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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44843	The record of sufferings for tythes in England the sufferers are, The seed of God, or, The assembly of his first-born, or, The first fruits unto God in England, in this age, who are called to be faithful, and have been found faithful, therefore have we suffered willingly the spoiling of our goods, for to us the truth is more precious then our estates, lives, or outward liberties, and thererfore hath the Lord accounted us first worthy to suffer for his name sake, and to be as lights in this deceitful generation : those which our suffering is a testimony against, is that priesthood which is light and treacherous, which in all ages the Lord raised up faithful witnesses against : ... : and in these dayes we may say, that they are worse then any troop of robbers, or any that preached for hire that ever went before them, as will appear in this book following, by their devouring vvidovvs houses spoiling mens goods, and destroying mens persons / given forth from those whom the Lord regards, who do tremble at his word, for which cause we are in scorn called Quakers ...	Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.	1658 (1658)	Wing H3230; ESTC R19160	36,761	55

THE RECORD OF SUFFERINGS FOR TYTHES IN ENGLAND The Sufferers are The Seed of God or The assembly of his First-born or The First Fruits unto God in England in this Age who are called to be faithful and have been found faithful therefore have we suffered willingly the spoiling of our Goods for to us the Truth is more precious then our Estates Lives or outward Liberties and therefore hath the Lord accounted us first worthy to suffer for his Name sake and to be as Lights in this deceitful Generation Those which our sufferings is a testimony against is that Priesthood which is light and treacherous which in all Ages the Lord raised up faithful witnesses against for Isaiah said That they were all blind and ignorant and dumb dogs and never had enough Isa. 56. 10 11. And Ieremiah said That the Prophets prophesied falsly and the Priests did bear rule by their means Jer. 5. And Ezekiel said They fed themselves and not the flock Ezek. 34. Mica said They preached for hire and divined for money Mic. 2. 11. and Hosea said That they were as a Troop of Robbers that did wait for a man so the company of Priests did murther in the way by consent Hos. 6. 9. And in these dayes we may say that they are worse then any troop of Robbers or any that preached for hire that ever went before them as wil appear in this Book following by their devouring VVidows Houses spoiling mens goods and destroying mens persons Given forth from those whom the Lord regards who do tremble at his word for which cause we are in scorn called Quakers whom the Lord hath raised up as his army before whom the Nations shall tremble Ioel 2. and bow down their backs always before the truth London Printed for Tho. Simmons at the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate 1658 To the READER GOD hath a great work to do in this generation to pull down the abominations which hath long reigned and many are straitned till it be accomplished and onely such must be exercised in this work who are called chosen and faithful many have been called but have not been faithful but have destroyed in their works that which they seemed to have established by words and was not faithful to witness the life of their words by their works so that by a true search we have found the words of righteousness in many but we have found the works of righteousness but in few and though God hath shined into the hearts of many by his light yet there are but few children of it in comparison of the disobedient The eye of God hath looked into the world and he sees men differ more in words then in life and conversation and some in words do witnesse for God but in their works deny him As for example How many of late yeers had a zeal stirred up in them by the spirit of the Lord against the abominations of the Priests and the oppression of tythes preaching both down even as that which denyed Christ to be come in the flesh So that if words had ben that which would have finished the work the Land had been clensed before this time of that abomination but the Lord hath brought a tryal upon such spirits whether they will own their testimony through the spoiling of their Goods and imprisonment of their bodies and therefore hath God suffered an earthly power and a Law to try them and now they do rather deny their Testimony then suffer by that Law which gives the Priests tythes as for Witnesses most of the baptized people in England have betrayed their testimony and profession in that thing And how are you worthy to be called Saints which bear such a testimony can this equally be compared with the testimony of the Saints of old Did they cry down false worships and false teachers in words and did they uphold them by giving them wages Have you not herein sinned against light Did you not once see that they were never sent of God And will you now uphold them because you cannot suffer for your testimony Is not your paying them wages and giving them tythes a greater witness for them then your preaching them down in words is against them and may they not herein rejoice over you Christ is not herein your example which for this end was born and for this end came into the world to bear witness to the truth and did finish the work which the Father had given him to do and was made perfect through sufferings but such never need suffer who preach down deceit in words and hold it up in works And the Apostles is not your example for they were in works that which they declared in words therefore hath God cast you by as not fit to be Labourers in his Vineyard But a people is the Lord raising up whom he is giving his holy spirit unto whose witness to him must stand as well in works as in words who love the truth more then their lives or liberties goods or estates and are valiant for it upon the earth which cannot be subject to the powers of darkness nor the Rulers of the darkness of this world but believeth that whatsoever they deny for Christ in this life they shall receive a hundred sold in the world to come life everlasting And these are they whom the Father will exercise with his holy spirit in the gathering his seed from the ends of the earth and for the turning of many to righteousness and such shall shine as the stars in the firmament of Heaven when as the false and deceitful witnesses shall be turned into darkness because their testimony is not able to endure the tryal for the Lords House must be built with tryed stones that the winds of persecutions cannot blow it down and upon such wil his light arise who when they are tryed are found faithful and who are counted worthy to bear a testimony in this work though it be through sufferings in this day when the powers of the Earth have set themselves to wear out the Saints of the most High God by changing times and Laws whereby to restrain the liberty of the Lords people whose worship stands in the spirit and in the truth Times they have changed by a Law in making the first day of the week to be their Sabbath but that day is more profaned then any of the seven And Laws they have changed to get a ground to stop the word of the Lord from having free course and free utterance among the people These seek to scatter the power of the holy people and to cast the truth to the ground by their acts of cruelty and decrees of unrighteousnesse and by a tollerating cruelty and oppression among a company of Priests which are worse then those in Hosea's dayes who then were As a Troop of Robbers that wait for a man even so the company of Priests murther in the way by consent Hos. 6. 9. and saith the

