I Desire thee to lay aside prejudice, and ob­serve R. Bridgman is offended at the Chri­stian Confession of D. S. in the Body of his Pamphlet, calling it Malapart Pragmatical style, (Pope like) without the Consent of the Church: Who this D. S. is may not be easie to judge; however, I do not find D. S. do joyn with any inraged Enemy, or Adversary, nor is he mali­cious against any that have laid down their Lives in defence of the Blessed Truth, but for the clearing of all such, and that none should be led aside by such who cover and cloak gross Errors. And yet R. B. in his fifth Page is offended with D. S. and here he says, he vil­lifies some, or a part of the same Society, and that with denying Him that was born of the Virgin Mary, to be the Christ the Saviour of the World; it is evident that this R. B. is of the same stamp with his Brethren in Pensilvania, or at least-wise a Cloaker of those gross Errors, as Samuel Jennings, Coock and Loyd, and the rest of that Faction and yet this R. B. hath the Con­fidence in Page the ninth, where he cites the Yearly-meeting Paper, (Mark) if there be any gross Errors, &c. held by any Professing the Truth in America, such Parsons ought to be admonished, &c. And yet I have not heard of any Paper of Con­demnation, that S. Jennings, and the rest of those of that Faction has given forth since their [Page 4] Admonition, nor R. B. nor his Twenty four Brethren against them, but makes a great out-cry they are wronged, and scandalized, but they will not let us know in what, but it's the Duty of all true Christians to clear themselves from Errors, and not to Cloak such damnable Errors that no Protestant Society in Christendom would tolerate, as is made manifest in Print al­ready, and there testified against by the Chri­stian Quakers, and R. B. seems to be offended with D. S. for desiring any to pray to God to turn them from their Errors, how Unchristian this R. B. shews himself (is well to be noted) it is wonderful to me to see R. B's stock of Con­fidence in cloaking his Brethrens gross Errors, and in charging D. S. upon no better Proof than a perhaps, &c. when he must if he be ingenuous, confess S. Jennings and many more are proved Guilty of such gross Errors, that no Protestant Society would tolerate; but the main drift of R. B. is to blind the Innocent, and cover the guilty; p. 7th. R. B. makes bold to tell his Reader, there is no instance produced wherein G. Whitehead has been either weak or wicked, which to cover and cloak many gross Errors must be. Either he would make the world believe he had not read G. White­heads Writings of Contention, or else he justifies all what G. Whitehead has writ, or else cloakes and covers it: See G. Whitehead's Book, Judgment fixed, and see what Names he gives to those that testifie against gross Errors; not becoming any Christian of Christ's making, and also R. B. in his seventh Page is offended with D. S. for say­ing, Light and Darkness are Beings, and thus says [Page 5] R. B. which as much bespeaks his Skill in Philoso­phy, as the other does his Titled to Christianity: finding R. B. having so little Skill in Philoso­phy makes me save Paper on that head, and whereas R. B. seems to be offended at D. S. for his saying, if please God to put it into the Hearts of the Governours to burn all the Contenti­ous Books, and then says he, no need of Emenda­tion, &c. I understand D. S. means such Books that contain such damnable Doctrine, as tend to the destroying the Christian Faith, and instead of R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren writing Emen­dations, they endeavour to cloak all those gross Er­rors, then R. B. goes on, and why must they be burnt, the Matter it seems is distateful, but it is evident gross Errors are not distateful to R. B. if they were, he would not hugg them as he does: then he goes on, and calls all that testifie against gross Errors, Apostats, and unruly Spirits, that like not to have their Fruits made manifest, and their Rebellion against the Light rebuked; and they that would have Books burnt, next step would have the Authors burnt, but this is R. B. wanting Charity, to condemn gross Errors that doth not follow, that they would con­demn the Authors to be burnt: at his way of arguing all the Protestant Societies that have condemned and testified against the Errors of the Church of Rome (would burn their Bodies) and should the Christian Quakers tell R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren, that those persecuting Quakers in Pensilvania; that Fined, and Impri­soned our Christian Friends in that Province, next step would burn their Bodies; our thoughts [Page 6] are that R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren would say we were very uncharitable. And now I shall return some of R. B's. own words upon him, in Page the ninth, but this D. S. ( who in a Malapert Pragmatical stile, would be deemed the the