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A65870 Judgment fixed upon the accuser of our brethren and the real Christian-Quaker vindicated from the persecuting outrage of apostate informers chiefly from W. Rogers, F. Bugg, T. Crisp, John Pennyman and Jeffery Bullock ... / by that contemned servant of Christ George Whitehead. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1682 (1682) Wing W1937; ESTC R34747 166,538 377

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distinction_n it_o be_v some_o reflect_a reserve_v no_o doubt_n he_o may_v tell_v his_o meanin_a his_o next_o book_n book_n i_o tender_o forbear_v expose_v the_o person_n be_v name_n at_o present_a believe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o his_o order_n or_o consent_n that_o w.r._n &_o f_o b._n have_v make_v he_o such_o a_o subject_n of_o print_a controversy_n as_o also_o hope_v that_o he_o have_v more_o charity_n &_o tenderness_n in_o he_o than_o to_o allow_v of_o their_o malicious_a book_n pag._n 27._o p._n 72._o p._n 26._o p._n 27._o 27._o as_o our_o word_n be_v accuser_n p._n 136._o 136._o who_o must_v so_o exercise_v and_o proceed_v in_o they_o if_o no_o visible_a man_n or_o man_n be_v invest_v with_o power_n from_o christ_n to_o execute_v they_o or_o put_v they_o in_o practice_n pag._n 41._o pag._n 42._o rome_n 2_o 8._o 1_o cor._n 16.16_o 1_o thes_n 5_o 12_o 13_o 14._o heb._n 13_o 17._o 2_o pet._n 3.2_o pag._n 45._o pag._n 45._o accuser_n etc._n etc._n p._n 26_o 27._o p._n 52._o page_n 52._o this_o passage_n w._n r._n have_v print_v divers_a time_n over_o in_o his_o book_n against_o himself_o p._n 55._o p._n 55._o 55._o francis_n bugg's_o proposition_n imply_v a_o contradiction_n for_o if_o samuel_n cater_n subscribe_v the_o instrument_n he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v his_o money_n by_o the_o tenure_n of_o it_o because_o he_o tell_v not_o his_o name_n if_o he_o do_v not_o subscribe_v it_o as_o his_o judgement_n than_o he_o also_o ought_v to_o have_v his_o money_n again_o according_a to_o f._n b_n tenet_n of_o christian_a liberty_n as_o not_o see_v it_o his_o duty_n ergo_fw-la he_o may_v not_o or_o at_o least_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v compel_v to_o suffer_v for_o it_o another_o contradiction_n be_v from_o the_o ground_n of_o his_o law_n or_o canon_n viz._n the_o equality_n in_o suffer_v for_o by_o his_o rule_n a_o poor_a minister_n must_v suffer_v 20_o l_o when_o a_o rich_a hearer_n who_o he_o minister_v to_o but_z 5_o s._n and_o he_o on_o the_o apparent_a 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hereunto_o in_o relation_n to_o what_o he_o have_v grant_v for_o a_o recommendation_n etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mas._n and_o fem._n fem._n yet_o i_o find_v it_o not_o so_o manifest_a afterward_o in_o thy_o book_n at_o all_o all_o and_o whereunto_o we_o have_v a_o full_a answer_n in_o be_v in_o manuscript_n reserve_v about_o five_o year_n in_o order_n to_o pursue_v and_o detect_v that_o of_o j._n p.'s_n if_o divulge_v abroad_o in_o print_n print_n as_o in_o his_o oppose_a pastor_n teacher_n elder_n etc._n etc._n in_o our_o day_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o they_o and_o render_v we_o at_o inforce_v order_n and_o set_v ourselves_o in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o heir_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o be_v answer_v in_o his_o life_n time_n by_o several_a of_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n w●●_n withstand_v his_o opposition_n in_o this_o matter_n matter_n for_o j._n crook_n have_v give_v public_a testimony_n against_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o this_o gospel_n day_n witness_v his_o treatise_n i._n e._n tithe_n no_o property_n etc._n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o must_v confess_v that_o in_o our_o public_a assembly_n for_o divine_a worship_n such_o posture_n as_o bespeak_v the_o most_o reverence_n to_o god_n and_o union_n among_o ourselves_o be_v most_o commendable_a edify_v and_o exemplary_a etc._n etc._n etc._n n._n c_o his_o epistle_n epistle_n so_o the_o work_n of_o backslider_n and_o apostate_n tend_v to_o fit_v they_o to_o hear_v and_o sit_v under_o the_o parish_n priest_n contrary_a to_o the_o real_a christian_a quaker_n witness_v f._n bugg's_o proposition_n espouse_v by_o he_o as_o his_o own_o judgement_n viz._n thing_n moral_a under_o the_o gospel_n man_n may_v be_v command_v by_o the_o magistrate_n as_o hear_v be_v a_o act_n pure_o moral_a a_o man_n may_v be_v command_v to_o hear_v the_o gospel_n preach_v without_o be_v force_v to_o give_v his_o assent_n to_o it_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n guide_v the_o magistrate_n to_o instruct_v his_o 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