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A42713	A false witness examin'd and rebuk'd, and the stedfast, sincere obedience of the people called Quakers, unto Christ Jesus, their souls captain bishop and high-priest, asserted and vindicated : being an answer to a book, entituled, A declaration concerning the people called Quakers, &c., given forth by I know not who, there is subscribed to the said book, Christidulus Ecclestion, but whether this be the name of the author, or only a feigned name, is a question but I do not know the author by that name, nor do I hear of any that doth, neither did I ever know any man or woman by that name / by ... Wilson Gibson.	Gibson, William, 1629-1684.	1674 (1674)	Wing G683; ESTC R9682	18,480	20

setting up the Calves at Dan and Bethel and of his Self-Interest in so doing and how his so doing was a great Sin before God and became a Snare to Israel So now amongst this People saith he the Spirit of Jeroboham cryeth out It is too much for you to worship God in a Testimony against Tythes There is a Calf in Bethel and another in Dan There is a Meeting on First Second Third Fourth Fifth and Sixth Dayes Worship God there and it is well enough Answ Oh thou Lying Presumtuous Scornful Spirit The Lord rebuke thee who comparest the Meetings of the Lord's People gathered by his own Spirit and Power and established in the same to the Calves which Jeroboam set up at Dan and Bethel Thou wouldst insinuate That the People of God call'd Quakers do count it too much to Worship God in a Testimony against Tythes and that they have denied their Testimony therein which they bare formerly In this thou art notoriously Wicked for if thou hast taken notice of this People for 18 or 20 Years as thou signifiest in thy Book I conclude thou canst not be ignorant that these People have and dosuffermuch both in Spoil of Goods and Inprisonment of Body yea several even until Death There are at this Day many of the People call'd Quakers Prisoners in the several Prisons in and about London and in the several Counties of England because they cannot in good Conscience give Tythes and Offerings unto the Priests and others who demand them Claist being come who hath ended them by offering up himself once for all who is the one Offering Hebr. 10.10 14. Read the Chapter throughout in a Testimony for God against Tythes Divers of those People are brought up Prisoners to London from forreign parts of the Nation and in many Counties of England these People at this Day lay in Prison and have layn long in a Testimony for God against Tythes Divers Books have been given forth by several of these People in Testimony against Tythes which have been generally received and owned by these People One by that faithful Servant of Christ Francis Howgill who hath faithfully ended his Travails and Sufferings upon Earth and is entered into the Heavenly Paradyse and Kingdom of God where he doth possess that Eternal Crown and inherit that Eternal Peace and Joy which never shall have End which God the Righteous Judge laid up for him who hath the like spiritual Plessings in Store for all that love his Appearance and abide in Faithfulness to him to the End There are also several other Books given forth against Tythes one lately intitul'd Tythes ●●ded by Christ This reviling Author in the Page aforesaid proceeds after his former Manner saying It is too much for you to worship God in a Testimony against the Observation of Dayes what need you to run the Hazard of your Estates and Libe●ties there is a Calf at Bethel and another at Dan there is a Meeting on 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Dayes c. Herein he would insinuate that the People called Quakers have denyed their Testimony which they formerly bore against the Observation of Dayes This Wickedness is like the former for if he be a Person so well acquainted with us as he pretends he cannot be Ignorant that the People called Quak●rs do continue their Testimony against the Observation of Dayes for which some have lately been imprisoned and many have had their Goods spoiled and suffered divers other Wrongs for this their faithful Testimony and whether he know this or not yet the Thing is true This Author goes on in the Page aforesaid after his former slanderous Manner and saith It is too much for you to worship God in a Testimony against the World's Worship and their Priests c. There is 〈◊〉 Calf at Bethel and another in Dan there is a Meeting on 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Dayes c. In this his Wickedness is very notorious for who is it that knows