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A62156	Righteous judgment placed upon the heads of malicious opposers and persecuting apostates in some brief animadversions upon Francis Buggs book, entitled, De Christiana libertate, in which his great weakness and gross wickedness is detected, his foul defamations and uncivil reflections are reprehended : with a seasonable warning to him and the rest of his abettors in their mischievous work of opposition to and separation from, the Lord and his people / by a lover of peace, Robert Sandilands : together with an Ingredient by another hand.	Sandilands, Robert.; Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689. Another ingredient against the venom in F.B.'s book.	1683 (1683)	Wing S661; ESTC R32326	57,765	142

no imposition or forcing in the matter relating particularly to themselves though it was an Error which they themselves have confessed as R. R. hath fully shewn in his Answer to T. C. But what will not wrong minded Men catch advantage against and raise jangling and contention about I cannot pass by but discover to thee Reader a little more of this railing abusive Mans Temper F. B. who in p. 178. most basely Calumniates and falsly Slanders that precious worthy Servant of the Lord G. W. at a most unworthy uncivil rate saying He being lately in Huntingtonshire and else where where he took too much upon him and behaved himself more like a Lordly Bishop or Popish Prelate than an humble Minister of Christ and by me at this time is and stands impeached as an Enemy to Christian Liberty a Vsurper over the Conscience the which I stand ready publickly to Assert Maintain and Vindicate and in p. 39. in his scoffing strain says Citing the words of the Accuser of the Brethren we do profess seriously a notable serious George if we may believe him saith F. B. I desire the Reader to peruse the said Book which he supposes G. VV. to be the Author of and he shall find both him and Friends finally Vindicated from these foul wicked Villanies base and lying Imputations and though it s well known geneally amongst Friends that G. W. is of a tender mild and meek Spirit and there needs little to be said to Vindicate his Reputation his Honesly and Fidelity being so apparent and noted amongst us yet meeting with a Certificate from Friends in Huntingtonshire I was willing to insert it From our Monthly Meeting at Godmonchester the 7th of the 5th Month 1682. WHereas George VVhitehead hath beeen evilly traduced in two Letters of Fra. Buggs and charged in one of them with behaving himself in Huntingtonshire like a Lordly Bishop or Popish Prelate lately Now we whose Names are subscribed do testifie That we never in this County nor elsewhere at any time saw any such thing And that he is a Man of a temper remote from any such matter but do believe he is a true Labourer in Godd Service and an humble Minister of the Gospel Matth. Key Samuel Notinghon Tobias Hardmeat Robert Lister Jasper Robins John Wilsford John Devensol VVill. Starling Rd. Snahdall John King David Tisdal Tho. Lister * * VVhose Name F.B. sets down in his Book in p. 98. approving something sent to the Quarterly Meeting in the Isle of Ely in which he says abusively but grieved some Friends and addeth this his Forgery in a Parenthesis perhaps Richard Jobson and Tobias Hardmeat G. Foxes two principal Studs in that Country Richard Jobson CHAP. IX A Catalogue of the Scoffing Lyes and Scandalous Abusive Insinuations from F. B's Second Part consisting of false Matter placed on a wrong Subject and tending to a bad end 1. IN page 4. he falsly Insinuates That their way intending G. F. c. of compelling and antichristian way of proceeding to bring to and force an Vniformity is by us slighted and contemned II. p. 6. He says And how far these Tyrannical proceedings have been used by our new Spiritual Lords III. P. 8. And now I will shew a Parallell betwixt the Treatments which the Protestants met with from the hands of the Papists for their pains An odious Comparison and betwixt the Treatment that W. R T. C. and others have met withal from the hands of G. F. and those of party with him for their pains and I expect no better reward for I know they will be very angry yea dreadful angry to see their Rood of Grace or Graceless as well as Lifeless Image Note a graceless as well as lifeless Application brought forth to the peoples view in its proper dress in all its imperfect parts ana deformed shapes as I have done shewing the several sorts of Mettals it is made up with and the ill composed Ingredients therewith tempered to make it stand when all is done it is so lame of its Feet and so benummed to the Toes end that it must and will fall as soon as