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Show ( ,s ) written againfi the Quakers, I cannot po~rivei~ de rermine; however, the Subfiance of u was ;m{\,vertd by G. · Fox in his Great M;ftery of the Great Whore unfolded. . . P. 1 5 t, c. r. But of all the Errors, he t ~ifco+ 1hor,ur v ered an A1Jtipatb)' unto ?tone more. tha~ that Smk .of If. .wl.'.: r. all Errors, Q:!akerHi11. .Obf Here IS more Ra1lina, wirhour any Proof or Argum~nr ro Convi~ ce us of Error ; bur Truth was . alw~:rs. c11Ie~ Error by fuch as he ; and no won~ cr the PneH s grearefi Antipathy fhould b~ :~amfi th.c. Trur~, ~ua- which . r.ends ri1ofi w the fpmltng the1r Trade, ldng·. by turning People ro Chri{l, the free Teacher. It ,vai in his time ( fJys he ) namely about the Year 16 P·· that there t~ppeareJ a 1'JC~ s~.a of .People ~n the World, which from the Motions of thezr Bodtes thtJt IZttenrlul, efpr~t~lly their firft Perver(ion, were called ~akers. Anf'v. Bur ir ~as before the Year 16; 2. rhar rhey appeared tn the World, tho~ noc ~s a SeCt, bur a People raifed of rhe Lord ro Revive 'Lhe Ancienr Teftimony of Truth Jotl i~ the Night of Apofiacy, of being Taught by the Grace of God, and walking in the Light, and woribipping Gad in Spirit and Trurh.; yea; 1 Sam.14, long before hii rit~e ft:v~ral appeared, thflt by ~~· rhe Modons of thetr Bodtes ~aked and TremEzra. I o.Jo bled :H the Word of the Lord, which were: our TPflaa.l6.96.9·1· It'. J 'J 1 · b E k' l 2 ,s Predeceuors, as MDJtS, Davs , . · ertMSII , ~e te, J-:r. S· 22. D•niel,. Hallakkuk, :md or hers, as he may rea~ 3 3 ·9· in the: Scri prut·es in the Margent ; yea, there ts i.zek. 12• one Scripcure ch:H ·c. M. himfe,lf ofcen uferh, ])an.6.~~: P[11l. 119, 120. My Fle{h Trembletb for fea~ of the~; w.7,11. and I 11m afraid of thy Judgments: And yer wii~ H.,>l: q.x. he mock at ~aking and Trembling, and call Ha_b·3· 16• ir Perverlion, 0 Perverter ! And that it WrJ,! 110t Pl hCiol.r2.2.l·23·. JO N( •Jt-er t ht l.r fi r,a .. Appta)'/Znce, t bA t' Ne w-En g land Heh. 1 2.~ 1 iej"'' tl ;, tr(J~~IeJ )lli•b them. Anfwer, T~e Tru~ Prophecs ( '9 ) Prophets were always counted Troubi 'ri; of Jf" ·ael; bm I may anfwer, ~s El~jah did ro Ahab, 1 Kings r8. 18 .. I have not tron.b!erliFt1el, bu.t thots and thy Father's Houfe, in that p: b:voe (orfakm the ,. Commandments of the Lord. ~~at altiJI' '[heir Spirit of tide Hat (fays he) a11d their Fopperic.s jLan(}. fThou and Thee,- in their LJnguage, to a jingle Perfo'tl , guagt. were the leaf! of thofe Things that ga·Ve oe~r Thatcher a di}fatt~faClion at them: O"bf. Whac an irrtvertnr Ad.verfary £his is, to call s·ctipr~re-Lang uage Fcp-pertes, and yet pretend die s~..,.;p· tures are their Rule . ' anrl that the Q;takers dp:y them? But wheiein does it ap~ear, when Lhe ~akers fpeak according ro the Scnpture? an~ they. not, bur blame the Q8akertJ for fpeakmg tn Scnprure- Language ? But if this was fome of the Ieaft ro Thatcher, it fee1ns ir wa5 not t? r.heir R~Iers; foi rhe Spirit of the I-I at, as he ~ails 1t tn Dertfio·n, lay fo near rhen1, and rdr~ rnented ~hem fo, Haman like, that r"hey could Hang them for not putting ir otf, and made that one of the Caufes in the Atl of Bani(hment tnjd Death, and according to Priefi Wilfon's words ro tr- Robin{on, when he was going ro Suffer, Shall fuch J ac~s as .Jo~ come be(o1·e Authority with your Hats on ? As. 1f cwas for rhat they put rhem t,o Death, as W. Robin{on bid the People mind ·· and alfo .in the Cafe of W. Leddra. ' Ibid. That U:'hich cau{ed him to imp-loy a nioft fer- 1LftJbf ....:~~ent Zei!l~ _ agamjl thofe Hereticks, lvao the Iiorrible no ~iE~ d of thez.r f!er_rfies (What, nothing but Railing tffie-. fitll, Heretztks, Herefies, &c.) to lead Men into a Pit nf D11:kne[i, under the pretence of the Light. Anjw. T.hat s falfe, they could nOt lead any into the ~!t ,of Dar~nefs, by turning them w the Lighr .( u s the bhnd, ~utde~ thar hare the Light does fo) ,but as Chnfi fatd, I am the Lighr of the J·:l 8 Jir,rfJ, Nl th~t fo!Jo>lleth me,.Jh.all not walk in dark- e 1 ~ 2:~::. Ll m{s |