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A91321	The out-cries of the poor, oppressed, & imprisoned; or A safe way to free the poor of this city and the whole nation of England, from begging and starving. Presented to the Council of Officers, Nov. 24. by William Pryor, and Thomas Turner. To which is annexed, A plea for the poor and helpless, against the enemies of their peace. By William Pryor.	Pryor, William.; Turner, Thomas, advocate of reform.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4132; Thomason E1010_23; ESTC R205529	9,498	16

the Beasts Power is the Laws of the Kings of the Earth contrary to the Statutes Laws and Ordinances of God and of his Christ Thirdly The Beasts strength is his ability to force Subjection to his Laws to the Blaspheming the Authority of God and his Tabernacle and his Worshipers and to make Warr with the Saints Fourthly The Beasts glory is peoples ready and volluntary Subjection to his Laws and Statutes Now a few words how the Kingdome Power Strength and Glory of the world run parallel with the particular Branches of the Beasts Image Consider I pray is not the Kings of the Earth now in consultation against the Lord and his Christ how they may hold up their Scepters by staving off his Scepter of Righteousness Oh what striving is there by men of all degrees though the Reines of all Government be broken still to keep up the power or Laws of the former Beasts who is there that appears for the Laws that administer Right to the poor equal with the Mighty are not Rulers of all degrees taking Counsel together to make up a Model of Government answerable to there fancies some for Holland other for Venus but a few for the Laws of King Jesus though often solemly engaged thereto with hands lifted up to the Most High how active are Priests and Lawyers of all degrees against taking away their Dianah by which they have their Wealth how do those Locusts and Catterpillars that live upon Simmony and the sins of the people strive to cast stumbling-blocks in the way of those whose hearts the Lord hath toucht with his work in hand in razing the Foundations of Babylon and filling to her double the Cup of his Indignation Yea how is the beastly strength of the world exercised even at this day against God against Christ against his Poor why is it that the releiving the poor and oppressed sticks so much in the Birth is it not because the Heathenish Institutions and Ministers are in the way why should the Rulers of the World be so backward in submitting to the higher Powers the Commands of God is it not because they love the praise of men more then God Oh that the gods of the World would in time consider how little stead those broken Reeds on whom they now lean will stand them in when they shall come to die like men will they not then repent there Blaspheming of the Authority of God by keeping up an Authority of man shaking hands with the deceivers of his people prophaning his Tabernacle thereby and his Worshipers to the involving of his Saints in Warr yea is not the self same beastly glory visible even to any unprejudiced Eye how willing are men of all degrees still to be Subject to the fore mentioned beastly Powers of the World pretend to be Christians and yet Traytors to Christs Laws is sad Christianity Thirdly The antipathy beween the Laws of God and of Christ and the Powers of the man of sin is thus manifested First The Laws of God and of Christ sayes pervert not the judgment of any of the Afflicted Prov. 31.5 The Laws of the Beasts of the World justifies the wicked for a reward and takes away the righteousness of the righteous from them Secondly the Laws of God sayes Open thy mouth wide for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction and plead the cause of the poor and needy Prov. 31.8 9. The beastly Laws of the World opens the mouth wide for those that have a large purse to plead their Cause whilst the poor are sent empty away Thirdly The Royal Laws of God sayes Loose the band of wickedness undoe the heavy Burthens and let the oppressed go free and break every yoak The beastly Laws of the world continues the wickeds bands the heavy burthens makes the oppresseds yoak heavier by the extorting fees of Lords Counsellors Attornies Clarks Criers Summoners Sheriffs Jailers c. The Laws of God sayes Deal thy Bread to the hungry and bring the poor that are cast out into thy house and cloath the naked and hide not thy self from thy own flesh The beastly Powers of the World feeds the Rich with delicates whilest the poor perish for lack of Bread take in the Rich for jollity sake whilst the poor perish in the streets cloath their Associates with Silk Purple and Scarlet with Gold and Precious things whilst the poor for lack of cloathing perish yea is not the poor their own flesh what devices is now amongst the great ones of the World to avoid the hearing the cryes of the poor The Laws of God sayes Thou shalt not despise the Persons of the poor nor honour the Persons of the Mighty Levit. 19. I need not demonstrate how contrary to this royal Law of Jehovah the beastly Ministers of the Powers of the world Act how is the poor and the poors Cause despised how are they destroyed by delatory promises and delayes of Justice and there poor Innocents exposed to the merciless cruelty of the ungodly and their poor Parents starved in Prison whilst the Persons of the Mighty are honoured I had almost said worshiped with bowing and cringing Idolatry the time would faile me to demonstrate in how many particulars the beastly Powers of the world are in direct opposition to the royal Laws of Jehovah and the poor whilst promised liberty from chains of Tyranny are made sick unto death with differred hopes c. I shall speak a few words in demonstrating the fourth Particular arising from the Branches of the Image of the Beast viz. That they are the cause of all Tyranny Theft Murder and Animossity First That they are the cause of Tyranny is manifested in these Particulars First In creating themselves Lords over the Lives Liberties Estates and Consciences of their Vassals the only design of the Kings of the earth Secondly Making Laws answerable to their wills or desires Thirdly Forcing Subjection This is the natural product of the Kings of the earth in Council against the Lord and against his Annointed especially when accompanied with Kingdome Power Strength and Glory by making themselves Lords over the lives of people they stir up to Warr to satisfie their Lust in inlarging their Territories Secondly by making themselves Lords over the Liberties of their Vassals they come to fill their Prisons by which men are exposed to misery and want which is the cause of Theft especially by those that have been two highly educated and maintained to dig and to begg they are ashamed who rather then starve fall to stealing which many times begets murther especially in hot spirits that will rather kill then be taken But further the beastly Rulers of the World when they have brought men into misery and want by Tyranny because they will be in direct opposition to the royal Law of Jehovah of restoring four-fold they make a Law that if men steal they shall be hanged so they necessitate them to steal by Tyranny and then

