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A40242	Saul's errand to Damascus, with his packet of letters from the high priests against the disciples of the Lord, or, A faithful transcript of a petition contrived by some persons in Lancashier who call themselves ministers of the Gospel breathing out threatnings and slaughters against a peaceable & godly people there, by them nick-named Quakers : together with the defence of the persons thereby traduced against, the slanderous and false suggestions of that petition, and other untruths charged upon them : published to no other end but to draw out the bowels of tender compassion from all that love the poor despised servants of Jesus Christ, who have been the scorn of carnal men in all ages.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; Lawson, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing F1895; ESTC R37353	29,928	47

SAUL'S ERRAND TO DAMASCVS With His Packet of Letters from the High-Priests against the Disciples of the Lord. OR A faithful Transcript of a PETITION contrived by some Persons in Lancashier who call themselves Ministers of the Gospel breathing out threatnings and slaughters against a peaceable godly people there by them nick-named QUAKERS Together with the Defence of the Persons thereby traduced against the slanderous and false suggestions of that Petition and other untruths charged upon them Published to no other end but to draw out the bowels of tender compassion from all that love the poor despised servants of Jesus Christ who have been the scorn of carnal men in all ages Mat. 5. 10. 11. 12. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets which were be-before you London Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the West-end of Pauls 1614. To all that love the Lord Jesus Christ Dear Hearts YOu love the Lord Iesus Christ and not him alone but Christ with all his Train Great shall be your compensation for your Love you shall have Loves Can. 7. 12. Amores a plurality and infinity of Loves which none but God in Christ hath to bestow The best of his relations upon earth have but single Love and t is happy they have Love to the Brethren But Christ hath Loves for the meanest of you the least of his May you and all his in whom there are yet but buds scarce visible appearances of Graces prove fruitful Vines grow from Buds to Blossoms from Blossoms to abundance of fruits That when the Lord shall get up early to visit his Vineyard you may feast him with pleasant fruits new and old you may bless him for his Loves of former and latter days and be ever to him an humble holy and thankful and to his brethren a comforting people Glory in your habit you wear the signal Favours of the King of kings and Lord of Hosts the Great and Mighty Jehovah Love By which I know to whom ye belong because ye love the Brethren To the Contrivers and Subscribers of the Petition Poor Hearts IS this a time to chide be angry and pick quarrels and if you must needs do so can you find no other objects of your indignation but the Lords Disciples but peaceable holy humble self-denying men Is not the work of the Ministry to preach the Gospel Is not the Sword of the Magistrate appointed to the punishment of evil doers and to the praise of them that do well Are you incumbent in your duties Are you laying out your Talents to the end they were given you or are you mistaken in the thing When did you proclaim war against Drunkards Swearers common blasphemers enemies to the Lord and his people Have you none of those amongst you or are your high-flown contending Spirits gone beyond such slender wrastlings that you scorn to encounter with any below the degree of a Saint The Lord open your eyes and let you see and give you hearts to consider your several duties But tell me ye sons of Levi as ye call your selves ye that pretend a Ius Divinum to persecution What will ye say when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy Angels with him and shall sit upon the Throne of his glory and all Nations shall be gathered before him Mind ye what will be the great work of that great day your Petition will surely then be heard I beseech you read the Paper of Causes set down to be first heard at that Tribunal in Mat. 25. 31. to the end of the Chapter And the Lord let it dwell upon your hearts for ever To the Christian READER THese are to let thee know that the onely wise God at this time hath so by his providence ordered it in the North parts of Lancashier that many precious Christians and so for many years accounted before the nickname Quakers was heard of have for some time past forborn to concorporate in Parochial Assemblies wherein they profess themselves to have gained little of the knowledge of Jesus Christ And it is and hath been put upon their hearts to meet often and on the Lords Day constantly at convenient places to seek the Lord their Redeemer and to worship him in Spirit and in Truth and to speak of such things tending to mutual edification as the good Spirit of the Lord shall teach them demeaning themselves without any offence given to any that truly fear the Lord. But true it is that some men and interests of those parts do take great offence at them and their Christian and peaceable exercises some because they have witnessed against pride and luxuriant fulness have therefore come armed with Sword and Pistols men that never drew a sword for the interest of the Commo-wealth of ENGLAND perhaps against it into their Assemblies in time of their