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What Hypocrites, are all such Quakers then,
As touching Souls concern, have said Amen,
On the meer credit of another's Lines,
That seeking Self, from Scripture-Truth's declines.
Here's Slander by the Lump: A Whole-sale Trade:
Who are the Quakers thou dost thus upraid?
Come to Particulars; leave gen'ral Work:
Deceit, thou knowst, in Generals doth Lurk.
Name none 'gainst whom thou darest undertake,
The charge thou here hast publisht, good to make,
And make it good too: I will then declare,
He and thy self, may make an even pair.
Hadst thou consider'd, as it thee behov'd,
How many things must in this Charge be prov'd;
Not only that the Author of those Lines,
Which Souls concern, from Scripture Truth's declines,
And seeketh self; but that some Quakers do,
On his meer credit, say Amen thereto:
It might perhaps, have thee more wary made,
And the loose Ramblings of thy Pen have staid.
But when dark Envy once the Eye doth blind,
It bars Consideration from the Mind.
Have any told thee, that they said Amen
On the meer credit of another? Then
Prethee conceal them not, disclose their Names,
And let them of their Follies bear the Shames.
But if none so have told thee, prithee, whence
Assum'st thou to thy self the Confidence,
To dive mens Hearts, and undertake to know
The only Motive whereupon they go?
Thou, that hast so derided inward Sense,
Wilt not pretend, I hope, to judge from thence.
And if thou hast not been expresly told
By themselves, how dar'st thou be so bold
And positive, that some have said Amen
On the meer credit of another, when,
For ought thou know'st, they had an inward sense
The thing was right, and said Amen from thence.
And that Amen may to another's words
In Truth be said, the Scripture Proof affords.
And for that cause th'Apostle doth command,
To use a Tongue that People understand.
As touching Souls concern, have said Amen,
On the meer credit of another's Lines,
That seeking Self, from Scripture-Truth's declines.
Here's Slander by the Lump: A Whole-sale Trade:
Who are the Quakers thou dost thus upraid?
Come to Particulars; leave gen'ral Work:
Deceit, thou knowst, in Generals doth Lurk.
Name none 'gainst whom thou darest undertake,
The charge thou here hast publisht, good to make,
And make it good too: I will then declare,
He and thy self, may make an even pair.
Hadst thou consider'd, as it thee behov'd,
How many things must in this Charge be prov'd;
Not only that the Author of those Lines,
Which Souls concern, from Scripture Truth's declines,
And seeketh self; but that some Quakers do,
On his meer credit, say Amen thereto:
It might perhaps, have thee more wary made,
And the loose Ramblings of thy Pen have staid.
But when dark Envy once the Eye doth blind,
It bars Consideration from the Mind.
Have any told thee, that they said Amen
On the meer credit of another? Then
Prethee conceal them not, disclose their Names,
And let them of their Follies bear the Shames.
But if none so have told thee, prithee, whence
Assum'st thou to thy self the Confidence,
To dive mens Hearts, and undertake to know
The only Motive whereupon they go?
Thou, that hast so derided inward Sense,
Wilt not pretend, I hope, to judge from thence.
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By themselves, how dar'st thou be so bold
And positive, that some have said Amen
On the meer credit of another, when,
For ought thou know'st, they had an inward sense
The thing was right, and said Amen from thence.
And that Amen may to another's words
In Truth be said, the Scripture Proof affords.
And for that cause th'Apostle doth command,
To use a Tongue that People understand.
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