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Show 'I he Au T H c;; R's L l F E. Vot.. I. . be are laboured with· Con· ' the Credit of a\1 the fin~ and foohfh Fanc~a~ lyha\e rhts Defence for my ' tcnttng myielf againft all Drfamatrons, t , Reltg1on and Condu8 m my Conclujion. me and t!Je Scrrpt11ft1 wubout mr, Fu1t, That the Grace of GOD wttbt'f mY Faub and RelrgtoP, and let any ' are the Foundatl~n and Declaration o .. , Man get better tfhe can. . I ke of this Reltgton, ts m the f:~me 'Secondly, That the Profefi!Ohfed "}", almoft thefe Etghteen Years !aft ' Way and Manner, that 1 have u o ' aft. humbl blefs my God, has been ~ Thirdly, That my Ctvzl Condu{f, Ill ill /rom t1Je Kmg on rbe Xbrone, ' with Peau on Earth, and Good WzlJ to n m, ' to the Beggar on rhe Dung!':{ d Moderation to :Ill Parties in it, :lnd long . I have ever loved Eng/an' :m ftheWant oftt: I would yet hear- ' feen and forefeen the Confequen~e,R ~r. rfi n that of Perjecllttotl, that we ' tily 'wifh it might take Place, anCb ;t;'J oo~ to nor abufe and undo one a no-- ' might not grow Barbarom for rtpUlnt y, • thcr for God's Sake. . h God's Strength !hall he, through ' Thefe have been, tbefe are, hand tTl~ the Principles and .Pra8:iceof ' all the crooked and uneven Pat so tme, · · Tollr Ancient and Confltmt Friend, W~~~dg~~~~~·~~{,~;{~t·hc 'Villiam Penn. POSTSCRIPT. . b M'lbken for tbt Malicious I fear Jf t1JH wiU not Jerve and fatu~b: J!e 0; 1 upM 'any Body, and 1 will Y,tt, /U are pafl Cure, let t~emhut PfOVCr, b r?ork effellualf)Convince t1;em wah the " /art in rbe D11y tU uloolub J 0r "bu~o b/cv~ry H071ejt Man's Shield, p Judgment~of rbe Law, t at o11g t W. . . 'n'd by the Common People, of his neocufionqf But yet the miftaken Not{~~; e~t(~~;cfpondet1ce with Jcfuiu at Rome, .m Epiftol•rJ being a Papifl, or at l~ft ho I ~ of better Judgment; and among others co,[trtnctht· began to emer the Mmds of fom( fi d Archbifhop of Canterbury) hav· tw,un Doflor his Acquaintance, .Dr. T'll.otfon, a t~war Expreffions, which wereimprov'd ~~~:~~. IUid ing let i!l a Sufpic10n of~t~,b~f~ptinf:r~'d of thia, wrote a Letter to t~e to his Dtfadvantage ;j{· j,· h g,. followed by fevetal ·othels that pafsd . Doitor on that SubJ I ft ~c n":,aor declar'd himfelf full~ f~tisfied, that between .t~em, unul at d~ f:~. eAnd that our Rfadtr may not rmfs. of as full his Sufp~c!O~ was_grcoufcn e 'c· of thofe Letters here follow~, '1HZ. W. Penn's Lttter to Dr· Tillotfon. Satisfatbon 10 thls a e, a opy W. PENN to Dr. TI.L.LOTSON. Worthy Friend, - : !d fi<fl ell me and fo report"" BEing often roid t_bat DJrltllotfodn bf;:; tloJ~}prejl, j take tbe Ltbtrty to a Paplft, 1 tbznk a e ~tt, fi~ from thee 2 lf 11 did, 1 am forfy tJne I ask thee, if nnybfFb t'1~~0Rob~ jho11td fo ~ndefcrvedJ flain me, for f• ti/um_ed ever .t e tr o b fa!fe' I am Jorry they jhoul t~bufe Dr: T!llot/ call It; and if rb:eJt::;~l'o!r a Ca~fe. 1 add no more, hut that_ I a~hor Tw~ fon tU well tU mJJ.'. . d i them that own tbem. The Ftrfl u, Obed Principles in Reh~ton, .an p g vit\ion. ami tbe ctbe,., Deftroying them ence upon Authontyfwltao~~s ~ke Such a Religion H without Judgment, that differ from mT ot h. 0 U . ~ befl if right ; eife Charity: And tJI tiJougb not wztbout ~et · .11 mane wbe~ a few Words fpokon with Meek· _Hooker foid, T~e Ttmd L'vccofuaJl be more acceptable than Volumes of Co~'tr~~~rf~u~~~chncom~o~ly deftroy t:harity, the very .befi Pan o~~~: Vo.1.. I. The AttTiton's LIFE; True Religion: I mtan not a Charity that can change witb All, hut htar AU, 