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A27230	A brief discovery of some of the blasphemous and seditious principles and practices of the people called Quakers taken out of their most noted and approved authors, humbly offered to the consideration of the King and both houses of Parliament / by Edward Beckham ... Hen. Meriton ... Lancaster Topcliffe ..., Norfolk.	Beckham, Edward, 1637 or 8-1714.; Meriton, Henry, d. 1707.; Topcliffe, Lancaster, 1646 or 7-1720.	1699 (1699)	Wing B1652; ESTC R18109	27,538	34

hold according to Scripture ' Now for your Friends at West Dereham to avoid the force of these Arguments when urged as a Reason for you to defend your selves from the Charge the Clergy exhibited against you pursuant to your Challenge as that they were written 25 or 30 Years since this could be no Argument since you pretend to write from the Mouth of the Lord moved thereto by the Holy Ghost And as such of greater Authority than the Bible for the Writings of Moses and the Prophets Christ and the Apostles are much older yet still of Force But this your Shuffle shew'd the Justices of Peace the Gentry and Clergy as well as the Protestant Dissenters that your Principles are so destructive to common Christianity as that they did not dare to stand the Test and this yea ONLY this so far as I know put them upon a Petition to the Honourable House of Commons to do that for God and the Christian Religion which they could not do namely to examine your Principles and censure your Errors as to their Wisdom should see meet And in this they both Church of England-Men and Protestant Dissenters are Unanimous and this disturbs you this perplexes you and for this your Tool John Field call and compare them to Herod and Pilate Hamon and Judas And say Field Do not blame till you examine I tell you they have examined and therefore blame and they find your Blasphemies so Great so Apparent and Manifest that they also desire their Superiors to examine and when they have so done no doubt but they 'll blame and censure your Errors And this starties you this makes you look about you and cry Persecution Persecution when no Body designs it nay no Body desires it for that 's the Way to encrease you who are for Boldness like a Flint Stone which lay it on a Table and smite it with a Hammer and it will abide Obdurate but lay it on a soft Cusheon and a little Stroke will make it fly into many ●…hivers And though none solicite against your having the same Liberty that other Dissenters have yet I must say there is not the same Reason for you to expect it For when the Baptists in your dear Friend Oliver Cromwell's time had said They thought it their Duty to preserve them i. e. Bishops and Clergy from all Violence your Teachers Assau●ted them from all Quarters even for so much as Tenderness towards the Bishops as to preserve their Persons from Violence and Injuries much more for thinking of granting them any Toleration Edward Burroughs your great Prophet and Primitive Pillar wrote a Tract on purpose against this Declaration of the Baptists and says 〈◊〉 them P. 618. of his Works as Reprinted 1672 What! Are you about to make a League and Covenant with Antichrist Do you look upon them to be Ministers of Christ or of Antichrist And P. 619. What are you now for Tolerating Episcopacy And if Episcopacy why may not Popery be tolerated seeing they are one and the same in Ground and Nature c. He was seconded by another of your Teachers of great Name amongst you viz Richard Hubberthorne in his Works Reprinted 1663. who also attacked this Declaration of the Baptists P. 229 of his Works saying Why will you not tolerate Popery as well as Episcopacy Have not the Professors of Episcopacy murthered and slain and do labour to murther and slay the People of God as well as the Papists And will you tolerate the Common Prayer among the Episcopacy and not the Mass Book among the Papists seeing that the Mass was the Substance out of which the Common Prayer was extracted c. And much more to the same purpose in these and others of your Early Writers which shew sufficiently your Antient Principles and you tell us they are now no other than what they were when you were first a People as in my Books I have more largely set forth which may be had at Mr. Kettleby's at the Bishops-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard And for the Truth of my Quotations I am ready to justifie under the greatest Penalties my Superiors shall think fit to assign and for my Arguments every Man is left to his Judgment of Discretion as I desire my self and this may serve in Answer to all your Clamours and what I have yet to say you 'll see in my next which is ready for the Press which is a Proof of my own Charge against you at West-Dereham Church in Norfolk the 9th of December last Where not only the Quakers were forced to confess the Truth of my Quotations but four Clergymen of known Reputation have under their Hands certified the same As to your scattering your Books both in the Church and the Country round it is in