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Show ( 114 ) . '- in thefe Countries, whereof many fober Pcopl~ .. that do not profefS themfelves to · be f23-ake~s.; ' can bear Witnels, both in Long-Ijla.nd, and ~ #; Rhode-ljland, . and alfo at. Newerfinks in Eaft- ' Jerfey,· how for many Years they have molefted ' them, fi·equcntJy at their Meetmgs, an~ mor~ ' efpeclally at onr Friends general Meetmg, at ' Oyfte,·-Bay and Rhode-ljland, and divers other ' places. And when the faid 1onathan Denham, 'and Jy[ary Roffi yvere whipt by the order of the ~ Magiftrates of Plymouth, there were fome . of ' the honeft People called Quakers, prefent; who 'openly declared before the . People, That tl:e .: f2.!takers did no~ at all. own t_hem to. be of ~he!r ' Society; and d1d declare their loathmg and ab· ~ horrency of their PraB:ices, anti th'at ~h~y could ' not own them to be fufferers for Chnft s fake ~ «;And though they aflume to themfe1ves the Name ' of .Q!!a~1rs, and call themfelves the new Q!.akers, ' yet that will not follow, that they are of the ' the Society of d1at fober and honeft. Pe?ple : «: For iE is not the Name or Profeflion, that Is the C. fign or mark of diftinttion owned by that Pet>' pie, who own none to be of_ their Society or ' Fellow.fhip, unlefs they walk In the Truth,, ag t well as profefs it; and the Trutrh leads mto ' all Sobriety and Gravity in all things, but into ' none of thefe mad Geftures, and ungodly Sing.; ' ings and Dancings, under the pretence of Rap~ ' tures of Heavenly Joy. For a~t~ougQ we o~n ' Singing with the h~l y ~pint, an~ :W!ch ' Underftanding and Dtfcr~tton; and _gtvmg ' Thanks uuto God, accordmg to the 9cnptureS' ' and the example of the Primitive Chriftiam; C. yet the Singing of fut.11 ungodly Pe~fons we ' never did, nor can own; and we behev~ th~t ~- Weeping and Howling, and bitter Mourm.ng, ~s . " more proper for tht:m. And for JJancmg, I~ - wa~ < 115 ) : ~as ne:rer a thing owned by that People, . nor , ts ar th~s day; only Tho. Cafe, and his Ct~ew, lately, or of Iare Years, have run into that and ' ether tnad Practices, by Saran's Infiigari01i· ' nor d?es that Crew or Company of Tho. Cafe' ' nor hunfelf, agree in profefTed PrinCiples wid~ : the Peopl~ called ~akers, unlefs ic be in forrie general rhmgs, common to a1l forts : For they ' are plain Ranter.r and Libert~nes; and upon due : fearch and E:caminarion, their cb.ief Principle , doth .agree wuh the Presbyterian and Independent ~OW . . Confeilion of Fajch, rather than with the ~a- t.f.u~p m; : k:rs. For. rhefe ranting Crew of Cafe's Follow- g~ee , e1s, and . htmf~lf, do fay, That ~h~tever they do, ltlttiJ . 1 l they ~re conflra:ned. to do zt, arul cannot do othenvife •. tJjePref~ An_d ts ~or thts the fame thar your Confejfion ofbyter. : Fatth fauh, That God hath fore-ordained infaOibly, a11d unchangeably, whatever cometh to pa{s, without ' making any diftinE!ion ? And this Inc. Mather hath ' exactly followed, and imitated the PractiCe arid t Example of the ancienr, lllalicious arid perfe: cu~ing Heathens, who, when any unlucky i. dung h~ppened t~ b: faid or done, by any cal• led Chnlbans, altho they were no Chriftians, , bu.r only affumed. tl;e Name on purpofe to de- ~etve, thefe mahCH?US Heathens did throw : IC. a.ll ueon the Chrifii~ns, . . witho:~r making any , dtftt?ctiOn. An~ rh~ I~ke concerning rhefe· , Rufhc~s, th~t rofe up m War againll their law-ful Prmces m Ge1'many, and the mad Crew thai ' followec1 _1ohn of Leide·n : The Adverfaries or' : Trurh did iinpu!e ~II this as the propt; effeCt of the Reformauon. And rhus a'Ifo m OIJ' England, the ungodly Sayings arid Practices of ~ Ranter~ and Liberti.nu, tiave been odioufly call s ~pon th~ People called Q__uakers ; ~hereas it is , Well known, tha£ the Peoplecall'd Quakers have R r ~ al'wafs~ |