Christ's Lambs Defended from Satan's Rage IN A JUST VINDICATION Of the People called QUAKERS Their Christian Sincerity Innocency and Respect to the Civil Government and the Good Ends thereof from the Unjust Attempts of John Pennyman and Abettors in his Malicious Book styled The Quakers Unmasked Clearly evincing HIS Falsheartedness Temporizing and Envy against an Innocent People Peaceable Subjects certain Prophets and Servants of the Living God herein Commemorated Accommodated to the Capacity of every Impartial and Intelligent Reader by a Lover of Truth and Peace G. W. Frowardness is in his heart he deviseth mischief continually he soweth discord therefore shall his calamity come suddenly suddenly shall he be broken without Remedy Prov. 6. 14 15. Behold he travelleth with iniquity and hath conceived mischief and brought forth falshood he made a pit and digged it and is fallen into the ditch which he made his mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate Psal. 7. 14 15 16. LONDON Printed for Thomas Northcott in George-Yard in Lombard-Street 1691. TO THE Impartial and Friendly READER A few Advertisements relating to John Pennyman's Book styled The Quakers Unmask't wherein the Reader is desired to Observe FIrst That the said Book was sent in Manuscript to some of Us in the year 1677. except some Words and Passages since added and others omitted in the Printed 2dly That this Ensuing Treatise in Answer was quickly writ in the same year 1677. and kept private for many years as 't is said in a written Note his has been with an Intent to publish this Answer in Print if I. P's Envy should prompt him so to publish his 3dly Liberty of Conscience being established by Law this is placed upon his Book in writing as the reason of its now Publication Which looks as if he envied our present Liberty by his pernicious Book tending to bring Persecution again upon us by rendring us obnoxious to the Civil Government as much as in him lyes But we thank God we enjoy the Liberty we have by Law and that we have cause to hope the Government will not be so credulous of such odious Invectives against Us as to be influenced thereby to lessen our Christian Liberty 4thly Note that this Ensuing Treatise being first writ in the year 1677. those Passages in it relating to our Sufferings then as placed in the Present Tence relate to that time and not to this now wherein it is Printed Wherein we now enjoy our Religious Meetings peaceably and free from Persecution for which we truly bless God and thank our Superiors in the Government 5thly Please to observe that I. P. in his said Printed Book explains the Quakers by viz. George Fox and his Party and instead of I. P's words in his Manuscript this pretended change of Judgment in the Men that are Quakers is not to be taken for a change of Judgment in the Quakers He hath it thus in Print p. 6. viz. This pretended change of Judgment in G. Fox and his Preachers is not to be taken for a change of their Judgment which is still to bring an Odium upon Us and tending unjustly to render Us obnoxious and offensive to the Civil Government contrary to our Christian Testimony and peaceable Living 6thly Instead of his own proper Name John Pennyman which is set three times over in his Manuscript he hath by Philo Aletheia in his Title Page in Print and afterward P. I. five times over in Print which 2 Letters of his name are transposed as he understands p. 13. which with the Publication of his Book seems to be placed not upon himself but upon another Person I. G. So that John appears more cunning than innocent in this point He has his Publisher and Transposer of the two Letters of his Name either to extenuate the fact or for some cover or subterfuge for himself he has travelled in pain to bring forth such a monstrous false birth and accepted of another Persons Aid to Midwife it into the World for mischief and causeless Revenge It seems when his Book was printed he had lost some of his Confidence and Zeal for his work or at least some of his Friends had not so much for him as he seem'd to have when he first writ it in thus varying his Name in his Title Page and Book Concerning some Passages added in his printed Book p. 10. about Jer. Ives his Insinuation from a Book titled West answering the North. Where he saith I am unwilling to write out because I am not willing to expose you To this I. P. unjustly cites only a small part of G. W's Reply Thus in his serious search I cannot but observe the Man's Dissimulation c. In this implicite kind of accusing us to render us more suspicious and obnoxious than if he had dealt plainly And then I. P. takes upon him to deal more plainly by reciting and observing some Passages out of the said Book West answering the North. As observing as he saith with what strange kind of Confidence deluding and blinding our Proselites not daring to do so before Authority but rather down upon his Knees and beg Pardon for his Audaciousness and Insolence Fallacious