Obedience to G. Fox's Doctrine and Example in his Book The Vials of the Wrath of God c. Printed 1655 P. 2. This Book is to be scattered among the Ignorant Simple and Blind People c. I am satisfied your Ancient Testimony was design'd to bring the Clergy to a Morsel of Bread but hitherto you have been disappointed For says G. Fox in his Paper concerning Poets c. P. 8. But I shall tell you the Scholars of Oxford and Cambridge It would be more pleasing to God for you to get a Spade on your Backs and a great old Glove and a Bill in your Hand and stop Gaps and make up old Hedges and thresh out Corn and go amongst Day labouring Men for 3 d. a Day c. And indeed if it be as Burrough's their great Prophet said in the recited Trial and Condemnation of the Clergy in his Works P. 223 227 234 viz. That they Agree and Concur with all the false Prophets and Deceivers in former Ages that they are Ministers of Antichrist and for which all honest People have left them yet have 1500000 l. a Year for their Antichristian Service as his Antient Testimony sets forth Printed 1655. and Reprinted by the Approbation of Geo. Whitehead c. 1672. then indeed 3 d. a Day is enough nay too much But that this Antient Testimony from which they say they do not deviate might be renewed and kept fresh in Memory W. Penn in his Guide mistaken c. Printed 1668. P. 18. saith Whiist the idle Germandizing Priests of England run away with above 1500000 l. a Year under Pretence of being God's Ministers and that no sort of People have been so universal●y through Ages the very Bane of Soul and Body to the Universe a● that Abominable Tribe for whom the Theatre of God's most Dreadful Vengeance is reserved to act their Eternal Tragedy upon c. And if so it 's time for them to get a Bill a great Glove mend Gaps and Thresh for 3 d. a Day as their Apostle Fox prescrib'd But J. Feild in his Book An Apology for the Quakers and an Appeal to the Inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk c. P. 9. 1 st Would the Clergymen account it

Fisher and many more Altho' none before so much for it as they The aforesaid Sam. Fisher in his Works Printed 1656. and Reprinted 1679. and recommended to the World amongst others by William Penn who tells us That these things came not to him by Flesh and Blood but by the Revelation of the Father of Lights And thus the said Sam. Fisher speaks in a Message from the Lord to O. Cromwell and the Parliament of England p. 19 20. ' I will hold my Peace NOW no longer saith the Lord as concerning this Evil which they so profanely Commit and Do Daily against my Chosen but will utterly SVBVERT and OVERTVRN them and bring the Kingdoms and Dominions and the greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven into the Hands of the HOLY ONES of the most High and give unto my Son and his Saints to Reign over all the Earth and take all the Rule and Authority and Power that shall stand up against my Son in his Saints And I will put my High Praises into their Mouth and a Two Edged SWORD into their Hands and they shall Execute Vengeance upon the Heathen and Punishments upon the People and shall bind their Kings in Chains and their Nobles in Fetters of Iron and Execute upon them the Judgment that is written in my Eternal Decree and unchangeable Council saith the Lord. Given forth under my Hand as the Lord himself gave it into my Heart to see and into my Mouth to speak in part and unto my Hand thus at large to write it this Twenty fifth Day of the snme Month viz. the Seventh 1656. Samuel Fisher ' Witness also the Quakers Declaration to Oliver viz. Oh! Oliver arise and come out for thou hast had Authority stand to it Nor let any other take thy Crown And let thy Soldiers go forth with a free and willing Heart that thou mayest Rock Nations as a Cradle This is a Charge to thee in the presence of the Lord God Also Geo. Roffe in his Book Intituled The Righteousness of God c. Printed p. 11. hath these words 'To thee Oliv. Cromwell thus saith the Lord I have Chosen thee amongst the Thousands of the Nations to Execute my Wrath upon mine Enemies and gave them to thy Sword with which I fought for the Zeal of my own Name and gave thee the Enemies of my own Seed to be a Curse and a Reproach for ever and made thee an Instrument against them and many have I Cut down by my Sword in thy Hand that my wrath might be Executed upon them to the Uttermost ' Subscribed Geo. Roffe And Geo. Fox in his Letter directed to the Council of Officers of the Army 1659 c. Complains of many Quakers Disbanded out of the Army as well as Justices of the Peace in these words p. 5. ' And many Valiant Captains Soldiers and Officers have been put out of the Army by Sea and Land of whom it hath been said among you that they had rather have had one of them than Seven Men and could have turned one of them to Seven Men who because of their Faithfulness to the Lord God being Faithful towards him it may be for saying Thou to a particular and for Wearing their Hats have been turned out from amongst them ' And may Reassume it again