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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77975	The vvofull cry of unjust persecutions, and grevious oppressions of the people of God in England, through the injustice of some of her rulers, and wikednesse of teachers and people, who hasten to fulfil the measure of their forefathers cruelty. With a lamentation over them all who rewards the Lord evill for good, and is a warning to them all for repentance; shewing that the coming of the Lord is nigh. And this may serve for an answer in full, to all such who have persecuted by violence, by word or writing the innocent people in scorn called Quakers. With a short addition, which shewes unto all, the ground of persecution; in its first cause, and the enmity which is betwixt the two seeds, is clearly discovered, by a friend to the suffering seed of God, E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6058; Thomason E927_1; ESTC R207590	26,005	39

Word of the Lord was even a reproach unto Jeremiah daily and they smote him with the tongue and the chief governour of the house of the Lord smote him and put him in the dungeon and Amos which had been no Prophet not the son of a Prophet but a herdsman he was persecuted by the Priest of Bethel and was commanded not to Prophesie in the Kings Chappel and Amaziah the Priest complained to Jereboam the King against Amos the Prophet and Ezekiel the Prophet could not be received of the people for saith the Lord they will not hear thee for they will not hear me and they were a rebellious house and impudent and hardhearted and would not receive the Prophets words and thus it was in the time of the Apostles and Christ Jesus they were persecuted and some of them put to death for bearing testimony unto the father whom they were witnesses of and against the World what reproaches slanders beatings buffetings scornings tumults uproars and all manner of evil did they suffer in their generation by the seed of the Serpent from the hands of the Rulers and Priests and people Christ was accounted a deceiver and called a devil and a blasphemer and the Apostles were called heretiques deceivers and pestilent fellowes movers of sedition destroyers of the Law and turners of the World upside down and such like All these were of the seed of God that were persecuted and the persecuters were of the seed of the Serpent which brought forth violence and wickednesse and false judgement against the innocent and some were put to death upon the false account of being deceivers and blasphemers If you search through the whole Scripture you may read how the just were persecuted even from Abel who was of the seed of God and all that ever were persecuted for righteousnesse sake were persecuted upon the account of being evil doers and the persecuters judged themselves to be righteous He was the chief Governor of the house of the Lord that persecuted Jeremiah and the people that smote him with the tongue said They knew the Law should not perish from the Priest nor Counsel from the Honourable and it was Amaziah the Kings Priest that persecuted Amos and it was they that seeemed to be religious that persecuted the Prophets and it was the wise Scribes and Pharisees and the chief Priests that handled the Law and that offered Sacrifice that persecuted Christ and the Apostles How zealous were the Jewes in their traditions and observations in their sabboth-keeping and in the dayes of their humiliation in their Temple-worship and in all the Commandments of God They were zealous according to their own thoughts yet were they of the seed of the Serpent and persecuted the seed of God in blind zeal upon false judgment and the persecutors had a name to be righteous and the persecuted were accounted unrighteous and so darknesse was put for light and light for darknesse and them that were well-doers were accounted evil doers and them that were evil doers were accounted righteous And such was the blindnesse of Rulers and people such as prophesied falsly and came in their own name were received for the people loved to have it so when the great abomination was committed but they that came in the fathers name could not be received but were persecuted the Prophets Christ nor his Apostles could not be received of the World but were persecuted in it and lawes and decrees were made against them whereby they suffered unjustly upon grounds suspitions and jealousies for that way was called heresie in which the true God was worshiped Christ was called a deceiver and the wisdom of the World could not receive the knowledge of the things of God and as it was then so is it now in every particular if any man hath an ear to hear he may hear and a heart to understand he may perceive for now is the seed of God and the seed of the Serpent at enmity striving one against the other and the one persecutes the other in this generation as ever it was we are persecuted upon the false account and false judgement of being evil doers and deceivers and our persecuters accounts themselves righteous and zealous for Gods waies and such as are false Prophets and deceivers are accounted true Ministers of Christ even them that preach for hire and seek for their gain from their Quarter and through convetousnesse by feigned words makes merchandise of soules such were and such are deceivers and were never sent of God and yet such in this generation are accounted Ministers of Christ and such as are Ministers of Christ who walk in the Doctrin of Christ as they have received freely so do they freely give and seek not advantage themselves but are persecuted and reviled for righteousnesse sake such are accounted and falsly judged deceivers and so true judgment is turned backward good is called evil and evill good deceivers are called Ministers of Christ and Ministers of Christ are called deceivers and thus people in this generation erres in judgment and persecutes the righteous who are of the seed of God And it was ever the Ministers of Christ that were persecuted and never any of them persecuted any nor ever any of the deceivers persecuted for righteousnesse sake but they ever persecuted the just and sought to the Rulers and to the Elders of the people for violence to be done unto them that feared the Lord and witnessed against their wickednesse it was the Chief Priests and them that handled the law which caused Christ and the Apostles to be persecuted Amaziah sought to Jereboam to have Amos persecuted and as it was then so it is now How doth the Teachers of this Nation seek to the Magistrates to have the innocent persecuted and yet these men are zealous for their performances and duties in the set dayes of humiliation and lectures and even they think they do God good service in imprisoning the innocent they have great zeal without knowledge as the Jewes had and they are strict in their Sabboth keeping in their singing and praying c. But yet is violence done to the just and true judgment and justice neglected and therefore all that which they perform to God is abomination in his sight Oh what complaining is by the Teachers of this N●tion to the Magistrates What crying out for defence shewing that they want the spiritual armour and dare not trust the Lord What plotting and contriving against the seed of God by the seed of the Serpent who ever was a persecutor and never was persecuted What lawes and decrees are brought forth against the Lords people as traps to ensnare their fee like as it was in the dayes of old even like unto Artaxerxes the King who made a Decree and gave commandment that the City of God should not be builded and this was from the information and complaining of Rhehum the Chancellor and Shimshai the Scribe who brought certain accusations to the King

