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Show • 'Vo~.l. D4 The A v Tll'() !l's LJJ E. .My Old Fmnd, 1 of God's Dealings with me in •682. __ • I could £peak larfe Y 'f< ofFaith and Patience it coft ·~ ' ~hls Thmg . What an inwar!m~er~~ ewell as the Debt and Coft, cf bu11{el{ a· , ~e 10 paffiog. The Tr3Vall was feffors Fa!fc Fnends,_ a~d Prfl/ nnc glm/1-.t.Cilvti· ' through the Envy of many, both Pfo ce of ;he World, and tt rs to hold a lmg ObJdlor. ' M G 0 D h:nh gJven tt me tn the f ~ Sutfermgs, and rh :lt IS feen ~ere, .. • m).rue Judgment, as a Rewa;: oor r!tnk : The Place God h:lth gtven ' harever fome Defptfers may Yf. h Power I kept but Trouble f6r ~ ;e and [ never felt Judgment hor ~Worldly T1rfc o; Parent th at hlth , wh~t 1 parted with. It tS more t ~n flace. 1 am 111 mme, and have fer~ ' clothed me in this Place.- Ke~pfit Y 1 hav~ been m 1r . Nor am I fining ' ved the God of the whole Eart tn~~d - I am Day and Night fpendiqp , down in~ Greatnefs that I have d~~d ~m not Stx-Pence enrich~ hy tb1s ' my Lif~7 my Ttme, my ~oney, thn Tr:mfporrarionl ::md Mamtenance, ' Grearnefs : Cofts tn Getting, Se oW!~'Chlrge dllly con6dered ; to faY no' now m a publick Mdnne[ ht rJ ft e lam at from a confiderable fftate, ' thtng of my Hazard, and t C5 rJ~l~~d Poor Cln/Jtcn. , 'and whtch IS more, .iHy.Dt>.1'(;od_ ~f Righteous JUdgment: Had I fouglit ' Well - The Lord IS 3 h h DilferMCO between what I am ' Gream~fs, I had itay'd at ~omeid ~a~: be:n there in Power and Wealth, ' here and was offered, :m cou I me for the Lmd's Sake, and tl\.ere' is as' wtde a' the Plac~s are: .rvoh ~~d Dthgen~, and Succefsflll, B!fJ!e~ ' fore h:~ve I ftood to thiS D:\)' I t~o~ble my felf to retl thee. what I am t9 ·-:~. '· ' he hu Porxer. - N ot fha . .1 Watchi ngs, Spendmgs, and my ' rhe People of this Placf, ln T(~~Jl~ke a Sclffttt MJn) I ba'Ve many ' Servants every Way, 1rc; Yit 15 now 111 Fnend's Hands: Through my • \VItneffes.- To cone u e? If FnendS' here keep to- God, ' Trava1\ Faith and Pauei'lce 1t ca~;y;, of the Lotd theu Enem1eswi11 ' and in rheJu{hce, Mercy, EqmtyH rs and" my Hetts t~O w11l lofe all, aria. ' he tbe1r Foodtool · If nor, theu ffie~ Se the Lord we are well, and ltve • Defolation w!ll follow; bu; h~e y llowfh1~ of H" TtndeP Heaven1y Sp!' in the dear Lo':e o~Gfod; ~m r.\ e ~ :nd one another, that the LOrd «rtll bf ' and our F:mh lS or our e ve~ t , ~~~h us 3 Kmg, Jnd a CounfeOdr for eVer. Thy. Ancient, th o' Grieved ~~lend, ' w,n~ttmFtnn. defier, ~~·oft~ 1216' Mollr/1, t682. .• · - •. _ha\"jn been about a Year in Putfy!van~tt, h~ 68 In the S1x.th'T. MohthF, 16 ~, 'cty ;J Traden of tbttt Provinct, rtjidmg at 1 3· wtit a Lencr .0 1 c rr~ 0 ' 1 th'e C(lun'try relates th~ Cufroms and Map- ·~ London, Wh~ret.t't he defcnb~irion of tne' F'irfl P!tznttlll, and the prefen~ ·g: SvtlttY Fif .rrers of the lttdutlu, the Co Province wilh an Account of the new 1aid oUt l'fridm ~~~ Srate -and ~ettle~7nt ofht.haht the Reader may find no fmall Pleafure in pe- Landan. City of Ph1Mdtlpuur. ; w tc . ru6ngd b -. lefs follicitous for the SpiritllalGbotl~ t~an [or the T(mttJ'f I 684· An emg~oh. p o le ~e writin the Yean684, .Jl" Epi.ftlero tbt ope ~ Advttntogu 0 IS e P; 't& Provinct o[Penfylval'litf1B'c. . . ~,l;le •rim j :nf God c11Jkd Qpakey. n R . ftd c there having fettled ::~11 Thtngs lh :J. .;&!~r:'i~~e rr/!n;r a~~~\~~fp~to~~rCohd,itf~n~ he ret'urned to EntJand, where he arri· {'tnfylv<Jnl<h nvmg b 2 h fthe 6tHMonth, 165+ • "ed .flil ftJt,UJn .,, "Ted fafe t_ e I tf oh h Month folloWing, King CfHr"rles the Second dl. ' Enr;land. On thei6th b t e 1 2.t h the Duke of Turk by the Name of IC.tng ~"f~5:Y:; ~~";;ll1Sberu;:~t:J,d !hoh~:~~-~0! ;:ofefs'd P(lpi!!J his ._AdcFc,effion 1t~ftthhee ~:rd :i)touh. .1 ' n.... 1., H ts w\th ]Nfl JJ.pprlb~n;ron.r an tttn, ijh . liei•g ]amos filrd the=op es ~·Meafutes o(thofe bf his PtrjWojion, and Ejlnhli ~~~ 1{; .r~''"il's take iuto the wonte . . · of th r and had w. P. at th:tt' Tift1e ~~ .Acuffion to '(}om Rdinfon bf ~be LJ?.efl.':!