when they shall judge it meet As appears to us by a Declaration wrote by Edw. Bur. in the Name of all the Quakers and Subscribed by several of the Principal Leaders of them Printed 1659. p. 8. They speak thus ' We are Dreadful to the Wicked and must be their Fear for we have Chosen the Son of God to be our King and he hath Chosen us to be his People and he might Command Thousands and Ten Thousands of his Saints at this Day to FIGHT in his Cause he might lead them forth and bring them in and give them Victory over all their Enemies and turn his Hand upon all their Persecutors ' But say they p. 9. ' We cannot YET believe that he will make use of us IN THAT WAY tho' it be his only Right to Rule in Nations and OUR HEIRSHIP to possess the uttermost parts of the Earth but for the PRESENT we are given up to Bear and Suffer ' 11. They have a Goverment within the Government Independent from it and Opposite to it First their Monthly and Quarterly Meetings which are after the mannerof the Justices Monthly Meetings and Quarterly Sessi●…s in the Country which are Subordinate to the Yearly Meeting which Yearly Meeting consists of Deputies from all the Counties in England and Wales as well as Agents from beyo●d the Sea and it their Supreme Assembly which gives Laws to the whole Body of the Quakers wheresoever they are And there they make their Orders for the Government of their People For Suppressing of any Books wrote against them and pass Censure upon Offenders And there also they take an account of their Fund which is raised by an Order of this Yearly Meeting in all the Counties of England and Wales by way of Collection And the Money when Collected is Transmitted to London and lodged in the hands of Six Feoffees who as to the Disposal thereof are to be Governed by the Second Day Meeting held on every Monday throughout the Year which Money is for divers uses viz. Stipends for their Teachers Wages for their Clerks Attendants upon the Houses of Parliament For Printing and Dispersing of their Books For the Maintenance of the Poor For the Relief of such as have suffered for Non-payment of Tythes and the Breach of other Laws and for several other things tending to the Propagating of their Doctrines and Supporting of their Government Mr. Bugg's Pilgrims Progress Chapters 7 8 9 10 11 give an Account of their several Meetings and of their Fund Exchequer or Common Bank Mr. Keith who has been a Quaker above Thirty Years in his Second Narrative p. 5. says I am not able to Print Books as they Quakers can they are many and have a Common Stock I am but one And in his Book called The Pretended Yearly Meeting of the Quakers their Nameless Bull of Excommunication given forth against him c. Printed 1695. p. 5. speaks thus 'To my certain Knowledge and Observation I saw the Door of the Meeting where that called the Yearly Meeting Sat kept by Three or Four Persons that Refused to let in some that desired to come in and yet were owned by them And it is sufficiently known they who keep the Door let in or keep out such as they think fit But again such as they let in if they be not of the Ministry nor any of the Two Chosen out of every County they are allowed only to be there as Standers By and Spectators but have no allowance to give any Judgment in the Case which hath been a discouragement to some honest Friends owned by the Yearly Meeting as Friends from coming to the Meeting being only permitted to

be there as Cyphers And yet further it is sufficiently known the way that they take either by Perswasions or Terrifications to gain the Universal and Unanimous Consent of them called Commissioners or Chosen Members from every County as doth plainly appear by the late most Absurd and Insolent Method more like the Spanish Inquisition than a Free Assembly of sincere Christians they did take a Preacher one of their Commissioners or Chosen Members who having said in Private out of the Meeting He could sooner Die or lose his Right Hand than Sign to a Paper Disowning G. K. which coming to their Intelligence that there was such a Person but not knowing who he was they were so earnest to find him out that they caused to call over the Roll or List of the Names of the Persons sent from the respective Counties to find out this Person asking them one by one to find him out And the poor Man not daring to Lye owned he was the Person and being Terrified lest he should be severely Proceeded against by them he came with some others to be Witnesses of his Recantation and disowned to me what he had formerly said tho' a few Hours before he profess'd so great a Concern and Tenderness of Conscience towards me This Passage is so Considerable an Advance towards the Erecting the Spanish Inquisition among the Quakers that I hope some will be awakened to take notice of it and withstand it ' And tho' the King and Parliament were so Gracious as to include the Quakers in the Act made primo Gulielmi Mariae For Exempting Their Majesties Protestant Subjects Dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalty of certain