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A46824 The state of the case, briefly but impartially given betwixt the people called Quakers, Pensilvania, &c. in America, who remain in unity, and George Keith, with some few seduced by him into a separation from them as also a just vindication of my self from the reproaches and abuses of those backsliders / by Samuel Jennings. Jennings, Samuel, d. 1708. 1694 (1694) Wing J670; ESTC R3996 38,369 87

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●s never done by that lame Record of Daniel ●●ds's producing that gives no account of ●urses Distances nor number of Acres of ●adow which is such a return as one pre●●ding to art would blush at But however ●e can be no wrong done by me to Richard ●tthews for either it was Surveyed to ●● or it was not if it were then he has it ●t were not What pretence hath he to it ●e than I who am a Co-ordinate Proprietor ●h him The Fifth and last Article Relating to me is only a suggestion in general terms of abuses done to John Skeen Deceased which if Peter Boss had nothing to say to make good his Charges I shall need to say as little in my defence As to the Sixth and Seventh Article Where he squibbingly queries Whether it were S. J. or J. Simcock that was carried Drunk to Bed betwixt to persons And whether it were the said S. J. or J. Simcod that was Drunk lost a Coat that was borrowed of another Man These things I know nothing of and believe that J. Simcock deserves not so base a Reflection being a M●● fearing God and of good Repute in the Country but his Crime is that he is one of the Twenty Eight that flrst appeared in ● testimony against G. K. c. Thus Reader if thou art impartial thou wilt see and grant how little matter is i● this great and loud Charge and nothing proved so that all indifferent People did nauseate and abnor the baseness of the praction of this Man Peter Boss whom the Jury found only Guilty as they say of transgressing the 29th Chapter of the Laws of this Province c. For which he was Fined Six Pound The word only here is given to put an ●mphasis upon the Verdict which shews how ●ight a matter the Libeller esteems it to slight ●nd Condemn Magistracy and Government ●e necessity and dignity of which is not to ●e disputed in it self how mean soever the instruments of it be since we have always awned it to be an Ordinance of God As ●o divers other things suggested against me ●● that malicious Libel relating to the usage of my Servants c. representing me either ruel or obscene I deny any one thing as here suggested to be true and were it ●eedful I could procure as large a testimo●y of the good usage of my Servants perhaps ●● any Man in that Country that hath been laster of so many and that from the very ●ands of those that I am represented to abuse though I was never principled against giving ●e Correction to Servants and in that Coun●y where Servants are bound for time it 's ●ery well known how froward many have ●roved with design if possible to torment ●●d tire those they have belonged to to force ●em to give them their freedom I shall give but one Instance more of the reasure I have had from these People I mean G. K. P. B. c. and so come to a Conclusion ●aving been much larger then I intended or ●●y circumstances for time would well allow ●● the Book indeed deserved being it 's such ●● none here nor any where else can yet be ●und by me to own The matter is this as near as I can relate it not having the Paper by me Whilst Peter Boss was in the Pris● at Philadelphia he says there came to visit hi● one Robert Cole who asked What are you● Prison for Saying S. I. was Drunk I 'le pro● that for he was Drunk at my House and Spew● in the Bed and gave the Maid a piece of Eight to clean it This Peter Boss c. spread To● and Country by small Manuscripts thr● into the hands of such as never were of o● Communion for it came too late to be Priced with the rest or else no doubt we had ●● it When I heard it I desired two Friend who lived near Cole to enquire if he had ● reported he told them if he had he did ●● know it for he confessed he was Drunk wh●● he was in Prison with Peter Boss and th●●● knew no such thing by me but said on ●● Morrow after he had been with P. B. Geo● Keith desired to speak with him and wh● together G. K. asked him concerning wh● he was said to have reported of me he t●● him as he says that he knew no such thing ● me G. K. told him an honest Man would ● as good as his word and he having said ● Why should he deny it He said he know not that ever he said it but did Confess ● was Drunk and knew not what he said B●● G. K. pressed it so far till as Cole says ●● Wife desired him to desist saying Husband the Man says he was Drunk therefore let him alone Yet notwithstanding the report was spread by Paper c. to the utmost of their power I shall not need to aggravate this by making any remarks upon it being so