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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41273	A defence of An apology for the people called Quakers being in answer to a book entituled Quakerism exposed, or, Some papers deliver'd to the King and Parliament / by John Field.	Field, John, 1652-1723.; Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724? Quakerism exposed.; Field, John, 1652-1723. An apology for the people called Quakers.	1699 (1699)	Wing F863; ESTC R29523	23,207	40

and in this Day to the true Christians Grief there are too many over whom the same degenerated Spirit and Power of him that kept not his first Habitation nor abode in the Truth hath prevailed and thereby they are become like the great Red Dragon that stood ready to cast forth his Flood to destroy the Man-Child assoon as he was born but in vain proved all his Rage and fruitless were his Attempts and so hath and will the Lord make all the Attempts secret Contrivances and Combinations of such against those who abide in the Faith and Patience of the Lamb of God for Behold said the Lord he who hath and will perform his Word they shall truly gather together but not by me Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy Sake No Weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every Tongue that shall rise against thee in Judgment thou shalt condemn This is the Heritage of the Servants of the Lord and their Righteousness is of me saith the Lord Isai 54.15 17. A shorter Abstract of the Sufferings before hinted THere have suffered of the said People called Quakers above 14638 Persons Sentenced to be and Banished     240 Died Prisoners     141 The Loss sustained by this Suffering People amounts to above the Value of l. s. d 43702 00 00 Besides vast Sums not reckoned herein which would amount to more than 27321 00 00 And makes in all above 71023 00 00 And this is not done in any wise to boast of their Sufferings but rather to shew they have been more than they are falsly represented by F. Bugg who with those few hot and angry Men that joyned with him have not been wanting in their endeavours to Incense the Government against this People by falsly Charging them with many Horrid Blasphemies and their Principles to be Bloody Treasonable and Destructive to Government which is an evident Token that it 's the same old Persecuting Spirit which once prevailed against this People that now works in these Men But as the Lord preserved them under all their Sufferings so he hath disappointed these Men in their Evil Designs for which they are truly thankful to God that he hath so preserved them and they did and do pray for those that despitefully use them and persecute them and bless Almighty God for his Mercy and Providence towards them and gratefully acknowledge the favour of the Government under which they live for their present Liberty in the free Exercise of their tender Consciences and peaceable Enjoyment of their Religious Meetings therein Which are not for any of those ill Ends nor of such dangerous Consequence or tending to Sedition c as hath been falsly and maliciously Suggested to the Parliament against them But are held in the Name Love and Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ and to no other end but to serve God and one another in Love and to counsel each other to keep and persevere in the Doctrine of Christ and in the Practice of that Religion he is the Author of Notwithstanding the Enmity of their Adversaries and malicious Insinuations of such who have left them and Judas-like seek to make them Suffer as Experience hath shewn And they hope their peaceable Demeanour under all Governments hath been and shall be a better Evidence to their Superiours for them than the groundless and malicious Suggestions or false Charges of their Adversaries against them And as by Law they have been indulged and no ill Consequences ensued therefrom and the Reasons remaining that induced the King and Parliament thereto viz. The Uniting the Hearts of the King's Subjects in Interest and Affection It 's Humbly Hoped they will in their Great Wisdom and Counsel continue it that every one that lives Peaceably and Honestly may enjoy his Undoubted Right viz. A free Liberty of Conscence to serve the God that made him in that way he is persuaded is most agreeable to his Mind and Will FINIS

on the behalf of the said People and an Appeal to the Inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk c. One Francis Bugg hath taken Occasion to carp at some Passages therein which he hath pick'd out and patch'd together for after mentioning part of the Title he takes a Sentence out of the 9th Page then he goes back to the 5th then forward to the 7th and back again to the 1st And therefore I shall cite the Paragraphs as they lie in the Apology and put the words he hath pick'd out in Black that the Reader may be the better capable to make a Judgment of his Disingenuous Dealing by me beginning with the last first because it 's in the 1st Page and is as followeth Suffer me to Expostulate with you on behalf of these Abused People in your Counties that have of late been render'd Blasphemers and to Apologize a little for them whom some among you have lately often Assembled and Consulted together how they might by Subtilty and Misrepresentation Incense you and by you those in Authority against these Innocent People and your Peaceable Country-Men and Neighbours that the Monster of Persecution might be