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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47052	Nonconformity not inconsistent with loyality, or, Protestant-dissenters no seditious or disloyal sectaries evidenc'd in a sober discourse upon those statutes, by which the Protestant-dissenters are prosecuted at this day : humbly offered to the candid consideration of all Protestants, whether conformists or nonconformists / by James Jones ...	Jones, James, fl. 1683-1684.	1684 (1684)	Wing J958; ESTC R17214	32,964	24

severity of Divine Justice in the room of Sinners is thereby the compleat and only Saviour of all those that truly Believe in him and Repent of their Sins 3. That the same Jesus Christ which was Born of the Virgin Mary being conceived of the Holy Ghost and that dyed upon the Cross and after being Buried was Raised from the Dead is also ascended to the Right-hand of God in Heaven there to appear in the Presence of god as an Advocate and Intercessor for all them that come to God by him and he is able to save them to the utmost 4. Both Parties do believe that the Holy Scriptures are the Rule of Faith and Practice 5. As concerning the Church of God upon Earth the Dissenters do agree with the Church of England in that description given of Christs Visible Church See the Nineteenth Article of the Church of England in these very words The Visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithful men in which the Word of God is Preached and Sacraments be duly Ministred according to Christs Ordinance in all those things that of Necessity are Requisite to the same So profess and confess the Dissenters also 3. Consider the punishments provided by the aforesaid Statute to be inflicted upon the Offenders viz. five shillings for the first Offence and ten shillings for the second offence for being only in the capacity of a Hearer and Twenty Pounds for every house that shall entertain any such Conventicle and Twenty Pounds for the first Offence of him that shall Teach or Preach in such Meetings and Forty Pounds for every such Offence after the first Conviction and also Power in given to the Justices of Peace to Levy the Fines of some persons upon others so far as Ten Pounds and all these Fines to be levyed upon the Goods and Chattles of the Offenders And in the Prosecuting of many Persons by the aforesaid Statute much more then the Sums of Money Levyed have been taken away and the Goods Sold without making any Return of the over-pluss to the very great dammage of many good Protestant Families And now whether such Proceedings be the best way to surpress Popery and promote the Protestant Religion shall be left to the serious consideration of all sorts of Protestants especially to Protestant Magistrates who oftentimes have opportunity to display Justice with Wisdom and Mercy which is far better then such Severity as looketh too much like Cruelty And therefore as a help to such Magistrates as are perplexed with Informers by the demand of Warrants to disturb Peaceable Protestants in their Meetings and in the Seizure of their Goods afterward let these following things be inquired into by such Magistrates as desire to discharge their Office faithfully in doing Justice between the King and the Subject 1. Whether all the People above the number of five besides the Family are the Subjects of this Realm for they are the Offenders in the sense of this Statute and not the Subjects of other Realms and therefore the Informer ought to swear that those he doth inform against are Subjects of this Realm 2. Whether there was any endeavours to make or contrive any Insurrections against the Government for the very design of the aforesaid Act was to prevent such Meetings 3. Whether there was any seditious words spoken in the Prayers or Preaching of the Assembly of People seeing this Act was made on purpose to suppress Seditious Meetings 4. Whether the Praying and Preaching was according to the Liturgy and Practice of the Church of England viz. whether the Prayers were Protestant Prayers and the Preaching Protestant Preaching so as to promote the Protestant Religion or some other Religion if the Informers should say they were not there long enough to know the truth of these things then it will be evident that such men are not fit to be sworn Evidences against such Meetings forasmuch as their Oath doth not reach to such matters of Fact as is mentioned in the Statute And these things ought to be the more narrowly looked into because those that turn Informers are usually such as have some particular spite against some particular persons and so instead of doing Justice according to Law do but seek after some Revenge for themselves upon the Persons of such as they are offended at or else it is done that they may have that wages mentioned in the Act viz. the third part of the Fines of such persons they swear against and so strive to make themselves rich by making others poor And this is to be greatly lamented that some Justices of the Peace have mightily furthered the Informers by being too ready to receive their Informations and by Convicting Persons of divers Offences as they called them before ever the person knew of such Conviction and so sending divers Warrants of dist●ess altogether amounting to very considerable sums of Money A Hot-headed Constable presently becomes a Slave to the proud Informers and so maketh a suddain Seizure upon the outward Substance of such as fear God and love Godliness and whereas the Justices may if they will lay but the Fine of Five Shillings upon a person for his first or ten shillings for his second Offence they do sometimes lay the sum of ten pounds for the defaults of others and so add many ten pounds together to the near Ruining of some persons And thus they that depart from evil maketh themselves a Prey but the Lord will see and show himself displeased at it See Isaiah 59.15 VII Another way of distresing and perplexing the Poor Protestant Dissenters is by the Proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Courts the ways and methods of whose Proceedings are as followeth 1. The said Ecclesiastical Courts do require the Church-Wardens and Ministers to make Presentment of such persons as do not come to their Parish-Church and unto the Sacrament 2. Upon Receiving such Presentments then the said Courts do issue forth Citations for such Persons being Presented to come and make answer to the said Presentments 3. If the said Citations be not served upon the persons who are Presented then the said Courts cause a Paper called Viis Modis to be set upon the Church-Door or upon the Persons own Door requiring the Person to appear upon a certain day 4. If the Person do not appear then the said Court proceedeth to Excommunication for Contempt 5. If the Person do appear then the Court doth acquaint such Person that he is Presented for not coming to Church and for not Receiving the Sacrament 6. If the Person do not make it appear that he hath been at Church and taken the Sacrament within the time mentioned in the said Presentment then the Judge of the said Court doth proceed to Admonition That the said Person shall Repair to his Parish Church and take the Sacrament by such a day as is appointed by the Admonition and bring a Certificate from the Minister of the said Parish that he hath so done whether fit for it