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A77940	A declaration of the present sufferings of above 140. persons of the people of God (who are now in prison,) called Quakers: with a briefe accompt of about 1900. more ... Together with the number of 21. persons who were imprisoned and persecuted until death. All which was delivered to Tho. Bampfield, then Speaker of the Parliament, on the sixth day of the second month, 1659 ... As also an accompt of some grounds and reasons, why for conscience sake we bear our testimony against divers customes and practices at this day in use amongst men. Also a cry of great jndgement [sic] at hand upon the oppressors of the Lords heritage, as received from him on the 18. day of the first month called March. With an offer to the Parliament of our bodies, person for person to be imprisoned, for the redemption of our brethren, who are now in bonds for the testimony of Jesus.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B5993; Thomason E977_7; ESTC R203719	28,651	48

A DECLARATION Of the present SUFFERINGS Of above 140. Persons of the people of God Who are now in Prison called QVAKERS With a briefe accompt of above 1900. more being but a part of many more that have suffered within these six years last past whose names and particular sufferings are not here set down Together with the number of 21. Persons who were imprisoned and persecuted until Death All which was delivered to Tho. Bampfield then Speaker of the Parliament on the sixth day of the second Month 1659. By which all people may be made sensible of the great oppressions of the Innocent and lay them to heart that the Judgments of the Lord may be prevented which otherwise will fall heavy upon the oppressors and all that are at ease in the flesh and unsensible of the day of Jacobs troubles As also an Accompt of some grounds and reasons why for Conscience sake we bear our Testimony against divers customes and practices at this day in use amongst men Also a cry of great Judgement at hand upon the oppressors of the Lords heritage as received from him on the 18. day of the first Month called March With an Offer to the Parliament of our Bodies person for person to be imprisoned for the Redemption of our Brethren who are now in Bonds for the Testimony of Jesus London Printed for Tho. Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. DECLARATION Of the present SUFFERINGS Of above 140. Persons of the people of God Who are now in Prison called QVAKERS With a briefe accompt of above 1900. more being but a part of many more that have suffered within these six years last past whose names and particular sufferings are not here set down Together with the number of 21. Persons who were Imprisoned and persecuted until Death That so all people may be made sensible of the great oppressions of the Innocent and lay them to heart that the Judgements of the Lord may be prevented why otherwise will fall heavy upon the oppressors and all that are at ease in the flesh and unsensible of the day of Jacobs troubles As also an accompt of some grounds and reasons why for conscience sake we bear our testimony against divers customes and Practices at this day in use amongst men Also a cry of great Judgement at hand upon the oppressors of the Lords heritage as received from him on the 18. day of the first Moneth called March London Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. To the Parliament of the Common-Wealth of ENGLAND BEING A Declaration of the Names places and sufferings of such as now are in prison for speaking the truth in several places For not paying Tithes For meeting together in the fear of God For not swearing For wearing their hats For being accounted as Vagrants For visiting friends and for things of the like nature in all about 144. Besides imprisoned and persecuted till death 21. Also a briefe Narrative of the sufferings within the last six years or thereabouts of about 1960. persons already returned being but part of many more whose names and sufferings are not yet returned All which is desired may be read and considered of by this Parliament that right-may be done First For speaking the truth in several places BERK-SHIRE JOhn Evans cast into prison at Redding for speaking to a Priest at Shaw near Newberry CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE John Norris of Swasey committed to prison at Cambridge for asking the priest of Hardwick a question William Allen of Okington for bidding the people after their evening sacrifice was ended to fear and tremble at the Name of the Lord was committed to prison CANTERBURY Thomas Pollard prisoner there for speaking in the Steeple-house CUMBERLAND George Wilson Prisoner at Carlisle and also Matthew Dickson at Lampligh for speaking to the Priest DEVON-SHIRE John Roet for bidding the people at the Steeple-house at Tiverton in Devon to mind the Truth of God was cast into prison at Tiverton and sorely abused and denied straw to lie on and they would not suffer friends to bring him provision but still remains a prisoner Edward Bradford for speaking to a Priest now in prison at Exon. ESSEX William Monk of Sanden For going into the Steeple-house and asking the Priest a question was committed to prison William Allen for exhorting people to repentance in the Town-street of Wetherfield as he was going to a meeting was committed to prison by DUDLY TEMPLE Justice so called and hath remained prisoner above these six moneths John Claydon of Hadstock arrested at the sute of Thomas Wallis of that town for words pretended he should maliciously speak