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A54255	A collection of some passages (touching those called Quakers) which were writ by several that were, or still are, amongst that people whereby the reader may plainly see and perceive what spirit it is that acts their preachers and leaders; and how they have been foretold and faithfully warned of the day of perplexity, reproach, and ignominy, that is come and coming upon them. The second edition. To which is added, a preface, postscript and appendix, &c. by J.P.	Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing P1405A; ESTC R217517	10,179	21

IT may be They will present their Supplications before the LORD and will turn every one from his Evil Way For great is the Anger and Fury that the LORD hath pronounced against THIS PEOPLE POSTSCRIPT HE that reads the Books of Controversie against G. Fox G. Whitehead and that Party writ by several that had been some 20 30 or 40 Years of the Society of the Quakers * Viz. F. Bugg T. Crisp W. Rogers Jo. Hog N. Coleman J. Rance G. Keith D. Leeds W. Mather and no less than 67 Writ against them at one time with divers others that might be named besides the Author of the Snake c. will plainly see much of the foregoing Collections already fulfill'd and so must the rest be in the appointed Season and then 't will more fully and evidently appear that the same Infallible and Unerring SPIRIT by which the Holy Men of Old were Guided some have been made living and true Witnesses of in this our Age and Generation Tho' 't is sad to consider how the Quakers vain Boasts and false Pretences thereto have caused the very Name of the LORD and His Inspirations to be Derided and Blasphemed yea and that in a greater and higher degree than any other Sect whatsoever this is Matter of Sorrow and ought to be laid to Heart by every one concern'd J. P. O THOU Great and Infinite BEING before Whom all Nations are but as the drop of a Bucket in comparison of THEE Bless Preserve and Keep me and all that truly fear THEE from all and all manner of Evil whether of Flesh or Spirit from henceforth and for ever is the Desire Humble and Hearty Prayer of one of the Unlearnedst Weakest and Unworthiest of all THY Servants yet am one that have been made willing and that with gladness of Heart to follow THY Leadings whether into Good or Evil Report Praised and Glorified be THY Name for evermore saith THY Servant and let all the Upright-hearted say Amen An APPENDIX IT is impossible says W. Mather that the Pens now in Controversie against Us Quakers should be put a stop to before there is a Reformation of our numerous Preachers And also a Retractation of all the Errors of our Friends Books be published P. 1. CONSIDER this you fierce Despisers of all Those who desire Your Reformation in Doctrine and Practice You know where this cursed thing is that causeth all this Disturbance you still hide it but out it must come and be beaten to Powder P. 9. The above is taken out of W. Mather's Book printed this Year 1700. He has been a Quaker these 40 Years WHEREIN you have erred be not asham'd to confess and return for however you are filled with Confidence of your selves you are fully seen to others FRET not at Instruments neither look so much at Them as at that Righteous HAND that is turned against You. YOU have lost your Glory it cannot be hid the Substance is departed tho' the Shadows remain Therefore let Humility and unfeigned Repentance be found amongst You that Glory may be given to HIM who is the Searcher of all Hearts This was Printed 1675 and 1696. BEHOLD They say The Vision that he seeth isfor many days to come and he prophesieth of the Times that are afar off THEREFORE say unto them Thus saith the LORD There shall none of my Words be prolonged any more but the Word which I have spoken shall be done saith the LORD GOD. These following Words were spoken at several of the Quakers Meetings 1699. WHERE any Form without the POWER and where an Image without LIFE is set up and exalted There and by such a People the Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth are Despised and Rejected This is a most Certain and True Testimony He or She that can receive it let ' em AND tho' the Words of the Prophets were Read every Sabbath Day in the Jews Synagogues vet their Rulers neither knew the True SHEPHERDS Voice nor the Voices of the Prophets as saith the Scriptures of Truth * Acts 13.27 And tho' the Words of the Prophets and also of the Apostles are frequently Declared and Spoken in Your Assemblies yet most that pretend themselves to be Ministers of CHRIST neither know HIS Voice nor the Voices of the Prophets nor of the Apostles THIS is the Message I have been made of late to deliver at most of Your Meetings in and about this City And tho' the Words are the Words of Truth and Soberness yet some of your Preachers have not ceased as the Jews of old did to Contradict and Blaspheme the Good SPIRIT of the Ever-blessed GOD by which it was Declared and Spoken And therefore I was made to come hither * White-Hart-Court and at Devonshire-House at this Time to Warn and Caution You to Beware lest that come upon You which is Spoken of in the Prophets and which Paul also Spake to the Jews viz. BEHOLD ye Despisers and Wonder and Perish for I will work a Work in this Your Day I say in this