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Show ( 42 ) cularly by Impoflur.es a,frer you had , rej~ aed :aookVlt. rhe QEakers, and the Truth they hdd. f?nh ,. c:hop. S· of which more hereafter; and that he Jet bnnfe~ with the more ~fa Paftorat Di!ige11~e, to £lefend .h14. Flocli from the Contagion. A~(w_. It had be~n v..e~l if they bad· fer themfelves wtrh rhe more d.thgence w defend [hemfelves :1gainfi the Conra~10n of their own Hearrs; for as he fays , Were zt not 'Bo?k of fior what 14 in tl•tltl~ thej need 11ot fear 'JJJhat is W 1tches, . , · d G d ··. r· without ; bur tf the Hean .con emn, o lS 11. Grealer, and will condemn alfo. And hence (fays he) "JJJhen be heard of any Books left by the. mua, Q3akers in-hi4 Neighboterbo~rl, he woufd f!ef:.n~ly ktt)l repair to the Houfcs, and obtatn thofe venemo#S Pam) l5ooh~ phlets from them. Anfw. See how fearful. rliey {upptdl were of rbe fpreading of Truch, but thts was juft like the Popifll Commi!faries,. Story, &c: to ftifk the Books of Protefianrs, w hmder the hght of rhe Gofpel from fpreading. ~ Btu, why Vmemou: r ? Did they ever bite or fting you, as C. M. 13o?k of fays the Serpents did? If they did, rh.~ caufe W16rc~.es8, muft be in ptltl again, and that not wtthout a P•4 •~.)>..·~ • Metaphor, as he fays, th~ S' tene l1 o f t h e Bn .~ - frone was, when the De:v1ls walked about th<:lr Srreets · and that' the Wolves bark' d more at !Jim, than at a?tJ ;ther Man ; he miftakes? 'twa.s ~hey themfdves were the Wolv~s whtch devoured the Lambs· for Lan1bs don'c ufe to Devour Wolves : And th~t they would Jometimes come with their Faces hiJioujly black.' tl, and their Garments f~arfully torn,. into hi4 Congregation, 7vhereby the Neighbours were ftgh~ed, unto the rla11ger ~f their LiveJ ( as he _fa~s ) ts not at all to be wondred at. So, I fay, I[ 1~ not likely that they fhould come fo as ro frighten any, to the danger of their Lives, except rhe Caufe was in tbtiU, as he fays; bur perhaps he mean~, the Woman that · went with her Face made ( 43 ) made Black, as a Sign of the Black -pox rhat fooo afcer came' upon rhem, and cur off many of them ; and jf they would be frighled ar that, ~ho could .help ir ? If the Prophet 'JJJarn not the Ezek. 3· wicked, and be Jye in hi& Iniquity, hi4 Blood 'JvilJ I I8,9 1 • .require at thy Hand (faith the Lord) but ~f he warn the wicked, and he turn not from his Wickednefs,- he Jhall dje in his Iniquity, ~ut thou haft delipered t~y Soul. And char ~r ha.rh been Rm~ ·rk(l.ble, that 9 very [erJjible Poj]lj]jun of the Devil htM attended the i@olTtffi, firft Arrefl of.~Iakaifll:l on the Minds of Men; is on Uti(' bur fome of his old Devili(m (as he calls ic ) applp'b ~ver again, which it's time to lea·ve off, if h.e will .raJce hi<~ own Advice, as is alfo rhe following, That the SerJucers have with .a r~al a11d proper Witch .. craft, by certain Ccre.n:zonies conve'j'Cd it unto them ; which he may take l}om~ ro rhemfelyes, among .whom rhe Wirches and Wirchcrafr is, and keep his Devili[m ro himfeJf, which he calls fuch ~?t\ of Slandering and Bac~biring, apd confeifes rhey P· ~~.1 es, han~ been Devils for. Bur, as Nehemiah faid unto railing Sa11ballat, thy Predece!for, There are no Neh~ .6_. S. fitch thing! done as thou fa/fl, but thou fainefl them . ot!t of thy o1Jm (evil) Heart. And I charge him tO tell whar {hofe Cereipqnies are he rells of, or confefs his Fa~illOOd ana Wickedntfs for rime tO come. ' And foF t~y Story~ of a~ b1h~bitant of Wey- ,a l!.l'- , mo~th, hav~ng bot~f.I:Jt. certam Bzblcs a~ Bofion, ing ludg d the J:ftght_ fol/o.wmg in a Ta'Vern,_ wpere t'JVO st~po ~aker_s lodg d ~JJtth htm, 'JJJho fell to dijgracing and · d:gradmg the Btbles-as a dea(l Lettrr; and aJviferl htm _to hearken to the Light wi(.bin, which 7Vould fuffi.t:tently dire8 him to f!ea'r!en ; ancl the effc8 of the1r Enchantments WIM (fay~ hP) that before Mon;- ing, the poor Man WtM as very. a 0.fak~r as the bef 0 { the~ ( ~erhaps fo too ) and clue in the Morning L I 3 ~~ |