One sheet against the Quakers

By RICHARD BAXTER.

LONDON, Printed by Robert White, for Nevil Simmons, Book-seller, in Kidderminster, Anno Dom. 1657.

LONDON, Printed by Robert White, for Nevil Simmons, Book-seller, in Kederminster, Anno Dom. 1657.

One Sheet against the QUAKERS.

THE lamentable ignorance and ungodliness of too many of the common people, and the pride and self-conceitedness of many Professors of godliness, and the weakness, unsettledness and giddiness of others, doth give advantage to all sorts of Heretics and Deceivers to make their attempts with hope of success. And to our wonder, grief, and shame we see, that scarce any of them are so grossly unreasonable and vile, but they get some followers in most places where they come: And when this wind ariseth to try our Congregations, and neighbours, the light, unstable, chaffy Professors are carried away. And though one sect have carried away some of them, and another hath risen and condemned that, and carried away more; and another and another have done the like by them; yet still the next sect that riseth up, is as confident that they are in the right, and as zealously vent their own conceits, and condemn all others, as if they had never been warned by the examples of so many before them, whose confidence hath left them in contempt, like Prognosticators, Wizards and false Prophets, that will be bold to prophesy of uncertain events, though so many of their predecessors have lest their names to the derision of posterity; We cannot wonder therefore, if among other sects, the Quakers (with their German Brethren, the Paracelsians, Behmenists, and Seekers) do step in and take their turns in the game; who will come down with greater shame then most that have gone before them, when they have plaid their part.