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A54263	The Quakers unmasked their double-dealing and false-heartedness discovered by collections taken out of their own writings, which were communicated to G. Fox, G. Whitehead, and others of their preachers and leaders : wherein may be seen some of their contradictions thereupon by another hand : also, one of the forms of their oaths, used amongst themselves, with their definition of an oath : likewise a letter and paper formerly sent to the abovesaid G.F. : whereunto are annexed some remarks, &c. : also what an oath is : in a letter to E.S. ...	Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.; A. C.	1691 (1691)	Wing P1412; ESTC R31105	55,504	67

looking after Kings which turns from the Lord. This is to you Christians that would have another King You may see what work there was with the Kings of Edom and Esau And when the Children of Issrael grew into Esau's Nature they would have a King So the Antichrists they will have a King as other Heathenish Nations would have they will fight else and this is Esau's Nature Now David and Solomon there are Figures in their being Kings And see what work the Kings of the Midianites did and the Children of Isral's Kings who said Thou art our King Reign over us both thou and thy Sons These like our doating Christians would have a King And read what work the Children of Israel made when they were as Judges in the fear of the Lord with the Kings of the Earth the Kings of Canaan You may see what work the Children of Israel had with Sihon King of the Amorites and Sthon King of Heshbon and strange Kings of Bashan Josh 13 And you may see in the 12th of Joshua what work he made with the Kings c. And how God had hardned the Hearts of the Kings that they might be destroyed by them that had no King How they over-threw the Kings when they kept faithful to the Lord. Josh 11. And how the Lord fought for Israel and what work Joshua made with the Kings how he brouhht them out of the Care A fit place for them saith G. Fox for all Kings that be made in Mens earthly Wills The Rocks and Caves are their Shelter in time of Distress And you may see what Fear and Dread was in all Nations and People while the Children of Israel went on in the Name of the Lord and so it will be again when People go on in the Name of Christ what a dread they will be in all Christendom to all Kings and all such upon the Earth who are Kings and Princes made but not by Christ for all the true redeemed ones are Kings and Priests that reign upon the Earth that knew their Election before the World began You may see in the third Chapter of Deuteronomy How the Word of the Lord was fulfilled How they went over the Kings and smote them in the Power of the Lord God And as the Children of Israel dwelt in the Fear of the Lord the Kings fled before them So will they do before all them that live in the Power of God The Shout of a King was among the Children of Israel while they felt the Lord of Hosts was among them they trod down the Earthly Kings and all these Novice Christians that are crying up Earthly Kings and following Kings and fighting for the Kings of the Earth are not such as follow the Lamb. We know that these Kings are the Spiritual Egyptians got up since the days of the Apostles Josiah and such as feared the Lord in the time of the Law and the Prophets the Lord accepted which Kings was among the Jews but you never read of any among the Christians but among the Apostates since the Days of the Apostles All which and much more you may read in the fore-mentioned Paper of G. F. Pag. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 26 c. Observe Here by way of Interrogation he affirms That they who cry for an Earthly King do in this Crucifie Jesus and are Traytors against Christ and that true Christians will not have any more Kings among them but Christ That the fruit of Earthly Kings is to be mad at the Child Jesus as Herod was That they are Ignorant and Foolish People that would have a King and Kings since the Days of the Apostles That these Kings are the Spiritual Aegyptians c. G. Fox to the Protector and Parliament p. 62. 1658. AND now Oh Protector who hast tasted of the Power of God Take heed thou loose not thy Power but keep Kingship off thy Head which the World would give thee and Earthly Crowns under thy Feet lest with that thou cover thy self and so loose the Power of God ☞ When the Children of Israel went from that of God in them they would have Kings as other Nations had as Transgressors had and so God gave them one And ye Powers of the Earth take heed of making Earthly Kings or looking after Earthly Kings lest you hurt and undo your selves and others but mind the Witness of God in you that you may see what the Children of Israel went from when they set up Kings as other Nations Ye Heathens that set up Kings and know not the Lord c. From a Lover of your Souls and Eternal Good and Establishing of Righteousness G. F. Again A Word from the Lord c. p. 15 1654. he saith THE Word of the Lord God to you who are called Presbyterians and to you that read the Common-Prayer You are wholly in Darkness given up to it and so your dark Minds have the Common Prayer And such would have a King to Reign for there is that Nature that would have an Earthly King to Reign in which Nature