Christian performances and have taken him whom the Lord at that instant had moved to speak to the rest and others of their Assembly after they had haled and beaten them and carried them bound hand and feet into the open fields in the cold of the night and there left them to the hazard of their lives had not the Lord of life owned them which he did in much mercy Others have had their houses broken in the night and entred by men armed as aforesaid and disguised when they have been peaceably waiting upon God with their own and neighbour families and yet these humble persecuted Christians would not even in these cases of gross and intolerable affronts acted equally against the peace of the Nation as against them complain but expressed how much in measure of their Masters patience was given them in breathing out their Masters gentle words Father forgive them they know not what they do Who have at any time born such unheard of persecution with so mild Spirits only they in whom persecuted Christ dwels these poor Creatures know how their Master fared and rejoyce to suffer with him by whom alone they hope to be glorified and are as well content to suffer as to reign with Christ but how unwillingly do we deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Christ and yet a necessity lies upon us if we will be the Lords Disciples to take up our cross dayly and follow him How is it then that the Crown of Pride is so long upon the head of persecutors how is it that such men should dare to divide the people of ENGLAND to trouble the Councel of State in the throng of business concerning the management and improvement of all the mighty Series of glorious providence made out to this infant● Common wealth with such abominable

misrepresentations of honest pious peaceable men who desire nothing more than to glorifie their God in their generation and are and have been more faithful to the interest of Gods people in the Nation than any of the contrivers of the Petition as will easily be made appear if we may take for evidence what they themselves have often said of the Parliament and Army and their Friends and Servants publickly and privately and t is well known their judgments are the same but that the publication thereof will not safely consist with the injoyment of their large Vicaredges Parsonages and Augmentations whereby they are lifted up above their Brethren and exalt themselves above all that are called God people in these parts However Reader we need not fear we hope the Lord will never suffer that Monster Persecution again to enter within the Gates of ENGLANDS WHITE-HALL They that sit in Council there know well enough who it was that so often assembled to consult how they might take Jesus by subtilty and kill him they were men of no lower Condition then Chief Priests Scribes and Elders of the people and if ever these Petitioners should but appear before them to whom they have directed their Petition my heart deceives me if they be not accounted such Reader I would not preface thee into a good opinion of these suffering objects of such mens wrath but read their Paper here put into thy hand by them written upon the occasion of this Petition and several snares and temptations laid before them on purpose to intrap them and if by them thou canst finde cause to pitty these oppressed little ones have them in thy remembrance when thou goest to the Throne of Grace where my Prayers shall meet thine for them To the Right Honourable The Conncil of State The humble Petition of several Gentlemen Justices of Peace Ministers of the Gospel and People within the County of Lancaster whose names are subscribed Sheweth THat George Fox and James Naylor are persons disaffected to Religion and the wholesome Laws of this Nation and that since their coming into this Country have broached Opinions tending to the destruction of the relation of Subjects to their Magistrates Wives to their Husbands Children to their Parents Servants to their Masters Congregations to their Ministers and of a people to their God And have drawn much people after them many whereof men women and little children at their meetings are strangely wrought upon in their bodies and brought to fall foam at the mouth roar and swell in their bellies And that some of them affirmed themselves to be equal with God contrary to the late Act as hath been attested at a late Quarter-Sessions holden at Lancaster in October last past and since that time acknowledged before many Witnesses besides many other dangerous Opinions and damnable Heresies as appears by a Schedule hereunto annexed with the names of the Witnesses subscribed May it therefore please your Honours upon the consideration of the premises to provide as your wisdoms shal think fit that some speedy course may be taken for the speedy suppressing of these evils And your Petitioners shall ever pray as in duty bound 1. George professed and auowed that he was equal with God 2. He professed himself to be the eternal Judge of the world 3. He said he was the Judge of the world 4. He said he was the Christ the way the truth the life 5. He said Whosoever took a place of Scripture and made a Sermon of it and from it was a Conjurer and his Preaching Conjuration 6. He said that the Scripture was carnal James Milner a follower of the said Fox professeth himself to be God and Christ and gives out Prophecies 1. That the day of Judgment so all be the 15. day of Novemb. 