●●is
following
is
chiefly
intended
for
,
and
recommended
to
the
serious
perusal
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
whom
it
nearly
concerns
.
E●●RY
Dispensation
hath
but
its
Season
,
wherein
the
Light
of
it
is
to
shine
;
but
afterwards
it
must
be
put
out
,
and
be
buried
in
the
Dark
.
And
when
this
is
out
of
date
,
Persons
are
to
be
valued
no
more
by
it
;
but
the
highest
in
this
Light
and
Worship
,
will
be
laid
as
even
with
the
Meanest
,
as
the
highest
and
strictest
Jews
were
(
when
their
Dispensation
fell
)
with
the
lowest
Gentiles
.
Little
did
Israel
think
they
could
have
been
so
deceiv'd
about
the
coming
of
the
Messiah
;
little
did
they
think
the
Messiah
could
have
laid
their
Laws
and
Ordinances
so
flat
at
His
coming
as
he
did
.
It
is
impossible
for
the
Eye
of
that
Wisdom
[
by
which
the
Jews
and
the
Quakers
have
judged
,
viz.
only
by
outward
appearance
]
to
pierce
into
the
various
Ways
and
Appearances
of
GOD.
Nothing
is
darker
than
the
foregoing
Glory
,
when
a
new
One
succeeds
;
none
are
farther
from
espying
GOD
in
a
new
Discovery
,
than
(
many
of
)
those
that
had
the
clearest
sight
of
HIM
in
the
Old
.
Look
to
your selves
in
time
,
lest
this
strange
Catastrophe
overtake
you
unawares
.
Dispensations
,
and
the
Fight
under
Dispensations
,
is
not
yet
ended
.
We
must
contend
,
and
remain
strange
a
while
longer
:
There
is
a
Gulf
as
yet
between
us
,
that
we
cannot
meet
.
Ye
cannot
know
me
,
if
it
were
so
that
I
knew
you
:
You
will
prosecute
me
with
Hatred
,
tho
I
should
woo
you
with
the
greatest
and
entirest
Love
.
J.
P.
London
,
Printed
1696.
and
are
to
be
sold
,
(
with
divers
other
of
their
Contradictions
in
a
large
Sheet
of
Paper
)
at
J.
Gwillims
in
Bishopsgate-street
,
and
S.
Clark's
in
George-yard
,
Booksellers
.
This
following
is
a
Copy
of
a
LETTER
that
was
sent
(
with
the
foregoing
)
to
William
Penn
,
George
Whitehead
,
and
the
rest
of
their
Ministers
.
I
That
am
a
Man
of
Peace
,
Love
,
and
good
Will
to
all
Mankind
,
have
been
made
to
appear
like
a
Man
of
Strife
and
Contention
:
And
why
was
it
?
Surely
it
could
not
be
for
any
earthly
or
worldly
Advantage
I
was
made
so
to
appear
;
but
it
was
certainly
so
order'd
,
and
that
by
the
very
same
good
Spirit
(
and
,
at
times
,
in
the
same
Reluctancy
of
Mind
)
that
Jeremiah
was
sent
to
the
Israelites
of
old
.
Now
,
if
this
be
true
,
as
most
true
it
is
,
then
it
concerns
you
(
unto
whom
I
have
so
appeared
)
to
reflect
upon
your selves
,
and
say
,
What
have
we
done
?
or
are
a
doing
?
that
such
a
Person
should
be
[
thus
]
raised
up
,
to
Reprove
,
Warn
,
and
Caution
us
,
as
we
formerly
Reproved
,
Warned
,
and
Caution'd
others
?
I
say
,
If
the
Consideration
of
this
was
but
duly
and
deeply
weighed
and
considered
of
by
you
(
as
without
all
doubt
it
should
and
ought
to
be
)
then
't
were
possible
you
might
yet
come
to
see
,
and
be
made
sensible
,
that
't
is
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ
that
acts
and
guides
you
,
and
that
it
was
not
in
Enmity
or
Ill-will
(
as
some
of
you
have
imagin'd
)
that
I
have
been
made
so
often
to
visit
and
exhort
you
,
but
that
it
was
[
only
]
in
love
to
Truth
,
and
in
obedience
to
the
good
Spirit
of
the
ever
Blessed
GOD
,
in
whose
Service
I
desire
evermore
to
be
found
faithful
.
J.
P.
2
d
of
(
the
Month
call'd
)
August
,
1696
,
AN
ABSTRACT
Of
a
Large
Printed
Paper
,
from
Pensilvania
,
Intituled
,
A
Brief
ADMONITION
to
the
Elders
and
Ministers
of
the
People
called
QUAKERS
.
