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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85702	A declaration of some of those people in or near London, called Anabaptists, that own, and beleeve, that Gods love, in the death of his son, is extended to all men; and that are in the belief and practice of the doctrine of Christ, contained in Hebrew 6. 1, 2. Humbly presented to the high court of Parliament, and the people of this Common-wealth.	Griffith, John, fl. 1648-1659.	1660 (1660)	Wing G2001; Thomason 669.f.22[67]; ESTC R211459	2,587	1

A DECLARATION Of some of those People in or near London called ANABAPTISTS That own and beleeve that Gods love in the Death of his Son is extended to all men and that are in the belief and practice of the doctrine of Christ contained in Hebrews 6. 1 2. Humbly presented to the High Court of PARLIAMENT and the People of this Common-wealth WHereas the people in this Nation called though falsly ANABAPTISTS are represented as the onely men causing those sad and much to be lamented troubles that hath lately hapned in the Common-wealth and as if they were such who would indeavour the setting up their own Interest and Religion by taking away the Lives and shedding the Blood of others yea and as if they were utter Enemies to Magistracy These and such like Calumnies being by the Tongues of the Malicious or Ignorant cast upon them we think it our duty being as well as others concerned to publish to the world our Innocency therein though in this we have peace that in our Consciences we know the most high God bearing-us witnesse that in those things we are wholly mis-represented And truly in this we can rejoyce we knowing our selves falsly reported of and reproached that we should be so accounted considering that Gods People in no Age did escape such foul Aspersions for who was accounted the troubler of Israel but Elisha and who a Pestilent Fellow and a mover of Sedition but Paul We do therefore in behalfe of our selves declare before the Lord who should we not speake the truth would be a swift witnesse against us to Magistrates and People that all men may have a right understanding touching us I. That we have not neither do we desire or seek the Blood of any no not of our greatest Enemies that hate us and do or shall despitefully use us but desire their good as our own and believe it our duty to seek it by all lawfull means we can desiring to be found followers of Christ who came not to destroy mens lives but to save them who accordingly laid down his life for his Enemies and hath commanded us that we love our Enemies and do good to them that hate us And although we have been represented as men thirsting after blood and designed to cut our neigbours throats We do hereby declare that we are so far from such a wicked thing and do so much abominate the thoughts thereof that the Lord who is our Record knoweth that it is upon our hearts as our bounden duty to assist and defend the Nation this City and our Neighbours as much as in us lie from such violence against whomsoever they are that shall at any time attempt it if called thereunto by the Magistrates of this Nation II. We do declare that as for Magistrates we own them to be Gods Ministers and that they bare not the Sword in vain but have their power given them by the Lord to the end they might be a Terrour to them that do Evill and a Praise to them that do Well III. We Declare that it 's our Duty enjoyned us by the Lord to submit to them in all things and to obey every Ordinance of Man for the Lords sake viz. when they shall command things civil and lawful then in those things actively to obey them and when they shall command us to do things relating to Religion and contrary to the light of our Consciences then though we cannot actually obey them we ought and doubt not but through the strength of Christ Jesus our Lord we shall passively obey by sufferings and that joyfully when called to it without resisting IV. We Believe and Declare that it 's not our business to meddle with their State Affaires or the Government of the Common-wealth unlesse by them duly called thereunto further then according to the will of God to pray that we may live a peaceable life under them in all godlinesse and honesty V. We Declare that the National Ministers we disown as not being the Ministers of Christ and their ways and worship as not the true worship appointed by Christ now in the Gospel and in particular we declare against their sprinkling Infants and their cruel and inhumane forcing of maintenance by Law or otherwise from any yet notwithstanding we declare that we do desire their good and that they may injoy Common Freedom in the Nation equall with others VI We believe and Declare that all men whatsoever ought to have their liberty in point of Conscience and that no Magistrate hath received power from Christ to punish for or to compel any to this or that form of Religion VII We do Declare that we our selves and all other of what perswasion soever they are if found to walk contrary to the Just Lawes of the Nation ought by the Magistrats thereof to be punished according to the demerit of his or their transgression and not in the least to be tollerated therein VIII We Believe and Declare That we ought not yea and that it were sinful for us to maintaine our Religion by a Carnal Sword or to assert any Spirituall cause or thing thereby Lastly We Believe and Declare that all the kingdoms of the earth are by right Jesus Christs and his Saints and that He and They shall one day possess them which shall be the Fift and Last MONARCHY upon Earth for which time we wait as pilgrims and strangers and do again Declare that in the meane time it 's our duty to obey the Powers that are as above said and not to assert his Kingly Power and Authority by any other Sword than the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God and do hereby Declare against all such as shall so do as not owned by us in such a practise So far are we from setting up our selves or asserting our Religion by taking away the lives or shedding the blood of any POST-SCRIPT PEradventure some may question why we should publish this Declaration seeing there was two published before it to such we give these Reasons for satisfaction I. Because that dated December the 12. 1659. we cannot in all things close with Therefore forasmuch as we who go under the same Notion with them of being ANABAPTISTS thought it our duty to manifest our non-consent with them in their sewing pillows under the elbowes of the Ministers of the Nation and their want of boldnesse to witnesse against their Babylonish Worship which is also the reason why we Declare against those National Ministers more than against any other II. Secondly because in that Declaration bearing date December 29. there is not every thing that was upon our hearts to Declare yet this we testify to all men That what they do Declare we own as avery honest thing and in nothing disscent from it but do Judge that they have used much plainnesse and manifested much fidellity to Jesus Christ and do beare the same testimony against the first dated the 12. of December as they do John Griffith William Gurney Charles Latham William Daniel James Eachell John Foxwel Joshua Palmer William Williams William Purver Thomas Field William Tomkins Edward Stevens John Bull William Martin Francis Wilcocks John Howard George Cooper Thomas Hinton John Knight Thomas Hull Richard Groom Edward Hull Randal Emerton Will Tomlinson William Tiddman Mich. Butterfield John Ridal John Grace London Printed by Thomas Milbourn for Samuel Cleaver near the Stone-Chappel in Pauls-Church-yard