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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

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

also and told his Disciples who desired Fire to come down from Heaven to consume those that would not receive him That they knew not what Spirit they were of Luke 9.55 And thus in the Sensible Feeling of the Love of God I rest in this Hope and Faith That he will in his own appointed Time perswade Japhet to dwell in the Tents of Shem gather the Gentiles who are yet afar off unto Shiloh and frustrate all the Attempts of Gog and Magog who are in Hellish Confederacy against the Accomplishment of so Glorious so Blessed and so Desirable a Work A Brief Abstract of some Sufferings of the People called Quakers given to Confront F. B's diminutive Account and not for Ostentation nor to Reflect upon any of the Church of England or others who are Principled against Persecution BY printed Accounts to the King and both Houses of Parliament there suffered of the People of God in Scorn called Quakers in the Days of the Common-wealth and of Oliver and Richard Cromwell for bearing a Faithful Testimony to the Truth as it is in Jesus as followeth In England There have suffer'd Imprisonments Stockings Whippings Loss of Goods and other Abuses to the Year 1660. 3179 Persons Remained then Prisoners 79 Persons There died in Prison in the Common-Wealth in Oliver and Richard Cromwell's Days 32 Persons Imprisoned in King Charles the Second's Name in 1660 after his Return and of which died 77 Persons Then Prisoners 317 Persons For 706 l. 8 s. 11 d. demanded had taken 3000 l. 03 s. 08 d. In 1661. There have suffered of the said People by Imprisonments for refusing to swear and for meeting together and refusing to go to the publick Worship since King Charles II. came into England 5400 Persons Died through hard and cruel Usage 14 1661. In Ireland There suffered for not swearing by Imprisonments Stockings Whippings and Loss of their Goods 200. Present Prisoners being taken out of a peacable Meeting in Cork and one Meeting more 14 1661. In Scotland For not swearing c. have been imprisoned stockt whipt and some banished 91 And many then in Prison there had Necessaries denied them and their Friends visiting of them Besides there remained Prisoners in 1661 in England for good Conscience 552 1661. In Forreign Plantations New England BAnished on pain of Death 26 Martyred 4 Ears cut off 3 Burned in the Hand with the Letter H 1 650 Stripes given to 31 Beat till his Body was like a Jelly 1 Five Appeals made to England were denyed by Boston Rulers Taken from them in New England in Goods to the Value of 1045 l. Cyrinam Some imprisoned and after banished into Woods amongst wild Beasts to be devoured but the Lord preserved them In Maryland Suffered by the Loss of Goods taken for worshiping God l. s. d. 299 12 4 In Virginia Imprisoned for meeting to worship God 12 Persons And fined and whip'd for having Meetings and not pulling off the Hat and had taken from them 2000 Pound Weight of Tobacco and from one a 100 l. Sterling Besides several others some whereof kept so close in Prison in a close Place that they were not suffered to go forth to ease themselves Nevis Banished thence 15 Persons And 2 of them whipt and one had a Wife and Children that were banish'd Christophers Banished 1. Besides what 's mentioned some have been beat with Clubs shot at with Pistols and Guns cut with Swords knockt down into Pools Armed Men came among Men Women and Children when peaceably Met together only to Wait upon and Worship Almighty God in a peaceable and innocent Manner and have been thrown down and trod upon till the very Blood gush'd out of them Yet these were and the said People still are an innocent and peaceable People clear from all Rebellion Plots or Actions and Intentions of Evil And that then desired as they now do to live a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty under the King Note In this printed Account they offered the King and Parliament if they would not set their Friends at Liberty which lay in Holes and Dungeons some without Straw some wanted Air many could hardly get Meat and several have died through cruel Sufferings and Abuses by Goalers and others viz. ☞ That they who were out of Prison were free as many of them to lie in Prison in their room and to go into those Holes Dungeons stinking Vaults and Places where some of their Friends had lain 2 3 4 and 5 Years But it would not be granted In 1685. By a Printed Account to the Bishops and Clergy it appears that from the Time aforementioned to 1680 there died in Prison and Prisoners for the Exercise of their Faith and Conscience in Matters of Religion and Worship towards Almighty God some of whom being knock'd down beaten and bruised in their Meetings died of their Wounds 243 Remained then in Prison in the several Goals 276 The Number of those that had suffered Imprisonment for Meeting refusing for Conscience Sake to Swear some of them having had Sentence of Praemunire and Goods and Chattels seized 9437 Excommunicated and imprisoned for Nonconformity besides many more so prosecuted 624 Sentenc'd to Banishment for Meeting to worship God 198 And in the same Year There was presented to King James II. that were then Prisoners for their Religious Worship and Meeting for that End 1460 There died since 1680 to 1685 Prisoners for their Faith and Worship ●78 And the Number of all amounting to 12316 Note some of the present Prisoners were still continued upon the abovesaid Account in 1680. And farther Account of more sent to Prison and some more died Prisoners Besides many that have suffered Imprisonment since 1680 and a great Number distrained upon and Havock made by Informers and some Informers were Priests for their religious peaceable Meetings and not coming to the Parish Church-Worship so call'd to the Ruine of many both in their Husbandry and Trade some not having a Bed left to lye upon nor Stool to sit on nor Cow to give Milk for their poor Children nor Corn for Bread or Seed or Drink nor Tools to work withal c. The Value of which Goods taken is considerable as well as the Number of Sufferers upon the said Accounts and by Imprisonments not here inserted as saith the printed Account And since 1685 there have suffered of the said People upon Account of their tender Consciences as for not paying Tythes bearing Armes Swearing c. to 1697. 2322 There have been imprison'd for the Causes aforesaid c. 622 Since 1685 to 1697 they have had Goods distrained in England Wales and the Isle of Man for not swearing and not paying Tythes and not bearing Arms c. to the Value of l. s. d. q. 27875 10 5 ½ Not accounting the great Havock Spoil and Loss of Goods they sustained from 1661 to 1685 for their peaceable and religious meetings which would amount to a vast Sum. From 1685 to 1697 there