Your Day which You will not Believe altho' it should be Declared unto You. AND thus having Faithfully Performed what is Required of Me at this Time I am to leave You and to Depart in Peace The Conclusion AND now I shall Conclude with a few words of Counsel and Advice not only to my nearest and dearest Relations of what kind soever but also to Those who have been more particularly concerned and ingaged in Discovering and laying open the Immoralities and Miscarriages of the highest pretenders to Religion viz. OH that every one of You who have seen the Evils and Miscarriages of others might make a deep search into your own Hearts and see if you are not guilty before the Invisible and All-seeing EYE of some Iniquity or other that offends His Divine MAJESTY which if upon a diligent search you find your selves Guilty my Desire my Request yea my Hearty Prayer both for you and my self is That we may never let HIM rest till HE hath Cleansed Purged and Purified us from all Secret and Hidden Sins and from all Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit And this I beg in the Name and for the alone and only sake of our for Ever Blessed LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST who gave himself for us who truly Love Fear and Obey HIM that HE might Redeem us from all Iniquity and Purifie into Himself a Peculiar People Zealous of good Works This is that happy State and blessed Condition which my self with some others for these many Years have been labouring and pressing after and which through the Infinite Mercy of the great GOD after much Waiting Stilness and Retir'dness we have in some measure attained And therefore cannot but in true Love advise you all my Dear Friends to be like minded in labouring for and pressing after the Same that so you may reap the Benefit and I the Comfort of all the Desires and Prayers which have been made either for you or my self J. P. BEHOLD the Goodness and Severity of GOD On THEM which are fallen Severity but towards VS Goodness if we continue in HIS Goodness otherwise WE also shall be cut off And THEY also if THEY abide not still in Vnbelief shall be Grafted in for GOD is able to Graft THEM in again BLESSED and Happy yea for Ever Happy will they be who hears the Word of GOD near or in their Hearts that keeps it and is in all saithfulness obedient to it such will stand as fixed and unmoveable in the midst of all the Concussions Dividings and Shakings that at present are or are to be in Church or State as a firm Rock in the midst of a rough and tempestuous Sea This is a certain sure and true Testimony he that can receive it let ' em HE shall not be afraid of Evil Tydings His Heart is fixed trusting in the LORD The END

A COLLECTION OF Some Passages Touching those called QVAKERS Which were Writ by several that were or still are amongst that People WHEREBY The Reader may plainly see and perceive what Spirit it is that Acts their Preachers and Leaders and how they have been foretold and faithfully Warned of the Day of Perplexity Reproach and Ignominy that is come and coming upon Them The Second Edition To which is added a Preface Postscriptand Appendix c. by J. P. O thou Sword of the LORD how long will it be e're thou be quiet Put up thy self into thy Scabbard rest and be still How can it be quiet seeing the LORD hath given it a Charge I cannot hold my Peace because thou hast heard O my Soul the Sound of the Trumpet the Alarum of War London Sold by A. Baldwin 1700. PREFACE OH People my Bowels yearn my Bowels yearn towards you whose desires in any measure are after the LORD O that you would now I say that you would now Return with all your Hearts unto HIM and obey the Voice of HIS Power in you then should you be made able to stand and endure the Fiery Tryal which is come and coming Oh! the Day hastens wherein all Profession that is not grounded in the Life and Power of the LORD JESUS CHRIST whatever the shew of it be will be so Shaken that an utter I say an utter Blasting and Withering shall come upon it and for that cause the LORD doth and will yet Suffer great Tryals yea I say great Tryals to come both upon the Professors and Possessors of HIS Name that so HIS Children the Possessors may be manifested unto all and discerned from all that are but Professors though never so fair and seemingly Covered for all Coverings but what is of the Power and Spirit it self shall be too Narrow and all that are not covered with the Spirit and Power of Emmanuel their Shame and Nakedness shall Appear more and more THIS is the Testimony which the Spirit and Word of Truth giveth therefore he that hath an Ear to hear let him hear before the Day of his Visitation be wholly past and the things belonging to his Peace be hid from his Eyes READ this who can and he that can Receive it let him for the Time draweth nigh that these Sayings must be Fulfilled Printed 1670 1671 and 1696. J. P. A Collection c. I HAVE long seen saith R. R. the Abomination that maketh Desolate standing amongst the Quakers Wherefore hear the Word of the LORD ye Rulers of Sodom and People of Gomorrah 't is this Spirit that hath encompassed your Jerusalem about as with Armies by which we know the Destruction thereof draweth nigh Finally 't is that Spirit of Wickedness in the form of Righteousness that hath already torn your Crown