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The Persecution of them people they call Quakers, in several places in Lanchashire [sic].
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Addamson, William, 17th cent.
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1656
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Wing P1660A; Thomason E868_10; ESTC R207720
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THE PERSECUTION Of them PEOPLE They call QUAKERS In several places in LANCHASHIRE FIrst upon Thomas Butler in the beginning of the Fifth month 1655. We being met together peaceably â—o wait upon the Lord and to worship him in his own Spirit The meeting was at Richard Johnsons house of Lunt in Sefton Parish there came a man who goes by the name of Cornet Hikton rudely into the house amongst the Lords people and gave forth many threatning words which within short space was brought forth into actions by hayling and pushing with much violence against the said people by bearing them and cutting some with the edge of the sword one very dangerously with other cruelty as cutting bridles stirrup-leathers and pillions into piâ—ces yet did not this harmless people so much as say why hast thou done so to us but prayed to the Lord freely to forgive them And this I was an eye witness of William Addamson UPon the five and twentieth day of the ninth Month being the first day of the Week two of those people called Quakers came into the Town of Blackburn in Lanchashire and going to the Steeple-house and standing there peaceably before him whom they call their Minister and spoke not a word till he had done And then one of them said unto him Friend doest not thou know that he that addes or diminisheth is accursed and then the fruits of the Priests Ministry appeared some pulled him by the haire of the head others beating him with the palms of their hands and â—ne took him by the hair of his head and haled him forth and did no let him go till he came into the street and huâ—led him against a wall and so he returned back again towards the Steeple-house and did meet the Priest and did declare against the fruits of his Ministery but the deaf Adder stopped his ear so he came toward the Steeple-house again and the rude multitude did beat him again some witâ— the palmes of their hands some with their Bibles pushing him violently and did not let him stay till they had driven him into a Fâ—iends house where the meeting was appointed that day And the other of them called Quakers standing peaceably and not speaking any word three of them took hold of the hair of his head and hâ—led and pulled him down under their feet and some cryed kill him and others said they wâ—ll kill him and some punched him with their fâ—et and scratched his face with their hands till the blood came down his cheeks And when shame began to strike some of them they pulled them off him and did let him rise up and when he stood up he declared against their persecution as being the fruits of their Priests Ministery and they cryed away with him and he said unto them to whom have we offered any violence or whom have we wronged and they cryed away with him and did not leave pushing him till they came at the door of the house where the meeting was And the next day following being the second day of the week came to him he whom they call their Clerk and asked him how he did and he answered wâ—ll and he said he thought they had killed me and said he was sorry they should so abuse me William Simpson Leonard Addison Who by the woâ—ld are called Quakers TO all ye the Inhabitants of Berry and the Priests thereoâ— this I am moved of the Lord to write that all the people may see the fruits that proceeds from the two Priests of Burryes Ministery We whom the world in scorn calls Quakers being c me to a meâ—ting at Henry Woods of Tottington upon the 26. day of the tenth month and being set peaâ—eâ—b y down in the house and some people being met together which no Law that is now in force in the Nat on doth forbid And one whose name is Isaac Yeat being speaking as he was moved of the Lord to the people There came â—n violently a deal of rude people from the town of Bâ—rry who did not stand to hear what was spoken and according to the Scriptures to prove all things and to hold fast that whâ—ch is good But violently pulled the said Isaac by the hair of the head from off the place where he was sitting very likely to have murthered him and haâ—ing him â—orth of the door they said we spoke against their Ministers O shameless Ministers who have such Members in yâ—ur Church as these who are fighters swearers and drunkard are these the fruits of your Ministery and Members of your Church who came violently with slaveâ— to pers cute the innocent When we desired to have Moderation that the Ministers of Christ might have been tryed who they had been according to the Scripture O ye Priest of Berry are you not ashamed to have your names recorded who sends forth such brawlers fighters contentious ones Is this the order and custome in your Church This is contrary to the Apostle who said If any man seem to be contentious we have none such custome in the Church of God So from the Apostles example and the Church of God ye have cleared your selves who are contending for hire and for the fleece at this present time But feed not the flock who runs but the Lord never sent you and therefore you do not profit the people at all who seek for your gain from your Quarter Now all people honestly consider whether these two Priests be in the Doctrine of Christ yea or nay who are contending about their wages the Parsonage of Berry as they call it They are here found in the way of Baalam who erred from the spirit who loved the wages of unrighteousness who feed themselves with the fat and cloath with the wool but feed not the flock of my pasture saith the Lord. Give over professing your selves to be Ministers of Christ and of the Gospel who are found out of the Doctrine of Christ and own your selves to be hirelings which the Lord sent his true Prophets to cry against And all people take warning and uphold not these Deceivers any longer but return to the light in your conscience which convinceth you of sin which lets you see you should not lye nor swear nor be drunk nor envy for such go in Cains way from the command of God and example of the Churches of the Saints Read whose example ye follow in the Scriptures the Priests go in the way of Balaam for gifts and rewards shame may cover your facâ—s to see your names recorded for hirelings who prosess to be Ministers of Christ as William Alt and John Lightfoot of Berry do And you who own them to be Ministers who are going in the way of Cain to envy and murther as you whose names are here written Tho. Banister Henry Banister Richard Overy Richard Taylor Edward Hunt Thomas Battersby and divers others who may be ashamed to profess to be Christians and practise such things as never was practised by Christ nor the
