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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62713	To the bishops and clergy of England and Wales, the state of the cruel persecution, imprisonment (many to death) and spoil of goods inflicted upon the people called Quakers Only for their religious meetings, and obeying, serving, and worshipping Almighty God that made them.	Robertson, Thomas, fl. 1658-1685. aut; Bland, Richard, of London. aut; J. B. (John Bowater), d. 1704. aut; Ingram, William, tallow chandler. aut	1685 (1685)	Wing T1388A; ESTC R220119	5,334	6

TO THE Bishops and Clergy OF England and Wales The State of the Cruel Persecution Imprisonment many to Death and Spoil of Goods inflicted upon the People called QUAKERS Only for their Religious Meetings and Obeying Serving and Worshipping Almighty God that Made them IN the Year 1680 a Brief Account of the sad Sufferings of the said People from the Year 1660 was presented to King Charles the Second and his Parliament in Print as followeth First That in that Time according to Accounts then come to hand there had died of the People called Quakers aforesaid in Prison and Prisoners for the Exercise of their Faith and Conscience in Matters of Religion and Worship towards Almighty God some of whom had been beaten and bruised being knock'd down at their Peaceable Meetings and died of their Wounds to the Number of 243. Secondly That then remained in Prison in the several Goals in England and Wales for the Testimony of a good Conscience many of whom were Prosecuted by Writs of Excommunicato Cap. divers of them having been closely Confin'd upon that Account for several Years then past in Number 276. Thirdly The Number of those that had suffered Imprisonment for Meeting and refusing for Conscience-sake to Swear some of them having had the Sentence of a PRAEMUNIRE pass'd upon them and divers had their Goods and Chattels Distrained and taken away Viz. 9437. Fourthly The Number of the said People Excommunicated and Imprisoned for not Conforming to the Publick Worship which were but a few in comparison to the many that have been so Prosecuted Viz. 624. Fifthly Sentenc'd for Banishment for Meeting together to Worship God Viz. 198. And this Instant Year 1685 there was presented to King James the Second the Account of present Prisoners for the Testimony of a good Conscience and their Religious Meetings in Obeying and Worshipping of God to the Number of 1460. With Account of Prisoners that died for their Faith and Worship since the Account in 1680. 78. The Number of all the said Sufferers come to hand amounting to 12316. Note That some of the present Prisoners are still continued upon the above said Account in 1680. And since we have had Account of several more that are sent to Prison some more have died Prisoners Besides many that have suffered Imprisonment since the Year 1680 and a great Number distrained upon and their Goods spoiled and made havock of by Informers and some Priests have been Informers for their Religious Peaceable Meetings and not coming to the Parish-Worship to the Ruine of many both in their Husbandry and Trade some nor having had a Bed left to lye upon nor a stool to sit on nor a Cow to give Milk for their poor Children nor Corn for Bread or Seed or Drink nor Tools to work withal c. The Value of which Goods so taken and made havock of as well as the number of Sufferers upon the said Accounts and by Imprisonments is considerable not here inserted NOW let the Bishops and Clergy in England and Wales consider the sad and cruel Sufferings by Imprisonment many to Death and Spoil of Goods as abovesaid inflicted upon the People called Quakers for their Religious Meetings and only for Obeying Serving and Worshipping Almighty God that made them And were not your Fore-Fathers once Dissenters from the National Worship And was it Just in them that Persecuted your Forefathers for nor Conforming to the Sacrament of the Altar and other things And do not you now follow their Example that Persecuted your Fore-Fathers in your Imprisoning and Persecuting Protestants for their tender Conscience-sake towards God c. And though there are many Sects and diversities of Orders among the Roman-Catholicks and several Sorts and Sects were among the Jews as you read in the Scriptures yet Both were and are kept from Persecuting one another among themselves And therefore why should you that profess your selves Protestants Persecute Protestants or any seeing that you have no such Command from Christ and his Apostles but To love one another and to love Enemies And Christ by the Grace of God hath tasted Death for every Man So he has bought Mankind by his Death And God would have all Men to be Saved Therefore why should any Destroy them in their Lives or Estates by Imprisonment because they cannot be of their Way For Christ commands Let the Tares and the Wheat grow together till the Harvest which is the End of the World And would the Bishops and Clergy be served so themselves to be Cast into Prison till Death and their Goods spoiled for Worshipping and Serving God that Made them Would they say it was according to the Nobility of true Christianity and the Royal Law of God To do unto others as they would have them do unto them Or were that To love their Neighbour as themselves And is it not a sad thing to see Protestants Destroy and Ruin Protestants both by Imprisonment and in Estate And therefore consider the Justness of the Lord if he should suffer You to come under the same Punishment how You then would stand to your own Principles which you have forced others unto and how You would bear the same Punishment you have inflicted upon others for not following them Therefore consider whil'st God hath given you a Day and a Visitation to do good while you have Power for if your Power should be taken away from you then 't will be too late for you to do good For God will render to every one according to his Deeds And doth not Tillotson one of your own Doctors say in his Sermon on Luke 9.55 56. Preached the 5th of November 1678. pag. 6 7. Viz. That there were those in the Primitive Times would have called for Fire to come down from Heaven to Destroy some that would not receive Christ but Christ Rebuked them telling them They knew not what Spirit they were of that is says D. Tillotson Ye own your selves to be my Disciples but do you consider what Spirit now Acts and Governs you Not that surely which my Doctrine designs to mould and fashion you into which is not a Furious Persecuting and Destructive Spirit but Mild Gentle and Saving Tender of the Lives and Interests of Men even of those who are our greatest Enemies And further pag. 7. he says And now no Difference of Religion no pretence of Zeal for God and Christ can Warrant and Justifie this Passionate and Fierce this Vindictive and Exterminating Spirit for the Son of Man came not to Destroy Mens Lives but to Save them Thus far Doctor T. Now let the Bishops and Clergy consider how many hundred Mens Lives have been destroyed by Imprisonment through them And how many hundreds have been made Widdows and Fatherless thereby And how many hundreds have been Ruined in their Persons and Estates since the Year 1660 through their's and the Clergy-Mens means for Obeying Serving and Worshipping God that made them And whereas it hath been often alledged to us