Pretend to If God is known among them Only and that they are His Only witnesses then it plainly follows from what is said above that they think Themselves only have any Right to Govern They in Express words have Abdicated all the Kings upon the Earth as well as all Churches And so now says G. Fox is all Professors Great Mystery p. 99. and Teachers upon the Earth and Kings of the Earth Ravened inwardly from the Light standing against the Light and the Lamb and the Saints and are not to be Receiv'd into the Houses of the Saints neither to bid them God speed Now Paying of Reverence to them by taking off the Hat or Giving them their Civil Titles is an Implicit owning of them or Bidding them God speed Which is the Reason why the Quakers will not do it And the Reason is as Plain è Contra That if they had a King who obey'd the Light that is a Quaker-King they wou'd Bid him God speed c. They wou'd then Give him Hat and Knee and Titles Nay they have given it to some in Expectation When Will. Penn was walking towards the Stadt-House in Amsterdam and his Son by his side Attended with a Numerous Train of Quakers one of them said pointing to Will. Penn's Son what a fine Prince wou'd that make I can Name Vouchers for this if Deny'd Surely then they wou'd not Refuse him the Title of Prince if he were in Possession Wou'd they think the Title of Prince too much who take to Themselves all the Stiles of Christ as Fox Naylor c. have done calling Themselves and suffering others to call them the Branch the Star the Son of God the King of Saints King of Israel c And as such Receiving of Adoration from their People falling down upon their Knees or Prostrat before them see Sn. Sect. viii and Sat. Dis. Glean Sect. ii N. 4. p. 71. Wou'd G. Fox have thought any Honour too much for himself to Receive who when Jam. Naylor was brought upon his Knees before him offer'd his Hand for Naylor to Kiss But bethinking himself better he pull'd it in again and thrust out his Foot to Naylor that he might Kiss it As is told by a Quaker in his Hidden things brought to Light Printed 1678. p. 37. and 40. who tells in the same place that he himself saw a Woman at John Kilkam's House in Balby Fall down before G. Fox near an Hours time and that he did not at all Reprove her So Greatly cou'd he keep his Port And Act not only Regal but a Papal state Which the Quakers think to be Vsurped by all Others but Themselves And Intend to Recover it wholly from them as soon as they are Able For as all Kings upon the Earth are Adjudg'd by them to have quite Ravened away from the Light and consequently by their Principles have Forfeited their Right to their Crowns so the Quakers do not Despair of coming into Possession of all and every Post of Government from King down to Constable When they come in none must have a share George Fox in his News coming out of the North. p. 18. Directs a Challenge in these words To the Heads of this Nation And all the Dominions of the Earth And to all who are under the Dominion of the Earthly Powers Nations and Kingdoms every where in all the World To you all Kings Princes Dukes Rulers Judges Justices Third-Burrows or Town-Clerks Here he has them all together from Top to Bottom And now what has he to say to them Terrible News indeed he begins Tremble all before the Lord O ye Earthly Powers you have caused the Prophets to be Stoned you have caused them to be Imprisoned you have caused them to be Banished in this Great City Sodom and to suffer Beating and Scourging out of your Synagogues Dreadful is the Lord and Powerful who is coming in His Power to Execute true Judgment upon all you Judges and to change all your Laws ye Kings all you that have taken the Name of Justices which are not in Justice you must be Judged with the Just and all you underling Officers which have been as the Arms of this Great Tree All your Branches must be cut down And the Government shall be taken from you Pretended Rulers p. 20. Judges and Justices Lawyers and Constables p. 27. All this Tree must be Cut down and Jesus Christ will Rule Alone Hew down all the Powers of the Earth slay Baal Baalam must be slain all the Hirelings the Clergy must be turn'd out of the Kingdom The sword of the Lord is Drawn against you all You are Ruled by the Prince of the Air and in the Power of Darkness ye stand A Day of slaughter is coming upon you who have made war against the Lamb and against the Saints the Quakers for Destruction you are the Sword you cannot Escape And it shall be upon you ere Long Now Destruction is drawing nigh sorrow is coming p. 28. Sons and Daughters of the Quakers are going Abroad Joyfully in the Power and Strength of the Almighty Howl wo and Misery all ye Priests ye Blind Priests All Nations and Languages and Tongues and Kindreds and People Tremble before the Lord's Host and the Lord's Army p 37. these are the Quakers The Corrupt Judge