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The spirit of Quakerism and the danger of their divine revelation in a faithful narrative of their malicious persecution of Henry Winder and his wife as murtherers at the publick assize at Carlisle / by Henry Winder.
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Winder, Henry.
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1696
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Wing W2975; ESTC R31020
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hear or forbear I do hereby acquaint them and others that when they please I am ready to favour them farther by sonding abroad 1. One of their own very Original Rolls of Testimonies against a certain City in this Kingdom wherein they seemed to have aped the Propheâ—s Jeremiah Ezekiel and Zechariah which I lately measuring found to be above 13 Ells long and all full 2. And with this a farther Essay by a Learned peaceable compassionate Friend of theirs wherein he provâ—s aâ— large from their Prints and Practises that they pretend to no less than such Inspiration as the Lord's Prophets and Apostles had of old yet they have no such Inspiration This he argues 1. From their many Impertinences and Noâ— sence in their Books which cannot without Blasphemy be attributed to the holy Spirit 2. From the many flat contradictions of one such inspired Pretender unto another especially their Women 3. Their scurrilous rayling at their best opposers 4. Their apparent contradictions to plain Scripture 5. Miserable perversions and grossest Misinterpretations of Scripture 6. Their Novel Opinions not heard before in the Church of Christ 7. The allowed novelty of their Seâ—â— having no pretence to Succession 8. Their many Doctrineâ— calculated to serve Popery Instanced in Nine heads of Doctrine wherein they agree with Papists against Scriptureâ— 9. Notorious Possessions and Witcherafts 10. Many gross Blasphemies uttered by these so inspired 11. Wallowing 〈◊〉 â— gross unnatural Sins 12. Wild attempts of long fasting and miracles 13. Contradiction to all other good Christians whom they allow to be enlightened by their saâ—â— Spirit I choose to try their Patience with this which alone â—â—st they open their Eyes might convince them the 〈◊〉 Friends acted from no Divine Inspiration but a â—â—â—ilish Transport And can wise folks still trust a notorious â—â—at Will they still scorn the sure word of Prophesy so â—â—â—â—ably fitted to lead them into the way of truth and â—â—fe Are they-all so proud and blind When they mean â—â—â—â—stly they will come into clearer light Mean while there is one thing that all men must think unfair in them that â—â—â—â—as they speak and act very differently from their 〈◊〉 Leaders they will neither condemn any Actions or 〈◊〉 of those Leaders no not James Naylor's nor yet 〈◊〉 or justifie them No ingenuous Man refuses to confess 〈◊〉 â—ault when he discerns it would they value Scripture â—rov 28.13 14. Jam. 5.16 1 Joh. 1.9 10. there it 's 〈◊〉 and exemplified often and appositely to this case â—s those Converts Act. 19.18 19 20. David and â—â—ter Kings Prophets and Apostles did often frâ—ely 〈◊〉 Errors and retract them Nay and G. K. Pag. 31. 〈◊〉 his Narrative hath these Words well suited to his 〈◊〉 Practise he that testifies not against a thing â—â—en there is just Occasion for it justifies it What 〈◊〉 ails our Quakers that they 'l confess no Sin to God or Man 〈◊〉 or last they shall But what hinders them now What 〈◊〉 this proud pretence to act all by Divine Inspiration â—â—â—y are all for bearing their Testimonies against others 〈◊〉 why not impartially against wickedness among themselves Disown it if you think it so and disown its Principle 〈◊〉 if nâ—t the World must say and justly too that still 〈◊〉 like such Principles and Practises only you dare not 〈◊〉 Such aâ— need to be farther acquainted with the very Heart â—f Quakerism and the designs for which it pleased wise Proâ—â—â—â—ce to permit that unchristian Spirit to go abroad at 〈◊〉 a time I beg to inform themselves from two very small 〈◊〉 viz. 1. A Survey of Quakerism by the excellent Author of the Falfilling of the Scriptures Printed for T. Parkhurst 1677. 