Representative of the true Christian Quakers, is for Censuring and Excommunicating (Pope-like) without Consent of the Church, &c. I appeal to all sober People, how R. B. do fret himself with the honest Confession of D. S. But I perceive if D. S. his Book had been Licensed by the Second days meeting, or by R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren, it would have met with much more favour, than now it has; as if nothing but what is tolerated by a certain Faction of some few pretended Quakers (whether that be not more like the Pope and his Councel.) That except we will believe as the Church believes, that is, receive such gross Errors, and damnable Do­ctrines as no Protestant Society would tolerate, we must be called Apostates, and unruly Spi­rits: the next thing that makes us admire is, how those pretended Quakers as R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren come to assume that Power to themselves; as the Title of a Church above the Christian Quaker, and nothing must pass currant except it come from some of their Meetings, or tolerated by them; but we have ob­served some men will over-value themselves, and to have no Charity towards them that de­serve it; also R. B. seems greatly concerned for D. S. mentioning Josiah Coal, J. Audland for their adoring G. Fox, it seems R. B. do espouse all the gross Errors, and his Twenty four Brethren; [Page 7] But the Christian Quaker utterly disowns all Er­ror, and cannot ascribe that Honour to a mor­tal man, which is due to our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world; R. B. would have done well to have told his Reader in what Book or Books those blasphe­mous Titles given to G. Fox had been vindicat­ed, I preceive R. B. and his Twenty four Bre­thren are Vindicators of those Adorations given to G. Fox, and herein is the true Christian Qua­ker distinguished from the Apostate, the one de­nieth all Error, and the Apostate cloak and cover them. Then R. B. goes on and says, I need say the less to them (meaning Books) but what Books he tells not his Reader what those Books are, and R. B. confesseth there may be some un­sound Expressions in G. F. Writings, therefore he must grant it wants Emendations, and grants they were not well guarded, he have made a sort of a blind Confession, and by this, R. B. have a little Arraigned G. Fox as well as D. S. and F. Bugg; and now we will let the Reader un­derstand what Authority the Holy Scriptures have with these men, see G. F's Book Eutituled, An Encouragement to all the Womens Meetings in the World, in pag 42. see Concerning Jeptha's Daugh­ter, see p. 43. and was not Micah's Mother a Ver­tuous Woman, read Judg. the 17th. and see what she said to her Son, the Text tells us, the Wo­man gave Two hundred Shekles of silver to the Founder, to make a graven Image, and a molten Image; pray what Encouragement is this for a Womans Meeting, and what use of Scripture these men do make, see in pag. 23. pag. 24. now [Page 8] Old Ely was not against the Assemblies of the Wo­men, who Assembled by Troops, as you may see 1 Sam. 2. 21, 22. read the Text, and there ye will find Ely's Sons committed whoredom with the Women, what may we think after-Ages will say of such Interpreters of Scripture, doubtless this Book ( i. e. G. F's) come out by the Authority of the 2d. days Meeting, or else G. Fox must be as R. B. say Pope-like, to impose, in pag. the 10th, R. B. goes on, but I would fain know why it must be deemed by D. S. such weakness in G. Fox, to set his Name to the Book called the Battel Door, &c. Here R. B. covers and cloakes all the Errors, that the Christian Eighty pounds, Note. Quakers deny, for there can be no Union between Truth and Er­ror, we for our own parts went to the: Jews and spoke with the Jew that received Eighty pounds in mill'd Mony, paid by G. R. besides the Dozen bottles of Wine given by M. F. (as he did affirm for their doing the chief part of it) and what a Cheat was this to the Ignorant, to make them believe, as if it had been revealed to G. Fox: a­way with such deceit: in the next place R. B. Envies D. S. as he thinks, for favouring Is. P. But it was well known, that Is. P. was ready to re­tract in his Life-time what he see was an Error, in his 13. pag. he thinks D. S. have made a great slip of his Pen, if he be a true Believer, he was not come to bear the Image of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but R. B. have shewed but little Skill in Divinity; and therefore, had need to learn, and not to teach: in pag. 14. R. B. would make the World believe D. S. was but little [Page 9] acquainted with the Christian Quakers Faith, which is attended with Christian Charity, and teacheth to exercise a Conscience void of offence both toward God and toward Man; pray observe what a flourish R. B. have made, it plainly appears that he cannot be of the Faith of the true Christian Quakers, because he cloaks