against him and cast him into Prison where he hath been a prisoner four months GLOCESTER-SHIRE Deborah Harding being moved of the Lord to speak to Joseph Woodward Priest was forced out and carried before THOMAS ESCOT one of the Justices and sent to Prison HAMP-SHIRE Ja. Potter Committed to the Common Goal at Winchester by Wil. Whither and Ric. Kinsmell called justces for Reading a paper in the Steeple-house yard and at the following assizes was fined 5. l. by Judge Nicholas for wearing his hat when he was brought into Court for which he was sent back to prison and hath been a Prisoner twenty moneths and so still remaines Henry Streaters wife committed to prison by Justice REYNOLDS for speaking some of the Prophets words to Priest CORBET as he was traveling on the way who hath a young child sucking the said Justice REYNOLDS giving charge to the Goaler that she should be kept close prisoner not having the liberty of common whores that have bastards but is constrained to a little bad Rome where eight more are kept close prisoners KENT Elizabeth Fowler cast into the dungeon in the common goal at Tenterden for speaking in a Steeple-house where she hath been ten weeks committed by the Mayor without bail or mainprize and there still remaines NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE John Rogers for speaking to WILLIAM SANDERSON Priest of Hindon after he had done and was come out of the Pulpet was committed to Prison by JOHN BROWN caled Justice and hath been a Prisoner thirteen weeks and so continues John Green of Bugbrook was cast into the County Goal by Justice BENSON so called for speaking to BENJAMIN TOMPKINS Priest of Hartpoor and hath been in prison seven weeks and so remaines SUFFOLK Anne Blakelin prisoner in Bury Edmonds for speaking to a Priest at Haveril and hath been kept Prisoner there two years SUSSEX Iohn Snashhold for speaking in the Steeple-house hath been kept prisoner fourty eight weeks Nicholas Beard for speaking to the priest is Prisoner there also WORCESTER-SHIRE Iohn Clemance of Evisham Prisoner there for going to a Steeple-house WESTMERLAND Richard Hebson was imprisoned for speaking to a Priest where he and others were cruelly beat and abused by an unmerciful Goal or of Apleby and Richard Hebson being put forth of prison very weak and bruised died presently after WESTMINSTER Elizabeth Peacock for saying

still remains there SUFFOLK George Sherwing for not swearing to his answer to a Bill at the suit of the Lady GANDEE for Tithes was committed to Milton Gaol by an Attachment from Baron NICHOLAS and hath been there 2 years WALES Howell Jones Prisoner in Tregarran for not putting off his Hatt YORK-SHIRE James Tenant sued in the Exchequer by a Farmer of Tithes and because he could not for Conscience sake swear to his answer was committed to Prison where he hath been 35 weeks and so continues John Hall was taken forth of a meeting in Woodstock in Leeds Parish and because he refused to swear was sent to Prison by WILLIAM FENTON and MARTIN ISLES they pretending he was a Jesuite and still remains Prisoner in York Castle Besides for not Swearing and Wearing their Hatts Imprisoned 125 Persons and 38 Persons for not Swearing in their Courts have had goods taken from them to the value of about 77l 15s Fifthly Vnder pretence of being Vagrants HAMP-SHIRE ANthony Millage who was formerly a captain of a Frigot was as a vagrant committed to prison with Hunphery Smith to the common Goal of Winchester by JOHN BUNKLEY called justice for no other cause at all but for being in his company and hath been a Prisoner Ten Moneths William Bayly was also committed by the aforesaid JOHN BUNKLEY without any accusation laid against him but for being in the company with Humphrey Smith from the parish where he was born as a vagrant and hath been a Prisoner ten moneths and so remaines Besides cruelly whipped and counted as vagrants and wanderers though men of considerable estates 42. persons Sixthly For visiting Friends in Prisons DORCHESTER-GOAL William Ellet the younger commited to prison by NICOLAS SAMPSON and ROBERT PRINCE Baylifs of Brideport onely for standing peaceably in the street when George Buly was examined and hath been a prisoner there 14 weeks and so remaines Besides for visiting of their friends in Prison imprisoned 30. persons also two persons onely for entertaining their friends according to the command to entertain strangers were imprisoned and had four Horses taken from them worth about 18 pounds Seventhly For not repairing of Steeple-houses and not paying Clerkes Wages ONe hundred fourty one persons for the repair of Steeple-houses and Clerks-wages had demanded of them 27. l. 14. s. 8. pence for which was taken from them to the value of about 139. pounds 15. shillings and 10 pence in goods Eightly Imprisoned and Persecuted till death CAMBRIDGE Boniface Norris being neer four-score years of age as he was riding to a meeting was sorely beaten and bruised and fined 10. shillings for going to the meeting and afterwards imprisoned by DUDLY POPE called a Justice and a week after he was let out of Prison died DURHAM George Humble an aged man for standing by some of his neighbours whom GEORGE LILBURN had set in the stocks for speaking to a Priest the said Humble standing by and reproving the people was for that sent to Prison to Durham by the said LILBURN where he was kept until death DEVON-SHIRE Jane Ingram for going to visit some friends who were cast into prison and lay upon straw at Doomes-dale in Lanceston in Cornwal was by JO CHAMPION Justice so called cast into prison at