doings c. this against G. W. To all which we may truly say that we have cause to thank God we have more just and impartial Men in Authority and more just Judges than J. P. for he has dealt very unjustly and maliciously by G. W. in this matter as if he either spoke slightingly or assented to all those sayings cited out of West answering the North. Whereas the contrary is apparently manifest in G. W's very following words in his serious search p. 37. After the words cited viz. hereby to render us more suspicious and obnoxious than if he had dealt plainly J. P. unjustly leaves out these following words which are explanatory to the matter viz. especially whilst he accuseth us over and over with Justifying the late Wars against the King when as that very Book quoted by him entituled The West answering to the North Printed 1657. doth in the whole Tenour of it severely reprehend those in Power to wit Oliver and his Ministers for their Oppressions Cruelties and Arbitrary Proceedings which they pretended to condemn in those before them though there might be some words too harsh in the said Book as reflecting backward but with an Intent to judge them then in Power Yet it is to be considered as chiefly writ by two Officers or Captains of the old Army being Common-wealths Men as I understand who had not as then wholly got over the Warring Spirit however did simpathise with our Poor Innocent Friends when they beheld their deep Sufferings as in some degree sharing with them though it 's probable some remainder of their former sharpness of Spirit was left wherein they had been animated by such zealous Chaplains as Jeremy yet those Books quoted by him were extant long before the King's
thousands of us c. were with you in the greatest Heat Observ. That was as zealous Army-men before the People called Quakers were brought forth who looked not for the Spoil but the Good of the Nation and now thus should be served by those that are set down in the Possession of the Spoil that they should requite us so in the End Oh the Lord's Truth the Lord's Power and the Lord's Arm is more dear to us than all who have not sat down in the Spoil c. who are come to the Lord who hath given us Victory and hath brought us to the Light that takes away the Occasion and Root of the War Observ. Those who zealously aimed at an Universal Good and were not self-ended came to see the End of Wars and ceased to be Soldiers then Oh what a sincerity was once in the Nation What a dirty nasty thing it would have been to have heard talk of a House of Lords among them J. P. p. 8. Observ. That was among them who made People engage against them yet made themselves Lords so manifestly contrary to their own pretences And sat down in the spoil of the House of the Enemies left out Observ. Thus J. P. has frequently abused us in leaving out and passing by many material passages and catching and snarling at others occasional and circumstantial E. B. to R. Cromwell After he tells him of his Fathers Victories and Prosperity J. P. leaves out the following remarkable words viz. But yet we know he abused his great Deliverances and Authority and did not set free the Oppressed but left Mountains of Oppressions and grievous yokes of Bondage unbroken down and unsubdued and the Lord smote him and took him away in judgment because thereof Left out by J. P. p. 13. Observ. See how plainly this Protector was reminded of his Fathers abuse and negligence on purpose to warn him of the like evils and judgment And before in the beginning of the Letter to R. C. p. 52. The Lord God over the Kingdoms of Men Ruleth and Reigneth he Buildeth and Breaketh down and Planteth and Plucketh up he pulleth down one and setteth up another and who may say what dost thou Observ. See here was an Eye to the Hand of the Lord in revolutions from whom both promotion and abasement comes and this is no Temporizing nor admits of it West answering North. It 's said upon Peter Ceeleys falsly accusing G. F. with telling him privately of a design and perswading him to joyn therein Which design was that he could raise four thousand Men in an hours warning and involve the Nation in Blood and bring in K. Charles And this he was accused of before Judge Glin Chief Justice of England to take away his life Note p. 27. J. P. p. 11. 