2. That there shall never Judge sit at Lancaster again 3. That he must ere long shake the foundations of the great Synagogue meaning the Parliament Leonard Fell professeth that Christ had never any body but his Church Richard Hubberthorn wrot that Christs coming in the flesh was but a figure The Answer of George Fox to the Matters falsly charged upon him by the Petition and Schedule aforesaid THat George Fox and James Nayler are Object Persons disaff●cted to Religion Answ Whereas we are accused as Persons disaffected to Religion it is false for pure Religion we own in our souls which is to visit the Fatherless and releive the Widows and to keep our selves unspotted from the world and dwelling in purity this we own in our souls But he that doth seem to be religions and hath not power over his own Jam. 1. 26. 27. tongue his Religion is vain and that Religion we do deny and all them that do profess the Scriptures in words and live Mat. 23. 27. not the life of them but live in drunkenness and uncleanness envy and maliciousness and all they that do profess Religion Jer. 5. 31. and make a trade of the Scriptures both Preists and People we do deny Object Disuffected to the wholesome Laws of the Nation Answ Justice the wholesome Law of God we own and this is a terrour to the unjust unwholesome and unclean and Rom. 33. 4. he that bears that Sword is a Minister of God and who doth Isa 33. 2. not obey the Law on God withie then that takes hold upon him without but who doth obey the Law of God within it brings them from under the occasions of all Laws without for it will not let man lye not-let him be drunk nor proud nor follow oaths nor cursed speaking nor whore doms quarrelling fighting wrangling nor railing and every one who walketh in the Law of God denies all that which is unwholesome and that which is according to the course of the world and they be all of one heart and are all one in unity if ten thousand and have all one law written in their hearts which those that live in uncleanness cast behind their back and yet they prosess a law in words but are not subject to the power of God and such are they who do accuse their beethren which walk in the Law of God and yet they pretend Justice but there souls are not subject for that soul that is subject to the higher power which is of God denies all filthiness and corruption Object That since their coming into this Country they have breached Opinions tending to the destruction of the relation of Subjects to their Magistrates Wives to their Husbands Children to their Parents Servants to their Masters Congregations to their Ministers and of a people to their God Answ We were moved to come into this Country of the Lord and the Lord did let us see that he had a people here before we came in it But as for braaching Opinions We deny but those that prosess truth and walk in it up to God we own Opinions do tend to break the relation of Subjects to their Magistrates Wives to their

time But the Priests missing of their purpose there the next first day after they prepared their Sermons suitable to what they intended possessing the people that he was a blisphemer and denied the Resurrection and the Humanity of Christ and all Authority and that the Parliament had opened a gap for blasph●my and as it was said by some of their Hearers they did God good service that would knock him down Thus having stirred up the ruder sort the next day they prevailed with one called a Justice of Peac● the Priests son got him to come twelve miles from his own house he was one as some say that had been in actual arms against the Parliament for bringing in of the Scots and having armed a great multitude against the next morning they came very early to the house where he was where many Christian friends would have met that day and asked for Nayler threatning to knock out his brains against the stones in the wall and that they would pull down the house if he would not come out though the door was never shut against them But some of them came into the house and commanded him to come forth under pretence to dispute with the Priest But James 〈◊〉 what they intended answered You did not use me so civilly the last time I was amongst you but if any have a mind they may come in the doors are open Which answer they told the Priests whereupon they rushed violently in and took him by the throat haled him out of the door into a field where was a man whom they called a Justice and with a Pitchfork struck of his Hat and commanded him to answer to such Questions as the Priests would ask him Whereupon the Priest began to ask many Questions as concerning he Resurrection the Humanity of Christ the Scriptures and divers other Questions as the Sacrament and such like to which he answered and proved by Scripture But at last being asked if Christ was in him he said he witnessed him in him in measure The Priest asked if Christ was in him as man Iames said Christ is not divided But he urged him to tel whether Christ as man was in him or no. He answered Christ is not divided for if he be he is no more Christ but I witnesse that Christ is in me who is God and man in measure But the Priest said Christ is in Heaven with a cunnal body To who said Iames Christ filleth Heaven and Earth and is not carnal but spiritual for if Christ be in Heaven with a carnal body and the Saints with a spiritual body that is not proportionable neither was that a carnal body which same in among the Disciples the doors being shut for Christ is a Mystery and thou knowest him not Then after much jangling and tempting