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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56884	The Quakers charity above ingratitude in answer to a malicious pamphlet entituled The Quakers cruelty presented to the King and Parliament, and subscribed by Thomas Boyce : manifesting the spirit of enmity and madness which works against the truth and seeks to reward those that live in it evil for their good / sent forth in pursuit of the said malicious pamphlet from that people whom he hath grosly abused, who are call'd Quakers.	Boyce, Thomas. Quakers cruelty, deceit & wickedness, presented to the Parliament.	1675 (1675)	Wing Q18; ESTC R28164	4,780	9

I never spake to them about it nor was any Wayes in the least concerned in it until that they of themselves were contracted and agreed and had declared it in Publick W. Miers WHereas T. Biddle is accused by T. Boyce with saying That she the said Woman was of a bewitching Spirit and that he feared she would prove a Whore so that they were willing to let her have a Husband Tho. Biddle doth deny that he ever said that she was of a bewitching Spirit neither did he ever say that he was afraid she would prove a Whore but doth acknowledge that he did say she had drawn out the Affections of a Servant of his being an Apprentice whereby he became Negligent in his Business but he dyed in the Time of the great Contagion in London but he doth not charge her with the Cause of his Death these Things proceed from the Spirit of Spite and Envy that rules in him and in this Spirit of Cain that Murtherer Guilt Fear possesseth him that Voice of Cain is heard It shall come to pass that whosoever shall meet me shall slay me and by this Spirit he hath been led to swear he went in Danger of his Life because of me who never had a Thought in my Mind to hurt him and caused me to be bound over to the Sessions when he was asked before the Magistrate if he had not forsworn himself he said If he had be it upon him and if he had he was but damned I know no other Cause on my Part of this his Envy but because when Contention and Difference arose between the young-married Persons who are his Relations he being present when a Composure was endeavoured in Order to make the Breach wider he did affirm as now he saith in Print pag. 7. that she was not his Wife and being reproved for speaking so unadvised and rash he produced this Argument to prove what he said bringing Solomon's Words he that finds a Wife finds a good Thing but she is not good therefore not his Wife for this he was judged of me and all present and ever since he hath grown worse and worse and encreased in Rage and Enmity against his best Friends who have endeavoured his Good and Preservation inwardly and outwardly herein he hath brought Vengeance upon his own Head and he shall bear his own Judgment Tho Biddle Concerning subscribing to our Form mentioned pag. 6. All that he hath said upon this Account we do utterly deny as being totally false and malicious and do declare that we did never prescribe any such Form of Words as he hath set down or any other to those who propound their Marriage among us or thatever we lent any Mony on any such Subscriptions or Acknowledgments As to his Charge against Tho. Padly of speaking about turning him down Stairs those Words were disowned by us at that present and Tho. Padly being spoken to about it did forthwith acknowledge that the Word was spoken in Haste and thereby gave reasonable Satisfaction in that Matter And as to what he saith relating to W. Penn take the Testimony following SInce Tho. Boyce has mentioned W.P. in his abusive Pamphl●t who deserved it not at his Hand W. Penn being enquired of doth deny that ever he acknowledged that Tho. Boyce had been wronged by Friends that he found him so full of Distraction mixt with Spight and Envy that unless he had been as discomposed and envious as himself he could not have said what T.B. charges upon him but this W. P. saith he remembers that he exhorted him to be Calm in his Mind and demean himself soberly as became his Pretences and he with G. W. who was by would endeavour to encline Friends to assist him and do him Right in Case he were wronged but this Condition to wit to be sober and quiet he tells the World was against his Conscience and further saith That he utterly abhors to bribe a Man to a Thing that is Just much more to stop the Mouth of one oppressed as he pretended to be and the said T.B. complaining of his Poverty in meer Compassion he gave him ten Shillings but not upon Condition of concealing any Thing further telling him that he going under the Name of a Quaker if he did not walk in God's Fear and be Cool and Quiet he would furnish malicious Persons with Occasion against the Truth not having any Cause of Fear of T. Hicks or any else as he falsly insinuates neither doth he remember that he named any Persons to him since which it doth appear his Aim was Base and Mercinary and not only that he is under a kind of Distraction at Times as his Neighbours certifie p. 10. of his Book he continued in a distracted Condition for some Months but that he is also evidently Hypocritical for whereas he judged Friends to be fallen from their Integrity and justifies himself as one more saithful he has unworthily offered to swear the Peace against divers peaceable Men that never sought his Harm pulling of his Hat to the Justice saying May it please you Sir to tender me an Oath pray Sir give me my Oath c. taking Advantage at our Contrary Practice hoping thereby to have his Revengeful and Mercinary Ends upon us and all this because our Friends would not feed him in his Lazyness nor mantain him when he was able to work nor are we Vnsensible who they are that make Vse of these Slanders and Envy to bespatter us which to be sure doth not become their Pretences to Religion This short and candid Account of the Matters contained in his malicious Pamphlet directed to King and Parliament we thought meet to give forth for the clearing of the Truth and the undeceiving of any Persons whether high or low who might be in Danger to believe any of his wicked Insinuations and if any notwithstanding give themselves over rather to believe Lyes then to believe the Truth when both are presented to their View we are clear and the Evil thereof will redound unto themselves and unto those who ministred the Occasion thereof POSTSCRIPT WHat concerns T. Boyce his Turbulent Rude and Bedlam like Behaviour roaring and belching out his Outrage in our publick Assemblies signified in the aforesaid Account many hundreds can testifie the Truth thereof so whether his thirteen Witnesses testifying that he is both an Honest Man and a Peaceable Liver where he dwells will clear him or not let the Impartial Readers Judge yet his Neighbours Testimony of him That he continued in a distracted Condition for some Months is probable enough THE END