lodgeth the Murtherer G. F. Obs But the Quakers Messages and Addresses to K. Ch. 2. and K. Ja. they are for having an Earthly King to Reign and consequently are by themselves judged to be in the Nature wherein lodgeth the Murtherer Of the Great Success that George For told Oliver he should have had if he had been Faithful in a Letter to him Dated 11th Month 1657. See Council and Advice c. p. 26 27. OH Oliver Hadst thou been Faithful and thundred down Deceit the Hollander had been thy Subjects and Tributers and Germany had given up to have done thy Will and the Spaniard had quivered like a Dry Leaf The King of France should have bowed under thee his Neck the Pope should have withered as in Winter the Turk in all his Fatness should have Smoaked Thou shouldst not have stood trifling about Small Things but minded the Work of the Lord as he began with thee at first Sober Men and true Hearts took part with thee Oh take heed and do not slight such lest thou weaken thy self and not disown such as the Lord hath owned thy Dread is not yet all gone nor thy Amazement Arise and come out for hadst thou been Faithful thou shouldst have crumbled Nations to Dust for that had been thy Place now is thy Day of Tryal c. G. F. Obs The Success here spoken of should have befallen him by means of his Armies wherein sober Men and True Hearts took part with him such he exhorts not to slight nor disown such as God had owned Suitable to this he saith in his Paper against Kingly Government pag. 27. Why did you put out such as fear God out of the Army which might have been a Blessing to the Lord in their Generation Obs This shews That in G. F's Judgment who pretends himself Infallible such as Fear God and Quakers might fight and that it was ill done to

fighting with Oliver's Sword against God's Enemies I think here is Justification sufficient of the late Wars enough to make George Whitehead and therest ashamed Hear again E. Burrough and F. Howgil pleading the Quakers Faithfulness to the Common-Wealth's Interest and bringing to Mind the utter Destruction of the Bishop's and King's Power as of a stone sunk into the Sea which riseth not again To Henry Cromwel and his Council The Visuation of Ireland c. p. 21 22. YOU have endeavoured to give sentence of Banishment of us out of your Nation who are free-born English-Men and have always been faithful and true to the Common-Wealths Interest from first to last even until now What became of all the Perseccutors of old What became of the Bishops What became of that Power that held them up are they not all sunk as a Stone into the Sea and become a Reproach Again E. B. to the Heads Judges c. p. 19. If such you uphold by a Law which act those things the Scripture speaks against God will lay your Honour in the dust and cast you out of the Seat of Judgment as he hath done the Power of the King and Bishops before you Note All the Lines in black Leter are left out in his Works p. 84 85 86. Let us now hear News out of the North c. A Book set out by G. F. and written as he saith from the Mouth of the Lord. 1655. 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 Rulers must down and cease You must be cut down with the same Power that cut down the King who reigned over the Nation in whose Family was a Nurse for Papists and for Bishops Judges and Justices Beast and False Prophet the Lord God will pour out his Plagues upon you the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it and except you repent you shall all likewise perish and be consumed as the King was and perish with the same Power The Lord God hath sent his Prophets oft to tell you so p. 18 19 The World knows me not but I testifie the Truth c. G. Fox Obs What Man could have wrote more against a King and King ly Government than this G. Fox hath done and that in the Name and Authority of the Lord of Lords and King of Kings as he saith and yet no sooner was the King invested in his Fathers Throne but the said G. Fox through Deceit Fear and Flattery writes a quite contrary Language See the other Column p. 1 2 c. Again hear also what G. Fox and other Quakers tell us in the West answering to the North Writ 1656 the next year after News out of the North c. One Ier. Ives taking notice of their frequent Abuses to others about the late War cites a Paessage of theirs out of E. B's Works in Justification of the late Wars and further saith The Book in The West answering to the North p. 79 89 94 95 96 97. hath much to the same purpose which saith he I am unwilling to write out because I am not willing to expose you G. Whitchead replies thus in his Serious Search p. 37. I cannot but observe the Man's Dissimulation and base Insinuation in this implicite kind of accusing us hereby to render us more suspicious and obnoxious than if he had dealt plainly meaning than if he had printed those Passages some of which here follow by which the Reader may see somewhat of G. W's Disingenuity and Serpentine Nature TO what purpose have been the hangings by the Neck and other exemplary punishments executed on Judges Justices and Ministers of State for Arbitrary acting Why was Strafford's Head cut off and Canterbury's and Charles Stewart's as Traytors for endeavouring to subvert the fundamental Laws c. p. 78. Charles Stewart and his Lords committed Men as Canterbury aforesaid and early