TOuching
the
Book
it self
,
I
shall
chiefly
take
notice
of
the
Title
,
and
shall
make
but
this
Observation
of
it
;
That
if
it
be
but
transposed
,
and
the
order
of
the
the
words
inverted
(
and
so
make
the
Author
,
who
intends
himself
by
the
Christian
,
to
be
the
Quaker
,
and
the
Quaker
indeed
to
be
the
true
Christian
,
and
so
invert
or
transpose
the
whole
Dialogue
throughout
)
the
Book
may
pass
for
a
Book
of
some
good
Information
.
This
matter
indeed
to
me
is
plain
,
and
evident
:
that
the
Christian
throughout
this
book
,
is
the
Quaker
,
and
the
Quaker
the
Christian
.
For
evidence
and
demonstration
of
the
first
,
why
I
say
,
the
Christian
(
so
called
)
is
more
truly
to
be
termed
a
Quaker
,
is
,
because
in
my
eye
,
and
belief
,
he
bears
the
similitude
and
likeness
,
throughout
the
Book
,
of
a
Jew
,
not
he
(
I
mean
)
who
is
one
inwardly
,
whose
praise
is
not
of
Men
,
but
of
God
;
but
he
that
is
a
Jew
in
the
other
sense
of
the
Scripture
a
Jew
(
that
is
)
a
Professor
of
the
Letter
only
,
such
a
one
,
as
was
even
Paul
himself
,
whiles
Saul
,
a
well
meaning
Zealot
(
as
the
Language
now
is
)
here
,
the
Body
of
the
Jews
stuck
,
and
here
they
abide
,
even
to
this
very
hour
:
for
they
stumbled
at
the
very
same
stumbling-stone
.
The
Jews
are
the
Professors
of
Christ
(
that
is
of
the
Messias
)
as
well
as
those
called
by
the
common
name
of
Christians
;
and
the
ground
,
upon
the
matter
,
of
this
their
Profession
,
is
much
of
the
same
kind
.
The
Jews
have
of
a
long
time
been
expecting
their
Messiah
without
them
,
but
however
,
he
is
not
(
as
they
confess
)
as
yet
come
unto
them
,
so
that
they
rather
expect
to
be
Christians
,
but
are
not
such
as
yet
.
The
Christians
,
that
commonly
bear
that
name
,
say
,
the
Messias
was
in
times
past
among
his
Disciples
,
and
Followers
,
but
he
is
since
that
,
ascended
,
and
gone
out
of
their
sight
;
but
though
he
be
not
for
the
present
with
them
,
or
among
them
,
they
yet
expect
his
return
:
so
they
are
in
expectation
of
him
,
as
well
as
the
Jews
.
The
name
Christian
,
I
would
only
be
called
by
,
as
prefering
it
,
above
all
other
names
,
provided
there
be
cause
,
and
ground
,
why
I
should
be
so
called
.
Th●re
are
three
sorts
of
them
,
that
are
so
called
.
1.
Such
as
have
the
true
reason
,
and
ground
of
that
name
,
that
same
{αβγδ}
,
that
anointing
,
which
is
truth
,
and
no
lye
,
in
themselves
.
To
these
Christ
is
come
,
and
in
them
lives
;
but
such
for
the
most
part
,
that
are
indeed
so
,
are
rarely
called
so
;
but
by
some
other
names
of
reproach
,
among
which
,
perhaps
,
nay
without
doubt
this
name
of
Quaker
is
one
.
2.
The
second
sort
of
People
,
called
Christians
,
are
such
Christians
,
as
this
Author
seems
to
be
,
even
zealous
,
well-meaning
Zealots
(
as
they
write
and
talk
now
adays
)
zealous
after
,
and
according
to
the
Letter
only
:
as
zealous
for
outward
things
,
relating
to
the
Christians
;
as
the
Jews
were
of
old
,
and
even
at
this
day
.
The
outward
Sabbath
,
the
outward
Sermon
,
the
outward
Word
and
Meetings
,
the
outward
Forms
of
Baptism
,
and
the
Supper
:
Christ
without
them
,
long
ago
,
not
yet
come
to
them
.
Upon
these
outwardnesses
,
they
stand
,
build
,
hope
and
trust
:
as
the
Jews
of
old
did
,
upon
their
outward
forms
,
of
Persons
,
and
Services
:
as
Moses
,
the
Sabbath
,
Circumcision
,
the
Temple
,
&c.
And
because
of
their
Zeal
to
these
things
:
They
Crucified
Christ
,
Stoned
Stephen
,
and
did
as
great
mischief
to
the
followers
of
them
,
as
was
possible
:
yea
they
thought
,
they
did
God
good
service
,
to
kill
them
.
But
who
have
been
the
imitators
of
them
in
our
days
,
to
speak
nothing
now
of
the
times
before
?
1.
In
O.
E.
Was
there
not
a
way
found
out
by
devout
men
,
in
their
Ignorance
and
Zeal
,
after
the
Letter
,
not
only
to
imprison
,
but
to
Stigmatise
some
,
for
Blasphemers
,
which
were
indeed
found
to
be
true
Christians
;
and
you
may
remember
,
what
was
done
to
these
people
,
in
the
days
of
O.
P.
Who
told
the
great
Assembly
then
,
there
were
a
certain
despicable
People
,
who
like
the
Serpent
,
nibled
at
the
Heel
of
the
Government
,
of
whom
yet
,
there
was
no
great
cause
of
fear
,
meaning
this
very
People
,
against
whom
,
Laws
obliquely
were
made
,
cruel
,
and
bad
,
and
accordingly
put
in
execution
;
but
these
People
proved
indeed
(
as
was
suggested
)
Jacob's
(
i.e.