Exeter and there kept in prison upon straw till she dyed LANCA-SHIRE Richard Apener was imprisoned till death for Tythes by Priest SHAW of Oldingham who also spoiled his goods and made havock of many more As some friends in Lancashire were comming from a meeting they meet with a Priest upon the high way and others with him to whom one Elizabeth Leavens spake a few words whereupon the Priests party got hedg-staves and beat the friends amongst whom a woman great with child was sorely beaten on the breast and so sorely bruised that she presently fell sick and with much adoe got home and within two or three dayes after died BRISTOL Temperance Hignel being moved of the Lord to go to a Steeple-house in Bristol to speak to JACOB BRINT Priest after he had ended was knockt down in the Steeple-house to the astonishing of her sences and sorely beaten and bruised her blood drawn and her cloaths torn off from her back in the Steeple-house and then cast into prison and being afterwards carried out in a basket sick within two or three dayes after she died Also George Harrison imprisoned there till death LINCOLNSHIRE Edmond Wolsey imprisoned for Tythes until death Also Thomas Bromby imprisoned until death for about 6. s. Tythes GLOCESTER-SHIRE Richard Atwood for 15 shillings tithes was imprisoned till death by RICHARD FOWLER Priest ESSEX James Parnel for speaking in Cogges-Hall Steeple-house on a fast day was imprisoned until death by HERBERT PELHAM THOMAS COOK DIONYSIUS WAKERING and WILLIAM HARLACKENDEN and before he dyed was most cruelly and barbarously used by the Goalers Wife NORFOLK Robert Jacob of Windham being four score years of age imprisoned till death being first cast into prison for not swearing to be a Constable and released but afterward cast into Prison again for tythes and for refusing to swear to his answer he was kept Prisoner till death OXFORD Elizabeth Fletcher a young woman was by the Schollers of Oxford for speaking the Word of the Lord to them thrown against a Grave-stone and into a Grave and drawn through a Pool with ropes and pumpt which usage she said before her death she should never recover but carry to her Grave and accordingly by reason of that usage she died SUFFOLK John Cason imprisoned for Tithes till death at the suit of JOHN PADGETT the Priest of Aldham and also by Priest GLAUFIELD and before his death was barbarously and cruelly used by the Goaler SUMMER SET-SHIRE William Tucker of Naylsey imprisoned till death by THOMAS GEORGE Priest YORK-SHIRE William Peers and Will Sykes imprisoned till death for Tithes John Sumerson imprisoned till death for Tithes having first been Prisoner two years Matthew Wilkinson imprisoned till death for Tithes in Pickering Castle because he could not swear to his answer to the Priests Bill William Wilkenson of Rosedal● for not paying Tithes to JOHN MASON of Middleton an Impropriator was sued in the Court of Exchequer and for not swearing to his answer was cast into Prison in Pickering Castle where he remained a Prisoner near a year and then died in Prison WESTMORELAND Richard Hebson aforementioned cruelly used by the Goaler of Apelby died In all Imprisoned and persecuted to death 21. Ninethly Imprisoned for things of several natures BERK-SHIRE Leonard Cole of Arberfield was put in Prison at Redding and there kept above twelve weeks the last Term was brought to the Court at Westminster called the Common Pleas where he appeared personally and was from thence sent to the Fleet where he remains a Prisoner two or three dayes after he came to the Fleet one GEORGE HATTON brought him a Declaration of ALEXANDER STOAKE● Priest and about the second day of the first month called March 1658 9 the said Priest

now be an offence not to put off the Hat or give respect to the Person of him that hath a gold Ring and fine Apparel Hath not all the earthly Lordship Tyranny and oppression sprung from this Ground by which creatures have been exalted and set up one above another trampling under foot and despising the poor And is it not easy to see that power and authority without contempt may be preserved the power honoured obeyed and submitted unto and the Person respected Hath not the great and heavy oppressions of the Law been long felt and cryed out against the long delayes in Courts the great Fees of Officers which causeth many to be excessively rich out of the Ruines of the Poor which hath brought an Odium upon the Law it it self for to the Poor the remedy is frequently worse then the desease and while people are free to feed this deceipt there is little hope to have it amended And how full of lyes deceipt pretences and needless circumstances are all your pleadings and proceedings to the burthen of many mens Consciences and ruine of their Estates and how vile and wic●●● are the greatest of Lawyers that will plead any thing for money and by their subtilties do most commonly hide cover the truth And when do the Judges reprove it And how treacherous and deceitful are the Solicitors and Attorneys that truth or honesty can scarce be found amongst them And how do those eat up the people as it were Bread and grow great and rich by raising and increasing suites troubles strife and debates amongst their Neighbours and we seeing these oppressions are made to bear our witness against them and cannot uphold them and our Testimony shall not be in vain And how is the power given to Justices and Judges to bind to the Peace and good behaviour being left to their discretion turned against the most peaceable and best behaved Persons amongst men meerly because they cannot bow to