again raised and let loose on them to suppress them Reply Now what just Occasion hath this Man to be angry with me for terming this People for whom I Apologize an Innocent People and Peaceable Neighbours Have they not in their Lives and Conversations in and under the various Sorts of Government wherein they have lived so demeaned themselves I leave this to the Just Principle which God hath placed in every Man that hath known them to answer Why is this Man so angry Had he rather they should be Nocent than Innocent If they were indeed a People that Fired Houses and Poisoned Rivers as he mentions and were duely convicted thereof though they should pretend they followed the Light of Christ within which Light never leads any into such Practices then the Law which is made for Transgressors and Magistrates which should not bear the Sword in vain might justly punish them for their Evil Doings But surely it doth not therefore follow that those who truly Believe in Christ Jesus and follow the True Light that lighteth every Man that cometh into the World must Suffer for their Faith in him and abiding in his Doctrine For this under what pretence so ever it may be would be Persecution which surely I might as well term the Monster of Persecution as F. Bugg a Badge of a False Church for he declares in his Postscript thus I do profess my self a Member of the Church of England I have often and do now again tell you that I am against Persecution and will add that Persecution for Righteousness sake is a Badge of a false Church And yet in the latter part of King Charles the 2d's Reign there were 1460 of these People Prisoners only for their Abiding in the Doctrine of Christ and peaceably Meeting together to Worship him in Spirit and in Truth and great Spoil and Havock were also made upon the Goods and Estates of these Innocent People for the same And many were Prosecuted for not going to their Parish Churches so called when they were Prisoners upon other Accounts as well as for Meeting viz. on Writs De Excommunicato capiendo and as Popish Recusants for 20 l. per Month and â…” of their Estates And by Law many of these People might have been Burnt at the Stake if the Writ De Haeretico Comburendo had not been Repealed I do heartily wish that no People professing Christianity may ever wear this Badge more nor raise the Monster of Persecution in this Nation again But that Liberty of Conscience may for ever be continued to all that Live Peaceably under the Government It being most agreeable to the Nature of True Christianity and to the whole Tenor of the Doctrine and Practice of Christ and his Apostles Apology p. 9. And if these People must be accounted Blasphemers if they disown not those Books or their Friends that writ them without seeing the Books or what 's in them how can they be either Just to their Friends or True to Themselves For ought any Man to condemn another without full Hearing and due Examination Or would those Clergy-Men account it Just that any should Charge them as the highest of Criminals and Condemn and Sentence them but he hath put Censure ' as such for what some of their Brethren have Writ in Books which they never saw nor read nor knew If not why should the Quakers without seeing the Books and examining the Contents be obliged to condemn their Friends for Publishers of Blasphemy or be esteemed Blasphemers Consider this I beseech you and examine whether it agrees with Christ's Doctrine All things whatsoever ye would that Men should do unto you do ye even so to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Or whether there is any ground to conclude that the Chargers would ever have refused to have given the account desired by the Quakers if they had been well assured that by the express words of these Books out of which they pretend to prove their Charge it would be clearly and evidently proved Now to the words that are in Black F. Bugg saith they are both Charged and Condemned just or unjust at the Quakers Bar and therein the Quakers are Gross Hypocrites and Dissemblers with God and Man Reply An high Charge but not proved That the Quakers just or unjust have Condemned and Sentenced those Clergy-Men so called without full Hearing and due Examination for what some of their Brethren have writ in Books which they never saw or read or knew the Contents of Oh Injurious Man To suggest such a Gross Falshood and then call the Quakers Gross Hypocrites and Dissemblers and render them such as do not as they would be done by But what other can we expect from such an Vnfair Adversary Apology p. 5. Out of this Paragraph which I shall recite at large F. Bugg hath pick'd a few words which I shall distinguish again by Black Characters But these People for whom I Apologize and Appeal to you how ever they are or may be Rendered and Represented by Men of Evil Designs and Persecuting Spirits Have Do and by the Lord's Assistance are Resolved to Continue Quiet in the Land and in their Christian Duty and Practice of making Supplications Prayers he saith Pray Intercessions and giving of Thanks for all Men for Kings and for all that are in Authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour who will have all Men to be saved and to come unto the Knowledge of the Truth This F. Bugg saith is so false and fallacious that I Challenge the whole World to prove one Instance of your Praying for King William or any King A Bold Challenge but as False as Bold For our Principle leads us and our