)
Supplanters
of
that
Generation
of
Men
,
that
were
only
right
and
pure
in
their
own
eyes
.
Let
me
also
remember
you
a
little
of
the
sufferings
of
J.
N.
often
mentioned
in
this
Book
,
a
matter
,
will
never
be
forgotten
.
The
whole
power
then
of
E.
yea
,
of
S.
and
J.
which
did
then
consist
of
Persons
chosen
,
as
was
supposed
of
the
most
wise
,
and
able
,
out
of
the
three
Nations
,
all
,
or
most
of
them
of
the
highest
note
,
of
this
sort
of
Professors
:
they
sate
on
his
Tryal
and
Examination
,
no
less
than
thirteen
days
,
without
any
intermission
:
making
an
Order
,
that
nothing
else
should
intervene
,
till
the
business
of
J.
N.
should
be
ended
;
and
then
at
last
,
having
upon
the
matter
,
found
little
or
nothing
against
him
,
Although
it
's
true
that
the
greatest
part
of
his
Friends
,
called
Quakers
,
were
dissatisfied
,
and
troubled
,
concernin
him
;
as
looking
on
him
then
clouded
,
and
to
have
given
advantage
to
the
persecuting
Spirit
,
by
his
being
too
Passi●e
,
in
not
rejecting
,
or
testifying
against
a
few
shatter-brain'd
silly
Women
,
who
foolishly
too
mmch
admired
him
;
how-be-it
he
afterward
coming
to
some
sence
thereof
cond●mn'd
it
,
But
this
did
not
spring
from
the
Barbarous
actions
of
his
Persecutors
(
who
unjustly
designed
to
bring
an
Odium
upon
the
Quakers
)
but
from
a
secret
Conviction
of
truth
in
him●elf
.
did
yet
sentence
him
to
be
Whipt
at
the
Carts-t
il
,
from
Westminster
,
to
the
Old
Exchange
in
Cornhill
;
and
there
on
a
Scaffold
,
raised
to
that
purpose
,
in
the
presence
of
many
thousands
,
was
Stigmatised
with
an
hot
Iron
,
and
his
Tongue
bored
through
with
the
same
:
yea
after
that
,
to
Ride
with
his
Face
towards
the
Horse-tail
,
into
Bristol
;
and
after
all
,
kept
a
close
Prisoner
in
Bridewell
,
in
London
for
a
long
time
;
yet
there
were
not
a
few
,
wise
,
and
good
men
,
Witnesses
and
Assertors
of
his
Innocency
.
These
,
and
such
like
,
were
the
Acts
of
devout
men
in
O.
E.
2.
But
in
N.
E.
They
did
much
after
the
same
sort
,
or
worse
,
as
did
appear
in
their
Severities
,
and
Cruelties
against
Samuel
Gort●n
,
and
those
with
him
,
Roger
Williams
,
and
those
with
him
;
the
Woman
Hutchinson
,
and
divers
like
minded
with
her
;
and
at
length
,
to
some
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
of
whom
some
were
put
to
death
,
which
yet
was
never
in
these
last
days
done
in
O.
E.
Thus
,
SIR
,
you
see
the
Reason
,
why
these
sort
of
Christians
,
may
well
be
termed
Jews
:
i
.
e
.
Professors
,
zealous
of
the
Letter
only
,
and
the
things
without
.
Of
these
evils
of
theirs
,
I
have
not
yet
heard
that
they
have
repented
,
but
go
on
wiping
their
mouths
,
and
talking
as
if
all
knowledg
of
Heavenly
things
were
only
found
with
them
.
Sad
was
that
word
of
the
Psalmist
,
spoken
to
those
Jews
of
old
,
Bow
down
their
backs
always
.
Let
their
Table
become
a
snare
,
&c.
fulfilled
upon
them
in
all
ages
:
whom
to
debase
is
Gods
design
,
for
they
are
in
that
mutable
st●te
,
that
is
changable
,
and
must
pass
away
,
as
it
is
said
of
the
first
Heaven
and
first
Earth
.
And
this
is
the
second
Reason
,
why
I
say
,
that
this
Author
,
who
calls
himself
a
Christian
,
is
more
meet
to
be
called
a
Jew
;
and
therefore
a
Quaker
;
because
he
,
and
those
of
like
mind
with
him
,
stand
yet
upon
that
Mount
,
to
which
it
doth
appertain
to
Quake
,
Shake
,
and
be
Removed
.
At
the
sight
of
this
Moses
himself
,
and
all
the
outward
Carnal
Israel
trembled
exceedingly
:
insomuch
,
that
the
people
prayed
,
that
Moses
,
and
not
God
might
speak
unto
them
.
Hence
,
SIR
,
I
do
not
deny
,
but
the
name
of
Quaker
did
arise
;
for
they
were
come
to
the
Law
of
God
,
and
that
not
in
the
Letter
only
,
but
in
the
life
and
sense
of
the
full
extent
of
it
,
feeling
and
undergoing
the
Judgment
and
Condemnation
of
it
,
whereby
all
their
outward
hopes
and
Confidence
in
the
flesh
,
or
outward
things
,
Services
,
or
knowledges
of
things
remote
,
and
at
a
distance
from
them
,
fell
from
them
as
the
untimely
fruits
of
Fig-trees
,
shaken
with
the
Wind
:
I
my self
have
seen
many
in
this
state
;
but
was
so
far
from
finding
fault
with
it
,
that
it
gladded
my
heart
exceedingly
to
behold
.
