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A27230	A brief discovery of some of the blasphemous and seditious principles and practices of the people called Quakers taken out of their most noted and approved authors, humbly offered to the consideration of the King and both houses of Parliament / by Edward Beckham ... Hen. Meriton ... Lancaster Topcliffe ..., Norfolk.	Beckham, Edward, 1637 or 8-1714.; Meriton, Henry, d. 1707.; Topcliffe, Lancaster, 1646 or 7-1720.	1699 (1699)	Wing B1652; ESTC R18109	27,538	34

and Exalted them ever been taken up afresh by God's Command or in the Leadings of his Eternal Spirit and the Lord will appear to Gather a People out of them but never to Establish or Keep People in them No they Served their time and now the False Church has got them yea and the Whore has made Merchandize with them and under such Historical Shadowy and Figurative Christianity has she managed her Mystery of Iniquity unto the beguiling of Thousands ' G. F. News coming up c. p. 4. ' Your Baptism and Sacraments as you call it and all your Ordinances and Churches and Teachings it is Cain's Sacrifice ' p. 14. 8. They allow No Liberty to any who differ from them One Quaker writes to another in a bemoaning Letter called The Spirit of the Hat Printed 1673. p. 12. Complaining of Geo. Fox's not allowing any Liberty He speaketh thus ' My Friend Observe what difference is there in these things between G. F. and the Papists The one saith No Liberty out of the Church the other No Liberty out of the Power Saith the Papist What! Liberty to the Sectary No. What! Liberty to the Heretick No. And G. F. saith What! Liberty to the Presbyter No. What! Liberty to the Independent No. What! Liberty to the Baptist No. Liberty saith he is in the Truth The difference lies only here the one has greater Power to Compel than the other ' William Penn in his Brief Examination and State of Liberty Spiritual Printed 1681. p. 3. where the Question is Must I Conform to things whether I can receive them or no Ought I not to be left to the Grace and Spirit of God in my own Heart To the first he says Nay to the last Yea. But he bids them Consider Whether it is from their Weakness or Carelesness telling them It is a dangerous Principle and pernicious to True Religion Nay it is the Root of Ranterism to Assert That nothing is a Duty Incumbent upon thee but what thou art perswaded is thy Duty And in p. 11. I affirm from the Vnderstanding I have received of God not only that the Enemy is at Work to scatter the Minds of Friends by that loose Plea What hast thou to do with me leave me to my Freedom and to the Grace of God in my self But this Proposition as now Understood and Alledged is a Deviation from and a Pervertion of the Ancient Principle of Truth c. And in p. 12. ' Some under pretence of Crying down MAN FORMS AND PRESCRIPTIONS are Crying down the Heavenly Man Christ Jesus his blessed Order and Government which he hath brought forth by his own Revelation and Power through his Faithful Witnesses ' Which Revelation p. 13. was concerning Men and Womens Meetings ' Wherefore I warn all saith Penn that they have a Care how they give way to the Outcry of some falsly intituled Liberty of Conscience against Impositions c. Nor is it the least Evil this Spirit of Strife is Guilty of that useth the words Liberty of Conscience and Impositions against the Brethren in the same manner as our Suffering Friends have been accustomed to intend them against the Persecuting PRIESTS AND POWERS of the Earth ' 9. They Declare themselves against Kingly Government Edw. Bur. his Works p. 244. ' The Lord is risen to Overturn to Overturn Kings and Princes Governments and Laws And he will Change Times and Laws and Governments and there shall be no King Ruling but Jesus nor no Government of Force but the Government of the Lamb nor no Law of Effect but the Law of God All that which is otherwise shall be ground to Powder ' And p. 507. he saith further ' But as for this People i. e. Quakers they are Raised of the Lord and Established by him EVEN CONTRARY TO ALL MEN and they have given their Power only to God and they cannot give their Power to ANY MORTAL MEN to stand or fall by any OUTWARD AUTHORITY and to that they cannot seek but to the Lord alone ' And G. F. in his Gr. Myst p. 31. saith ' That the Quakers are in the Power of God and in the Authority of the Lamb above all Houses and into Houses Creep not BUT ARE UPON THE THRONE ' And in Truth