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A30043	A second summons to the city of Abel, 2 Sam. 20 to deliver up Sheba, the son of Bichri, that man of Belial : by way of metaphor, alluding to the Quakers and Geo. Whitehead and may serve for a reply to their answer to my printed sheet, stiled The Quakers Yearly Meeting impeached, &c.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1695 (1695)	Wing B5392; ESTC R21466	14,478	16

for then down goes your Infallibility and great will be the fall thereof Justifie them you cannot for if you tell them these sayings came from Heaven they 'll tell you they came from Hell so that here is a Gulf between you and them You may fret and fume rage and rail invert pervert gloss and paint but all to no purpose I have hem'd you up and cast a Trench about you and taken you as in a Net and resolve to hold you fast for I will not leave the decision of our Controversie to Quakers Ranters Muggletonians nor to your Grandsire the Pope Come G. W. I have not done with you yet you say The Quak. Vind. p. 2. As for Baptism and the Lord's Supper Scripturally considered we confess and own c. But may some say how is this possible who have not baptized any with Water nor received the Sacrament under the Elements of Bread and Wine these 40 years Answ Let me Interpret their meaning which I take to be thus They own them Scripturally that is as they own the Scriptures they own the Sacraments also upon the same Hypothesis they may say they own the Scriptures Sacramentally viz. as they own the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper when alas they own neither no otherwise than Arius owned the Faith of one Substance who when at the demand of the Emperour he signed the Nicene Creed who before-hand wrote his own Opinion in a piece of Paper and put it in his Bosom under his Coat and coming to the Book he takes his Oath that he verily believed as he had written meaning as he had written in the Paper under his Coat In like manner the Quakers confess and own the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Scripturally that is as they have written in their own Books And I pray may some say how is that For Answer you may see the same Juggle read News coming up c. p. 14. So dust is the Serpent's meat their Original is but dust which is but the Letter which is Death and their Gospel is dust Matthew Mark Luke and John which is the Letter Thus then they own the Scriptures Sacramentally viz. to be Dust Death and Serpents meat And I will shew you how they own and confess the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Scripturally viz. as they own the Scriptures for Proof thereof see a Book of their own writing only they are not so cunning as Arius for he never Printed his Paper I say see News coming up c. p. 34. A Voice to all you deceivers who deceive the People and Blasphemers who utter forth your Blasphemies and Hypocrisies that tell People of a Sacrament and tell them it is the Ordinance 〈◊〉 God Blush Blush and Tremble you who live in the Witchery and bewitch the People 〈◊〉 Thus Reader I have shewed how they own the Lord's Supper Scripturally and the Scripture Sacramentally which though they have Printed the same yet they are as loath to shew their Books of this kind to Authority as Arius was his Paper yet Arius could never pretend fairer to the Emperour than G. Whitehead in the Quak. Vind. c. did to the Parliament The like might be said about their owning the Fast commanded by Authority p. 3. of their Vind. For the Intent Substance and End of a true Fast this we are frequently mindful of c. Oh deceit when 't is generally known through the Nation that on the days set apart by Authority for a Fast they follow their outward Callings open their Shops and not so much as appoint a Meeting for that end as others have done I have not room to shew the depth of Hypocrisie in this Whitehead 't is like his Pretence of late Years of owning the Scriptures and preferring them before all the Books in the World but he means Sacramentally If he deny my Interpretation of their Reserves then let him shew me that any one Quaker in England of the Foxonian Tribe in Print hath recommended the Reading of the Scripture in their Religious Meetings if such I may call them As they frequently do their own Epistles for instance see Geo. Whitehead's Epistle for the Remnant of Friends c. where he concludes thus Let this Epistle be Read distinctly * Here must not be a Syllable mistaken for it came from Heaven in the Quakers And yet I question it for in pag. 12. he compares the Sufferings of the Quakers to the Sufferings of Christ like his Brother Burroughs E. B's Works in the Life and Authority of God from whence it came amongst Friends in and about London and elsewhere as Friends are moved in the same Life c. To this Instance let me add Whitehead's Doctrine in his Book A Serious Apology c. p. 49. That what is spoken by the Spirit of Truth in any meaning the Quakers is of as great Authority as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater And for further Proof that they value their own Pamphlets above the Scripture see New Rome Arraigned c. Introd 10 Instances c. p. 40. to 47. And Quakerism withering c. p. 32. to 44. By which I have proved both from Matter of Fact and Practice what I charge them with beyond all their glossing And now I am leaving G. W. I apply my self to the Hearers amongst the Quakers and do Solemnly profess that I never wrote one Book out of Malice as he suggests and as may appear in every Book by the Proposals and Offers I therein make But if you do not call out G. W. and cause him to stand to his Proposal or else condemn and censure his Errors and the Errors in your Friends Books by him vindicated under 12 or more of your hands I do purpose if the Lord permit to proceed to a Brief History of the Rise Growth and Progress of Quakerism from the Year 1650. to 1695. And the Projects of G. Fox the Founder of Quakerism And wherein their Principles are Antichristian Antimagistratical Irrational Unreasonable Tending to subvert the Christian Faith to introduce Mahumetism Atheism c. And to shew that their Faith and Doctrine is contrary to that of the Primitive Christians Saints and Martyrs in all Ages First in denying Jesus of Nazareth contemning the Scriptures reviling the Magistrates reproaching the Ministers of the Gospel undervaluing the Death and Sufferings of Christ and exalting their own of which many are meer Cheats particularly Sam. Cater's * See New Rome un●●●●… 57. who is recorded to have suffered 20 l. where he never lost a groat but had 10 l. sent him from London so that instead of losing 20 l. for Preaching he got 10 l. clear and many other things which may occur which may be prevented by a sincere Retractation And let not G. W's Cunning and smooth and demure Carriage prevent you from Condemning what is Erroneous for though he study no Events nor fear no Effects as he says yet I would have you be wiser For