against the people of God and called the holy City a rebellious and bad City and that it was hurtfull unto Kings and danger to endammage the revenue of Kings Here was a conspiracie by the Scribes and such as handled the Law with the King against the people of God and thus it is now he that hath an eye to see may see how many petitions have they put to the Rulers against the people of God What grieveous and false accusations have they laid to the charge of the innocent saying they be Popishly affected and disobedient to Government so that the seed of the Serpent ever doth hatch evil against the seed of God to destroy it from off the face of the earth and it was the wise and the learned and the Rulers whom the Devil made use of to persecute the righteous it was such as Rhehum the Chancellor and Shimshai the Scribe and Pashur the chief Governor in the house of the Lord and it was such as the chief Priests and Elders of the people and the wise men of this world such as these it was that persecuted the righteous and so it is now Orthodox men so called Justices of Peace c. whom the Devil makes use of to persecute the innocent against which no occasion can be found but concerning the Law of God as it was with Daniel as you may read Daniel 6 and 5 6. against him they could find no occasion that they might presecute him but concerning the Law of his God and it was the President and Princes and Counsellors and the Governors which consulted together against Daniel who was the servant of God And as it was then so it is now in this generation they can find no occasion against us the people of God either by doctrin or conversation but onely concerning the law and worship of our God for there is a law against the law of Christ and all that will not swear contrary to the law of Christ must be counted evil doers and Popish recusants and punished and this is not for any evil in us but because we cannot transgresse the law of our God and also another decree which takes hold upon them that travell to worship God on the first day of the week whereby the innocent doth suffer and are like to suffer and not for evil doing is any occasion against us but because we will not stay from the worship of our God but are made to travel that we may meet together to worship him with such other decree which sheweth unto all men that they seek occasion against us concerning the law of our God not having occasion by doctrine or conversation or any other thing so for righteousnesse sake are we persecuted and not for evil doing some are persecuted because for conscience sake they cannot stay at their own houses but are moved by the Lord to declare the Name of the Lord abroad in the Nation many by a decree are taken and punished as for vagabonds and this is an occasion concerning the law of our God and Christ was persecuted and put to death by an unrighteous decree for they had an unrighteous law as they said aad by it he ought to dye and unrighteous laws and decrees were made against the Apostles whereby they were commanded to depart out of their townes and to preach no more in the Name of Jesus and by such decrees were the Apostles persecuted So that this may shew unto all that our fore-fathers who were of the seed of God some were persecuted unto death by unrighteous decrees and statutes and as it was then so it is now he that hath an eye to see may see the same as ever was is come to passe in the earth the seed of the Serpent striving against the seed of God and persecuting it where it is brought forth by unrighteous decrees how did the late Bishops of England persecute the harmlesse What Lawes and Ordinances were then brought forth whereby violence was done against such as feared the Lord and then was the seed of the Serpent striving against the seed of God And this is given forth to shew unto all the World the cause of persecution in its first ground to wit the irrecoverable enmity which is betwixt the two seeds the one continually hating and persecuting the other and seeking the overthrow each of other and the enmity betwixt the two seeds is the cause of strife the one being innocent and the other unrighteous so it is not for the persons sake or any other thing that the just are persecuted but it is because of the seed of God which cannot bow nor worship the seed of the Serpent that is the first cause of persecution Again all may see what unrighteous lawes and decrees were and are brought forth to persecute the innocent whereby they have suffered in all generations for righteousnesse sake and not for evil doing also it may be seen that it was the wise the learned the Presidents and Chancellors and chief Priests and Scribes who were and are the very active persons by whom the seed of God is persecuted and even such as were and are zealous in their observances and Sabboth-keeping and such like it was not the poor nor the foolish only which the Devil made use of to do his work but it was the wise and the learned and the chief in Authority and such like it was such in whom the seed of the Serpent ruled who were the active men against the servants of God Also it was through the evil counsel of such as were Teachers and Scribes and handlers of the law and it was through the false accusations of the chief Priests unto the Governors and Elders of the people and so it is now at this day as I have proved and also the righteous was persecuted upon the false judgment of others and they were falsly adjudged to be deceivers and blasphemers and evil doers and upon this account were they persecuted and as being falsly reputed to be destructive to Government and revenue of Kings and upon such like and that they made void the Law of God and were movers of sedition and upon such accounts as these was the seed of God persecuted as it is at this day and all men that read this with moderation may come to the good understanding upon what account and by what instruments and by what means the seed of the serpent hath persecuted the seed of God even from Cain unto this day And this is to go abroad into this Nation and into the World and it is given forth from the suffering seed of God to clear it self in the sight of all men that not for evil but for good are these sufferings laid upon it But behold the Lord regardeth the cry of the poor and of the unjust sufferer and he will remember his mercy and his covenant with his own seed and when it passes through the fire he is with it and though it be afflicted