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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30017	A true copy of three judgments given forth by a party of men, called Quakers at Philadelphia, against George Keith and his friends with two answers to the said judgments.	Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699.	1692 (1692)	Wing B5361; ESTC R1869	12,205	17

Noble Joseph VValker Thomus Paschall Richard H●●liard William Watte Anthony St●●ges Ralph VVard Thomas P●●●t Jo●n G●a●●●●● Peter Chamberlain An Expostulation with Samuell Jenings Thomas Lloyd and the rest of the twenty eight Unjust Judges and Signers of the Paper of Condemnation against G. K. his Friends And Complain for a Publick Hearing and Tryal before all Impartial People WHereas Samuell Jenings Thomas Lloyd and others being in Number 28 have published a Paper against G. K. the rest of his Brethren wh● are joyned with him in this Testimony for the Lord Jesus against whom they prophecy That Dryness and Barrenness from the Lord will be their Reward We having read and considered the said Judgment do testifie against it as an unjust and unrighteous Act but that which aggravates the Crime against them is that they say This Meeting having tenderly and orderly dealt with him c. when they know in their Consciences they dealt 10. with G. K. n●r never sent for him to their said Meeting but tryed and judged him altogether in his absence wherein they have done worse than the Baptists did in the case of Tho. Hicks for when Friends appealed to the People call'd Baptists ●o●●●●●ice against T. Hicks they took their time appointed a Meeting and 3 or 4 days before the said Meeting sent Letters to G. W. and W. P's Houses to give them notice to be at the Meeting but they being so far from home that the● could not have timely notice it was reckon'd great Injustice for them ●o proceed and try Friends and T. H●cks in their absence and upon Complaint they give another Meeting But T. Lloyd S. Jenings and the rest are so far short of the Justice of the Baptists that they never so much as acquainted G. K. of their Meeting● or intent to proceed against him nor never sent for him that we can understand only W Byles came to G. K's house and asked for him his Wife told he was from home and she expected him the next Morning but they told nothing of their business with him but in all haste proceeded to judge him in his absence before he came home Is this your orderly dealing with him Is this your Justice Is this your Christ an tenderness your Charity your bearing with him in a Christian Spirit for shame cease thus proceeding or you will ●e a stink in the Nostrils of the Nations where it shall be told What! pretend to Christianity fall short of Heathen Justice John 7.50 51 Acts 25.16 17 Did the Baptists do unfair in proceeding to try Friends in their absence Then much more you for they gave some Notice before of their intending to Try Tho. Hicks but you never so much as told G. K. of your so Meeting Wherefore allow us so much Justice as the Baptists did to have another Meeting publickly to try G. K. where all People may be present that are willing to come and whereof G. K. may have timely notice and liberty to plead his own Cause and let all Impartial People judge through Gods Assistance we shall make it appear that your said Judgment is unjust G. K. not worthy of Condemnation Was there ever such an Act done in any Christian Society before to condemn a man without ever hearing of him or suffering him to speak for himself Surely its far short of any worldly Court where the party shall have timely notice to prepare for his his Trya●●nd liberty to plead his own cause in the face of the Country and where his Accusers are not allowed to sit and give Judgment against him But so it is that these Unjust Unrighteous Judges have proceeded to try judge and publish their Judgment against G. K. without ever hearing of him when it s well known the most of them were his great Opposers They might be sure this way to condemn him when only a Faction of them get toge●her and accuse him and he nor any for him be present to speak for him But that which still hightens the Crime of Tho. Lloyd Sam Jenings and the rest of the 28 Unjust Judges is that they of the Ministry should give such a false Judgment and then impose it on all the Meetings in these 3 Provinces when most of the Friends thereof are great strangers to the Matter in Controversie not knowing