the Priest not having got the advantage he waited for he cryed out unto the people not to receive him into their houses and alledged that in the second Epistle of Iohn v. 10. Now how suitable that place was for his purpose all people may see who have eyes for there they are forbidden to receive any into their houses but such who abide in the Doctrine of Christ and confesse themselves that they had both the Father and the Son and preach that Doctrine But the Priests say that is blasphemy Theo the Priest turned away from him upon which the armed multitude began to be violen against divers friends that were there Iames hearing friends cry out said to the Justice You will surely set us peaceably into the house again but seeing him to go away and leave them in the hands of the rude multitude he gave himself up saying The will of the Lord be done Vpon which the Justice turned again saying We will see him in the house again and going towards the house many friends kept close about Iames exposing their own bodies to the danger of their weapons to fax him harmlesse and so with much ado we go into the house not receiving much harm Which being done and as Iames was pray sing the Lord for his wondrous deliverance from their malicious intants some heard them say If we let him go thus all people will run after him Whereupon they agreed that he should be brought before the Justice again and came with violence and holed him out again Then the Justice and the Priest getting a horseback they caused him to run after them to an Alehouse on the other side the water where they went in not suffering one ●riend to go in with Iames and when he came before the Justice he told him if he would not put off his hat he would send him to prison and also because he Thoued him for the Justice said My Commission runs Ye To which Iames answered I do it not in contempt for I own Authority and honor it according to the Scriptures But I find none such honor commanded in Scripture but for bidden Then they concluded to commit him for that and also as a wandering person and said none there knew him whence he came for those who knew him were kept out Then said he to Arthur Scaife Thou knewest me I was in the Army with thee eight or nine years It is no matter said the Justice thou art no Souldier now Then they writ a Mittimus to send him to prison and carried him to Kirkby Steven that night and shut him up in a Chamber and set a guard upon him but divers of our friends following into the Town where a great multitude was gathered together for meeting then did the people come from the Steeple-house where another had been preaching for divers of the Priests were gathered together that day some preaching some plotting and some persecuting Iezabels fast was a preparation for Naboths death But friends not being suffered to go into the house where Iames was they abode in the streets and some of them being moved to speak to the people the Priests perceiving the people to give audience to what was spoken made complaint Whereupon some were sent forth and with violence fetched in one Francis How gill a friend who was speaking to the people and brought him into the high Priests hall where were five Priests assembled with many other of their party but not one friend And bringing him before the Justice he was commanded to put off his hat He answered I know no such Law The Priest said He wil tread both Ministery and Magistracy under his feet He said Thou art a false Accuser prove wherein But one that stood by took off his hat and cast it into the fire Then said the Justice What is this thou speakest against the Ministers He answered What hast thou to accuse me of Whereupon one affirmed that he said All the Ministers that taught for hire and in Steeple houses were enemies and lyars against Jesus Christ and no Ministers of Iesus Christ Vpon that the Justice said Thou speakest against the Law for the Law gives

the Scriptures are not the Salvation but he that doth believe hath the life of them Who is born of God shall never dye as it is written he that believeth is born of God and he that is born of God hath the witness in himselfe that God is the cause of mans Salvation and not the Scripture nor the Letter James Naylers Answer and Declaration touching some things charged upon him by the men aforesaid HAving heard of divers untruths cast upon me by some of the Priests in their high places though I stand only to the Lord in respect of my selfe yet left any that love the truth should be led on by these salfe reports to speak evil of those things they know not I shall lay open the truth as it is revealed in me touching those things whereof I have bee falsly accused First Concerning Jesus Christ that he is the eternal word of God by whom all things were made and are upholden which Rev. 19. 13. was before all time but manifested to the world in time for the 1 Ioh. 1. 2 3 4 5. recovery of left man which Word became flesh and dwelt amongst the Saints who is the same yesterday to day and for Ioh. 1. 14. ever who did and doth dwell in the Saints who suffered and rose again and ascended into Heaven and is set at the right hand o God to whom all power is given in heaven and in earth Eph. 1. 20. who fill all places is the light of the world but known to none but to those that receive and follow him and those he lead up to Ioh. 8 12. God out of all the ways works and worships of the world by his pure light in them whereby he reveals the man of sinne 2 Thess 2. 