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B23158 To all magistrates and people in Christendom and elsewhere to turn from the persecuting mind that destroyes peoples bodies and estates for not conforming to your religion and worship : and that you may receive the mind of Christ, as the apostles did, who came to save mens lives, and not to destroy them, and to rebuke them that would destroy mens lives and estates / by George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1676 (1676) Wing F1939 6,350 13

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TO ALL MAGISTRATES AND PEOPLE IN Christendom And else-where To Turn from the Persecuting Mind that Destroyes Peoples Bodies and Estates for not Conforming to your Religion and Worship And that you may Receive the Mind of Christ as the Apostles did who came to Save Mens Lives and not to destroy them and to Rebuke them that would destroy Mens Lives and Estates By George Fox Printed in the Year 1676. This is an Epistle for all Professions Professors that be called Christians and others to Read and Consider and Measure Weigh themselves by and try Who they are like and Whose Path and Steps they tread in YOu do not read in the Old World that either Adam Seth Enoch or any of those famous Fathers that did succeed each other unto Noah did force or compel any to their Religion or Way of Worshipping God though it s said Noah was grieved with the Vnrighteous Conversation of the old World who grieved God and his Spirit which strove with them but it doth not say it strove with them with Carnal Weapons or Goals or Imprisonments And though Noath was a Preacher of Righteousness we do not read he forc't or compelled any or had any such Command from God And after the Lord God had destroyed the old ungodly World for their Ungodliness who grieved him and his Spirit So their destruction came by resisting the Spirit of the Lord and going from it into Ungodliness and God was Just in overthrowing of them whose Spirit had striven with them long who saved Just Noah And after that he had destroyed the old World and saved Noah and his Family we do not read that ever either Noah or any of them that succeeded him unto Abraham did Force or Compel any to their Religion or the worshiping of their God And also Abraham Isaac and Jacob that did succeed each other we never read that they did Compel or Force any to serve or worship God or compel them to their Wayes And after when the Children of Israel went into Egypt we do not read that Pharoah did compel them to his Religion or Worship though he did Oppress them several wayes And when the Lord sent Moses to call them out of Egypt Pharoah and Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses and Aaron and resisted Moses yet we do not read they offered to compel them to their Religion and Worship and the Egyptians Church but they compelled them to Work And we do not read that Abraham or Isaac when they went into Egypt or Abimelech's Country that either Pharoah or Abimelech did compel them to conform to their Religion Way and Worship And likewise Lot who sojourned in Sodom we do not read that he Compelled any to his Way or Religion or that the Sodomites compelled him to their Way though he was vexed with their filthy Conversation And likewise when the Children of Israel came out of Egypt and received the Law of God they did not compel or force other Nations to serve their God but other Nations came to them and when their Males were Circumcised they might eat of their Sacrifice So look all along from Moses to Joshua and the Judges and all the Prophets and the Kings where ever ye can find that they did compel any Nation to serve and ●●rship their God Now the Jews when they were taken Captive we read that Nebuchadnezar compelled them But the Jews distinguished what Sacrifices they were to offer and what not and what was called Holy and what Unholy But you do not read that they forc't other Nations to offer a Sacrifice to God upon his Altar by their Law and Imprison them and spoil their Goods if they would not or that they forsc't other Nations to come and Worship in their Temple or did force them to bring in their Tythes or yearly Offerings though they took Tax or Tribute of them And we see after the Kings in Maccabes how several of the Iews suffered by the Heathen because they would not conform to their Worship But we do not read that the Iews compelled other Nations to come to their Worship after they had Conquered them and made them Tributaryes Neither do we read that ever any of the high Priests or Levi did cast any into Prison because they did not bring in their Tythes into the Store-houses but it was a Curse that remained upon them as in Malachi if they did not And after Christ came and sent forth his Disciples amongst the Iews and bid them not go in the way of the Gentiles and told them when he gave them their Commission and sent them out to preach the Gospel freely you have received freely give But he said unto them Whatsoever they set before you that eate for the Work man is worthy of his Meat c. Now they did not compel any to hear them nor to give them Meat And Christ did not compel any to hear him or any to Communicate to him who is the Lord and Master And after Christ was risen who gave a larger Commission to his Disciples and bid them go into all Nations and preach the Gospel Christ who had died for all Men and was a propitiation for the Sins of the whole World after he had dyed and was risen bids them go into all Nations and Preach the Gospel to every Creature Now these Apostles and Ambassadours were not to compel any to hear them or to give them Maintenance and if they would not hear them nor set before them meat Christ gave them no such Commission to cast them in Prison and compel them to give them Maintenance but Christ said unto them He that believeth is saved and he that doth not is condemned already And that was punishment enough to them that would not receive their Message And they that received them received him that sent them and they that received a Prophet received a Prophet's reward And they that would not receive them they should shake off the dust of their Feet as a witness against them and that was punishment enough And if any would not hear his Brother as concerning practise in the Church he might take one or two more of the Church and if he would not hear them then they were to tell it to the Church and if he would not hear the Church then he should be to them as a Heathen and as a Publican And so was cut off from being a Member of Christ's heavenly Body he being the heavenly Head and that was punishment enough they did not cast them into Prison And Christ told his Disciples when he did send them forth as Sheep amongst Wolves so the Nations that were settled in their own way and Religions were like Wolves to them Christ told his Disciples They should be brought before Kings and Rulers and haled before Magistrates and put out of their Synagogues and Whipt and Scourged for his Names sake And you may consider that these were either Heathens or Jews that were these Whippers and Scourgers