It
is
the
first
step
towards
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
That
I
doubt
not
to
say
,
it
were
happy
,
not
only
for
this
Author
,
but
for
this
whole
Nation
,
especially
for
those
of
his
mind
,
if
they
were
come
into
this
Quaking
,
Trembling
Shaking
State
:
As
I
believe
in
God
,
they
will
and
must
.
That
that
which
cannot
be
shaken
may
come
instead
.
Read
Mal
.
4.4
,
5
,
6.
compared
with
Heb
.
12.
the
last
.
And
this
is
the
Reason
why
I
judge
this
Author
,
is
rather
to
be
termed
a
Quaker
than
a
Christian
,
because
he
is
in
such
a
state
that
must
pass
away
,
and
be
removed
:
Whereof
he
more
than
seems
to
have
an
inward
sense
and
fear
,
as
he
manifests
sufficiently
by
his
clamour
;
for
if
his
own
House
,
or
Building
were
sure
,
firm
and
safe
,
what
need
he
fear
,
as
he
doth
,
the
shaking
of
it
?
3.
There
are
a
third
sort
of
men
,
that
will
needs
be
called
Christians
too
,
that
are
most
of
all
unworthy
of
it
,
and
most
of
all
remote
from
being
so
;
that
live
the
life
rather
of
Beasts
,
than
Men
,
much
less
Christians
,
that
not
only
live
in
,
but
glory
in
their
Heathenism
and
Prophaness
;
Men
of
corrupt
minds
,
debauch'd
and
wicked
men
,
whose
glory
is
their
shame
,
whose
God
is
their
belly
;
who
wholly
mind
earthly
and
perishable
things
;
and
even
in
word
,
make
a
mock
of
all
appearance
of
Religion
:
yet
even
many
of
those
are
more
mild
and
merciful
to
the
first
sort
of
Christians
,
than
those
last
described
,
As
the
Gentiles
of
old
,
that
were
of
such
sort
of
men
,
heard
that
very
word
gladly
,
that
was
rejected
of
the
devout
Jews
,
and
persecuted
by
them
whence
't
is
said
that
Joseph
fled
with
the
young
Child
Jesus
,
and
his
Mother
into
Aegypt
from
the
Jews
;
as
Joseph
in
the
Type
,
did
from
his
Brethren
.
And
't
is
said
,
Out
of
Aegypt
have
I
called
my
Son
.
It
is
safer
to
have
ones
Conversation
among
the
unclean
,
loose
and
Prophane
men
,
than
with
the
petulent
,
angry
,
fierce
and
cruel
,
such
as
the
Apostle
bids
beware
of
.
And
if
you
will
receive
it
,
this
is
the
earth
that
many
times
helps
the
Woman
,
the
Persecuted
and
afflicted
Church
.
For
this
cause
Christ
was
accounted
by
the
Pharisees
,
as
a
Friend
of
Publicans
and
Sinners
.
2.
But
Secondly
,
It
is
to
me
apparent
,
that
he
whom
this
Author
,
in
his
book
makes
to
bear
the
name
of
Christian
.
The
Christian
I
first
described
,
and
I
will
give
you
for
it
these
following
Reasons
.
1.
He
is
said
to
have
God
Essentially
with
him
,
yea
in
him
:
and
that
this
God
is
Christ
himself
,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
.
And
this
is
the
Light
within
,
and
this
Light
is
God
,
or
Christ
,
or
the
Spirit
;
yea
,
that
this
Light
is
in
every
man
.
But
how
?
not
manifest
in
all
men
alike
.
't
is
indeed
in
all
men
,
as
a
Treasure
hid
in
the
field
of
mans
heart
;
found
of
some
,
others
must
dig
for
it
before
they
find
it
.
't
is
the
Light
that
shineth
in
the
Darkness
,
which
the
Darkness
comprehendeth
not
:
for
how
can
it
,
it
being
the
only
obscurity
of
it
,
or
that
which
obscureth
it
?
And
what
is
this
Darkness
?
surely
no
other
than
Sin
,
Error
,
and
unbelief
,
&c.
The
Light
is
that
of
which
Saint
Peter
speaks
,
A
Light
that
shineth
in
the
dark
corner
of
mans
heart
.
To
which
every
man
shall
do
well
to
give
heed
.
There
is
no
word
so
frequent
among
these
People
as
this
,
the
Light
within
:
not
but
that
it
hath
other
names
,
yea
,
without
number
;
but
this
seems
for
good
reason
to
have
the
precedency
:
Why
?
because
it
gives
Light
to
all
the
rest
.
The
late
Assembly
of
Divines
(
so
called
)
having
undertook
to
give
a
Description
of
God
and
his
Attributes
omitted
this
,
God
is
Light
,
John
1.1
.
which
some
Learned
and
Wiser
Men
than
they
,
took
notice
of
,
with
some
reflection
.
This
Light
doth
Anteced
,
and
must
be
first
.
And
therefore
of
old
time
,
they
that
were
Baptised
,
whether
into
the
name
of
the
Father
,
the
Son
,
or
the
Holy
Spirit
;
i.e.
into
the
nature
of
either
,
were
termed
Illuminati
,
Enlightned
men
;
for
so
is
the
coming
of
the
Lord
,
in
every
degree
of
his
appearing
:
as
Lightning
,
which
shines
from
one
part
of
the
Heaven
,
in
the
heart
of
man
,
to
the
other
.
Now
by
this
Light
,
which
is
God
himself
,
God
manifests
himself
,
and
that
in
us
,
even
in
as
many
as
give
heed
unto
it
,
and
follow
the
guidance
of
it
,
so
that
in
process
of
time
(
mortifying
in
us
what
is
opposed
unto
it
)
our
whole
man
is
not
only
Luminous
,
but
Lumen
,
Light
it self
.
