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Show No. XI. \./V"'V A Letter to R.Ba:x.ter.l Life p. 49•. :An 'A '1? p E N '/) I X to VoL, I. 1 Dill rbanc< of Religiorts Diffenting A./Jemblier, S1udy.anl Purfuit, tba.~ ',/' J./J,re to bcnour·the King, Love their Neigh .. that, fo far at I know 0J 1 edm, U ftfen 01 they would have aU Men do hours 111 tbemfelves., and 10 0 unto a unto them. . . d Part and with the moft (ttvourahle Con. Be pleafed to accept tlm :n ~00 fty ~d it but to do Rigbt to his Intenti· fl· rron wbilb be&omu your ..,_ua r ' a . b .. r. if, o~:, :ba~ with good Wijhes for you fubfcrzbu ImJ e , Your very true Friend, William Penn. p 0 S T S C R 1 P ~ n·fl fo a ainft the Papiflr and anothe( of Liberty 1 hav~ fent you a 1 1 of Confctence: fev~ra Hcuonu dr~~ of which were 'prefented to the Haufe that Year it was pnnred. refidents to confirm this: and truly it looks I could produce a'dp?·en. P1 5 1 That you fhould give your Servants Liberhard upon ro.ur o~r ~mctp e irrands or Conftables in the Execution of ty to ufe thelr Dl_creuo~ m fwer the Main End which is, Voluntar il'In· theirTrufts, provtd~d ~ 1{ a~. Nay that you ca~ ufe fometimes a Prerogiftri, Salusque Regx I. opu 1' Le em remembring doubtlefs that fum· gative you~ felves, f1.re. ax.:re as tie 'old King faid; And yet that you mum Jur ts Jumma '~}urt p er to fuf nd the Execution of but a Tem· fhould Lot anW"rt;~et~~E~:cu~i~n of it ir: impraCticable, without defl:royporary aw, nds for which it was firft made. I befeech y~u, c.all to 10~~h~[: X~~ren~ Veneration of Protefta!lts to Princes. Prerogauve m Ecclefiafl: icks, and their. Principles ~bout 1:. In the Retgns of H. S. E. 6. :it E. K Ja. and pamcularly K. G. theFuft. To R 1 c H ·A R D B A x T E R. && utb of 09ober, nI 67); '' J Have waited for an Anfwer, but find none : ! think. fit to te thee, that if I am ihform'd when thy Occafions :w11l pc:rmu a Debau.more ' Methodically, and like True Dijjutation, (whtch I JUdge more futtable ' before the fame Auditory) I {hall en~eavour to comply, though I ~m not , · h t wei hty Affairs almoft connnually upon my Hand, to furmlh me c :t!h ~~ Exc~fe : 1 !hall only add what I omit_ted in my laft, that he that c made me to fay, I would give aU I btJd to hm~ ~r them that Wfnted more ' than 1; when I faid9 Jf there, were any fu~h Mn;ifier a1 preach d t~e Gof' pel freely, making True Confcience of _takt~g H1re, that wanted; if I haJ. ' b H tfpenny He foould have a Farthzng. He that makes refufing ' P~y':ent 0ofMonies borrow'd, and Ti!he!l, as ~ually ~i~ful; nay? counts ' it Thievery: He that makes me tn.reJea owmng Chnfttan Do8:nnes,_ lJe. ' caufe I faid, 'TwtU 11ot a Conformzty to any meer ~talogue of D_oOnner, ' that wtu enough to Snlvation; and that takes no Nottce of ~y faY.Ing~ that ' 1 e nt it not of the .Apofiler Creed, nor the commonly heluved .Artzdes; ' hzi~ r'be .Mntterr controverted by the Worthy TV~trriors, as R. B. calls them:. ' He that makes me to fay, The World wtll alwayr worfo under a C!er~, ' (though Chtiftian, for fo he owns.it) than wit bout one; that o!llY made It . ' comparatively as bad, and explain d what I meant _hy Clergy, VIZ. ~ 1Ua7t· ' m de and Meranary A1inifhy: And from thence mfers, that I thmk the t Worid at leaft fince Chrift's Time, was without a Minifiry, beca~fe ' witho~t fuch a Clergy: And that after all, he that rep~oach'd me. w.uh ' Folly, Weaknefs, Difability, Ignorance, f:fc. (though m Con!radu7lt~n ' to himfelf) faying, Tbe .Jlan, the JUan; and, at lalt, Tbe Dev1l (but JD ' as much Contempt and Prejudice as he could:) He, I fay, t.h~t can .d~, ' and has