not that we continue our Testimony against that which is Evil in th● Priests and their Worship the Priests them elves may be Witnesses against him in this that he is a Lyar I am assured that the Priests would be glad if he said the Truth of us in this matter He goes on in the page aforesaid after his former Manner and saith It is too much for you to worship God in a Testimony against the sending in of Arms wherewith they slay and shed the Blood of Men there is a Calf at Bethel and another in Dan there is Meetings on 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Dayes c. Here after his former manner he would make People believe if he could that we have denyed our former Testimony against Wars and Fighting which arise from men's Lust But herein the Magistrates themselves may bear witness against him who have given out Warrants for the distraining of the Goods of the People called Quakers for not appearing with or sending in Arms according to the Laws in those Causes made and the Bailiffs and under Officers who have distrained upon our Friends Goods for the Cau●e aforesaid may witness against him also He yet proceeds further in his Wickedness in the page afore-said after his former manner ●aying It is 〈…〉 for you to worship God in a Testimony against Pride Covetousness Fulness of Bread c. there is a Calf at Bethel and another in Dan there is Meetings m●st dayes in the Week c. To this I answer this Ungodly Slanderer thus It is too much for us to do any thing that is Good of our selves because of our selves we can do nothing that is Good but through Christ Jesus the Lord of Life the People called Quakers have been raised up to worship God in a Testimony against Pride Covetousness Fulness of Bread and many other Abominations And this People hath not only been raised up through Christ to worship God as aforesaid but they are upheld to this day by Christ in their Testimony against Pride Covetousness Envy Murder Lying ●tealing Drunkenness Whoredom Idolatry and all manner of Ungodliness Glory Glory to the Lord God for the same And as the holy Apostle said so the People called Quakers do experimentally say that Of themselves they can do nothing that is good but as he said I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me so there is a Remnant can say at this day for which they give Praise and Glory to God who is worthy of the same for evermore In the latter end of the 20th page and beginning of the 21th this Reviling Author charges the People called Quakers to have bound themselves with a Bond of Covetousness and also saith That the Old Subtil Proud Covetous Serpent hath got such a Head Dominion over the People call'd Quakers that hardly one of them dare speak the Truth of him though they see it never so evident Answ To this Great Slander I answer The Devil is a Lyar and

A FALSE WITNESS EXAMIN'D and REBUK'D AND THE Stedfast Sincere Obedience Of the People called Quakers unto CHRIST JESUS Their Souls Captain Bishop and High-Priest ASSERTED and VINDICATED Being an Answer to a Book entituled A Declaration concerning the People called QUAKERS c. Given forth by I know not Who There is subscribed to the said Book ●HRISTODVLVS ECCLESTONE but whether this be the Name of the Author or only a Feigned Name is a Question But I do not know the Author by that Name nor do I hear of any that doth neither did I ever know any Man or Woman by that Name By a Servant of Christ William Gibson For he said Surely they are my People Children that will not Lye so he was their Saviour Isa 63.8 A faithful Witne●● will not Lye but a false Witness will utter Lyes Prov. 14 5. Ye are of your Father the Devil and the Lust of your Father you will do he was a Murderer from the beginning and abode not in the Truth when he speaketh a Lye he spe●keth of his own ●●r he is a Lya● and the Father of it Joh. 8.44 A false Witness shall not be unpunished and he that speaketh Lyes shall not escape Prov. 19 5. They bend their Tongues like their Bows for Lyes but they are not valiant for the Truth c. Jer. 9.3 His Lyes shall not so effect it Jer. 48.30 Printed in the Year 16●● The EPISTLE to the READER Reader CHrist Jesus in whose Mouth never Guile was found hath said that God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in the Spirit in Truth And he hath said that No Lye is of the Truth And the beloved Apostle John said God is Love they that dwell in God dwell in Love and he that loveth God lovet his Brother also 1 Cor. 13. read it throughout And another beloved Apostle saith Love thinketh no Evil it Envieth not it doth not behave it self Unseemly