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A44231	A brief relation of some part of the sufferings of the true Christians, the people of God, in scorn called Quakers, in Ireland, for these last eleaven years, viz, from 1660 until 1671 with an occasional treatise of their principles and practices briefly stated, whereby the innocency of their cause, for which they so suffer, is not only plainly demonstrated, but also from all false asperations and causeless pretences sufficiently vindicated / collected by T.H. and A.F.	Holme, Thomas, d. 1695.; Fuller, Abraham, d. 1694.	1672 (1672)	Wing H2514; ESTC R7372	56,059	82

A Brief Relation Of some part of the SUFFERINGS Of the True Christians The People of God in Scorn called Quakers in IRELAND For these last Eleaven Years viz. from 1660. until 1671. With an Occasional Treatise of their Principles and Practices briefly stated whereby the Innocency of their Cause for which they so suffer is not only plainly Demonstrated but also from all false Aspersions and causless Pretences sufficiently Vindicated Collected by T. H. and A. F. Heb. 10. 23 25. Not forsaking the Assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is Heb. 7. 12. The Priesthood being changed there is made of necessity a Change also of the Law Acts 13. 15 If ye have any Word of Exhortation for the People say on Mat. 5. 34. But I say unto you Swear not at all Jam. 2. 9. If ye have Respect to Persons ye commit Sin Exod. 20 9. Six days shalt thou labour Printed in the Year 1673. THE PREFACE READER THere having been a great Defection from true Christianity in the long Night of Apostacy whereby gross Darkness hath overspread the Nations foretold by the Apostles That Antichrist Deceivers grievous Wolves false Teachers Core-like false Worshippers should ensue these ushered in the Apostacy which began in the Apostles dayes and grew so great that they became Persecutors of the True Christians as indeed false Worship and Persecution are inseparable Companions For John by the Revelation of God to him saw the Beast which the Dragon had given his Power unto after he had persecuted the Woman which fled into and was fed in the Wilderness 1260. dayes and the Man-Child caught up to God set up his Worship and compelling thereto and the false Prophet deceiving them that had worshipped the Image of the Beast And he also saw the great Whore sitting upon the Beast which was to be worshipped forty two Moneths having a Golden Cup in her hand wherewith she deceived and by her Sorceries enticed the Nations to commit Fornication with her and so corrupted the Earth and made her self drunk with the Blood of the Saints and Martyrs of Jesus c. Hereby John saw in the Spirit the great and long Sufferings of the true Christians the Church and People of God in the time of the Apostacy by the false Christians the false Worshippers who having lost the Power and Spirit by which the Apostles and primitive Christians were led and guided how to worship God in Spirit and in Truth set up fair and gilded Forms of Worship Jeroboam-like of their own making and inventing and at length lost not only the Power but the very Form of Truth and true worship and then being in the Enmity did compel to their Worship and Cain-like persecuted to Death the true Worshippers the true Church and people of God witness several Histories of the Papal Persecution of the true Christians in all Kingdoms and Countries where the Power of Rome extended it self and so continues in many places to this Day And how can we do less then charge the rise of Christians so called persecuting for Religion to proceed thence For they were the first Authors of Force and Vioience in matters of Faith and Opinion in Religion amongst Christians the Inquisition being chiefly entrusted to the Order of Dominick who first preached this Force and by whose means many true Christians were put to Death for not abjuring their Principles and true Faith in Religion and this was the first Example of putting Erring Persons to Death in the Church of Rome for Christianity doth not punish Corporally people for erring Spiritually but indeed Popery doth And of the same mind were divers ancient and modern Writes who said That people must be enformed to embrace Religion with Reason and not compelled by Violence for nothing violent or injurious can be Religious because Reason and not Force ought to convince That God never loves to plant his Church by Violence and Blood the Condition of Christians being rather to be persecuted then to persecute What Cruelty among Christians is acted under the colour of Religion as if we could not be Christians unless we crucifie one another And by Compulsion no man can make a a Hypocrite to be a true Believer but on the contrary many may be made Hypocrites For people in the Matters of Religion and Worship of God should rather be drawn by the Spirit of the Lord in God's Authority then driven by the Terrors of Magistrates or forced by the Penalties and Punishments of outward Laws of Men And how can that Service and Worship be acceptable to God which for its Authority hath only the Force and Fear of Man without the Faith and Fear of God John also saw the Whore the Mother of Harlots judged and the downfall of her Pride and the Merchants of the Earth that were enriched by Trading and Trafficking with her lamenting her Fall and the Man-Child come to rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron smiting them