done thefe Things, is fanhet from a Jxfl and Cbri}han Spmr, . :~ VoL. I. The Au r H ri n's' CI FE. ' than Dan was fJOm Burjheba. I would haye R. B. know, th~t h3d I de' fign'd to take Advantage, .a~d turn_ thC Meeting int? Bu~lefqNe, I could ' have render'd him more nd1culous, than, I fear, Hu Prmctpler of Love ' would have born ; his whole Difcourfe furriifhing me with fa much Igno' ranee real or defign'd, let him take hif Choice. I pray God ~ive thee ' Repe~tance and true Love, that thou may'fi lay down thy Head tn Peace, l fo wifhes . ' Thy Sincm Friend, W. P. To R i c ii A R D B A X T E R. R. Baxter, 1 Hnve received a Letter /rom tbee of the Ioth Injlant, jufl now, being the 1 ub, and about Six at Night: In tbe .firfl Place it looks like a D'jign, I :mean not to meet me; though it he to offer a Meeting, friCb an one Of it ir. For by the Dau, it ~a.r, for ought I kno.w, a Nighr, and a!moft a Day, coming lifs rban Two Mtles. .AJJ1an that bad not read thy Pnnc1ples of Love, ani beard the Difp~te, VJOM!d think that tbi.r Letter lay Lenger at Ric~merf.. Worth, by Order, tzll I foou/J be gone to London: But I am more Chan table: 1 am not fo fiufo of my Time, nor Jo ill dij}os'd of, that I jhould leave London, my Confcie«ious Employment for the Relief of poor S11.ffererr ; and Jeveral Appointmentr tiot in my Power to undo: To Jay nothing of my awn World I] Concerns that are great; 10 ride down to Charlewood hut for Two Hours Tall: ~ith R. B. Tb1 Beginning of this U11bappy Epijile teUr me, If I have not yet enough; Of what? Railing, Slanders, Imerruptions, dirty RefiefHons. Ter, too much,. bad R. B. plrar.'d: But of Reafon9 Good Language, Order,. and Perfonal Civility, little or none fell from R. B. I tiffirlfl. ~ Well, but my Vain Oftemation of my Forwardnefs to another Meeting; fhall be no Cover to my Shame. I zboutbt I had been jhamelifs: .There is Hof!.'' of me I fee. But, R, B. wby ofonm'd ? For rby Senfelefs, Headlef•, Ta1llefs Talk? I profeJ.r, Iwa~ more than ajhamed, for I war grieved that my !aft kind Letter bad no better Succefr. I perceive the Scurvy of the Mind ir thy Difiemper; I fear it'r incur~tb/e. I would Jay, I bad rather to b# Socrates at the Day of Judgment, than R. Baxter; but that he would tell m~ tbat I am nearer .A·km to Heathens than Chriftians; and tbe Truth is, than fucb meerly Nominal Oner, I de fire to be. I refufe not thy 1\'eigbbour'.r Ho1t_ft, /ince invited to it. Tbur 11111&h at prifent, frQm , Thy Friend, W. P. To R I c Ii A. R n B .A x T E R. f?t No.xt: ~ No. XII. ~ .AfuondU~ terroR.B. Life p. 4~ No.XIU. v:Y:'\.J Richard Baxter, 1 THough thou haft reprobated the fiuakers and their Religion, with "AthjrJ.ur: # what Envy and Stnfe thou arr capable of, accompanied with the iJrc to 1t. ~ • indecent Carriage of thy Landlord, (a manifeft Breach of thofe Laws of e P· -49'• • Conference thou waft fo precife in rilaking) and that this Entertainment is ' doubtlefs Argoment enough of an infirm Caufe, and of as virulent and ' imyerious a Beha,viour; yet the Spirit of Qhriflianiry in us, inclines us to ' offer thee aQother Meeting, both to !how that we are not afraid of our ' Caufe, or thy Abilities: And to preYent thofe tedious Harangues, and af' moft unpardonable Evafions and Perverfions thou w:lft guilty of; and c which we were obftruded from difcovering in any quick Returns, left we ' !hould be clamour'd againfl: as Interrupters, and Violators of rhofe Rules ' mutually :~greed upon: We defire therefore another Meeting, amhbat it ' may be on the 7th ~nfiant, abQut Eight in the Morning: The ~tatters we ~ offer to debatfV are Z2 Concerll'"" |