from off your Head and discovered your Secret Parts so that the Scab of Contention and Strife is seen that will never leave nor cease to Divide you till the Name of Quaker become an Hiss and a Scorn amongst the Nations This Witness is true AND You that for the vast number of your Tribes have seemed to magnifie your selves in your increase of Children Wo be to You that now give Suck and take so much pains to add to your Sect for behold in one Day loss of Children and Widowhood shall come upon you This Witness is true OF this I am most certain that a Bitter Lying and Persecuting Proud Spirit inhabits your Tents which Babylonish Garment hath long been seen to lye hid amongst that Tribe called the Ministry the Teachers and Leaders of the Quakers even such Spiritual Wickedness which if practised amongst Presbyterians Independents or others whom ye disown and can see nothing in them that is good they would abhor themselves therein which You as with a Whore's Forehead boldly maintain and defend You are in truth those that justifie your selves before Men but GOD knoweth your Hearts and the Day is at Hand even at your very Door which will Discover Reveal and Preach as upon the House-tops many and great Abominations which yet lye hid amongst You that so you may be judged according to your Deeds This Witness is true as St. Paul said Tit. 1.12 13. I am constrained contrary to my Nature to plead like a Man of Contention against this Proud Pharisaical and Perverse Generation this Leviathan and Crooked Serpent in whose Nostrils unless a Hook be put would swallow not only the Rivers but also the very Sea into himself viz. Receive all tho' never so unclean in Heart and Spirit if outwardly they will but own him receive his Mark * Of Thee and Thou and the Hat and walk in outward Observation and Shew conformable to Them who while they profess themselves free from Sin and being the only Children of GOD are notwithstanding found bitter Persecutors of the Truth and Enemies to the Unction the Anointed One in whomsoever HE doth appear thereby rendring themselves guilty of all the Innocent Blood which hath been spilt from the Blood of Righteous Abel even to this Day All which Blood cryeth aloud for Vengeance upon the well-favoured Harlot Mystery Babylon who in the Golden Cups and goodly Shew of an outward Profession hath inwardly with a bitter ravening and devouring Spirit made her self Drunk with the Blood of the Saints and Martyrs of JESUS This Witness is true I have observed that those that forsake Father and Mother the Sect that nourish'd and brought them forth to follow the Lord fully and wholly as did Caleb Joshua and JESUS c. not minding their own Reputations or Fame nor loving their Lives to the Death such I say have been accounted as in all Ages so by this Hypocritical Proud Self-righteous Generation as the worst of Men calling them Ranters Atheists Blasphemers Devils any thing even all manner of Evil so they may wound the Truth and slay the Innocent Defenders thereof whose harmless Souls I see lying under the Altar of Truth sorely oppressed for their Testimony thereunto and crying out How long LORD GOD Holy and True will it be e're thou dost Judge and Revenge our Blood For whose Elect sake the GOD of my Salvation will suddenly arise and behold Enmity Lies and Falshood c. even all that Spirit of Wickedness will surely fly hide it self and sink again into the bottomless Pit from whence it came THEY care not whom they slander or what Lies they tell so they may Advance Strengthen and Increase their Party and Sect. By all which it evidently appears that the Spirit of Deceit and Falshood is crept in and doth inhabit amongst this People YOU are now like that Evil Spirit cast out running to and fro walking in the dry places of your Elders Traditions those You call good Old Friends seeking rest but never shall find any so long as Balack and Balaam that bitter Spirit leads to Curse whom GOD will surely Bless and bring over You for YE MUST FALL and with Haman Saul and

Herod be insnared and taken even in the same Pit of cruel Deceit which you have digged for your Innocent Brethren and herein for some time will the Faith and Patience of the Saints be exercised THUS am I clear from the Blood of all Men in that I have not ceased both by Words and Writing to forewarn of the coming of this Antichrist among the Quakers who for more than Ten Years last past have been that poor Ass speaking as with Man's Voice reproving and withstanding the Madness of this Lying Wrathful Bitter Persecuting Spirit knowing right well when it entred and You thereby came to reject the LORD that He should not Reign over You by His Spirit of Light and Love but rather chose to your selves a King for to Judge and Rule You who was not the Unction nor the Anointed of the LORD nor yet the Olive Fig nor Vine that could heal rejoice or bind you up but the Bramble and King of the bottomless Pit that shall so Rend Tear and Devour you till not one Stone shall be left upon another which thing tell G.F. that Fox your King BY what is written you may see how this high and Luciferian People the Quakers who for their Shew and Numbers have been as the Stars of Heaven and who for their Pride and Enmity are to be cast down WHOSE FALL IS THE RICHES OF THE WORLD So that the first in Profession are