with the Sword of his Mouth and the holy City new Jerusalem the Mother of us all discending out of Heaven from God prepared as a Bride for her Husband and in this Holy City there was no Temple the Lord God and the Lamb being the Temple of it and the Lamb the Light thereof and the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the Light of it c. Here John the Divine had a Sight of the restoring of the true Church to its primitive Purity and Institution in Faith Worship Discipline and all Gospel-Order And now the Day of God's great Love and rich Mercy to Mankind is dawned again after the long Night of Apostacy since the Apostles dayes and the Everlasting Gospel is preached again and he that made Heaven and Earth is to be Worshipped again in Spirit and in Truth and many are turned from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan and the Dragon's worship unto God and the Church is returning out of the Wilderness and making her self ready for the Marriage of the Lamb an Invitation to the Supper is proclaimed and the Way to the Holy City discovered And it having pleased God to bring us forth in this Blessed Day and Happy Age wherein the true Light hath appeared in which we have believed and are turned thereto by which we are come to see the first day's Work of God's new Creation Light separated from Darkness and to see over and beyond this long and thick dark Night to God's Day the Light that manifests Sin the Deeds of Darkness the Works of the Devil and hereby we are come to the Foundation Principle again of many Generations and to the true Religion to see and know the true Worship of the primitive Christians again so to be led out of all By-wayes Will-worship Rudiments Traditions and Presciptions of men to Worship God aright which is in the Spirit and in the Truth which Christ Jesus set up above 1600 years ago for we are of and for the

indeed they and he too ought he made two Calves of Gold and set up one at Betbel the other at Dan and falsly called them the Godds which brought Israel out of Egypt and it became a great Sin for the people worshipped them and went not to the Temple as they were commanded of God And he made an House of High-Places and Priests of the lowest of the people such as he knew being raised so by him would serve his Ends and call the dead Images Godds and his invented ways and worships the True Worship that were not of the Sons of Levi and therefore false Priests and not of God's appointing or making And he ordained Feasts Offerings Sacrifices Altars c. in some resemblance of the Worship at Jerusalem thereby to please the People and feed their Fancies with a doing something in imitation of the Worship at Jerusalem and by offering upon the Altar there Burnt-incense c. and feasting the people that it became a great Snare and Sin of Idolatry and turned away their Hearts from serving the Living God to serve Godds or rather more properly no Gods of Gold and the Works of mens hands and this very much provoked the Lord insomuch that whilst Jeroboam the King and the People were at their invented Worship at the Altar at Bethel there came a Man of God a Prophet out of Judah and cryed against the Altar the false Worship and the King put forth his Hand and said Lay hold on him as many do in our dayes and his Hand withered or dryed which by the Prayer of the Man of God was healed and restored again 1 King 13. 1 to 10. Neither did Jeroboam set up this his Worship as judging it in his Conscience to be the true Worship of God for he knew it was his own invented Worship and devised Way as is plain in 1 King 12. 27 33. but rather politickly prescribing a Way and Worship like in some things to that at Jerusalem to keep the People from the true Worship and to busie their minds in an active way of Worship by Priests of his own making who would say or do any thing he would have them their Places and Maintenance depending on him and also to strengthen himself in his Kingdom rather seeking his own Greatness and Preservation then the Honour and Glory of God that had bestowed such a Kingdom and Dignity unexpectedly on him and as the Author● of so fair and gilded a Way of Worship thereby wholy to allure and engage them to him and his Idolatrous Worship who having so sinned against God knew no other safety or strength then the good will and number of the People and several of the Kings of Judah and Israel were false Worshippers and against them and their said false Worships several Prophets of the Lord bore Testimony and reproved them as did Zechariah Michaiah Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Malachi and several other Servants of the Lord which kept the Law of God then as we do now the Gospel and served the Lord in their Generations and knew him whom they served and could not forsake him and his Laws to joyn with the Idolaters and false Worshippers that knew not the Living God and for bearing Testimony against the false Worshippers and reproving them for their will-Will-worship Idolatry Sin and Wickedness were Persecuted imprisoned and some of them put to Death And it is to be well observed That not in all the time under the Law when Sacrifices Offerings temple-Temple-worship c. as Types and Figures were set up by the Command of God none were lyable or compelled as we read of to worship there but the Jews and them that were of their Religion So that the true Worshippers were never Persecutors in any Age but false Worshippers have