ever Implicit Faith and Blind Obedience the Papists old Crutches do but take away their hands from it c. Francis I tell thee unless thou unfeignedly repent of this thy base scurrilous treacherous work of Folly Enmity and Mockery of these envious Suggestions scurrilous Reflections notorious Abuses and Perversions of thy Scoffing Railing and Reviling remember I warn thee of it a most terrible dreadful reward may thou expect and look for to meet with from the hand of the Righteous Judge of all Flesh and which unavoidably shall overtake thee IV. P. 59. We cry to the Magistrates for the liberty and the free exercise of our Consciences in Matters Spiritual and will not nay resolves not come what will come to allow the free Exercise of Conscience in Matters Spiritual to our Dissenting Brethren A falshood we allow the same Liberty we call for i. e. from Corporal Punishments c. but not from Spiritual Gospel Reproofs V. P. 71. The whole Rubrick Laws and Canons Ecclesiastical of G. F. and other Innovators they have no will to reason things to debate things but too much like the Papists would have things taken upon Trust Note these are abominable-Lies upon Lies and most odious Slanders and he is a lying Informer that is the Author of them VI. P. 75. And in as much as you seem to make G. F. the Author of the Errors it stands him upon finally to reject and to bear a publick Testimony against the new strange and dangerous Innovations and Babylonish Inventions In whose Name you compleat a Conformity to the new Invented Orders and Rules under pain of Condemnation These are all Clamorous Abuses and Slanderous Aspersions without Proofs VII And p. 83. Drawing them from the Anointing within to Observations without to express the Kingdom there being an easie way and more pleasing to the Flesh is most taking drawing after them the greatest number I speak of them that profess the Truth The Charge is general and Abusive VIII P. 95. Speaking of G.F. saith And if W. R. calls him Apostate and Innovator as that he is manifest enough to be then he is angry and those of party with him stigmatize and abuse W. R. instead of endeavouring to convince G. F. of the Error of his way Note what abuse of W. R and what Errors c. IX And p. 95. Antichristian Canons which limit people to a Stated Form A soul Slander again yet we must hold the Form of Godliness though Ranters oppose it X. P. 97. To cover their Deceit and Hypocrisie and Arbitrary Church Government Dominion Lordship c. All gross Slanders XI And page 102. But you deny the Scriptures of Christ and his Apostles to be n = * A Lye A Rule and yet we see you are for A Rule as much as any People only you must have a Rule of

Advertisement THere is now in the PRESS a Book Entituled The Liberty of an Apostate Conscience being a plain Narrative of the Controversie long depending Between Francis Bugg on the one part and Samuel Cater and George Smith on the other part whereby F. Bugg's Liberty of Conscience is proved not only Unchristian but Immoral and Injurious Righteous Judgment Placed upon the Heads of Malicious OPPOSERS AND Persecuting Apostates In some brief Animadversions upon Francis Buggs Book entituled De Christiana Libertate In which his great Weakness and gross Wickedness is Detected his foul Defamations and uncivil Reflections are Reprehended With a seasonable Warning to him and the rest of his Abettors in their Mischievous Work of Opposition to and Separation from the Lord and his People By a Lover of Peace Robert Sandilands Together with an Ingredient by another hand Now I beseech you Brethren mark them which cause Divisions and Offences contrary to the Doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them Rom. 16.17 For there are many Vnruly and Vain Talkers whose Mouthes must be stopped T it 1.10 11. I will remember his Deeds Prating against us with Malicious Words 3 John London Printed by John Bringharst at the Sign of the Book in Grace-Church-street 1683. THE PREFACE TO THE READER READER ALthough this with divers other Testimonies may prove as Water spilt on the ground and seem altogether as ineffectual so as to produce any real conviction upon the Spirits of some of our Opposers who are become many of them so obstinate stout and hard-hearted that the most clear demonstration that may be produced to convince them of their folly appears partly impossible to prevail so as to perswade or bring them to a true sense of their unchristian proceedings and malicious endeavours Yet I am not without hope but the sober unbyassed persons whose minds are not pre-possessed neither with partial selfish designs of Interest on the one hand nor with private Affection on the other hand may reap of the profit and