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A47314
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The lybeller carracterizd [sic], or a hue and cry sent after him. Some of his works made publick: with observations thereupon
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Key, Leonard.; Coale, Benjamin. aut
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1684
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Wing K383B; ESTC R221668
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THE Lybeller Carracterizd OR A Hue and Cry Sent after Him Some of his Works made Publick with Observations thereupon WHereas some envious Person or Persons in or about London as is supposed have of late abused several honest Men in several Countries by sending great Packets by the POST and thereby not only putting them to considerable Charges but also abusing several with scurrilous Language and Falshood which have been born with until it became frequent and then several have refused to receive them so they have been returned upon the Post-Master again The Hand-Writing being compared seems much alike and the Seal sometimes the Anchor and sometimes the Ship c. and Printed Books writ upon between the Lines and wrapt up in a blank piece of Paper charged 14 and 18 d. for Postage and some less And inasmuch as such Practice is very unjust and a Work of Unrighteousness it is the duty of all honest men fearing God not only to disown but publickly to testifie against such a Practice It was and is at this day a certain Truth That he that doth Evil hates the Light neither will he bring his Deeds to it least it should reprove him And doubtless the Nameless Author of those Packets loved Darkness rather than the Light because he was afraid to put his Name to what he hath writ but his Work discovers him to be a Night Wanderer and though he would seem it may be to be Religious yet how vain is it for him so to do that hath not a Bridle to his Tongue but will accuse and not prove and ask Questions to no purpose except to slander and abuse men and is yet to learn that Lesson which our Saviour taught his Followers Viz. Whatsoever ye would that Men should do unto you that do unto them This Nameless Author of the Packets seems as if he had authority or at least assumes it to judge of Men's Properties and question the printing of Books that are not Licensed by such nameless Persons as himself and in particular he quarrels and seems to be offended with a small Book written concerning that Honourable Woman Loveday Hambly deceased and several other Books that have been wrote by Persons of good Repute Men fearing God and abhorring such idle Practices as the Author of the Lybel is found in In short the Author of those Packets makes it his Business to abuse honest men and endeavours as much as in him lyes to take away their good Name by bespattering them with bad Names and in particular hath bent his Arrows of Envy and Hatred against that Servant of God J. S. deceased and J. W. and others but seeing he is such a Night-Wanderer and will not tell his Name what he writes is the less taken notice of or credited amongst men of Understanding Now if this Lybeller will come forth and own his Work he shall have a fair Hearing and if he be found guilty let him repent and do so no more but if he doth persist in this wicked Work to abuse and cheat men as before mentioned which is little less than picking their Pockets This is to give notice that whosoever can give certain intelligence of his Name and place of his Residence or Habitation shall have reasonable Satisfacton for their pains Written by a Lover of Truth and Honesty but a Witness against the Contrary Reading the 5 th of 1 st Mo. 1683 4. Benj. Coales And have no Fellowship with the Vnfruitful Works of Darkness but rather reprove them for it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret Eph. 5. 11 12. HEre is the work of a formal Apostate manifested and some Observations and Queries made publick that was long since delivered to some of the Formal Preachers in Reading but no Answer given to them or an Hue and Cry after a nameless Author that hath made it his business to send great Packets by Post from London to Reading and to many other Places in the Nation whereby honest men have been put to great Charge and much abused by one that would seem to be Religious and very Zealous for the setting up of Outward Things as may be seen by his own words as they were sent to two Persons in Reading set down verbatim also a short Postscript First Query Was not Peoples going from the Light and Spirit in their own Particulars many Ages since the Cause why so many Forms of Prayers were made to be said by the Church of England 2 dly And did not their compelling and using Violence to those that were otherwise minded proceed from the Spirit that made the Form 3 dly Did not the Presbyterians with their Church-Faith and Directory that they had made do like the Church of England when they had power Excommunicate and cast into Prison such as could not bow to their Image which they had set up 4 thly ' Did not the Baptists with their Form which they did cry up do like the former And hath not all the Lo heres and the Lo there 's arisen when the People in every Generation have gone from the Spirit 's Teaching 5 thly ' And hath it not been so with all other Sects when they have erred from the Spirit which was given to be for a Leader and have run into the setting up of Outward Things which hath proved a Snare in all Ages read and see how it was with Israel of old when they forsook the Lord how did their Enemies prevail over them Let it be a warning to all in our days 6 thly And now it is come to the Formal Quakers turn and are not they with all their strength and might they can get in most places a setting up the Form that they have made and giving it higher Names than any that hath gone before and some hath had the Confidence to say and preach openly that what they had set up was to keep things sweet and clean notwithstanding many things have happened amongst them in many Places which is a stink and a shame to mention yet calling them Holy Orders and such like Nâ—mâ—s as they in their imaginary Minds could think on too much like the Golden Image that was set up in the days of Daniel which the Lord did and will Confound 7 thly And doth not many of the Formal Preachers sit with their Hats on when many of the Lord's Servants are moved to pray 8 thly And doth not many others imitate them in that ungodly Practice so that it may be said as it was in times past like Priest like People which is a trouble to many and a stumbling Block to the Weak that beholds it and may it not be said now as in Times past The Teachers of the people have caused them to err 9 thly And do not some of you Formal Preachers send great Packets by the Post directed to honest men in the Countrey without any Name to them on purpose to put them to Charge witness