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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41852	One out-cry more against tythes unto the chief ruler of the nation of Engand [sic] and all that are with him of God permitted to be in present authority, whether Parliament, Councel or Army; by whatsoever name or title known or called: but in a more especial manner, to such of them as are yet remaining faithfnl [sic] unto the former declared for, and never to be forgotten cause of King Jesus, who are such as have not departed, through sinning against the light of a good conscience, ... And yer notwithstanding, you that are in present power know these things, do even as he did, suffer the saints in your name, and by your power daylie to be imprisoned, and otherwayes afflicted; and that you may not be ignorant thereof, I have been moved to make the same known unto you by way of declaration, which is grounded upon the Holy Scriptures; wherein is contained the manner of our sufferings, and by whom: ... Written the beginning of the second month, 1657. by Isaac Grayes, prisoner for the cause of Christ in the Wood-street Compter, London, ...; One out-cry more against tythes unto the chief ruler of the nation of England.	Graye, Isaac.	1657 (1657)	Wing G1626; ESTC R220318	27,098	37

from being put to death who had taken away goods from many people although for the Kings use but yet notvvithstanding that was not by the King owned because it was by his Lavv judged Robbery read Mirror of Justice fol. 241. Novv consider ye Rulers vvhat a vast difference there is betvvixt your doing justice upon the Lavvyers that live upon the abuse of the Law King Alpherets forasmuch as that you canot deny in your consciences you do permit of unsufferable Robberies daylie for to be done both by Priests Lavvyers yet seek not to have that Wickedness remedied besides the Murthers vvhich you suffer the Lavvyers to do against express Lavv upon their Opinions and false Judgements according to their Opinions by them given vvhereby many thousands have been murthered for theft vvhich is against the righteous Law of the Lord And therefore seeing that you knovv these evils and yet vvill not seek to prevent them of committing any more hovv can you expect any safety for to be given unto you from the Lord God of Israel vvhose Lavvs in effect you despise for vvhich things sake the vvrath of God vvill suddenly seize upon you as vvell as it hath done upon others before you unless there be a speedy returning unto the Lord whose Work vvhen time vvas you promised to do vvhich yet lieth undone which causeth the Enemies of the Lord to renew their strength again who did in the time of your seeming zeal for Christ and his now persecuted cause judge themselves as good as half hanged for what they had done in answer to their Opinions which they caused to take place in the room of Law through whose Villanous false Opinions and Judgements given the late King by them and the Priests were seduced and perswaded to permit of doing such things vvhich the Law did not justifie him in although Judge Jenkins and Judge Cook and some few others did as to the best of my remembrance perswade him what possible they could not to hearken to the false Opinions of those vvicked Judges vvhich he was deceived by These things being true as thousands of the well-affected then so called with my self at this day can also witness was in the matter of Ship-Money done contrary to Law and therefore hovv doth it behove you that are got into the present Rule and Authority of the three Nations for to take heed of your standing seeing you are Instruments that have come through much blood unto what 〈◊〉 are now possessed vvith Hovv much I say again doth it concern you for to see and consider vvhat you are doing and then I hope you vvill seek to stand for the putting into execution the Lavvs Commandments Statutes Precepts and Judgements of the Lord God of Israel instead of the Laws of Tyrants vvherein his Honor vvill be promoted and your souls eternally saved and your bodies prosperously from him protected and then will all plots and conspiracies cease from being contrived any more against you vvhen you shall learn for to do his Will according to his righteous Law vvhich requireth blood for blood life for life an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth a hand for a hand and a foot for a foot Thine eyes saith the Lord to his beloved people shall not pitty or spair such transgressors who have by their wickedness given themselves over to death which according to the Law are not to be excused by which example those that do remain alive may hear and fear henceforth that there may be no more such evils committed amongst you read Deut. 19. 20 21. Now I appeal unto your consciences there for to judge whether you are not such as do transgress vvhat the Lord hath commanded should be obeyed which is by reason of your suffering a company of Lavvyers to abuse and destroy the good people of this Nation by such a Povver as is not of of God and therefore if you do not see that remedied you cannot have thoughts to escape unpunished vvith the King because the Lord of Hosts hath expresly commanded his chosen people That they should not suffer the judgement of the stranger to be perverted lest their Right should be hindered much more ought you to be careful of the cause of the Widow and Fatherless Deut. 24. 17 c. vvho are yet by you permitted to suffer vvrong and therefore are they and their Estates spoiled and ruinated by both Priests and Lavvyers who act contrary to their expresse Popish Law as doth appear in that Statute made the 2. of the Reign of King Edward the sixt chap. 13. vvhich Statute saith Be it provided and enacted That if any person do with-hold or withdraw any manner of his Tythes Oblations Obventions Profits Commodities or other duties or any part of them cont●ary to the true meaning of the said Act or of any other Act heretofore made that then the partyes so substracting or withdrawing the same may be convented sued in the Kings Ecclesiastical Court by the party from whom the same shall be substracted or withdrawn to the intent the Kings Judges Ecclesiastical may and shall then and there hear and determine the same according to the Kings Ecclesiastical Law And that it shall not be lawful for any Parson Vicar Propriator Owner or other Farmers or Deputies contrary to this act to convent or sue such witholders of Tythes Obventations or other duties aforesaid before any other Judge then what is Ecclesiastical Now knovv Oh you my dear friends for unto you do I make this knovvn who are the persecuted Saints of the Most High That these forementioned lines are the very vvords of that Statute novv judge ye Rulers how contrary these wicked Lavvyers that are yet in their vilanous beings upon their Stages at Westminster do act vvho as it doth appear are suffered by you their Masters for to be above the Law which is the only cause the Lords people for conscience sake in obedience to Christ Jesus are daylie sued convented and brought before them in their filthy Dens called temporal Courts contrary to their ovvn invented filthy tyrannical Laws as hath been already proved and as I could make more at large appear by many more Laws but only I fear being too large and therefore do I make use of no more then what may justifie me in the truth of what I have too charge against them for their abominations daylie committed against the very express Laws of the Land as doth further appear in that 22. of Henry the eight chap. the 7. which saith Be it provided alwayes That the last Act shall not extend nor be expounedete give any cause of Action or Suits in the Courts Temparal which notwithstanding they daylie do Novv judge O ye Rulers hovv you do think you can in conscience stand justified with the Lord and his poor oppressed people whom you suffer daylie for their consciences to be troubled afflicted and abused by your Priests and others of their spirit by their being