THE OUT-CRIES OF THE Poor Oppressed Imprisoned OR A safe WAY to free the Poor of this City and the whole Nation of England from Begging and Starving Presented to the Council of Officers Nov. 24. By William Pryor and Thomas Turner To which is Annexed A PLEA For the Poor and Helpless against the Enemies of their Peace By William Pryor LONDON Printed by G. D. for Francis Smith and are to be sold at his Shop at the Elephant and Castle near Temple-Bar 1659. THE OUT-CRIES OF THE Poor Oppressed Imprisoned OR A safe WAY to free the Poor of this City and the whole Nation of England from Begging and Starving IT 's strange to consider the immediate witness of Jehovah against the injustice and unrighteousness of men when declining from that which is his glory and their often avowed principles viz. to releive the poor and fatherless the helpless such as have no might to plead their Cause surely the sudden changes of late multiplied doth demonstrate that the Lord is risen at the deep sighs of the needy against the Assyrian formerly the Rod of his anger the vailed oppressor that keeps pollitickly the spoyle of the poor in the house of his servants which makes all his prayers and sollemne services an abomination to the Lord that which the Lord requires Amos 5. When he had declared his abhorring the smell in their assemblies the noise of their songs and the mellody of their vyals Let Judgement saith he run down like water and righteousness as a mighty stream yea execute saith he true Judgment and shew mercy and oppresse not the widdow nor the fatherless the stranger nor the poor the fast that God requires is to loose the bands of wickedness to undoe the heavy burthens and to let the oppressed go free to break every yoake to feed the hungry and cloath the naked Hath not the great Jehovah often said it in the Scripture of truth that all Sacrifices and services without these are an abomination to him hath not oppression been the cause of all changes was it any thing but oppression that turned out the Bishops and all that Hierarchy yea hath it been any thing but the complaint of oppression the want of impartiall justice that hath been sounded forth in the oppresseds eares as the argument for all changes that hath been since Oh how have they been often filled with hopes of releife that have been many years bound in chaines of tyranny by such alarums why should deferred hope make the poor and helpless sick unto death they have often cried this many yeares to those that have called themselves Ministers of justice of all degrees below Parliaments and to Parliaments themselves but all void of bowells of compassion to the hungry oppressed forgetting the afflictions of Joseph while they are in there delicate injoyment with wine in bowles surely their cries have gone up to heaven in this last change in breaking the reines of all Government Is not the Lord now eminently a trying the Officers of the Army whether they will perform their vowes in breaking every yonk which Magistrates of all degrees contrary to their oaths have neglected yea doth not the poors straights their own straights both cry aloud to this work as one deep to another is not the work of Jehovah now before them hath not providence prepared it for them is there any thing to be done on their parts but confirmation And hath not the Lord miraculously put power into their hands to do it hath he given them power to Rout Parliaments to change Customes to null Laws to create null Protectors to create Councils to communicate power to make Lawes paramount and have they not power to releive the poor and oppressed will not the pleading the want of power be concluded by all unbyassed men a mocking of God and his People a slighting his Providences a contemning of Gods prize neglecting his Temple work in considering and relieving his Poor Oh that they would now consider in this their day the things that belong to their peace before God arise against them as a man of War as against those before them for turning Judgement into Wormwood Oh that they would consider what admirable Effects the confirmation of that one Bill now before them would produce 1. By it all Prisons would be turned into Work-houses for the Poor that are now ready to perish 2. By it Felons would not be unrighteously punished before judgment conviction besides prevent many Fellonies 3. Unjust Imbessellors of the Poors Stock would receive exemplary justice 4. The Revenues and Gifts already imbesselled and detained will raise a sufficient common Stock to imploy those Poor that are able to work that are now ready to perish 5. The standing Revenues of the several Prisons will maintain many hundred of Poor aged and decripped Persons that are not able to work 6. The corrupt Impowering of Masters of Hospitals to Let ancient Donations upon their original Rent and their large Fines into their own pockets to the defrauding of the Poor will be avoyded thereby 7. The Rents properly belonging to the Poor will be Restored and Reinstated 8. The Moneys due upon ancient Donations unjustly detained will raise such a common Stock as will set all the Poor in the several Counties a work that are able 9. The Increase of the Revenues belonging to the several Hospitals of England being raised to their true value will maintain all those Poor that are not able to work besides what are maintained at present 10. By it starving of Debtors in prison and the ruin of their Families to the defrauding of their Creditors would be avoyded and the Channel of Justice opened that they that do wrong may receive for that wrong without respect of persons Oh that it was in the Officers hearts to resolve and fix in this good Work that the God of Justice may delight to dwell amongst them and write upon them his Sentance of Righteousness when their breasts are manifested to be the habitation of goodness and compassion to the hungry and oppressed the springs of the Lord will appear amongst them and they will be called the Repairers of the Breaches the Restorers of paths to dwell in and the Servants of Jehovah will be their Sanctuary when the Lords Righteousness goes before them his glory will be their Rereward then will the People of the Lord be encouraged to fight for them and he by his eternal Covenant will be engaged to be their Leader then all their undertakings will be prosperous when the bowels of the Poor are refresht and we the poor Servants for the Lords sake shall be engaged to bless the Lord for them and engage with them to the hazzard of all that is near and dear unto us William Pryor Thomas Turner A PLEA For the Poor and Helpless against the Enemies of their Peace IT 's marvellous to consider the working of men against the design of God in this last age of the