defending the Quakers Printed 1659. p. 9 10. Geo. Whitehead and G. F. Junior being asked Whether they did not say That the Magistrate who made Acts of Parliament and doth not receive them from God as Moses doth act contrary to the Law of God They Answered The Magistrate that is sent of God he receives the Law from the Mouth of God and he is the Prophet whom Moses spake of Deut. 18.18 And rebukes them for thinking Men should make Acts and not receive them from God They say again The Man-Child appears who must Rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron G. Fox in his Bcok Several Papers given forth c. to Presbyterians c. just before the Restoration Writ Anno 1659. and Printed the beginning of 1660. he hath these Passages ' Friends to all you that desire an Earthly King in England c. whether Presbyterians or others Did the Elders of Old in the Days of Christ or the Apostles Cry up any King but Christ to have any King to Rule over them but Christ And doth not the Priests and Presbyterians Cry for an Earthly King and will have Caesar And do they not in this CRUCIFY Jesus Are not all these Elders that will Doat so much of an Earthly King TRAYTORS against Christ Do you read that there were any Kings since the Days of the Apostles but among the APOSTATE CHRISTIANS For Christ is King alone I say That is the False Church that doth not live upon the Head of the Kings They that be True Elders never go about to Set Up an Earthly King over them to Rule Herod the King was Mad at the Child Jesus there is the Fruit of Earthly Kings And hath not this been Witnessed in England c. Ignorant and Foolish People that would have a King And what work Joshua made with the Kings how he brought them out of the Cave A FIT PLACE FOR THEM And all these Novices Christians that are Crying up Earthly Kings And we know that these Kings are the SPIRITUAL EGYPTIANS got up since the Days of the Apostles ' c. Thus much briefly touching their Ancient Anti-Monarchical Principles and they are the same still and have not Deviated in any one Point only G. Whitehead tells us they may see Cause otherwise to Word the Matter c. Against the House of Lords ' Oh! What sincerity was once in the Nation ' says G. F. to the Council of Officers 1659. p. 7. ' What a Dirty Nasty thing it would have been to have heard talk of a House of Lords amongst them ' Again G. F. to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England c. p. 8. saith viz. ' Let all Abby-Lands Gleab-Lands that 's

Fisher and many more Altho' none before so much for it as they The aforesaid Sam. Fisher in his Works Printed 1656. and Reprinted 1679. and recommended to the World amongst others by William Penn who tells us That these things came not to him by Flesh and Blood but by the Revelation of the Father of Lights And thus the said Sam. Fisher speaks in a Message from the Lord to O. Cromwell and the Parliament of England p. 19 20. ' I will hold my Peace NOW no longer saith the Lord as concerning this Evil which they so profanely Commit and Do Daily against my Chosen but will utterly SVBVERT and OVERTVRN them and bring the Kingdoms and Dominions and the greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven into the Hands of the HOLY ONES of the most High and give unto my Son and his Saints to Reign over all the Earth and take all the Rule and Authority and Power that shall stand up against my Son in his Saints And I will put my High Praises into their Mouth and a Two Edged SWORD into their Hands and they shall Execute Vengeance upon the Heathen and Punishments upon the People and shall bind their Kings in Chains and their Nobles in Fetters of Iron and Execute upon them the Judgment that is written in my Eternal Decree and unchangeable Council saith the Lord. Given forth under my Hand as the Lord himself gave it into my Heart to see and into my Mouth to speak in part and unto my Hand thus at large to write it this Twenty fifth Day of the snme Month viz. the Seventh 1656. Samuel Fisher ' Witness also the Quakers Declaration to Oliver viz. Oh! Oliver arise and come out for thou hast had Authority stand to it Nor let any other take thy Crown And let thy Soldiers go forth with a free and willing Heart that thou mayest Rock Nations as a Cradle This is a Charge to thee in the presence of the Lord God Also Geo. Roffe in his Book Intituled The Righteousness of God c. Printed p. 11. hath these words 'To thee Oliv. Cromwell thus saith the Lord I have Chosen thee