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Show Tbt A t1 T R oR's L l FE. VoL. I. 134 1 {. r au into the Particular Sroritt. 688 ' to have enquired as far as. wns poffib d ~0 ~av~ fought all Means of re8:i- ~ ' that have been framed agamh. y~uh a; were grounded, could in any Mea· · ' fying the Miftakes upo_n w tc t Chara8:er of you in Men's Judgments; , fure avail to the fettlmg a true For I have feen under the Hand of a_.,. .,.. Dr. Tillot· ' this alfo I know you ha£e ~~Church 3 full Acknowledgment of Sauf. ron. ' Reverend Dean of our ng_ 1 Sufi ici~n he had entertained upon one ?f ' fa8:ion received from Y0~ m a. R Part had procured roo grea_t Credtt. ' rhofe Stories, and to whtch his ep fi t the publifhing of hts Letter ' And though I know you are aver e ~a not now think fit to afk it; ' without his Exprefs Leav{i; a: Pfr~ifSince~ity and Candor, th~t I cannot • ' yet I am fo throughly a ~r . 0 jn that Matter, and w1l1 (accord~ ' doubt but he has already_ vmd~ated l~Yt upon an Occafions. Nay I have ' ing to his Promife)_ be ~111 rea Y to er Calumny of common Fame, a• feen alfo your Ju{bficano~/rom a~otiad been formerly a .il1onk, out of ' bout your having k~dnapp on~ w 0 im here into the Hands of hisEne' your American Provmce, to de1Jtvft~6h t" from that Story under that 'mies; I fay, I have feen yo_ur u t ca 'P~n)Jlvania where he now refi' Perfon's own Ha_nd: And 1htC Re;utr~.ton of i{ to 3~y that will rake the ' des, may be ~n urefr~gab e on u a 10 . , ' 'Pains to enqutre thereintO. h fider that all this does not fuf- .. ' Really it affiiCls me very ~ul tR r;~a for you which I fincerely pro• ' fice. If I h.ld not that parucu ar e fti a d hat an Man who had de, fefs ; yet I could not ~ut be much. a e e ~u t h:~ve formerly had, whofe ' fervedly acquired ~o fau a Reput~tlon :s fted fpotlefs, and whofe Charity ' Integrity and Verttctty had a.lwa~s een.r P at the dear Expence of ' had been continually exercife~ u£~rvmg ?r~ers; any other Recompence ' his Time, his Strength, and h~~r6~~~~e~ltot~oin good : I fay, I could ' than what refulu f£F£t dhc t C fee any fuch Perf on 1au innocentl~ and un' not but be much a e e ! ft R h as you have done. It JS an hard ' defervedly un~er fuchMunJU h t el!~a: yesBowels of Humanity, can refleCt ' Cafe, and I thmk no an t .a n ~ upon it without gr~t .Relenungs. fc ethin remains yet to be dones1 ' Since therefore It IS fo, and tha.t om g.P: bl' k than has yet been ' fomething more exprefi, and efpetally r_gore s·u Iby'an the Tender Effi· ' done for yo~u Vin~Icat_ion, I b:g 0 yo~, ;;r 0;; Friends and Relations ' cacy that Fnsndjlnp, either mnbe, ~b: da~e R:gud which Humanity, and c together, can have upon you:; Y R · . by the Duty you ' even ChrifiianitY_ obliges you tl have t~tTeol.~nd~t~~~~ Nativity ; and by ' owe unto the K!ng ;f:blyRy~~~ ove J0Eternal Truth; Let not the Scandal ' the Caufe of umver a e tgt?n an r "1 er upon you; but let ' of Jnjinceri1ty,11thhatfc I tb~ye ~-~~~~e~f~ad~ ;~~ t~~~atific your F~ic_nds and ' the Senfe o a t e e Iga 1 • C try and yout Rcltgwn, by ' Relations, and to felve your ftng, ){~~ou~u~s y~ur own Prudence upon ' fuch a publick Vin 1.catton ° n{our ~ moft neceffary, and moft ex.· ' thefe Suggellions, .w'll 'io.w dew ao~~ft Refpeaful Affe£\ion ~ pedient. I am, wtth unietgne an London, Oll:obtr the 20Jb, t688. Honoured Sir, Tour mojl Humble ond mofl . Obedient Servant. W. pENN's .Anfwer to tbe foregoing Letter·. TVorihy Frie11d, not been very W. Penn's ' JT is new above Twenty Years, I thank God, that I havi have had the .An{wenotbe ' follicitous what the Wbrld th?ug;ht of me. For £nee Firft and Main foregoinr, Let·. ' Knowledge of Religion from a PnnCip!e ~~f !llY hfel§•. ~e f God, through ur. ~ Point with me has been, to approve my fe m t e tg t 0 ~ Patience Voi.. i. ' Patience and Well-doing: So that tlie W grld has not had Weight enough ' with m"' to fuffer its good Dpinio.n to rai.fe me, or its ill Opinio11 w de-' jeEt: me. And if that had been the only Motive or Cottfidera.rioll, :Jnd not ' the Defire of a good Friend in rhe Name of many others, I had