now become the last in Possession of the Kingdom which standeth not in Words nor yet in Outward Appearances but in Humility and Love unfeigned yea in Righteousness Peace and Joy c. The foregoing Passages are taken out of Robert Riche's Letters which were Printed 1669 and Reprinted 1676. He was a Merchant and was one of the Eminentest and Ancientest Quaker that Lived in London I know says R. R. George Fox is raised up of GOD for this very end to Try Refine and Purifie many as Pharaoh was and tho' many fall in the Tryal under his Power yet many will be delivered into the Glorious Liberty of the Sons of GOD. I likewise see that daily more and more will fall off from that BODY and that some that separate from them will with Daniel stand in their Lot and follow the LORD in the Spirit of the LAMB more fully than they have done These two last Paragraphs was Printed in 1680. in Abstracts of R. R 's Let. c. P. 19. II. HOW low and humble were they i.e. Quakers in their Spirits in the beginning How few were they in Words Their Yea was Yea and their Nay Nay Ah! let me take up a Lamentation How are the Mighty fallen How have the Stars ceased to give their Light How are the Poor distressed and the Young Ones bruised by the high Mountains and lofty Cedars whose Habitations were once in Heaven but now upon the high Places of the Earth to impose upon the Conscience and to establish an Arbitrary Power by a Law These are the Armed Beasts and the many Antichrists which break the Unity in Spirit and the Bond of Peace P. 10. THE Foxonian-Unity is to yield Subjection to the Order of the BODY so called though no manifestation within And this Unity they glory in by this is their Kingdom upheld from this they are able to boast Who is able to make War with us Who can stand before us Do not all fall that are risen up against us Are not these the high-swelling words of Proud Babel whose tow'ring Thoughts must be abased Whose practice hath been to crush the tender Ones in their Bodies Souls and Spirits This Language hath mine Ears heard this Practice hath mine Eyes seen to the grief and wounding of my Soul P. 11 12. THIS Spirit of Antichrist in G. Fox c. would wrest from me what I am not willing to part withal to wit my Conscience under no less Penalty than Excommunication c. P. 16. THESE ill Ministers i. e. G. Fox c. conjoin together to subvert our Laws and Liberties given by the Great JEHOVAH And assuredly though they are lifted up as it were into Heaven in their Proud Imaginations the Righteous GOD will Blast all their Exalted Expectations and they shall Die and Perish in the General Dissolution because they have not regarded the Fatherless nor pitied the poor in Spirit nor compassionated the tender Conscience which feared to Sin against the LORD but Crushed Spoiled and Oppressed without Bowels of Mercy those that had little strength to help themselves invaded their Rights violated their Liberties and endeavoured to take the Meat from the Children and give it unto Dogs P. 26. This Witness is true AND although they daily exercise the Oppressions before-mentioned yet by their deceitful Flatteries they make People believe that they are a Harmless Innocent and Peaceable People suffering and bearing wrong but not doing any Or if any Persons write or speak their Grief that the Publick take notice of they will represent them under such terms as may render them Odious and the more effectually to weaken their Testimonies they will fix upon them scurrilous and contemptible Appellations as Scotch-men Welch-men Tinker Taylor c. some of them utterly untrue and to prevent an Inquisition into the Truth of the matter they would make People believe that they are Envious Malicious and Discomposed Spirits Bad Dirty Factious and Ranting Spirits who are gone from Truth and are out of Truth This Witness is true SUCH is the Portion of those that appear in the least against their Imperious Tyrannical and Lascivious Actions And whatever Man detected the Fallacies and destructive Cheats of Imperious and Disdainful Men but was thus reproached Must it be Justice in Them to complain of their Oppressions and Envy and Malice c. in Us to complain of Ours Their Years are but few yet verily they have been exceeding expert in learning the Papists Subtilties P. 36 37. This Witness is true IT appears plainly unto the Just and Righteous Man that G. Fox and the rest of his Counsel have endeavoured to subvert the Royal Law of Liberty and to introduce an Arbitrary and Tyrannical Government over the Consciences of the Flock of GOD. THESE are the Ravening Wolves which Prey upon the little Ones in a Lordly Spirit This is that envenomed Spirit which hath tainted their Judgments poysoned their Hearts and blinded their Eyes P. 38. AND I affirm the LORD did not raise them up to bring us off from the Barren Mountains to feed upon them who are now become a Desart nor from under our Oppressors to turn Oppressors themselves Let them remember the Army it is their Figure * ☞ And if the LORD's Anger waxed hot against them for their Unfaithfulness what will be the Portion of These who have so deeply Apostatized from clearer Manifestations P. 41. DEAR Friend It hath pleased the LORD to raise thee up to bear a Testimony against an Adulterous Tyrannical and an Hypocritical Generation c. P. 44. W. Mucklowe