ever persecuted them that truly serve and worship God in sincerity of Heart therefore let not Persecutors think or look on themselves to be true Worshippers true Christians whilst they are in that Nature and let them but seriously examine their Hearts in the Light and Spirit of Christ Jesus and they will know that they find not acceptance with God in their own Services nor Peace of Conscience and true Satisfaction of Soul in their Worshippings and that 's the very Cause why they malign others and Caiu like envy and persecute sometimes to Death them that are more Innocent and that find Peace with God and Acceptance in their worshipping Thirdly The Lord having been thus worshipped before and under the Law and having a further and another Way of Worship in and by manifesting of the promised Seed to be clothed with Flesh John 1. 17. For the Law was given by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ who was the Substance of the Law of all the Offerings Sacrifices Altar and Temple-Worship which could not make perfect as pertaining to the Conscience all which he ended by his Coming and being offered up a Body being prepared him to do the Will of the Father and then Sacrifices of Righteousness and worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth ordained of God and declared by Christ for when Christ came he did not joyn with the publick Worship but reproved them that drew nigh with their Tongues and honoured God with their Lips and their Hearts far from him Mat. 15. 8 9. as many do now adayes and told them In vain they worshipped that taught for Doctrine the Commandments of Men and called them Blind Leaders John 7. 28. 4. 23. and he often went into the Temple the publick Place of Worship for the Jews and reproved them and set up the true Worship of God over all false worships in the Spirit and in the Truth which differed from the National Worships and as many as came to the Gospel Worship to worship God in Spirit were separated from the Jews and Gentiles Publick and National Worships and did often testifie against them in their publick Places and reproved them in the Streets and other Places for which they were persecuted by Unbelievers and false Worshippers that knew not God And Christ Jesus being come of whom Moses prophesied and said Acts 3. 22. He must be heard in all things and he being Head of his Church it s his Prerogative alone to establish the Worship and Order thereof and he only hath Power in all Spiritual Matters over his Body his Church and People who are oblieged in point of Duty to obey and observe his Commands and Institutions and not the Prescriptions of any other for God never was is or will be worshipped acceptably any otherwayes then in his own Will and Way And Christ Jesus for publishing the Everlasting Gospel and setting up his Father's Worship in Spirit and in Truth by ending the Law with its Ordinances and temple-Temple-worship c. and for testifying against Sin and Wickedness the works of the Devil and for all other his good Words and Works he was persecuted and put to Death by the chief Priests Elders Scribes and

Pharisees John 8. 59. a great professing people even by such as professed the Messiah to come Thus was the Just and Holy One the Messiah Christ Jesus the Seed the Son of God and Saviour of the World put to Death by Wicked and Ungodly Men who are of the Line of Cain's spirit the seed of the Serpent the Devil Peter and John went into the Temple Acts 3. 4. 1. the place of Worship at the time of Prayer and preached Christ which the temple-Temple-Worshippers could not bear but laid hands on them whipt them and put them in Prison strictly charging them To Preach no more in the Name of Jesus the Priests being the chief Instruments as also at the killing of Christ Stephen a true Worshipper of God Acts 6. was accused of many Falshoods by men subborned and false Witnesses and brought before the Council of the Jews false Worshippers and he being full of Faith and Power preached Christ unto them and withal told them Acts 7. That God dwelled not in Temples made with hands further charging them and their Fathers with persecuting the Prophets and murdering of Jesus for which he was stoned and put to Death by the National Worshippers Paul preached Christ in the Synagogues Acts 9. 20 23. for which the Jews took Counsel against him waiting and watching at the Gate day and night so great was their Envy to kill him And he and Barnabas preached in the Jews Synagogues at Cyprus Antioch c. and the Jews persecuted them and Banished them their Coasts Acts 13. as many of God's Servants are served in these dayes And at Iconium they were also persecuted and Paul stoned near unto Death by the professing Jews and false Worshippers for going into their Synagogues and preaching Christ Acts 14. And at Thessalonica Paul as his manner was went into the Synagogues on the Sabboth dayes and reasoned with them out of the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ c. Acts 17. and the Unbelievers and base people set the City on an Uproar against them as such do now against God's Servants for preaching the same Christ accusing them with turning the World upside down and doing contrary to the Decrees of Caesar and troubled the City and the Rulers even as the Priests and worst of People in our Age do concerning us whom the Lord hath redeemed from their Mouthes And when Paul came to Athens he did not joyn to the publick Worship but his Spirit