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Show "A" "A p p E N 'jj I X to Vot. I. 1 54 . F " wn Share, as ir is my Principle (as 1 I c titled tbemfelves unto Lt. or m1 ° ura e others in the Purfuit of Juft, ~ ' havedeclar'd) to livemy.fel~ at:-"<;:' aregthe rrue Grounds of all Civil ' Sober, and Induftrious Cour e~ . wp ltfperity) fo in whatever I differ from No. II. ' Societies, and onl~ Ways to. t eth rover find me remifs therein. . ' the Pubtick Eftabbfhment_, u Cha h ne Kng on my Account, not to believe ~ ' But I befeech t~ee to mtreat t :an~ot fhape his Confcience by the ~at· ' every Man to be hiS ~~emy, chat. Inventions; and the Perfonal Obhga· ~row Forms and Prefcr~pts of Men 5 t 1 owe him, but above alJ, the Holy ' tions, betides the publtck Re~pea tha admit of fuch a Thing; nor do we ' Forgiving Trut~ I profefs,_1f11l n~vftead of atl:ing us to his Prejudice, at ' own One Princtple t~at Wlfi nor, md.fi te with any (in Civil Matters) the ' all Times in our Sta.uons, th~s ~ l pud our Confciencts being left un' firft Place of Obedtence to ts mman s, c prefcrib'd. . d f: . h ve overfhot the Mark, that the • ' Ta canduJ.e: Smce my A ver :ufesh a have publickly retra8:ed their • Accufatio.n is 68:ious, and mafy 0t; fi ~fl an lmprifonment, without any ' firft Opimons of the Marter, a ter o r y to tlie Priviledges of every • Legal Caufe, or Juft Procedure, contrar ranee and Compaffion infe .. ' Englijhman, as well as ~h~ ~eeknefs,. For~,a T' 'e and I defire I may be ' parable from True Chnihantty; I .thmk E~ l;~;nts. but if it fhould ' order'd a Releafe to fol~ow my or~mf:!n Di~atisraa:io; unremov'd, I in~ ' yet be fcrupled, orfdeme~ uponh t K" g where 1 !hall freely and ju!Uy an· ' treat the Favour o AcceiS !O t e m ' refent Cafe : Or if that ' fwer to all fuchl~terrogat_ones airai 'fi"~~~ ~I ~ve me a full Hearing to ' will not be aJlow d, that tt wou Pea e w · ht. that fo if I ' all fuch Objefiions as may be thought to car? an1ar elind 'in the mean ' mull remain a Prifoner, it may be;. known o~ wCuft~mar for other Pri .. ' Time that fujch Lifbettyhmfiayftbe g~:~~~~ M~n:~ ~sf their lm:rifonmtAt, the ' foners to en oy, a ter t e r or J.l ~ ~afon efpecia\ly ~onf~ered. Letter as 3 Trouble, the ufual Stile of Su_P" ' 1~ .makb no .Al eo ~~ink ~le Honour that will accrue to thee, by belmg f tants, ecau e 0 ffi d ceeds the Advantage that can uC· ' uft, and releafing the d t,Pre e ' .M ·nds gladly embrace Occafions to a f.. ' ceed to me: Worthy an tnerom 1 ffc d th m their Afiiftance, : tift the Hellefr, and then~fid:~~/H!!a!d 30t~xpreffing it. And I am ' when not s and Juftice I fhaU pleafe thee to employ o~ that ' ~:~~~~~ can never of a plentiful Reward from God, and Pr:llfe of ~ all Viituous Men. Thy True Friend, who fu(fers wrMgfuUy, which the Lor~ God forgive, if Ile fo pieofe, W. P. To p, M. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. ~ SHaU the multipUCd O~reffions wblcb tbou c~n~inue~ to. heap u~;; ~~~~~ YiteCbnue/Ior cent Englifh People, or their Peacea~le Rebg.tous H~erfimgs, fv arb and t~{Oxford. ded h the Eternal Go l Dofl thou tbmk to efcape zs er~e r Cb .f. 1.ife, P· 36. ~~~aJfu?Veggeance, for tb) ungodly ~nd i/Jegal Per{ecll..tion of bu &o:; bo:n, dren ; I tell thee, ]\lo: Better were ~~ for thee, tbou b'd_dJ~f.!ever ~e elf ;, Poor Murhroom, Wilt thou War agmnft the Lord, a~ lut "$, t ~ ts and Batte/ a.