must not stand up and the Corrupt Rulers must not Rule And thou Beast the Civil Government and False Prophet the Church must into the Fire p. 38. the False Prophet is the Counsellor to the Beast and the Beast maintains the False Prophets Both into the Pit into the Lake and Fire you must Both go The Lord hath spoken it But will they leave this to the Fire of the other World No no they have a God that Answereth by Fire even in this World which we are told in a Terrible Book of the Quakers call'd The Cry of Blood Super-scrib'd like Princes upon the Title-Page by Geor. Bishop Thomas Goldney Henry Roe Edw. Fyott and Dennis Hollister Famous in the Congregation all men of Renown and Chiefs among the Worthies of Fox There p. 61. They have Decreed against us in these words Ere long yea and the Day is at hand wherein your Baal must Plead for himself And even those that Guard him the Magistrates and his Prophets the Clergy poor Souls shast be Content to have their Tryal before the People which is the God that answereth by Fire and shall Deliver up the Prophets of Baal to be cut off by the People whom they have Deceived That is when the People turn Quakers then they will Answer by Fire c. And ther is no Doubt but they will be as Good as their word For are they not Infallible Then slay Balaam vex the Midianites Give the Priests Blood to Drink c. This is no Jesting Matter And tho' the business of their Hats if ther were no more in it were not worth a Button Let them stick on their Heads as upon Scarr-Crows
Journal of G. Fox I will add one more here In a Book of his and other Quakers call'd The West answering to the North. Printed An. 1657. p. 16. ther is a Long Letter to Chief Justice Glynn which begins thus Friend we are Free-Men of England Free-born our Rights and Liberties in and with our Countries with the Laws the Defence of them have we in the Late Wars Vindicated in the Field with our Blood Which in the Journal is Alter'd thus Friend We are Free-Men of England Free-born Our Rights and Liberties are according to Law and ought to be Defended by it Leaving out that Ugly Passage The Defence of them have we in the Late Wars Vindicated in the Field with our Blood For this they have now a Mind shou'd be Forgotten Both as to their Pretended Principle against Fighting And also their Siding with the then Vsurpations against the King Whereas they say in p. 14. of their Declaration just now Mentioned We have been Silent and not Medling with this Party or the other but by way of Reproof of evil in All and Informing all to the Good And it cannot be Charged upon us that we have sided with One or other But in the 9th Instance before Mentioned they made their Braggs That they had served with their Lives and Estates as Faithfully as the Protector Oliver himself and his Council to the Purchasing that Peace and Freedom An. 1657. out of the Hands of TYRANTS i. e. of K. Char. I. and II. Of their Siding and Medling to Purpose against the King with all the Vsurpations in their time see sufficient Testimonies in Sn. § xviii And which in their new Switch they do not Deny nor Justify themselves any otherwise than by Endeavouring to cast as Black Aspersions upon the King himself Char. II. And of their Silence you may Judge by that Paper which they have stifl'd of Ed. Burrough's which I have Printed in the 1st of the 15 Instances besides many others that can be Produc'd wherein they Damn the King and Caviliers to the Pit of Hell See Sn. p. 216. and p. 228. of their Giving Intelligence against Sir George Booth and other Royalists who Rose for the King And Commanding in the Name of the Lord to put such of them to Death as they had taken Prisoners And to stand out to the Uttermost against the King and think of No Reconciliation with him 2. In the year 1659. One of the Quakers Great Apostles Richard Hubberthorn wrote an Answer to A Declaration of the Ana-Baptists in London wherein they Owned it as their Principle That they were Willing to Live peaceably Vnder whatever Government is or shall be Established in the Nation This the Quakers then did violently Oppose as a Poor Time-serving and Pernicious Principle tho' of Late they Pretend That it is their own Principle and that they do Now Govern themselves by it And Promise so to do But then they fell upon the Ana-Baptists and said This is far below that Spirit which was once in some of you in that Profession for you told of having the Laws regulated according to the Scriptures And of having Judges as at the first and Councellors as at the beginning And then not to submit to what Government soever but that which is according to Equity and Justice And what do you bear Arms and Fight for if not for a Government according to Truth and that Righteousness may Establish the Nation Some have Judged this to be the very Design and End of the War and Controversy against many that were called