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spirit_n	jesus_n	lord_n	soul_n	17,358	5	5.0806	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55558	Mr. Powels answer to a late fictitious pamphlet put forth by two leading Quakers, viz. John Vaughton and John Feild in which their account of a discourse between them and him is here rectified : every thing that is material in their said book answered and several notorious lies therein detected to the just shame of the publishers : also good counsel in the conclusion of the whole to such that are the principal leaders of the Quakers ... with an epistolary discourse touching the imputation of sin to Christ ...	Powell, Thomas.; Vaughton, John, 1644-1712.; Field, John, 1652-1723.	1676 (1676)	Wing P3067B; ESTC R24064	19,612	24

●r POWELS Ansvver To A Late ●●CTITIOUS PAMPHLET PUT FORTH BY ●●o Leading Quakers viz. John Vaughton AND John Feild In Which 〈◊〉 ACCOUNT of a Discourse between Them and Him is here ●●●tified every Thing that is Material in Their said Book Answered and several Notorious Lies therein detected to the Just Shame of the Publishers ALSO Counsel in the Conclusion of the Whole to such that are the Principal Leaders of the Quakers or any that are Promoters of Fundamental Errors WITH 〈◊〉 ●●●stolary Discourse Touching the Imputation of Sin to CHRIST and the ●onsonant Testimonies of Divines both Ancient and Modern about it Ignatius Martyr in his Epistle ad Trallianos ●●dam vaniloqui mentis Seductores non Christiani sed Christum Mer●● Ca●ponantes Verbum Evangelii qui venenum Erroris commiscentes ●●blandimento sicut anomeli ut qui biberit illius potus gustabilem sensum ●●ine captu● in observanter Morti addicatur ●●●re certain vain Talkers and Seducers not Christians but such as make ●●andize of Christ and his Gospel who mingle the Poison of their Er●●● with sweet and pleasing words as Vintners that mingle Honey with Wine so that he which drinketh of that pleasant Cup being delighted 〈◊〉 ●he Taste is unawares mortally poisoned 〈…〉 first in his own cause seemeth just but his Neighbour cometh and searcheth him Prov. 18.17 London Printed in the Year 1676. To the Impartial and Judicious READER THOV canst not be unsensible of those Volumnes written by able Men which have discover'd the Errours Heresies and Blasphemies of these times and many excellent Treatises in Print there are particularly against that turbulent and incorrigible Sect viz. Crakers especially such that have been imposed by Mr. Hicks Mr. Faldo and Mr. Haworth who have ●ought such things to light that will for ever render the Quakers the est disingenious People that hath been in any Age whatsoever The consideration of which discouraged me knowing my inabilities from ●●tempting any thing of this Nature and so thought to have slighted ●y Adversaries Book by Silence being also well satisfied that neither Christians nor my Acquaintance would give credit to any thing the Quakers should say of me but after mature deliberation 〈◊〉 Proverb is Oculus Eama non patiuntur joces A Mans Eye and his good Name can bear no Jests togethe● with advice I found there was a necessity to clear my self from those ●oss things that they would have fain suggested to the World concern●g me Hereupon I betook my self to Pen and Paper and at length time brought forth this little Script which I submit to the Judgement of all indifferent Persons that will be at the pains to understand 〈◊〉 Occasion of the late Clamours that divers of this vexatious sort viz. Cuakers have made about my self Some time ago walking by the house of John Vaughton I was ●esired by him to go into his House who upon his Request immediately ●●sented he being Related to me by Marriage and a little while ●ntinued thus friendly together as afore-time we used to do but at ●●at time above all the rest we could not agree arguing Pro Con till to much Fierceness breaks forth 't is probable upon both sides and ●e thing occasioning at other I came to say that Jesus Christ was a sinner and yet no sinner and further added that he was the greatesh Sinner in the world as I could make out This he desir'd under my Hand which I readily yielded unto being unacquainted with the Quaters subtilty for I gave it under my Hand only as a Thesis to be made out by me at that time and so no more of it but whe● he had gotten it into his hands he would not let me have it again unless I would fully recant it unto which I Replied I should not because I could make it out saying that it was to be under stood by Imputation re●●ing the word several times over A little while after he maketh ●●pies of what I had given under my hand and cometh to those Meet●●● houses where I used to Preach opposing me in a malicious reproac●●●● manner scattering those Papers amongst the People up and down streets as Doctors Bills wherein was writteis these words Jesus Christ was the greatest Sinner in the World I Thomas Po●● of the Gospel Minister affirms Yea such was their exceeding great envy that there was no stone unturn'd or means unattempted to take away my good name Fo● great was the pretended impulse of the spirit in them that they co●●● not be satisfied with disturbing me in London but they came ab●●● twenty Miles into the Countrey in Hartfordshire a Place where 〈◊〉 Preach every other Lords Day out of pure love to souls and not 〈◊〉 of love to lucre as the Quaker falsely insinuates and that these th●●● years almost only Charges defray'd and that not till very lately There these Quakers came three times together scattering their Pap●●●● up and down in the Countrey as before in the City standing upon 〈◊〉 For n●● upbraiding against me telling the People that if they follow their Priest they would go to hell And all this in the Aftornoon b●fore I came I having information of it I repaired to my place soon●● then I intended and made shift to get through the Crowd to the Pulp●● beholding the Assembly in a great Confusion which fill'd me with inexpressible grief considering also my self to be but one and they many and of such a sort of People whose humors and subtilties I was not we●● acquainted with I endeavored to silence them telling them that 〈◊〉 had somthing to say to them but still they prated to the people venti●● their heretical Notions and drowning me with their Stentorian voi● that I could not have the liberty to Apologize for my self though in my own place People there being not so docible and ready to defend their Minister as in London these things coming together provok'd Passion and not without cause as that I said to one of them Sirrah come down And withal said to the People Sirs We must be forc'd to depart if we would not lose this Afternoon for what shall we do with them unless they are whip'd scourg'd or put into the Stocks And I avouch still they deserv'd to be serv'd so because we who would have serv'd God in the Ways of his Appointments were scandaliz'd upon the Account of that Confusion and Vproar which they made and we no wayes could help our selves Nay it is uncreable unless you had been present So rude and so uncivil were the ●rriage and actions of these Men that one would have thought they some from a Bear-Garden people telling them ever and anon that the Lords day was not a day for such things to be debated and they took as the course whereby to win upon people Yet notwithstanding all his they would have their own ways binding us to their Lawes Nay one of them had such a brazen Fore-head as to