William Penn's Ansvver to John Faldo's printed Challenge Penn, William, 1644-1718. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A54103 of text R222449 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P1254A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A54103 Wing P1254A ESTC R222449 99833627 99833627 38105 2240926025

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54103) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38105) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2175:08) William Penn's Ansvver to John Faldo's printed Challenge Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Andrew Sowle, [London : 1674] Dated at end: London the 12th of the 8th month, 1674. Imprint from Wing. A reply to an anti-Quaker tract. Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library. eng Faldo, John, 1633-1690. -- Challenge -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800. Society of Friends -- Early works to 1800. Quakers -- England -- London -- Apologetic works -- Early works to 1800. eebo William Penn's Ansvver to John Faldo's printed Challenge. Penn, William, 1674 1 490 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2005-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2005-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-10 Sampled and proofread 2005-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
William Penn's ANSWER TO JOHN FALDO's PRINTED CHALLENGE .

IT would seem Strange , as well as Unreasonable to me , that J. Faldo should of all Times and Places chuse the Barbican Meeting of the 28th of the 6th Month , so surreptitiously gotten and partially mannaged , to divulge his Challenge against me , did I not give off Wondering at the Injust Carriage of some men towards us .

For first , He could not but know , I was at a great Distance from the Place ; that I had twice defended our Belief in Print against him ; and that a considerable Book lieth at his Door unanswered . To make then that Swagger in my Absence , and yet be Debtor to my Desences ; to come ten Miles to tell the World , he would do great Things against me , and when he had done , to print , and as I may say , spit in our Faces at our Entrance into the last Barbican-Meeting , before he had sent me a Copy , or atleast to know of my Receipt of it , and Answer to it , who am as near a Neighbour to his Residence as the Barbican-Meeting , I think cannot be reputed fair by Indifferent Persons : How Unfair then is the Complaint , that he hath had no Answer ?

Again , Was I not then , and am I not still engaged against other Persons , and that mostly about the same things ? Why did he not send me word he intended to be there , and exhibit a Charge publickly against me ? The English Custom as to Common Right . Is this to prove Quakerism no Christianity ; or himself No Christian ? I cannot believe he did to me herein , as he would be done by .

But that I may acquit my self of that Duty incumbent on me for the Truth , I do hereby signifie , That inasmuch as the Controversie depending between T. H. &c. and us , takes in the most of the Particulars of his Charge , we freely consent , that he should come in with them for a Share as Confederate in the same Work , and use his utmost Abilities to maintain his Accusations ; And if in any Thing his Charge is singular , we shall be ready to hear and fairly debate it at the same Meeting or Meetings , to avoid fresh and unnecessary Contests , as much as justly may be : Though still let it be remembred , these very Things are at large discoursed in my Rejoynder to him ; our Faith relieved from his Unworthy Misrepresentations , and confirmed by Scripture , Reason , and a Cloud of Honourable Ancient and Modern Witnesses .

London the 12th of the 8th Month , 1674.