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Show The Au 1: H o R'' · L I F E. VoL L 116 . h tbi< Ploce (to .. hom I govt an Exempb1 r677· ;. nl(o • DJOfi'ard of Ltmbdurg ••t•orfiptok r»itb 'omt of tbt Fritnds. ~ of R. B's. Apology) very ejirom J' W k I nt to Wormi•ghMrj/, my Houfe In •Worming· The fifth Day of the next ;ifi 0./d and Family all well: Blefi'ed be harft. Sufftx, where I found m~:f 1j :he Families of the Earth. I had that •· 9 ' I• the Name of the Lord. 0 a ft h in which God's blefi'ed Power Evening a fwcet Meettng .. among t e'f:, Trul blelfedare they who can cmhaedaer fuusl lytt lig!tYv eg luapd ttoo gfeertvhee rt beA Lod rl ~. EG' rde~ iihall :0 the EncreafeandGrowth of their Treafure, which fhall never n • . d . come· The Eternal, Holy, Bleffedi To Him that. W3S, and ts, :/ F l!i htf 1 0 N E be Glory, Hono11r, 4U PRirga~itfeeo, uDso, nu~ntr?owne, rafnu ~ aan K in.::. J~m ,u /or E. ver ;nd Ever. 4men. A Tbi(d Letter from the PrJ. nct..Jr.s , wh 't c h thoiut gtho ihte rb ein afHteorll athnde Crleolfattnegs Of this Journal, yet being an Anfwer to one wr ' to ir. This r]th of ll'cvtmbtr, 1677. Dear Friend, r. b 1 fumttb to have bttn owintn It I Have receive~ a Letter JrD1fl tb' / jjh may be Proj}ero111, uitbollt D.t~tt, ·' . your Pa/faJt 11110 England.f}, "' re ., do and fuffer the Will of OUI but not Without Virtue, to ur me on, to w·n be don . 0 God, /Jecltljit • God. I <an fay in Sinctrity nndfiTru;b, ~.Y btt 'ufnifs u~til I pofi'e!S that I wi(h it heanily \ but I cannot pea zn :f· 0 M Houfe and my Heart Righteoufnefs which is hac8ep~a~fo~~tfnm'mGicht~l bo been ~e!Jfatisjl~ fh~ll be always open bto t o e t a AI ~"or mv .BIIjinefs it will go tU the LDr4 Hit lm~r tiJ J. Pennynun. vmhtbeOmferences. e~Weef!1011• J' ~ ' pleafeth, amll remain m Him. Your Affe8ionate Friend, Eliuhtth. ore of this N3ture from her, and divers other Perfons of E~~=~~e ~~ r:Cre Parts, but not immediately relating to the Journal, arc therefore not publithed. W 1 L L 1 A M P E N N. Soon after his Return from HoOand'p h~ writ h:lo \~t~e~n~e ~~~fefi·~oh~=rehU h:~.d received from John t;nnyman, QPP~fe~nof them. Part of which Leuer ~o~~;i~i~'g bA~~~! n~cl1 ad~;~~CU:o the Cafe of fuch a Baclljlider, we here fubjoyn. To J o H N PEN NYMAN. . John Pennyman, . . . d L me I R. ce ·ved a Letter from thee fince my .Arnvaltn tblf Lan -- et t~lJ :bee in the Spirit of Truth and Meeknefs, my Soul bo been fregMtnt· 1 j(1d and heavy for tb)! Sa!u, becaufe of thofe deg~nerate a'!d four Grapes: ryfiich tbOJt haft br&ught forth, the unntttura!tt,d unlundly Fruzu, that of /al Te~rs have roceeded from thee. Ab! Whnue nrt thou faOen, and what aft thou tur>zed~o? What;, become of tby Tendernefs and thy Zeal, forbtbe W~ f Truth a1 prafeft ttmongflrn? Verily thou art encrujing tby.Burr ew anb jfrengtbr~ing rbe Lord's Judgment againft thee, avd treafuttng up rat againfttheDayofWrath. T. (i b• Hatlfl thou been told of the Things that thou haft d~ne, ttn ears f~,b~d t t r mould ]I never ha:ve believed it; tho~~. woMldft bave erred our, God o~ ~~ ~ be it from me: B•t ont Wr.knefs bringt on anotbtr, and ont UnJ;~~~t"/fttb VoJ.. I. tlferufttb <Utotlur' 0 that tho11 fti(JU/djl bt advifrilt That tba11 .,.u{djf ftt •6zj. fr()lfl.