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A40929 Christian tolleration, or, Simply and singly to meet upon the account of religion, really to worship and serve the Lord, without any unlawful act to be done or intended, is not an offence against law and also concerning seditious sectaries, disloyal persons, and seditious conventicles punishable by the late act : and likewise concerning banishments ... R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. 1664 (1664) Wing F477; ESTC R1637 17,385 34

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such seditious and tumultuous meetings under pretence of Religion at which they do contrive Insurrections as aforesaid Are not those meetings only accounted unlawful by the said Act as are seditious and tumultuous meetings And are not those the seditious meetings at which there is Insurrection contrived under pretence of Religious Worship And is it not plain that the meetings of the People of God reproachfully called Quakers which are only for the Service and Worship of God are not unlawful Assemblies nor seditious Conventicles because they are peaceable and not seditious and tumultuous meetings for they neither meet to contrive Insurrection nor with force and violence to the terror of the People nor to do any unlawful Act with violence or force as daily experience doth manifest And ought not therefore the Innocent People of God called Quakers to be freed and clearly acquitted from the force of the Penalties There must be Sedition and Tumults or the contriving of some Insurrection intended or acted under colour of Religious Worship it seems to make a seditious Conventicle and unlawful Assembly or meeting punishable by the late Act. And if there be sedition must it not be either in Words or Actions or both and if there be no sedition nor contriving of Insurrection at meetings under colour of Religious Worship and pretence of tenderness of Conscience how can those meetings be justly punished as seditious and tumultuous meetings Seeing the Remedies and Penalties of the Act are provided against the growing and dangerous practises of Seditious Sectaries and disloyal Persons who under pretence of tender Consciences do at their meetings contrive Insurrections as late experience hath shewed And to prevent the mischiefs which may grow by such seditious and tumultuous meetings under Religious pretences 16. Car. 2. Regis fol. 25 26 34 35. Concerning Sedition and wicked Sectaries c. Doth it not appear by a Statute made in the three and twentieth year of the Raign of Queen Elizabeth 23 Eliz c. 1 Entituled an Act for retaining the Queens Subjects in their due obedience who are seditious or wicked Sectaries and disloyal Persons 1. Are they not such Persons as pretend to have Power from the See of Rome to absolve People 23. Eliz. 1. 2. Are they not such Persons who shall or may perswade the Kings Subjects from their natural obedience to his Majesty and from the Protestant Religion established to the Romish Religion 23. Elizabeth cap. 1. 3. Are they not such as move the Kings Subjects to promise any obedience to any pretended authority of the See of Rome 4. Are they not such also as are willing to be withdrawn from the Church of England to the Church of Rome 5. Are they not such as brought or shall bring in and put in Execution Bulls Writings and Instruments and other superstitious things from the See of Rome And in respect thereof did withdraw great numbers from their due obedience to her Majesties Laws established for the service of God And did also withdraw divers of the Queens Subjects from their natural obedience to her Majesty to obey the usurped authority of Rome 23. Eliz. cap. I. Are not those seditious Persons and seditious Actions for any to withdraw the Kings Subjects from the Common Prayer Book and that form of Religion and Worship as it is now established to reconcile them to the Romish Religion and as aforesaid And is not that to withdraw the Kings Subjects from their natural obedience to his Majesty c. But the Innocent People of God reproachfully called Quakers are free from such seditious principles and practises and how can their Godly Meetings be said to be seditious Conventicles and unlawful assemblies And the Statute made in the five and thirtieth year of the Raign of Queen Elizabeth 25 Eliz. c. 1. against seditious Conventicles was for the preventing and avoiding of such great inconveniences and perils as migh●●●ppen and grow by the wicked and dangerous practi●es of seditious Sectaries and dis●oyal persons And is it not plaine by the Statute aforesaid viz. the 23. El●● 1. who are those seditious or wicked Sectaries and disloyal Persons And is not plain that the ●uakers so called are not a People of such wicked principles and seditious Actions as aforesaid Concerning unlawful Assemblies c. Seditious and Tumultuous Meetings are declared by the late Act to be unlawful Assemblies so that they are seditious and tumultuous meetings that are to be dissolved and dissipated or prevented as by the Statute appeareth See 16. Car. 2. Regis fol. 34 35. And how doth it appear that the godly meetings of the Quakers are seditious and tumultuous meetings Must it not appear by Words and Actions and if there be no such things apparent are they not innocent and free from the same as aforesaid Saith Dalton in his Justice of Peace An unlawful Assembly c. Is where three persons or more shall gather together come or meet in one place to do some unlawful Act with violence See Dalt I. P. fol. 277. And is it not plain and evident that the innocent Quakers do not meet to do any unlawful Act with violence How then are their meetings said to be unlawful meetings Saith Dalton when three Persons and more shall come and Assemble themselves together to the intent to do any unlawful Act with force or violence against the Person of another his Possession or Goods Dalt 278. as to Kill Beat or otherwise to hurt a man to pull down a House Wall Pale Hedge or Ditch wrongfully to enter upon or into another mans Possession House or Land c. Or to cut or take away Corn Grass Wood or other goods wrongfully or to Hunt unlawfully in any Park or Warren or to do any other unlawful Act with force or violence against the Peace or to the manifest terror of the People if they only meet to such a purpose or intent This is an unlawful Assembly Dalt I. P. fol. 278. But it is as clear as the Sun at noon day That the innocent People of God called Quakers do not meet together to such a purpose or intent to do any such unlawful actions with force or violence nor to the manifest terror of the People Therefore how can their godly meetings be truly said to be unlawful Assemblies 1. If Persons Assemble together to the intent to do any unlawful Act with force or violence against the Person of another his Possession or Goods as aforesaid or to do any other unlawful act with force or violence against the Peace or to the manifest terror of the People if they only meet to such a purpose or intent although they shall after depart of their own accord without doing any such thing yet this is an unlawful Assembly Dalt I. P. 278. 2. If after their meeting They shall ride go or move forward toward the execution of any such act wether they put their intended purpose in execution or not This is a Rout. Dalt 278.