Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox.

Independency (Latin) a not depending upon another, absoluteness, of ones self: But it is commonly taken for that Profes∣sion, or Sect of men, who manage all things belonging to Church Dircipline, within their own Congregations, and al∣low not of a Dependence on a National Church.

Anabaptists, a sort of Professors of Re∣ligion, who it is said, first began in Ger∣many, in the year 1521. Their chief Principle by which they separate from In∣dependents, and other Professors, is, that they do not hold it lawful to sprinkle Children, and call it Baptism; but that they ought first to be able to give an ac∣count of their Faith before they are Bap∣tized.

Socinians, a sort of People that de∣ny the Divinity of Christ; first spread by one Faustus Socinus of Siena.

Presbytery, (Latine) signifies Priest∣hood, Eldership, or Government of the Church by Elders; there is a great People in this Nation go under the Name of Presbyterians, who, when they had pow∣er in their hands, were great Persecu∣tors.

Quakers, They are in derision so cal∣led by the scorners of this Age: but their proper Name is, Children of the Light; and though they are accounted a Sect of Hereticks newly sprung up, by some who have rashly passed Judgment upon them, yet upon a serious and diligent search into their Principles and Examples, they will appear to be led by a Christi∣an Spirit.