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A54196	Primitive Christianity revived in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers written, in testimony to the present dispensation of God, through them, to the world, that prejudices may be removed, the simple informed, the well-enclined encouraged, and the truth and its innocent Friends, rightly represented / by William Penn.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1696 (1696)	Wing P1342; ESTC R15209	43,826	145

Almanack for Thirty Years and many other things suitable to the Matter c. II. An Explanation of Weights Money and Measures both Scriptural and Usual with sundry Tables depending thereon c. III. Some Remarks on England or a Brief Account of every County with the Names and Days of the Markets and the Chief Commodities therein c. The whole consisting of Great Variety explained by divers Examples the like in all particulars not extant as by the Contents does more at large appear Collected by J. B. Price Bound 1 s. 6 d. The Spirit of the Martyrs revived in a brief Compendious Collection of the most Remarkable Passages and Living Testimonies of the True Church Seed of God and Faithful Martyrs in all Ages Price 2 s. 6 d. The Arraignment of Popery being a Collection taken out of the Chronicles and other Books of the State of the Church in the Primitive Times I. The State of the Papists how long it was before the Universal POPE and MASS was set up and the bringing in their Rudiments Traditions Beads Images Purgatories Tythes and Inquisitions II. A Relation of the Cruelties they acted after the Pope got up being worse than the Turk and Heathen New Rome proving like Old III. What the People of England Worshipped before they were Christians IV. To which is added the Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church With several other things very profitable for all that fear God to Read Try and give Judgment by the Spirit of Truth against the Worship of the Beast and Whore Price 1 s. 6 d. Instructions for Right Spelling and plain Directions for Reading and Writing True English With several delightful things very Useful and Necessary both for Young and Old to Read and Learn Price 6 d. A New Book for Children to Learn in With many wholesome Meditations for them to consider With Directions for true Spelling And the Ground of true Reading and Writing of True English Price 3 d. Miscellania Or a Collection of Necessary Useful and Profitable Tracts on variety of Subjects which for their Excellency and Benefit of Mankind are compiled in one Volumn By Thomas Tryon Phyfiologus Price 1s A Treatise of Charity and as directed Universal under the Law and under the Gospel shewing the Nullity of all Religion without it as also of Goodness Providence Riches Poverty Prosperity and Adversity And of Sacrificing and Feasting their continuance under the Gospel With a Paraphrase upon the Parable of Dives and Lazarus Price Bound 1s Antichrist Unvailed by the Finger of God's Power and his Visage Discovered by the Light of Christ Jesus c. Written in the Love of God by a Prisoner at Lancaster Castle for the Testimony of Truth and one of the People called in Scorn Quakers Price Bound 2 s. An Account of the Life and Death of our Faithful Friend and Fellow-labourer in the Gospel Thomas Markham with several Testimonies concerning him given forth by several Friends whose Names are thereto Subscribed Also a Testimony written by himself for the Necessity of Waiting on the Lord and the Benefits thereof to Men Where being Dead he yet Speaketh Price Stitch'd 4 d. Proposal for raising a Colledge of Industry of all useful Trades and Husbandry with Profit for the Rich. A Plentiful Living for the Poor and a good Education for Youth Which will be Advantage to the Government by the Increase of the People and their Riches Price 4 d. An Epistle to Friends shewing the Great Difference between a Convinced Estate and a Converted Estate and between the Profession of the Truth and the Possession thereof with the Comfort and Sweetness to the Soul it affordeth With a few Words of good Counsel and wholesome Advice to both Parents and their Children Price 2 d. The Connterfeit Convert a Scandal to Christianity and his unjustly opposing Quakerism to Christianity justly reprehended And the True Christ and Scriptures confessed by the Quakers In Opposition to Two Scandalous Books falsly stiled I. Quakerism Withered and Christianity Reviving II. Animadversions on G. Whitehead 's Book Innocency Triumphant Price Stich'd 6 p. An Invitation from the Spirit of Christ to all that are a Thirst to come and Drink of the Waters of Life freely which proceed from the Fountain of Eternal Life shewing how all may come that are willing to Drink thereof to their full Satisfaction whereby they may attain unto perfect Health and Salvation of their Souls for ever in the Lord Jesus Christ And also shewing