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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26199	The suffering condition of the servants of the Lord at this day vindicated and some reasons given why the people called Quakers do own the doctrine of Christ, to continue in it, and to meet together in the name and fear of the Lord, to wait upon him, and worship him in spirit and truth, not withstanding they meet with sufferings in this present time for so doing : Bristol, the 6th month, 1662 / John Audland.	Audland, John, 1630-1664.	1662 (1662)	Wing A4198; ESTC R22605	21,740	31

ask any Petition Dan. 6 7. of God or man for thirty dayes save of the King should be cast into the Den of Lyons QUERY VI. Also did the three Children well or did they evil in suffering their bodies to be cast into the hot fiery Fornace Dan. 3.20 because they could not actually obey the King's Command because is was contrary to the Command of God QUERY VII And further Was it evil in Mordeoai or was it good that he kept the Law of his God contrary to the King's Law Esth 4.2 in going to the King's Gate in Sackcloath when evil was intended against God's people yea or nay QUERY VIII Did the Apostles well or did they evil who were Christians in obeying the Commands of Christ before the Commands of men especially when the Commands of men were contrary to the Commands of Christ Judge and let the Truth answer and whether it is well or evil in Christians to do so now yea or nay QUERY IX If it be said These were Heathen Kings that thus persecuted God's people we query Whether they that profess chemselves Christian Magistrates be not more inexcusable in the day of Christ in living contrary unto more knowledge who persecutes the followers of Christ in righteousness than the Heathen Rulers were in the times of ignorance Read and consider QUERY X. Whether Christ's followers now in righteousness meeting together in Christ's Name and in his Spirit to worship God be in the well-doing or in the evil Let Truth speak that God may be glorified QUERY XI And if such Worshippers together in Christ's Name and Spirit be in the well-doing Whether they ought not by Christian-Magistrates who have the Power to be preserved in outward peace from the violence of the Wicked who are filled vvith envy against the righteous as they vvere in all ages and from the hands of the Heathen that combineth together to do vvickedly QUERY XII If the Church be in God 2 Thess 1.1 and God be in all places and the Church be the Houshold of Faith then we query If the Church be met together in some place whether it be not according to the practice of the primitive Saints and according to the New-Testament and the tenor of the holy Scriptures yea or nay QUERY XIII And was it lawful for Christians to meet together in an upper Room in the Apostles days as in Acts 1.13 and Acts 20 8. and is it not lawful for Christians to meet together so novv Or is there any Law of Christ to the contrary And are they not his Laws that Christians ought to mind and keep concerning the Worship of God yea or nay QUERY XIV Whether Christians as concerning their Worship to God in Christ Jesus ought not to hear Christ alone whom all ought to hear and receive his Counsel in their Consciences And whether it is not his right to rule in the Consciences of Christians in the Worship of God and in things appertaining to it yea or nay QUERY XV. Whether any thing ought to be imposed by Christian Magistrates on the Consciences of any true Christians now as concerning their meeting together in the true Worship of God or commanding them to swear or they must suffer as it appertaineth to Conscience or is it Christ's right there to command Or whether swearing or fearing to swear be not or ought not to be matter of Conscience to all yea or nay QUERY XVI Whether Christian Magistrates imposing swearing on Christians Consciences or any other thing contrary to Christ's perswasions in the conscience and contrary to the holy Scriptures be right in the sight of God or will stand approved in the day of account yea or nay QUERY XVII Or whether is it right for Christian Magistrates to impose any thing on Christians consciences before they convince them that the things imposed are lawful to them in the sight of God yea or nay Read with patience and consider QUERY XVIII And if this be denied by Christian Magistrates and they do not convince Christians of the lawfulness to God of the things they do impose which may cause great sufferings to the righteous Whether it may not incur the anger of God also against themselves and cause God to impose that upon them which may be greater suffering in their inward man than all the outward sufferings of the innocent in this time yea or nay Consider these things in the fear of God and let Truth answer John Wilkinson Therefore thus saith the Lord Ye have not obeyed me in proclaiming freedom every man to his Brother and every man to his Neighbour Behold I proclaim a liberty for you saith the Lord to the Sword to the Pestilence and to the Famine and I will make you a terror to all the Kingdoms of the Earth Jer. 34.17 The End