I Having lately seen a Printed Paper of yours , Entituled , The Constancy of the People call'd Quakers , &c. Being a pretended Answer to the Looking-Glass for the People call'd Quakers , &c. Which Book was only a Collection of your own Writings , shewing what you writ against the Papists when they were under , and how , on their behalf , when uppermost : Now had you been Men of Candor and Honesty , you would have acknowledged you had greatly erred in your writing for and against that People ; but instead thereof , fall foul upon the Publisher of the said Book , calling him Fool , Knave , Shatter-headed , and the like Terms , your ancient and usual Method to your Opposers .

But laying aside your pretended evasive Answer , which indeed is no Answer at all ; but is only to blind your Proselytes , and to make them believe as if you had always been a constant People . O you Hypocrites ! Consider , have you been so constant as you would be thought to have been ? Are you indeed so unchangeable as you pretend ? If so ; how comes it to pass that you so heartily and so zealously espoused the good Old Cause , and the Cause of your dear Friend O. C. and R. C ? Advising them , their Officers and Army , how to proceed till they set up their Standard at the Gates of Rome : But when King Charles the Second came in , then you presently owned his Kingly Government ; which was directly contrary to what you had writ before . What Constancy was here ? O you hypocritical , Time-serving Generation ! Again , consider how frequently you writ to O. C. ( your then Noble Champion , ) animating and encouraging him and his Soldiers to sight the Lord's Battels ? Saying to O. C. Thou shouldest have invited all Christians upon Earth that are against Popery , to come in and join with thee against Popery ; for thou hast had Authority ; stand to it , lose it not , nor abuse it , nor let any other take thy Crown . Let thy Soldiers go forth with a free willing heart , that thou maist rock Nations as a Cradle : And abundance more to the same purpose : But when K. Charles the Second came into Power again , you immediately fawned , and flattered him with your expressions of Loyalty , owning his Power and Authority , against which you had more than sufficiently writ ; and not only so , but then you began to write against all fighting , as if you had never been for it ; and that it was against your Principle to fight , or make use of any carnal weapon , &c. And then you branded the Presbyterians and others , with fighting Principles , to render them odious to the Government , and obnoxious to Sufferings : One Instance thereof , amongst many that might be given , I shall cite out of your Book , Plain and peaceable Advice to the Presbyterians , &c. Which Title bore the Face and Countenance of a Lamb ; but in the first Page your Wolvish Nature plainly appear'd ; and the more , in that you printed it 〈◇〉 the Noise of a Protestant Plot ( presently after the Earl of Shafisbury ( who had been you Friend , ) was committed to the Tower , ) and that which was more remarkable , was , your Publishing it at such a Juncture when the Popish Plot ( which you had so much cried out of , as well as others , ) was endeavoured to be stifled , and to be turned upon the Protestants ; and no doubt but you fear'd that some of your Friends had been but too busie in these Matters , and therefore thought it best to Print it then , ( though it had been writ about two years before , as by the Date appears ) well knowing it would gratifie the Government , to hear you reflect so upon the Presbyterians , as you did in pag . 1. That their Principle was to fight for Religion , and to promote their pretended Religion by the Power of the Sword , and that their Ministers always labour'd to persuade them to it , &c. Which Language at such a Season , rendered you most perfidious Temporizers , and treacherous .

Again , How did you write against Popery in several Protestant Reigns ? Saying , Though you pardon one another , yet will not I pardon any One of you , saith the Lord — And though they should promise Liberty of Conscience when in Power , none ought to believe them , since 't is their sacred Maxim , Not to keep Faith with Heroticks — That the Papists were the Authors of a Sea of Blood , shed in England , France , Holland , Ireland , Spain , Italy , Savoy , Switzerland , and Germany — Have in all Ages brought a Deluge of Blood upon the European World — Consider the incomparable , bloody Massacres of that sort of Men in several Reigns , &c. I remember also your framing , and making a most severe Test against the Papists , calling to the then Parliament , to make the abuse of this Discrimination ( by your new Test ) very Penal ; which plainly shews , that you were for Tests , for Penal Laws , and sufficiently against the Papists . See the First Column of the afore-mentioned Looking-Glass , &c. But in K. James II . Reign , you printed , that GOD and Caesar ( meaning your Popish King ) were both of a Mind — That the Papists in England and Holland have been loyal — That the Excluders ( such as were against K. James ) are almost every Sunday at their Parish-Churches ; and if Three Quarters of them were to pray for their Lives , it may be they could better read their Clergy ( meaning their Neck-Verse ) than say their Prayers without the publick Liturgy — And that the Protestants began with Blood for mere Religion , and TAUGHT the Romanists in succeeding Times how to deal with them — And that the Test ( which the Parliament made against the Papists , and which you had incited them to ) in the Nature of it ( then you could say ) was unreasonable — And in your Reasons for repealing the Test , you say , the King desires it , the Papists crave it , and the Interest of the whole Nation requires it : With abundance more in favour of the Papists . See the Second Column of your Looking-Glass , &c. Thus is your pretended Constancy manifest to be as unconstant as the Wind , unstable as the Waters , and as changeable as the Moon . And now , O you Temporizers ! Is this your Constancy ? Is this your Unchangeableness you so much boast of ? Blush , and be ashamed .

There is one Passage in your Paper , which you bring to justifie your Prayers for , and Addresses ( which were no less than Six ) to K. James ; viz. Pray for all Men , for Kings , and all in Authority , &c. Now if you would be constant to that Scripture you bring for Proof , as you would be thought to be ; then why do you not pray for , and address your selves to K. William and Q. Mary , as heartily , and as publickly as you did to , and for K. James . And though you sufficiently slattered the former Powers ; yet you gave none more flourishing Expressions than you did him ; as brave King : God and Caesar are both of a Mind : Pray God bless the King , and his Royal Family : These , and many more were published through the Nations . But no Salutation , no Message , no Prayer for , nor Address to K. William and Q. Mary ; as if you were struck mute at the loss of your brave Popish King , whom you flatteringly said , was of the same Mind with God . What can you say for your selves ? Are you like those , 1 Sam . 10.27 . viz. The Children of Belial , who said , How shall this Man save us ? And they despised him , and they brought him no Presents ; ( no Prayers , no Addresses ; ) but the King held his Peace . O you unworthy , and ungrateful Persons ! Hath not K. William granted you the Liberty of your Consciences , and confirmed it by a Law ? What! Have you nothing to say for K. William ? Nay you are so far from that , that you have acted quite contrary : For when this King appointed a Fast for the Prosperity of his Armies ; then you not only preached against the Fast ; but also to weaken the Hearts , and Hands of his Friends , you vehemently cried down all Wars and Fightings , and the like . Is your Zeal for the Protestant Cause , and Interest quite gone ? Or is it gone to Rome ? ( Indeed you have , but too much of late , espoused the Romish Principles : viz. We must believe as the Church believes ; That the Church cannot err ; That she hath Power to bind , and to loose ; and that it is abominable Pride not to submit to her Judgment , &c. ) You have had no less than two annual and general Meetings at London , since this King's Reign ; but not the least acknowledgment of the special Favour shewed you by the King and Parliament : And though some of your People are heartily thankful ; yet it appears , that you that are the Leaders , and the rest of your Preachers , are of another Mind . Had you been but as hearty , and as zealous for this Government , as in gratitude you should and ought to have been ; then your People had not been so divided , and so confused , touching the Protestant Interest , as now they are : The sad and evil Effects of which , must and will be laid at your Doors . Consider what is here said , Repent , and amend your ways , is the Advice and Council of Yours ,