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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47129	The causeless ground of surmises, jealousies and unjust offences removed, in a full clearing of faithful Friends, and a sober vindication of my innocency, and the Friends concerned with me in relation to the late religious differences and breaches among some of the people called Quakers in America.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1694 (1694)	Wing K149; ESTC R1482	14,639	18

The Causeless Ground of Surmises Jealousies and unjust Offences removed in a full clearing of faithful Friends and a sober vindication of my Innocency and the Friends concerned with me in relation to the late Religious Differences and Breaches among some of the People called QUAKERS in America I Tenderly intreat and desire that none apply or construe any Words contained in these following Lines as intended by me in way of Reflection Blame or Charge against either the Body of Friends in general or any particular Meeting or Meetings of Friends in particular or against any singular faithful Friend or Friends whatsoever being only a full Clearing of Faithful Friends and a sober Vindication of my Innocency and Christian Testimony freely recommended to the tender Consciences of such as may read them I Find weighty Concern upon me to publish this following Declaration to silence and remove these evil Surmises Jealousies and unjust Offences taken both against many faithful Friends in general and Me in particular upon the Misconstructions and Misapplications that some have made of some Passages in my late Printed Books And in the first place I cannot but greatly blame them who have reprinted diverse of my late Books with other Titles than the Titles first given them as An account of the Divisions among the Quakers in Pensilvania A further Account of the Divisions among the Quakers in Pensilvania And to a small Treatise of mine concerning the Resurrection this new Title is given The Christian Quaker or George Kieth 's eyes opened as if the Name Christian Quaker were peculiar to me and some few others called Quakers or as if I had been formerly Blind till of late days both which I disown for whatever I have delivered in any of my late Printed Books touching either the Resurrection of the Dead or any other Principles of Christian Doctrine it hath been my Faith ever since I came among the people called Quakers which is upwards of thirty Years past and it is my charitable sincere Persuasion that the worthy Name of Christian doth truly belong to very many of that People as well as unto me having an experimental Proof through intimate conversation and frequent verbal Communication with many of them that they are sincere in the Christian Faith and whose Life and Conversation doth Seal unto the sincerity of their Christian Profession And whereas it hath been said that I have Printed several Books against the people called Quakers charging them with holding and cloaking more damnable Heresies and Doctrines of Devils than any Protestant Profession would tollerate I answer a great search having been made by many into all my Printed Books it hath not been found and I say it is not to be found that any where in all my Books I have charged the people called Quakers either in general or in the plurality with any such thing And by a Manuscript given forth by some of them that so charged me it is made apparent that I charged but a few and these few did not at most exceed thirteen when I did so charge them And that my innocency may appear in this Matter I need but recite some of the printed Passages in my late Books where I am so far from charging the People call'd Quakers in general or the Body of them that I purposely and with great care and industry have cleared them see for this in the Book call'd Some Reasons and Causes of the late Separation pag. 17. l. 14. where I say That we remain in dear unity with the Body of our faithful Friends all of them in all parts of the World and p. 23. l. 13. of the same Book We declare we are one with our faithful Brethren in all parts of the World both in Spirit Doctrine and Practice of true Christianity And we faithfully believe that our Faith in all things doth well agree to all our faithfull Brethren everywhere and is the real sound and upright Faith as it hath been received not only by ancient Christians in all Ages of the World but also by the most sound ancient and present Friends of Truth called in scorn Quakers Divers other Passages of the like nature might be cited out of my late Books but these may suffice at present and it is greatly to be noticed that notwithstanding the objections and severe Accusations that some have made against my late Books as being hurtful to Truth and Friends of it and giving advantage and strength to Adversaries of Truth Yet after great search into my Books and a strict Examination of them by some that have so complained there is not any Line or Sentence in any of them that they have made to appear to contain any untruth or falshood in them either in matter of Doctrine or Fact And as I have told them and answered divers times Generals prove nothing it is not enough to say my Books have done hurt unless they can instance particular Untruths or Falshoods in them of Doctrine or matter of Fact which they have not done I have also desired them who have so charged me to distinguish betwixt a proper and accidental Cause of an effect as even some of them have been put so to distinguish with respect to some of their own Writings an evil use being made of them by some ill minded men I have granted that some of my late Books might have been an improper and accidental cause of Hurt and Grief to Friends and of strengthening Adversaries but unless it can be proved that they are the proper and direct Cause of such Effects which hath not been proved it doth not follow that they are to be blamed for as they might have been the improper and accidental Cause of Grief to some so as can well be proved they have been of great service to many yea to Hundreds of Friends which they have acknowledge and have signified their great satisfaction and joy that God had raised me up and some others with me to appear in a zealous plain and clear testimony to those great Truths of Christianity plainly asserted in my late Books and in opposition to those vile and gross Errours boldly asserted by some that went under the same outward denomination And as this hath had a Service to many sincere hearted Friends of the same profession with us who have blessed God on our behalf for his giving us Zeal and Courage to appear in such a publick Testimony to these great Truths of Christ that had been as it were buried in silence by some and opposed by others the reviving and raising up of which God was pleased to show me in a Heavenly Vision and that he would make me an Instrument thereof with some others concerned for which and for all his other great Mercies I desire for ever to praise him so it hath had a great Service to many of almost all other Professions who had been jealous of us and did frequently accuse us in general as being unsound touching these great Truths