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truth_n	scripture_n	spirit_n	teach_v	4,680	5	6.6628	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30043	A second summons to the city of Abel, 2 Sam. 20 to deliver up Sheba, the son of Bichri, that man of Belial : by way of metaphor, alluding to the Quakers and Geo. Whitehead and may serve for a reply to their answer to my printed sheet, stiled The Quakers Yearly Meeting impeached, &c.	Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?	1695 (1695)	Wing B5392; ESTC R21466	14,478	16

whatever you think as some of his Friends have told him in Barkshire to his Face 't is he that hath been the chief disturber 't is he that hath poysoned the minds of many well-meaning People 't is his false glossing and base perverting that hath drawn the edge of my Pen against you and if you will stand by him and not like the Wise Woman of Abel bring him forth nor condemn his Errors c. my Hand will be still heavier upon you if God permit me length of days and the assistance of his Holy Spirit For I do tell you his Impudence hath exceeded all that ever I read of none exceed him in perverting and false glossing And if this Answer had not come out I was minded by a quarter of a Sheet to give you a second Summons whether you hear or forbear For I find G. W. will not come forth himself he feareth the Fate of Hungate the Jesuit against Hall See New Rome unmask'd c. p. 33. to 49. Oh Friends for so I can call many of you I am grieved to see you willingly ignorant and as I have already so I could still take great pains to inform you of the subtil working of some of your Juggling Teachers whose Books are of two sorts and carry two faces as I have often said saying one while that the Scriptures are Death Dust Serpents Meat Beastly Ware c. yea so uncertain that whether Moses or Hermes be the first Penman is doubtful But your Bellarmine G.W. to serve a turn told the Parliament in your Vind. c. that the Quakers believed it to be given by Divine Inspiration Now Friends one of these Books which teach thus contrary to each other must be wrong then let it be condemned Again G. W. says you prefer the Scriptures before all Books extant and yet he himself teach by his Serious Apology p. 49. That what is spoken from the Spirit of Truth in any is of as great Authority as the Scriptures and Chapters are and greater c. And now you shall see how by Practice he prefers his own Writings before the Scripture for he never recommended a Chapter of the Bible to be read in their Meetings of Worship But you shall see how he imposeth the Reading his own and you poor hearts are obliged to hear it read viz. An Epistle for the Remnant of Friends by G. Whitehead which concludes thus Let this Epistle be read distinctly in the Life and Authority of God from whence it came amongst Friends in and about London c. Now I appeal to your Consciences which does G. W. prefer think-ye Again G. Fox in Answer to C. W. Great Myst p. 246. said The Scriptures are not the Word of God as thou Blasphemously affirmed when upon his own Epistle he set this Encomium This is the Word of the Lord God to you all Again Several Papers given forth by G. Fox he there tells his Friends This is the Word of the Lord I charge you in the Presence of the Living God to send this Epistle amongst all Friends and Brethren every where to be read in all Metetings To them all this is the Word of God c. Oh Friends when did ever G. Fox say so of the Scriptures No he is so far from that that he says 'T is Blasphemy to call the Scriptures the Word of God Pray mark the irreconcileable Difference and yet your Bellarmine G. W. had the Face to tell the Parliament they prefer the Scriptures before all Books in the World Oh horrible Impudence Again see your Book Truth 's Defence c. p. 2. 104. where they Teach you may as well burn the Scriptures as their Writings and their Convocation or London Yearly Meet●ng 1675. confirm them by Decree saying It is our Judgment in the Fear of God and Authority of his Power that no such slight Names ●dicts or Cannons be put upon Friends Papers which we Testifie have been given forth by the Spirit of God c. Now when did they ever send out a Decree that no such slight Names and Expressions as Dust Death Serpents Meat Beastly Ware Carnal Letter Husk c. should be cast upon the Scriptures No no they were so far from that that the very Men that gave the Scriptures these contemptuous Names sent out this Preservative for their own Books Papers and Queries Oh Friends what do you think of G. W. Is he not made up of Impudence The Difference is so great between the value they put upon their own Books and that upon the Scriptures that it can never be reconciled nor Satisfaction made to them that tender the Glory of God and the good of Souls with grateful Hearts for his Goodness in continuing the Bible to us through all Ages but by Condemning the one sort of the Quakers Books to the Fire as Oxford lately did a Book of the same Nature Why then will you not bring forth Sheba the Son of Bichri that Man of Belial G.W. Is there not a Wise Man amongst you He tells you that I wrong the Quakers in Charge Citation and Observation Bring him forth according to his Proposal and you will see it proved that I have not I have given you a few Instances I might produce a hundred more but time would fail G. W. hath wrote to divers Clergy-Men to prevail with me to desist they give me his Letters and wish me good Success Two of your Teachers have been with me within these two Months past and used many Arguments with me I tell them all is in vain unless they bring forth Sheba And so I say still or else come forth your selves and condemn what is Erroneous and defend what is Sound and Orthodox And so I conclude and subscribe my self your Friend in what I am able to do Milden-Hall Aug. 20. 1695. Francis Bugg Senior LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be Sold by John Gwillam Bookseller in Bishopsgate-street 1695.