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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	err_v	infallible_a	1,696	5	10.0673	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30034	The painted-harlot both stript and whipt, or, The second part of Naked truth containing a further discovery of the mischief of imposition among the people called Quakers by reason of a certain law or edict made by G. Whitehead, S. Crisp, and others of the leaders and preachers of G.F's party ... strictly requiring us neither to forsake, decline, nor remove our meetings like wordly, fearful, and politick professors : whereby their usurpations are mainfest and how they began to exercise dominion over the consciences of their brethren ... / by F. Bugg.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1683 (1683)	Wing B5380; ESTC R27234	84,858	88

Cost and Charges and to do business for the Service of Truth and its Professors freely without Money or Hire pursuant to our Pretentions give to all Collections freely relieve such as stand in need liberally serving the Lord with their Substance as well as in Words being unwilling to offer a Sacrifice at another mans Cost c. OR such as will not bear their own Burthens in Sufferind times except forced to it go as they pretend on Truths Errand but on others Charge sometimes with their Wives and Attendants under pretence of good Devotion until they grow so oppressive that the Widdows Substance is devoured S. C. knows that the Widdow Moor at the Seven-Stars nigh Bishopsgate London hath understood what I mean that some have been constrained to break up House and such as pretend to preach freely yea freely by all means and yet can take 10 l. at a time 3 l. at a time These three Summs I offer to prove Samuel guilty of if they reckon it guilt which they should do because they pretend to the contrary and 2 l. at at a time And such as can receive Broad Pieces of Gold Pieces of Hair-Camblet Silver Watches Beavers Casters Cloaks fine Linnen Cloths Holland Shirts Silk Caps and pritty Crevats with many other fine Trinkets Now the great Question is though I think 't is out of Question which of these two sorts of People most manifest their love to Money Mildenhall the 9th of the 10th Mo. 79. F. Bugg This Letter I sent him with much more that was in the former part which for brevity sake I pass by and a little added in the latter part which I have put into Parenthesis for distinction c. To which I never had Answer which since it is there great business to render me a man so bad often terming me Informer Iudas a Lover of Money False Treacherous Fraudulent and the like I am the willinger to recite the same in hopes that when it meets with a man endued with Charity Reason and Moderation he may say What is this the man you stigmatise and traduce in Print to the ruine of his Reputation among all that believe as the Church the Second-days Meeting believes Come bring forth your Evidences against him and prove your Matter of Charge for I will not give credit to your Imagination The Memory of John Story Revived called Sence and if you have any real ground for these your scandalous Detractions and Pernitious Defamations why did not you bring your Action against him at common Law If you say as that they must if they will say true you have no Evidence why then did you not exhibit a Bill in Chancery against him and there crave Relief c. for to publish your Imaginations and devised Stratagems against a Man at this rate in a Case that never was yet tryed before the legal Judges it is a shame to your Profession and it makes you odious to all that hear it for should every man take your Practice for his Example the Printers would have the best Trade Nay every Village had need have a Press going so that it looks like a piece of meer Revenge because by his Book published De Christiana Libertate he hath manifested the Naked Truth of your Errours and Innovations Thus by reason I cannot come at a sight of the Narrative which they told me was ready for the Press four or five Months since I am constrained to carry on the Matter the more large by Letters and Circumstances formerly transacted that so the difference and the nature of it may be the more explained to the unbyassed Reader but as to the true Sons of the Second-days Meeting I expect not their Examination for by an Epistle or Caution put forth by C. Taylor and approved by them their People are cautioned to the contrary Viz. Not to read such Books as are wrote by W. R. my self and others c. Which is not a Protestant Tenate I am sure nor a doing as they would be dealt by and they who obey such Doctrine must at the same time deny the use of their own Sence Sight Reason and Understanding and so come into the Papists exact Path of Implicite Faith which is tho a Man see his Horse is white yet if the Church say it is black he must deny the truth for the Church cannot err she is gifted with an Infallible Spirit and say as they say in their Book Entituled Judas and the Jews p. 58. WE NEED NONE TO GIVE US DISCERNING OR JUDGMENT CHRIST HATH FURNISHT US ALREADY AND DOTH ON ALL OCCASIONS So that what need have we of Proof or of such Evidence to prove Matter of Fact Let the poor Protestants use those beggerly Rudiments at their Judgment Seat at their Assizes and Sessions who are so cautious so mean spirited and unbelieving that they cannot say Christ hath furnisht them with Discerning and Judgment UPON ALL OCCASIONS no how should they for they are the World but We are THE yea THE CHURCH and there is none besides us except our holy Sister and therefore since we cannot send this Heretick to the Lollards Tower we will write a Book against him and tho the naughty Protestants will not let us burn him yet we will murther his Reputation for what we write and approve on our People they 'l believe and if he or any for him write any thing in his Vindication we will command or caution our Sons not to to look into their Venemous Dangerous and pernitious Books and that they may be throughly deterred from any such Examination for Examination We nor our Elder Sister could never abide we will tell our Sons that F. B. W. R. and T. C. c. are Iudases Informers Beasts Dogs Wolves Enemies of all Righteousness Children of the Devil yea Devils Incarnate and they ought to believe as We G. W. c. and the Church believes WE NEED NONE TO GIVE US DISCERNING OR JUDGMENT CHRIST HATH FURNISHED US ALREADY AND DOTH ON ALL OCCASIONS And G.W. Assirms That the True Church i. e. Themselves is in the true Faith that is in God and we must either believe thus as the True Church i. e. they believes or else it were but both Folly and Hypocrisy to profess our selves Members thereof Thus says G. W. I hope the Reader need not be told who he accounts the True Church and upon these two Positions 1. Christ having already and doth at all times furnish Vs both with Discerning and Judgment We upon that foot may judge and call them Wolves Dogs yea Devils Incarnate or what we please and who shall controul us We are sure we have both Discerning and Judgment given us at all times and upon all Occasions Christ may now sit still Judgment being given to us we are resolved to make use of it Christ called Judas a Devil and why should not we call F. B. W. R. and T. C Devils and others who shall interrupt us