1656. Quoting G. Rofe to O. C. entituled The Righteousness of God to Man viz. after executed on them to the utmost these following words are left out by J. P. viz. but thou art fallen from thy first Integrity and in the spoil art exalted and set up in the Glory of the World in thy Name and by thy Power do my pure Seed suffer and Tyrants rule over my People and by thy Power and in thy Name do they persecute them and imprison unto death and have spilled the Blood of my innocent People to satisfie their corrupt desires but surely I will visit for these things and much do they lie upon thee And if thou lettest Tyrants get rulè in thy name and by thy Power on thee and thy Seed will I require the Blood of the innocent that hath been shed in these late days under thy Government c. Observ. How plainly the Oppressors in those days were charged and warned and prophesied against which in a great measure is fulfilled already F. H's Information and Advice to the Army on both parts and Committee of Safety 1659. P. 2. Should not all Rule and Authority be for the good and safety and well being of a Nation or Commonwealth Observ The true end of Government always owned and desired by us P. 3. Was not Israel governed sometime by Judges sometimes by the Elders and sometimes by Kings And while they stood in the Councel of the Lord and the People hearkned to them was not the Lord among them c. P. 5. And this I have to say to that part of the Army who stand so much upon the Name Parliament If you should manage your Weapons for a sound or a name or something that may suit you though damnifie many thousands it will not go well with you therefore be not rash nor hasty to shed Blood upon this account but take Counsel in time lest an out-stretched Arm stop you in your way c. and you may repent too late Observ. How impartially he writes for the real end of Government without respect of Persons or Names when we were so much accused for denying Government P. 6. After late King in J. P' s. Book p. 15 he leaves out these following words viz. Yet the Ax must not boast it self against him that hewed only with it for a time to accomplish his end and when he pleases take up another Instrument and let the first lye still Observ. The Hand of God in setting up and putting down Men in Power confessed Before the words a Company of greedy Hireling Priests came from Lestershire to sound their Trumpet in the House c. he leaves out these words p. 7. viz. But truly you stick in the Mire c. had your Ear open to them that could complement and flatter and their business you would hear and return them thanks but them who had been your dearest Friends c. coming in all Love and Humility and represented their sad Suffering unto you of their long Imprisonment and how above twenty dear precious Men suffered till death in Prison for that grand oppression of Tythes could not be heard And again when a Representation came unto you from many thousands c. it was laid by as wast Paper Observ. How plainly they were reprov'd for setting up Temporizers and slighting conscientious Sufferers P. 10. Remove the present oppressions Satisfie the Nations with deeds words will not with things and not with names that will not do and it is not a King a Parliament a Protector a Council or a Senate we look at c. for when Kings Parliaments and Councils are gone from the power of God they are for the Thraldom of a Nation and not for its Liberty but this I forewarn you what ever you do meddle not in the things of God or about Religion c. let that alone c. Observ. Still the good End of Government for true Freedom was pressed for more than Words or Names when we were under great Persecution Several Papers by G. F. 1659. P. 42. After the Words have not these been called Ministers of the Gospel but now how comes it that they preach up War he leaves out
Concern therein by placing the Publishing and Printing of it upon another Person Now he is for exposing and doing what mischief he can against us having presumptuously given Sentence of our Destruction positively concluding that there is no hopes of our Repentance The Lord rebuke the Insolency Pride Presumption and Envy of this gain-saying Luciferian Spirit For what end does John Pennyman come so often into our Meetings to Preach and make a noise among us smiteing and reflecting upon the Testimonies of the Servants of Christ exalting himself as Judge over all What can his end be therein It cannot be to Preach us unto Repentance which he has already judged there is no hopes of neither can We and our Friends receive him as either Prophet or Minister of Christ though he intrudes himself as into the place of such an one or at least as if he would have People believe that he had some special Commission But he appears so very empty dry and dead that the least Child of Light doth see him and his forced presumptuous Messages to be both void of Life and Charity as well as of Faith and Hope having no Hope of their Repentance to whom he Preaches He hath told us the Righteous are as bold as a Lyon but where was his Boldness in the times of our late Sufferings and Persecutions when the Informers were abroad He came not then to Preach Prophesie or reprove among us he would then rather keep obscure than forfeit his 20 or 40 l. for Preaching in our publick Meetings To whom I conclude Oh John mayst thou yet be humbled unto Repentance Mayst thou yet find a place of Repentance for thy great Envy and all thy hard Speeches against the Lords Servants and People My Soul yet desires thy Repentance if a place be yet to be found that thy Gray Hairs may not go down to the Grave in Sorrow and Contempt thy days are