A CONFUTATION O F QUAKERISM; OR A Plain Proof of the Falfhood of what the Princi- CONCERNING The Neceffity of Immediate Revelation in order By THOMAS BENNET, M. A. Rector of THE SECOND EDITION. CAMBRIDGE: Printed at the University-Prefs, for Edmund Jeffery, Bookfeller THE PREFACE Cannot but think Quakerifm one of the Hvilest and most pernicious Heresies, that our unhappy Nation has ever been infected with. And therefore I am heartily grieved, that altho' my Brethren, the Clergy of the Established Church, have written with Great Learning and Accuracy upon most other Points, yet the Quaker Controverfies have been (almost wholly) neglected by them. 'Tis poffible, fome of thofe Great Men, who have fo frequently triumphed over other Adverfaries, are of Opinion, that the Quakers are below their Notice, and that the Conquest of 'em would prove Inglorious. Now 'tis true, this Sect, when it first appeared in the World, diftinguished themfelves by fuch an incredible Variety of Enthufiaftic Freaks, as made their Perfons utterly Ridiculous. Their Books also were then stuffed with fuch prodigious Quantities of Ribaldry and Jargon, of Bitterness A 2 moft |