which Party is in the Right but they must take said Judgment upon Trust from them without enquiring into the Cause and Verity thereof and where they think their said Judgment will not readily be swallowed down they will follow it from Meeting to Meeting cloathed with their Magistratical Robes and if any Friends show their dislike of having it imposed on them without their own consent and consideration of the matter presently threaten to bind them to the good Behaviour and to the Peace and call out for a Constable thereby endeavouring to trample us down by their Magistratical Power Authority as Samuell Jenings Sam. Richardson Thomas Lloyd John Delavall and Anthony Morris did lately at a Monthly Meeting near Frankford as is well known to many Oh! 〈◊〉 whither do you think these things will run will it not give People just cause to say ●he Qua●ers are turned Persecutors But our Trust and Confidence is in the Lord alone who hitherto has pleaded the Cause of the Innocent and carried his People through all the Powers Oppositions that have hitherto 〈◊〉 up against them in all Ages and we doubt not but he will do the same for us as we keep faithful to him and to the Guidance of his holy Spirit Light and Life in our hearts But are these your Proceedings Christian or Protestant-like● or do they not ra●●er relish of Rank P●pery for the ●erg● o● them o● the Ministry to impose their 〈◊〉 the People without 〈◊〉 enquiring 〈◊〉 the matter Is 〈…〉 Obedience Is not this believing as the Church believes in order to bring● in Ignorance the Mother of Devotian Oh! who but ignorants and blind men but can see these things And yet now will ye stand in them O ye Vnjust Judges will ye not be willing to answer our just Complaint for a Hearing Will you come short of the Justice of the Baptists who admitted of another Meeting for a Hearing But perhaps you will say The Act of that Meeting was Infallible being made up of such a Body of the Ministry as Arthur Cook said lately in the House of G. ● That a Yearly Meeting could not Err But we desire to hope that som of you will better consider of it answer our just Complaint and no lurk in holes and corners but come openly and defend your selves and repent of the Error and false Doctrine you have run into and let a time and place be appointed agreed on by both Parties for a Publick Hearing If you have Truth and Justice on your side come forth and let it appear before the World and say not that such and such things

are false but prove them to be so and bring things to the Light and let not Christs words be fullfilled on you viz. You hate the Light because your deeds are Evil c. Say not that we are bold and daring thus to Challenge you for it s not wr●t in a presumptuous Spirit as relying on our own Strength or Parts but on the Lord alone on whom is our Dependance and who knows the Innocency of our Cause and therefore we are not afraid to bring it to the Test but willing to appear openly as hitherto we have done in Print and not as your Practice is to report false things secretly abroad which we know not whom to fasten upon but what we publish in Print remains to be the Authors whether true or false if false why don't you refute it the Press is free and open for you a● for any But the matter in 〈◊〉 Printed Books is true and stands over your Heads and which you will never be able to R●●●te But next let us enquire what have you condemned G. K. 〈◊〉 some of you say Partly for matter of Doctrine and partly for hard Words But as for Doctrine you have not mentioned what it is and as for the hard Names you mention it is made appear in The Plea of the Innocent c. that they were justly given by G. K. to them that deserved the same But have his Opposers given no hard Names no unjust and false Reflections yea many But why only then must G. K. be condemned and not they also who have given hard words and false Names to G. K. When G. K. complained against them for not giving Judgment against W. Stockdale's Blasphemy Samuell Jenings could excuse it by bringing the Example and Practice of worldly Courts saying George thou hast reviled thy Brethren and in Courts we allow of Discount So that according to S. Jenings W. Stockdale's Blasphemy must be discounted against G. K's Reviling his Brethren as they account it but can never prove But if Discount be allowable in this case why are not G. K's hard words discounted against those that have been given to him so far as they will reach And that it may