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A46344 The Judgment given forth by twenty-eight Quakers against George Keith and his Friends with answers to the said judgment declaring those twenty-eight Quakers to be no Christians : as also An appeal (for which several were imprisoned &c.) by the said George Keith &c. to the early meeting Sept. 1692, with a full account of the said yearly meeting signed by seventy Quakers. Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699. A true copy of three judgments. 1694 (1694) Wing J1173; ESTC R28748 20,634 24

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THE JUDGMENT Given forth by Twenty Eight Quakers AGAINST George Keith And his FRIENDS With Answers to the said Judgment declaring those Twenty Eight Quakers to be No Christians AS ALSO An Appeal for which several were Imprisoned c by the said George Keith c. to the Yearly Meeting Sept. 1692. With a Full ACCOUNT of the said Yearly Meeting Signed by Seventy Quakers LICENSED Octob. 28th 1693. Dan. Poplar Printed at Pensilvania and now Re-printed at London for Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane 1694. An ADVERTISEMENT by George Keith THat divers Papers stufft with Lies and Calumnies against George Keith our Opposers hand about from one to another and some from Meeting to Meeting which we cannot yet procure Copies of as one of Rob. Owen's which he Read in a Publick Meeting at Philadelphia and tho' he expresly promised G. K. a Copy of it yet now detains it pretending he did not limit a time Another Paper of James Byles they carry about from Meeting to Meeting and another Paper that was sign'd by many at their Yearly Meeting which G. K. occasionally hearing read at their Quarterly Meeting at Philadelphia desir'd a Copy of it which they most unjustly refused And thus like all Evil Doers they seek to hide their Evil Deeds and smite at the Innocent in secret And for all their hypocritical Pretences to the Light they are such that are not willing to have their Deeds brought to the Light as Christ said The evil doer hates the light and will not bring his deeds to the light lest they should be reproved If they had Truth on their side they would not so smite in the dark but would openly and face to face appear and make good their Charge but this they cannot for they have no Covering or Refuge but Lies and Falsehoods which GOD in his due time will sweep away to the clearing the Innocent Amen The Printer William Bradford's ADVERTISEMENT THat notwithstanding the various Reports spread concerning my refusing to Print for those that are George Keith's Opposers these are to signifie That I have never refused but often proffered to Print any thing for them and do now again signifie That if John Delaval or any of his Brethren have any thing to Print I am most willing to do it for them not that I want to beg their Work I need it not but to leave them without excuse that if they be any way wronged or falsly charged by what is Published to the World they may have equal priviledge to vindicate themselves as publickly tho' I have little cause to make this offer to them considering their many Abuses to me W. B. Printed in Philadelphia in Pensilvania 1693. A true Copy of Three Judgments given forth by a Party of Men called Quakers at Philadelphia against George Keith and his Friends With Two Answers to the said Judgments The First Judgment AT a Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia the 26th of 11 Mon. 1691. Thomas Fitzwater charged George Keith for denying the sufficiency of the Light which G. Keith denying T. Fitzwater insisted that he could prove the same and being examined concerning his Proof thereof several Friends present stood up and said They heard the said George Keith say That he did not believe the Light was sufficient without something else namely Thomas Prichard William Harwood Benjamin Chambers William Southbe and several others And after the matter in Debate had been throughly heard the aforesaid Credible Evidences giving their Testimonies as above-said the Meeting saw no reason to give Judgment against Tho. Fitzwater in this particular above-mentioned but the said Thomas very readily left the matter to this Meeting and condemned the rash Spirit that he spoke those words in although the Charge in it self was true This is a Copy of what passed at a Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia the 26. of 3. Month. 1692. A. M. The Second Judgment WE being prevented in our Meetings of late to proceed orderly in business by reason of a turbulent and unsubdued Spirit which has much disquieted us but having respite at this time have considered seriously and duly of a Charge exhibited several Months past by George Keith against William Stockdale many if not most of us being present at several Meetings where the Allegations of each side were heard and as the Friends then present concluded on a Judgment in this matter but were prevented of publishing the same by reason of George Keith's unruly Behaviour and extream Passion which abruptly broke up the said Meeting we declare our concurrent sence as followeth That whereas Proof was made by two Witnesses That William Stockdale should say That George Keith 's preaching Christ without and Christ within was preaching two Christs which W. Stockdale denied the words so spoken and alledged That George Keith called him an Ignorant Heathen and gave him several vilifying Expressions Our Judgment is That William Stockdale is reprovable and blame-worthy for uttering the said Words they being an Offence to many sound and tender Friends and that he condemn the same And as for G. Keith's manner of proceeding against him we cannot own the same to be pursuant to Gospel Order the said G. Keith having not alone dealt with him in private before he had further prosecuted his Complaint neither can we hold him excusable for his undecent Expressions to W. Stockdale he being elder in Truth and in Years Given forth by the Meeting of Publick Friends at Philadelphia the 4th of 4th Month. 1692. A True Copy by Samuel Jenings The Third Judgment and Condemnation against G. K. To the several Monthly and Quarterly Meetings in Pensilvania East and West-Jarsey and else-where as there may be occasion BEloved Friends In tender Love and with Spirits bowed down before the Lord is this our Salutation unto you earnestly desisiring your growth and daily preservation in the ancient Truth and in the simplicity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Hope and Breathings are that no insinuation or wiles of the Enemy shall prevail to turn you aside from your Steadfastness or to cause you to esteem lightly of the Rock and Way of Gods Salvation unto you but that you be kept in the Light and Life which was and is the Just Mans Path to the end of our Days Amen Now dear Friends it is with Sorrow of Spirits and Grief of Souls that we signifie unto you the tedious Exercise and vexatious Perplexity we have met with in our late Friend George Keith for several Months past With mourning and lamentation do we say How is this Mighty Man fallen how is his Shield vilely cast away as tho' he had not known the Oyl of the holy Oyntment How shall it betold in Gath and published in the Streets of Askelon Will not the Daughters of the Philistines rejoyce Will not the Daughters of the Uncircumcised triumph when they hear that he is fallen upon the sooring Mountains and from the High Places of Israel Oh! how are we