and covers all those that have given ill Names, for merely dissenting a­bout Circumstantial things, that was imposed on us, calling us Dogs, Devils, Incarnate Apostates, unruly Spirits, with much more. Robert Bridg­man, in his Postscript mentions D. S. Postscript, here he desires all those that are living, whose for­mer or latter Writings are defective to write Emen­dations upon them, as well as on those that are dead. But R. B. is much concerned with D. S. saying he should be glad if God would put it into the hearts of the Governors of the Nation to con­demn them to be burnt, that is to say, all such Books that did contain gross Errors; we do not find R. B. nor his Twenty four Brethren, are willing to write Explanations and Emendations, and have deceitfully Titled themselves Christian Quakers, because the Government should take no notice of them, and we can testifie these few pretended Quakers, have been very forward to appeal to every Government, when they thought it would make for their Interest. So we have with brevity taken notice of what is material; the main end of R. B. is to condemn the Christian Quakers Confession, and to cover the Guilty, and in his Advertisement he would have Peo­ple believe, his Pamphlet may serve as an An­swer to G. W's reply, but it must be to such as [Page 10] believe as the Church believes, and must take nothing for truth, but what such as he and his Twenty four Brethren have stamped; but Ro­bert Bridgman, and his Twenty four Brethren, was not willing to tell their Reader, those that had a hand in the yearly Meeting Paper left out part of G. Keith's words, in pag. 7th. viz. not excluding the Man Christ Jesus his Death, Sufferings, &c. and Intercession, &c. from be­ing joyntly concerned in our Salvation; as also telling you, that the Faith of him, as he died for us, &c. is necessary to our Christianity and Salvation.

Now all this was left out in the 7th. page, so by this you may see, they would Exclude the Man Christ Jesus being joyntly concerned in our Sal­vation, and yet R. B. has the Confidence in his 9th. page, after the citing about Eight lines out of the yearly Meeting Paper, does this look like indea­vouring to cover any such gross Errors; certainly he that can see with his own Eyes, will see the Tendency of what R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren hath said, is to cloak and cover gross Errors; yea, and Doctrine of Devils. R. B. in his 6th. page, whereupon no better Proof than a Perhaps; or for ought he knows, blames D. S. and then he goes on, may I not with the same sort of reason argue against him, that perhaps or for ought I know, it may be undeniably proved upon him, that he is a Thief, or a Murderer; we perceive this grosser R. B. do not understand Common Sense, for what can be undeniably proved upon a Thief, or a Murderer, is not for ought I know, but there is so much Nonsense, that we need not [Page 11] take much pains to refute him, (for undeniably is not a perhaps, or for ought I know) we would have the Reader well observe, that R. B. in his Eighth page, where he makes his Complaint a­gainst D. S. how distasteful their Errors are, and says he, the next step would have the Authors burnt, least there should be any more such Books; 'its evident he would have more erro­neous Books writ, and have People believe them as Truths, and if they will not believe them, then they are call'd unruly Spirits, Apostates, &c. Had not R. B. and the Twenty four his Bre­thren been Cloakers of gross Errors, they had no need to have made such a great Out-cry of their being scandalized, calling it a malicious Libel; and then to cheat the People, calls themselves Christian Quakers: If they had been such as they have Titled themselves, they would not have been offended with D. S. in writing to clear the true Christian Quakers; but this have been evident, that Sam. Jennings have Preached, and prayed in publick Meetings, who have been proved Guilty of gross Errors; and yet, we have not heard of any Paper of Con­demnation he have given forth, nor Robert Bridg­man, nor his Twenty four Brethren, (against him and the rest Guilty of the like Errors) and for the sake of the Innocent, we have set down some as may be seen more at large, in the Plea of the Innocent T. F. said that he owned no Man Christ Jesus, as Mediator in Heaven without him, but the Grace of God within him, page 11th. and in the same page, He argued against our beloved Friend G. Keith, That Christ was only a Spirit in [Page 12] Heaven, and had nothing of the Body of man in Heaven; and at another Meeting he said, he had not learned that Lesson, whether it was the God­head or something else, that Christ took of the Vir­gin, that was nailed to the Cross, Excluding the Man Christ Jesus his Death, Resurrection, Ascen­sion, and Meditation for us in Heaven. J. Wils­ford said at a Meeting, That Christ was no Mediator for Drunkards, nor wicked Persons: but for his own own Disciples, contrary to the ex­press Testimony, Isa. 53. 