MAny
Months
have
I
been
pressed
in
Spirit
to
Warn
you
,
the
Leaders
and
Ministers
of
the
People
call'd
Quakers
—
viz.
Tho'
you
were
careful
,
at
your
half
Years
Meeting
of
Ministers
at
Philadelphia
,
the
6th
of
the
4th
Month
(
June
)
last
,
to
Forbid
your
Friends
wearing
a
Speckled
Neckcloth
,
a
Ribband
for
a
Hatband
,
and
the
like
;
and
seem
very
Zealous
to
forbid
your
Friends
to
Marry
with
other
Christian
Professors
.
Nay
,
and
to
warn
them
,
on
pain
of
Judgment
,
not
to
have
so
much
Society
with
your
late
Friends
(
whom
you
call
Separates
)
as
to
go
to
their
Weddings
,
Preaching
it
up
as
a
Sin
so
to
do
.
And
the
Yearly
Paper
from
London
,
warning
their
Friends
to
keep
to
the
plain
Language
of
Thee
and
Thou
,
&c.
Yet
,
know
assuredly
,
That
tho'
Your
Religion
lie
in
these
Outward
Ceremonies
,
they
are
but
Trifles
—
And
are
Insufficient
to
divert
Divine
Vengeance
,
which
is
certainly
your
Portion
,
if
you
still
neglect
,
first
to
Clense
the
Inside
from
Pride
and
Envy
,
against
your
fellow
Creatures
,
for
refusing
Conformity
to
your
Ways
.
And
inasmuch
as
you
declare
to
the
World
,
That
you
are
Arriv'd
to
such
a
height
of
Perfection
,
beyond
other
Christian
Professors
,
that
you
are
so
far
free
from
Sin
,
as
that
you
have
no
need
to
ask
Forgiveness
;
From
hence
it
is
,
That
you
do
never
,
in
your
Prayers
,
in
Meetings
,
ask
Forgiveness
of
Sin
.
[
Tho'
t
is
apparent
,
That
there
is
no
Religious
Society
this
day
in
Christendom
,
that
are
Guilty
of
more
Whoredoms
,
Adultries
,
and
other
Foul
and
Abominable
Actions
than
you
have
been
,
the
Number
considered
.
]
Therefore
cease
your
Woes
and
Warnings
against
the
Whoredoms
and
Abominations
that
are
in
the
World
,
and
first
cry
out
against
those
Things
that
are
amongst
your selves
;
first
Clense
your
own
Camp
,
and
then
Warn
others
to
beware
of
these
Evils
,
&c.
The
abovesaid
Admonition
(
with
others
)
being
sent
from
Pensilvania
some
time
ago
(
put
forth
by
one
Daniel
Leeds
,
an
Antient
Quaker
)
t
is
thought
meet
to
have
it
Reprinted
,
and
to
be
Communicated
to
the
Quakers
here
,
that
so
they
may
see
(
notwithstanding
their
High
Boast
of
being
Free
form
Sin
)
That
the
Whoredoms
,
Adultries
,
and
other
Immoralities
of
their
Friends
beyond
Sea
,
are
as
great
,
as
theirs
are
here
:
And
for
which
,
there
is
great
cause
of
Sorrow
,
and
deep
Humiliation
,
which
that
this
Paper
might
be
Instrumental
to
produce
amongst
them
,
would
be
to
the
Joy
,
and
true
Rejoycing
of
some
Sincere
Souls
that
have
Mourned
for
them
;
and
that
still
heartily
desires
their
Repentance
and
Amendment
of
Life
;
and
that
longs
to
see
the
Day
,
wherein
they
might
be
truly
Humbled
and
Repent
:
This
being
the
Way
,
and
there
is
not
another
,
for
an
Holy
and
Happy
Reconciliation
,
both
with
the
LORD
,
and
all
that
truly
Love
,
Fear
,
and
Obey
HIM
,
and
that
are
Zealous
for
HIS
Honour
and
Glory
;
of
which
Number
,
the
Publisher
hereof
desires
Evermore
to
be
found
,
whilst
he
has
a
Being
in
this
World
;
that
when
his
Days
are
Ended
,
and
his
Work
Finished
for
which
he
was
Born
,
he
may
lay
down
his
Head
in
Peace
,
and
be
receiv'd
to
Mercy
with
all
the
Holy
Ancients
.
Even
so
Amen
and
Amen
,
is
the
humble
Desire
,
and
constant
Prayer
of
a
Friend
to
the
whole
Creation
.
J.
P.