(ainft t1Je Almighty ? Can thou fru rate Hn Holy 11.rP 1 b 111 bring His Determinationr to Nougfr? He batt decreed to ex~~ H11j e~ [o 0,;.. ond to propt~gate Hn Gofpel to the Endr of the Earth; t~ere;orc r~t~er Aft· flrua lfit Mighty Work, ond repent of 16y proud, Jfev1!h.l andd }' d MmJ ings : If by any Means thou may.fl be .Jorgz"!en ~~ t e Lor , on 11 ttJiO lay biitb t1Je God of our Salvation; othtrwife HIS R,gbt~us {u~me:t}ehovah, bold 0~ thee., and thou jbalt be made to know, tbat u.e, t e rea Rultt VoL. I. The Avraon's LIFE: Rules tliiJOHgjl thofe of the Childr~n of Jl1en_, wbo111 thou r~hbe/1 and perfuri.. No. 11. rejl, yea, the Lawsoftbe Land wdl rife up m Jud.p,ment, m due T1me againfl ~ thee, to the dij£radng-and p11nijhing of tbu, ani the. I<ejl of thy Tyrannical Oppreffin~ ~rt:thren, w.ho make .Your own Wills Laws to undo Perfons, and whole Famz!zes by: Is. tbu ttcCfJrdmg to tbe Gofpd,. and Precepts, and Pr118icc ofthcp"tzentfuffmngLambofGOD, CHRIST JESUS ondHitpoor Vifciples? Incarnate Devils do no worfe. ' 0 the piercing Lips of the NeedY. and of the Oppreffed dt~i!y, becaufe of theft Thingr, verily they have entred the Ears of the Great (.iod of S:tbbarh 411d bc((tU.Je thereof, dq liif Deflroying ]11dgmentr impend thi1 VoiHptNOII:t, 'ftr,111.l ton, Ev_il World, tJ../flifling the ft~nocenr: ~1td if tl~oJt goejl on, and returneft not th~1r own, wbtl/l thou fH.fferefl the Vatn, J!rodlgtd, and 1..afcivious to go unpunifoed there, tbouflult be overwhelmed wab the Reft fif that perJitllting Cain·like Race, in the Vtllley of Armageddon, wbere God, the R/gbteoui Judge, wiU plead witb aU F/cjh. Thir Reproof nnd Caution tal>.e from One, tt'ho U above the Fear of )l1aJl, wboje Bretllh is in his Nojlrilt, altd mnjl Me Day come to ]~tdgment; beca11ft be only fears the Living God t11at made the Heavens and the Earth, the Se:,., and the Fountains of WHers. William Penn. To Dr. Hasbert, Phyfician at the City of Embden. No. 1II1 Dear Friend ~ I ' -b~~ Have very often remembred thel! itt the deep Senfe of that tvdgbty Love of Ph}fici.tn. " God, which Hir Heavenly Truth raifed i.n my Heart to vi/it thee in; ear~ Em~elf, . niflly pr9ing in Spirit, that thou migbt'fl receive a d&ar Underjlanding of Stt_Life,p .. {4. tlJat Ble_ued Way of Life and Salvation, wbicb he bath counted a Remnant wor .. thy both ta know tmd ta fuffir for inthil Da}: Glory and Everlaiting Ho.:. nour to His Moft Holy Name. 0 my Friend, it i1 my Heart'r Dr/irtto the Lord, that He would preftrve thee Simple, Upright and Conjlaitt in the Obc-die, nce to that Meafure of the Heavenly Light, wlierewitb the God and Father of Light hath illumiitated thee; and umo whicb tho11 orr now tnriled, in Which tUtbou abide/1-t»it~ tby .A-lind rightly exerci[ed in"· the Fear and Dread of tbe Lor~ God, rbo11 wtlt be preferved out of tfie Vaitl ]anglifigr of tb'e angry, peev1fh, and perverfe Profelfor, and kept dean fratlt the Sim and PoDuttan.r that are in the Prophane World. 0, how mtrny profifr GOD and CHR1ST: accoidipg to the Hiftorical Knowledge of bDth, b11t never come to the Myfticai and Experimental Knowledge of them: No, it is utlerly impoffible, that anj 'Tbit~g jh01dd bring to tbe If!ternal Kno.w.ledge, a!ld Experience of th"e Work and W,!J of God, but the Lrght and Sp1rtt onlj hy an Inward Revel:!. don dnd Operadon: Mdfucb m .inritlc tbemfeivtrto Chriltianity, wbiljl Strangers to ~he Terr?rs of the .Lord for Sin, and to A P~trgatioh from .it, by the Fiery Trtalr of Hu Inward Judgmentr, tU rxe!J ttl autward Tnbnlllttonr (who is aJ Refiners Fire, and m Ever/a/ling B11rningr to all the Workers of Iniquity· J they are of the .S~nagogue o( Saun, and. S~tbje8r of rbe--G!Jd of this World, t»btife Throne 11m the Hearts of the Cbrldren of Difobedience ufito the Hea-venly Light within: And therefore in the Narrte and Authority of the Lord God of Heaven and Eaith, I rejlify, that the tVay for every· Man and Wo-man ta come to God (fiJbom Darknij1can haven~ llccefl to for to it is he in· acceffib/e) irto bring his or her Deedr to the Liglp in himor'her felf, and fee if tbty _be wrdllgbt in God, ar !!J Him: If tbty be, the Pire ctmn"ot conftsme ibC Plllre.Gold; if they he not, ]11dgment with the Light will pafJ on Goi'1 .&hal/ upon the .Creature, from ~be~ce there _i1 no, .Appeal, without d11e Reeentance on~ turn_mg to the LI~TJt, 1111t to walk zn Tbo~tgOt, Word, and Deed, zn wbicb tlJeJ\Tauonl of 1btm I bat be ftroetl, :,n~Jl Walk and live for ev8r. * X ~ ~~ |