amongst the Thousands of the Nations to Execute my Wrath upon mine Enemies and gave them to thy Sword with which I fought for the Zeal of my own Name and gave thee the Enemies of my own Seed to be a Curse and a Reproach for ever and made thee an Instrument against them and many have I Cut down by my Sword in thy Hand that my wrath might be Executed upon them to the Uttermost ' Subscribed Geo. Roffe And Geo. Fox in his Letter directed to the Council of Officers of the Army 1659 c. Complains of many Quakers Disbanded out of the Army as well as Justices of the Peace in these words p. 5. ' And many Valiant Captains Soldiers and Officers have been put out of the Army by Sea and Land of whom it hath been said among you that they had rather have had one of them than Seven Men and could have turned one of them to Seven Men who because of their Faithfulness to the Lord God being Faithful towards him it may be for saying Thou to a particular and for Wearing their Hats have been turned out from amongst them ' And may Reassume it again when they shall judge it meet As appears to us by a Declaration wrote by Edw. Bur. in the Name of all the Quakers and Subscribed by several of the Principal Leaders of them Printed 1659. p. 8. They speak thus ' We are Dreadful to the Wicked and must be their Fear for we have Chosen the Son of God to be our King and he hath Chosen us to be his People and he might Command Thousands and Ten Thousands of his Saints at this Day to FIGHT in his Cause he might lead them forth and bring them in and give them Victory over all their Enemies and turn his Hand upon all their Persecutors ' But say they p. 9. ' We cannot YET believe that he will make use of us IN THAT WAY tho' it be his only Right to Rule in Nations and OUR HEIRSHIP to possess the uttermost parts of the Earth but for the PRESENT we are given up to Bear and Suffer ' 11. They have a Goverment within the Government Independent from it and Opposite to it First their Monthly and Quarterly Meetings which are after the mannerof the Justices Monthly Meetings and Quarterly Sessi●…s in the Country which are Subordinate to the Yearly Meeting which Yearly Meeting consists of Deputies from all the Counties in England and Wales as well as Agents from beyo●d the Sea and it their Supreme Assembly which gives Laws to the whole Body of the Quakers wheresoever they are And there they make their Orders for the Government of their People For Suppressing of any Books wrote against them and pass Censure upon Offenders And there also they take an account of their Fund which is raised by an Order of this Yearly Meeting in all the Counties of England and Wales by way of Collection And the Money when Collected is Transmitted to London and lodged in the hands of Six Feoffees who as to the Disposal thereof are to be Governed by the Second Day Meeting held on every Monday throughout the Year which Money is for divers uses viz. Stipends for their Teachers Wages for their Clerks Attendants upon the Houses of Parliament For Printing and Dispersing of their Books For the Maintenance of the Poor For the Relief of such as have suffered for Non-payment of Tythes and the Breach of other Laws and for several other things tending to the Propagating of their Doctrines and Supporting of their Government Mr. Bugg's Pilgrims Progress Chapters 7 8 9 10 11 give an Account of their several Meetings and of their Fund Exchequer or Common Bank Mr. Keith who has been a Quaker above Thirty Years in his Second Narrative p. 5. says I am not able to Print Books as they Quakers can they are many and have a Common Stock I am but one And in his Book called The Pretended Yearly Meeting of the Quakers their Nameless Bull of Excommunication given forth against him c. Printed 1695. p. 5. speaks thus 'To my certain Knowledge and Observation I saw the Door of the Meeting where that called the Yearly Meeting Sat kept by Three or Four Persons that Refused to let in some that desired to come in and yet were owned by them And it is sufficiently known they who keep the Door let in or keep out such as they think fit But again such as they let in if they be not of the Ministry nor any of the Two Chosen out of every County they are allowed only to be there as Standers By and Spectators but have no allowance to give any Judgment in the Case which hath been a discouragement to some honest Friends owned by the Yearly Meeting as Friends from coming to the Meeting being only permitted to