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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67230	The antiquity of the Quakers proved out of the Scriptures of truth published in love to the papists, Protestants, Presbyterians, Independents, & Anabaptists : with a salutation of pure love to all the tender hearted Welsh-men but more especially to Flint-shire, Denbigh-shire, Carenarvon-shire, and Anglesea / by Thomas Wynne.	Wynne, Thomas.	1677 (1677)	Wing W3782; ESTC R26413	13,761	24

THE ANTIQUITY OF THE QUAKERS Proved out of the Scriptures of Truth Published in Love to the Papists Protestants Presbyterians Independents Anabaptists With a SALUTATION of pure Love to all the Tender-hearted WELSH-MEN But more especially to Flint-shire Denbigh-shire Carenarvon-shire and Anglesea By their Country-Man and Friend Thomas Wynne Mat. 7.14 Narrow is the Way which leadeth to Life and few there be that find it Psalm 1.1 Blessed is the Man that walketh not in the Counsel of the Vngodly nor standeth in the Way of Sinners nor sitteth in the Seat of the Scornful 1 Thess 5.21 Prove all things but hold fast that which is good Printed in the Year 1677. THE ANTIQUITY OF THE QUAKERS Proved out of the Scriptures of Truth 2 Pet. 3.3 Knowing this first that there shall come in the last dayes Scoffers walking after their own Lusts COme Papists Protestants Presbyterians Independents and Anabaptists are not the very people amongst you the Apostle Peter said would come in the last dayes That many of you are guilty of being Scoffers is too evident and for you to deny it would be notorious since if a Catalogue of your Scoffs Jeers Reproaches Flouts and Derisions could possibly be collected it would without doubt be one of the greatest Volumns now extant in the World First To prove you to be such as generally practise Scoffing at Quaking and Trembling I may call for witness the greatest part of that call'd Christendom and it hath been a thing much observed by me in all Companies for these 20 years last past even amongst the solidest of you all that it hath been as the Burden of all your Drolleries to let fall some Scoff Taunt or Jeer at Quaking and Trembling And it hath been very ordinary with many especially the Priests to ask me Of how long standing Quakerism as they scoffingly called it had beer as if suggested by them that it is some New T●ing not heard of before George Fox preached that which convinceth men of Sin in their own Bosoms to be the Light of Christ And to Answer their Objections much hath been said to the same purpose as shall appear in these following Lines notwithstanding they persist in scoffing at such a Practice as a Delusion of the Devil Come Scoffers of all sorts read the following Scriptures and see if there were not Quakers before you reproachfully gave us that Name and if both Old and New Testament Prophets Christ and his Apostles approved of such a Practice as Quaking and Trembling and that they were ●uch themselves then let the Light in your Consciences judge what you are that scoff at it Gen. 27. Mark how good old Isaac was surprized that he had blessed Jacob instead of Esau insomuch that the Text saith And Isaac Trembled very exceedingly Come you Scoffers you may see that Quaking and Trembling is of greater Antiquity then either your Name of Papist Protestant Presbyterian Independent or Anabaptist and which of you dare say but Isaac was an Honest Man although a Quaker Exod. 19.16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there was Thunder and Lightnings and a thick cloud on the Mount and the Voice of the Trumpet exceeding loud so that all the people that were in the Camp Trembled Come all of you before-mentioned who call your selves Christians that scoff at quaking and trembling saying It is a New Thing and of Late Date I pray cast up how many Hundred Years is since these Quakers were in being and were not here a great number of Quakers above Six Hundred Thousand and were not these Quakers the Israel of God And truly we may say It was with us in England as it was then with Israel of old that when the Morning Light of Christ appeared after a long and dark Night of Apostacy we saw a thick Cloud over us and over you all and the Lord uttered his Voice like a Trumpet and thundered and lightened exceedingly so that great Terror and great Fear and Trembling sell upon us but it seems you have not seen nor heard any thing that could make such sturdy Oaks as you to tremble but scoffed us that did and do Tremble before our Maker 1 Sam. 4.13 where you may read that good old Eli watched by the Way side an trembled for the Ark of God and when he had heard that the Philistines had taken the Ark he fell down backward and broak his Neck and dyed And hath it not been ordinary with your Priests of all sorts to call their Opposers the Philistines and make Applications on this Text what Danger the Ark of God was in although we very well know what the Ark of your God was and is viz. your Fat Benefices Tythes and Augmentations and this was the Reason some of the Priests did so Bemone the Death of Old Oliver and in their Addresses to his Son Richard Read the Priests Addresses to Richard Cromwell after Oliver's Death telling him That their MOSES was Dead but he was their JOSHUA that must carry them to the Proms●d Land But what that Land and their Ark is may be easily known and so at every Overturning and Change this hath been the manner of the Priests of all sorts but they scoff at quaking and trembling 1 Sam. 14.15 And there was trembling in the Host in the Field and among all the People the Garison and the Spoilers they also trembled and the Earth quaked so it was a very great Trembling Read that Chapter and see the Cause of their Trembling and see if you can find any Encouragement for you to Scoff at Trembling Ezra 9.4 Then there were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the Words of the Lord God of Israel because of the Transgression of those that had been carryed away and I sate down until the Evening Sacrifice Come you Scoffers of all sorts was not here a Meeting of Quakers that trembled at the Words of God But you say Quakers and their Meetings are a New Thing and of late Date Ezra 10.3 Now therefore let us make a Covenant with our God to put away all the Wives and such as are born of them according to the Counsel of my Lord and of those that tremble at the Commandment of our God Mark you Scoffers there were Quakers in Ezra's dayes and the People that had done amiss were resolved to take Counsel of them that Trembled at the Commandment of God Job 4.14 Fear came upon me and Trembling which made all my Bones to shake Observe Was not this good Man a Quaker Job 21.6 Even when I remember I am afraid and Trembling taketh hold of my Flesh Psalm 2.11 Serve the Lord with Fear and rejoyce with Trembling But your Rejoycing is to Jeer Taunt and Scoff at Trembling Psalm 55.5 Fearfulness and Trembling are come upon me and Horror hath overwhelmed me Psalm 99.1 The Lord reigneth let the people Tremble Would not the People be Quakers then Psalm 119.120 My flesh trembleth for