The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrencs.Sewel, William
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The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrencs.
Sewel, William
Society of Friends -- History -- Early works to 1800
In the forepart of this year, William Caton came also to Amsterdam.
Before he left England, he had had a meeting at the east side of
Sussex, on the day called Shrove Tuesday, where there had never been
any of his friends before. But the people being on that day more rude
than ordinary, came up to the house with a drum, in such a desperate
manner, as if they would have pulled the house down. Caton stepping
out, asked what they wanted; they answered, Quakers; at which he told
them he was one. And he spoke so plainly to them, and with so much
power, that fear falling upon them, they withdrew with shame and
confusion.
Not long after he went to London, and from thence to Holland; and being
safely arrived at Rotterdam, he repaired to Amsterdam; where he came in
due time to stop the unruliness of some froward spirits, among which
one Anne Garghil, an English woman, was not one of the least: whose
rudeness grew in time to that degree, that she would not suffer W. Ames
to preach peaceably in the meeting, but laid violent hands on him; so
that at length to be rid of her, he bade an English seaman that was
present, to take her away, which was done accordingly: and how haughty
she was, and continued, I well remember still. W. Caton procured also
some books to be printed at Amsterdam, to prevent evil and malicious
reports concerning the Quakers; and he went with W. Ames to Zutphen
in Guelderland; where meeting with nothing but opposition, he returned
to Amsterdam, and from thence by Leyden and the Hague, to Rotterdam;
from which place he went to Zealand, where he wrote the book called
‘The Moderate Enquirer Resolved,’ both in Latin and English, which was
afterwards translated indifferently into Dutch. After some stay, Caton
returned again to England, and came to London, where the society of his
friends was in a thriving condition, and many were added to the church.
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