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Show 46 The A u T H o p_'s L l F E. VoL. I, 16 2, not toucbing upon Prmcrple.r, nor hefpattering our Profeffion, I am content - 7 the foould be /aul afide, at /e~fl for t1Je prefenr. Bur fince we are repre· ~ Je'/rea Jo Ridiculous and ImpiOus, by T. H. yet but tu Real Quakers, wbtcb u Matter of Fa8::, and rbat we have fo charged bun; and tbar ~e, and HIS Abettors have ensoid to m to come next to rbe Matter of Fact. We do ex~ pea tbey fhouid juljil tbetr Promife: A•d 11" our prefent Refolullon to f/,e~ there : Our Charge wtU J:/:,erday read, by that we wtll ab1de : No more, but Good WtU to tbee and aU en, Thy Friend, W. P. After this Fa!tlo publifh'd a Paper, call'd, A Curb to 'f'· Penn's Co~jidenu, to which W. Penn anfwer'd, in .A Return to John Faldos Reply, whtch !hut up the Controverfy between them. . , _ 1673. Sixthly, Henry JiaYJr»tll: In Anfwer to a Book ofh1s call d, iln Account ~ of Familifm, ttl it i; rroived and propog_att~ by tbe Q.uak~rs, Our J\uthor Hon•y Hally· publifh'd a Treatife entituled, Wifdom J•Jiified of Her Cbtidren, whtch he well. dedicated to the Juftices of Peace in the County of S!'ffex. , . Lfho. Hicks; log~~vb;tt~~ ~C:rffr:~c~~d a :~~~k~;,'"t:~hic~hb~ ~:k\t~r~hde ~~~~;:; reafoh weakly enough for an eajy Confut.ation, he (pav'd ~is ?W~ Path to ViOory: An etfeClual Way of Cllumniatmg, for many behevmg 1t. a Real Difcourfc, entertain'd Prange }.lotions of the: ~uaN.er.s. Upon th1s,. ~ur btbor wrote the Firft Fart of that excellent Ptece, entttuled, The Cbri!lum. !fLuaker a"d His Divine Teflimony Vindicated, where.in the ~lander~ o( t~is and other Advetj'arits were obvi:tted : But notwlthftandmg HuK.s ihll wrought at his .Anvil, and lel'!g!hned out his fotmer Forgtry by a Second Part, ca11'd, .J1. Continuation. Wherefore W. Penn gave him :t particul:tr Anfwer, in a Book call'd, Reofon ogainft Railing, and Truth agailifl Fi£lion. After which, Hicks hammer'd out a Third Dialogue, which W. P. anfwer'd · in a Book entituled. The Counterfeit Chriftion dettOed, and tbe Rea12!._uaker juflified: To which Hicks made no Rep1. . . onundtr»tHfJ Eighthly, One and Twenty Learned~ Reverend Dtvrnes: T~at Number Lurned u11t of Men fo caJled, had writ and fubfcnbed a Comlflendatory Epiflle by Way l{;verend Di· of Preface to a New Edition of Faldo's Old Book, call'd, JtUakerifm no -.mes. 0Jrijlianit]. Our .Author thereupon publifh'd, .A. Ju.fl Rebuke to One and Twenty Learned and Reverend Divines, the Preface to which, being very obfervable, deferves the Reader's Perufal. Sa 1 G Ninthly, Samuel Grtvil, a Prieft near Banbury, who had P.:Ubli!h'd A vi~ut re· Difcourfe again.fl tfle.Teflimony of !he Light within, t~ whom f':.P· repl~ed, in a Book call'd, Urzm o1td Tbummtm: Or the .Apoflo/ual Doflrmes of Ltght and Per/eaion maintained, &:c. · 'A Nl'l#tkft Tenthly, .& l\7ameltfi Author, one that had been forne Time before dif- .Aurbor. owned by the ~uokers, for a moft irreverent Praflice of keeping on the Hat in Time ofPr:tyer in their Publick .Affemhlies, wrote a Pamphlet ca1l'd, The Spirit of the Hat, to whkh our Author entituled his Reply, The Spirit of Alexander the Copper-Smith lately revived, now juJUy rebuild. The afore· ,., \ faid Name!efs .Author, or fame other like-minded, foon after publi!h'd ano· ther Piece m Oppofition to the Church Order and Difcipline ufed among the ,tuaker.r, to whom W. Penn anfwered in a Book ca1l'd, Judas and the Jews eambin"d againfl CHRIST and His Followers. Befide the aforefaid Books of Controverfy, he penn'd about this Time fe· suniryrem•rk-- veral Remarkable Letters, which, though fame of them were written to •~Je Lemrs. Przvote Perfons, yet being of a P11bliek Concern, we have infer ted in the .Apfe"dix, viz. ,. Ap. No.lV. ~· To Jufiice.F!emming, a Juftice of the ~uorum, and Deputy Lieute~ - n:tnt m TVeftmorland. .,. Ap. No. v. .lf. 2. TG Alary Pennyman, on D1::cafion of fame Offence !he had taken at · hiS Book call'd, Judtu and tbe Jews. ~ Ap. No. VI. " 3· A Letter of Confolarion, to fulfe,ring Friends in HoUand, Ger- .mfmy, &:c. VoL. I. The AuTHOR's LILE. 41 " 4· To the Little F/O(k and Famiiy_of God in the United Netherlands. · !6 3; lf. ) . To Fnends tn Maryl:tnd, re!atmg to lm SoUurtattons on their Beh4!f; ~ r.ci1b tbe Lord Baltimore, t1c. ' ~Ap.No.vm lf. 6. To John Collenger, in Defence of his Book calied, The Sandy Fo11nda- * Ap. No, · rion jhd.en. VlU. lf. 7· To J. H. and his Companionr, ]ujlieer in Middlcfex on Occafion of : ~P·~o.I~ their Att~mpts to break up a Meeting in that Coumy. ' p. o. In the Year 1674, the P:trl~ament havi~g~enfur'd th~ late Dtelaration of 1674; lndf!lgmee :IS an undue ~xtenuo~ of the Kmg s Prerogatzve, Perfecution waS' ~ ~ev1v~d, and fome .OffiClorn ]rtflues enforc'd the Penal Laws againft Diffent·' .A frejb Perfc: ers WJ~h Extream Rtgour ; oue of whom our bthor fharply reprov'd in the- tt~tlln. followmg Letter. To-- Bowls, Efq; in Wilts. To opprefs an innocent Man, is f~ unrighteous and dilhonourable, that Hit Ltutr ft) be wbo regards bu own Reputation here, and tbe Judgment of Ahnigh .. -Bowls, Bf!i ty God lmea{ter, w.ou!d never tfo 11. How for thou art cO'IIcern'd m fuch a Krnd af Procedure, (at lcofl1 tbe Injltgatton of others) tbe SroryofThomas Pleafe fujjfclemly de dares. war w1Umg to let thee !mow mbot the King wu pleosd to fay m a Cafe of the !tke Nature, to a Juftice that lately dijlurbet.l fome ftleermgr m or near Cambridgefhire. Tbe Kzng olk'd him By what Aurhonty be g:tve thofe Dlffentcrs that Difquict > He anfwer:d By the Laws. The Kmg rep/red. The Execution of them was by him f~fpc:nded And fartb_er ~ave thx fevere Rebuke, I tho~ght, f 41d he, there had beeri but one Kmg m England· So difmifltbe Ju(hce wrth tbu Sort of Entert "' mntt, and I thtnk the Lofr of lm Jufiicefh1p; repNtmg f.uch bufy Medj;~~ the Greareft Enemies ofhu Interefi, and tbe Peace ofbu Kmgdom 7,11 tlJe Declaration u call'd m, h11t '1u as tr11e that the Parliamenr' inr:nd;j;. more Legal and Eflah!ifht Indu!genu; wbfeb tbo11gb not oceomplijh'd (tbrou l1 the Aiult}lhcifJ of other .Ajfmrr, and not buaufe they bid no Mmd to d :g) . yet the U hole WtU !eft in the King's Bofom, who btU neve~ jince Jeclar'/ :; Dijlt/u or Difcfnt!nuance of the Purport of His Declaration; ~rroin!y n'!.. thmg bur PreJUdiCe or Deteft:.tble Avarice, could mduee any to put tbttr Ha"ds lo _iueh unworthy Work: I do de fire thee to let the Poor Man have b' Good.r, fo unchnftianly and illegally token /rom h1m, reflored; or elfe ~= jhofl he neceffilaud lo make our Compltunt t~ the King, r»hub .foaiJ be Jpeedlly an_d cffe8uaUy done : We have been plunder d and ptDag'd enough already: The Ktng and Law are ready bvrh to our Proteaion, and rberr fevere Rebuk~ tbat fo mhuman!y overrun tbe Property and Pnvrledge of on Englilbman. .l,tvr!te thu m Lo\'e to diJfua.de, notro menace or enrage, a11d if it /Je re::. ct1vd rn the fame Candor, It wrll have a good Hfue which Jheortilydefi · not only for my Friendsfake-, but thine, for ind(ed ir'u benea.th the Spiri7'J a True Gentleman, a1 toeD as contrary ro that of a True Chriftian to be at the Beck of on ungoiily Crew of Illegal Informers. , ' Rickmerfworth, l674· W.P. He did alfo this Y car rcprefent to the King himfelf, the Cruel and Ill a1 Proceedmgs of fame Julhces and others, in the following Letter. eg To the KING . ' ' I ' ''""' I ') : N<?twithfta~ding that it pleafed the King by His Declaration, to-dif- Hillnterr. , b penf~ W1th the prefent. Execution of E((/ejiajlical Penal Lows, and ~~arl~D;! , t at the Parliament (though ~tfgufted at the Manner of gran tin that Li· ~ betty thereby procured to Di.ffemerr) apreft their Liking of a ~o/eration to |