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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56884	The Quakers charity above ingratitude in answer to a malicious pamphlet entituled The Quakers cruelty presented to the King and Parliament, and subscribed by Thomas Boyce : manifesting the spirit of enmity and madness which works against the truth and seeks to reward those that live in it evil for their good / sent forth in pursuit of the said malicious pamphlet from that people whom he hath grosly abused, who are call'd Quakers.	Boyce, Thomas. Quakers cruelty, deceit & wickedness, presented to the Parliament.	1675 (1675)	Wing Q18; ESTC R28164	4,780	9

THE Quakers Charity ABOVE INGRATITUDE In Answer to a Malicious Pamphlet ENTITULED The Quakers Cruelty presented to the KING and PARLIAMENT And subscribed by Thomas Boyce Manifesting the Spirit of Enmity and Madness which works against the Truth and seeks to reward those that live in it EVIL for their GOOD Sent forth in Pursuit of the said Malicious Pamphlet from that People whom he bath grosly abused who are call'd QUAKERS Printed in the Year 1675. THE Quakers Charity ABOVE INGRATITUDE c. AMongst the many Enemies that have appeared against us and the precious Truth professed by us whom many of them hath exercised a large Measure of the Wisdom of this World at last we have met with one Thomas Boyce who is attempting to see what Folly and Distraction will do against us though we doubt not but divers endewed with more Craft then himself are his Assistants herein in which Folly and Discomposure of Mind he has made a Book called The Quakers Cruelty c. in which one main Endeavour is to call the King and the two Houses of Parliament as Arbitrators between him and the Quakers which we judge no Man in his right Senses would have done or if they had it would have been judged of all Men to be high Impudence and Folly And further take notice That this Appeal or Request for Arbitration is made after the greatest Endeavours that he could make of executing his own Rage and Enmity upon us by the Laws and inferiour Magistrates and because they appeared to be sensible of the Innocency of our Cause and of the Malice and Discomposedness of this Complainant and thereupon found no Cause to be Executioners of his Fury therefore he reflects upon them as if they through false Informations had been drawn aside from the Line of true Justice and had stopt him from his due Proceedings to recover Satisfaction for the great Wrongs and Injuries which he pretends to be done to him Now that he is a Composure of Madness Malice and Folly no greater Certificate is requisite to prove then his own Book together with his daily Practice both in Meetings and upon the Street and almost where ever he comes sometimes Roaring sometimes Singing Striking People on the Face and Head with his Fist running upon others in the Street with his Elbows punching them in a dangerous Sort when no Word past of either Side and kicking others on the Belly and divers other gross Abuses which too many have already felt and because of this his mad and dangerous Behaviour some People who come to our Meetings have sometimes endeavoured to lead him out upon which he has fallen down very hideously cryed out many Times together Marder Murder when no Harm was done nor intended to him by any As for his Malice whoever reads his Book can never be in Doubt of it especially when they consider how he hath sworn the Peace against some and offered to do it against others who none of them had ever any Thing to do with him but exhort him to that which is good admonish him of what was Evil and to extend their Charity to him for the Relief of him his Family which are all far contrary to either Acts or Signs of Corporal Harms his Folly is sufficiently manifested in that he who saith He wa● and is Poor and knows how largely our Bounty and Charity extended towards him as a Person in Necessity amounting to about 7. of 8. Shillings a Week for a great while together besides six Pounds thirteeen Shillings four Pence half-peny disbursed to his Relief at sundry Times by Walter Miers whom he hath so salsly accused and then four Shillings a Week for a good while after his Recovery till he manifested his Wicked Spirit for which he was at one of our Meetings held at Horsly down on the 5th of the 6th Month called August 74. denyed by us as having no Fellowship with him until he should come to Repentance as may be seen by our Paper printed in his own Book and after all this for him to Imagine that the King and the two Houses of Parliament should concern themselves with such a Person to enquire out the Cause of his Distemper is the greatest Folly of all Now for the Truth 's sake we shall touch at some of the Matters charged by him against us and first in the 7th Page wherein he renders us a People hiding such horrid Incest as we believed would procure Death and not only so but marrying the Man to a Lass who we judged would prove a Whore which Charge in every Part of it is false and wicked and is from the Father of Lyes as will appear by the Testimonies of those whom he hath falsly scandaliz'd given under their Hands the Truth of the Case is as followeth A certain young Man in Southwarke Kinsman to the said Thomas Boyce being his Brothers Son came to our Meeting to propound the taking of a young Woman to Wife certain Friends were appointed as is usual in such Cases to enquire of their Clearnes from all others and of their Conversations which said Friends met with a Report that the Young Man should have lain with his Mother they being poor and living but in one Room together we believe had given Ground to the Report whereupon the Matter was enquired farther into but we never found Just Cause to believe that they were guilty of Incest or Vncleaness nor never did pass any such Sentence upon them but after long deliberate weighing the Matter the young Man and the young Woman were permitted to take each other in Marriage and after they were marryed some Strife or Contention arising amongst the Kindred of the young Man of which we fear this T. B. to be a great moving Cause for when some Friends were called to hear the Difference this Boyce as he confesseth in his Book pag. 7. said She was not his Wife upon which and divers other Manifestations of his Evil Ranting Spirit the Paper afore-mentioned was given out against him So here follow the Certificates of the Parties which he mentions WHereas I Thomas Padley am accused with saying that if the World should know it to wit the Woman and her Son being unclean they would be both hang'd p. 7. This is a deceitful Insinuation as if we did conclude they were Vnclean so lyable to suffer which is falsly suggested for we never did declare nor conclude that they were Vnclean but only I speaking by Way of Supposition in Indignation against Vncleaness it self if they were so and the World should know it they would suffer and this was upon our Enquiry in Order to prevent Scandal and Reproach from coming upon us or our Meeting Tho. Padley WHereas I Walter Miers am accused by T. B. in the 7th Page as being chiefly concerned in putting two Persons together in Marriage This is an absolute Falshood for I do deny that I was Instrumental in bringing them together for