The Quaker Vindicated - 12
"Behold the Meeting-House", says he, "converted into a place of Arms". One of the days that the City was under arms happened to be Meeting-Day, and the Meeting-House was opened at the usual hour for the reception of its Members, but before they came, a Company of the Association had taken possession of it to shelter themselves from the inclemency of the weather, it being a rainy day, and there remained till evening; from thence, he says, the Quakers have converted it into "a place of Arms".
"Whilst some of their Preachers are busied in procureing Powder and Shot, others are employed in refreshing the spirit or their brave Soldiers with Wine and other Liquors." Amazing Falsehood! and is this his Address to the Public of Plain Truth?—Despicable Scribbler! thus to violate the sacred name of Truth with such barefaced Fictions.
The Unmasker here gives way to his depraved fancy once more, and, to make use of a peculiar expression of his, "saddles" the Quakers with a malicious invention of his own, instead of proving matters of fact; — wretched succedaneum!— in which among other things, equally kind, he puts this into the mouth of a Quaker, "nay we secretly rejoice when we hear of whole Settlements MURDERED and DESTROYED". Sure this unhappy man's senses must be steep'd in gall, and his heart dash'd with wormwood, to utter such detestable calumny.
"But it may be asked", says the Unmasker, "why all this Clamour against Quakers? ay! and with the greatest reason! but Philopatrius seems to be sensible at last, that he is grossly abusing a Society of People, on little or no grounds. This Writer says, "to talk against Presbyterians as such, is the effect either of party-spirit, malice or nonsense." I agree with him with