he heard of it in Parliament and for his other Arbitrary Actions and what followed thereupon and befel him in particular needs not be mentioned being recorded every where in the Blood and Misery of the late Wars and the Destruction of Him and his Family the dreadful and sad Examples of His Righteous Iudgments who reuders to every one according to his Deeds p. 79. Obs Because some of their Friends were committed and in the Warrant no mention made of the Protector or his Authority they farther write thus Doth not here appear from the Grave the Spirit that was in Christopher Love and his Fellow Traytors who being within the Jurisdiction of this Common-wealth took upon them to Commissionate divers Men to treat with Charles Stewart the proclaimed Traytor of the Government p. 89. Call to mind the former days and let the things that are past come into your Remembrance even what this Generation would have done their Synod and Accomplices to Conscience and to whom this Generation joyned in the years 1648. and 50. and so forwards even with the Common Enemy Charles Stewart c. p. 94. And forget not the wonderful Deliverances from them all which the Right Hand of the Lord effected c. p. 95. Multitudes of People flock'd out of the City to Westminster to complain of their sufferings which Charles Stewart called Tumults and by the Guard one of them was slain at the place of the shedding of whose Blood was Charles Stewart's Head struck off and his Blood poured forth on the ground A remarkable Record of the Righteous Iudgments of God p. 96 97. And this his Law Judge Nicholas standing in his own Will is less to be endured than in any of the Judges and Chief Justices that have gone before him whom Justice hath cut off for Arbitrariness or in Strafford Canterbury Charles Stewart or any of these latter Generations And the Legislative Authority that made him a Judge and the Righteous Ends of the Wars for Liberty and Law in which he appeared and these Innocent Servants of the Lord who have been all of them always faithful to the honest Interest of the Nation and many of them for it have drawn the Sword and fought in the Field from first to last p. 102. Obs Here that what they say concerning the King is said not only as the Opinion of others but as what they also approve saying That those things were remarkable Records of the Righteous Judgments of God With what strange kind of Confidence did G. W. write when he said that if I. Ives had printed the foregoing Passages they would not have rendred them so Suspicious and Obnoxious as his barely mentioning the Book and Pages did And though he may delude and blind their Proselites with such deceitful and Fig leaf covers yet certainly he will not dare to do so before Authority but rather down upon his Knees and beg Pardon for his Audaciousness and Insolence in speaking so slightingly of such strange and prodigious Sayings as are before cited

Posterity a Reproach as he hath done many before you even for that cause was the Generation of the Stewarts cast out Note All these Words in Black Letter are left out in his Works p. 569. Obs That he saith for exalting themselves in Pride c. was the Generation of the Stewarts cast out and their Palaces bestowed on the Protector and his Family And pray G. W. c. was not White-Hall one of those Palaces Now let us hear what Francis Howgil saith in Justification of the late War See his Advice to the Army Committee of Safety c. 1659. p. 3 4 5 6 7. THE Long-Parliament against the late King which in Man's account could be looked upon to be no other than Rebellion yet God gave a signal Testimony to the one while they stood in the Power of God and against the other The antient Courtiers having found so much Ease and Profit by the late King turned all Cavaliers and cryed up the Prerogative of the King above Law and Equity c. Setting that aside wholly which all Good Government was intended for as the Safety of the People and fréedom from Oppression Tyranny and Vsurpation and that none might be embondaged in the Worship of God but when he to wit the late King and his Assistants sought to inthral all and Imbondage all both in Civil and Ecclesiastical things as they were called the Long-Parliament and People that aided them at that time counted it no Treason to oppose him seeing the End was not answered he should have satisfyed and God decided the Controversie in overthrowing the one and establishing the other for a season yet many are so blind to this day that they judge the Nation cannot be established in Freedom without a King as though such a Name were essential only to Freedom and without it could not be obtained but the Iudicious will see this Ignorance c. So now many are so doting on the Name of a Parliament as though it were Essential c. and cry up the Privileges of Parliament as the former did Prerogative and would fight about a Name and lose the Thing intended though they be the Representatives of the People to do good to the People and not hurt they are accounted as good Servants to God but if they would set up a particular Interest to the Imbondaging of the whole and then cry up their Privileges to do what they list Then it is no Rebellion in Gods Account neither in the account of Iust Men to call them away when they do not perform the Thing intended And as for the