Prophet I have seen a horrible thing in the House of Israel but now may we say VVe have seen a more horrible thing in the Land of England even a company of Priests taking mens Horses from their work their Corn off their field driving away their Oxen and Kine out of their pasture taking their wool out of their Barns taking away their Brasse and Pewter out of their Houses taking away their Bedding off their Beds even off the childrens Beds Such a horrible thing was never seen in Israel for the Priests Robbery was not so great then as now for they did never so spoile mens goods nor destroy mens Estates nor imprison mens bodies as now in England the priests have done so that they do not onely exceed the false prophets of Israel but also all the Robbers both in Israel and in England hath not spoiled so much Goods and Cattel as they have done within these five yeers some without any Law or pretence of Laws and others by false oaths and false witnesses and the Law not permitting a man to give in a true witnesse except he will swear contrary to Christs command who saith Swear not at all which swearing is as great a sin as bearing of a false witness And by these things do they seek to wear out the Saints of the Most High God first takeing away a mans Goods and then casting him into prison as Christ said to the Saints so is it come to pass in these dayes also amongst us The Devil shall cast some of you into prison and you shall have tribulation ten dayes If the Devil now or his Ministers or Messengers of Satan be permitted to cast some into prison or bring tribulation upon others do they therefore think that we will yeild to the devil or to his Messengers that we may be free from tribulation and imprisonment Nay that is not the price of our redemption nor way of deliverance for that which was written before-time was written for our learning which through suffering and patient continuing in wel doing we have learned without which we could never have learned nor known Christs words fulfilled as they are therefore happy is that day wherein the everlasting love of God is broken forth unto us in bringing us his children prophets holy apostles to rejoice over the false prophets and false teachers though they spoil our Goods and imprison our bodyes yet we can rejoice over them and suffer the spoiling of our Goods with joy knowing that this is for a testimony against them by which the reproach which the Lord will bring upon them will appear to all men And this is so far from silencing our testimony against them that it doth daylie renew it so that if all that which is past were forgotten their daylie abominations doth so increase that a testimony must be continued against them for of them the Scripture is true which saith Evil men and deceivers wax worse and worse for the deceivers in former ages was never so bad as by force to take away the goods of those that would not heare them and take away their lives by imprisonment as some have done because they could not pay them tythes as this Record of the unjust sufferings will make manifest Our Brethren the prophets have given their testimony concerning such prophets and priests which was profane and that the Lord found folly amongst them as Ieremiah saith Ier. 23. he had seen a horrible thing amongst them they strengthened the hand of evil-doers that none did return from their inquity and it is so now for these reasons How can a drunkard return from his drunkenness when he sees his priest drunk and how can a swearer return from his swearing when he sees his priest swear and hire men to swear falsly as many have done in this Nation And how can a covetous man return from his covetousness when he sees his priest so covetous that he taketh away mens goods by violence which he hath no right unto but onely through covetousness makes merchandize of people So how should any return from such things who are taught by them and how can a proud man return from his pride when he sees his teacher lead him into it by example How can an envious man turn from his envie seeing his teacher envious and provoking others to wrath and envy So these Reasons proves that the prophet's words are true that none can return from their iniquity by following the practise of their Priest and Christ's words are fulfilled also Matth 23. which saith they lay heavy burthens upon people grievous to be born and devoures Widowes Houses as many in this Nation can witnesse who have their Goods spoiled and taken from them as this following Record doth make mention abounding all the cruelty and wickedness which ever was heard of or read of exceeding all the false prophets in Israel although they had a price and preached for hire yet they never did use such cruelty for their Hire as these have done and exceeding all the false teachers among the Gentiles which never was known to sue any at the Law that would not hear them muchlesse to take from them seven times the value of what they demanded but the Lord doth for a time let his children deeply suffer to fulfil the testimony of truth in this thing that it may be recorded for ages to come the faithfulness of their testimony and the cruelty of their oppressors and then will the Lord finish the testimony of their sufferings and will give them an Inheritance among the Seed which he hath blessed and all their persecutors shall be ashamed for God will bring an everlasting reproach upon them and a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten Jer. 23. Richard Hubberthorne THE RECORD OF SUFFERINGS FOR TYTHES IN ENGLAND Westmorland William Hebson for Tythe-Corn of the value of two pound eleven shillings had goods taken from him to the value of eight pounds six shillings and eight pence William Holme for Tythe-Corn of the value of one pound fourteen shillings and eight pence had goods taken from him to the va-lue of four pounds fifteen shillings Rowland Smith for Tythe-corn of the value of six shillings had goods taken from him to the value of one pound six shillings and eight pence Richard Holme for Tythe-corn of the value of one pound seven shillings had goods taken from him to the value of three pounds four shillings Agnes Teasdell for Tythe-corn of the value of one pound eleven shillings had goods taken from her worth five pounds Edward Robinson for tythe corn of the value of sixteen shillings and nine pence had goods taken from him worth four pounds six shillings and eight pence Richard Smith for Tythe-Corn of the value of eight shillings and six pence had goods taken from him worth one pound These Goods were taken from them upon Warrants from Robert Branthwait and Francis Sisson Iustices for the use of Peter Mawson of Peureth Iohn