WHereas Samuell Jenings, Thomas Lloyd, and other [...] being in Nu [...]ber 28 have published a Paper a­gainst G. K. the rest of his Brethren [...] joyned with him in this Testimony for the Lord Jesus▪ against whom they prophecy, That Dryness and Barre [...]n [...]ss from the Lord, will be their Reward. We having read and considered the said Judgment, do testifie against it, as an un [...]ust and unrigh­teous Act; bu [...] that which aggravate [...] the Crime against them is, that they say, This Meeting h [...]ving tend [...]rly and order [...]y dealt with him ▪ &c. when they know in their Consciences▪ [...]hey dealt [...] with G. K. [...] never sent for him [...]o their said Meeting, but try [...]d and judged him altogether in his abse [...]ce, wherein they have done wor [...]e than the B [...]ptists did in the [...] Tho. Hicks; for when Friends appealed to the People c [...]l'd Baptists for [...]u [...]tice agai [...]st T. H [...]cks, they took their time & appo [...]nted a Meeting, and 3 or 4 days before the said Meeting [...] L [...]t­ters [...]o G. W. and W. P 's H [...]uses to give the [...] notice to be at the Meeting but they being so far from home [...] could not have timely notice, it was re [...]ko [...]'d great Injustice for them to proceed and try Friends and T. H [...]cks in their absence; and [Page 3] upon Complaint they gave another Meeting: But T Lloyd S. Jenings, and the [...] so far short of the Justice of the Baptists, that they [...] [...]o much as acquainted G. K. of their M [...]e [...]ing or intent to proceed against him, nor never sent for him t [...]at we can understand, only W. Byles came to G.K 's house and asked for him, his Wife told▪ he was from home, and she expected him the next Morning▪ but they told nothing of their b [...]siness with him, but in all haste proceeded to judge him in his absence before he came home▪ Is this your ord [...]rly [...]ealing with him? Is this your Justice? Is this your Chris [...]an t [...]nder­ness? your Charity, & your bearing with him in▪ Chr [...]stian Spirit? for shame cease thus proceeding, or you will [...] in the Nostrils of the Nations where it shall be told What! pretend to Christiani [...]y & fall short of H [...]athen Justice! John 7.50, 51 Acts 25.16, 17 Did the Baptists do unfair in procee­ding to try Friends in their absence? Then much more you: fo [...] they gave some Notice before of their intending to Try Tho. H [...]cks ▪ but you never so much as told G. K. of your so Meet [...]n [...]: Wherefore allow us so much Justice as the Baptists di [...] to [...]ave another Meeting pub [...]ickly to try G. K. where all Pe [...]p [...]e may be present, that are willing to come, and whereof G. K. may have timely notice, and liberty to plead his own Cause, and [...]et all Impartial People judge; & through Gods Assistance we shall make it appear, that your said Iudgment is un [...]u [...]t, & G. K. not worthy of Condemnation. Was there ever such an Act done in any Christian Socie [...]y before, t [...] con­demn [...] man without ever hearing of him, or suffering him to speak for himself? Surely its far short of any worldly Court, where the party shall have timely notice to p [...]epare for his his Tria [...], [...] [...]berty to plead his own cause in the face of the Country, and where his Accusers are not allowed to sit and give Judgment against him: But so it is, that the [...]e Un [...]ust & [...]righteous [...]udges have proceeded to try, judge, and publish their Judgment against G. K. without ever hearing of him, [Page 4] [...]hen its well known the most of them were his great Oppo­sers: They might be sure this way to condemn him, when only a Faction [...] them get toge [...]her, and accu [...]e him, and he nor any for him be present to speak for him. But that which still hightens the Crime of Tho. Lloyd, Sim Jenings, and the rest of the 28 Unjust [...]udges, is, that they of the Ministry should give such a false Judgment, and then impose it on all the Meetings in these 3 Provinces, when most of the Friends thereof are great strangers to the Matter in Controversie, not knowing which Party is in the Right, but they must take said Judgment upon Trust from them▪ without enquiring into the Cause and Verity thereof; and where they think their said Judgment will no [...] readily be swallowed down, they will fol­low it from Meeting to Meeting, cloathed with their Magi­stratical Robes▪ and if any Friends show their dislike o [...] having it imposed on them without their own consent, and considera­tion of [...], presently threaten to bind them to the good [...] [...]o the Pe [...]ce, and call out for a Constable, t [...]ereby [...] to tr [...]mple us down by their M [...]gistra­tical Power & Authority, as Samuell Jenings, Sam. Richardson, [...] Lloyd, Iohn Delavall and Anthony Morris did lately at a Monthly Meeting near [...]rankford, as is well known to many. Oh! whither do you think these things will run? will it not give People just cause to say, the Quakers are [...] Persecu­ [...]r [...]? But our Trust and Confidence is in the Lord alone, who hitherto has pleaded the Cause of the Innocent, and carried his People through all the Powers & Oppositions that have hither­to [...] ▪ up against them [...]n all Ages, and we doubt not but he will do the [...]ame for us▪ as we keep faithful to him, and to the Guidance of his holy Spirit, Light and Life in our hearts. But [...] these your Proceeding [...] Christi [...], or Prot [...]stant-like? or do they not rather relish of Rank Popery, for the Clergy or them o [...] the Ministry to impose their Edicts on the People, without [...] enquiring into the matter? Is not the [...] Obedience▪ [Page 5] Is not this believing as the [...] believes, in order to bring▪ in Ignorance the Mother of Devotian? Oh▪ who but ignorant and b [...]nd men, but can see these things! And yet now will ye stand in them, O ye V [...]just Iudges! will ye not be willing to answer our just Compla [...]n [...] [...]or a Hearing? Will you come short of the Justice of the Baptists, who admitted of another Meeting for a Hearing? But perhaps you will say, The Act [...] that Meeting was Infallible, being made up of such a Body of the Ministry, (as Arthur Cook said lately in the House of G. [...]. That a Yearly Meeting could not Err ▪ But we desire to hope, that som of you will better consider of it, & answer our just Complaint, and no [...] lurk in holes and corners, but come openly and defend your selves, and repent of the Error and false Doctrine you have run into, and let a time and place be appointed & agreed on by both Parties for a Publick Hearing: If you have Truth and Justice on your side, come forth and let it appear befor [...] the World, and say not that such and such things are false, but prove them to be so; and bring thing [...] to the Light, and let not Christs words be fullfilled on you, viz. You hate the Light beca [...]se your [...] Evil, &c. Say not, that we are bold and daring thus to Cha [...]lenge you; for its not wr [...]t in a presump­tuous Spirit as relying on our own Strength or Parts, but on the Lord alone, on whom is our Dependance, and who knows the Innoc [...]ncy of our Cause, and therefore we are not afraid to bring it to the Test, but willing to appear openly, as hither­to we have done in Print, and not as your Practice is to report false things sec [...]etly abroad, which we know not whom to fasten upon; but what we publish in Print remains to be the Au [...]hors, whether true or false; if false, why don't you refute it, the Press is [...] and open for you, as for any? [...]ut the matter in our [...]a [...]e Pr [...]e [...] [...]ooks is true, and sta [...]ds over your Heads, and which you will never be able to [...].