Love is the fulfilling of the Law as it is written Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and thy Neighbour as thy self God is that holy immutable infinite Spirit whose Presence fills Heaven Earth who hath given Life and Being to all Mankind and whom all ought to fear and serve with their Souls and Bodies which are his He is that immutable holy Fountain from whom all Good doth originally come as Love Meekness Patience Justice Equity and Mercy and all other Blessings and Mercies whether spiritual or temporal which the Sons of Men do enjoy And this God who is an infinite Spirit he is near unto all Mankind to shew them what is Good and what he requireth of them that is To do justly one to another to Love Mercy that is to be Merciful as he is Merciful And this is he of whom the Prophet testified saying He that formed the Mountains and created the Winds and shews unto man his Thoughts the Lord of Hosts is his Name Amos 4.13 And this is he of whom the Apostle testified saying 2 Cor. 4.6 God hath shined in our Hearts to give us the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ and this Treasure says the Apostle have we in Earthen Vessels that the Excellency of the Power may be of God and not of us Oh! happy are all they who are given up to follow and obey this holy Fountain of Love Life Joy Peace Justice and Mercy c. for them will he fill with these heavenly Vertues and bring them into his heavenly Likeness in which man was made in the beginning But alas there is another spirit which hath gotten by Vsurpation the Rule and Government over many of the Sons and Daughters of Men Ephes 2.2 which the holy Apostle calls the Prince of the Power of the Air who worketh in the Hearts of the Children of Disobedience 2 Cor. 4.4 and he is also called the God of the World who hath blinded the Minds of them that believe not in the true God This is he that lead man first from the true God This is he that lead Cain to kill Abel because his own Works were Evil and his Brother s Righteous This is he that led the Old World into those many provoaking Sins which caused God to overthrow it who preserved Noah that Preacher of Righteousness and did not destroy him with that Vngodly Generation This is he that led the People of Sodom and Gomorrah into those many Grievous Abominations for which God destroyed them with Fire from Heaven but delivered just Lot who was vexed with their Vngodly Conversation This is he who led Pharaoh King of Egypt and his Task-Masters to oppress the Israel of God whom God delivered out of their Hands and overthrew them in the Red Sea This is he who Raigned in the Apostate Jews who went from the Law of God and made them mad against the Lord's Prophets so that they put them to Death This is he who led Judas to betray his Master for Thirty Pieces of Silver and led Demas to forsake Paul in his Suffering and to turn to the Evil World This is he who set the Hypocritical Professing Jews into a Rage against Christ Jesus the Right Heir when he came amongst them and did the Mighty Works that never man did they would not believe him but said By Beelzebub the Prince of Devils he cast out Devils They spit upon him he was crowned with Thorns afterwards crucified whom God rais'd the third day according to the Scriptures and who is ascended and exalted at the Right Hand of the Majesty on high c. These Professing Jews were the chief Instruments against him though they were assisted in this work of Wick●dness by the Gentiles This is he who was those Persecutors Father as Christ told them You are of your Father the Devil saith he f●r the Works of your Father you do for he was a Lyar a Murderer from the beginning when he speaks a Lye he speaketh of himself for he is a Lyar and the Father of it And this is he who led the Heathens to Belye the Primitive Christians and their Principles and to put them to Death And this is he who hath led an hypocritical Generation of Professors of Christianity who are in the Apostacy from the Life of Christ to belye us and our Principles and to persecute us for our Obedience to Christ Jesus yea even some of us to Death Oh! that they might find a Place of Repentance and obtain Forgiveness at the Hand of the Lord God This is he who hath led this Author to Belye us and our Principles and Practices as may be seen in the following Book So as it is written He that is born after the Flesh persecutes him that is born after the Spirit and they that will live God-like in Christ Jesus must suffer Persecution and Evil Men and Seducers wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived Oh!