appear what hard Names have been given we think fit here to mention viz. They say G. K. has called them 1. Fools 2. Ignorant Heathens 3. Infidells 4. Silly Souls 5. Lyars 6. Hereticks 7. Rotten Ranters 8. Muggletonians They of the other side have called G. K. 1. Brat of Babylon 2. Accuser of the Brethren 3. Apostate 4. Worse than Prophane 5. A Troubler of the Church 6. A Person that no one could have Difference with but he was in danger of the Life of his Soul 7. A Preacher of two Christs 8. A Teller of an Old St Andrews Story 9. Pope 10. Father Confessor 11. Lyar 12. Devil 13 Muggletonian 14. Compared him to a Wolf Tyger c. 15 One that alwayes endeavoured to keep down the Power of Truth 16. A more vexatious Adversary than Hicks Faldo Scanderet or the worst of Enemies 17. One that is fallen upon the soaring Mountains c. 18. 〈◊〉 a man slain 19. Become Treacherous to the Spouse of his Youth 20. Fallen 〈◊〉 his first Love 21. Gone into a Spirit of Enmity Wrath Self-Exaltation Contention c. 22. Foaming out his own Shame 23. A Person without the Fear of God before his Eyes 24. Leting loose the Reins to an Extravagant Tongue● 25. Broken out into many Vngodly Speeches Ratling Accusations Pa●●onate Threatenings being Cruel c. like an Vnwearied Adversary With many more that can be proved Now let the Impartial Reader judge which have exceeded in hard Words and whether they are not very partial to pass by all that hath been said against G. K. and condemn him for what he hath spoke in i●s right-place as is made appear in the Book called The Plea of the Innocent And yet when G. K. was the Complainer for many Months for Justice to be done to Truth they could plead for Discount and put Blasphemy against Christ Jesus in the Ballance against Reflections upon themselves and yet now will not disount for hard words And a●so they have judged a whole Meeting without ever admonishing of them If this be not Partiality Injustice and Unrighteous Judgment tell us what is And clear your selves of these things if you can Signed by us in behalf of the rest of our Friends by order of our Meeting the 18th of the 5 Month 1692. Thomas Budd Richard Hilliard John Ha●t Thomas Paschall William Bradford James Cooper Elizabeth Keith THE END Books to be Sold by William Bradford in Philadelphia 1692. The Christian Faith of the People called Quakers in Rhode-Island 4 d. A Catechism for Children and Youth and such others as need to be instructed in the first Principles of the Christian Religion By G. K. Pr. 6 d. A Testimony concerning the Resurrection of the Dead Day of Judgment and Christs last Coming Appearing without u● By G. K. 3 d. Truth and Innocency defended against Calumny Defamation in a late Report concerning the Revolution of Humane Souls c. G. K. 5 d. Some Causes and Reasons of the late Seperation that hath come to pass here at Philadelphia Shewing That G. K's Opposers were the Cause of the said Breach and Seperation and most properly are the seperate Meeting Together with an account of the sincere Christian Faith of G. K. and his Friends Price 9 d. The Plea of the Innocent against the False Judgment of the Guilty being a Vindication of G Keith his Friends from the false Judgment Calumnies and Defamations of S. Jenings J. Simcock T. Lloyd and others being in Number Twenty Eight Price 6 d. A Vision concerning Seperation among Friends in Old England By G. F. A faithful Warning and Exhortation to Friends to beware of seducing Spirits By S. Crisp 6 d. A● Appeal from the Twenty Eight Judges to the Spirit of Truth and true Judgment in all faithfull Friends called Quakers A true Coppy of three Judgments given forth by a Party of men called Quakers at Philadelphia against G. Keith c. With two Answers to the same New Husbandry to New-England or an Experienced way to raise Quick Hedges and Clover Grass and the way to make Syder Note That in some of Printed Copies of the Appeal from the twenty eight Judges c. there happen'd an Error in the Postscript which pray amend viz. line 1. for Anthony Morris read Sam. Richardson And whereas it is reported That the Printer being a favourer of G. K. he will not print for any other which is the reason that the other Party appear not in Print as well as G K. These are to signifie that the Printer hath not yet refused to print any thing for either Party and also signifies that he doth not refuse but is Willing and ready to print any thing for the future that G. K's Opposers shall bring to him