Laws c. wherein it is Expressed That nothing herein contained shall be Construed to Exempt any of the Persons aforesaid from paying of Tythes or other Parochial Duties or any other Duties to the Church or Minister Yet notwithstanding the Quakers in their Yearly Epistle sent forth from their Yearly Meeting held in London the Fifth Sixth Seventh and Eighth Days of the Fourth Month 1693. to the Monthly and Quarterly Meeting of Friends in England Wales and elsewhere thought fit to Order ' That all Due and Godly Care be taken as they word it against the Grand Oppression and Anti-Christian Yoke of Tythes that our Christian Testimony ' say they born and greatly Suffered for be faithfully Maintained against them in all respects and against Steeple-Houses Rates or Lays And in the fore Cited Testimony from the Brethren met together in the Third Month 1666. they take Care to Stifle and Suppress what they can all Books wrote against them Ordering thus ' That if any Man or Woman which are out of the Unity with the Body of the Friends Print or cause to be Printed or Published in Writing any thing which is not of Service for the Truth but tends to the Scandalizing and Reproaching of faithful Friends or to beget or uphold Division and Faction then we do Warn and Charge all Friends that do love Truth as they desire it may Prosper and be kept clear to beware and take heed of having any Hand in Printing Republishing or Spreading such Books or Writings And if at any time such Books be sent to any of you that Sell Books in the Countrey after that you with the Advice of Good and Serious Friends have Tried them and find them Faulty to send them back again whence they came And we further desire from time to time Faithful and Sound Friends may have the View of such things as are Printed upon Truth 's Account as formerly it hath used to be before they go to the Press that nothing but what is Sound and Savory and that may answer the Witness of God even in our Adversaries may be exposed to Publick View ' They have also a Six Weeks Meeting Which Meeting is one of the most Ancient Meetings for Government made up of Chosen Men amongst them expert in the Laws and Customs of the Nation well skilled in the Courts of London and Westminster and other His Majesties Courts of Record and such as understand the way and manner of Soliciting the Parliament And to support them in all these things they have the Common Bank to assist them F. B. Pilg. Prog. p. 65. ch 10. 12. They have also a Register of their Sufferings which have been inflicted for their Breach of the Laws thereby to render the Governors Government odious for Persecution to Posterity And do threaten in After-ages to publish the same when the reasons of the things and matters of Fact may be forgotten In their fore-cited Yearly Epistle from their Yearly Meeting held 1693. they Ordered ' That Friends at all their Monthly and Quarterly Meetings should be reminded to call for the Records of the Sufferings of Friends to see that they be duly Gathered truly Entred and Kept and accordingly sent up to London as hath been often advised both of what Tythes c. are pretended to be due and for how long a time and the time when taken and by and for whom And what Goods are taken and the Value thereof as well of those not exceeding as those exceeding the Sums or Quantities demanded it being a Suffering in both for Truth 's sake they being in these particulars found Defective and Imperfect in divers Countries which is an Obstruction to the General Record of Friends Sufferings And therefore the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings are advised to take more Care for the future that all Friends Sufferings for the Truth 's sake may be brought up as Full and Compleat in all respects as possible may be ' The Author of Sathan Disrobed Printed 1698. p. 82. Informs us that in this Register there are many Groundless and many downright Falshoods which it is very fit the World should know because they take great Care to swell this Register and have threatened to publish it to After-ages when the Facts cannot be Disproved whereby they hope to make their Suff rings for the Truth as they call it to exceed all the Ten Persecutions and to be more Undeserved than the Sufferings of Christ himself or of the Apostles as Edw. Burr their Second Piller next to Geo. Fox express'd in his Works p. 273. ' The Sufferings of the People of God that is Quakers in this Age is greater Suffering and more Vnjust than in the Days of Christ or of the Apostles or in any time since What was done to Christ or the Apostles was chiefly done by a Law and in great part by the DUE Execution of a Law ' c. And p. 85. saith he It is here worth Notice That the first Difference betwixt Mr. Pennyman who was a Quaker about Twenty Years and the Quakers was the False Returns of their Collections from the several Counties in England of the Sufferings of the Friends and Entring them tho' proved to be False in their General Register of Sufferings at London For this they to quiet Mr.