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A30041	The Quakers set in their true light in order to give the nations a clear sight of what they hold concerning Jesus of Nazareth, the Scripture, water baptism, the Lords Supper, magistracy, ministry laws and government / historically collected out of their most approved authors, which are their best continuing books from the year of their rise, 1650 to the year of their progress 1696 by Francis Bugg, senior.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1696 (1696)	Wing B5389; ESTC R29140	57,509	61

time They were all Traytors against Christ that desired an earthly King The true Christians will not have any more Kings among them but Christ c. News coming up out of the North c. p. 18. Dreadful is the Lord and powerful who is coming to execute true judgment upon all you Judges and to change all your Laws Ye Kings all you Rulers must down and cease and all you underling Officers which have been as the Arms of this great Tree all your branches must be cut down for you have been the fruitless branches grown on the fruitless tree p. 19. so you must be cut down with the same power that cut down the King who reigned over the Nation whose Family was a Nursery for Papists and for Bishops which held up Railes c. VVo wo is coming upon you all the same Teachers are standing that were in the time of the King and th● same that were in the time of the Bishops such as take Tythes you must both be tormented together Beast and false Prophet P. 20. Sing all ye Saints and rejoyce clap your hands and be glad for the Lord Jehovah will reign and the Government shall be taken from you pretended Rulers Judges and Justices Lawyers and Constables all this Tree must be cut down and Jesus Christ in us will rule alone p. 27. Sound the trumpet sound an alarm call up to the battel gather together for the destruction draw the sword hew down all fruitless trees which cumber the ground hew down all the powers of the earth slay Baal all the hirelings must be turned out of the kingdom p. 35. All you who receive Tythes deny that Christ is come to us in the flesh p. 38. And thou beast and false Prophet must into the fire the false Prophet is the Councellor to the Beast and the Beast maintains the false Prophet c. E. Burroughs Declar. p. 33. Upon a Rumour that the Quakers Meetings were to be broken up they writ viz. These Tydings do not trouble us neither are we thereby moved no not to beg of any man or men the contrary p. 40. and to any outward Authority we cannot seek Mildenhall 25th of Feb. 1695. Fr. Bugg Senior We acknowledge and believe the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament to be the most certain Rule of our Faith and that not so much for the common consent of the Church but because of the Testimony and perswasion of the Holy Ghost And we believe that the doctrine contained in the holy Scriptures proceeds from God from whom only and not from men it derives its authority And forasmuch as it is the Rule of all Truth containing all matters necessarily required for the worship of God and our Salvation it is in no wise lawful for Men nor Angels to add unto or take from this doctrine or to change it And hereupon it followeth that it is not lawful to oppose either Antiquity or Custom or Multitude or humane Wisdom Judgments Edicts or Decrees or Councils or Visions or Miracles unto this holy Scripture but rather that all things ought to be examined and tried by the Rules and Square thereof wherefore we do for this cause allow of those three Creeds namely the Apostles the Nicene and Athanasius his Creed because they be agreeable to the Word of God We believe that all the Off-spring of Adam are infected with Original Sin which is a vice hereditary to us by propagation and not only by imitations as the Pelagians assert whose errors are detested by us we believe that this stain of Original Sin is Sin indeed howbeit they that are the Children of God shall never be condemned for it because God of his rich grace and mercy doth not impute it to them but out of his bounty doth deliver them through our Lord Jesus Christ And we believe that Jesus Christ being the Wisdom and Eternal Son of God took upon him our Nature so that he is one person God and man man that he might be able to suffer in soul and body made like unto us in all things sin only excepted so that as to hum●ne nature he was indeed the Seed of Abraham and of David conceived in due time in the Womb of the Virgin Mary by the sec●et and incomprehensible power of the Holy Ghost and that in one and the same person to wit the L●rd Jesus Christ his two natures are inseparably conjoined and united yet nevertheless in such a manner that each nature doth retain its distinct properties so that even as in this divine conjunction the divine Nature retaining its properties doth still abide uncreated infinite and filling all places so also the humane nature remaineth finite having form measure and property And also the Lord Jesus Christ when he rose from the dead gave Immortality to his body yet he never deprived it of the verity of its nature therefore we do so consider Christ in his Deity as that we do not rob him of his Humanity We believe that by that one Sacrifice which Jesus Christ offered upon the Cross we are reconciled unto God that so we may be accounted righteous in his sight And we believe that Jesus Christ is conferred upon us to be our