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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57218	Mr. Robert Rich his second letters from Barbadoes writ upon the occasion of the Quakers prevarication in the matter of the 30 l. sent to them in common with their brethren the other six churches so termed by him. With a preface extorted from R.B. phil. to the said people.	Rich, Robert, d. 1679.; R. B.	1669 (1669)	Wing R1362; ESTC R220588	23,007	33

would assist him in the war against the Lamb. The consideration of which made me cry out within my self Oh how is the faithful citie become a harlot in it was once the seat of judgement and righteousness but now oppressers and murtherers bear sway and rule For in truth such is the nature of his violent proceedings against John Perrot proclaiming him worse then Cain and Judas vilifying him with the opprobrious attributes of Atheism and Ranterism c. yet hath not so much as manifested the least evil J. P. hath said or done for which he might deserve this his severe judgement and condemnation In which practice of cruelty I have considered W. B. as one standing in the Serpentine subtilty of the Scribes and Pharisees yea those bloudy persecutors of the Primitive times who used to put the Christians into Bears skins that the dogs might tear them with the greater violence and fury And whether this Paper being written against a man that is dead and not in a capacity of vindicating his own innocencie hath not wrought the same effect upon those that are one with W. B. I leave to the light of Right Reason in every man to judge Certainly I have spoken with those that have boldly censured J. P. for a wicked person yet could render no other reason thereof but that W. B. of whose honesty and integrity they had a very great esteem had so judged and condemned him After long enquiry what the evil contents were of that Paper which J. P. is said to have written at length I was given to understand that it was a Letter written to Jeane Stocks whilst he was a prisoner in Rome the purport of which discourse is obedience to God in all things though he should now command what once he did to his servant * Hos 1. Hosea And because formerly there hath been much ado in words and writing between G. F. and J. P. concerning this Paper and other matters in difference betwixt them which though yet lie hid in secret possibly may shortly come abroad to publick view that the truth of things may be seen and fully understood whereat many have stumbled yet know not at what therefore shall say little more at present concerning that matter onely that I have observed that such as J. P. J. N. c. especially those that forsake father and mother the Sect that nourished and brought them forth to follow the Lord fully and wholly as did Caleb Joshua and * Luk 2.49 Mat. 9 34. Jesus c. not minding their own reputation or fame nor loving their lives unto the death such I say have been accounted in all ages by this hypocritical proud self-righteous generation as the worst of men whom they call Ranters Atheists Blasphemers Devils any thing even all manner of evil so they may wound the truth and slay the innocent defenders thereof whose harmless souls I see lying under the altar of truth sorely oppressed for their testimony thereunto and crying out How long Lord God holy and true ere thou dost judge and revenge our bloud For whose elect sake the God of my salvation will suddenly arise and then behold enmity lyes and falshood c. even all that one spirit of wickedness will surely flie hide it self and sink again into the bottomless pit from whence it came Even so let all thine enemies perish O Lord God everlasting At my first coming into this last meeting W. B. as at other times did much judge and condemn me in general terms And when I was ready to depart he called me saying Rich 〈…〉 thou art a whoremonger and hast an adulterous whoremongers spirit and farther said Although I neither know nor yet have heard any such thing concerning thee yet nevertheless I am assured it is truth forasmuch as I have not been deceived in others in such like cases To which accusation judgement and condemnation of W. B. I say even what himself saith in his Paper against J. P. and I am perswaded with much more truth viz. that the worst of men that ever I heard or read of did never publish a sentence more unjust and more unreasonable then this yea the very Heathen that know not God would surely blush to utter such a judgement of condemnation against any man without the least knowledge or other proof of evil And in case the Civil Magistrate should follow this example of W. B. and take up such a principle or way of judgement who is there though never so innocent that could be secure in life limb or estate And if the Lord should stir up and harden the hearts of Magistrates to deal with Quakers as W. B. hath done by me to judge and condemn them as the worst of evil doers without more proof or evidence then evil surmise or imagination onely would it not be most just upon them All which I return as their own money into their own sacks that they may see and consider how unlike the spirit of the Quakers is to that which was in Christ Jesus who refused to interfere or meddle with the Magistrates work whose kingdom is more spiritual and of another nature then to have to do with such carnal matters though the greatest evidence did appear that could be Read Joh. 8.3 to 11. Luke 12.13 And Oh how blessed a thing it were if all sorts of men in their several stations both as Magistrates and Ministers were true followers of Christ Jesus in this particular how would it ease and refresh the whole creation which groans under the unnatural yoke of that bondage which the hard impositions of men have put upon them Let therefore Caesar have what properly belongs to him viz. the right of rule and government in things Civil in which as good and wholesom Laws shall direct he may and ought to be a terrour to the evil doer and a praise honourer and advancer of them that do well And let them that would be accounted the Ministers of Christ under all sorts of Professions not mingle with the Magistrates Rule and Authority nor call for his assistance for that is Antichrist whose weapons are * Joh. 18.36 Luk. 9.55 56. Rom. 8.6 7. 2 Cor. 10.4 c. Eph 6.12 carnal in matters spiritual but shew forth their works in the spirit of love meekness long-suffering and patience the best and onely motives to convince the judgements and consciences of men and having freely received of the grace of God let them freely give and not for filthy lucre dispense the same to others knowing that as necessity in the Love is laid upon them from the Lord so their reward is likewise to them from him for their continual supply and satisfaction without any dependancie either for honour or maintenance upon secular Powers and Governments But on the contrary while the Civil Magistrate shall render himself so far subject to the commands of those who while they be esteemed Ministers of Christ do yet notwithstanding aim at worldly