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spirit_n	father_n	lord_n	see_v	5,685	5	3.6798	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51566	Liberty of conscience asserted against imposition proposed in several sober queries to those of the people called Quakers who have assumed such an authority contrary to their former testimonies, as also unto those that have submitted unto it before they found convictions in themselves, for them to weigh and consider in the ballance of true judgment / [by] William Mucklowe.	Mucklow, William, 1631-1713.	1674 (1674)	Wing M3034; ESTC R30067	6,481	1

the mighty Pillars that compell'd the Gentiles contrary to the Truth received How ready were they here to be drawn aside by that Spirit from the measure of Truth in themselves This Example may be a Mark to all Imposers and Compliers It is therefore safe to stand still and to be in the Forbearance of that which we have no motion to from the Spirit of Truth because all Faith and Worship ought to stand upon its Convictions And therefore you greatly err who say the keeping on the Hat is a Practice introduc'd unless you can prove it 's done upon a Religious Account when as in truth it is only a Custom left which we formerly practised Friends God is jealous of his Honour and He will not give it to another And those that go to rob him thereof he will not hold them guiltless Remember from whence you are fallen and repent and do your first works And your Return must be to that Spirit against whom you have sinned and lay down all at the Feet of Jesus that he alone may rule the Body and the Members thereof as he pleaseth for evermore Perhaps it will be expected that I make some Reply to a Book called Judas and the Jews c. wherein I am charged by you to be one of the Cabal with the Author of Tyranny and Hypocrisie detected And therefore you have not been wanting to bestow on me the vilest of Names yea such Names as may deprive me of my Reputation as Apostate Runagade Vagabond Quaker Ranting Spirit Crawling Apostate with many more which may be seen in your Book The Lord lay not this unto your charge And having tasted in a measure of his Mercy and Forgiveness I can say in the sense of his Love Father forgive them Unto the other part I have a few words for the vindicating of my Innocency and condemning your Rashness First As touching the person that is said to be the Author of that Book I declare to you and all the World that I have not the least Acquaintance with him and I have been so far from employing him in the writing thereof that I have not so much as seen him that I know of for many years past And I have been informed not long since that the greatest part if not all was written before I knew of it And when I did hear that a Book was intended against Alexander the Coppersmith I acquainted several therewith with this Advice to enquire out the person or persons and give them a meeting to compose the difference to prevent its publication but could not tell them who was the Author Nor do I yet know but by report And whereas my name is mentioned abusively in your Book touching John Whitehead and Thomas Murford I have this in Answer That if I cannot make good what the Author of Tyranny c. detected doth charge in pag. 50 52 so far as it concerns me before persons equally chosen I shall be content to bear the blame And whereas it is denied that I accused George Fox to be a Respecter of persons in Judgment if Gawen Lawrey Sam. Newton John Bolton John Osgood will deny that I did accuse him as above let them declare it for they and many more were at that Meeting But I positively affirm I did so accuse him and am ready to make good my Charge and if they deny or do not remember it I can prove it by others there present To conclude If you had not either covered or justified the persons accused when guilty and condemned the Accusers when innocent I believe these things had never been made publick and so you reap the Fruits of your own Doings And until you take shame unto your selves and lie low before the Lord for these Abominations and let Judgment pass upon the Transgressor and spare no Person whatsoever for Favour or Affection I say until these things are accomplshed assuredly Sin will lie at your Doors I shall leave the Issue of what I have written unto the Lord. And having thus discharged my Conscience towards you in Faithfulness I shall end with that excellent Saying of Christ's As you would that all men should do unto you even so do you unto them for this is the Law and the Prophets From one who greatly desires to see Moderation Love and Charity to be mutually extended unto all those whose Hearts are upright and Consciences tender towards the Lord though in several Forms William Mucklowe London Printed in the Year 1673 4.