alone Advocate and that he commandeth us in our prayers to present our selves to the Father in his name We do also reject those means which derogate from the satisfaction of the death and passion of our Lord Iesus Christ And we believe where the word of God is not received and where there is no use of Sacrame●ts we cannot judge that there is any Church for we believe that the Sacraments are absolued unto the word that they may be pledges and tokens of the Grace of God We believe that God will have the world ruled by Laws and Civil Government that there may be som● sort of bridles by which the unruly lusts of the world may be restrained and that therefore he appointeth Kings and Commonwealths and other kinds of Principalities whether hereditary or otherwise and not that alone but also what pertaineth to the Ministration of Justice whereof he avoucheth himself to be the Author therefore hath he de●ivered the Sword into the Magistrates hands that so sins committed against both Tables of Gods Law not only against the second but first also may be suppressed and therefore because God is the Author of this order we must not only suffer Magistrates whom he hath set over us but we must also give them much Honour and Reverence as unto his Officers and Lieutenants which have received their Commission from him to exercise so lawful and sacred a Function therefore we affirm that Obedience must be yielded unto their Laws that Tribute and Taxes must be paid and the Yoak of Subjection born although the Magistrates be Infidels so that the Soveraign Government of God be preserved wherefore we do detest all those who do reject the higher powers BOoks written by Fr. Bugg Sen. as followeth some of which are intended to be bound together and sold as on the Title Page whereby such as desire further satisfaction into the nature of the Controversy may inform themselves I. De Christianae Libertate in Octavo bound II. The Painted Harlot both stript and whipt c. III. Reason against Rai●ing and Truth against Falshood c. IV. Innocency vindicated and Envy rebuked c. V. The Quakers detected and their Errors confuted c. VI. A Letter to the Quakers shewing their frequent addressing to the late K. J. and their never addressing his present Majesty VII Battering Rams against New Rome c. VIII One Blow more at New Rome c. IX New Rome unmasked and her Foundation shaken c. X. New Rome arraigned and out of her own Mouth condemned XI A Sheet delivered to the Parliament Dec. 93. intituled Something in answer to the Quakers Allegations c. XII Quakerism withering and Christianity reviving c. in Octavo XIII Quakerism anatomized c. being a Cha●lenge to R. Ashby XIV A Sheet intituled The Quakers Yearly Meeting impeached c. XV. A Second Summons to the City Abel 2 Sam. 20. by way of metaphor to deliver up Sheba the Son of Bichri i. e. G. Whitehead XVI The Quakers set in their true light ERRATA PAge 2. line 7. for Book read Books l. 28. for Book r. Books p. 5. l. 4. for White r. Whitehead p. 7. l. 26. for ot r. not p. 11. l. 23 and 24. for troop r. trooper p 12. l. 42. for Isays r. Jays p. 21. l. 17. for of him r. of truth FINIS

where this is the word of the Lord unto you all this you may read amongst the children of the light and of the day per G. Fox 7. This is only to go amongst Friends 8. An Epistle to Friends in England to be read in their Assemblys 9. An Epistle to the Remnant of Friends per G. Whitehead concluding thus Let this be read distinctly in the life and authority of God from whence it came among Friends in and about the City of London and elsewhere as any Friends are moved in the same Life 10. To all people who meet in Steeple-houses in England and elsewhere p. 2. A message from the Lord Jesus Christ in England or elsewhere into all the Steeple-houses to be read 11. To the Children of Light c. I desire this Epistle may be read in your several Meetings William Pen. 12. Several papers given forth for the spreading of truth c. I charge you in the presence of the Lord God to send this Epistle among Friends and Brethren every 〈◊〉 to be read in all Meetings to you all this is the word of the Lord God Geo. Fox SECT XVII HAving in the foregoing Section proved from plain matter of fact that the Quakers prefer their nonsensical Pamphlets before the Scriptures being compared with the contemptible expressions they give them as beastly ware death dust and serpents meat c. notwithstanding their Hypocritical Sheet they delivered to the Parliament and as a proof it will stand against them beyond all their glossing I think I need to make no other Remark or Observation having largely shewed their practice from their own works and therefore I come now to answer an Objection viz. Object Possibly some may say that tho they take the liberty of the Press to spread their Heretical Doctrine and defamatory Libels as the Battledoor for the Magistrates Teachers and Professors in the form and figure of a Childs penny horn book to learn the English of tu and vos As likewise their Primmer put out by G. Fox formerly a Journeyman Shoemaker containing 2434 Queries as what is a Noun a Pronoun a Participle an Adverb c. as at large recited by me in my book Battering Rams against New Rome c. p. 16 17. yet they often pretend to moral vertues and they pretend they do not hinder the Sale of your Books as in W. Pens Rejoinder c. part 2. p. 404. I do aver says W. Pen in the name of the Quakers we never