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A90524 The Persecution of them people they call Quakers, in several places in Lanchashire [sic]. Addamson, William, 17th cent. 1656 (1656) Wing P1660A; Thomason E868_10; ESTC R207720 10,128 15

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Ministry which you run after Some for the Presbyterians and some for the Independents some looking for Christs comming in the clouds ●f the sky without you and in their minds imagine a personal reign And thus you are confused and divided in your vain thoughts and imaginations which makes you manifest that you know him not come at all nor cannot confess him come in the flesh And so you are proved by the Scripture to be the Antichrist which John speaks of which should be in the last times Where the Apostle saith little Children i● is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time 1 John 2.18 And the Apostle saith farther hereby know ye the spirit of God every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and every Spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God And this is that spirit of Antichrist whereof ye have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world 1 John 4.2 3. Now all people try your Teachers by the Scriptures and their practise and let their own words try them who looks for a Christ yet to come as some of them said what will you Quake●s do who saith Christ is within you when Christ comes in the Clouds Here now all people do but honestly examine and see wheth●r these spirits confess Christ come who looks for him yet to come And let the light of Christ Jesus in your consciences examine search you and try you whether you dare b l●eve that which the Apostle spoke so to be truth who saith every Spirit who doth not confess Christ Jesus come in the flesh is not of God or these D●ceivers who lo●ks for him yet to come And thus you are divided some for a personal reign and some for the Independent way and some for the Presbyterian way and some of you utterly denies the Scripture as Wiliam Barret did who denied ●hat any should witness the receiving the end of their Faith the Salvation of their souls as it is in 1 Pet. 1.9 And others denied that Christs body is spiritual as Richard Herricke lately did at Manchester and so thus you are in your contention and striving about the body of Jesus as the Divel did about the body of Moses which makes you clearly manifested to all that have their eyes opened in the least measure to be those filthy dreamers which defiles the flesh which Jude speaks of And ye are plainly manifested that ye are they which eateth and drinketh unworthily and so eateth and drinketh your own damnation not discerning the Lords body And here let all poor people about Manchester who are betrayed and deceived with you seriously consider what you are leading them into who knows not the body yet whereof Christ Jesus is the head but are at variance about the body of Christ Therefore consider of what bodi●s ye are members of seeing your leaders knows not the body of Christ And beware of d●ceiving your own soules and being bet●ay●d by these deceivers who leads them in the dark and so is the blind leaders of the blinde and so both falls into the pit For they can lead none but who are blind Fo● any who hath their minds turned in the least measure to the light sees them and discerns them to be the Ministers of Antichrist and the Deceivers and false Prophets which John speak of which are gone out into the world from the light which is this worlds condemnation and denies the light by which the Lord God teacheth his people As some of them said that the Scripture is a more seemly Oracle then the light within when as Christ Jesus saith the light of the body is the eye and if the eye be single the whole body is full of light And so these deceivers that denies the light of the body were not like to know the body but makes images in their dark vain minds one imagining one way and another another way and so betrays poor people and keeps their soules in death But the Lord God is risen who is the Father of light and he who is the light of the whole body is redeeming his people from under the devourers mouths Therefore all people who desire to know the living God and the Lords body turn your minds within to the light which shines in your conscienc●s which shews you sin and evil and checks you when you do amiss and lets you see your vain thoughts and your deceitful hearts this will rip you up and lay you open and makes all things manifest This convinceth of sin and brings all things to remembrance which all the Doct●ine which your hirelings preached never did Therefore give over going after them and search into the Scriptures and you will see them the deceivers of your souls The Scriptures witnesseth against them and their practises even in th●i● manner of their worship For nothing that they act in that which they call their worship is according to the Scriptures And all the Saints in light which gave forth the Scriptures witnessed against these practises they live in Do but honestly consider and you will see that all them that were at variance amongst themselves as Wiggin and Eaton and Herricke and Barret and Hollingworth all these agree together in opposing and persecuting the truth And although that some of them were the men that appointed the meet ng yet had they not so much power over the people as to have the meeting kept peaceable but all was in an uproar So let all people see what order and g●vernment is in these Churches and several opinions which makes them manifest they who are so d●v●ded amongst themselves are all divided from the living God and from the living Truth from Christ Jesus who is the way the truth and the life and this is but one Therefore al● people a warning a warning from the Lord God to you as you will answer it before him who is a consuming fire to the wicked turn to the light of Jesus Christ which will xamine and search and try you and bring you to know Christs will in you and so bring you out of the repr●ba●e faith This will let you see the Mystery which ●s Christ within and this will bring you to know him come in the flesh and it will let you see these Antichrists who are in the world striving amongst their m●ny opinions and therefore are they condemned with the light which is the worlds condemnation for ●he light is the condemnation of the world and all the A●tichrists that are in the world And so now see whether you will turn to the light of Jesus Christ who is the way the truth and the life which is but one or you will continue amongst them who are of the many opinions who denies the light and Christ come in the