8. and by his power casts him out And so prepares the bodies of the Saints a fit Temple for the pure God to dwell in with whom dwells no unclean thing and thus he reconciles God and man 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. and the image of God which is in purity and holinesse is renewed and the image of S●●an which is all sin and uncleanness is defaced and none can witness Redemption further then Christus thus revealed in them to set them free from sin which 2 Cor. 5. 18. 19. Christ I witness to be revealed in me in measure Gal. 1. 16. 2 Cor. 13. 5 Col. 1. 27. Col. 3. 10. 2. Concerning the Scriptures That they are a true Declaration of that word which was in them that spoke them forth and 2 Pet. 1. 20. 21. are of no private interpretation but were given forth to be read and fulfilled in the Saints as they were given forth by the Rev. 22. 18. Holy Ghost without adding or diminishing and were not given forth for men to make a Trade on to get money by but as they are they are profitable for Doctrine for reproofe for correction 2 Tim. 3. 16. 17. for instruction in righteousness that the may of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto every good work But they who trade in the Letter and are ignorant of the M●●●●y deny all perfection and none can rightly understand the Scriptures but thay who read them with the same spirit that gave them forth 1 Cor 2. 14 15. for the 〈…〉 man understands not the things of God for they are spiritually discerned 3. Concerning Baptisme the true Baptisme is that of the spirit with the holy Ghost and with fire Baptized by one spirit into onebody not the washing away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection Acts 1. 5. Jesus Christ without which no other Baptism can save us they being out figures or shadows but this Baptism of Christ Gal. 3. 27. is the substance whereby we are baptized into his death and those that are bapized into Christ have put on Christ 4. Concerning the Lords Supper The true Supper of the Lord is the spiritual eating and drinking of the flesh and blood Mat. 26. 26. 28. of Christ spiritually which the Spirituall man only eateth and is thereby nourished up unto carnall life without which Iohn 6. 51. 53 54 55 56. eating there can be no life in creature profess what you will and all who eat of this bread and drink of this cup have reall communion in Christ the head and also one with 1 Cor. 11. 24. 25. another as members and are of one heart and one minde a compleat body in Christ Now the world who take onely Col. 2. 10. the outward fignes and are not brought in discerning of the Lords body eat drink domnation to themselves become guilty 1 Cor. 11. 27 28 29. of the body and blood of Christ and cals this a Communion but lives in envy strif and debate fighting and going to Law one with another for earthly hings 5. Concerning the Resurrection That all shall arise to give an account and receive at the last day according to their works Iohn 5. 29. whether good or evill These bodies that are dust shall turn to 1 Cor. 15. 38. dust but God shall give a body as pleaseth him that which is sown in corruption shall be raised in incorruption it is sown a 1 Cor. 15. 42 43 44. naturall body it is raised a spirituall body and as we have borne the image of the earthly so we shall hear the image of the Rev. 2. 6. heavenly but flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of heaven neither doth corruption inherit incorruption for we 1 Cor. 15. 20. must be changed But they who cannot witnesse the first Resurrection within themselves know nothing of the second but by heatsay and therefore say some of your Teachers that Christ 1 Cor. 15. 47. is in Heaven with a carnal body Now that Christ who is the si si it fruits should be in Heaven with a carnall body and the Saints with a spirtuall body is not proportionable 6. Concerning Magistracy It is an Ordinance of God Ordained for the punishment of evil doers and an encouragement for them that do well Where Justice and righteousnesss is the head and ruleth with out partiality that Land is kept in peace and those that judge for the Lord I honour as my own life not with a sluttering honour putting off he hat and bowing of the knee which is the honor of the world having mens persens Jude 16. in admiration because of advantage for self ends but from my heart for conscience sake as to the power which is of God not to mens persons for the Scripture saith he that respects persons commits sin and is convinced of the Law as a transgressor and the Apostle Iames commands the Saints not to have the Jam. 2. 9. faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory with respect of Iam. 2. 1 2 3 4. persons for saith he such are partial

