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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86492	The holy sisters conspiracy against their husbands, and the city of London, designed at their last farewell of their meeting-houses in Coleman-street; together with their Psalm of mercy.		1661 (1661)	Wing H2528; Thomason E1055_20; ESTC R208030	7,106	16

The holy Sisters Conspiracy against their Husbands and the City of London designed at their last Farewell of their Meeting-houses in Coleman-street Together with their Psalm of Mercy Sarah an old Scismatick hold's forth DEarly beloved sister shere met together in feare I beseech you let us hold forth our gifts for the mutuall Information and Edification of one another in a spiritual and holy discourse as not knowing otherwise but that this may be the last time that ever we shall meet together in this place in peace Joanna Why Sister what cause have you to suspect that we shall not meet together here at another time as we have been wonted to doe for many years Deborah The wicked and Reprobate about the City say that the Man in Power at White-hall whom they call their King has put forth a Proclamation the other day to put down and put by all our Meeting-houses and Meetings for the future because some of our Brethren being lately moved by the spirit obeyed the holy Call and contended for our Christian Liberty in the streets as loyal subjects of our King Jesus In whose name they cut off some wicked members that opposed them in the names of God and Kings Charls as they wickedly said Ruth Truly sisters As I was selling of Lace in Cheap-side the other day there came a great Company together on Horseback and read a Paper to that effect whereupon I told my sister Abigaile of the sad news who went with me to our sister Prudence at the Bull-head where we sweetned our sorrow with a pint of burnt Claret and remembred the Saints in prison our Father Know and the rest of our Brethren and Sisters whom that man of Sin that they call their Lord Mayor Brown hath wickedly committed Abigaile Yea It is very true but you forgot one thing sister Ruth that is the great fervency and love that our sister Prudence shewed to us who brought us in an half-peny Roll to sop in the wine upon her own charge which you promised to communicate at our next meeting that the thanks of the Congregation might be returned to her for her Christian and sisterly bounty Prudence It was not so much worth indeed good Sisters that I deserve any thanks for it But verily I have been much cast down in my spirit ever since I heard that our harmlesse and innocent meetings should be stop't and prevented and that we should be debarred of the sweet fellowship and communion of our dearly beloved brethren of whose sufferings we ought to be fellow-feelers now in the time of their captivity as they have added much to our consolation in the time of their Liberty Bathsheba In truth Sisters I have much felt the sweetnesse of our Brethrens love and been comforted by their gifts and abilities many a time Oh! what a holy man is our Brother Iv the Cheese monger who was alwayes so meekly and lowly minded that for the supply of the inward wants of any of us would not disdaine to fall on his face and zealously embrace us in the arms of his servent affection which hath been the cause by constant usage that his Nose stand's awry after the similitude of our old Father Cans Agatha And I can say by good experience that if we be obstructed hence forward in our zealous way I shall loose the precious and balmy salutations of our brother H the Printer whose breathings and pantings have been alwayes very cordial and comfortable to me and made such deep Impressions upon my sanctified heart that they have made me very fruitfull and zealous of his good works but if I now be deprived of his holy Seed I fear I shall decline in the spiritual way of our fructification and bring forth onely fruits meet for pennance and grief Hester Verily for my part I say unto you that the man according to the flesh whom I fondly and idlely took to be my Husband in the dayes of my youthfull vanities hath proved a meere Jew unto me and will not give me that due benevolence which we are taught in our holy Scriptures is owing from the Male to the Female And therefore since he is one of the Reprobates and also one that loves the superstitious shirt better than my hallowed and purified Smock I am resolved in despight of all opposition to follow the godly Exhortations Motives of that holy man of God Mr. Feake and if I cannot have my liberty of Conscience with a Brother in our publick Meeting-place I will seek after his Fellowship and Membership in a Corner like the persecuted Saints of old who lived in Dens and Caverns of the earth rather then they would not enjoy their liberty of Conscience Patience What! shall not our Brethren in the fear of the Lord hold forth unto us and make us partakers of those good gifts that they have received and can fully and freely administer unto us for the relief of our needs and necessities Shall all our Potato pies our Calves-foot pies our Jellies and cordiall Brothes besides those little Drachms and Scruples of Spirits be all suspended and laid aside which inflamed our zeales and provoked us to conjunction and union one with another in an holy fear No no I 'le turn my Patience into fury and rather than be kept from the sweet and delightfull enjoyments of those felicities I will break the Commandments of ten thousand Proclamations let them exclaim as loud as they will What! are not the Creatures common for us Saints and shall we like drowsie and cowardly fools be scar'd and terrified out of our Comforts by a little paper-stuff No no my Husbands Silks and Sattins shall flye for it but I 'le keep up our Prerogatives which have been so piously contended for by all our Brethren beyond the Seas for many years and for which the Saints of late lost their lives and more will follow er're it be long if the Reprobates should prevaile against us which I hope they never shall be able till we have utterly destroyed them upon the face of the earth Charity In good sooth sister Patience I concur with you in opinion And I further add somewhat of mine own That I hold it both unnatural and unreasonable that if we were no more then rational creatures as we are not we should have lesse freedome and liberty in congregating together with holy men than is permitted in the order of Nature to meer bruit Beasts and Fowl which have no understanding to gather themselves into sociable herds and flocks and do those things in common one with another as their appetites incite them Much more therefore since that we are Saints and pure and holy Sisters of the Brethren who are perfect and righteous men should we have in charity our free and absolute permission and toleration to do what we will for as much as the Brethren go the right way to work with us and doe not tempt us to folly and filthinesse as the carnal and sinfull