Church in God Therefore all people fear the living God and depart from the evil of your doings partake not of their doings least you partake of their plagues From us who witness the promise of the Lord fulfilled that he would teach his people himself John Branthwait Isaac Yeats ANd at Manchester one William Barret who is a teaching Elder so called at Stopford having formerly had some words with some of them called Quakers challenged a meeting to be at the house of John Maddocke in Manchester and in writing gave forth these words as followeth By the assistance of God I shall undertake to prove that whosoever doth entertain the Opinions of the Quakers and do live and dye in those Opinions without repentance cannot be saved Provided that I may have fourteen days warning before the meeting and that the Conference may be orderly managed according to what was proposed to Tho. Taylor in Manchester in the presence of Mr. Wiggin and divers others Or thus That whereas the said Persons do pretend to be guided by the Spirit I shall undertake to prove that it is not the Spirit of God but the Spirit of the Devil November 9. 1655. By me William Barret The day may be if God permit upon Teusday forthnight at the house of John Maddocke in Manchestor in case the said persons be pleased to give the meeting Thus far Barrets words And according to this time which he appointed one Leonard Fell and several others of them called Quakers came to the said place which he had appointed and demanded of him what he had to charge them with Then the said Barret spoke the words before mentioned in his paper which he had given forth And Lâ—onard Fell bade him prove what he had spoken which was that the Spirit which we are guided by is not the spirit of God but the spirit of the Devil but nothing he could prove against any that was there present but did accuse one that was not then present whom he named Thomas Holme of something that he had written a year agoe And Leonard Fell and the rest said he witnessed Christ manifested in them and that Scripture receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls 1 Pet. 1.9 to be true And Leonard Fell said further that if Thomas Holme did witness the end of his faith even the salvation of his soul the Scripture doth testifie of the same And then Barret replyed I utterly denyed that the Scriptures speaks any thing to this purpose Now leâ— all judge whether this be not the spirit of a Divel that spoke in Barret that denies plain Scripture as in 1 Pet. 1.9 and this was taken from his own mouth by his own writer with much more vain empty words not worth mentioning which passed from him at that meeting Then another meeting was sent for by him in writing and the day he appointed to meet upon was the tenth day of the eleventh month to be at Manchester and he in that paper engaged to prove what he had formerly given under his hand and when we came to the place that Barret and John Wiggin had appointed to meet in and so soon as the said Barret and Wiggin with some others with them came and went into a certain place called the Colledge Garden and when we came to them there came in certain rude persons and thrust into the Company and before many wo ds were spoken they laid violent hands upon several of them called Quakers with many blows and so in a rude manner haled some of them over the bridge out of the town and being demanded the reason why they were so rude and cruel they answered and said the Constable whose name is Arthur Buckley a wâ—olen Drâ—per had sent them so to do and many of the people so haled forth told them they had horses in the town and some other business to do in it But they replied and said they should not come into the town again and so for a certain space they kept them forth of the town and some others of them being at a friends house in the town peaceably met waiting upon the Lord the said Constable hearing of it he with a rude companâ— went to the said house and the said Constable himselfe laid hands on fiâ—st and drew one forth and then the rude persons which he brought with him laid hands upon the rest and violently thrust them forth with many bâ—ows And one of the Inhabitants of the town of their own party seeing their cruelty asked why they d d so use them and one of the rude persons answered and said he did nothing but what the Constable had given him order to do And after so doing some friends were taken and haled before the Magistrate and for some time kept in hold till the Magistrate could have time to examine the thing And then being brought before the Magistrate again and many false accusations and slanders laid against them by the Constable Arthur Buckley as that they were Vagabons and Wanderers Then one of them answered before the Magistrate that he was no Vagabond for he had ninty pounds by the year in Land in one place so they were as prisoners that night that they might appear the next day before the Magistrate And other friends being at their lodging at an Inn in the town the said Constable went and took their names and gave command to the woman of the house where they were that they should not dâ—pâ—r till the next day And they being the next day brought bâ—fore the Magistrate and both the Priests Richard Hollinworth and Richard Herricke Priests of Manchester being prâ—â—â—nt after many confused words passing from the said Priests which are not worth mentioning Priest Herricke did affirm before the Magistrate and many others that the body of Christ is not spiritual and when he was by William Addamson challenged with his blasphemy he said he would prove it by Scripture and he produced these words to prove it that Christ said I am not a spirit And then he was by him charged with a lye for there was no such words in that Scripture Many things being laid against them before the Magistrate but nothing proved they were set free by the Magistrate onely Tho. Holme and John Hall were stayed and the said Priests there laboured to ensnare the said Tho. Holm by puâ—ting the Magistrate on to give him the Oath of Abjuration And Priest Herricke gave it forth that he sought to bring the said Tho. Holme into Prison And the Constable pretended that they had some other witnesses to examine So the said Tho. Holme did stand till the witness came and the Magistrate examining the witness and finding that they could not prove any thing against him set him free So here all the people in and about Manchester who hath made such great profession of God and Christ and of the Scriptures to be your rule see the fruits of your profession and of your