2. John Norton's brief Tract concerning the Quakers Doctrine Printed London 1660. ERRATA PAge 4. line 25. read predicted p. 7. l. 8. r. Hudleston p. 8. l. 19. for upon r. up p. 9. l. 11. r. then send ib. l. dele had p. 12. l. 16 and 20 and 22. r. Penrith ib. p. 31. for within r. with them p. 13. l. 1. r. 200 〈◊〉 p. 14. l. 12. for the r. their ib. l. 19. r. County ib. l. penult r. also against p. 15. l. 28. r. Liberate without their p. 16. l. 12 and 17. for the r. their ib. p. 15. for sued r. served p. 21. l. 8. for lift r. left p. 23. l. 13. r. Counties p. 24. l. 21. r. Slee ib. l. 26 r. Multitude for p. 25. l. 2. d. your ib. l. 3. r. notoriously ib. marg r. 29. p. 26. l. 28. for where r. when p 27. l. 6 for on r. one p. 29. l. 17. r. 2 Pet. 2. ib. l. 20. d. p. 31. l. 7. for there r. their ib. l. 17. for Scriptures r. Scripts p. 32. l. antepeâ—ult r. Event THE NARRATIVE THERE were two Women the Name of the one was Margaret Bradley the Wife of Thomas Bradley of Knipe in the Parish of Baâ—ton and â—â—y langhorn the Wife of Thomas Langhorn of Helton 〈◊〉 the Parish of Askam was the other both in the â—â—nty of Westmoreland These two turned Quakers most with the first in the North and became very â—â—ous among them having attain'd such boldness 〈◊〉 their profession that they went Preaching and exâ—â—ting up and down the Country and became very â—â—â—blesom both to Magistrates and Ministers with â—essages they pretended they had from the Lord unto 〈◊〉 In the year 1673 in harvest-time When I Hâ—nry â—â—ler was among my Reapers the said Margaret Bradley came unto me desiring me to step aside that she â—â—â—t speak with me I did so Then she told me she 〈◊〉 a Message from the Lord God unto me and bid 〈◊〉 observe her for what she had to say she had it 〈◊〉 the Revelation of Jesus Christ Well said I say 〈◊〉 and thus she proceeded I have seen by the Reâ—ation of Jesus Cerist that thou art a Murderer being â—â—reat astonisted I asked Why Whom or What are I Murdered She answered The Lord hath Revealâ—â— to me that thou tookest thy own Child by the Neck from 〈◊〉 â—â—mb of her who is now thy Wife and Murdered it 〈◊〉 bid it Then said I the Lord rebuke thee thou â—â—â—â—dent Wretch I am as innocent in this matter as the Child yet unborn This she regarded not but went away Not long after the aforesaid Mary Lang horn being my Wive's Sister came and told my Wife that the self same thing was Reveal'd to her and Thâ—â— all which Margaret had said was truch and she would senl it with her blood This she urged in many Words affirming that they were the saithful and true Witnesse and Messengers of Jesus Christ Therefore said she confess confess it and God will pardon you for bâ—â— can pardon great sins as well as little ones fear noâ— confess and you shall Find mercy My Wife took it very ill at first that her nearâ—â— Relations should hunt after her Life without any manner of cause but being conscious of our perfect Innocence
are itching are â—ikest to be the Seducer's Preyâ— for this I dare appear to all that mind their lase Proselytes When many deceivers were abroad St. John thought it needful more fully to instruct and confirm his Disciples in present Fundamental Truth which those and ours agree to subvert See 1. Joh. 2.18 c. St. Paul also went about confirming the Disciples souls Acts 14.21 22 23. 〈…〉 in the Doctrine they had received Eph. 2.20 〈◊〉 hold that fast 2 Thes 2 14 15. Jude 3. 17 18 19 20. Rev. 2.24 25. Surely these cautionary adâ—onition are of use still and ought to be alike â—cceptable to thee Finally Dread the Methods whereby others are inveigled i. e. a pretence of all inward Spiriâ—â—â—ulity in Religion A form of Godliness without life and Spirit God abhorrs but while we are in â—â—â—e Body we must employ Souls and bodies 〈◊〉 his worship we must have visible sensible ordinances such the Wisdom of God hath appâ—inted us But these waxing secure and wanton 〈◊〉 formal profession first cast off all ordinances 〈◊〉 outward duties all prayer only with this reâ—erve when their own Spirits would give 'em 〈◊〉 jogg i. e. when