to Bury his Dead in our Grounds Though as I am credibly informed such an Apostate as this Author may in end had his Child laid in the Burying-ground which doth belong to the People of God called Quakers in London this Denyal did not arise from Covetousness as he wickedly would insinuate but was done in Zeal as a Testimony against such an Apostate And if the Body of the Deceased Wife or Children or other Relation of such an Apostate have been refused to be laid in our Burying-Ground only at the said Apostate's Desire I ask this Author What Suffering this Denyal can bring upon the Deceased Wife Child or other Relation of the afore-said Apostate In the 15th 16th 17th pages this Uncharitable Cavilling Busie Body throws out his Slanders upon some of the Servants of Christ who long have been and yet are a Blessing in the Hand of the Lord amongst his People he slanderously charges some such amongst us who at first were raised up to declare the Eternal Truth as he saith to be Changed or Apostatized and by their Evil Example to have been Instrumental in leading the People called Quakers from their former Sincerity to God Answ If the Father of Lyes and old Accuser of the Brethren were not Head in him then these Slanders would not proceed from him But out of the Abundance of the Evil Treasure that the Evil One hath put into his Heart he brings forth these Evil Things for which the Just God will bring him to Judgment in his own due time And tho●e whom he thus slanders and revi●es do in their Hearts desire that he and such as he might find a time and place to Repent of all their Hard Speeches and Ungodly Deeds which they have done and said against the Lord and his People that so they might obtain Forgiveness at the Hand of the Lord God This Uncharitable Caviller hath taken upen him to judge the Servants of the Lord concerning their Food and Raiment which they do receive from the great Creator who blesseth and sanctifieth the same unto them by his Word and Power which dwelleth in them I do tell this Busie Body in other mens Matters That these men whom he enviously accuseth have received Wisdom and Counsel from their Lord Christ Jesus how to behave themselves in his Church both with respect to their Food and Raiment and all those other things wherein they are judged by him I do on their behalf as knowing them better then he doth turn his Slanders back upon his own Head and let him know that both they and I do refuse to learn of such Envious Slanderers as he is Glory to the Lord we have a better Teacher And I further tell him that Pride in Apparel and Excess in Eat●●● a●d Drinking whether Wines or other Liquors with all Idle Vain and Sinful Discourse or Communications of what sort soever is at this da● denyed and witnessed against by those men upon whom he hath cast his Slanders both in their Doctrine and also in their Lives and Conversations as many Thou ands can witness Glory to the Lord God for the same This Author begins in the 10th page to tell a long rambling Story concerning a Taylor and a Shoe-Maker whom he calls Quakers this Story lasts from the page afore-said to the 14th page and he calls this Story A Dialogue between a Taylor a Quaker and a Shoe-Maker a Quaker b●t he doth not tell us the Names of this Taylor and Shoe-Maker nor where we may find them and therefore we have Cause to suspect that it is Thomas Hicks-like a Dialogue of his own framing to abuse the People called Quakers with But if that which he speaks in the Taylor 's and Shoe-Maker's Name be a Real Discourse between a Taylor and a Shoe-Maker who esteem themselves of that People who are called Quakers then I tell him That as God hath no Pleasure in him that draws back but in him that presses forward to the saving of the Soul so the faithful People of God called Quakers have no Pleasure that this Taylor and Shoe-Maker or any other should draw back from God into any Evil which God has once redeemed them out of and when any that come amongst us do go back into Evil it is Cause of Grief unto us But if this was a Real Discourse between a Taylor and a Shoe-Maker who esteemed themselves of that People called Quakers and that what thou hast said in their Name against the People called Quakers was really their words then I must tell thee these men were nearer of Kindred to thee such as thou art then to those People and I shall briefly endeavour to shew thee wherein In pag. 14 15. thou speakest thus in their Names viz. I think I may speak it between thee and I saith the Taylor There is much Lo●●iness and Pride amongst Friends as there is amongst any Sect of Religion whatever And thou makest the Shoe-maker to say Yes it is True Answ But I say it is False and Slanderous and Thousands of the People called Quakers and others have a Testimony in their own Consciences it is False ●nd so if thou hast speaken Truth of the Taylor and the Shoe-Maker in this Matter then we deny them and their Testimony in this Matter and also testifie against their Back-sliding and do desire that they