Ye
were
Darkness
,
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
but
now
ye
are
Light
in
the
Lord
.
And
thus
Man
becomes
the
Living
Temple
of
the
Living
God
,
and
the
Living
God
a
Living
Temple
to
him
:
I
,
and
my
Father
(
saith
Christ
)
are
one
:
not
unus
,
but
unum
,
saith
Beza
,
That
they
all
(
speaking
farther
of
his
Disciples
and
followers
)
may
be
unum
,
one
thing
.
God
one
thing
with
Christ
,
and
Christ
one
thing
with
the
Father
in
them
,
that
are
one
Spirit
with
him
;
that
so
it
may
come
to
pass
(
as
most
right
it
is
)
that
God
in
us
be
all
in
all
.
This
without
all
doubt
(
that
so
believes
and
feels
)
is
the
Christian
,
whom
this
Author
wrongfully
,
if
not
worse
,
calls
Quaker
.
2.
I
will
add
but
one
Reason
more
,
which
yet
I
have
hinted
already
,
why
the
name
of
a
Christian
doth
most
properly
belong
to
him
,
whom
this
Author
calls
Quaker
:
not
only
from
the
Anointing
,
of
which
I
spake
before
;
but
from
a
more
particular
consideration
of
the
name
Christian
.
It
is
said
in
the
Acts
of
the
Apostles
,
that
the
Disciples
were
called
Christians
first
at
Antioch
,
which
was
(
as
some
think
)
then
the
Seat
of
War
,
or
a
Garison
Town
:
here
the
Disciples
of
Jesus
,
first
set
up
their
Banner
;
and
being
concerned
in
another
,
a
more
Heavenly
Warfare
,
were
there
first
called
{αβγδ}
,
that
is
to
say
,
Christs
Asses
.
This
I
find
expressed
in
a
certain
Learned
Author
beyond
the
Seas
,
{αβγδ}
Asses
.
{αβγδ}
Christ's
Asses
.
which
I
read
and
translated
above
twenty
years
ago
.
The
Title
of
the
Book
was
,
Argumentum
Theologicum
,
de
non
gerendo
gladio
materiali
,
in
Republica
Christiana
,
which
is
the
opinion
and
mind
of
these
People
that
are
commonly
called
Quakers
,
well
they
may
be
,
and
sometimes
have
been
beaten
by
Armed
Men
;
but
they
take
up
,
nor
use
no
such
Weapons
at
all
,
as
all
the
rest
of
the
outward
Christian
World
;
yea
,
and
those
that
profess
themselves
the
Churches
;
and
most
manifestly
and
prodigiously
at
this
day
do
those
they
call
Protestants
,
(
a
reformed
sort
of
Christians
so
accounted
)
warring
one
against
another
,
not
only
of
late
here
in
this
Land
;
but
shamefully
at
this
day
beyond
the
Sea
,
confederating
with
their
professed
Enemies
:
so
they
heretofore
reputed
the
Roman
Catholicks
;
yea
,
they
also
,
mutually
one
against
the
other
,
which
their
most
Holy
Father
(
as
they
call
the
Pope
of
Rome
)
either
overlooks
,
or
wants
Power
,
or
Skill
to
prevent
.
All
which
turns
to
the
scandal
of
the
Christian
Religion
,
both
among
Jews
,
Turks
,
and
Infidels
.
But
these
{αβγδ}
,
whom
this
Author
calls
Quakers
,
walk
by
a
better
Rule
:
for
if
they
receive
a
blow
on
the
one
Cheek
,
they
turn
to
them
that
give
it
,
the
other
also
,
(
so
they
profess
)
patiently
undergoing
all
manner
of
Affronts
,
Persecutions
,
Reproaches
,
and
Revilings
,
returning
not
evil
for
evil
,
according
to
the
Commandment
of
the
everlasting
God
,
so
that
they
may
truly
enough
be
termed
{αβγδ}
.
Christs
Asses
:
so
I
find
an
antient
Learned
Author
(
Guliel
.
Paris
)
explaining
that
Text
:
go
saith
Christ
to
such
a
place
,
to
his
Disciples
,
and
you
shall
find
an
Ass
tyed
,
with
a
Colt
,
the
Foal
of
an
Ass
bring
them
to
me
,
and
if
the
owner
say
,
what
do
ye
?
tell
him
,
the
Master
hath
need
of
them
;
this
he
Interprets
of
,
first
the
Jew
,
which
was
the
Ass
tyed
viz.
to
outward
observations
;
but
secondly
the
Colt
,
the
Foal
of
the
Ass
,
of
the
Gentiles
,
who
were
solute
,
and
without
Law
:
These
(
saith
Christ
)
bring
to
me
,
as
having
need
of
them
to
glorifie
his
name
among
them
both
:
on
these
he
rides
in
triumph
,
as
(
somtimes
he
did
in
a
Figure
)
into
the
Heavenly
Jerusalem
,
according
to
the
Prophecy
of
Zachariah
,
behold
your
King
cometh
meekly
,
Riding
upon
an
Ass
,
and
upon
a
Colt
,
the
Foal
of
an
Ass
:
He
is
just
having
Salvation
,
he
shall
cut
off
the
Charriot
,
&c.
that
is
,
he
shall
after
such
a
●anner
cause
Warrs
to
cease
in
all
Lands
,
which
must
certainly
be
,
by
such
sort
of
Christians
as
these
now
described
,
that
bear
Christ
about
with
them
in
their
mortal
Bodies
,
&
for
the
sake
of
him
alone
,
they
undergo
all
contradictions
of
Gainsayers
,
following
their
Lord
,
as
Sarah
did
Abraham
,
calling
him
Lord
,
and
are
not
afraid
of
any
amazement
.