hastning towards a Period recollect thy Self and consider thy ways and the evil and mischief thou hast attempted and done against the Lord's Heritage and Servants not only against the Living but also against the Dead who are at rest in Christ The Lord open thine Eyes and hasten thee to seek Repentance if it may stand with his good Pleasure otherwise thy Destruction hastens Remember and think of it From a Friend to Truth and thy poor Soul G. W. London the 14th 1st Month 1690 1 The Principal Passages OF A Letter sent to a Friend And here placed for a PREFACE Dear Friend J. O. SInce that thou madest Enquiry of me concerning the Book in Manuscript entituled The Quakers Unmasked c. what we thought to do in it This is to acquaint thee That though such kind of Controversies are not desirable nor pleasant to me any more than to thy self whom I know to be a Man of a peaceable Spirit and unwilling as well as I that the Religion of us and all Conscientious Dissenters should be exposed to open Contempt by such Controversies and raking up Occasions Yet upon a serious and strict Examination of the said Book with the principal Quotations Observations and Argumentative Passages I with some others have been stirred up and enabled by the Lord out of a Holy Zeal for his Truth and People and from a Necessity laid upon us to draw up and compose an Answer to the said Book First To reprehend his Envy and Malice And Secondly To vindicate our Innocency towards the Government and Consistency of our Addresses to the King with our Principle and Conversations as a People from the beginning And for thy Information take the following Account and General Notes of our Proceeding and Sense in this Matter viz. That we have an Answer in Manuscript already prepared to John Pennyman's late Book in Manuscript not willing to publish it until he first give us occasion by publishing his and that therein we have by sufficient Demonstration proved him guilty of apparent Lyes I. In the general Charge against the People called Quakers II. Against Particulars as also of most gross Hypocrisie and Contradiction to himself Malice and base Temporizing and manifest Falshood in divers Particulars as to Matters of Fact in clamouring against the People called Quakers for their Declarations and Addresses to the King of their peaceable Intentions c. All his Allegations and Retortions upon any other whatsoever cannot excuse nor hold parallel with himself as to matter of Fact His Unjustness in making General Reflections from some Particulars That we reserve our Answer in readiness for publication if his Malice prompts him to publish his not desiring or expecting any Mercy from him That his Book some of the Persons concerned in it do detain it being to be communicated according to the Title-page That his Book if published may be prejudicial to thousands of Innocent Unconcerned People in this Nation And no Advantage to the Author but to his great and utter Disgrace Shame and Contempt in the Eyes of all sorts of Moderate Indifferent People it tending to beget Jealousies and an evil Eye in the Rulers and may bring in question all Religion under the Name of Dissenters c. if the Lord prevent not That if John Pennyman will not be reduced to Christianity but proceed on in his Work to render us obnoxious to the Government which is the tendence of much of his Book some of our Friends out of their Zeal for God and his Truth Religion and People are resolved through God's Assistance and with his Permission further to detect and unmask him until he learns so much of Morality and common Civility as to live peaceably among his Neighbours and lay aside this his Factious and Turbulent Work against peaceable Subjects This in hast at present I am thy assured Friend G. W. The 29th of the 9th Month 1677. Christ's Lambs defended FROM SATAN's RAGE HAving lately had some Opportunity and Occasion to view a Book in Manuscript entituled The Quakers Unmasked signed by John Pennyman and charging the People called Quakers with Double Dealing Fals-heartedness Contradictions Confusions and Temporizing such Wickedness as can hardly be Paralleld as great Dissemblers Deceivers Deluders of the People as have appeared in this our Age Lyers False Prophets and to be avoided and witnessed against Deceitful Workers Hypocrites charging G. F. to be one of the greatest Hypocrites and Deceivers in this Nation deceiving the People threatning him with cutting down c. Here 's a hideous out-cry but the Falsness and Malice thereof will appear anon when we come to his pretended Proofs which consist of Collections taken out of their own Writings as he saith which he hath so placed that he saith those of the meanest Capacity may easily discern and see them to be as great Dissemblers Deceivers and Deluders as have appeared in our Age And for all this he pretends the Discharge of his own Conscience His placing his Collections to make his Charge obvious against the People called Quakers are in two
