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A35020	The general history of the Quakers containing the lives, tenents, sufferings, tryals, speeches and letters of the most eminent Quakers, both men and women : from the first rise of that sect down to this present time / being written originally in Latin by Gerard Croese ; to which is added a letter writ by George Keith ...	Croese, Gerardus, 1642-1710.; Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1696 (1696)	Wing C6965; ESTC R31312	344,579	528

Society of Quakers This Man being born in Holland of English Parentage went over into England where he finish'd his Philosophical and Theological course in the University of Cambridge that Nursery of Learning which boasts so much of her integrity that she never emitted any Disciples that prov'd corrupt or unsound in Religious matters He afterwards became Minister to a Church in that Country being ordain'd by Reynolds Bishop of Norwich but he had not long exercis'd this function when he made defection to Quakerism at the same very time that he was most busy in confirming and fortifying himself and his hearers against the influences of that sect There was a young Virgin among the Quakers fam'd for her dexterity and skill in Preaching whom many of the people us'd to follow Coughen having understood that she was to preach in a certain place goes thither himself in his Canonical Robes in order to preserve his hearers from being seduc'd by her discourses But so soon as he came to hear her he was so mov'd and affected that he not only not oppos'd her or her Doctrine but appear'd for its defence and spoke publickly for it at that same occasion and returning home abandon'd his Ecclesiastick habit joyning himself to be a member of their Society in which he afterwards became a Doctor and Preacher and was much caress'd and applauded by them But not long after this he return'd to Holland again and meeting at Harlem with Edward Richardson Minister to the English Church in that place and discoursing with him about Religion he was so influenc'd by his company that he forsook the Quakers and their Society betaking himself to Leyden when he pursued the study of Medicine Which where he had finish'd he returns to England and professes that Art of administring medicine to the sick sequestrating himself all along from that Society till at length some three years thereafter he attempts to introduce a new Model of Doctrine and Discipline which had been so often endeavour'd by so many and so great Men of obliging all Christians to concentrate in one common faith and interpose their interest and power for reconciling the differences of Religion amongst all who profess'd the Name of Christ All this while Fox was not Remembred or talk'd of except amongst those of his own Profession and Society for he had been detain'd Captive for three successive years together one half of that time in Lancashire and the other half in Yorkshire he was first Imprison'd for his frequent Conventicles and also for refusing his Oath of fidelity so oft as it was requir'd of him During the whole course of his Captivity the Judges order'd and decreed many injurious and rough sentences against him The chiefest of his fellow Prisoners was Margaret Fell whom he afterwards made consort of his marriage-bed both of them were mutually assistant to each other in all duties of Religion affording one another such help and comfort as people so intimately conjoyn'd both in Friendship and Religion generally expect from one another But after this he was shut up in a Dungeon full of filth and nastiness and standing stagnating water where he underwent much misery being forc'd sometimes to pass the night without having whereupon to sup upon which he was taken very ill and was now but slowly recovering his former strength I have already told what havock that merciless plague had made both in London and the Neighbouring Countries But upon the back of this evil there succeeded another in the ensuing year sixty six viz. That terrible fire which did not indeed reach the whole Country but burn'd and wasted almost all that noble and populous City of London so that to this day all England has not been able to forget it nor shall succeeding ages ever obliterate such a dismal● account of their Remembrance Having given you an account of the many hard and miserable conditions of these Men I shall now adorn this treatise with some pleasing variety to divert and refresh the mind of my Reader perhaps now wearied with reading It will not be amiss therefore to take a view of what the Quakers wrote for these four years by way of Prophecy and Prediction concerning the future State of the Kingdom and both these memorable afflictions of the City of London for such kind of Histories do much delight and charm the ears of Men I shall only select those that are most memorable and worth observation The predictions of Men do generally run upon some great and wonderful revolutions and changes tho they seldom come to light till the event be past These people were so certainly persuaded that some of their faction had so distinctly and clearly foretold the future scenes of affairs and both these Calamities of London that whoever misbeliev'd 'em was concluded by them to have shaken off all manner of faith and belief A certain Quaker call'd Serles a Weaver in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty two saw these words wrote in legible Characters upon the Circumference of a Kettle hanging over the fire Wo to England for poysoning of Charles the 2d Cardinal I understand Moloch Twenty Nations with him Englands misery cometh The Man being affraid at the sight calls the Neighbours to come and see it who coming were ravish'd with admiration to behold that wonder which they could not guess from whence it came The writing appear'd legible for a whole hour together and then evanish'd on its own accord Many of the people and those of considerable note who were not Quakers attested the verity of this wonder I my self have seen and read both the story and the same very words mark'd by John Coughen whom I formerly mention'd in his Note-book that same year which book was kept in the Closet of a certain great Man in this Country from that year till two years after King Charles's Death all which time it was kept secret from any other body so that no doubt is to be made of the Authentickness of that Annotation But what the Quakers would have meant by these words or that sight and how they Accommodated it to the manner of K. Charles's Death and to the changes of Religion and Miseries to come after many years and how the future event of things happening about the King Charles's Death that were told reported known and seen through all England did agree with these words is not needful to be determin'd in this place The Quakers affirm'd that one of their Captives at London did clearly foretell the pestilence that was to overtake that City saying that in a short time the streets which then were replenish'd with Men and resorted to by many should be seen cover'd with grass and wanting Men to tread upon● them But I shall not extend this presage any further lest I seem to recede from the design'd order and brevity of this treatise This they relate of the fire of London that there was a Quaker at Hereford who before the burning of

