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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49979	News of a trumpet sounding in the wilderness, or, The Quakers antient testimony revived, examined and compared with itself, and also with their new doctrine whereby the ignorant may learn wisdom, and the wise advance in their understandings / collected with diligence, and carefully cited from their antient and later writings, and recommended to the serious reading and consideration of all enquiring Christians, by Daniel Leeds.	Leeds, Daniel, 1652-1720.	1697 (1697)	Wing L914; ESTC R11241	77,230	166

that he brings against paying Tythes there is one to shew Tythes inconsistent with the Gospel State And I know none in Christendom no not the Priests themselves but they wi●● deny that they take Tythes as Tythes but only as Maintainance for Pre●ching and not as any other part of the Ceremonial Law And the most weighty Reasons T. E. brings to shew why they refuse to pay Tythes is That 't is the h●ghest Injustice in the Priests to take Tythes of the Quakers who neither set the Priests on wo●● nor like their works nor receive their Work cas●ing it the Yoak of Oppression ●as indeed it really is so Therefore 't is the Unreasonableness Unjust●ess thereof that is the ground of their refusing to pay Tythes together with Coveteousness and not that the paying Tythes is a Denyal of Christ for T. E. is so far from charging those with breaking any Command of Christ or of the Apostles who pay Tythes that he implicity grants they do not in p. 5. 13. So then seeing they who pay Tythes break no Command of Christ how much less shall their refusing to pay Tythes constitute any to be Christians so invalid weak is this their greatest Proof that they own Jesus to be Christ while their Books are standing Evidences that they deny him Again the Turks and Pagans that are not concerned in pa●ing Tythes do by this their Rule own Christ to be the Saviour of the World tho' all Christendom knows the Turks Principle is to deny him so to be CHAP. XIII Of MIRACLES JEsus Christ wrought Miracles by the Power of God The Disciples wrought Miracles in the Name of Jesus of Nazaren● G. Fox is said to have wrought Miracles by the Power of God not a word of Jesus in whose name the Disciples did it This is to be seen in the Journal of G. Fox in the third Table under the word Miracle which Miracles they there cite to be She that was ready to dye raised up again The La●● made whole The diseased restored John Jayes Neck broke Restored c. Now as to she that was ready to dye raised up I have known a Woman recover from the point of Death at the Prayer of a Priest who took Tyths such they call Conjurers greedy Dogs c. Yet this was not lookt upon as a Miracle tho' I believe God might have regard to the Prayers of both G. F. and the Priest in that case Again as to John Jayes Neck broke I knew the man and spoke with him afterwards who as he was r●a●ng with G F. in East-Jersey fell off his Horse and disjoy●ted his Neck and G. F. seeing how it was pulled his neck into Joynt again and so sav●d his life And such a thing as that many have done yea a Prophane man has done the like to my knowledge Also in the Book call'd A Reply to the Vindication c. p. 14. 't is said Visible Miracles have been done amongst us in the sight of the World c. see also the Journal of G. F. p. 307. And had a large Meeting at a Constables House on whom the Lord had wrought a great Miracle c. Note he●e is neither the Name of the Constable nor the Town where he dwelt Nor what kind of Miracle it was and also 28 years before it was published Pray what is here to induce any to believe it but such whose faith is to take all upon trust Let all discreet Persons consider if such things as these will not ha●den instead of converting the Jews considering the Titles G. F puts on himself as professing Equality wi●● God see p. ● 3. of A Brief Relation ●c confirmed in p. 67 127. Great Mystery where he says he spoke it out of all Creatures ●nd in News coming out of the North p ●1 he declares himself to be The Prophet that was prophesied of c. And S. Eccles calls him The Prophet whom John was not And G W. and W. P. in their Books Judas and the Jews p. 44. Serious Sta●ch p. 58. Judgment Fixt p. 19 26 and in several other Books justifie and excuse as well these Ti●●e as also That he the said G. Fox is TH● 〈…〉 of many Nations whose Being and His 〈…〉 the ●ower of the Highest in which he Rules and Gov●rn in Righteousness and his Kingdom is established in Peace and the INCREASE thereof it without End and much more to the same purpose together with his thus being set up a Worker of Miracles too I say if the Jews should give equal Credit to these Things with the History of St. Luke how will they know who is accounted the Messiah G. FOX or JESVS of Nazareth especiall● seeing W. Penn denys that Outward Person to be him which suffered at Jerusalem who was called Jesus of Nazareth see Serious Apology p. 146. Good Christian Reader consider the Event and Effects of these things Be otherwise minded than G. Whitehead is who says He neither consults Events no●●ears Effects in what he writes see his Introduct to Judgment fixt Is it not high Time for some to be raised up to testifie against these Things But that which seemed most like a Miracle to me and many more as blind as I was the was That G. F. shou●d have the gift of Tongues to interpret all Languages as in his Book called The Battle-door to the Docters and Schollars c. when alas it has been of late discovered that certain Jews were hired to do it for him and had 80 pounds for their pains paid them by G Roberts besides 12 Botles of Wine over and above And were not this Treatise swelled bigger then I intended would here have shewed some Examples to prove the said Journal to be a History not fairly related but Partial and Painted some things put in some le●t out some mended and peiced c. But which is yet worse if true I have seen a Sheet called An Essay c. lately put out by one T. C. wherein he shews that G F. in answering Priests and Professors Books f●stly Quoted their words and prevented them and took pieces of sentences transposed the words thereof so as to make them say another thing that the Authors never intended and then called them ●he Authors sayings and so answered them which if really true must needs b● judged wicked by all moderate intelligent Persons Therefore it behoves W. P to appear and clear G. F from this gross Charge the which if he cannot do h●w vainly and falsly does he say in the Preface to his Journal Many have done well but thou dear George Excellest them ALL. Note I mention these things because I alwayes believed plainness and honest simpl● hearted dealing was the way to set up Christian Religion and not such Craft But as to real and unfeigned Miracles when we lately heard a Report of two Miracles wrought in London one upon a girle being restored suddainly from a lameness in her Limbs which she had from her