It
was
said
of
old
to
some
in
distress
at
Sea
,
Caesarem
portuunt
,
having
Caesar
with
them
in
the
Ship
,
they
need
not
fear
:
So
it
may
be
much
more
truly
said
of
these
,
Christum
portant
,
they
bear
about
Christ
with
them
:
for
so
the
antient
Christians
by
the
old
Fathers
were
called
Dei-feri
,
Christi-feri
,
Sancti-feri
,
Templi-feri
,
that
they
were
such
that
bore
about
with
them
,
yea
in
them
,
God
,
Christ
,
the
Holy
Spirit
,
and
were
the
living
Temples
of
the
living
God
.
This
Testimony
was
given
even
by
Pline
to
the
Christians
in
his
time
,
that
they
bore
about
God
in
their
Consciences
;
which
indeed
is
no
other
,
than
the
advice
of
the
Apostle
,
1.
Cor
.
6.
ult
.
Portate
igiter
Deum
in
Corpore
vestro
;
Bear
or
carry
God
in
your
Body
:
So
in
the
Vulgar
Latine
.
I
met
lately
with
an
antient
Citizen
a
Man
of
great
Integrity
,
and
Honesty
,
as
well
as
of
Note
:
who
told
me
of
the
Preacher
,
late
in
Bishops-gate-street
(
lately
put
to
silence
by
the
Bishop
of
London
:
of
which
the
cause
will
be
manifest
hereafter
:
)
this
Man
,
some
call'd
a
Quaker
in
a
long
Gown
,
the
truth
is
to
wonderment
,
he
seemed
in
the
spiritual
Warfare
●o
allarm
the
whole
City
of
Professors
.
Like
Gideons
Barly
Cake
,
leaping
into
the
Camp
of
the
Midianites
(
Men
of
corrupt
minds
and
judgements
,
as
the
word
seems
to
import
)
being
as
it
were
asleep
in
their
mistaken
judgements
,
and
perswasions
(
as
they
speak
)
this
Man
(
said
he
)
Interpreted
the
third
Commandment
to
his
great
content
,
thus
:
Thou
shalt
not
take
the
name
of
the
Lord
thy
God
in
vain
;
he
read
it
thus
:
thou
shalt
not
bear
,
or
carry
the
name
of
the
Lord
thy
God
in
vain
.
Thou
shalt
bear
his
name
i
.
e
.
his
Image
,
Nature
,
and
Li●eness
,
and
not
a
bare
empty
name
only
,
which
they
that
do
,
do
it
in
vain
,
and
therefore
shall
not
be
held
guiltless
.
This
Sir
,
is
the
second
reason
.
I
might
name
many
more
,
why
these
People
whom
this
Author
calls
Quakers
,
may
be
more
rightly
than
he
,
called
Christians
;
but
this
may
suffice
for
a
Letter
.
I
will
conclude
,
in
giving
answer
to
one
great
question
.
Object
.
Are
the
People
called
Quakers
,
the
only
true
Christians
?
Ans.
I
say
not
so
,
yea
God
forbid
,
that
I
,
or
any
other
,
should
say
so
:
yet
this
I
will
be
bold
to
say
their
form
of
words
(
if
rightly
weighed
)
have
compared
with
others
,
the
better
savor
,
being
for
the
most
part
,
the
words
of
God
,
and
the
holy
Scripture
,
which
yet
(
I
confess
)
may
be
prostitued
to
an
evil
mind
,
and
somtimes
are
.
I
wish
it
be
not
found
so
in
some
of
these
,
as
well
as
other
People
.
I
am
sure
it
hath
so
hapned
.
1.
Heretofore
among
the
Jews
,
who
had
for
a
time
,
the
light
of
truth
among
them
,
in
the
ministration
of
Moses
,
and
the
Law
;
but
they
forsook
the
true
light
,
and
life
of
God
among
them
;
but
yet
to
secure
their
lust
,
and
abominable
sins
,
they
clave
to
the
Letter
,
and
form
of
words
only
;
and
so
there
was
left
among
them
only
,
the
dark
,
or
dead
Body
of
Moses
,
or
the
Jews
,
about
which
Body
,
Michael
contended
with
the
Devil
.
The
Devil
would
have
that
dark
and
dead
body
,
to
be
the
true
body
of
Moses
;
but
Michael
(
who
is
interpreted
,
who
is
like
God
)
withstood
him
,
makeing
it
manifest
,
by
keeping
the
Commandment
of
God
:
that
Christ
and
his
Apostles
,
and
true
followers
,
were
the
true
(
Mistical
)
body
and
successors
of
Moses
,
the
true
Israel
(
Surrogatus
Israel
)
the
true
body
of
Moses
then
,
is
the
true
body
of
Christ
(
Mystical
)
2.