12. Psal. 68. and the same Person at a Meeting in West-Jersey said, in Prayer, Lord that we may not dote on the Body, to neg­lect the Life. And in page 12th. Some denying God's Presence in all his Creatures, another Preaches, that Christ cureth mens Souls perfectly at once; and maketh them free from all sin; and when we are perfect we are Kings, and are not to pray to God for our selves, and at J. Goodsons, S. Jennings, accused G. Keith, and so did J. Simcock for preach­ing Faith in Christ without us, calling it the Pro­fessors Faith, and the Faith of all Christendom, that did not Profit. And Tho. Ducket said, he could not determine, whether that Body that was Crucified, was in Heaven or not: (What a Preacher here is) and Sam. Jennings said, to do Gods busi­ness, we needed Gods Wisdom and Power, but to do our own as men, we needed it not; Page 13th. W. Walker said in a publick Meeting, That a man might speak unsound words in the Life, and at ano­ther time he bid wait, that the Scepter might depart from Judah, and that Shilo might come, (and stampt it in the name of the Spirit) in Page the 14th. H. Willis, openly declared himself an Ʋnbeliever [Page 13] of Christ, coming without us to Judge the quick and the Dead, (which is a great Article of the Christian Faith) had not R. B. and his Twenty four Brethren been Connivers and Cloakers of these, and many more gross Errors that could be charged, and proved from their Books in Print, they would never been offended with D. S's. Christian Testimony, and Confession. And for a Conclusion let that be a sign between you, and the true Christian Quaker, as G. White has offered in his Reply, to come forth and give a publick Meeting; for as the Scripture saith of making Books there is no end; and let the Rea­der know, that the Christian Quakers disowns all those Errors that are here mentioned, with all the rest that are manifest in Print, so shall we conclude and Subscribe our selves as in Truth, we are well Wishers to all men.

A Seasonable Caution unto all People, unto whom this may come: Or a Letter to a Friend.

THAT none for want of a Right under­standing judge the True Christian Quakers guilty of gross Errors, and damnable Doctrine, because a few pretended Quakers, have cloaked, covered and connived at such things, which the Christian Quakers utterly disown, and bear Te­stimony against both by word and writing, as may be seen in a late Treatise, by D. S. and is a late Reply to Twenty four pretended Quakers in the City-Mercury (by G. W.) And since that the Christian Quakers have given notice in the City Mercury, that none should go under a mi­stake, and likewise there is one Robert Bridgman, that hath published a late Pamphlet in favour of all those [...] Errors, and damnable Do­ctrines, w [...] hath been charged against them by F. B. in new Rome, and divers others, which the Christian Quakers disown, as may be seen in D. S. little Book, and G. W's Reply to the Twen­ty four Subscribers, in a Paper with their Names to it; and also the Christian Quakers are ready [...]o give an Account of their Faith as they are [...]ng Witnesses of it, from a living Experi­ence (not Historically) and do testifie against all that do seek to cover, and cloak gross Errors, [Page 24] and which speak Contemptuously of the Holy Scriptures, and put bad Interpretations upon them, as may be seen in a Book Entituled, An Encouragement to all the Womens Meetings in the World. And this may let my Reader understand, there is herewith published a Reply to Robert Bridg­man, by G. C. and E. N. in behalf of the Christian Quakers, with some of those gross Errors there noted, which Robert Bridgman and his Twenty four Brethren are Cloakers, and so are Deemed equal Guilty: These few Lines was written by o [...]e who believe, and have Faith in the Blood of of the Man Christ Jesus, as he came outwardly, and shed his most precious Blood; and as he is come by his spiritual appearance in the Heart, both being joyntly concerned in our Salvation, [...]elieving he arose from the Dead the third Day, and ascended into Heaven, and is there in the glorified Nature of man, and also that he shall come again without us, to Judge the World, and with Ten thousand of his Saints.

Reader, The Christian Quakers may be thus distinguished, they neither cover, cloak not connive at any Errors; and [...] make an Out-cry of being scandalized [...]ged, and not let the World know for what, a [...] the Twen­ty four Subscribers, and R. Bridgman have done; for my part I know not in what they are wrong­ed in, except they count that being a wrong, for the Christian Quaker, to deny all Error and False Doctrine, which they, it's manifest, seek to co­ver and cloak, as F. B. have cited out of [...]ur own Books in New Rome, &c.

So Subscribes thine in all real Service,