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Show The AuT H on's L I F E. VoL. I. 1 ~s . S m ltcity and Integrity, rtJtbd· b b d of the Doflor's Moderauon,d 1 ep jet 4 1 vt1tue 1tpon Hts fnend- 168;. ave ~ Part or Poft, rluJt alway$ ma e m le vmg the Iauer to .iUen of ~ ~~n ~J wbu~ perhaps, I am bbtter tuJfe~~e ~~ to bJf better_ Thougbts, if: d tp, T.lents I blame b1m not llfg, 111 • ble for l-hs Chanty. lf be can eet;;; .Affatr .His Jealoufy war7ot ~o :;ftlf to endure tbe fame Tbo~tgbt b~l eve me I'jhould hardly prevat wrt d le'r to fpeak oj/t. llH the Roman f 'rn Tillctfon 011the bke Occnfion, n~r..d! . 1 have nor only no fuclJ 1hmg o £i ondence I vnU freely come to ConJep.o/1, bdfJC W1tht!ut Ojjena) bm I ~~:bea~y Jefutt at Ro~n:e, (tl~o· Prot'k_~"~fa~:~ the Wa~/J of rbat Commumon. bold none wttP any Jefutt,JPne~, or No~tte I ttffl tn that Bujinejs, I kno~ not .And that the Doftor may ee w at a h j d I am a C:nholick, tho not 0 e an where. .And yet, when aU I 15 u d J~1~ not deny others wbot 1 cr~ve a R.omfn. I have Bofl!els for .Man hE'd, r~7re of my Religion; tbmkmgFauh, for my Jel[, lm~mt, Llbertl for t~~cu:~y tlJmJ Force, and that if 'I). u T H Piety and Provtdence a etter a)l other. wzU fm! her. no~prevatlwzth her own Weapons, [! and that zt can he no Tern· ca~Tow, t1JOJtgh I am not obbged to thn £iio~f~~' may jet botD much 1 value 1JH ponzing now to make zt, yet tga~Dr.b and my Jclf at all Turn.r, let btm be Good OpzmoR, and dare own t e rf.t k but 0 Chnftiln, whofe Creed u the €0f!.fident, I am no Roman Catha tb id tz Nobler Evidence, than the Beft Scripture, of the Truth of whlt 1 J yet I refufe not to believe the Porter, Church Authority in the .'for b; D·rcretion and when I fhou!d, if be of· tho' 1 c.an't leaiJe the SenJ& to l j } Under}landmg God htttb made tiS to fenJs agamflhtboje /'of [I~/:n;e;arab!e from m, I 11JIIjl beg hn Pardon.} /mow Thmgs y, an w u " b ·hon the .A.Jfuronce be hm f,tVen me OJ ml do the DoCtor's for thts Lenfct ' uion. wbub that be may fully have, 1 bH doing the ltke upon better In pr~~~ant; from -pag. 1 B· to tbe E"nd, and recommend bzm to my Addre:: to No Crof;, No CroWn; to fay tl~thmg of to the four jirfl Chapters OJ my tdl Way of Worfhip, and thetr PornOur moft inceremomous and un1_ofoallellve the BufintJs, vmb all due llnd pous Cult ; where at tbzs Tti.e R d!J Temper and Jljfurance of the Sm· Senfible .Acknowledgmenu to ny run ' <ere Wifhes and Refpe8s of Chariug..Cro&. the 29th of the iHh MOnth, t686. Thy Affec!lionate Real Friend, W. Penn. W. PENN to '.Dr. TILLOTSON. • Charing-Crofs, >jtb of >d Month, r686. w Penn's Worthy Fnend, h of Optn!On that Dr. Ttllotfon 11l;,d.LtnerJ" THIS fhould ht~ve been a Vifit, buthJnrfo rovokebtm to another Letter JJr. Tillotron. is yet a Debtor to me tbt~ r;{ay,ttd be 'wtUpvefy JUfl nnd ob!tgtng wlun I bytbzs, before I made bz~ one E o;effion bowevlr kmd!y Jpoken, wzUfo eajily /aft far» him, yet certam ~no bp . p' lmoutatum fome People cafl upon me and effelluaUy pu~ge Lme ,ron\\ d unJTbe Need of tbn he mdl hettcr fee r»he. in hzs Name, as hts' etter WI o. Hand fince my !a/1 n, I prefume, beha1read tbe_jnc£of'j__Jjb!J:cij'/t//no former Fretenfio~s: And thereenough to JUfljjy t u re ' fi If tU nor to prtfs b1m to a Letter m my fore I cannot be Jo wanrmg t~ 1/, e b dJ to tbtnk be jhould not ftankly ]ufl Defque, nor fo .uncb;;zta e. ~o tight a Man's Reputltion, :lnd dtfa4 wrzte mbat be haJ fazd, w tr tt H to t tt feems from a Private Friendbufe the too CreMduloulsDWorld. ,{.oP~bllck wbrcb wah a Per fan of fo great fhip to become a ora uty to bt Defi f Mo;ality, mlljl gzve Su"efs to the Reafona c Jre o Tby very Real FrienJ, Willilm Penn. Yo:!. i. The A UTHo It's' LIFE. i6S6. '.Dr. T 1 L LoTs oN i6 •W1 P .1! N N. Vv--v I , SIR, April the >9th, r686. , . I .Am very forry that the Sufpicion which I bad eJtterrain'd concerning you, Dr. Tilloiof which I gave you the True .A"01m1 in my former Letter, bath ouafi1 ~nt Se~d. oned fo fllllch Trouble and Inconvenience to you: .dnd I do now declare with W p~~f Great Joy, that! am /ullyj:atU}i.ed that there war no jufl GroUnd for that ' Sufpicion, and therefore 1 o heartily beg your Pofdonjor it. And ever fince you were pleafed to give me that SotU{aOion, I haVe talun aD Occajions to vin· Jicate you in this Matter; and jha/J he ready to do it, to the Peifon that font you the inclofed, wbenever be wi/J pleafe 111 come to me. I am very m11ch in the Country, hut will feek the firJI Opportunity to vijir you at CharingCroiS, and renew our Acquaintance, in wbich I took great Plea jure. 1 re.ft, Your Faithful Friend, ]o. Tillotforir . In this Year he pubiifhed A /mher Account of the Province ofPenfylva- ' . bia '1 and about this Time the Duke of Buckingham having writ a Book in WD ~ .,fufl Favour of Liber!J ofCunfcience, for which he was always a known Advo~ : 8:,:~'fJe catc; a Name!ejs .A.utbor put forth an Anfwer, refleCting not only on ihe DM.IufBuck~ Duhe himfel£, but alfo on W. .P. fllying, The Penfylvanian h4d enter'd him, ingham.'Si (i.e. the Duke) with bh '<.uderiflicat DoUrine, W". P. gave that Anfwerer a Reply, entituled, .A. Defenu of 1be DuJu 4 Ruckin~ham's Book of Religion 111td Worjhip, &:c. A fmall Piece; in the Conclufion of which, he refers to another exctl1ent and larger Difcourfe foon after publifhed by himfelf, en· tituled, .A. Perfuafivt to Moderatio" to Di.ffenting Chrifliam, in Prudence. and Pe Puhli]lm ,i. Confcience, humbly /11bmitted to the King and Hit Grear Council: In ~hich Prrfw•f1!e tt:l he confutes the feveral Pleas for fcrfecution, and confirins his own Atgu·· Mader~uonJ ments for :1 Toleration, by the Teftimonies of Authors, and the Examples of flourilhing Kingdoms and States_, and thews the difmal EffeCts and Confe· qPueerunfcaels. of the contrary ! A Treatife well woitliy the Reade~s ferious How far this Bo6k~ and other Sollicitations Of its .AuthoJ', did influence ~nl janies•s the King and Co111tcil, we determine not, bu't fhor~ly .after, viz. on the ~ml••,titmi 14th of the Month called March, t68}, came forrh the King•s Proc/dmation fd G:nerd for a General Pardon; and lnlf:ruEtions bdng given to the Judges of .Aj]i.:;t "' ~ in theirfeveral Circuits, to extend the Benelit.of it to, the ll_uders, about Thirteen Hundred of that People1 moft of whom had been diverfe Years imprifoned, were fet ar Liberty : Joyful, no doubt, to their diftre.lfcd Fa .. mi!ie.r, as well as Bene./tcial to the Country, was the reftoring. fo many ln· duflriom People to their awn Homu, :1nd Lawful Enzploymellls; and, what-ever Private Tlievu fame in i111tbority nfay be fup_pofed to have h::td irt Granting tha1 General il.mnefty, it was certainly the Duty of the AffiiS:ed to receive the prefenr Favour with Q Becoming Gratitude, • On the 4th of the Month cal1ed .iipril, 1687, <;arne forth the Kiirg's De· i687. claration for Libeny of Confiience, fuJpendiltg the Execution of all Penal ~· Laws in Matters Ecc!ejiafiicaf.; by which,.(rho' probably done in Favour of ~':fjb a:ffe~ the Papifl.r) Di.!femers receiv'd a General Eafe, and. enjoy'd their Meetings ~kr;ri::, fol peaceably. The People called !<.,uakerst having fmarted. by thofe Laws, f.iberty of more than others, could not be lefs fenfible of the prefcnt Relief, where-- COhf,idkcio fore at their next Annual Aff~mbly held lt London, in the third M~nth this Year, they drew up an .Addrefs of Thanks to the King, deputing W: P. and others to prefent the fame : His Speech at the prefenting of ir1 wirh the AddrelS it felf, and the King's Anfwer were as follow$. s |