Christian Testimony Again he cites these words to the King and Parliament 1661. viz. our Allegiance to the King our Lives have and shall manifest to him and you and all Men subscribed he saith by George Fox Edward Burroughs Francis Howgill John Crook Samuel Fisher Richard Huberthorn John Whitehead Samuel Thornton Leonard Fell John Boulton and twenty more and these he has ranked up for Temporizers Dissemblers c. having rendred all our Applications to the King of this kind but Hypocrisie and Temporizing Deceits as not to be trusted and this still to render us obnoxious more especially if his Book be Printed for see what he saith not only to cloud but to murder our Christian Testimony viz. and yet under all these Dissimulations and Temporizings do like the Whore in the Proverbs wipe their Mouths and proclaim themselves an innocent and harmless People and near his Conclusion charges G. F. and his Adherents with a late fawning flattering Address to the King and Parliament How now John is this thy abhorring to render us obnoxious to the Government God will smite thee thou malicious Hypocrite our Innocency shall out-live thy Envy and causeless Revenge and rise up in Judgment against thee What wilt thou be still be mad against us because our Friends gave Testimony against the Man that attempted to burn the Bible among other Books at the Exchange And wilt thou be still revengful because some were moved to testifie against thy extravagancy and riotous work with thy twenty seven Venison Pasties or so esteemed exposed to the Multitude And was not this thy wedding Dinner for Jews and Gentiles whom thou hadst invited to Merchant-Taylors-Hall And what was thy intended Mystery in all this Answer plainly for it was a very publick Frolick and whether or no had not the Bible been burned if the Officer at the Exchange had not prevented be plain and do not always smite at others and hide thy self nor put us off with telling us Thou wouldest not do it at the Will of any Mortal What immortal one would move any to attempt it An immortal God or an immortal Devil Couldst thou imagin that the immortal God would ever move to it And what moved thee now thus to vent thy Malice and Clamour not only against the People called Quakers in general but also against many particular Persons by Name the meanest of them more Righteous than thy self Dost thou not know that Edw. Burrough Fr. Howgill Sam. Fisher R. Hubberthorn Joh. Stubbs Edw. Piott George Bishop George Rose and Miles Hallhead are all deceased Yea some of them many Years in their Graves who dyed Prisoners sufferers for their Consciences towards God and yet thou wilt rank them among Temporizers Oh unrighteous Man is thy Conscience wholly seared since thy Essay towards the burning of the Bible for thou hast as little Recourse or Regard to the Scriptures or Truth 's Principle in thy Writing though once professed by thee as thou hast to Conscience which is none at all in sincerity Malice and the Gall of Bitterness has swallowed thee up and Darkness is become thy Habitation Dost thou not remember that Fr. Howgill dyed in Prison and that both E. B. R. H. and others were Prisoners when taken sick and dyed And dost thou not know that not only Sam. Fisher but John Crook John Boulton and many others have been great Sufferers since the King's Restauration and must all these be now infamously ranked among Temporizers Dissemblers c. Is this thy Conscience and Charity John Pennyman And is thy Malice so great against William Deusbury so that thou must needs endeavour to expose him to the Displeasure of the present Government to add Afflictions to his Bonds who is known to be a sincere upright peaceable Man and great Sufferer both in the Time of the late and present Powers yea and in present Suffering and Confinement for his Conscience and Testimony And what Hurt has honest Tho. Salthouse done thee that thou must needs go about to expose him too And also Isaac Pennington who is known to be an Innocent Harmless Man and hath been a great Sufferer even under the present Power What would not thy Malice suffer thee to let him alone but thou must needs render him obnoxious for writing something to the Parliament and Army printed 1659. about their backsliding and turning aside from the Good Old Cause c. And to aggravate the Business against him thou puttest the Question Was not then the Armies Cause just in his Opinion and their Fighting Lawful c. p. 17. How now John Pennyman hast thou neither a regard to Men nor Truth Hast thou done as thou wouldest be done by thus to expose Men and question them for that which thou thy self darest not adventure openly to oppose Therefore I would ask thee What is thy Opinion concerning that Cause called the Good Old Cause to wit Liberty to tender Consciences removing Oppression and preserving Men's Properties formerly pretended to in the Old Army though not well mannaged and pursued was this Cause pretended to just yea or nay in it self Why dost