~{.n by ~n~o~r~Jgiog Muhi~udes \heW upon _thC :be Ctown. men ted the General Pf(I!Jtn( {' Tl rfl d of People rnto r,}Jf;.:;~,~ig!\,:u t;:,m~~~~;1~r~hi: $;:~,7.on1Bu:'i:'.,"~ho h•d b~~~;;; VoL. I. The AUTHoR's LIFE. tim3te with that King when puke of Tork, and for whom, extepting their 1684. Difference in Matters of Rel1g1on, the DJtke had always !hewn a Perfonal ~ Ref pea and Effeer:', was induced by the repe~te.d Proteftations. he h~d heard him m:tke, to belteve, !hnt He wa.r really PrmtJpled for Gra~/Jf!.$ LJberty of ,Confciena; and accor~mgly ~mbraced rhe P!efen~ Oppo_rtunity of follici-ting afrefh for the Relief of h1s Innocent and Su.ifenng Frrend.r, who ar that Time fill 'd the,ails; and that he might be the nearer on all Occafions for the Service o them and his Country,. be took Lodgings in 168), nea't Kenjington. And now his Acquaintance and Frequency at Court, fubjetted him to the 1685. Und(ferved Cenfure of fuch as Jeafi knew him, as beingaPapifl, or ]tjnit; ~ and abou[ this Time Two Copies of Verfes were printed, wirh the ltrititd Rr: il~mdr:ftr.;, Letfers of his Name fubfcribed, Condoling the Lau Ki-ng'.r Death, and Con- 11td[1 pt~t~ft'~ gratulating the Acceffion of the Prifenr: Thefe Verfes, though favouring jef~it.01P1 or both of Popery and Flattery, were, as· perh:tps the Puh!ijher's .lt!a!ict in-tended, prefently imputed to him: Whereupon to undeceive the World, ,a. nd clear himfc!f, he publi!hed the following Paper, cal!'d, Fitl:ion Found Out. llt pubJifoe, j To in] Eft<em•d Friends, railed QUAKERS, Of! O<eafton of Trllo o~u~rn.' f::fnct . Copies of Verfos Printed and 8•hf<riheJ W• P. Dear Friends, . 1 ' lHave wri[ .this for your Sati.r[aOion, and ye.t not for yours, as you well . .' fiiJ, "bot ttl irtform rhofe tnany tbat importune you on my Account, ' a ing, lf I 'WM the ..d.Jttbor of the Condoling 11nd. CQIIgratN/aring Yerfes on 'c the Late and. PreJcnt Ki-ng ;. Printed (fay they) in my 1\'ame: .Concluding · ' 1f I were the Author, I muft n~ds have rurn'd Pnpifl,. Flatitrer~ and what ' ·they pleafe. · ' Others, I perceive, without this Help, as well as without Truth or Mo· ' defty, "frick not to report me a D(c/ar(d Papi£1, arid, that I openly go '10 .Mif.r. ' Now, though it looks idle in any to wonder I fhould be a Papin at this ' Time of Day, that have been thought, and upon juft as good Grounds a ' ]rj11it fo many Years; yet becaufe they have no better Evide'n"ce, a Man ' weuld wonder why they fhould be fo believing, but that We lamentably ' fee, Men are lpter to be lnj11riom than ]11ft. In the meln While I haVe ' a firre Time of ir, to be reported a Papi{l on one Hand, and prefented and ' profecuted as a Difflffdled Perfon ori the other Hand ; but I know my ' felf, and rhe World too well~ to be troubled at this, and worfe, if that ' can be: 'li.r enough for me 'ti.r faife. ' For the Verfe~ if it be confidered,. the T\Yo Letters W. P. begin ; oo ' Names bebdes. mine ; and f that prerend not to Poury at :~ny Time, fhould ' hardly have done it then, when I muft needs look to have filch fJd C9m• pany, as the dull flattery of all the Suburbs of the Town . . ' But that I did not write them, t!he Stuff itfelf Chows, and they muft lie ' bereav'd of Se'lfc as well as Charity, that can think it : For tcr own my felf ·' a Q..uttker, and jeer the Prof(Jjioo: To ufe their Phrafes and prophane ' them : To promife qs !l_uaker.r to live peaceably, and yet engage to be n~ ' more f1.1ch : To make our felves Loyal in One I:Jtanza, and ask Pardon for ' not being fo in another: Be now a Miftaken a:nd Wilful Roitt ; and £IT~· ' fendy the Loving and Loyal Friend1 of Cbarle.r and Jame.r, ma:ke up a jan ' and a Nonfenfe thtlt I have not been ufed to be Guilty of in Profe; and ~ wheg,ever I turn fuch a Pe-nny-Poet, let futh Confufion be rn.Y judg_ment : ' However, it would look rude to be. angry at them ; for cc~~unly they P~.t ' j. mighty Complem(nt upon my 1\•am(, that thought Tao Uuer..r of lt ~ would make their Drugg Stll. ·~~nd 'becaufe I .am fo.known .a Fric11d .r~ '-Pro,•m.,v, to the unknown Ha r·Witwomitthemlleavcthem,w~riftllllr 1 I ' |