was stirred in him seeing them given to Idolatry he disputed in the Synagogues with the Jews and in the Market daily with them that met with him there certain Philosophers of the Epicureans and Stoicks encountred him some calling him a Babbler others a Setter forth of strange Godds because he preached Jesus and the Resurrection and yet they themselves knew not the Living God Thus Peter and several of the Apostles Disciples the true Worshippers for bearing the like Testimony were also persecuted and some to Death Many more Examples might be mentioned of the true Worshippers of the Lord even through Ages and Generations recorded in the Scriptures who knew God whom they worshipped and could not joyn with the false Worshippers yea if National Worshippers in their day that knew not the Lord but reasoned with them and testified against them in their publick places and else-where as the Lord required them and they were alwayes persecuted by the false birth of Religion the false Worshippers and seed of Evil-doers that knew not God according to the Saying of the Apostle Gal. 4. 29. He that is born of the Flesh persecutes him that is born of the Spirit And also It may be seen in Histories and Books of Martyrs that many have suffered Martyrdom because they could not joyn to and with the National and established Worships then set up by men and so forsake the Spiritual Worship set up by Jesus Christ And as in former times so in these dayes the true Worshippers who worshipped God in Spirit and in Truth Jo. 4. 23 24. which is the Gospel-Worship set up by Christ Jesus cannot joyn contrary to their Consciences and Understandings with the National publick Worship for which there is neither Command nor Example in the Scriptures of Truth for their Practice Discipline Manner of Worship and Worship it self And seeing it is of necessity to know God before he can be worshipped aright and that none know the Father but the Son and him to whom the Son will reveal him Mat. 11. 27. if none then know God but by the Revelation of Christ Jesus and that the national Worshippers say Revelation which it seems is the only way to know God is ceased then by their Doctrine it follows That the Knowledge of God is ceased and then in vain do men worship for they worship they know not what How then can we joyn with them in such a Worship whilst they deny Revelation so worship an Unknown Godd But we come to know God by the Revelation of Jesus Christ 1 John 4. 13 14 15 16. and therefore we worship him and fear his holy Name and for thus worshipping we ought not to be persecuted especially not by those that profess Christianity Fifthly Concerning our not Swearing not taking off our Hats and for Working on dayes by some called Holy-days we have also good Ground and Scripture Authority First AND first for our refusing to Swear we have plain and undeniable Scripture Proofs 1st from Christ Jesus the Son of God in whom we believe Joh. 14. 1. who in his Sermon to his Disciples preached and opened the glorious Work and Worth of the Gospel above the Law though he came not to destroy the Law but to fulfil it You have heard said he that it hath been said by them of old time Thou shalt not Forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oaths but I say unto you Swear not at all neither by Heaven c. but let your Communication be Yea yea Nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of Evil Mat. 5. 17 33 35 36 37. And if men were not wilfully bind and hardned against Truth how could a Mouth be opened much less a Hand lifted up against us by the Professors of Christianity for our Principles herein seeing Christ the Gospel-Law giver bids us not Swear at all and him we are to hear and obey And as they under the Law were to Swear truly so we under the Gospel are to speak truly for true Christians are as far to exceed the Jews as the Gospel doth the Law because of that Noble and Just Principle in them which is to lead them and guide them into all Truth John 16. 13. to speak and act truly altogether at all times and in all places and then a Testimony to speak the Truth answereth unto and is in the Ground as valid as Swearing truly that which might be sworn unto in the time of the Law is now only to be confirmed by Confession Yea

These following have suffered for meeting and assembling themselves together in their own Houses in the Fear of the Lord and in his Worship and Service and for exhorting one another and praying together to build up one another in the Holy Faith according to the Command of the Apostles and the Example and practice of the Saints and Prophets and the true Christians in the primitive Times and for the same have been much abused endicted greatly fined long imprisoned cruelly used and much of their Goods taken from them Ulster Province Ardmagh County 1661. WIlliam Bowston Simon Harrison and Roger Webb with several other Friends being met together at Roger Webb's House to wait upon god in his holy Fear and Worship in a peaceable way as their manner is were for the same taken thereout and by the Lord Conway Bishop Taylour and Arthur Hill committed to Ardmagh Goal and there kept close Prisoners five Weeks and then the said William Bowston dyed in Prison whose Death must be given account of by those that caused it and the other two Friends were kept there six Weeks longer 1662. Francis Robson for being at the like Peaceable Meeting to worship God was fined by Judge Kenedy in 20 s. for