thou cover thy Deceit desert Truth in any Case and peevishly expose Conscientious Men for formerly confessing it One Passage to the Parliament and Common-wealth 1657. Let the Reader a little take notice of it for perhaps he may smile at John Pennyman's Design in citing it The Passage as he cites it runs thus p. 28. viz. Let all these Abbey-Lands Gleab-Lands that is given to the Priests be given to the Poor of the Nation and let all the Great Houses Abbies Steeple-houses and Whitehall be for Alms-Houses or some other use for all the Blind and Lame to be there What could be J. P's Design in citing this Passage If it was to make the King and Court angry with our Friends for advising to make White-Hall an Alms-house for the Blind and Lame as that seems most likely to be his Design I dare say he will miss of it for I am perswaded the King would have been better pleased and thought it more Charitable that his House should have been an Alms-house for the Poor Blind and Lame than that Oliver and his Crew should there set up their Nests pamper feed and gluttonize themselves for the Humility serious Praying and Tears were lost when they had killed and taken possession were got to White-hall and there settled at Ease in fulness pride and idleness even while many innocent Men were deep Sufferers for their tender Consciences in cold noisom Goals Holes and Dungeons with Bread and Water their Victuals being snatched from them their Bed-cloaths taken from them by Force and they forced to lye upon Straw in cold low dark Goals for above a Year together In these and such like Sufferings I my self with many others of our Friends had a deep share in Oliver's Days and that under Presbyterians and Independents I affirm and yet they have not manifested Repentance nor made Satisfaction J. P. has
these following Words viz. Is not the Gospel a Gospel of Peace Observ. How plain is it that his Principle was against War and Fighting c. as not consisting with the Gospel of Peace Wounds of an Enemy by Miles Halhead and Th. Salthouse 1656. P. 76. After the words Enemies of his Elect J. P. leaves out viz. And shall this Generation who have exceeded what hath been done by their Fathers go unpunisht After the words Justice and Equity he leaves out these viz. And shall those whom he hath made the Rod of his Anger and the Staff of his Indignation upon their doing the same things for which he judged and cast them out escape Hath all this Blood been shed that unrighteousness may reign with oppression c. After the words Examples of his Vengeance he leaves out these viz. To make way for others to rise up and commit greater Abominations was persecution of tender Consciences unjust in the Bishops and is it righteous now in them who suffered by them for their tender Consciences to outstrip the Bishops Observ. The Persecutors in the Pretector's days are more highly charg'd and threatned than those who went before them The Visitation of Ireland 1656. by F. H. E. B. P. 21. Two Lines after the Words true to the Commonwealth-Interest from first to last even until now J. Pennyman leaves out these viz. And you have judged us before our Accusers came And herein you do us great Injustice and act contrary to the Law of Equity c. Observ. This relates to the Time when H. Cromwel banished them out of Ireland P. 22. After the Words Bishops become a Reproach he leaves out these viz. And will you tell of Reformation and yet act in the same Footsteps if you go on you are at the Brink of Destruction and at the Sides of the Pit was not Persecution ever blind Observ. How plainly they rendred those then in Power unjust and self-condemn'd in their Persecution and therein in the way of Destruction A Visitation and Warning by E. B. Fol. 537. After the Words it would be your Honour to be made use of by the Lord in any degree in order to this Matter viz. visiting Rome and enquiring after the Innocent Blood therein J. P. leaves out these viz. Whether the Lord will Revenge the grievous Blood-guiltiness that lies upon them by himself without an Instrument or whether by you or others as Instruments whether this way or another that God will do it this I determine not Observ. First It is plain that he believed it would have been an Act of Justice to have made Enquiry for that Innocent Blood mentioned as they had often pretended and declared to the Nation and this our Adversary has not refuted and therefore it may yet be queried of him Whether he does not believe that righteous Rulers or Magistrates may not in point of Justice according to the Law of God require Innocent Blood upon Persecutors or Satisfaction in that Case though it be not the Quakers Work to be employed therein in Point of Execution if there be any for that Secondly Whether the Lord will suffer Bloodguiltiness to go unpunished either by himself or by Instruments 't is plain that E. B. believed he would revenge it but did not determine which way and has it not been always confessed that Rulers are