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A48466 Something in answer to Thomas Curtis and B.C.'s reasons why the meeting-house doors were shut up at Reading Lamboll, William.; Buy, John.; Potter, James, fl. 1686. 1686 (1686) Wing L214; ESTC R3410 10,879 15

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Something in Answer to Thomas Curtis and B. C ' s Reasons why the Meeting-House Doors were shut up at Reading Friendly Reader FInding of late ● Printed Paper spread abroad in City and Country with the Name of Thomas Curtis to the first part of it and B. C. to the latter wherein one of them pretends to give an account of the grounds upon which he intended to shut up the Publick Meeting-House Door of the People called Quakers in Reading and the other endeavours by certain Reasons to justifie and defend the doing thereof We held our selves engaged in Christian duty to give an Answer thereto for the Clearing of the Truth we profess Vindicating our selves in the profession thereof and Undeceiving all such as through the false Insinuations in the said Paper either already are or may be in danger to be deceived thereby The Paper says It is publickly known in this Town Reading that a Difference is amongst the People call'd Quakers as very frequently at our publick Meeting-House doth appear to the dishonour of Almighty God stumbling of the Weak and grief of many tender hearted that W. L. I. B. c. do from time to time stir up Strife by endeavouring the defamation of their ancient Friends rendering them to be departed from their first Principles c. To which we answer in Truth and Plainness that what T. 〈◊〉 here charge upon us is indeed that which they themselves are guilty of for it is too well known that many Scandalous and Reproachful Books and Papers have of late Years been Written and Published in Print to the World by some of their party as namely W. Rogers F. Bugg Tho. Crisp S. Aldridge greatly tending to the defamation of our ancient Friends in Truth and rendering them to be departed from men first Principles c. This is too plain to be denyed their Books and Papers being in Print to be seen and T. C. and others of party with him being in too great measure gone into joyned with the same evil spirit of defamation as those opposers of Friends and Truth are in have received owned dispersed or spread aborad those Books and Papers or some of them of which we have often with grief complained to them before we appeared in that Testimony against them of keeping on our Hats which so much disturbs them but could obtain no satisfaction from them although we plainly declared unto them that if they continued in that spirit of Division and to own and spread those ungodly scandalous Books we should be necessiated to disown their Testimonies in our Meetings so that indeed and in truth it is they that have endeavoured to defame the ancient Friends of Truth and that publickly in Print rendering them to be departed from their first Principles it is they that in thus doing have stirred up Strife to the dishonour of Almighty-God stumbling of the Weak and grief of many tender hearted and this before we appeared in that Testimony of keeping on our Hats at their Prayers whereby we think it evidently appears that it is they that have caused the Divisions and Offences contrary to the Doctrine which we have learned and since the Apostle plainly says as in their Paper is recited They that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ c. We think it concerns them well to consider what ground they now have to claim a right to a part of the Ministry of Christ Jesus our Lord since none that do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ can have a right to a part of his Ministry And whereas their Paper intimates As if we had denyed that it is fit they should acknowledge to Almighty God in the Congregations of his people those Mercies and Blessings that he is gratiously pleased from time to time to bestow on them c. We answer that in the wording of this Passage they have rather used Art to beguile the Reader then Plainness to set forth the true state of the matter for as they have expressed it some may be misled to think that we are against acknowledging to Almighty God in the Congregations of his people the Mercies and Blessings by him bestowed and supplicating at the Throne of his Grace for a future supply whereas indeed we believe and hold that every one that is right sensible of the Mercies and Benefits received from God and of his own Inabillity ought in that sence and in the moving of the holy Spirit to make such acknowledgments and supplications yet we planly declare we hold it not fit for any who are gone out from the Unity and Communion of Gods people and have publickly defamed and disowned them as Apostates and Innovators which those have done the faithful Friends of Truth to take upon them to make any such Acknowledgments or put up any such Supplications in the Congregations of Gods people as the mouth or in the name and behalf of those Congregations which such are gone out of the unity of when any such do take upon them so to do we do not believe there is any obligation upon those Congregations of Gods people or any Members thereof to joyn in outward appearance with such who in Spirit are departed from the fellowship of the Gospel of Christ Jesus but rather that such an outward complyance with that which in Spirit they have not unity with but the contrary would be but an effect of Hypocrisie and Deceit for T. C. said to I. B. before the Meeting-House door was shut up That the Difference between them and us meaning Friends was not only in outward things but it was now in the heart and spirit Having thus endeavoured to clear some passages wherein we and our Friends have been mis-represented we now proceed to the rest of the Paper and first we take notice that the reason given for the publishing their Paper is That a Copy of it was read publickly in the Meeting and there tendered to some of them that were concerned but they would not take it To which we answer that this is also unfairly represented for tho it be true that the Copy of that Paper or some such was read and tendered in the Meeting and not then received not thinking fit at that time to meddle with it our Spirits being then engaged in the worship and service of God which B. C. in the second reason of their Paper says Ought to be performed with great Seriousness and Reverence yet since some of us concerned did within the time in their said Paper per●ix'd go to them to ask for the said Copy but were denyed to have it and one of them put off with Flouts we think the not taking it at that instant when it was tendered to divert us from the great Seriousness and Reverence which the Worship and Service of God Friends were then engaged in ought to be performed with can by no meanes be admitted for a plain and just ground of putting it and us in Print And whereas T.