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B09954
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A conference betwixt a modern atheist, and his friend. By the methodizer of the Second spira.
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Sault, Richard, d. 1702.
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1693
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Wing S732; ESTC R28854
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by that means the Petty Sessions was past before I had sight of the Warrant and though it was the Constables neglect that I appeared not at the punctual time mentioned in the Warrant yet he fearing the displeasure of William James compelled me to go with him afterwards to his house at Danford where much was spoken concerning Worship and compelling thereto but what was or could be said was in vain seeing he was resolutely bent to go forward with his Enterprise and after two or three dayes sent another Warrant to distrain my goods and on the 16th day of the 6th Moneth called August 65. those called Churchwardens with the Tything men came when no body was at home and went into my Barn and took away my Fan and carried it to the Priests house while I with my Family was in the field at Harvest work so that the Priest was the man to whom it must be carried c. Then shortly after William James sent another Warrant to require my appearance before him to shew some reasonable excuse for not coming to their Worship and I considering that my appearing before him was to no other end but to make his farther proceeding seem more legal for what ever was said he resolved to go on and bring his purpose to pass I therefore went to the Tything man who had the Warrant and told him I was not willing to appear personally but wisht him to carry my answer to him in writing which accordingly he did which was as followeth William James VVHereas I have been accused to thee of a pretended neglect of coming to Church c. and thereupon thou hast sent a Warrant to require me to come before thee to shew some reasonable excuse for this pretended neglect c. These are therefore to certifie thee or any other that shall question me on this account that I have not only reason to plead for me in this matter but I have the Law of God and the Gospel of Christ and the Testimony of the Saints and Servants of God recorded in the holy Scriptures and also the Witness of God in my own Conscience to plead in my behalf and seeing I have such a Cloud of Witnesses on my side I have confidence towards God and boldness to stand in the day of Judgment which is begun at the house of God and the Lord hath given me patience to endure what he shall permit unreasonable men to do unto me For all men have not Faith 2 Thess 3.2 And again The Devil shall cast some of you into Prison Rev. 2.10 Yea and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution 2 Tim. 3.12 And seeing there is no matter of Fact that I am accused with so far as I understand and I have been summoned to appear at the Bishops Court upon this same account and there I am liable to answer not that I do condemn any just Authority but if no matter of Fact be proved nor so much as charged against me I suppose I am not liable to a tryal at two Courts but if any matter of Fact can be charged against me command my Accusers to be present and I will appear at any time if the Lord permit Oliver Sansom When William James had received this Letter he without any more ado issued out another Warrant to distrain my goods unless I would pay four shillings for not coming to their Worship and on the 30th day of the 8th Moneth called October 65. Simon Godard one of those called Churchwardens took away a good Harrow worth near seven shillings And toward the latter end of 10th the Moneth called December 65. William James issued out another Warrant after his usual manner and on the 29th day of the same Moneth the said Simon Godard took away two pieces of Pewter because I came not to their Worship Thus they took away my Goods three times for not going to their Worship after I was Excommunicated therefrom and the said William James did threaten the Officers for not selling the Goods who complained they could not sell them to the worth he replyed that if they were worth twenty shillings and they sold them for five shillings he would bear them out in it And on the 28th day of the same 10th Moneth 65. a Friend came to my house who had a Testimony to bear for the Lord and several Friends came there to wait upon the Lord and some of the Town my Neighbours were there who a long time had a desire to bear one speak of the things of the Lord and I did let them know and there came pretty many and when the Friend had declared a pretty while the Priest being informed of it being at home with his Family having some others at his house playing at Cards but when they heard of a Meeting at my house they left their Card-playing and the Priest sent 〈◊〉 the Tything man who dwelt nigh him to come away and break up the Meeting but neither he nor the Constable were at home for they were peaceably Assembled with many others at my house who not at all suspected the Priest should be hatching such a wicked device but the Priest having no Officer to assist him without any more ado came himself to my house only the Card-players came to assist him and he began to threaten the people that they should go before the Justice and some of the people being affraid because the Priest threatned them would have gone away but one Francis Dayly the Priests Journey-man stood and kept the door and told them he must know what they were before they went forth and the Priest interrupted the Friend that was Speaking and Declaring the Truth and demanded his name and place of abode and charged the Constable to see them forth-coming the next morning and the Priest being then passing away called forth the Constable and commanded him to set men to keep the Friend that spake and another that came with him until the morning and some of the people hearing it came in again and caused the two strangers to go forth into the Orchard until the Constable was gone and the Constable coming in against his will to apprehend them and finding them not within passed away But the Priest to prosecute his work which he had enviously begun sent early the next morning the Parish Clark Lodowick Yeamons by name one likewise that had much withstood the Truth to Wiliam James for a Warrant who presently answered the Priests end or desire granted and sent it to the Constable of the Hundred requiring him to bring the Constable and Tything men of Boxford and as many more as the Priests Messenger the said Lodowick Yeamons could name that he saw at the Meeting to appear before him and the others called Justices of the Peace at the Sign of the Three Swans at Hungerford on the 30th day of the 10th Moneth 65. I being in the Warrant appeared with the rest according to the