which Fine the Sheriffs Bailiffs took from him a Horse worth 5 l. Henry Furnace for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. for which the Sheriffs Bailiffs took from him a Horse worth 2 l. 10 s. Roger Webb for the like cause was by the said Judge fined 5 s. and had a Horse taken from him worth 1 l. 10 s. Hugh Stamper for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. and imprisoned about eight Weeks and had a Kettle taken from him worth 14 s. Peter Boss for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. and imprisoned about ten Weeks and had three Pewter Dishes taken from him worth 15 s. William Williamson jun. for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 20 s. and had a Mare and Foal taken from him worth 2 l. 10 s. Edward Towle for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 20 s. and had a Horse taken from him worth 3 l. William Nicholson for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 10 s. and had a Mare taken from him worth 1 l. 15 s. Cavan County 1660. Richard Faile William Parker Miles Gray John Hutton Thomas Lunn and Isabel Outon with several other Friends for meeting in Cavan to wait upon the Lord and to worship him were imprisoned by John Holland Deputy Soveraign and some of them kept Prisoners eleaven dayes William Parker Rich. Faile Miles Gray Robert Wardell Thomas Lunn and Thomas Moore with several other Friends being met together for the end aforefaid in Belturbet were haled out and committed to Prison four dayes without Examination by Order of Richard West Provost and because they could not pay Fees having not broken any Law some of them were stripped of their Clothes and then turned out 1661. William Edmonson Tho. Lunn rich Faile Wil. Parker and Thomas Hutchison with others having been at a Meeting near Cavan to worship God were much abused on the Road by George Spicer Sub-Sheriff attended with a company of rude men who beat and cut and abused Friends one Friend set upon a Horse and tyed his Feet under the Horse Belly and another his Hands behind his Back like Fellons and so had them to Cavan Prison and at the following Assize brought before Judge Povey who having nothing against them but on the account of their meeting to serve and worship the Lord left them Prisoners And at the next Assizes Judge Alexander fined them 20 l. a man for the said Meeting and 7 l. a man for not taking off their Hats though he then confessed there was no Law for it but he called them Rogues Doggs c. and so left them Prisoners till the next Assizes And then came he himself Judge again and fined them 5 l. a man more for their Hats and denyed them the benefit of an Order or Proclamation from the chief Ruler of the Nation by which they ought to have been set at Liberty and he further said That they should not have the benefit of the Law And whilst they were thus kept Prisoners the said Geo. Spicer sued them for Fees notwithstanding he had their Bodies in Prison and by vertue or pretence of an Order from the said Judge took from Wil. Parker Tho. Lunn Tho Hutchison and Rich. Faile as much Goods as were worth 30 l. And at the next Assizes after Judge Booth caused the said Prisoners to be proclaimed at Liberty for which the said Geo. Spicer claimed 15 s. a piece Fees and for the same kept them in close Prison And at the next Assizes Judge Alexander being there Judge the said Geo. Spicer caused Walter Brady his Servant to swear serving the Prisoners with Processes which thing as Brady since acknowledged was false upon which the said Judge granted him an Order against the Prisoners which caused to be taken From Richard Faile two Horses worth 4l 10s 0d From Thomas Lunn one Cow and two Heifers worth 3l 10s 0d From William Parker two Cows worth 2l 12s 0d From Tho. Hutchison two Cows worth 3l 10s 0d From Jo. Jay one Horse and Houshold goods worth 4l 17s 6d From Robert Wardel one Cow and Goods worth 4l 09s 0d worth in all 23l 08s 6d supra 30l 00s 0d So that this Geo. Spicer for the Fees of these six Persons hath taken away from them Goods worth 53l 8s 6d 1665. Ricchard Faile Wil. Parker Robert Robinson Tho. Lunn and Tho. Hutchison with several other Friends being at a Meeting of the Lord's People at Nicholas Starkey's House to wait upon God were haled thereout and thirteen of them had before Matthew French Provost of Belturbet who caused some of them to be set in the Stocks and other some to be put in the Cage for several Hours and the next day sent and committed them to Cavan Goal without Examination where several of them were Prisoners above a Year Leinster Province Dublin City 1660 EDward Cook Robert Lodge John Burnyate with several others being met together in their usual Meeting-place to worship the Lord had their Meeting broken up by James Boy and a rude company of people and Souldiers who took away John Burnyate Robert Lodge and about twenty Friends more and imprisoned them in Newgate where they were kept five dayes and then brought before Robert Dee Mayor who after Examination returned Fifteen of them back to Prison where they were kept five dayes longer Samuel Clarridge Robert Turner William Mayne and several other Friends being assembled in their usual Meeting-place to worship God were haled thereout by a rude company of Souldiers and eight of them Imprisoned in Newgate for five Weeks by order of the said Robert Dee Mayor Thomas Holme Robert Wastfield Joseph Cadle Rebecca Rich Elizabeth Gardner and divers other