Judas and the Jews combined against Christ and his followers being a re-joynder to the late nameless reply, called, Tyranny and hypocrisie detected, made against a book, entituled The spirit of Alexander the Coppersmith rebuked, &c. which was an answer to a pamphlet, called, The spirit of the hat, in which truth is cleared from scandals, and the Church of Christ, in her faith, doctrine, and just power and authority in discipline is clearly and fully vindicated against the malicious endeavours of a confederacy of some envious professors and vagabond, apostate Quakers / by ... William Penn ; to which are added several testimonies of persons concern'd.

John Whitehead's Testimony.

WHereas the Author of the aforesaid Pamphlet doth charge that Faithful Servant of God G. F. with the Opening and Altering a Letter written by me, against my Consent; I declare, That both he and his Author have Malitiously Slandered G. F. in that Case; for I ordered W. Kerby by a Letter, wherein that Letter was Inclosed and UNSEALED, to shew it to George Fox, and the rest of the Brethren in Town, that he or they might dispose of it as they saw a Service for Truth. And it was written as a Testimony against that Spirit, which would have brought in the Wearing of the Hat in Prayer, and not to Justifie that Unheard of Practice in the Church; for I ever Condemned it in my Heart, and bore my Testimony against it, knowing the Spirit of the Lord did not lead into it, though I had a Tenderness to those who intended well, and had their Simplicity betrayed by the subtil Workings of that Spirit of Error, which I witnessed against, and Laboured not in Vain to pluck them as Brands out of the Fire of Con∣tention, that with the Light of Christ they might see whi∣ther they were going; and several did see the Error of their Way, and Returned.

And if any have been so bad, as to Mis-apply my Words, and Harden their own Hearts through my Tenderness, the Hurt will be their own, and I shall be Clear in the Day of God, though now I am Evilly Requited by those, wh••

to their own Hurt give and receive Information agaist me, (as if I Acted or Lived Wantonly) like those which said, Come, let us Smite him with the Tongue; Report, and we will Report it: But my Innocency in that Case, without further Defence, is my sufficient Refuge from the Slanderous Tongues of these Ungodly Men; And through the Grace of God, whereby I am taught Sobriety and Godliness in this World, I can and do say, The Lord forgive them.

John Whitehead.