Governors and Magistrates and were by some called the Ordinance of God and the Higher Power And if now you Resolve to live Peaceably and submit to whatever Government shall be Established then your Fighting is at an End And if Charles Stuart shall come in and Establish Popery and Govern by Tyranny you have begged Pardon by Promising to live Peaceably under it as the Ordinance of God c. But this smelling so Rank in the Re-Printing of Hubberthorn's Works An. 1663. they leave out the words Charles Stuart And instead of that they put it thus And if any Shall Come in and Establish Popery c. That Principle for the Breach of which they Charge the Ana-Baptists was not Peculiar to the Ana-Baptists nor any thing wherein they Differ'd from the Quakers for it is mostly in the Quakers own words But it was the Joint Principle of all these several sorts of Rebels and is and ever will be the Pretence of all Rebels to Reforme and Change for the Better And to this that Principle of Submitting to whatever Government is Established is most Adverse And for which the Quakers did at that time Upbraid this Pretence of the Ana-Baptists As sincere perhaps in the Ana-Baptists then as it is in the Quakers now For the Quakers Principle of Obedience to the Higher Powers And what they mean by the Higher Power I Refer backward to 2. P. p. 172 173. c. 3. Humphrey Smith a Notable Quaker Printed a Book An. 1658. Intitul'd The True and Everlasting Rule from God Published from the Spirit of Truth Where p. 48. he says Where are Queen Mary 's Judges and Bloody Persecutors Where are King Charles 's Nobles and his Vn-Merciful Tyrants who sought to Drive down all by their Devilish Power who were as High in Tyranny as any of you Where are your Cardinals Jesuits and Monks Where are your Bishops Arch-Bishops Deans and Deacons your Abbots Nunnerys and Bishopricks Altars Crosses Surplices and Common-Prayer-Books your Rails about your Tables Organs Quiresters and Singing-Boys Even as your Eyes have seen the Overturning of all these so shall the Off-Spring and Residue follow after and the Priests Howle c. But in the Re-Printing of this Man's Works after the Restoration All that concerning King Charles his Nobles Tyranny c. And all concering the Church of England then Established of Bishops Deans Common-Prayer Surplices Organs c. are left quite out Tho' said to be Publish'd from the Spirit of Truth But the Spirit of Convenience and Worldly Politicks has Prevail'd I have given but one Instance a piece in the Re-Printed Works of Fox Hubberthorn and Smith because I wou'd keep within Limits this having swell'd so much already And if I shou'd go thro' all it wou'd take up more Paper than all that I have Written But we wou'd Desire them more Particularly to Produce two Tracts they have taken care to stifle one is a Piece of Parnell's call'd Satan's Designs mention'd 2 P. p. 106. The other of Lawson's mention'd ibid. p. 108. And now the Reason appears Plain Why the Quakers are so Diligent in keeping up the First Editions of their Friends Books That none might be seen but as they have New-Drest and Vaumpt them Their Book-sellers have Refus'd to Sell them or so much as Shew them to several that I have Employ'd Particularly W. Penn's Sandy Foundation And where one I sent had found Six of
stand the utmost Demand of His Extremest Justice for that they owe Him Nothing as Edw. Burrough says p. 32. of his works That God doth not accept of any where ther is any Failing or who doth not Fulfil the Law and doth not Answer every Demand of Justice See how Literally these Quakers are Describ'd and their Fearful Condition 1 Joh. 1.8 9 10. If we say that we have no Sin we Deceive our selves and the Truth is not in us If we say that we have not Sinned we make Him a Lyar. But Solomon Eccles the Fâ—dler and Quaker-Prophet in his Musick-Lecture p. 22. Returns the Lye upon St. John if he Included himself amongst the Sinners as he Evidently do's speaking in his own Person as well as of others If We say But Crowdero Answers with a Home Stroke I do Affirm Says he that if John had said he had been a Sinner he had Lyed Therefore since all the Rest of Mankind do confess themselves to be Sinners except the Quakers it is not strange to sind this vile Scraper Determin thus Positively in his Quakers Challenge p. 3. That the Quakers are in the Truth and None but They. Here they Exclude all the World And All the World have Reason to Exclude them He that Confesseth and Forsaketh his Sin shall have mercy Prov. xxviii 13. What Mercy then can these men have who are so far from Forsaking this their Blasphemous Pride that they will not so much as Confess it Pride was the First Sin and of all others sets us farthest off from God And of all Pride the Proud Humility is the Greatest This Hypocrytical Humility is the widest Distance from the True v Christian Humility Hates and Abhors it