[_double rule_] A QUAKER I²S a Scoundrel Saint, of an Order without Founder, Vow, or Rule ; for he will not ſwear, nor be tyed to any Thing, but his own Humour. He is the Link-Boy of the Sectaries, and talks much of his Light, but puts it under a Buſhel, for nobody can ſee it but himſelf. His Religion is but the cold Fit of an Ague, and his Zeal of a contrary Temper to that of all others, yet produces the ſame Effects ; as cold Iron in _Greenland_, they ſay, burns as well as hot ; which makes him delight, like a Salamander, to live in the Fire of Perſecution. He works out his Salvation, not with _Fear_, but _Confidence_ _and Trembling_. His Profeſſion is but a Kind of Winter-Religion ; and the Original of it as uncertain as the hatching of Woodcocks, for no Man can tell from whence it came. He Vapours much of the Light within him, but no ſuch Thing appears, unleſs he means as he ------------------------------------------------------------------------ is light-headed. He believes he takes up the Croſs in being croſs to all Mankind. He de_ lights in Perſecution, as ſome old extravagant Fornicators find a Lechery in being whipt ; and has no Ambition but to go to Heaven in what he calls a fiery Chariot, that is, a Wood- monger’s Faggot Cart. You may perceive he has a Crack in his Skull by the flat Twang of his Noſe, and the great Care he takes to keep his Hat on, leſt his ſickly Brains, if he have any, ſhould take Cold at it. He believes his Doctrine to be heavenly, becauſe it agrees per- fectly with the _Motus Trepidationis_. All his Hopes are in the _Turks_ overrunning of Chriſ- tendom, becauſe he has heard they count Fools and Madmen Saints, and doubts not to paſs muſter with them for great Abilities that Way. This makes him believe he can convert the _Turk_, tho’ he could do no good on the _Pope_, or the _Preſbyterian_. Nothing comes ſo near his quak- ing Liturgy, as the Papiſtical Poſſeſſions of the _Devil_, with which it conforms in Diſcipline exact. His Church, or rather Chapel, is built upon a flat Sand, without ſuperior or inferior in it, and not upon a Rock, which is never found without great Inequalities. Next De_ moniacs he moſt reſembles the Reprobate, who ------------------------------------------------------------------------ are ſaid to be condemned to Weeping and Gnaſhing of Teeth. There was a Botcher of their Church, that renounced his Trade and turned Preacher, becauſe he held it ſuperſtiti- ous to ſit _croſs-legged_. His Devotion is but a Kind of ſpiritual Palſy, that proceeds from a Diſtemper in the Brain, where the Nerves are rooted. They abhor the Church of _England_, but conform exactly with thoſe primitive Fa- thers of their Church, that heretofore gave An- ſwers at the _Devil_’s Oracles, in which they ob- ſerved the very ſame Ceremony of quaking and and gaping now practiſed by our modern En_ thuſiaſts at their Exorciſms, rather than Ex- erciſes of Devotion. He ſucks in the Air like a Pair of Bellows, and blows his inward Light with it, till he dung Fire, as Cattle do in _Lin_- _colnſhire_. The general Ignorance of their whole Party make it appear, that whatſoever their Zeal may be, it is not _according to Know_- _ledge_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------