Long-Parliament by whom God did Good Things and Great Things in the overthrowing that Power which was deviated from the aforesaid End to wit the late King What they did they had the Approbation of God and Good Men yet they went not through with the Work purposed and intended Note All these Lines in Black Letter are left out in F. H's Works When a Company of greedy hireling Priests came from Leicester-shire to sound their Trumpet in the House and to tell you they had not ingaged with the rest of their Brethren in Cheshire and Lancashire with George B●oth they were immediately called in and thanks returned as though they had done some great Service for the Nation that they joyned not in the Rebellion but them who were your real Friends called Quakers who gave you and the Army intelligence about the late Insurrection in Cheshire who were spoiled by the said Rebels of their Goods c could never receive any satisfaction or incouragement from you c. Note All the foregoing Lines in Black Letter are left out in F. H's Works Obs He saith God gave a signal Testimony for the Parliament against the late King That it is no Rebellion to call them who were in Power away when they do not perform the Thing they are intrusted for That God did good and great things by the Long-Parliament in overthrowing the late King wherein they had the Approbation of God and good Men that they who joyned with Sir George Booth joyned in Rebellion that at the same time the Quakers were the Parliaments real Friends and gave them and the Army Intelligence See also E. Burrough to the new Committee of Safety 1659. to the same purpose concerning Deposing Governors E. B's Works p. 593. AND though some of you present Rulers be looked upon as great Traytors and Tyrants in your dealing towards them i. e. the Parliament but alas this is nothing for the Lord doth not account as Men and if you were faithful to what the Lord requires of you in your Proceedings what you have done unto them i. e. in turning them out should not be reckoned on account against you neither by God nor Good Men. Likewise see the Declaration of their Faith touching Governours E. B's Works p. 442. Printed 1672. WE believe that all Governors and Rulers ought to be accountable to the People and to the next succeeding Rulers for all their Actions which may be enquired into upon occasion and that the chiefest of the Rulers be subject under the Law and punishable by it if they be Transgressors as well as the poorest of the People Note This Article of their Faith they also printed in the year 71. in their Book called The Principles of Truth p. 51. But as I was not so I am not willing any Observation should be made thereon and that for their sakes Now hear E. B's Advice to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England c. against Heriditary Government 6th October 1659. But after K. C. 2. was restored then they left all this Paper out in the Reprint of his Works AND while thus it hath been in our Nation that our Kings have attained to the Throne of Government Hereditarily and by the Succession of Birth and thus it hath continued for many Ages and our Nation hath been under the Bonds of Slavery in this respect even because Men Govern'd that ought not and while Men for Earthly Honour in Birth an Breeding have claimed to be Princes over us successively and to be chosen our Rulers according to Custom and because of this the Free-born People have deeply suffered the cruel Oppressions of proud and ambitious self-seeking Men who have long Ruled for themselves and not for the Lord and have come into place of Authority otherwise than by Appointment and right Calling from the Lord And thus the Government of our Nation hath been out of Course while great Darkness hath remained upon the Hearts of the People which hath so blinded them that they have not known their own Bondage nor yet how to be redeemed into perfect Liberty while they have subjected themselves through Ignorance to be ruled by such Men as had no right from God to that Place of Rule and Government But now the Lord God our Deliverer hath begun to appear for the Freedom of the Nations and hath shewed us the Captivity and Bondage that our

otherwise we shall rejoyce therein and add our help thereunto that it may prosper for the Establishing of Righteousness in the Earth our all is not dear unto us though hitherto we have been silent and not meddling with this Party or the other c. p. 14. Note 1. This was published in the Name of the Quakers and subscribed by J. P. and many others Note 2. All the Lines in Black Letter are left out in E. B's Works Printed 1672. p. 603. Their design therein is plain they having writ contrary thereto upon the turn of times and the words and our help thereunto are altered as may be seen p. 606. and in p. 662. These words Tyrants shall not have Power over you are left out And p. 600. Thy Kings And p. 605. With Kings are left out Obs He says He the Son of God might command Thousands and ten Thousands of his Saints at this day to fight but we cannot yet believe that He will make use of us in that way but for the present we are given up to bear and suffer c. So that they were not then of that Mind that the Spirit would never move them to fight And having heard of their Preaching up Armies Victories Spoils c. Let us hear a little farther of G. F's advising the Parliament to Sequestrations c. G. F. To the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England LEt all those Abby-lands Gleab lands that is given to the Priests be given to the Poor of the Nation and let all the great Houses Abbies Steeple-houses and Whitehall be for Alms-houses or some other use for all the Blind and Lame to be there Again Let all those Fines that belong to Lords of Mannors be given to poor People for Lords have enough p. 8. 