may Repent and do their First Works lest God take them away in his Anger This Author begins another rambling airy Story much like to the former in pag. 8. which ends the latter end of pag. 10. Though this is not called a Dialogue yet it is writ Dialogue-wise like the other they are so like one to the other that they seem as though they had both one Father or Author and whether this Author is the Author of one or both of them is known to the Heart-searching God The Story is concerning a Trades-man or Shop-keeper called a Quaker and a Man of some other Profession this Author suggests that the Person who is called a Quaker did when he came to the Knowledge of the Truth deny for the Truth 's sake the selling of some Vnlawful or Vnnecessary Commodities But he is not so honest and plain as to tell us who this Shop-keeper is or what those Commodities are yet he now charges it upon him That he meeting with one of his old Customers a Man of another Profession after they had saluted one another with a How d●st do and How do you do Sir c. the said Shop-keeper did ask his old Customer What dost want any of such and such Commodities Vpon which his old Customer as this Author words it answer'd What do you sell such Goods again Sir And the other as he saith replyed Yea I think as good as ever thou sawest The Matter charged by this Author against this Shop-keeper is That he now sells again for his Earthly Advantage some Vnlawful or Vnnecessary Commodities which by the Power of God he was

constrained to deny to sell in former time To this I answer If it be really so as thou sayest I say concerning him and all others in his State as I said before in the Case of the Taylor and the Shoe-Maker that is That as God hath no Pleasure in those that draw back towards Perdition but delights that all should press forward to the Salvation of their Souls so God's faithful Remnant in Scorn called Quakers have no Pleasure in the Vnfaithfulness or Back-sliding of any that know and profess the Truth amongst us But our tender Breathings and Desires are That all that know and profess the Truth may live and grow up in it as Trees of Righteousness bringing forth more and more Fruit to the Praise of the Lord God Almighty who is worthy to be feared and served in Faithfulness by all who have tasted how Good and how Gracious he is to him be all Glory Praises Dominion and Honour now and for evermore Amen In pag. 15. this Envious Author utters two Slanders against the People of God called Quakers the first is That if a man ●m●●●st us lives poorly though never so honestly and stands in need of some Relief or Assistance from this People then this People pronounce hard Sentence against him That he is not Faithful to God and That he is Cursed in his Basket and in his Store c. and That he hath little or no Part in the Kingdom of God I answer This is a Notorious Slander proceeding from the Father of Lyes as the Honest Upright hearted Poor People amongst that People both in London and in many Parts of England can and will testifie and as God hath made all Nations of one Blood to dwell upon the ●ace of the whole Earth We know that an Upright Honest-hearted Poor Man and Woman is as near and dear to the great God their Creator and the Lord J●s●s Christ who has tasted Death for every man 〈◊〉 and Poor as the Rich Man or Woman is And with God there is no Respect of Persons because of their Riches or Poverty outwardly as with respect to spiritual Rewards or Blessings upon their Immortal Souls and as to the Lord so they are to us the Lord knows and our Practice testifies it The other Slander which I purpose to speakto which is contained in this page is This ungodly Author saith 〈◊〉 now G●in amongst the People called Quakers is accounted Godliness that is as he saith in the same page A great House and Furniture and Fulness of Corn Wine and Oyl c. Ans I may say unto this Lying Tongue as a Man of God once said What shall be given thee oh Lying Tongue ●t Coa●s of Juniper The Wrath of God is treasured up against that Lying Spirit which is thy Head which God in his due time will pour forth upon it which to it will be an endless Cup of Torment Now I shall come to speak something to the first page of this Author's Book he begins to the People call'd Quakes thus speaking to them in general terms saying Before the Way of the Lord was manifested your States and Conditions were miserable as to God-wards living in Pride Filthiness and all manner of Vncleanness in Covetousness Drunkenness Swearing Lying Whoredom Hypocrisie Disimulution c. Answ Here he speaks at Random not like a Man sent of God to judge and teach us for he doth not Divide right and therefore he is not the Lord's Mouth unto us For though we shall readily confess that we have all sinned some more and some less and so have all come short of the Glory of God and so our States were miserable * Though the Vail of Darkness and Ignorance long abode upon several of our Hearts yet we can say In that dark time the Lord God was near unto us