168s-. tU I can Dr. Tillotfon in fiJbat be Diffmts {rom me, and in this Rrjleflion too, ~ if faid, wbich is not ytt believed bJ - - Charing·Crors, 22d of the Thy Chriilian True Friend; Jlth Month, 168~-6. TV. Penn~ TJr. TILLOTSON to :w.PENN; Honoured SIR, Jan. 26, t68); T HE Demand of your Letter i1 very Jufl and Re11fonab/e, and the .il1an· D. Tinotfon't ner of it very kmJ, therefore in .ilnfwer to it, be pleafed to take tbe :r;~ following .A.cco11nt. T~e !aft Time you .did me the Favour to fee me at my ' - Houfe, I • did, accorJmg to tbe Freedom I alwayr ufe, where I profifs tJn} Friendfhip, acguaint you with fometbing I bad beard of a Correfpondencc you held with fame at Rome, anJ pflrticular!y witbfome of the Jefuits there. .ilt wbich joufumed a lin!e furprized, and afur fome General Dif_courfe about ir, you faid, You would calJ on me fome other T1me, and fpeak farther of it : Since that Time I never faw you, hllt by Accident and in Pa.ffage, where ltboPglu, you alwayr declined me, particularlj at Sir William Jones"s Cham-ber which walt be !aft Time, I think, 1 faro you; upon which Occafion I too!l lVo;ice to him, of JOUr Stranger.efs to me, and told him fiJbatltboughi might be the Reafon of 1t, and that I wa1 _forry for it, becauje I bad a l'3rticular Efteem of your Paru and Temper. The fame, I he!iroe, 1 have fa1d to f0111e others, but to whom I do not jo part!cula:ty rememb.er • . Since your going ttl Penfylvania, I neverrbougbtmore of tt, trlJ lately bemg mjome Company, On~ of them prefs'd tn( to declare, Whether I had. not heard fomething of you,; which had fatisfied me that you wete a Papi/l? I anfwered, No, by nQ Means. I told him what I bad heard, and what I faid to you, and of the Strangenefs that enfued upon it; hut that this nev" went farther wirb m(, than to NJake me Jufpe8 there WtN more in that Report which I had beard, than I was at firfl willing to believe; and that if any made more of it, I jhould look upon them a1 very injurious both to Mr. Penn and my felf. This is the Truth of that .A-latter and whenever you wiiJ p!ttt.fe to fatisfy me that mySufpicion of the Truth 4rbat Report I bad beard Wal Ground/eft, 1 will heartily beg your Pardon for it. I do fully concur with you in rbe AD· borrence of the Two Principles 1ou mention, and in your .Approbation of that exeeOent Saying of Mr._ Hookers, /or fiJbich I .foall ever bighfJ ejleem him. I have endeavoured to make it one of the Governing Principles oj my Life, ne· ver to ab11te any Thing of Humanity or Charity, ro any Man for his DHFer .. ence from me in Opinion, and particularly to thofe of your Perfwafion, as feveral of them have had Experience. I have heen ready 11pon all Occajions to do all 0/ficts of Kindwefr, being truly forry to fee them fo hardly ufed; and tho' I thought them Miftaken, yet in the .il1am I believed them to be very Honefl : I thank you for your Letur, and b11ve a juft Efleem of the Chriftian Tempel of it, and rejl, Your Faithful Friend, Jo, Tillotfon: W. p liNN to TJr. T I .L L 0 T S 0 N. Worthy Friend, ' HAving a mucb.lefs Opinion of my own Memory, than of Dr. Tillotfon's ~;,!~:~,. Truth, 1 wrll allom the FaCi, though not tbc Jealoufy : For be.ljdes ,, .Dr". THw that I can't look jlrange where 1 am well us'd; I hiiVe ever rreoud the l\ame Iotfoa. · of Dr. Tillotfon with anorbtr Regard: 1 might be Grave, and [11U of m~ own Bujinefs i 1 wa1 alfo then difappointed hy the Do8:ors; /J11t my NJture.u. not barjh, my Education /efs, and my Principle leajl of aU. .'TfM.t tbe Oprmon I bavt |