1659. And in their Papers sent to the Parliament about Tythes 1659. p. 65 63. IF you Query how shall the Impropriators be satisfied who bought the Tithes of the King have you not his Parks and his Rents have you not his Houses to sell and make up their Money and give them again c. You should have sold all the Gleab lands and sold all the Bells saving only one in a Town and Colleges and their Lands and given them all to the Poor of the Nation c. If you Query How you should do with the Impropriators sell all the Gleab lands and the Bells except one in a Town or two in a City to give notice of Fire and all the late King's Parks and his Rents that had Tenths and sold the Tythes to make up these to give to the Impropriators that have bought Tythes and the Abbies and the Monasteries which much of the Tythes were given to if you do intend to satisfie the Nation and deny your selves of his Parks Houses and Rents so let them be sold and the Colleges sold and all the Tythes that belong to them thrown down c. P. 59. And you may sell all the Gleab lands Abby-lands and Monasteries and Nunneries and Kings Rents and his Houses and the Bells to pay the Impropriators who have bought the Tythes of Kings let their Rents and Parks be sold to pay them again and let the Earth be restored again to its place and they that have bought them of Colleges let the Gleab-lands be sold to pay them So let the Earth be Redeemed G Fox HIS JUDGMENT Concerning Kingly Government since the King was Restored Declar. P. 3 4. AND now because several of you who are most concerned in this Government are not acquainted with our Principles and Practices neither have known our Innocency and Sufferings and that no Prejudice were let into your Minds from others Words which proceed from secret Envy Malice and Hatred and not from any just Ground they have against us We do therefore Declare to take off all Jealousies Fears and Suspicions of our Truth and Fidelity to the King and these present Governors That our Intentions and Endeavours are and shall be Good True Honest and Peaceable towards them and that we do Love Own and Honour the King and the present Governours Observe It is to be noted That this Declaration of G. For 's c. was delivered to the King the very next Month after he came in so early were they in their Temporizing that at the first reading of this among the Quakers they had writ That they were his Loyal Subjects and they had suffered much as himself had done Which Words were highly opposed by one of the Assembly who told them That if they put it out in the Name of the Quakers he would Print against it Whereupon those Words were left out and the Book put forth in the Name of G. F. and Others that subscribed it in behalf of themselves and those in the Same Vnity with them How cunning was this Subscription For who would have thought that by those in the Same Vnity was not meant every Quaker And yet they meant only those that were of the same Mind with the Subscribers which many were not II. Observe Behold here the Man who before the King's Restauration declared them Traytours against Christ who cryed for an Earthly King and the true Christians will not have any more Kings among them but Christ Are they not in their own Judgment become Apostates for now they say They love own and honour an Earthly King And in their Visit to the King p. 7. say to him IF thou take some speedy course for the repealing and making void those Cruel Laws haply thou mayst be as Moses to stand in the gap'twixt God and thy People Did the Quakers verily think that K. C. was like to be asecond Moses or did they say so only to daub and flatter him Again in the Tryal of G Fox in 1664. p. 8. 10. he saith the Oath of Allegiance being tendred to him That if he could take any Oath at all upon any occasion he should take that Oath And also said He honoured all Men much more the King Oh Gross Dissimulation What temporizing is this What unheard of Hypocrisie is here Will this Fig-leaf Garment cover the deceit of this Guide 's Falseness and Perfidiousness from thy Discerning and Censure I suppose not However more of this thou mayst see in what follows G. F. G. W. and their Party's Declaration in the Year 1660. after the King came in p. 2. ALL Bloody Principles and Prastices we as to our own particular do utterly deny with all Outward Wars and Strife and Fightings with Outward Weapons for any End or under any pretence whatsoever Observe Notwithstanding this G. F. and E. Burrough undertake to direct and principle Oliver and Richard and the Officers and Soldiers what to do and how viz. That they should go forth with a free willing Heart and not stop till they come at Rome and blames them for turning and charges them not to turn Sober Men and True Hearts out of the Army and to require the Blood that hath been shed in