But
Satan
had
afterward
a
new
Game
to
play
;
and
upon
other
pretences
,
even
that
of
the
name
of
Christ
himself
:
so
that
there
hath
risen
as
great
strife
in
these
latter
days
,
touching
the
true
body
of
Christ
(
mystical
)
as
of
the
body
of
Moses
before
,
that
it
may
be
truly
said
,
there
is
a
dark
,
or
dead
body
of
Christ
,
or
Christians
:
yet
no
party
of
Men
professing
that
name
,
think
,
or
believe
so
of
themselves
;
but
cast
it
still
upon
each
other
,
wringing
so
the
Nose
,
and
forcing
it
to
bleed
:
that
they
cannot
,
as
they
ought
,
savor
the
truth
,
where
e're
they
find
it
:
for
since
the
day-break
of
Divine
Light
and
Love
,
many
fell
into
parties
,
in
sundry
places
,
and
times
:
some
few
of
them
abode
a
while
,
in
some
measure
of
light
,
exceeding
in
some
Divine
truths
,
many
of
their
foregoers
;
but
when
a
greater
,
and
a
more
clear
light
,
was
presented
to
them
,
and
the
day
coming
on
,
offence
was
taken
,
even
by
them
that
thought
they
had
attained
to
the
best
;
and
so
there
came
again
to
be
a
dark
,
and
dead
body
left
behind
in
every
party
:
as
appears
by
the
stink
and
filth
,
proceeding
from
them
,
to
the
great
offence
of
God
,
and
his
holy
ones
;
but
the
morning-light
more
increasing
,
more
offence
was
yet
taken
;
yea
,
this
very
people
have
committed
that
fault
:
a
greater
light
,
more
large
,
and
full
of
Divine
Love
,
hath
shined
among
them
,
than
was
among
them
at
their
first
gathering
,
which
many
of
them
dealt
not
kindly
with
,
but
spake
evil
of
that
way
,
as
judging
nothing
better
,
was
yet
to
come
;
So
that
there
is
even
a
dead
and
a
dark
body
of
them
,
resting
in
the
form
,
and
glorying
in
their
outward
separation
from
others
;
and
are
many
of
them
in
the
same
condemnation
with
other
parties
,
being
but
a
party
themselves
,
and
so
not
(
as
they
ought
)
to
be
impartial
.
The
great
Adversary
of
this
people
hath
by
disguise
done
them
great
hurt
,
and
made
spoil
of
many
good
things
among
them
.
But
this
is
enough
for
a
Letter
,
and
more
than
,
if
it
should
be
made
publick
,
I
should
have
thanks
for
:
but
this
,
according
to
my
weak
power
and
skill
,
I
have
writ
to
stand
between
the
Accuser
,
and
the
Accused
;
and
some
what
to
alleviate
those
deep
and
false
Aspertions
and
Reflections
cast
upon
these
innocent
people
,
who
have
stood
their
Opposers
in
so
great
stead
,
standing
in
the
front
in
the
time
of
the
hottest
Persecution
:
like
men
of
might
,
or
of
God
;
bearing
with
much
long
suffering
and
Patience
,
all
manner
of
Contumely
,
Reproach
and
Contradiction
,
when
these
their
Opposers
hid
their
head
;
yet
now
in
the
warm
Sun
of
Liberty
,
unworthily
come
forth
to
revile
them
,
and
if
possible
,
to
continue
the
Persecution
against
them
.
This
(
as
the
Prophet
speaks
,
in
like
case
)
they
should
not
do
;
but
rather
indeed
bow
to
that
meek
mind
and
Spirit
among
them
:
for
to
the
meek
of
the
Earth
(
such
are
many
of
them
I
am
well
assured
)
is
the
Promise
made
,
Mat
.
5.
These
in
due
time
shall
be
called
by
another
name
than
hitherto
they
have
been
;
even
the
name
of
the
Lord
their
God
,
and
David
their
King
,
(
which
imports
as
much
as
Love
and
Peace
)
which
God
effect
,
Amen
.
But
this
,
and
the
whole
,
I
leave
to
your
further
Observation
,
and
remain
,
SIR
,
Your
,
&c.
A
Post-script
to
the
Reader
.
By
R.
B.
Ph.
I
Must
needs
confess
,
that
I
was
greatly
surprized
with
the
Report
of
the
Printing
of
this
Letter
(
such
as
it
is
)
it
being
done
,
wholly
without
my
knowledge
:
When
I
heard
of
it
,
I
made
search
after
it
;
and
having
(
with
some
difficulty
)
got
one
,
I
found
it
the
same
I
had
Written
a
while
since
,
at
the
coming
forth
of
that
Book
it
reflects
on
;
and
must
needs
own
all
in
it
;
except
the
Errata's
in
the
Printing
,
and
that
in
the
Margin
,
touching
J.
N.
which
I
Writ
not
;
which
in
this
second
Edition
(
which
the
Printer
hath
thought
meet
to
make
)
is
Corrected
.
Obj.
1.
But
you
wi●l
say
,
how
came
it
to
be
Printed
?
I
answer
,
having
kept
a
Copy
of
it
,
being
occasionally
in
discourse
about
these
People
.
A
certain
Person
(
eminent
in
the
World
)
produced
many
Papers
Writ
against
them
.
Another
present
,
whom
I
never
saw
before
or
since
,
spake
rather
in
favor
of
them
,
with
whom
I
concur'd
.
Upon
which
,
the
first
being
diverted
by
other
Company
and
discourse
,
I
took
occasion
to
Read
it
to
this
latter
;
who
asked
me
why
I
did
not
Print
it
?
I
said
no
;
I
shall
not
:
but
sith
it
liketh
you
so
well
,
take
it
to
you
;
and
do
with
it
what
you
will
.
And
now
after
two
years
well
nigh
,
have
seen
it
.
(
Upon
the
account
of
the
late
Disputes
I
suppose
)
abroad
in
Print
.
But
what
I
have
further
to
say
of
,
and
to
,
this
People
,
as
to
their
present
State
,
Practise
,
and
Conversation
;
I
referr
them
to
the
Letter
I
Writ
to
them
some
years
since
,
Inclosed
in
one
to
G.