flesh and so are found to be Antichrists deceivers of your soules and so here is life and death set before you light and darkness truth and error the strait way and the broad way there is but these two So now see what ye will take now and th●s ye shall eternally witness to be truth whether ye will hear or forb●ar And thus the people in Lanchashire goes on breathing fo th their persecution three of those people called Quak rs hath been sent to Lanchaster to prison since the Sessions One of them b cause he would not be a Church-warden as they call it and another because he would have meetings at his house and the third for speaking to the Priest So let all the wise hearted judge what Law these men act by So that now there is in Lanchaster Castle eighteen besides one who is dissolved out of the outward body who was imp isoned for Tithes whose blood will be required of some So here is the fruit of your profession therefore blush and be ashamed for never none of the Saints of God was found in such persecution and cruelty which is acted by this generation against the innocent and harmless people of God as is at this day manifested by the cruel mockings buffettings haling before Magistrates stocking scourging imprisoning this is the riches of the Saints and here they follow the Captain of their Salvation who is made perfect through sufferings Glory be to the living God who is their strength and arm that will carry them through Leonard Fell Will. Addamson To Holmes Answer to Barret William Barret WHereas thou didst undertake to prove that such as do entertain the opinions of the Quakers and do live and dye in those opinions without repentance cannot be saved I prove it thus that such as are of opinion that faith is seased with such whe e Christ is manifested are of such an opinion that if ye live and dye in it without repentance cannot be saved but of such an opinion is Tho. Holms Ans Opinions I do deny for holding opinion that faith is ceased that I do deny and if any such word be there writ that faith is ceased I do it condemn and upon thee do it return it being thy own word for I live by the Faith of the Son of God which Faith the world knows not and if this be thy ground that thou hast against the people called Quakers if I do remove and do it condemn and do own that Faith which purifieth the heart which is held in a pure conscience and that Scripture I own in Heb. 11. which faith without Faith it is impossible to please God and my desire is that all may come to faith and to receive the end of their faith the salvation of their souls 1 Pet. 1.9 which thing was there intended however it was writ and the writer of it I was not but that paper I left in the County of Chester to be copied over and into another Country I went and if any thing in it be contrary to the Scriptures it I do condemn so concerning this thing let thy mouth bo stopt and accuse not the people called Quakers with that they are not guilty of for from such an opinion do I them clear and for what thou hast writ against them from under it canst thou not get but under shame and condemnation must come And for that Scripture in 1 Pet. 1.5 It I do own and it a witness stands a witness against thee and a witness for us it stands who are and have been kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation and for the Scriptures which is here writ them I do own and this may serve in answer to thy first paper And whereas thou sayest for as much as I said whereas the said persons do pretend to be gu ded by the Spirit I will undertake to prove that it is not the spirit of God but of the Divel I prove it thus first he that doth so enquire what difference can be betwixt God Christ and Saints that doth imply there is no difference amongst them is not in that guided by the spirit of God but by the spirit of the Devil Answ What spirit is that that accuseth persons of that which was writ by one person and what sp●rit is that which crosseth Scriptures and would put a difference amongst them who are of one for the Apostle saith he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one Heb. 11. so that spirit which makes a difference is contrary to the Scriptures and is not the spirit of God but the spirit of the Devil for it is written that the Father might be one as we are one Joh. 4.17 and it is written as he is so are ye in this present world so that spirit which divides God Christ and Saints and would make them at ods is not the spirit of God bu the spirit of the Divel and with the spirit of God it is judged And thou saidst he said Tho. Holm affirmed in the presence of divers persons thus I am equal with God Answ that is false and a lye it was not so spoken by Tho. Holme and to this thou was fully answered and Tho. Holms was denied to be equal with God but thou hast made lyes thy refuge as thy forefathers did which went before and he that lies is of the Devil for there is no lye of the truth And thou saiest he that saith it is so what is due to God it due to a Saint is not in this guided by the spirit of God but by the spirit of the Devil Answ What is due to God thou givest him not and what is due unto Saints thou knowest not but what is due to the wicked thou first must know and judgement is committed to God to the Son and to the Saints and their judgement is one for the Saints shall judge the world and Angels 1 Cor. 6.23 and this honour have all the Saints they bind the Kings in chains and Lords in iron bands Ps 149.7 8 9. verses and the Saints are heirs and co heirs with the Son and the Son thought it no robbery to be equal with the father and ye all one one inheritance And the Son prayed that the Father might be one even as we are one Joh 17.11 And thou who would divide Father Son and Saints is not guided by the spirit of God but by the spirit of the Divel which crosseth and is contrary to the Scriptures and for the Scriptures thou hast brought in them I do own but thy end in bringing them in I do deny who brings in Scriptures for thy own ends which makes not for thy purpose So this may serve in Answer to thy papers and may certifie all that reads this that faith we do own which is the gift of God and do not it deny neither it destroy though we witness to him bear who is the end of our faith the salvation of the soul 1 Pet. 1.9 So now upon thee do I lay all thy boasting words which from the pride and envy of thy heart was given forth to prove and make good what thou hast written else all the country which have seen thy paper will witness against thee and thy shame and condemnation they must own which thy due and portion is for thy envy against the truth Thomas Holme FINIS