what it is that hindereth People from being truly a Thirst after the Waters of Life and from coming to Drink thereof with the destructive Quality of that which hindreth and how it may be avoided Concluded with a Word to all Singers upon a Religious or Spiritual Account Written by one who hath for a long time been deeply Distressed with Thirst after the Water of Life but through Mercy hath Obtained Satisfaction thereby Known by the Name of Henry Mollineux Price Bound 1 s. The Spiritual Guide which dis-intangles the Soul and brings it by the inward Way to the getting of perfect Contemplation and the Rich Treasure of Internal Peace Written by Dr. Michael de Molinos Priest Translated from the Italian Copy Price Bound 9 d. An Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe by the Establishment of an European Dyet Parliament or Estates Price Stich'd 2 d. Spira Respirans or the Way to the Kingdom of Heaven by the Gates of Hell in an Extraordinary Example By Person brought to the depths of Despair and Anguish recovered by the mighty Grace and Power of God and rais'● to the heights of Assurance and Joy Wherein are som● uncommon Considerations concerning the manner of Salvation and Damnation Life and Death Happiness an Miser● With some Fundamental Arguments for the Immortality the Soul Price Stitch'd 6 d. AN Epistle to Friends briefly Commemorating the Gracious Dealings of the Lord with them and warning them to beware of that Spirit of Contention and Division which hath appeared of late in George Keith and some few others that join with him who have made a Breach and Separation from Friends in some Parts of America By Thomas Ellwood Price Stitch'd 6 d. The State of the Case briefly but impartially given betwixt the People called Quakers in Pennsylvania c. in America who remain in Unity and George Keith with some few Seduced by him into a Separation from them As also a just Vindication of my Self from the Reproaches and Abuses of those Backsliders By Samuel Jennings Price Stitch'd 6 d. A Further Discovery of that Spirit of Contention and Division which hath of late appeared in George Keith c. Being a Reply to two late Printed Pieces of his the one ●ntituled A Loving Epistle c. The other A Seasona●le Information c. Wherein his Cavils are answered is Falshood is laid open and the Guilt and Blame of the ●each and Separation in America and of the Reproach he ●ath brought upon Truth

it is that Conformity that gives Communion and there is no fellowship with God no Light of his Countenance to be enjoyed no Peace and Assurance to be had further than there is Obedience to his Will and a Faithfulness to his Word according to the Manifestation of the Light thereof in the Heart I say this is the truest and highest State of Worship for Set Days and Places with all the Solemnity of them were most in Request in the weakest Dispensation Altars Ark and Temples Sabbaths and Festivals c. are not to be found in the Writings of the New Testament There every Day 's alike and every Place is alike but if there were a Dedication let it be to the Lord. Thus the Apostle but he plainly shews a State beyond it for to Live with him was Christ and to Dye was Gain for the Life he Lived was by the Faith of the Son of God and therefore it was not he that Lived but Christ that Lived in him that is that Ruled Conducted and bore Sway in him which is the true Christian Life the Supersensual Life the Life of Conversion and Regeneration to which all the Dispensations of God and Ministry of his Servants have ever tended as the Consummation of God's Work for Man's Happiness Here every Man 's a Temple and every Family a Church and every Place is a Meeting-Place and every Visit a Meeting And yet a little while and it shall be so yet more and more and a People the Lord is now Preparing to enter into this Sabbath or Degree of Rest Not that we would be thought to undervalue Publick and Solemn Meetings We have them all over the Nations where the Lord has called us Yea tho' but Two or Three of us be in a Corner of a County we meet as the Apostle Exhorted the Saints of his time and Reproved such as Neglected to Assemble themselves But yet shew we unto thee O Reader a more excellent Way of Worship For many may come to those Meetings and go away Carnal Dead and Dry but the Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth whose Hearts Bow whose Minds Adore the Eternal God that is a Spirit in and by his Spirit such as conform to his Will and walk with him in a Spiritual Life they are the True Constant Living and Acceptable Worshippers whether it be in Meetings or out of Meetings And as with such all outward Assemblies are greatly Comfortable so also do we meet for a Publick Testimony of Religion and Worship and for the Edification and Encouragement of those that are yet Young in the Truth and to Call and Gather others to the knowledge of it who are yet going