R.
a
principal
Man
among
them
,
to
Communicate
to
the
rest
.
Obj.
2.
It
may
be
said
,
you
have
Writ
and
Printed
heretofore
,
severely
against
this
People
,
as
in
your
Preface
to
Mr.
Robert
Rich
his
Letter
.
I
answer
,
what
I
Writ
,
was
in
love
to
them
,
as
therein
is
sufficiently
manifest
;
though
ill
resented
by
some
of
them
:
for
Love
evidenceth
it self
,
as
well
in
sharp
Reproofs
,
Chastisement
,
and
Correction
,
as
in
countenancing
,
cherrishing
,
and
justifying
of
the
Person
,
Party
,
or
thing
it
loves
.
But
now
upon
the
review
of
this
Re-Printed
Letter
,
I
have
thought
meet
to
add
to
it
,
in
brief
.
1.
Somwhat
touching
that
mentioned
in
the
second
and
third
Pages
.
Where
I
say
,
That
I
had
heard
before
of
such
a
one
as
this
Author
seems
to
be
;
but
I
say
not
,
This
Author
was
indeed
he
;
but
such
a
one
:
for
he
that
reported
it
to
me
,
said
it
was
the
Preacher
at
—
which
since
I
understood
to
be
J.
F.
and
not
—
as
I
supposed
,
whom
I
knew
.
This
J.
F.
hath
Writ
to
the
same
purpose
with
J.
H.
though
indeed
to
little
purpose
,
having
,
as
I
since
told
him
(
meeting
him
at
the
House
of
a
common
Friend
)
gone
about
,
and
about
,
and
always
without
;
never
touching
them
,
whom
he
is
so
greatly
offended
with
.
They
in
their
Testimony
,
remaining
,
in
mean
time
secure
,
and
safe
within
,
hid
(
it
seems
from
his
eyes
)
as
in
the
secret
of
the
Almighty
.
2.
Somwhat
further
touching
the
intent
and
scope
of
this
Letter
;
which
is
an
Apologie
in
behalf
of
the
Testimony
giver
of
this
People
,
as
though
it
were
Peculiar
to
them
,
touching
the
Light
within
.
That
they
that
profess
it
,
as
the
Christians
of
old
did
,
are
as
they
were
said
to
be
,
Acts
28.11
.
the
Sect
that
is
every
where
spoken
against
.
I
have
therefore
thought
meet
to
transcribe
some
Testimonies
to
it
,
both
Antient
and
Modern
.
1.
From
those
of
antient
time
;
and
first
from
those
reputed
Heathen
,
because
not
of
the
visible
,
or
outwardly
constituted
and
professing
Church
,
either
that
of
old
time
of
the
Jews
,
or
of
the
Christians
since
.
I
find
this
Paragraph
in
John
Taylor
,
who
flourished
in
Germany
about
the
Year
1346.
mentioned
with
honor
by
Mr.
Fox
in
his
Acts
and
Monuments
,
as
he
at
whom
Luther
first
lighted
his
Candle
,
yet
reproachfully
reflected
on
sometime
since
,
by
Mr.
B
late
of
Kidm
.
Phylosophus
quidam
Alteri
aeque
Phylosopho
dignum
Phylosopho
sententiam
deprompsit
;
dicens
,
percepi
quiddam
in
me
resplendens
intellectui
meo
,
quod
equidem
aliquid
esse
experior
,
sed
quid
sit
inteligere
nequeo
.
Videtur
tamen
mihi
,
si
id
apprehendere
possem
omnem
me
veritatem
perspecturum
;
Cui
alter
ille
Philosophus
.
Hoc
ergo
inquit
Persequere
,
Certus
,
quia
si
apprehendere
Potens
,
bonorum
omnium
Cumulum
,
&
ipsam
quoque
Vitam
eternam
obtinebis
.
Which
is
in
effect
,
thus
in
English
A
Certain
Philosopher
,
gave
forth
this
Sentence
worthy
a
philosopher
to
another
Philosopher
like
himself
,
saying
,
I
perceive
something
shining
forth
in
or
to
my
understanding
,
some
(
excellent
)
thing
indeed
I
find
it
to
be
,
but
what
it
is
I
cannot
well
comprehend
,
or
understand
:
Yet
it
seemeth
to
me
,
if
I
were
able
to
comprehend
,
and
understand
it
,
I
should
attain
to
the
sight
and
perception
of
all
Truth
.
To
whom
,
that
other
Philosopher
replyed
,
Follow
that
on
,
being
assured
,
that
if
thou
canst
attain
it
,
thou
shalt
reap
the
whole
summe
of
all
good
things
,
even
eternall
life
it self
.
Secondly
from
one
of
those
in
the
visible
and
outwardly
Constituted
Church
:
as
that
Father
(
as
they
speak
)
Great
St.
Austin
.
Thus
in
his
own
words
:
Sensi
quiddam
in
me
resplendens
animae
meae
,
quod
si
perficeretur
in
me
,
dicire
non
dubitarem
,
id
vitam
aeternam
esse
,
occultat
se
,
&
nihilominus
manifestat
se
,
furtine
venit
,
quasi
omnia
animae
furaturum
,
ablatu●umque
manifestat
se
,
indicat
ex
parte
,
ut
per
hoc
animam
alliceat
,
provocet
,
&
post
se
trahet
,
imo
&
auferat
sibi
ipsi
.
In
English
thus
:
I
have
perceived
something
shining
and
stirring
in
my
mind
or
Soul
;
which
,
if
it
were
perfected
,
I
would
not
doubt
to
say
,
it
were
eternal
Life
it self
.