their wills and hold their tongues when the Lord God requires them to speak Do you commend Christ Jesus his Apostles and Saints who were sent to preach the Gospel and travelled from City to City from Nation to Nation from Countrey to Countrey that the ends of the Earth might hear the glad tidings of Salvation and do you commend those they called Puritans for going many miles to worship the Lord and do you now condemn those that practise the same thing would not your Law against Vagabonds have taken hold on Christ and his Ministers and hindred their work by it have many honest and good people suffered most shameful whippings and imprisonments who were travelling in their own Countrey about their outward and lawful occasions that were of considerable Estates and could not be counted Vagabonds and what use is made of this Law throughout the Nation you cannot but hear Are not these things like the sayings of those who said Had they lived in the dayes of the Prophets they would not have persecuted and put them to death and yet they Crucified Christ and so the cry at this day is against the Jews for their cruelty when themselves are found exercising the same things against his Saints and Members Long hath the Beast reigned who usurped power in these things and the false prophets who have over-spread the Earth the great Whore who have made all Nations drunk with their abhominations and the Wine of their fornications with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed Adultery whom Christ said should come and before the Apostles decease did come who went cut from the Apostles and put on their cloathing but inwardly were distroyers ravening Wolves which the whole World went after who turned against the Saints who kept to the Spirit the life which they went from and made War with the Saints till they overcame and their power reached over the whole Earth But now is the Life risen and is again made manifest which they went from which gives to see before the Apostacy was Now is the Lamb risen and rising to make War with the great Dragon the Beast and false Prophets and now shall the great Whore be taken and her flesh shall be burnt with fire and the Saints shall have the Vict●●● Therefore Let all Kings Princes Rulers Magi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be warned not to take part with the Beast nor to up●●●● 〈…〉 their power the false prophets who have long de●●●ved the Nations but in their place stand to keep the out 〈…〉 that none may offer violence and destroy another ●●ich 〈◊〉 been the way of the beast false prophets the 〈…〉 support of their kingdom but leave Christ Jesus in his Saints to manage the War whose Warfare is not carnal whose Weapons are not carnal yet are they mighty through God to the pulling down of the strong-holds and overturning the foundation of Satans kingdom and they shall soon see what is truth and what is errour for great is the truth and will prevail they shall not need to cry out for want of Ministers or that Christ Jesus is not able to send forth Labourers nor will those he sends forth trouble them for maintenance and here is the Magistrates true place to keep Peace amongst all men to punish him that doth evil and to encourage him that doth well to Rule the Kingdoms of the Earth in Righteousness that justice and equity may be exalted that way may be made for the Lord Jesus Christ who is coming to Reign and to take the Dominion to himself and we are Witnesses in our Measures of his coming and of the working of his mighty power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself and this is the Testimony unto which we are called and many thousands with us in the Unity of the same Spirit And Witnesses we stand against Priests Tithes Temples Swearing and all the carnal way of worship set up and upholden by outward Laws and powers which would limit and restrain the Spirit of the Lord which is grieved and daily cryes out against these abhominations Witnesses we stand against Parliaments Councels Judges Justices who make or execute Laws in their Wills over the Consciences of men or punish for Conscience sake and to such Laws Customes Courts or Arbitrary usurped Dominion we cannot yield our obedience Yet we do declare as it is testified in all Counties Cities Goals and Prisons to Judges Justices and others that as we preach Christ Jesus alone in the things of God to be our Law ●●ver so do we own him to be our King and own Magist●●●● in things Civil not resisting the evil but following his Example who was made perfect through suffering and for his Salvation we wait till he alone shall plead our Cause and therefore for Conscience sake we have joyfully born and do be●● so many and great sufferings since the day we were convinced of the Everlasting Truth These things we have declared not to upbraid you with the injustice of others