in themselves and become Iudges of evil thoughts And saith Paul Let every soul be subject to the higher power for saith he there is no power but of God the Rom. 13. 1. 2. powers that be are ordained of God and that whosoever resistesh the power resisteth the Ordinance of God and faith We must needs be subject for conscicence sake and therefore though the Rom. 13. 5. Prophets wer often sent by the Lord to pronounce judgement against unjust men who had the power committed to Hosea 5. 12. them and did not judge for God but for self ends yet they never attempted any violence against them but used ●●l means to perswade them to leve mercy do justice and walk humbly with Mica 6. 8. God that they might be established 〈◊〉 the wrath of God truned from them for those that be of Go cannot rejoice in the sufferings of any but would have all to turn and find mercy 7. Concerning the Ministery The true Ministers of Jesus Christ 2 Pet 1. 21. have always been and are still such as come not by the will of Eph. 4. 7. 6. 11. man but by the will of God neither are they fitted to the work by any thing of man but by God alone for the true Ministry it the gift of Iesus Christ and needs no addtion of human help 1 Cor. 12. 7. and learning but as the work is spiritual and of the Lord 1 Pet. 4. 10. 11. so they are spiritually fitted only by the Lord and therefore he chused Herdsemen Fishermen and Plowmen and such like and as he gave them an immediate Call withon the leave of man so he fitted them immediatly without the help of man Mat 10. 8. and as they received the gift freely so they were to give freely And when ever they found any of the false Ministery that taught for hire cryed out against them and pronounced woes against them and shewed them that they lay in iniquity because Acts 8. 20 they thought that the gift of God could be bought and sold for Ioh. 10. 13. money and Christ calls them hirelings and saith they care Mica 3. 10 not for the sheep and Micab cryes out against the Priests that taught for hire and saith he they build up Sion with blood Ior. 5. 30 31. and Jerusalem with in quity and Jeremiah cryed out against Ior. 6. 13. the Priests in his days that hear rule by their means and calls it a horrible thing and saith that from the least of them to the Isa 56. 10. 11 greatest they are all given to covetousness And Isiah cryes out against those in his days and calls them greedy Dogs that can never have enough and saith he they all look for their gain from their quarter And Peter saith of such as should come 2 Pet. 2. 3. that they ●hrough covetousness should make merchandize of the people and saith they have hearts exercised with covetous practises 2 Pet. 2. 14. 15. who have for saken the right way and have followed the the way of Baalam who loved the wages of unrighteousness And 2 Cor. 11. 15 Jude cryes Wo unto them for they go on in the way of Cain in his Jude 11. murder and run greeddy after the error of Balaam for reward But those that were sent out by Christ counted their gain to make the Gospel without charge nei he ever had they any set 1 Cor. 9. 16. 17. 18. means but went about having no certain dwelling place never were masters but servrnos to al for Christ sake nor ever 1 Cor. 4. 11. went to Law for Ty●hes or any other earthly thing Now all people try your Priests by the Scriptures whether they be of God or of the world and never think to hear the 1 Iohn 2. 3. 4 5. 6. Word of the Lord from their mou●hs who walk con rary to the Scriptures for such were never sent of God for had they 2 Ioh. 9. 10. been sent of God they would abide in his doctrine and saith Iohn Such have not God but he that abideth in the Doctrine of 2 Ioh. 9. 10 11. Christ hath both the Father and the Son And if there come any to you and bring not this doctrine you are forbidden to receive them into your house or bid them God speed her of you do you are partakers of their evil deeds And unto the wicked saith God What ha●● thou to do to declare my statuter or that thou should'st Psal 50. 16. 17. take my Covenant into thy mouth seeing thou hat st instruction and castist my Words behind thy back and art a partaker with the Thief the Adulterer E●●l-speaking Slandering and Deceit Psal 50. 21. and such as these think God to be like themselves Divers particulars of the persecutions of Iames Nayler by the Priests of Westmerland IAmes being at a meeting at Edward Briggs house on the first day where many people met he was desired by divers friend to meet the day following at Widow Cooks house about a mile from Kendal whereof the priests having notice raised the Town of Kendal against him but being long in gathering together the meeting was done but spies being out upon the Steeple top and other places notice was given what way James passed from thence and coming down towards Kendal two Priests being accompanied with a Justice of peace and some other Magi rares of the Town with an exceeding great multitude of people following them met him saying Nayler I have a message from the Lord Jesus Christ to thee but that there is not a con eniens place To which Iames answered The Lord Iesus Christ is no respecter of places Them ssage that he had to declare was this I conjure thet that thou tell me by what power thou inflictest such punishment upon the bodies of creatures Iames answered Dost thou remember who it was that did adjure Christ to tell if he were the Son of God and asked by what authority he did those things for Jemes saw him to be one of that generation but the Priest still conjuring him to tel by what power he did it Iames answered Dost thou acknowledge is to be done by a power Yea saint he I have the Spirit of God and thereby I know it is done by a power Iames said If thou have the Spirit of God his sayest thou hast then thou canst tell by what power it is done ●he ●riest said When God comes he comes to torment the souls and not the bodies James said He comes to redeem the souls But after much jangling the Priest began to accuse him before the Justice and Magistrates of many things As that he taught people to turn their Bibles Children to disobey their Parents Wives their Husbands People to disobey their Magistrates and such like accusations To which James answered Thou art a false accuser prove one of these things if thou