endeavour any such thing as to prevent the sale of an Adversaries Books Therefore in so many words they who say we do have certified an absolute Lye c. Answ Now for proof that the Quakers do hinder the Sale of their Adversaries Books I will give you three instances whereby it will appear how false William Pen is in this case as well as in many more that might be mentioned but what will they not say for holy Church Oh the deceit the fraud and religious cheats that are to be found amongst the Teachers of this people but as he himself observes in a little Pamphlet of his stiled A Brief Answer to a false and foolish Libel c. p. 25. But the truth is error can only be maintained by error And what can we expect from W. Pen who has vindicated as gross Idolatry wrote by Jos Coal to G. Fox as ever Muggleton uttered in his Book Judas and the Jews c. p. 44 to 47. I say what can we expect of such men as Pen and Whitehead who will say and unsay this to day and that to morrow and by and by stand to neither well but let me proceed to prove W. Pen a Lyer for once since he avers in the name of the Quakers that they never hinder the Sale of their Adversaries Books c. Instance 1. About the year 168● William Rogers put forth a Book against the Foxonian Quakers Usurpation of their Womens Meetings c. intituled The Christian Quaker distinguished from the Apostate and Innovate in five parts This Book John Barnard a dissenting Quaker sold and for which thing only they excommunicated him as at large set forth in my Book de Chr. Lib. c. part 2. p. 179. An Abstract thereof I shall recite viz. From the monthly meeting at Devonshire-house the 4th of the 11th month 1681. Whereas there have been some unruly Spirits gone out from the truth and the unity of the blessed power of God writing printing and publishing things hurtful to truth by corrupting of peoples minds tending also to draw them into disesteem * Mark the two things this excommunication are bottomed upon viz. first corrupting of peoples minds next tending to weaken the esteem the p●or ignorant Quakers have of such Deceivers of many of the Lords Servants we find our selves concerned to take notice of some of this kind befaln Jo. Barnard formerly a member of this Meeting who hath dispersed into several parts of this Nation divers of those perni●io●s Ba●ks in print wrote by W. Rogers called The Christian Quaker distinguished from the Apostate and Innovater So that now we being wholly clear having used an utmost endeavour to reclaim him do not only T●stifie against that Spirit which hath led him into that disorderly practice but also against ●i while joyned thereunto nor can we have Spiritual communion or fellowshi● with him until unfeignedly he shall return unto the truth by condemnation of that Work and Spirit c. By which 't is plain that the Quakers do endeavour to hinder the Sale of their Adversaries Books as this excommunication out of their Fellowship and Spiritual Communion for selling the said Book is an evidence and sufficient proof c. Instance II. Whereas G. Keith wrote several Books against the errors of the Quakers in Pensilvania and for which they persecuted him as their Book stiled The Tryals of Peter Boss George Keith Tho. Budd and William Bradford before a Court of Quakers at the Sessions held at Philadelphia in Pensilvania c. at large set forth But the said Geo. Keith coming into England was examined by the yearly meeting June 1694. Where they advised G. Keith in these words And therefore it is the tender Advice and Counsel that Geo. Keith should either call in these Books or at least publish something effectually to clear the body of the people called Quakers and their Ministers from those gross errors charged on some few in America c. This continued until May 1695. And G. Keith not calling in his Books nor clearing the body of the Quakers from those gross errors which G. K. had charged on them they excommunicated the said G. Keith May 17. 1695. As acted by an unchristian Spirit and it is the sense and judgment of this méeting say they that the said Geo. Keith is gone from the Blessed unity of the peaceable spirit of our Lord Iesus Christ and hath thereby separated himself from the holy fellowship of the Church of

of receiving them and their Testimony you have caused them * Here Sam. thinks to blind the poor Quakers and make them believe he was a 20 l. sufferer when he lost not a groat to suffer And them also that did receive them and their Testimony The Lord forgive you is the desire of him that chuses rather to suffer Affliction with the people of God than to live in the pleasures of this world Sam. Cater I have laid a snare for thee and thou art taken O Babylon and thou wast not aware thou art found and also caught put your selves in array against Babylon round about all you that bend the Bow shoot at her spare no Arrows for the Lord hath opened his Armoury and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation for this is the work of the Lord God of Hosts Jer. 50.14 24 25. SECT XVI Fr. King WE do forbid you to print any Books in any place whatsoever concerning Religion which are not Attested i. e. Licensed by two Manual Certificates at least under pain of losing the whole Impression Prot. Nor as his Majesty hath demanded of us will we suffer th●se Canons of our National Synod concerning the Approbation i. e. Licensing of Books that shall be p●in●●d on matters of Religion to