nor to revile the Government it self nor as a complaint against our oppressors but that you may see the ground and true cause of all our sufferings and of the sufferings of the Saints in all Ages and Generations and in all nations of the World this day and we leave it to that of God in you all to weigh and consider whether it be not time to reforme both Laws Courts and Officers From your Friends who are lovers of peace and truth who wait for the comming of the Lord to establish Justice and righteousnesse in the earth whom he hath raised up as witnesses of his appearing and of the dawning of the Mighty and dreadful day of God in Life Light and Power who are hated of men and reproached under the Name of Quakers And whereas there is a great cry up and down the Nation that the Quakers meetings must be broken and suppressed and that this present Parliament intends to do it and of this I have heard in divers parts of the Nation NOw to this I shall say and answer first as I have observed the spirits of people concerning this cry all the rude and ungodly people as drunkards and the prophanest of men they glory apace at this newes and rejoyce at this mightily as if some great prize were befallen unto them and it makes them rude and violent enough to the breaking of the peace in the Nation but thus it is with but the worst sort of people in the Nation who are rejoyced with these tidings that the Quakers meetings must be broken but as for the honest people such as be sober and sincere thousands that had a hand in chusing this present Parliament never intended to send them up to London for such a work and the cry is by many of the sober people if they go about such a thing they will destroy themselves undoe themselves and leave their names a reproach Why say the people we have a Testimony before us hath it not been upon that Rock of limiting tender consciences in former dayes that hath broken many before these which might be examples to these not to do the same things and many sober people are offended at such newes and it makes their hearts sad whose conscience and the witnesse therein doth answer that we are the Lords people and it ought not thus to be done concerning us as the newes reports so that by this newes of the intended purpose to break the Lords peoples meetings the ungodly and prophane are gratified and strengthened in their wickednesse and the righteous are made sad And further as for us we have been trodden down and made a prey unto our enemies and the gates of death and Hell have stroven against us already but have not prevailed unto this day for the Lord is with us and who is it that shall prevail against us and I may say what is this that is reported to be done What shall dust and ashes do and man whose breath is in his nostrils and who are they that shall break down that which the Lord hath a purpose to build who shall be able to prosper in going about it or what success shall God give to that work I tell you nay it is the Lord that hath raised us up and we have given our power to him to stand by him and to be protected defended and upheld by him alone and we cannot give our power to any mortal men to seek that from them which is not in their hands to give the power of the Lord God is over you he that is our keeper and preserver in whose hands is your breath to destroy it utterly if you do that which doth offend him for you shall know that we are the Lords people by whom we shall stand and grow in dominion and authority in his life and the dread of the Lord shall be upon our enemies though they one gratifie another with intention of evil against us yet the Lord stoppeth the purpose of his enemies and turnes it backwards upon their own heads And this I say from the Lord if such a thing be in your hearts conceiving to be brought forth by you it is a birth that will devour you ere ever it spring out of your bowels it will be too heavy a burthen and you shall never have strength to deliver it this is the word of the Lord to you it shall be a Rock to overthrow you and it will be a snare to catch you and if any such thing proceed from you it will break you and your own wickednesse will destroy you Alas do not you see evidently the hand of the Lord fight for us yea we have evident testimony of his presence that he is and will be with us unto the end and if any wil be blind let them be blind for these tidings do not trouble us neither are we thereby moved no not to beg of any man the contrary for we cannot give our power unto you nor come under the power of this World no not to beg of you contrary to a good conscience that you should forbear the fulfilling your intents but this it is in the Name and power of the Lord though he requires nothing of you to exalt his Kingdom by your power nor to prescribe him a way how he must be worshipped yet he requires that you should do nothing against him nor his people by limiting the spirit of the Lord and I say the Saints of the most High can not give their power to you to stand or fall thereby nor to go by the authority thereof to exalt the Kingdom of God thereby they can beg no such thing nor desire it of you for it is not in your hands to give his work of salvation unto the Nations you cannot give nor lay one stone in the building of his blessed Temple but he alone will do it and not by the arm of flesh yet doth he require that you should do nothing against him nor abuse your power but and if you do he will reward you according to your deeds and this you will find and feel in the day of God when he brings vengeance and Judgement upon you and when he sets his Kingdom over you all and that comes to reign over the Nations which now is a sufferer And when I first heard the newes sent abroad in the Nation of such intentions to break the Quakers meetings many considerations passed through me will these go said I in the same way that many have been destroyed in before them Will these run upon the same rock will these take in hand to limit God and to set him a way and shall all these sufferings of the Lords people for these many years be finished by these that all the unjust dealings and oppressions of the Saints may be upon them Is there no wise man among them nor none that feareth the Lord that he may be preserved from destruction and is this their begining in Parliament