Rabshakeh's outrage reproved, or, A VVhip for William Grigge of Bristoll, tanner to scourge him for his many notorious lies, blasphemies, reproaches, vain boastings and other such like noysom matter ... in a late fiery pamphlet ... entituled The Quakers Jesus ... / by an impartial friend to God's truth under what notion soever persecuted by the blind world.

To the sober-minded unprejudic'd READER.

Reader,

IT's not my delight to be raking in that mire which the trou∣bled Sea of any man's unclean spirit hath cast up. Yet where I find malice throwing it on the face of truth, or its friends, I can patiently bear the burden of its ill savour, whilest with the hand of love I wash it into the channel.

William Grigg's design is, to asperse and render odious, (among others) that every-where-despised people called QUAKERS: his engines are lies, reproaches, mis-interpre∣tations, false reports, and other such hellish materials, with which the Accuser of the brethren (his master) hath furnished him from out of the bottomlesse pitt. He hath lickt up Ralph Farmer's loathsome vomit, cast out in his last bundle of uncleannesse, upon the truth, and professors in all forms, that will not subject their necks to his feet, and disgorgeth himself thereof in his pamphlet upon the same persons. And the better to deceive the simply-credulous (if yet there be any so simple as to be deceived by him) he hath assum'd to himself the old Pharisai∣call Covering, by crying, The Temple of the Lord, Christ, Scriptures, Ordinances, &c. hoping to conceal the murderous Wolf that lodgeth in his brest, by creeping under the Lamb's skin; and to alloy the noysome smell of his inward rottennesse, by painting the Sepulchre.

But his covering is too short, and his paint too thin; so that, notwithstanding his elder-like deportment through an affected

gravity in speech, and manners; and his seeming godlinesse in profession of words, I shall so unmask him to every single eye, as that he will plainly be discerned to be a bitter enemy to the life of God wheresoever it appeareth, and his brest to be the bloody seat of rage, and violence.

It's not my purpose to trace him in all his wilde wanderings to and fro about the businesse of James Naylor, and his few fol∣lowers: he and they do stand or fall to their own Master.

Onely to thee Reader I say, when thou seest another slip, let it learn thee (not to be high-minded, but) to fear, and look well to thy own footing; and when thou standest, take heed lest thou fall. Run not with the multitude, Conclude not of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God with the worldly wise; judge not of the tree by leaves, but by his fruits; Let not thy faith stand in the dictates of another, but search, prove, and believe for thy self. And finally, be faithfull to the witnesse of God in thy conscience, and walk in his fear, so shalt thou find rest, and peace to thy pretious Soul, in life and in death.

Farewell.