-a~bntee tboun-t/a6e11a11d re!Jint, and turnt01lhy jirjl.ll.rve, '"'" Jo lb] ~ fojl W>rks 1 f.r I h•V4 nothi"l' but r..v, and G.ad·w,o iw •.)' H•m, botf> to ibee and thy Wife; and it it with the Grief o{ a F,iend of God, fikl tJ/ Jou loth rbar I behold rhe Evil and Perniciom V'fe thflt fome Envious, Preju· liked, ••d unreafonallle People moknf Y"'!i ami y•ur Cllrri•i~ to .,j ; }~ foorn and leride )'!11.. itt r~efr lkari{, ll]ier tb8}bat:i ftl't'eJ~ their Turm of you. 0 Return, if yet Mercy nlay be foknd rvirh the Lord,· and be 11at fo~nd fighting ogainJI.. Hinr. 0 tbtll. "'l Love ''"'~ taM /;o_ld of yqu, nnd.th.ttcmy Life could raife any Tendernefs 111 J~ll, tiNt. )~t JD4 1111Alv k gathenJ. a'JI!ot utterly perijh. . . , Tbu J ttY you, >w the Mvne olld F"r of tbt urJ, tbt Wt~4hty POflltr npl LiftanJ Glory of God;. amongjl tH .u a Ptvpk, nnd tho' {~lro ''"l bt f.omt Perfonal Weakneffes, ()f' Mifcarriages, tbroM&h 1lu tlJt[ll.irb[uiiiY,$ o/7ome ParticM/ars, tbatferve u Food for prejudiced Spirits to /ud upon, andtb~ Jt~me g() our from ur, and INnt 11gainfl w, jpeallt." Lies ht Hypocri/ie, tbQt ;H, tJnler the Pretence of TrJttb, which "''IJ ca11je ome to fb~mhle, and fowrdi to /Je.qflonijh'd, yet all tbisjbalJ ww..t together ~r Good to the~thnr { (6K t_bl Lort!. lr jhall rend to greater Watch(ulnefs, D1ligence, anJ Fa.ithfulnefs u the Lord; a11d the J.uU !haY Jive mort and more by Faith, tbrowgb 111hitk t!Je} jhaO overcome 111/J rbe1r EiteRJitt, and fiand rn rbe1r i.or at the &d of aU DIIJ'i, and Live and Reign with rhe Lord /Or Ever. 1./MMid wiDi11glyJpend an Heur .. 'PJitb thee U(Jon this Suhjtll, if Ikner» fiJbm and ubere, witbQ111 btconvt1fi<l!ct ro tilber o/IN. In rbe m~an while I wijh the~ u~IIJ a1J fqr evU, UndiJtt, 18th of the 9th Month, 1677• Thy True Friend, 'JtTIItdJn Penn. ol .l The People call'd f!.uakert. beirig now harrafs0d with fovere Profecutlons . t6j8r • in the Exchequtr. on PcnalC1es of Twenty Pounds per Month, or 1wq ~"w!J Thirds of their Eft.ttes, bv Laws made againft Papijlr, bur tinjuftly turn'd upon them s WiUi.1111 Penn fo11iciting the Parliament for Redrefs of thofe Grievances, prefented the following Petitions, vi.s;, To th• Cotnmons of England AfJtmbltd ;,. Parliat11tt1f. Th• Rtqueft of the Peopl• raii;J Quakers; ,. ' B Elides thofe many and great Sufferings we have fuftaine'd by the Exe- Pujrton to tic ' cution of Laws made againft us ro the Ruin of many Induftrious Fa- ~IM{e af • milies, we have been many of us much damnified both in our Efbtes and 1111mm1• • Perfons, fometimes even to Death it felf, 4by Laws neither m:~.de againfi: ' us, nor fo much as defign'd :1.gainfi: fucb a People as we are, and J11ch ' Principles as we hold. ' And underftanding that you are pleafed to infert and enaEl: fuch a Di' jlinguijhing Claufe in the BiO agrtinjl Popery, as that they who wiiJ t:J.ke ' the Oath and fubfcribe a Declararron therein expreft, lhal1 not fuffer by ' fuch Laws. And becaufe, for pure Confcience, we cannot fwear at all • (in which we are not alone, for that many of the Phi!ifophers, 1ews, ~nd • many of rhe bell of Chrifiions ·have had the fame Tendernefs) We intreat ' you to take our p:J.rticular Cafe into your Serious Confideration, and give 4 us fOme Relief, otherwife we are like to come under Penalties that belong ' not to us, bccaufe we cannot uke this <hth; thou_gh the Ground of our ' Refufal be not the Maner to which the Penalty is :J.ffited, but rhe Form of ' it ; and that, which with due Refpett and Integrity we offer, is, Thnr our ' TVord may be tdtn injlead of an Darb, and if we are found faulty, th:J.i ' we may undergo that Pena!tJ which !hall be infliCted in the other Cafe. ' That we and our Families may not he expos·d to tbe Malice, feif·Ends, ~ or Revenge of any, which we (ball certainly be, if you relieve ns not : * ~Many |