The contentious apostate and his blow refelled [sic] in a brief narrative of the unchristian deportment, opposition, and disturbance made by Francis Bugg, backslider, Isaac Archer, priest or vicar, Samuel Knowles, late curate, at a publick meeting of the people called Quakers held at Milden-Hall in Suffolk the 30th day of the 2d month commonly called April 1691, and in a short answer to F.B. his defaming pamphlet falsely stiled One blow more at new Rome / by G.W.

His Second Article, Charging us with Popish and Antichristian Practice,

Is both False and Slanderous; In his falsly accusing us with Im∣posing on each others Consciences, for the strict Observation of Wo∣men's Meetings, as contrary to what in the Beginning we Taught against Imposition upon another Man's Conscience, &c. Nor hath he proved any Imposition upon our Friends Consciences in this Case, either to observe, or act without or contrary to Inward Conviction or Perswasion by the Light of Christ within: There∣fore his Charge without Proof, is a blind Imposition. But saith he, They are for Nonconformity Record out of the Vnity, &c. He should have said rather, that some for Opposition and Gainsaying of good Order and Discipline (as that of twice Publication of Marriages before Solemnized) agreed upon and practised by the

Church of Christ among us, have therein (or in that matter) ex∣cluded themselves out of Unity (and if some such have been so recorded, that excludes them not so much as their own cross Acti∣ons) and this had been true in Fact; for if they had been in en∣tire Unity with their Brethren, they would not have made any such Opposition or Breach upon any due or necessary Method, Order or Discipline, agreed upon by them, or in a Christian Soci∣ety, which they pretended to be Members of; and such gain no Reputation by such Advocates as F. Bugg. And further the true State of the Case in Opposition to his False and Partial, is this: In the Beginning we declared against Human Impositions on Men's Consciences, and against Persecution thereupon also, and so we do still; and yet it is no Contradiction, to be for the strict Observation of Faithful Women's Meetings, sometimes distinct from the Men; where they are perswaded by the Light of Christ so to Meet, being gathered by the Power and in the Name of Jesus Christ, (which cannot be an Effect of my Imposition contrary to good Conscience) and for those good Ends and Services propper to them, which F. B.'s new Minister could not deny, when those good Ends were Demonstrated.