who by his pure Spirit kept us out of such Gross Evils as this Unruly-tongu'd Author would cast upon us And in a deep Sence of the dear Love of God in preserving us in that dark Time we do in deep Humility give Glory unto him for he is worthy yet that we generally even in our most estranged state from God did live in all manner of Uncleanness as he chargeth us is utterly denyed by us for many of us can say as having God's Spirit bearing Witness to our Spirits to the Truth of what we say That we were never guilty of divers things which he charges upon us in general Terms But had he been sent of God to teach us he would have distinguished aright as the holy Apostle did who asked the Saints saying Know ye not that no Whoremonger or Adulterer or Covetous Man who is an Idolater c. hath any part in the Kingdom of God or of his Christ and he said unto them Such were SOME of you Mark that He did not say they had all been such or that they had all lived in all mauner of Uncleanness To conclude with this Author at this time I say Though some professing the Truth amongst us may through their Unfaithfulness to God have helped to fill his Evil Heart with this Evil Treasury of whom he may have said something that is true in it self yet with in that bad Spirit he will never make them better Yet I tell him there are many thousands who are clear from his Accusations who have the Testimony of the Good Spirit of God bearing witness with their Spirits that they are his Children who are led by the spiritual Appearance of his Beloved Son Christ Jesus out of their former Vain and Sinful Conversation and who are upheld by him that they do not draw back towards Perdition but do daily wait upon him and by the Ve●tue of his Power are pressing forward to the perfect 〈…〉 Immortal Souls And as I have told him before As God hath 〈…〉 that draw back neither have his saithful People But they are grieved with the Back-sliding and Vnfaithfulness of any who have Known Redemption by Christ Jesus out of their Sins in any measure And we do desire that such may hasten to seek a Place of Repentance and that they may come to the doing of their First Works lest God cut them off in his Anger Some there are who came with us to taste of the Heavenly Gift and of the Power of that World which is without End who are fallen away and Apostatized from it and are turned into Enmity against it and against the despised People called Quakers who keep their First Love to it and Habitation in it as those are gone out from us because they were not of us so likewise some few there may be who may yet appear amongst us who being gone from that Pure Divine Life of Christ Jesus by which alone we are upheld to God such are not of us and if they do not return unto the Lord by Unfeigned Repentance them will the Lord reject they being as the Salt which hath lost its Savour and as the withered Branches who are separated from Christ the living Vine And though some few are already gone out from us and some such may yet go and add to the Number of the envious Apestates of which Generation this envious slandering Author bears a great Resemblance yet the Work of the Lord amongst the People called Quakers doth daily prosper God hath the whole Body of Mankind to work upon He that gave unto his Prophet the Vision of the Valley full of Dry Bones and gave him a Command to Prophesie unto them and they stood up at his Command and became an exceeding great Army he is the same at this day as ever he was whose Voice is crying through the Earth and daily raising Desires in fallen Man and Woman after himself so that though here and there an Unfaithful Person full away from God and so from Unity with his People yet many more are raised up in their stead and the Number of the Lamb's Followers are daily increased for which the People of God called Quakers do give Glory and Honour and Praise unto him whose Will is That all men might know the Truth and he saved As I live saith the Lord I have no Pleasure in the Death of him that dyeth but that every one might turn from his Wickedness and live And this Holy Pure God who is a Fountain of Love and Life gives a general Call and Invitation unto all the faln Sons and Daughters of Adam to come unto him saying Look unto me O all ye Ends of the Earth AND BE YE SAVED for I am God and there is none else a Mighty God and a Saviour Isa 45.22 1 Tim. 2.1 2 3 4. This I have written in the Love of God as a Testimony to the blessed Work which he has wrought and is daily working more and more in the hearts of his People in Scorn call'd Quakers and as a just Rebuke to this scandalous Author And I say O that he and all his Brethren the Apostate Enemies of the Lord Jesus Christ and his faithful Followers might seek and find a P●ace of Repentance Oh! blessed will they be who turn from their Iniquities while the Day of their Visitation lasteth even while the Spirit of the Lord God strives with them for is will not alwayes strive with man William Gibson London the 29th of the 9th Moneth 16●4