and Falls upon it wherever it meets it See how the Quakers Insult and Triumph over Mr. Crisp for Confessing himself a Sinner in their Rabshakeh Rebuked Printed 1695. Which was wrote in Answer to two Papers that Mr. Crisp before mention'd had Publish'd against the Quakers in the first of which call'd An Essay towards the Allaying of George Fox his Spirit p. 1. he Expresses himself thus in a Christian Humility in Answer to their Abuses of him They cannot Represent me a Greater Sinner than I thank God I think my self to be Upon this they fall upon him p. 5. of the Introduction And first to shew their Sense or Sincerity they wou'd make Mr. Crisp to thank God for his being a Sinner whereas any but a Malicious Quaker must have seen at first view that he thanks God for the Sense which He had given him of his Sins And it wou'd be a Matter of Great Thanks-giving to the Quakers if the like Grace of Humility were Granted unto them Pray God of His Mercy Give it them else their Salvation is without All the Promises of the Gospel But the Quakers from this Confession of Mr. Crisp's Charge him Home and say that by this he owns all that they said against him as to the Abusing of them and their Writings nor is it Possible says the Pen-man for me to Wrong him for let me Represent him how I will I cannot Represent him a Greater Sinner than he thinks himself to be and Thanks God for it too And says that if they shou'd Represent him to be a Whoremonger Prophane Swearer Drunkard or Idolater c. this Confession of his Includes not only all those but all other Sins of all sorts and kinds how Gross soever such Bitter Enemies are they to Confession What sort of a Sinner wou'd they have Made St. Paul at this Rate from his Confession 1 Tim. 1.15 that he was the Chief of Sinners And to Dispute against these Brutes is a Martyrdom like that of his who was Condemn'd to Fight with less Guilty Beasts at Ephesus But I have Undergone it for their Good tho' I Receive the Thanks for it of him who wou'd Rouse a Sluggard out of his Sweet Slumber But some of them have been Rous'd therefore I Cease not my Pains to Recover more of them at least to Prevent others from falling into their Pit of Destruction I have Insisted longer upon this Point than was needful to overthrow the Poor Answer which G. W. gives to it But I did it because this is a Material Point it is the very Bolt of the Door which shuts the Quakers up in their Darkness by Perswading them never to Consider any more and be sure never to Repent i. e. That they Repented once for all when they first turn'd Quakers But after that they are Sinless and Perfect and so need no more Repentance G. Whitehead Denies That ther is Continual need of Repentance and Thomas Elwood Justifies him in this See Sat. Dis Sect. v. N. 2. p. 51. As he do's likewise in G. W's Assertion that the Righteousness in the Quakers is not Finit but Infinit ibid. Sect. 2. N. 7. p. 36. And then indeed what need of Repentance to the Quakers They are Past Repentance But G. W. Changes his Tune in his Christian Epistle to Friends An. 1689. For there he Complains Grievously of their Great Corruptions not only of a Few but that Few of them Nay very Few were what they ought to be very Few says he p. 9. have their Minds Exercis'd in frequent Prayer or in Heavenly Meditation c. But too many have their Hearts taken up with these Fading Objects and things Below Minding Earthly things c. And p. 10. he Charges them with Degenerating into Pride and Height of Spirit and Apparel as Too too Many do Says he of the Friends Contrary to Gravity Modesty Sobriety Plainess Simplicity Innocency and Humility And he goes on p. 11. Though some Formality and something of the Form of Truth they may have by outward Education yet says he 'T is not by the work of Regeneration for it is but Few in Comparison that Really Come in at That Door c. Here is a sad Account of the Quakers Infallibility which was Granted not only to some Eminent Quakers but as Burrough says in his Preface to Fox's Gr. Mystery p. 7. To Vs Every one of Vs in Particular Yet now it seems Most of them are Gone off And but very Few Left in the Truth And have those that are Behind any Greater Security than the others had Is ther not now Continual need of Repentance Is the Righteousness that is in Them not Finit but Infinit Can Infinit Righteousness Fail or Fall away Are not these Many and Grievous Sins of which the Greatest Part of the Quakers are Guilty Sufficient Matter for Publick Confession of Sin and Repentance among the Quakers No. No. That must not be Admitted They are Perfect and Sinless for all this As their Heavenly Father is Perfect And As He is so are they in this World Pursuant to this Principle ther is no Petition for Repentance or Forgiveness in all G. W's Long Prayer before Mentioned i. e. not for the Quakers only for the worlds People that they may turn to be