astray and Blessed be God it is not in vain since many are thereby added to the Church that we hope and believe shall be Saved CHAP. XI Sect. 1. Against Tythes Sect. 2. Against all Swearing Sect. 3. Against War among Christians Sect. 4. Against Salutation of the Times Sect. 5. And for Plainness of Speech Sect. 6. Against mixt Marriages Sect. 7. And for plainness in Apparel c. no Sports and Pastimes after the manner of this World Sect. 8. Of Observing Days Sect. 9. Of Care of Poor Peace and Conversation § 1. AND as God has been pleased to call us from an Human Ministry so we cannot for Conscience-sake Support and Maintain it and upon that Score and not out of Humour or Covetousness we refuse to pay Tithes or such-like pretended Dues concerning which many Books have been writ in our Defence We cannot Support what we cannot Approve but have a Testimony against for thereby we should be found Inconsistent with our selves § 2. We dare not Swear because Christ forbids it Mat. 5. 34 37. and James his true follower It is Needless as well as Evil for the reason of Swearing being Vntruth that Men's Yea was not Yea Swearing was used to awe Men to Truth Speaking and to give others Satisfaction that what was Sworn was true But the true Christians Yea being Yea the end of an Oath is answered and therefore the use of it is Needless Superfluous and cometh of Evil. The Apostle James Taught the same Doctrine and the Primitive Christians Practised it as may be seen in the Book of Martyrs as also the earliest and best of the Reformers § 3. We also believe that War ought to cease among the followers of the Lamb Christ Jesus who taught his Disciples to forgive and love their Enemies and not to War against them and kill them and that therefore the Weapons of his true Followers are not Carnal but Spiritual yet mighty through God to cut down Sin and Wickedness and Dethrone him that is the Author thereof And as this is the most Christian so the most Rational Way Love and Perswasion having more Force than Weapons of War Nor would the worst of Men easily be brought to hurt those that they really think love them 'T is that Love and Patience must in the end have the Victory § 4. We dare not give worldly Honour or use the Frequent and Modish Salutations of the Times seeing plainly that Vanity Pride and Ostentation belong to them Christ also forbid them in his Day and made the Love of them a Mark of Declension from the Simplicity of purer times and his Disciples and their Followers were observed to have obeyed their Masters Precept It is not to Distinguish our selves a Party or out of Pride Ill-breeding or Humour but in Obedience to the Sight and Sence we have received from the Spirit of Christ of the evil Rise and Tendency thereof § 5. For the same Reason we have returned to the first Plainness of Speech viz. Thou and Thee to a single Person which tho' Men give no other to God they will hardly endure it from us It has been a great Test upon Pride and shewn the Blind and weak Insides of many This also is out of pure Conscience whatever People may think or say of us for it We may be Despised and have been so often yea very evilly Entreated but we are now better known and People better Informed In short 't is also both Scripture and Grammar and we have Propriety of Speech for it as well as Peace in it § 6. We cannot allow of mix'd Marriages that is to joyn with such as are not of our Society but Oppose and Disown them if at any time any of our Profession so grosly err from the Rule of their Communion yet Restore them upon sincere Repentance but not disjoyn them The Book I writ of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers is more full and express herein § 7. Plainness in Apparel and Furniture is another Testimony peculiar to us in the degree we have bore it to the World As also few Words and being at a Word Likewise Temperance in Food and Abstinence from the Recreations and Pastimes of the World All which we have been taught by the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ

to be according to Godliness and therefore we have long exhorted all that their Moderation may be known unto all Men for that the Lord was at hand to enter into Judgment with us for every Intemperance or Excess and herein we hope we have been no ill Examples or Scandal unto any that have a due Consideration of things § 8. We cannot in Conscience to God observe Holy days so called the Publick Fasts and Feasts because of their Human Institution and Ordination and that they have not a Divine Warrant but are appointed in the Will of Man § 9. Lastly We have been lead by this Good Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ of which I have treated in this Discourse according to Primitive Practice to have a due Care over one another for the Preservation of the whole Society in a Conversation suitable to their Holy Profession First In respect to a