It
hides
it self
indeed
,
yet
nevertheless
it
manifests
it self
:
it
steals
in
upon
me
,
as
if
it
would
rob
me
of
all
that
I
have
in
my
mind
:
it
discovers
it self
(
first
)
but
in
part
,
that
so
it
may
allure
,
provoke
,
and
draw
,
yea
and
take
away
my
mind
or
soul
even
quite
with
it
unto
it self
.
2.
Add
hereunto
the
Testimony
of
some
in
old
time
in
the
visible
professing
Church
,
touching
some
of
those
without
it
:
As
first
,
That
of
Clemens
Alexandrinus
:
Thus
in
Latin
;
Philosophia
Graecos
Paedagogi
more
ducebat
,
sicut
Lex
Hebreos
ad
Christum
.
Philosophy
was
the
School-mistris
to
the
Greeks
or
Gentiles
,
as
the
Law
was
to
the
Jews
,
leading
them
both
to
Christ
.
2dly
,
That
of
Justin
Martyr
(
so
called
)
because
he
suffered
Martyrdome
for
the
Christian
Religion
,
a
very
Antient
Martyr
,
in
his
Apology
for
Christians
,
writes
more
boldly
.
Thus
;
Qui
cum
ratione
vixerunt
Christiani
sunt
,
etiamsi
Athis
habiti
sint
;
ut
Socrates
,
&
Heraclitus
apud
Graecos
.
They
that
live
according
to
the
Principles
of
(
Right
)
Reason
,
are
Christians
,
though
they
have
been
,
or
may
be
accounted
Atheists
;
as
Socrates
,
and
Heraclitus
among
the
Greeks
.
Where
by
Reason
(
without
doubt
)
this
Author
means
the
{αβγδ}
the
Word
,
John
1.1
.
which
Erasmus
and
some
others
translate
Ratio
,
Reason
,
of
which
Paul
(
beyond
all
)
speaks
,
Rom.
10.
saying
,
even
of
all
men
,
both
Jews
and
Gentiles
,
v.
18.
What
,
have
they
not
heard
?
yes
verily
:
their
sound
(
viz.
of
the
Apostles
)
is
gone
forth
unto
all
the
Earth
,
and
their
words
unto
the
ends
of
the
World
.
For
it
reached
to
and
concerned
all
men
,
and
is
indeed
every
where
,
though
hid
from
most
,
because
unregarded
,
disobeyed
,
unbelieved
,
and
rejected
of
them
.
But
that
I
may
not
be
too
tedious
,
I
will
add
but
the
Testimony
of
a
late
Modern
Writer
,
touching
this
matter
,
exprest
in
a
few
Quaeries
.
1.
Quaer
.
Whether
every
man
do
not
find
something
in
him
that
is
pure
,
which
he
may
perceive
to
be
such
,
by
opposing
the
evil
,
and
moving
to
the
good
,
according
to
that
of
the
Poet
,
Every
man
hath
something
of
God
in
him
.
2.
Whether
that
which
is
pure
,
which
is
no
other
than
the
Light
of
Christ
,
and
Spirit
of
God
,
ought
not
to
be
believed
in
,
followed
,
and
obeyed
?
3.
Whether
our
comfort
stand
grounded
in
the
obedience
and
following
of
that
Light
,
or
that
only
on
which
Christ
hath
done
outwardly
for
us
?
4.
Whether
this
Light
and
Spirit
in
us
can
be
examined
,
or
tryed
by
the
Letter
of
the
Scripture
?
Seeing
he
that
is
in
the
Iniquity
or
sin
cannot
judge
truly
of
the
Spirit
,
and
the
things
thereof
,
either
by
or
without
the
Scripture
;
but
if
the
same
Spirit
be
in
us
,
which
is
the
Key
of
the
Scripture
,
then
we
may
examine
and
judge
by
the
Scriptures
,
according
to
our
measure
and
growth
,
concerning
the
works
of
God
within
us
.
5.
Whether
the
New
birth
in
Christ
be
not
two-fold
,
one
after
the
flesh
,
and
the
other
after
the
Spirit
,
according
to
the
scope
of
2
Cor
.
5.
but
this
shall
suffice
.
Conclusion
to
the
Reader
.
Notwithstanding
all
this
,
I
do
not
(
I
suppose
)
hereby
declare
my self
to
be
a
Quaker
,
as
having
,
by
the
grace
of
God
,
no
need
so
to
be
;
neither
,
as
I
understand
,
do
these
people
own
that
name
(
at
least
now
)
as
their
proper
Stile
and
Character
,
being
most
fixt
and
established
in
their
belief
and
Testimony
of
Jesus
.
But
what
I
have
writ
or
done
,
hath
been
to
shew
my
hope
and
expectation
,
which
I
know
is
the
hope
and
expectation
of
all
good
Christians
:
That
after
all
these
Shakings
,
according
to
our
daily
Prayer
,
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
that
cannot
be
shaken
may
come
,
(
among
us
,
and
prevail
in
us
and
over
us
;
yea
,
in
and
over
the
whole
Land
,
from
the
highest
to
the
lowest
,
wherein
and
whereby
Righteousness
and
Peace
,
Truth
and
Love
to
the
uniting
of
all
in
one
Lord
,
and
one
God
,
every
one
in
his
order
and
place
,
may
take
place
,
to
the
consolation
of
all
)
Wherefore
let
us
have
grace
,
whereby
we
may
serve
God
acceptably
,
with
Reverence
and
Godly
fear
:
for
our
God
is
a
Consuming
fire
.
FINIS
.