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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41425	A plain testimony to the antient truth and work of God and against the corruption of the clergy, and their upholders. By T. G.	Goodaire, Thomas, d. 1693.	1691 (1691)	Wing G1088; ESTC R218842	26,567	31

came upon them thus to destroy them And they have taken away Goods and Chattels from us worth many Thousands of Pounds And all these Cruelties and Wickedness they have done and acted against us is only because we could not for good Conscience-sake pay them Tythes and Money for their Preaching as Ministers of Christ which we know in our own Hearts and Consciences and also by the Scriptures of Truth that neither Christ nor his true Ministers never ordained any such wages nor they never practiced any such things nor never took Tythes nor Money for their Preaching nor never preached such a Doctrine as these Tything Hireling-Priests do now But on the contrary they denyed all such ungodly ways and practices and spoke against them and said That Covetousness is Idolatry and the love of Money is the Root of all Evil And that these things ought not to be done nor practiced amongst the Ministers of Christ and as the Apostle Paul said so say we If any one Preach any other Gospel or any other Doctrine than that which the Ministers of Christ preached unto the People formerly let him be accursed And the Ministers of Christ were endued with Power f●●● on High and they were taught of Christ and the Gospel which they preached they neither received is of man neither were they taught it of man neither did they learn it at any outward Schools of humane Learning neither did they buy it for Money but the Lord did reveal it unto them by his holy Spirit which He gave unto them freely and so they Preached freely without any Tythes or Money neither did they go to Law nor compel nor cast any sort of People into Prison because they gave them not Tythes nor Money for their preaching And therefore I do affirm that all the Priests and Clergy-Men that are in the whole World that either preach or teach to any sort of People for either Tythes or Money or both they are all guilty before the Lord of that great Sin of Covetousness and the love of Money which is the Root of all Evil besides many other great Sins which they are guilty of in the sight of God And the Wicked and the Unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God nor any Covetous Man who is an Idolater hath any Inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ or of God Read these Scriptures 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Eph. 5. 3 4 5 6. Col. 3. 5. 6. Heb. 13. 5. Luke 12. 15. And whereas many of you Clergy-Men and others have falsly accused us in saying That we deny Authority and will not be subject nor obedient to Authority c. To which I Answer not only for my self but in the behalf of my Friends who are in scorn called Quakers And this I can certainly say and declare unto all sorts of People that we do really own and honour Authority in our Hearts such who are Men of Truth and hate Covetousness and all such as punish Evil-Doors and incourage them that do Well and all such Magistrates as these I do believe are ordained and appointed of God to be a Terror to the Wicked and them that do Evil and such are a means to hinder the Wicked form acting such gross Wickedness as many of them would do if it were not for fear of an outward Law and of such Magistrates as they know will punish them for their Offences and such Magistrates as those that are a means for to incourage and strengthen people in doing that which is good and to suppress Vice We are willing for to be subject and obedient to them in all things that are Temporal which is lawful and expedient to be done And all those Magistrates which now bear Rule or may hereafter come to bear Rule amongst us we can promise and ingage unto them That we will never Plot nor Contrive any Evil thing against them nor any of them whereby to hurt or wrong them any manner of way We shall never rise up in Rebellion against any Governour or Government whatsoever as to sight against them with any Carnal Weapon and if they should be su●fered to make Laws against us as many have done formerly and command us to d●● at which we know is a Sin against the Lord if we do it or if they should require any thing of us which we cannot do for Conscience sake yet notwithstanding we shall not resist them by force of Arms but by the help of the Lord I hope we shall be made willing by him for to give up our Bodies and Estates to suffer for Christ's sake whatsoever the Lord may suffer them to do against us And this the People of God did in all Ages that were and are faithful and obedient to him in what he manifested unto them as for instance Did not the Rulers Imprison Peter and John and afterwards they threatened to punish them and commanded them That they should not speak nor teach to any man in the Name of Jesus And they answered and said unto them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God judge ye And they said further We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard And they departed from the presence of the Council rejoycing that they were worthy to suffer shame for the Name of Christ and daily in the Temple and in every House where they came they ceased not to Teach and Preach Jesus Christ And the Rulers and Chief Priests and Pharisees and such like wicked People persecuted many of the Ministers of Christ and did imprison and abuse them exceedingly and some they killed only for preaching the Gospel and speaking against their ungodly Ways and evil Practices which they lived and walked in yet notwithstanding they could not put them to silence by all their Cruelties and Persecutions which they inflicted upon them neither could they hinder them that were living from preaching the Gospel And so it is good for every one of us to be faithful unto the Lord in what he makes known unto us and trust him and be willing to give up to suffer for his sake if he calls us thereunto and he will appear in his own good time for our deliverance out of all our Troubles and Tryals both inward and outward wherein we shall have cause to bless and praise the Name of the Lord for his great love and kindness to us who is worthy to have all the Honour Glory Praise and Thanks for unto him alone it doth belong both from me and from all that know him experimentally both now and for evermore Read these Scriptures 〈…〉 and Chap. 〈…〉 Acts 4. Chap. 6. 8. vers to the end Ac● 7. 5● vers to the end And now I shall men●ion something concerning false Prophets who they are an● now they may be known because such things have been cast upon 〈◊〉 that have spoken in our Meetings that They were false Prophets and if it were possible