for the Punishment of Evil-doers J. P. Observ. p. 9. against G. F. On the Words many have been put out of the Army because of their Faithfulness to the Lord he addeth this meaning that is For being Quakers as he intimates Which is a Perversion as if proved It was faithfulness to the Cause viz. Liberty of Conscience professed by them as Army-men and not as Quakers On the Words the Power of the Lord will give you enough c. he observes That he counsels them not to stop till they have set up their Standard at Rome and they shall have Gold and Silver enough Which is a foul Perversion for G. F's Words are to look at the Power of the Lord God and never heed Gold nor Silver G. F's Book of several Papers printed in 1659. to the Protector and others He writes to them in one Paper as followeth Wrastle not with Flesh and Blood ye Christians for it is the Practice of Heathens Apostates and Jews but overcome Evil with Good receive Strangers and not kill them c. p. 48. And again G. F. saith p. 44. of the same Do to all Men as you would have them do unto you and on this hangs all the Law and the Prophets c. I say unto you Love your Enemies for the Jews were to kill them the Heathen with outward Swords But the Doctrin of Christ was to love Enemies who saith he came to save Mens Lives and gave his Body for the Life of the World But the Jews persecuted their Enemies as you the Hypocrites and false Christians since the Apostles Dayes And in p. 43. And the Priests told you to wit the Powers that the Quakers would kill you and Quakers would rise And in p. 41. Can you stop the Vials and the Plagues that are to come upon the Persecutors c. Can you refuse the Cup of the Wrath of the Almighty when it is given to you can you turn your Mouths and Heads aside for not drinking of it And in p. 31. The Apostles were Spiritual and wrastled not with Flesh and Blood they had the Mind of Christ that destroyed Death and the Devil the Power of Death but you have disobeyed it that persecutes your Brethren the Christians to Death you are not in the High Power of Christ c. but you are in the Power that hates and destroys the Creatures c. out of the Love of God to Enemies and these will wrastle with Flesh and Blood being in the Power of Darkness the Devil's Work and so defaces the Creature and doth not bring it into the Liberty of the Sons of God these should be ashamed of their Work before the Lord c. For whom he sends he arms but this is not carnal but your Day is come of Tryal the Day is come of Christendoms Tryal And in p. 29. The Patience of the Sufferings of the People of God that suffer daily are Examples and Patterns among you c. which may convince you not threatning not lifting up their Hands against you but committing their Cause to the Lord who doth avenge the Cause of his People c. and will overturn c. And in p. 28. Cain killed his Brother about sacrificing and how hath the Apostate Christians since the Apostles Days killed his Brother Christian about Sacrifice and Religion c. this has been the false Church And p. 26. Is it not Time to awake out of this Murderers Power into the Power of Christ Jesus c. which is pure and Lamb-like c. And p. 15. That which you ask is to be asked in the Son's Name and what you do to be done in the Name of Jesus And the Apostle doth not say in the Name of an Earthly King Emperour or Protector they were to do it in the Name of Christ who hath all Power in Heaven and Earth given to him and was not this when some would have made Oliver King who was called Protector THE END PAge 10. l. 10. f. B. Boyce r. T. B. l. 11. r. J. P. p. 28. l. ult r. keep p. 30. l. 27. f. wiâ—â— r. will dele â—e * This he says G. F. and E. B. told Rich. Protector and quotes good Council and Advice p. 44. Which is a Falshood touching G. F. for that was none of his Paper nor his Words or Stile here he has falsly entituled that to G. F. which was none of his The War began in 1641 and in the Year 1648 the King was beheaded and all this while no Quakers heard of in the Nation nor till about 50 51 or 52. when there was no Wars in England for them to be concerned in How false then is J. P. to say The Quakers were as much or more concerned in the War against the King as any other †Note that the words that most tended to clear G. F's intent in this matter J. P. very unfairly leaves out as after Earthly King he leaves out and earthly Powers and will change as they change As also have put out Christ and would not have him to reign these words he leaves out As also after all Kings made in Mens earthly wills he leaves out THAT WILL NOT HAVE CHRIST TO REIGN These with several other material pasages hath J. P. very dissingenuously left out of those several passages quoted by him writ long before the K's Restauration tho' Printed the year before ‖ 1659. Matth. 26. 53 54. * For it was such as had been instrumental sometimes to save the lives of many of our Friends in rescuing them from the rude Multitude See good Counsel p. 53.