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Show The AuTHoR's LIFE. Vox.. I. 144 . . II due Re" a claiming a Relation to it, 1 e 9~. ' this lnfenor Member,bew'Jtr a ofed in rfei~. bur that by You.r Wifdom ~ ' Requeft they_ may not b t er~~ided fQt in ;rue Proponion w the Exi~ ' and <;Joodnels, theydma_y eh.P h will Eng;£e them in the heft 'Vifhcs for ' genctes they Jte un er, w tc ~ Eif{mnd Mvriq,e. • Your Profpeiities. W. P. On the rh of the tft Monih, J69)~6. he confumnuted his _Second Mar. B~fll . h Hmn(lh the Daughter of TbomtU-Ca!Jow!Hll, and Gran-. ~~~~~h~~r ~f ~~-,:~ !JoUipc~, an. e!i~~~~e:h~~nh~r~~~a; c~~lo~r~~e~~~ S?ber_ ond.d Rt;h£10/lh; 1Rouf\ng ouf ohl~n Life and had lffue by her Four Sons and bttanon unng t e c: ' 00f0~~~~gh~~rMomh, 1o96. his eldeft Son by his forme; W~fc, named S · 1 died at WorminghMrjl in Suffcx, of a Confumptton, In the 21ft: t:~:~f his Age : A mofi hopeful and promifing roung Man! whofe "' Cha~ raEler being publifhed (tobether with that of h~s Mot~er) In the Accouat before menrioned, we rt:commend to our Readers ~e~~fal. . . . . This Year he puhlifhed a Tre:nife, emituled, Pnmmvt Cbrifhamty rev_n.JeJ in the Fllitb nnd PraO;ce of th~ r:eople calltd Qpaktrs: A.Book Which riihrly reprefented rhar People's Prulc!ples, and hath been ferVtceable to the Jhformarion of many. . _, b h "' ' ~ h" G. Keith'1[e-- At this Time, Geoft,e Keith,_ ~1\'ing beefl dtfown~ y ~ e O(...lla"ers or ~ p:r4tt Mm· conrenrious and diforderly Spmr, ktpt up a MeetmgfwRtthlfolme hAdhfe{tn;d in_~ tt Turn· at TJtrner's·Hall, London, where under the Name o e I~ on e 0 e er '·94U' Strife and Debate; fending out pt::remptor~ Challenges. and Summons to. the G K 'th' ~aakers to difpute with him; and mu1tenng up "Jg::nnft rhem Quotattons C;,fi~:n~: out of their Books, ~uch as hin~Jelf formerly could candidly interpret, an_d. ~bt,k'd. had fuccefsfully vindicated agamfi ocher Oppofers. ~o p~t a Check to. ~lS Confidence, by employing him t? b~at ~own the.Battenes htmfelf had rats d. w. P. fers before him his Own Vmdrc~uons of the !ftlJia~crs from thofe ver_y Lies, when told by others, which h1mfelf had now hc~t up afrefh. T~ts Book our Author cntituled, .more f~lork for George Ket!h· It has a ~u~~able Preface, wherein he aptly defcnbcs rhe Man, and hts felf..contrJdu.~b· ous Metliods of Procedure. . . I6 There being about this Time a Bill dependmg 1n the ~Jufe of Lor_ds a~ ~ gainft B!afphemy: He .prefente~ to thar_Houfe A Cmttton rcquifire rn tbr Ee pnfinmo Cofl}ideratitin of rhar Brll, wherem he ad\•tfes .rhat t.he Wo~d. Blafphemy be ~o tbt H•~tfecf. explained as rhat no ambiguous InrerpretJtton m1ght mmliler Occafion to LardlaC41m- malicious or envious Perfons to profecute under that Name whatfoever ~~a'!o::nr they (hould be pleafed to call fo: After which the Houfe thollghr Dt to Blafp~•my. arop the Bill. . 1698. In the 2d Month 1698, he fer out, together Wlth John Everot an~ Thoma.t ~._} Sror from Briflol, where he then dwel~, fer lrt(and •. Some Ttme.after He[mcut ": his Arrival there, Jo1m fl)mptcn theTenJCiCU~ Baptijl Dirputant, ment~o~ 'Jt"frcm Bn· before, being at Dublin publifht a Pap~r, enmuled, .A Quaker n~ C,brijl~t~n, la~~~or1~~7tu To which TV. P. rcp\ied.under the Tale of, T~e,Quaker a Chriflum, an.d "'"''n{1'fltr u the more efFefiually to Wipe away that Adverfone s .Ajperfi011s he alfo Wnt J. Plympton. and difper'red a Paper, e11tituled, Go{pel Tr111bs held by the People c~1led Qu~kets, fubfcribed by himfelf and Three ot.hers .o~ ~is Frie.n~s, ?nd l!~ewifc Jeprinted 1he 8th and 9Th Chapters of h1s Pru1JJ11Ve Chrifhamty revro· eJ; which gave the People a general Satisfatlioo· that Plympton's Charges nH S(rTJim \veAft~~"~~~i~\~~s~ra vclled co orhct Parts of that Nation in the 'Vork of the ;, trdamt. Miniftry to the Edification of the Churches, ~f which himfelf gave fame *Ap.N.:n:vii. Acrounc in an )f. t.'pijllc Jem ro the Yearly-hleermg at London. EU Viji11o 1he A lhort Time Jfter being at Cork he vifited the Bifhop, :md occafionally Bp.of Cork. prcfented him with one of the forememioned Papers, -call'd Gojpel Trt~rbs, which he then feemed to receive favourably, but aftt:rward unexpeaedly pu'blifhed fome Exceptions againft it i.n.Pxint; to which W. P. after bisCo~g Vox.. I. T'bt AuT H o R 's LIFE, .ing back to England ~he fame Year return'd a~ Anfwer~ being, A De· 1698, fence of a Pap,er, en.mllled, GoJpei Truths, ttgamjl the E:tceprions of the ~ Bi}hop of Cork r Teflnnony. '!he next Win_ter refiding at Bri}jo!, he, together with &njnmin Coole He, together wnt a Book, entJtuled, The T~111h of God, tU held by the People called Qua~ •hh ~· C:ole kers, farther cleared from Mi}lakes, &c. A choice Piece, which was re~ ·~ Bnftol,pub· printed the next Year. lijb~s • Book In the Year 1699 was a Difput~ at f~efl-Dcrebam in J\.1or/olk, between ~~:;h!P~or:t f~me Clergy~en and the ~uaRtrs, In Wh1ch, th·e former, having mift their clear'd, f!lt. A1m, the Vat11·Glory of a Conqueft, grew angry: And in hopes of whetting 1699. the Magiftrates Sword to cur afunder thofe Knots themfelves wanted Skill ~ to unt~, prefented to the King and Parliament: a Book call'd A Brief A D~uu .u Difcovtry, &:c. w~erein they painted the ~nakers as.black as ~heir own :~o;fu~~:ni Robes: Upon whtch our Aurhor publlthed the fol!owtng fhort Obfervati- Onft, vr:::. , ' It does not fur prize. us t_o ~ evilly i.ntteated., and efpecially by rhofe au obft"'r that have an lntereft tn domg it. Bur 1f Confctenct prevailed more than rions tm the 'Contention, and Charity ov.er·ruled Prejudice, we might hope for fairer Norfo,IkCJer .. 'Quarter from our Adverfaner. tJmtniB~d' , ' Bu~ fuc~ is our Unhappinefi', that notbin& lefs wi11 fatisfy them, thari breaking tn upon the lndulgfnce that we enJOY; if they could pe'rfw'ade : the Gove~nment to fc:c~nd their Attempts to a }{ew Pcr:focution. In or: , der to w~tch, we percetve they have been ~ard at Work, to perveri our , Book.~, vtolate our ?enfe, Jbufe our PraCI:Jce, and ridicule our Perfons; knowmg very ~ell ~tth wh.om. they have to do, and that rlie Paric1zce of ' our Projeffion u tbetr Sccuruy m sbu}ing of it. ' However, if it has Weight enough with our Superion t6 expea a • frefh Defence of our Principles and Praftices, we !hall with God's Affift~ : ance) be ready for their Satisfa8:i~n, once m01e, to jufiifie both, ag.:~inft the Infults of our Reftlefs Adverfanes: Who otherwtfe we take Ie.:~ve ro ' fay, would 1101 deJuvc our Nohce, Iince we have alre~dy repeatedly an· 1 fwered their Ohjellions in Print, and think it our Duty as wdl as Wifdom ' to ufe the Liberty the Government has fJVoured us with, in as peaGeabl; ' and inoffenfive a Manner as may be. · ~n t~e SiJ:th _Month. this Year, himfe.tf with his Wife and Family took eu,ie,SJ,;;: Shtppmg for ~IS Provmce of Penfylvama, and on the Third of the Seventh ping f~r Pen• Month followmg, from on Board the Ship lying in Couu1 Rr,ad near the f'ylvanJa. !fie of Wight, he took his Farewell of his Friends in an ¥ Epifl:le direEled * Ap.Na. To the PefJple of God called Quakers, whutver ]cottercd or gttthered in Eng~ nviii1 land, •Ir-tland, Scotland, Holland, Germany, or in any other Part$ Of Europe. On the ~th of t_he fame Month t~ey fer fail, and were near Three'Month·s 4(1e,retlirJ• o~t at Sea ; ?rovi~ence by ~he Ted10ufnefs of their Yoyage protrJ8:ing the r_QJq,e hu~T! m~ of_their Arnval, unul the Danger of a Contagio11~ Diflemptr theft rrvenkrern relgnmg 10 thar Conhtry, was over. Upon their Coming thither they were S.djtiJ· received wirh rhe Univerfal Joy of the Intiabiranrs. ' Being now derermincd to fettle in his Province he applied himfelf to ~he 0./ftce.s of Gove;rtment; a.lways preferring the"dood of the Country and ~ tts ln~ablt~nts ro h1s own Prrvar~ Inrcrefl; rather remitting than rigoroufiy Hil Jfmrnd exafl:.m.g hts. Lawful Rcve~uts: So t~:lt under rhe Intiuence of his Paternal AdminiPmt. AdmrnijlrattOII, the Pro~1~ce o,yas In ::~.n t:Jfie and flourilhlng Condition: ~/{ G~m•~ When fo~e Perfons here. m Engla"1' takmg Adv.amage of his Abfence, lVere n " endeavounn~ to undermme both hts .and other Prdprietttry Govtrnmenrr, un- A Bi~i11 rbe dcr the fpec1ous Prerence of Ad vanctng the Prerogative of the Crown . and H. rJf L(Jril a Bill for th:J.[ Purpofe was brought' imo the Houfc of Lordr. His Fri'ends !(IT ii_folving the .Proprietors and Adl'enturers here~ prefenrly reprefenrcd the Hardlhip of ~rcpruriU,1 • r~eir Cafe to the Parli11menr, folliciting Time for his Return to anfwer for A>t11111lmf~ h1mfelf; an~ accor_dingly giving him a fpeedy Accounr bow Matters ftood, they preft hts Commg over forthwith; with which he feting it ncceffary ro * · U <omply, |