But next, let us enquire, what have you c [...]demned G. K. [...]? some [...], P [...]r [...]ly [...] of Doctrine, and partly [Page 6] for [...]; But as for Doctrine you have not mentione [...] what it is; and as for the hard Names you mention, it is made appear in The Plea of the Innocent, &c. that they were justly given by G. K. to them that deserved the same: But have his Opposers given no hard Names, no unjust and false Reflections? yea, many. But why only then must G. K. be condemned, and not they also who have given hard words and false Names to G. K.? When G. K. complained against them for not giving Judgment against W. Stockdale's Blasphemy Samuell Jenings could excuse it, by bringing the Example and Practice of worldly Courts, saying, George, tho [...] hast reviled thy Brethren, and in Courts we allow of Discount. So that according to S. Jenings, W. Stockdale's Blasphemy must be discounted against G. K 's Re [...]iling his B [...]ethren, as they account it▪ but can never prove. But if Discount be allowable in this case▪ why are not G. K's hard words discounted against those that have been given to him, so far as they will reach? And tha [...] it may appear what [...] Name [...] have been given, we think fit here to mention, viz.

They say G. K. has called them,

1. Fools, 2. Ignorant Heathens, 3. Infid [...]lls, 4. S [...]lly Souls, 5. Lyars, 6. Hereticks, 7. Rotten Ranters, 8. Muggletonians.

They of the other side have called G. K.

1 Brat of Babylon, 2. Accuser of the Brethren, 3. Apostate, 4. Worse than Prophane, 5. A Troubler of the Church 6. A Person that no one could have D [...]ff [...]rence with, but he was in danger of the Life of his Soul. 7. A Preacher of two Christs, 8. A Teller of an Old St Andrews Story. 9. Pope, 10. Father Confessor, 11. Ly [...]r, 12. Devil, 13 M [...]ggletonian, 14. Com­pared [...] to a Wolf Tyger, &c. 15 One that al [...]ayes endea­voured to keep down the Power of Truth. 16. A m [...]re vexatio [...]s Adversary tha [...] Hicks, Faldo, Scanderet, or the worst of Enemies. [Page 7] 17. One that is fallen upon the soaring Mountains, &c. 18. [...] a man slain. 19. Become Treachero [...]s to th [...] Spouse of his Youth. 20. Fall [...]n on his first Love. 21. Gone into a Spirit of Enmity, Wrath, S [...]lf-Exaltation, Contention, &c. 22. Foam­ing out his own Shame 23. A Person without the Fear of God before his Eyes. 24. Leting loose th [...] Reins to an Extravagant Tongue. 25. Broken out into many Vngodly Speeches, Railing Accusations, Pa [...]onate Threatenings, being Cruel, &c. like an Vnwearied Adversary. With many more that can be proved.

Now let the Impartial Reader judge, which have exceeded in hard Words? and whether they are no [...] very partial to pass by all that hath been said against G. K. and condemn him for what he hath sp [...]ke in i [...]s right place, as is made appear in the Book called, The Plea of the Innocent. And yet when G. K. was the Complainer for many Months, for Justice to be done to Truth, they could plead for D [...]scount, and put Blasphemy against Christ Jesus, in the Ballance against Reflections upon themselves, and yet now will not disount for hard words. And a [...]so they have judged a whole Meeting without ever admo­nishing of them. If this be not Partiality, Injustice and Un­righteous Judgment, tell us what is. And clear your selves of these things, if you can.