strict Walking both towards those that are Without and those that are Within that their Conversation in the World and Walking in and towards the Church may be blameless That as they may be Strict in the one so they may be Faithful in the other Secondly That Collections be made to supply the Wants of the Poor and that care be taken of Widows and Orphans and such as are helpless as well in Council as about Subsistance Thirdly That all such as are intended to Marry if they have Parents or are under the Direction of Guardians or Trustees are obliged First to declare to them their Intention and have their Consent before they propose it to one another and the Meeting they relate to who are also careful to examine their Clearness and being satisfied with it They are by them allowed to Solemnize their Marriage in a Publick Select Meeting for that Purpose Appointed and not otherwise Whereby all Clandestine and Indirect Marriages are prevented among us Fourthly And to the end that this Good Order may be observed for the Comfort and Edification of the whole Society in the Ways of Truth and Soberness Select Meetings of Care and Business are fix'd in all Parts where we Inhabit which are held Monthly and which Resolve into Quarterly Meetings and those into one Yearly Meeting for our better Communication one with another in those things that maintain Piety and Charity that God who by his Grace has called us to be a People to his Praise may have it from us through his Beloved Son and our Ever-blessed and Only Redeemer Jesus Christ for He is Worthy Worthy Now and Ever Amen Thus Reader thou hast the Character of the People called Quakers in their Doctrine Worship Ministry Practice and Discipline Compare it with Scripture and Primitive Example and we hope thou wilt find that this short Discourse hath in good measure Answered the Title of it viz. Primitive Christianity Revived in the Principles and Practice of the People called Quakers FINIS BOOKS Printed and Sold by T. Sowle next to the Meeting-House in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street And at the Bible in Leaden-Hall-Street near the Market 1697. SAmuel Fisher's Works in Folio The Works of the Long Mournful and Sorrowful Distressed Isaac Penington's Folio William Bayly 's Works Quarto The Works of that Memorable aud Ancient Servant of Christ Stephen Crisp containing also a Journal of his Life giving an Account of his Convincement Travels Labours and Sufferings in and for the Truth Price Bound 5 s. A Collection of the several Writings and Faithful Testimonies of that suffering Servant of God and patient Follower of the Lamb Humphry Smith Price Bound 2 s. 6 d. A Collection of certain Epistles and Testimonies of Divine Consolation Experience and Doctrine Written by that Faithful Patient and Long-suffering Servant of Christ William Bennit Price Bound 1 s. 8 d. The Memory of the Righteous Revived being a brief Collection of the Books and Written Epistles of John Camm and John Audland Together with several Testimonies relating to those two Faithful Labourers Price Bound 2 s. Truth Vindicated by the Faithful Testimony and Writings of the Innocent Servant and Handmaid of the Lord Elizabeth Bathurst Deceased Price Bound 1 s. Baptism and the Lord's Supper Snbstantially Asserted being an Apology in behalf of the People called Quakers concerning those Two Heads By Robert Barclay Price Bound 1 s. A Catechism and Confessiion of Faith By R. Barclay Price Bound 9 d. No Cross No Crown A Discourse shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ By W. Penn. In Two Parts The Fifth Edition Price 3 s. An Address to Protestants of all Perswasions more especially the Magistracy and Clergy for the Promotion of Virtue and Charity In Two Parts By W. Penn a Protestant The Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged Price Bound 1 s. 6 d. An Account of W. Penn's Travails in Holland and Germany for the Service of the Gospel of Christ by way of Journal Containing also divers Letters and Epistles writ to several Great and Eminent Persons whilst there The Second Impression Corrected by the Author 's own Copy with some Answers not before Printed Price Bound 2 s. A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers in which their Fundamental Principle Doctrines Worship Ministry and Discipline are plainly Declared to prevent the Mistakes and Perversions that Ignorance and Prejudice may make to abuse the Credulous With a Summary Relation of the former Dispensations of God in the World by way of Introduction By W. Penn. Price Bound 1 s. A Call to Christendom By W. Penn. Price Stitch'd 3 d. Tender Counsel and Advice c. By W. Penn. Price Stitch'd 3 d. The Harmony of Divine and Heavenly Doctrines Demonstrated in sundry Declarations on Variety of Subjects Preached at the Quakers Meetings in London by Mr. W. Penn Mr. G. 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