be violated it being our sincere and most fixed Resolution to ob●erve in the precisest and strictest manner their Majesties Edicts and under the benefit of them to l●ad a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty Quak. Epist ibid. p. 3. It 's desired that the monthly and quarterly meetings respectively takes notice of all Friends Books that are or may be sent to them according to former agreement and take care for the dispersing the same for the service of Truth c. and take care to advise the Correspondents for the Counties to write only to your Correspondents in London about their sufferings lest their suffering case be delayed Renewed advice to the respective Monthly and Quarterly Meetings in England and Wales and for the preserving and spreading Friends Books for Truths service Dear Friends THese are to let you understand that our Friends have at several yearly Meetings had under their serious consideration hw all those Books that are printed for the service of Truth and the unity of Friends might most effectually be spread for a general service to Truth and Information unto Friends and others And at the last yearly Meeting it was left unto this meeting who have settled as followeth viz. That those that print friends books shall the first opportunity after printed within one month at most send to one of the Correspondents in the several Counties viz. For each Monthly Meeting two Books of a sort if under Sixpence and one of a sort if above Sixpence for these reasons 1. For Friends to have general notice of what Books are printed 2. That they may send for what other quantities they may see a service for 3. That the Printer may be encouraged in printing for friends 4. That one Book at least of a sort that shall be printed except Collections may be kept in each Monthly and Quarterly Meeting for the service of Friends and Truth as there shall be ●ccasion for the future 5. It 's agreed that the Printer will allow two pence in the shilling for all such Books 6. It 's Agreed That some here shall be appointed to examine the Printer to see that they send no Books but such as are appointed by Friends 7. It 's Agreed and Advised that the Printers account be fully cleared once a year at least by those Friends the Country shall send up to the yearly Meeting 8. It 's Agreed That the name of the Printer imployed by Friends should be sent with directions how to write to him Dear Friends and Brethren it 's tenderly advised and recommended to you that you be careful and diligent in the spreading of all such Books that are printed for the service of Truth and are written either in defence of it or Christian Doctrine or Holy profession or by way of Epistle Warning Caution Exhortation or Prophecy that so we may not be remiss or negligent in promoting the holy truth that nothing may be wanting on our parts to promote it and the spreading of it that the Nations may be informed and brought into the knowledge of it that in the end we may give an account with joy An ancient friend the Printers name is as follows to whom direct thus For Andrew Soale at the Crooked Billet in Holy-well-lane in Shoreditch London Or to Thomas Northcoat at his Shop in George-yard in Lombard-street London And this we think needful you should record in your Quarterly Books and sometimes read it for rem●mbrance and notice Signed in the behalf of the Meeting the 18th of the ●●th m●nth 1693. by Benjamin Bealing The yearly Meeting Epistle the 27th of the 3d month 1675. It is our Sense Advice Admonition and Judgment in the fear of God and the authority of his Power and Sprit to Friends and Brethren in their several Meetings that no such slight and contemptible names and expressions as calling men and womens Meetings Courts Sessions or Synods that they are Popish Impositions useless and burthensome And that faithful Friends Papers which we Testifie have been given forth by the Power and Spirit of God are mens Edicts or Canons or embracing them bowing to men Elders in the service of Truth Popes and Bishops with such scornful sayings be permitted among them But let Gods power be set upon the top of that unsavoury Spirit and them that use it Signed by George Whitehead William Pen and others I am the larger in this Citation to convince the world that the Quakers prefer their own Books before and above the Scripture contrary to their pretence in their sheet they delivered to the Parliament as also to shew the impudence of some amongst them that tell people they have no Epistles read amongst them as Francis Bugg sets forth which I know they can no more be ignorant of than of the Suns shining at noon-day And in order to a further discovery thereof I shall recite the Titles of some of their Epistles as I did in New Rome Arraigned p. 41. which to this day they have not denyed c. 1. Two General Epistles to the Flock of God where-ever they are dispersed by M. Fell and J. Park printed 1664. 2. To Friends in England Ireland Scotland Holland New England Barbadoes or any where else where the Lord shall order this to come c. 3. A General Epistle to be read in the fear of God in the Assembly of his people by W. D. 4. The word of the Lord to Syon the New Jerusalem the Bride the Lambs Wife the excellency of all the Glory that is amongst the people by W. D. printed 1664. 5. An Epistle to Friends every where to be read distinctly in their Meetings by K. W. printed 1681. 6. All Friends every