been as ' lilent to thy Leuer, as I ufe (Q be to the Idle and Malicious Shams of the ' Times: But as the Laws of Frien4J,1ip \lie Sacred, with thofe that \'\due ' th:Jt Rcl:nion, fo I confetS this to be a Priooipal one with me, ntu 10 dCJtJ ' n Frie11d tbe .Satitjd{fjon he dejjrgr, when it nay he done without Offena t"tJ ' a good ConfcJCnfe. . ' The B11jinefl ch iefiy infifted upon, is my Popery, and Endeivours to pr:oJ ' mote it. I do fay then, and tbar with all Sincerity; That I am IJOt only 1 no JejJJit, but nQ Papijl. And'which is more, I never had any TemptaJ ' tion uy.on me to be it, either from DoNbts in my own Mind about thf! ' Way profefs, pr from the DifcoJJr{es or Writings of any of that Rdii. ' gion. And i'! the Prifencc of Almighty God, I do declare, That the Kihg ' did never once, direBly or ind\reEHy, attack me, or tempt me upon that ' Subject:, the many Years that I have had the Advantag~ of a Free ilccifJ • to Hill' ; fo unjujl, as well as fordidly falfe, are all thofe Stories of thd 'Th- . • ' The only Reafon, that I can apprehend, they have to rePute me a. !Ro-o! • maJJ·Catholick, is, my frequent going to Wbiteha!J; a Place .no more forbid' ' to me than to the Reft of the World, who yet, it feems, find mucH 'fairer Quarter. I have almoftContinually had oneBufinefs or othertherd ' for our Friends, whom I ever ferve~ with a fteady Sollicita.tion, tlttQugh' ' all Times, fince I was of their Communion. I had alfo a great •many 1 Perfonal good Offices to do, upon a Principl! of Charity for People o.f all ' Perfwafions, thinking it a Duty to improve the little lntereft I hacl for • the good of thofe that needed it, efpecially the Poor. I migh.t add fame· ' thing of my own Affairs too, though I muft own (if I may without Val ' nity) that they have ever had the leaft fhare of my Thoughti or Pains; ' or elfe they would not have Rill depended as they yet do. t ' But becaufe fome Pe?ple a:re fo unjufr, as to render Ioftances for my Po· ' pery, (or rather Hypocrijie, for fo it would be in me) 'tis fit I conuadia ' them as particularly as they accufe me. I fjy then foleqmly7 That I ani ' fo far from having been bred at St. Omer's, and having .receiVed Orders ' at &me, that I never was at either Place, nor do I know any ,Body there~ '. nor had 1 ever aCorrifpondency with any Body in rho(e Places, which is an" ' other Story invented againft me. And as for my officiating in the King'S" ' Chappel, or any othi::i", it is fo ridiculous, as well as unttue, that befi. ' des that no Body can do it but a Prieft_, and rhat I ha.vc been married to 'a \Vom:tn of fome Condition above Sixteen Years, which no Priefl can ' l}e, bY :tny Dijpenfitrio'n whatefer : I have not fo mmh as lo0k'd into any ' Chappel of the Rpman Religion. and confequendy not the King's, though ' a common Curiofrty warrants it daily to People of all Perfwafions. ' And once for all, I do fa:y, That I am a Proteftant Di.ff;me.r, :tnd to th:tt ' Deg'ree futh, that i challenge the moft Celebrated Prou.ftam of the Englifh ' Church, or any other, on that Head, be he Layman, or Clergyman, in pub-click or in priv:rre. For I would have (uch People know, 'tis not impoffi· ' ble for a Tr11e Proteflant Di.fftnttr to be Dutiful, Thankful, and Service:· -.. able to th"e King, though h~ be of the Roman-Cathclick Communion. We ' hold nor o1:1.r Property or Protefiion from him by our Perfwalion, and ' therefore his PerfWafion lbould not be the Meafure of oilr Allegiance. I ' am forry to fee fo many that feem fond of the Reformed Religion, by theii ' DifaffeOion to him, recommend it fo ill. Whatever Practices of Rom#n· ' Cllbo!ick.s we might reafonably objeit againft, (and no Doubt but fUch ' there are) yet he ha·s difCla"imed and reprehended thofe ill Things b{, his ' declared Opinion againft Perftc~~tion ; by the £ate in which he aa:ualy in~ dulges all Dij[enters, 1and by the Confirmation he offers in Parliament, far ~ the Security of the Proteftant Religion and Liberty of Confcience. · And ~ in his Honour, as- well :ts ia my Own Defentt, l am obliged -in CoJtfri~n:d . --igJ 1688. ~ |