whatever you think as some of his Friends have told him in Barkshire to his Face 't is he that hath been the chief disturber 't is he that hath poysoned the minds of many well-meaning People 't is his false glossing and base perverting that hath drawn the edge of my Pen against you and if you will stand by him and not like the Wise Woman of Abel bring him forth nor condemn his Errors c. my Hand will be still heavier upon you if God permit me length of days and the assistance of his Holy Spirit For I do tell you his Impudence hath exceeded all that ever I read of none exceed him in perverting and false glossing And if this Answer had not come out I was minded by a quarter of a Sheet to give you a second Summons whether you hear or forbear For I find G. W. will not come forth himself he feareth the Fate of Hungate the Jesuit against Hall See New Rome unmask'd c. p. 33. to 49. Oh Friends for so I can call many of you I am grieved to see you willingly ignorant and as I have already so I could still take great pains to inform you of the subtil working of some of your Juggling Teachers whose Books are of two sorts and carry two faces as I have often said saying one while that the Scriptures are Death Dust Serpents Meat Beastly Ware c. yea so uncertain that whether Moses or Hermes be the first Penman is doubtful But your Bellarmine G.W. to serve a turn told the Parliament in your Vind. c. that the Quakers believed it to be given by Divine Inspiration Now Friends one of these Books which teach thus contrary to each other must be wrong then let it be condemned Again G. W. says you prefer the Scriptures before all Books extant and yet he himself teach by his Serious Apology p. 49. That what is spoken from the Spirit of Truth in any is of as great Authority as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater c. And now you shall see how by Practice he prefers his own Writings before the Scripture for he never recommended a Chapter of the Bible to be read in their Meetings of Worship But you shall see how he imposeth the Reading his own and you poor hearts are obliged to hear it read viz. An Epistle for the Remnant of Friends by G. Whitehead which concludes thus Let this Epistle be read distinctly in the Life and Authority of God from whence it came amongst Friends in and about London c. Now I appeal to your Consciences which does G. W. prefer think-ye Again G. Fox in Answer to C. W. Great Myst p. 246. said The Scriptures are not the Word of God as thou Blasphemously affirmed when upon his own Epistle he set this Encomium This is the Word of the Lord God to you all Again Several Papers given forth by G. Fox he there tells his Friends This is the Word of the Lord I charge you in the Presence of the Living God to send this Epistle amongst all Friends and Brethren every where to be read in all Metetings To them all this is the Word of God c. Oh Friends when did ever G. Fox say so of the Scriptures No he is so far from that that he says 'T is Blasphemy to call the Scriptures the Word of God Pray mark the irreconcileable Difference and yet your Bellarmine G. W. had the Face to tell the Parliament they prefer the Scriptures before all Books in the World Oh horrible Impudence Again see your Book Truth 's Defence c. p. 2. 104. where they Teach you may as well burn the Scriptures as their Writings and their Convocation or London Yearly Meet●ng 1675. confirm them by Decree saying It is our Judgment in the Fear of God and Authority of his Power that no such slight Names ●dicts or Cannons be put upon Friends Papers which we Testifie have been given forth by the Spirit of God c. Now when did they ever send out a Decree that no such slight Names and Expressions as Dust Death Serpents Meat Beastly Ware Carnal Letter Husk c. should be cast upon the Scriptures No no they were so far from that that the very Men that gave the Scriptures these contemptuous Names sent out this Preservative for their own Books Papers and Queries Oh Friends what do you think of G. W. Is he not made up of Impudence The Difference is so great between the value they put upon their own Books and that upon the Scriptures that it can never be reconciled nor Satisfaction made to them that tender the Glory of God and the good of Souls with grateful Hearts for his Goodness in continuing the Bible to us through all Ages but by Condemning the one sort of the Quakers Books to the Fire as Oxford lately did a Book of the same Nature Why then will you not bring forth Sheba the Son of Bichri that Man of Belial G.W. Is there not a Wise Man amongst you He tells you that I wrong the Quakers in Charge Citation and Observation Bring him forth according to his Proposal and you will see it proved that I have not I have given you a few Instances I might produce a hundred more but time would fail G. W. hath wrote to divers Clergy-Men to prevail with me to desist they give me his Letters and wish me good Success Two of your Teachers have been with me within these two Months past and used many Arguments with me I tell them all is in vain unless they bring forth Sheba And so I say still or else come forth your selves and condemn what is Erroneous and defend what is Sound and Orthodox And so I conclude and subscribe my self your Friend in what I am able to do Milden-Hall Aug. 20. 1695. Francis Bugg Senior LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be Sold by John Gwillam Bookseller in Bishopsgate-street 1695.