their flesh had nothing â—o object Thou therefore when tempted to quit â—he beaten path of Scripture-worship be sure to â—ee good and clear divine Warrant for any new â—ny commended to thee So thou hadst need â—ho must render to God an account why thou dost turn aside from the great Shepherd's sents Wise Solomon in Proverbs 2.20 counâ—â—ls thee to walk in the way of good men and â—eep the paths of the Righteous So Heb. 6. â—â— do you so praying all along to be taught of God and led by his Spirit into all Truth 〈◊〉 means of his Word Ps 119.18 Open thou â—â—ine eyes that I may see wondrous things out â—f thy Law v. 19. I am a stranger in the Earth â—ide not thy Commandments from me v. 24. Thy Testimonies also are my delight and my Counsellors THE CONCLUSION TO THE Sober-minded Quakers ONce more I beseech you hear what this story speaks to you You plainly see the native tendency of your pretended Revelation yet all your Speakers to this day hold fast the pretence alledging they know not who shall speak untill the Spirit moves in that very hour of that assembly nor what shall be spoken A conceit that has oft made me smile when I have been told a week beforehand by your selves that such a man will on such a day speak at such a place but aâ—â— populum phaleras the credulous Mob must still be fed with wonders and the Women too who of all things love to have their Tongues at liberty must be heard gagling as the green Apron gives them utterance Of this I know some of you are sick and weary though they dare not openly condemn it since so many have undertaken to justify that impudent contradiction to the God of Order and to baffle those 2 plain texts 1 Cor. 14.34 35. 1 Tim. 2.11 12. But in truth the woful misadventures of our 3 she-Apostles not to mention the fulsom noise and nonsence of such others may well turn your stomachs against that principle which has Jet the Female Spirit loose How to get 〈◊〉 of this unruly Evil by your notion I cannot â—â—â—ern Therefore I adjure you seriously consider â—â—at you have done in casting off Scripture-rule 〈◊〉 â—ucking up that hedge chusing to walk in aâ—â—â—er light Some of your Crafts-men I know 〈◊〉 now deny this whose Ingenuity I cannot but â—â—â—â—ire since the Fact is notorious in 1 00 of your 〈◊〉 and in constant practice for God's Book 〈◊〉 no place or honour in your Assemblies nor do 〈◊〉 Teachers submit themselves or Doctrine to â—t Judge From this you cannot honourably reâ—â—â— without taking shame to your selves as sinâ—â—â—e Penitents use to do and proclaiming to the 〈◊〉 that herein was your first and most dangeâ—â—â—s Error If yet you see it an Error 't is a fatal â—e Why then will you not confess and forsake 〈◊〉 as Psal 119.176 Prov. 19.27 Erring is comâ—on to Men and why not to you 'T is an old â—â—d common Error and harder to correct but the 〈◊〉 necessary since you can else never know therein to return The Scripture is God's own â—â—ovision to prevent or recover from Delusions 〈◊〉 you will not yet appear before that Tribunal I â—â—â—nk you cover your Sins and cannot prosper come â—â—th therefore from the tents of Deists and Papists 〈◊〉 all that shun â—eavenly light and if you mean â—â—â—estly let us see you henceforth teach and worâ—â—ip and walk by this holy Rule Search the diâ—â—â—e Records which are able to make you wise to â—â—â—hation through faith in Christ Jesus You cannot do less if you have due care of Immortal â—ouls it 's utterly unsafe to continue under other â—â—â—ance Resolve but on a little honest humility â—â—d you may escape the snare of the proud Devil â—rying as David Psal 119.10 11.18 19.33 to 〈◊〉 and God may yet grant you Repentance to the acknowledgment of the Truth Your Spirit 〈◊〉 grown evidently tame and towardly in other thing it keeps exact time in your Meetings by virtue 〈◊〉 a watch within you for an outward clock or Glaâ—â— on a high place is an abomination Why the may it not allow you to alter in this which is thâ— very foundation of all you do amiss Close nâ— now your Eyes to this warning for fear of thâ— Condemnation in Joh. 3.18 19. 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