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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65856	Christ's lamb defended against Satan's rage in a just vindication of the people called Quakers ... from the unjust attempts of John Pennyman and abettors, in his malicious book, styled, The Quakers unmasked, clearly evincing his by a lover of truth and peace, G.W.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing W1917; ESTC R20009	52,095	70

Liberty to tender Consciences taking off Oppression and particularly that of Tythes which he promised to remove when he was low in his Mind in the Time of the Wars praying to God weeping saying Our Eyes are towards thee O Lord c. Surely if J. P. cannot say That he had no Success in those Days much less can he determine what Success he might have had against the Pope as he pretended if he had performed his Promises and he was reproveable for puting out honest Men for their Consciences the more because that was a Breach of his Promise of Liberty to tender Consciences but there were many when they saw the Self-endedness of O. C. and his Apostacy from the Cause which so many ventured and lost their Lives for they deserted the Army without being put out of it and I am perswaded That reproving him for putting such out of the Army for their Consciences was more upon his Breach of Promise than with an Intent to have them always continue in it in order to War and fight especially under so much as the Notion of Quakers who conscientiously deny fighting and Blood-shed But here seems to be the main Objection They were sober Men and such as feared God therefore they must need be Quakers and to continue them in Arms to fight kill and shed Blood must needs be contrary to what the Quakers have since declared to the King That they must needs be absolute Quakers because faithful to what they then knew does not follow for Paul was sincere from his Youth upward to what he professed before his Conversion and divers had some Convincement and Fear of God upon them in the Army before they were either converted so far as to be Quakers or did clearly see That Wars and Fighting did not consist with the Gospel Dispensation and New Covenant but many when they did see it came out from them and did leave them voluntarily therefore it is a false Observation and Inference that G. F. his Judgment was That Quakers might Fight but rather that it was a Breach of Promise and reproveable in O. C. to turn truer Men than himself out of the Army before so far convinced as to lay down their Weapons And if he should argue That Christ was contradictory to himself in suffering Peter one of his Disciples to wear a Sword before fully converted because he saith my Kingdom is not of this World this would not be taken for any good Argument especially among Christians so that this Man's deridingly calling the Quakers these peaceable Men and maliciously inveighing against them as Temporizers because of their Declarations to the King neither proves them such nor can he thereby invalid those Declarations and particularly that to the King in the Year 1660. viz. All Bloody Principles and Practices we as to our own Particular do utterly deny with all outward Wars and Strife and Fighting with outward Weapons for any End or Pretence whatsoever so those that use any Weapon to fight for Christ or for the establishing his Kingdom or Government both the Spirit Principle and Practice that we deny c. And this Testimony we still maintain and stand for and where 's the Contradiction and Temporizing Have we ever declared That we have owned Bloody Principles or Practices or that we would fight with Carnal Weapons for Christ or for the establishing of his Kingdom and Government while he cannot prove this where 's the Contradiction and then where is the Temporizing is it in denying Bloody Principles and declaring our peaceable Intentions to live quietly in Godliness and honesty under the King and Government or in giving Testimony against those that would fight for Christ or the establishing his Kingdom by Carnal Weapons of War and would build up Sion with Blood Have we not all along been against such a Practice And have not our peaceable Conversations declared the same Were not the Primitive Christians exhorted to be subject to the Higher Powers seeing they were ordained of God And dare he say this was a Temporizing in the Primitive Christians No does not the Apostle plainly say Ye must needs be subject not only for Wrath but for Conscience-sake Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5. This Subjection for Conscience-sake surely was not temporizing and the Subjection we owe to the Civil Powers whether Active or Passive so as we may keep our Consciences clear to God in doing or suffering and as the Apostle further exhorted put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and Powers to obey Magistrates and to be ready to every good Work Tit. 3. 1. And this was without exception against the Name King or other and submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreme or unto the Governours c. sent for the Punishment of Evil-doers and the Praise of them that do well 1 Pet. 2. 14. So that the Primitive Christians did not boggle at the Name King and for this Cause pay ye Tribute also rendring to all their Dues c. Ow no Man any thing but Love c. Rom. 13. 6 7 8. And the true Christians though they suffered for Christ and underwent many Injuries from Men yet they were to live peaceably with all Men they were not so much as to avenge themselves but rather to give Place unto Wrath for vengeance is mine and I will repay saith the Lord Rom. 12. 18 19. Herein they granted a Vengeance was due but were not to avenge themselves To our Adversaries saying That the Soldiers were charged to go forth with a free willing Heart c. Here is a Perversion in this for their Charge was they should keep in the Fear of the Lord that they might not lose the Dread of the Lord And dare this Man say That none of them had the Dread of the Lord at any Time upon them And that Advice given to O. C. Do not stand cumbering thy self about dirty Priests c. This he cites but to what Purpose it shews for his cumbering himself with such Covetous Priests he was reproveable and the setting up and promoting such Priests hath not consisted with the Good of our Nation under any Government Again I find in his Notes against Francis Howghill where it is said That it is no Rebellion to call away those in Power he hath this Aggravation added viz. by which he means to Depose those in Power that perform not their Trust for the Good of the People p. 4. See here how obnoxious to the Government he hath gone about to render the Quakers by this perverse addition of a meaning he hath put upon F. H. as if to call away and to Depose were both one in common Acceptance and yet this is the Man that pretends to abhor that Practice of rendring us obnoxious to the Government Pray how can we trust him c. he should have been so charitable as not to have aggravated the matter with such a Meaning