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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77927	The innocency of the Christian Quakers manifested, and the truth of their principles and doctrine cleared and defended from the loud (but false) clamours, base insinuations and wicked slanders of James Barry. / Published for the general satisfaction and benefit of all, who simply desire to know and embrace the truth.	Burnyeat, John, 1631-1690.; Strettell, Amos.; Barry, James.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5967; ESTC R170925	24,109	32

receive Acts 20.35 Therefore it would be no unhappiness in James Barry to have Riches that he might rather give and be helpful to the Poor then to be burthensome and make his Ministry chargeable to his Flock for we suppose he is subject to seek and desire it as well as other Men as is evident from his receiving several sums of Mony upon pretence of going into America which when he had got fail'd in performance Oh but he doubts not but this is one of the most powerful Engines by which the art of Quakerism hath been propagated c. but what reason he hath thus to believe he doth not give But we may easily believe it is because he is full of Envy and Bitterness towards us or else he might see cause to doubt of it But in short we say that true Christianity which he calls Quakerism hath not been propagated by this Engine but by the Power of God which upheld his People that it could not be the increase of Worldly Riches that propagated it will plainly appear seriously considering the cruel and grievous Sufferings of our Friends from the very first that it pleased God to call raise them up to bear a faithful Testimony to his Name and Truth Surely if they had sought the Riches Ease and Glory of the World they would not have chosen Afflictions by chearfully giving their Backs to the Smiter and not with holding their Goods from the Spoyler Many to the losing of all not having a Bed left to lye upon nor Cattle to till their Ground nor Corn for Bread or Seed nor Tools to work withall Also Whipping Stocking Stoning Imprisonment they have been treated with For many years not so few as a thousand Prisoners at once until released by the present King scarce a Prison in England but hath been fill'd with them besides many Premunired their Estates seized and they kept Prisoners some for twenty years others during Life many hundred's dying Prisoners As at large may be seen in George Bishops two Books entituled New England judged All this in Old England yet James Barry's Brethren in New England exceeded these Cruelties against our Friends there not only Stockt but Whipt so unmercifully their flesh like Jelly and in that condition drove them many Miles into the Wilderness among the Indians and wild Beasts Yea Tender Women have they tyed to a Cart stript to the Wast and whipt through several Towns ten Stripes a piece in each on their naked Backs and then unmercifully left them in Frost and Snow also cut off Ears Burnt in the Hand Banisht on pain of Death and at last put four of our Friends to death by the hands of the Common Hangman on no other pretence but meerly for being Quakers in which Cruelty they continued until stopt by an Order from the late King. In Plymouth Pattent they made a Law to take all the Quakers Cattle from them except one and in the Execution left the worst thus our Friends were fully tryed there but the Lord who called them not only to Believe but also to Suffer upheld them by his Power so that they chearfully underwent all those hardships rather than violate their Faith or make Ship wrack of a good Conscience Now all seriously considering their Faithfullness towards their God their Patience in Sufferings their Peaceableness towards the several Governments they have lived under their Honesty and Charity towards their Neighbours will plainly demonstrate James Barry's Charge cannot be true viz. the getting of Riches is one of the most powerful Engines to propagate the Art of Quakerism as he scornfully calls our Holy Religion which we affirm to be no other than Worshipping God in his own Spirit and Truth and doth also evidence James Barry's application of the aforesaid Scriptures to be wicked and false and not as David intended who sets them forth in the 73d Psalm as you may see They set their Mouth against Heaven c. saying how doth God know is their knowledge in the most high After all this abusing of us and these Shuffling evasions to avoid giving us a publick Meeting he comes off thus Seeing therefore that by coming together the matter in Dispute is not like to be determined it remains therefore that what you have to offer in Vindication of your Selves and Principles c. be in Print exposed to the view of the World by you But let all consider why we do not come together to endeavour the Determination of the Matters in dispute And they may see it is because he will not appear in publick though he hath boasted as before and now puts us to Print in Vindication of our Selves and the Three Principles before mentioned But wherefore shall we Print in defence seeing he hath not in all his Papers laid down one Argument nor brought one Scripture to confute any of the three as laid down either by us or by our Friends whom he abuseth nor yet as they are laid down by himself and besides the same Friends of ours that he names and divers others have writ in Vindication of two of the said Principles So that whosoever desires to read the Vindication of them may see it in Samuel Fishers Rusticus ad Academicos never yet answered and in George Whitehead's and William Penn's in Answer to divers Books and to Thomas Hicks's lying Dialogues where he like James Barry forges many Lies against us entitled The Christian Quaker c. remaining unanswered either by him or any else that we ever heard of And as for the third Principle we never before him heard any judge Perfection in Sanctification as to degrees attainable in this Life an Erroneous Principle and therefore it doth not so much concern us to Vindicate in Print that which so often is done already and he to make no offer to confute them however he after his former manner as may be seen in his last Paper can make a great threatning boast saying At the back of your Vindication James Barry will send forth in Print his Arguments to prove the Quakers grand Hereticks in these Points c. And why would not James Barry give us a Meeting to prove us such according to his former Boasting might not that have been convenient first or otherwise in writing to have given us some Arguments that we might have had something to have vindicated our Selves against that Wise Men might have seen a little into the ground of our Difference But it is to be questioned whether he hath any Arguments against them that is fit to be brought forth before wise Men and therefore his greatest Policy is to keep them hid and so please fools with his boasting of them but to do him justice we must confess he hath given us cause to appear some way to vindicate our selves and our Principles according to his demand and since he himself proposeth Printing as the method now we think it not amiss to do accordingly believing he cannot reason ably