dead and hypocritical Faith I never did contend with any nor do I at present Yet this doth not hinder but that many both in England and throughout Christendom consisting of divers Professions under the common name of Christians have a sincere and living Faith of Christs Death and Sufferings c. which doth greatly profit them to Eternal Salvation P. 115. Which when it is brought to pass viz. the New Birth Christ who is altogether Holy and Righteous doth exist live and work in that Man and by that the same Man becometh just by the righteousness of Christ existing in that Man The Annot. He doth truly enough here relate what is the judgment of many yea the greatest part of the Ministers of that People who do not distinguish betwixt the Righteousness of Justification whereof a great part is Forgiveness of Sins by and for Christs Sake and for his Merits Sake apprehended by a sincere and effectual Faith and the Righteousness of Sanctification whereby the Faithful are made inwardly Holy and Righteous by the inward Virtue and Life of Christ and of the Holy Spirit inwardly working in the Hearts of the Saints which sanctifying Virtue and Power only true Believers in Christ Crucified do feel and experience and in this I differ from them and in many other things as I have heretofore done P. 116. And so indeed they did admit and receive a Ministry of the Gospel but such as every Christian ought to undergo although in a distinct degree by the alone impulse of the Holy Spirit without the Call of Men. The Annot. Yea not only without the Call of Men but without all Examination or Trial whether they who profess they are moved by the impulse of the Holy Spirit to the Ministry are able and qualified to undergo that Office being instructed and endued with Spiritual Gifts of Knowledge and Doctrine Whereby it comes to pass that very many both Males and Females among that People are suffered to exercise the Office of Preaching in their publick Meetings who are very sottish and miserably ignorant in the first Elements and Rudiments of the Christian Doctrine And this most vile Error and Practice hath brought in so great Ignorance and Blindness among them which men but meanly instructed in the matters of Christian Doctrine and Faith can scarce enough admire George Keith Some other short Annotations correcting some mistakes in the Author of this History with respect to some other particulars and one or two Observations Pag. 273. That the Quaker that foretold the burning of the City of London lived at Hereford The Annot. This I think is a mistake he belonged I suppose to Huntingtonshire P. 321. Afterwards Solomon Eccles went into New England where in a certain Speech with a vehement contention of Wrath he pronounced a certain judgment to come upon a particular Person as if he had been commanded of God to do it which Oracle when it failed c. The Annot. This is a great mistake as to the place which was not New England for he was then in old England somewhere in the West towards Bristol the sentence or false Prophecy being by him pronounced against John Story an ancient Preacher among that People who never was in New England The great and only offence that Solomon Eccles and his Party had against him being that he did not agree in all Points to some Orders and Methods of Church Discipline given out by G. Fox especially about Womens Government in the Church which John Story and many others did think the other party did extend too far and did too severely and rigidly impose upon their Brethren But after the time of this false Prophecy was expired John Story lived some years against whom nothing was ever justly objected either as to his Doctrine or manner of Conversation And though what the Author writes in true that Solomon Eccles aferwards when he had the experience that his Prophecy was vain and false did by a publick Writing confess his Error yet too many of his party greatly sought to extenuate his Crime by alledging that it was true as to substance though it failed as to the circumstance of time and I did not hear that for any time Solomon Eccles was put to Silence and a stop put to his Ministry for that trespass though it was very great for if Men but flatter their Ministry great Trespasses will be connived at but if any deal plainly and roundly with them and tell them their Faults it shall be esteemed next degree to impardonable Sin P. 438. The Propriety and Government of Pensilvania being void by the Death of William Penn the Elder from whom also the possessive name of that Country together with the Propriety and Government of it passed to his Son William Penn. The Annot. This is also a mistake for though William Penn had a considerable Estate that came to him by his Father yet his Father was never in the possession of either the Propriety or Government of Pensilvania but it came to him wholly after his Fathers Death as is known to many and the name of Pensilvania took its Rise from the Son and not from the Father which name as was commonly reported was given to the Country by King Charles II. who gave him the Country and its Government P. 570. That Esther Biddel said She was by the Instigation of God moved to pray the French King that he would make Peace with God and with the Nations c. The Annot. How is it probable that God would send a Message to the French King by such an ignorant Person and so great an Unbeliever in Christ Crucified unless we could suppose that such a Miracle was wrought as when God opened the Mouth of the Ass to reprove the madness of Balaam the said Esther Biddel being heard by many in a publick Meeting of the Quakers on a first day at the Savoy a little before her pretended Message to the French King so to Preach Friends Keep in your minds to Christ the Light in you and let not your minds go forth to a Christ without you for in the beginning Friends did not direct us to Christ without us but to the glorious Light of Christ within us in which Anti-Christian Doctrine another in that same Meeting did oppose her Note Some very small Additions are put in by the Author of the Letter betwixt by way of Explanation to make some things in the Letter more plain Something Added in Behalf of the People called Quakers both with respect to the Historian and also G. Keith ANd therefore after the perusal of this History and George Keith's Letter added it 's desired this may seriously be considered it being mostly taken out of a Book of George Keith's printed by him Anno 1692 Intituled A Serious Appeal Wherein he takes notice of Directions for weak and dis●empered Christians and saith may be of some service to that Injured People called in Scorn Quakers p. 1. From my own