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nesses to assist him in doing it. Here the likenes of the parables is proved: he first took the advantage of the confidence Mr. Sharp placed in him, believing he would act as an honest man in his dealings towards him; and when he had taken this advantage, he artfully contrived to get these bills, that I have mentioned, from Mr. Sharp, in an insinuating way, that it would do him a kindness, and do Mr. Sharp no hurt, as he should hear no more of them; and that he would provide for the payment of them. Mr. Sharp, trusting to his honour and honesty, was completely swindled out of his bills, as the lady was robbed of her life, by trusting to the honour of the landlord and his wife, when she put herself in their power and so when Mr. King had thus far taken the advantage of Mr. Sharp's confidence in him, he took these bills, which he pretended was to take up the 1507. bill, which Mr. Sharp had received 307. upon, and had paid it to Mr. King, with 57. interest; instead of taking up this bill he gave to Mr. Delvalle these three bills for 1257. without putting his name to them, knowing, by that art, he should be able to swindle Mr. Sharp out of his bills. And, as he boasts in his letter to me, he does a great deal of business, and does it so as to set litigious people at defiance; and so by his arts he sets defiance to the law, and by their trying to resist his deceitful dealings, and bringing the evil all to light, that is practised under these deceitful advertisements, they were compelled to pay 357 l. 16 s. on these bills being tried, besides the whole of their own expences, with costs and being swindled out of their bills. And after he had done them all this injury, the blackness of his crimes did not stop there; for the trial of the 500 7. bill came on June 24th. I see in the newspaper of the 25th, that Mr. King came forward as a false "witness against Mr. Sharp; and, amongst the many false things that he asserted, I shall take notice of one in particular.

Mr. King said in court, that Mr. Sharp said that the country would be thrown into confusion in March, April, or May; that all who were sealed in a book, which Joanna Southcott held, would have instruments put into their hands to destroy those who were not sealed.

This confirms the lie that he told Mr, Delvalle to go and assert in Mr. Sharp's name, and clearly proves that Mr. King was wicked enough to invent any lie; but this false and infamous assertion must be known to all in the court to be a most glaring falsehood, to say that we, who are looking for the coming of Christ, to establish his kingdom in righteousness and peace, can have any thing to do with instruments to destroy our fellow creatures. This speech was as ignorant as it was false, malicious, and wicked, to say that a few believers, who are looking for peace and righteousness to be established throughout the earth, should destroy millions: this was speaking of lying wonders, thinking to prejudice judge and jury, without considering that no man of sense could give credit to so infamous a report; but this sheweth the blackness of his heart, that if he could, by false oaths, take away the life of Mr. Sharp, he would have done it. And now I leave my enemies to be my judges, whether he hath not acted in a similar manner, with subtlety and arts, in the likeness of the parables I brought forward to my friends, when I warned them to have no further intercource with him; and let them answer if my discernment was not clear, to see what hands they were in, and to warn them to come out from amongst them, and have no more to do with these unfruitful workers of darkness.

And now I must beg the readers to discern my first letter to Mr. King, and see if he does not come under the very crimes that I pointed to him from the Scriptures; and from Mr. King's coming forward as a false witness against Mr. Sharp, thinking thereby

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they should gain the 3007. usury, plainly sheweth' that my judgment was clear in the beginning, how they were all united together, for unjust gains and unjust usury and now the case is laid open before the public, I hope these unjust practices will be put a stop to, as the houses were put down, that I have mentioned in the parable; for in one likeness they both stand, only the murder excepted; for these advertisements are like the sign of the inn, to entertain the weary traveller, who expects to find rest, instead of destruction; and perfectly so are these advertisements; for when a man is embarrassed for want of a present supply, for a few months, and applies to these advertising money-lenders, as the weary traveller applies to the inn; but now observe what is his redress; instead of being relieved, he finds nothing but misery and ruin; and from the anguish and sorrow of heart that I have seen in my friends, since they found what unjust hands they were in, and how great was their loss, and their characters traduced, I do not marvel that suicide is so frequent in London, while such ruinous practices are suffered to be carried on; and where a man is worth but a few hundreds, and falls into such hands, he must be completely ruined; and where faith is not strong in the heart to make him trust in the Lord, it makes him sink in despair; and there is no kind of trouble cometh to a man, that affects him so greatly as where there is room for self-reflection; for that adds to is sorrows, where he hath roo:n to reflect upon himself. And this is the case with those that are swindled in this manner; they reflect upon theirselves for ever listening to the artful and insituating ways of Mr King, and for relying upon his words and promises to them; so that every way there is no kind of robbery that adds so much to a man's sorrow, as this doth.

But the readers may be ready to say, if I profess to be directed by the Lord, to stop the torrent of this Ꭰ

evil, why were they permitted to fall into this danger and that it was not made known in time to preven it? To this I answer, the wisdom of God may appear foolishness to men, as his wisdom and his decrees never appear clear to man's wisdom in the beginning, which may be seen in the following instance of divine interference, which is a well known fact, as my friend heard it from one that knew the parties.

A gentleman and lady, who were quakers, were going to a religious meeting, in Ireland; and as they were journeying along, they were obliged to take a guide to shew them the way across a moor; and when they had arrived at the further end of it, they saw a house with lights in it; the lady was so fatigued that she was not able to proceed further, and begged her companion to stop at the house for the night, it being a public house to receive strangers. The guide earnestly entreated them not to stay there several times, but to no purpose; he said it was a house of ill fame; but he could say no more. The lady was so much tired with her journey, she said she could go no further; the guide finding he could not prevail upon them to proceed, took his leave of them and departed. They then proceeded to the house; and hav-. ing left their horses, they were shewn into a chamber of the inn, and ordered some refreshment; they were left alone till it was got ready. The gentleman observing a closet in the room, he opened the door and discovered a person recently murdered. This alarmed them greatly, and they did not know what to do; but the gentleman sitting quiet for a few minutes, said that his inward guide told him they should be preserved. After a while the gentleman opened the door, and heard the people talking very loud, and making a great noise with sharpening their knives. The gentleman said to his companion, now is our time to escape. They pulled off their shoes, in order they should not be heard, went down stairs, and escaped out of the house unper

ceived. They then pursued the road till they came to a bridge crossing a river, and were going over it, when the inward guide told the gentleman, that he must not cross the bridge, but must go down by the side of the river; and when they had proceeded some way, the inward guide directed the gentleman to go through the river, with his companion. They instantly obeyed; and as it was a ford reached the other side in safety; they then went a little way, where they found a hollow under a bank, and were going to sit down there, when the inward guide told him, they must go further, which they immediately did, and found a recess in a rock, where he was told he would be safe. In about an hour they saw lights, and people cheering a blood-hound, on the other side of the river, as if hunting after them. The dog went first to the bridge, and followed their tracts as far as they went on the bridge; there he turned back, and fol lowed their tracts down by the river side to the place where they crossed the water; but there the scent was lost, and he could procced no further, upon which they could hear a consultation take place amongst the people; some saying they had gone across the water, and others saying they could not be such fools, as they were strangers to the river, and they were sure they were on that side, under some of the hedges; they then drew off the dog, and went away. All this was clearly perceived by the gentleman and lady, who heard and saw all that had taken place; and they praised the Lord for his mercies and wonderful deliverance; and in this situation they remained till daylight, when the inward guide, whom the gentleman said had never deceived him, ordered them to go back to the house, which they had left in the evening, and they should find their horses and things in perfect safety, and no harm should happen unto them. They then obeyed, and vent back to the house, where they found every shing perfectly as the inward guide had told them,

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