, by Restraining them, seeing the Quakers are such Blasphemers, and Heretical Persons; and he is for coercion, and to have them Suppressed; but the Ring-leaders, he saith, are not worthy of such Compassion: Something therefore must be done, not put off to some future Care; and all that he is afraid of, he hath not set them in such Colours as those Blasphemers and Impostors, as he calls the Quakers, deserve; and he wishes he were able to say something that would be Prevalent and persuasive, to what? to Persecution, Oh! how Earnest and Endustrious is this Priest to stir up Persecution against the poor Quakers? 1st, By rendering them heretics, Wolves or Cloven-foot Saints, Impostors, &c. Renouncers of Christianity, layers aside of Christ, despisers of the holy Scriptures, deniers of the Trinity, inconsistent with the State, without regard to worldly Rulers, most capable and inclinable to disturb our Peace. 2d. By calling to have them Restrained, coercion exercised against them; Would they have Fire and Faggot, Hanging, Imprisonment, Confiscation of Goods, or what Cruelties would they have infflicted on them, that this Priest, and some of his hot, angry Brethren, are so fierce? and what is the Cause? Is it that the Quakers are Immoral in their Lives, or have been Unpeaceable in their Conversations, under any of the various Governments in which they have lived, since they were a People? Or are they unchristian in Doctrine? Or can it be proved, altho' falsely suggested, that they are Despisers of the holy Scriptures, or holders of any Doctrine contrary thereto, or deniers of Christ? Surely nay; neither are the Quakers Robbers of Churches, or Blasphemers, any more than Paul, as the townclerk of Ephesus said to the Tumult raised by Demetrius.  
And altho' the Priest may Incense the People against the Quakers, saying, Sirs, ye know by this Craft we have our Wealth; and these Quakers have persuaded and turned away much People; but said the Town clerk to the People, Ye ought to be Quiet( and so ought these Priests) and do nothing rashly, for these Quakers are neither Robbers of Churches, nor yet Blasphemers; and if this Priest, or his Brethren, have ought against the Quakers, they know, as the townclerk said to the Tumult, The Law is open; and indeed many of these angry Priests have thereby made great havoc and Spoil of Goods, and brought Ruin and Imprisonment upon many Quakers, for very small matters, rendering themselves thereby more Cruel and Unmerciful, than any other-Trades-men do for any just Debt, of so small Sums, altho' their Debtors have had a Valuable Consideration for what is demanded, and notwithstanding this severe Dealing, these Men are not Content, but would have new Laws made to gratify their Revenge, and to Ruin all the Quakers, as it appears by their Out-cries and Clamours, which is not the way to prove themselves to be in the Spirit and practise of Christ and his Ministers, or to convince the Quakers they are such, when their Works and Fruits declare the contrary: I would therefore advice this person, to study to be Quiet, and to follow Peace with all Men, and Holiness, without which none shall see the Lord; and if he must be provoking, let it not be to Persecution, but Love and good Works; and let all Bitterness, Wrath, Anger, Clamour and Evil-speaking, be put away, with all Malice, and let him put on Bowels of Mercy, Goodness, Humbleness of Mind, Meekness, Long-suffering, and let him remember, If any Man have a Quarrel against any, let him forgive, as Christ forgave: And whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report; if there be any virtue, if there he any praise, let him think on these things, and do them, and no more be found marring of Paper and employing the Press with his false, bitter, angry Clamour, and Evil speaking, against a People that are quiet in the Land, of sober Lives, of christian Conversations, and are just and honest in their Dealings, are true, honest, just, and of good Report, that render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's , and to God, the things that are God's , and to all Men their deuce; altho' they can't for Conscience sake pay tithes, to such who account themselves Ministers of Christ, and have never proved that Christ gave any Command to his Disciples, to pay them to his Ministers, nor his Ministers to receive them, there being no such Legacy given by the Testator of the New Testament, in all his Testament: And if he believe the Scriptures to be the only Rule of Faith and practise, he should walk according to it, and not contrary; and this would abundantly more become him, considering he saith, He is a Priest, than belying, falsely accusing, and misrepresenting the Quakers, and their Principles, and therefore as the Angel said, when discoursing with the Devil, about the Body of Moses, I shall say to him, The Lord rebuk thee.  By one that is called a Quaker. 
THE END.