loathsome in it self as cannot be related without great reluctancy How like this was to Sufferers for Religion and under the weight of a heavy Persecution I shall leave my Reader free to sudge and pray God to forgive the Iniquity of my Enemies that have bitterly belcht out and thrown forth whole floods of reproach against me which how ill soever it hath been on their part I bless God I have been carried through it and over it and can hardly count it ● suffering esteeming i● as my Crown to be reproached by such as Apostatize from the Truth with which I have been acquainted long ●ough to make it familiar and easie to me And it is my great satisfaction that the unkindnesses I have met with in this Nation at this or any other time nath ●een mostly from those ●at have been concerned in or favourers of ●he Old or New Separation which rather than ● would purchase their favour at so dear a ●ate as to spare them much less to fall in with ●hem till they repent I would rather chuse ●● stand exposed to their ●tmost rage and fury And though I am not wholly unknown nor a granger in this Nation and have reason many ●ays to be endeared to it and more that the ●ay of God's Love reached me in it than that drew my first Breath in it Yet having had my esidence for more then 14 Years in a remote and it may with reason be supposed that my condition and Carriage may be better known there than here For which Reason I have chosen to publish the Certificate sent ● me by Friends there who remain in Un●● and have not been defiled with G. K.'s S●● paration which I intend for a Conclus●●● of this Work To our Dear Friends and Faithful Brethren in England and elsewhere where these may come From our Quarterly Meeting in Philadelphia in Pensilvania the 4th of the 10th Month 1693. IN a tender sense of that Everlasting Love which God the Father through his Dear Son Christ Jesus hath Loved us and United us together in the Unity of his Spirit and Bond of Peace where there is no Rent or Division Hatred or Prejudice do we sincerely salute you all Earnestly desiring that Grace Mercy and Peace Love Unity and Concord be more and more multiplied amongst you and us and all God's Heritage every where And that it may please the Lord to subdue and cause that to wither and decay that would break our Unity trouble the Common-wealth of Israel and lay Stumbling-blocks in their way Although it 's a day of great Tryal Exercise and Affliction to the Seed of Jacob in this part of the World yet we have cause to say it 's a day of God's Love so that many were never nearer to the Lord or enjoyed more of his presence which sweetens the waters of afflictions and makes the passage through the vale of tears and mourning easie unto us the Lord having raised our desires after and given us a measure of the sence of the durable reward and Kingdom of Everlasting Joy Rest and Peace Our dear and well esteemed Friend Same Jennings having laid his intention before the Meeting of going for England to visit Frieds there We thought fit and also our duty to certifie unto you that we have good Unity with him in the Spirit and Life of Jesus whose Labour and Trayel in the Gospel ●● Peace and Salvation the Lord hath bee● pleased to make successful so that his Living and Savoury Testimony has a seal in ●● Hearts of the true Israelites of God in th●● American Parts who has stood firm in the Building of the Lord against that Spirit i● George Keith and his Adherents that would Divide Rent and Scatter and many have been the Malicious Arrows that have been Shot at him endeavouring with all the Art and Parts that Spirit could prompt them to to Villfie and Wickedly to Calumniate him both with Tongue and Press therefore the Love of God and the regard we have to his Truth constrains us to certifie unto you that as far as we can understand he is clear from the false Aspersions and Defamations that has been spread abroad in many Countries by the said G. K. and his Adherents having been cleared in the face of the Country of many of them with shame to the false Accuser Note The Friends saying I have been cleared in the face of the Country with shame to the false Accuser of many of the Aspersions and Defamations cast upon me respect all that was in P. B's Letter to me which was all that they then suggested We remain your Dearly Beloved Friends and Exercised Brethren George Walker Robert Ewer John Goodson George Gray Evan Morris James Fox John Jennet William Southbe Ralph Jackson Richard Worell Benj. Chambers John Fletcher John Parsons Alex. Beardsley Thomas Bradford Rich. Townsend John Kinsy Sam. Richardson William Gabitas John Lynam Tho. Fitzwater Thomas Lloyd Arthur Cooke Griffith Owen Joseph Paul Evan Oliver Derick op de Greet Reiner Tiesey Pieter Soemaker Caspar Hoodt Giles Knight Robert Burrow John Buzby David Brentnall Joshua Hastings Abrah Hardiman Thomas Canby John Hastings William Walker THE END