gain a right understanding by their serious perusal and deliberate examination of this and other Testimonies And therefore is it mainly for such we are incouraged to open and give a true naked relation of matters as plainly before the All-seeing Heart-searching Divine Majesty Who will bring all the hidden things of dishonesty to Light and indeed had it not been upon this Account I do reckon that the confused rambling impertinent stuff made up with most notorious lyes and malicious Insinuations grievous Slanders and Reflections were not worth while to take notice of for I mind well the saying of a Wise Man Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis We are not to contest by words against windy Men or Men of words and he gives a good Reason Sermo datur cunctis animi sapientia paucis Many have the Gift of Speech but few comparatively attain to Wisdom and therefore we are advised in the Holy Scriptures Answer not a Fool in his Folly lest thou become like unto him But lest advantage should be catched the simple ensnared and the true Enquirers misinformed we are not willing to be quite silent The Reader may also take notice what dreadful hardness of Heart some of these contrary opposite Spirits are fallen under that they have had the daring boldness most insolently to deny the very power of God in its Operations and Effects when it hath wrought upon his people true tenderness and brokenness of Heart and if they have thus impudently slighted the same no wonder then that they so basely abuse us at such a rate as W. R. T. C. and this F. B. and others have done Now Reader if so be that through he good hand of God thou art not one tinctured with this dirty foul prophane flouting and I may say in some respect Blasphemous and Atheistical Spirit O! praise it highly I beseech thee as thy great mercy as I do and I pray God keep thee with my self and all Gods faithful honest-hearted people from the Snares of this murdering Spirit that hath destroyed in such in whom it hath prevailed the inward tender sense of the precious life of Jesus that they have as openly denied and violently opposed the same as any of our former or present publick Enemies among the Professors ever did or can do Obs Crying out Away with our inward sense away with our discerning of Spirit which I have heard some of them to say And if Reader thou be one of a mild sober retired mind and desires not to be much concerned with these Controversies then Ladvise thee regard well the prosperity of the work of Truth and feel thy daily experience thereof in thy own particular and Oh! well had it been this day with many That they had looked more at home than abroad Beware I pray thee of a cold luke-warm indifferent Spirit which would appear neutral and it is not but is neerer to that which is wrong than right and this I know lies neer to enter many well-disposed persons who are of a good natural temper and mean well and if it happen thou be at any time exercised concerning the differences of Opinions or in things in themselves indifferent be not stiff in maintaining thy own Judgment of them but rather be of a condescending mind and so let thy humility and meekness appear thereby that thou art rather willing to acquiesce in thy Sentiments to the understanding and sense of others when especially there is a reason and a cause requires the same then seem to be of such who are heady high and self-conceited in their own imaginations there is a notable expression of a certain Devout Person wort by of observation It s true saith he that every one willingly inclines to follow those who are of the same Opinion with him Sedsi Deus est intra nos ●ecesse est ut relinquamus etiam quandoque nostrum sentire propter bonum pacis i. e. But if God be amongst us there is a necessity that we sometimes also for the good of Peace forsake or leave our own Opinion for who is he that is so Wise that can fully know all things And if so be thou art one that hath suffered thy Affections to corrupt thy Judgment and cloud thy Vnderstanding that thou cannot discerne nor judge of things clearly as they are on neither sides and yet some true tenderness and good-will to both and a reverend regard to the Testimony of Truth remaining in thy heart Well Reader I would counsel thee in the first place be still patient and quiet in thy mind and then draw in the Affections of thy Soul from all visible presentations and so singly wait upon God to feel him reveal that to thee which thou sees not and in the interim have a special care that hardness of heart insensibly come not over thee and steal in upon thee as too many have been thus sadly betrayed especially after once that their Affections have been catched with