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A44231	A brief relation of some part of the sufferings of the true Christians, the people of God, in scorn called Quakers, in Ireland, for these last eleaven years, viz, from 1660 until 1671 with an occasional treatise of their principles and practices briefly stated, whereby the innocency of their cause, for which they so suffer, is not only plainly demonstrated, but also from all false asperations and causeless pretences sufficiently vindicated / collected by T.H. and A.F.	Holme, Thomas, d. 1695.; Fuller, Abraham, d. 1694.	1672 (1672)	Wing H2514; ESTC R7372	56,059	82

a further Testimony of our Sincerity herein we further say and declare That we are content to suffer as much for not Serving truly and for not Speaking and Evidencing truly as those that are Perjured or Forsworn for we hold our selves as much yes more oblieged by affirming or speaking Truth by our word Yea and Nay as others do by Swearing truly or performing their Places by an Oath And if this sufficeth not then we must needs say It s hard to perswade men of a contrary mind to us herein until they come to own and believe in the Truth Christ the Light and then they will with us be like-minded with us that what we say affirm and witness is really Truth or truly said and done seeing they themselves are often doubtful of the verity of what is sworn or testified upon Oath by such as worship with them and are of the same Opinion with them and hold it as they do lawful to Swear for several times neither the Swearers nor the Matter sworn is believed by the Magistrate for men of good Fame are called and depended on for the truest Evidence So that it appeareth That it s not the taking of a bare Oath simply considered as an Oath which oblieges to perform or evidence and swear truly but rather the Honesty and good Conscience of the Party which proves the Performance from a Principle within and not from a formal Oath then we say Why should not a man as well be believ'd in speaking truly as swearing truly seeing all that swear cannot be believed there being so many Perjured False-sworn Secondly For not taking off our Hats which are part of our Bodily Garments and put and placed upon our Heads to keep them warm and dry as the rest of our Garments are for the other parts of our Bodies and so not Honouring mens Persons with pulling them off which it seems troubleth and distasteth the minds of some men that seek the Honour below in order to content and satisfie the Pride and Ambition for curreous and good-natured men contemn and disregard it looking upon it at best but an Alamode Complement of a late Edition and rather become a Fashion in our Country a National or general Custom then any absolute matter of Duty or Necessity And besides it would be no hard thing to prove the use of National or general Customs to be incongtuous with and dissonant unto the Life of a true Christian who is not to be fashionedunto the World 1 Pet. 1. 14. so that the not putting them off to answer the Will a lofty part in man is also Matter of Conscience to us for God knows our hearts that it s done in the Cross of Christ Jesus and not in Contempt of Authority or mens Persons bearing Rule For we dare not Respect Persons act contrary to the Apostles Doctrine who said Jam. 2. 1 to 11. If ye have Respect to Persons ye commit Sin and are convinced of the Law as Transgressors to this agrees Christ's Saying to his Hearers John 5. 41 44. How can ye believe which receive Honour one of another and seek not the Honour that comes down from God only and we do not read in the Scriptures that of all that were brought or voluntarily went before Kings Dukes Governours and Magistrates that any were commanded to put off their Hats or Bonnets nay Nebuchadnezar was not offended as we read with the three Children for their Hats Dan. 3. 21. for they were cast into the Fire with their Hosen and Hats Doth not the Turk mock it Christians for putting off their Hats shewing their bare Heads Is not this a Reproof to Christians that Persecute Fine and Imprison for not putting off the Hat to them because they have not the Hat-Honour and Hat-Respect which they cannot say is the Honour from above which Christ commendeth to seek Thirdly For Working or Opening our Shops on the Week-dayes called Holy-dayes we have this to say which though little yet may suffice a moderate man and will a true Christian We find Exod. 20. 6. the Law allowed Six Dayes in the Week to Work or Labour on and neither Christ nor his Apostles did ever forbid it nor yet ordained any such dayes as Holy-days to be kept and observed by the Churches in the Primitive Times And the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans saith Rom. 41. 5 6. One Man esteemeth one Day above another another esteemeth every Day alike let every man be fully perswaded in his own Mind he that regards a Day regards it unto the Lord and he that regards not the Day to the Lord he doth not regard it And he also said They should not judge one another about such things And seeing that neither the Apostles nor the Councils in their dayes made any such Decree or Law for observing such dayes have not therefore these Decrees and Laws been made by the Pope and his Councils since the Apostles dayes And who shall be observed the Apostles or the Pope judge ye So that there being no Institution of such dayes by Christ his Apostles or Primitive Councils why should we suffer or be persecuted for following our lawful Labours and Callings thereon especially by such as are called Christians AND thus Reader in this foregoing occasioned Treatise of the several Branches of our beforementioned Sufferings we have used brevity in regard divers of our Friends have published much already to the same purpuse yet we cannot be altogether silent at this time Prudence prompting us to put thus much to publick view for no other Cause and End then so far to vindicate our Principles and Practices by the holy Scriptures of Truth Practice of Primitive true Christians and other good Grounds and Reasons as that thereby it may plainly appear to any Sober and Moderate Man that we suffer Innocently not for Evil-doing and that our Persecutors are the more culpable and so much the more for that they profess the Scriptures And notwithstanding their thus Vnjust Vnchristian-like Vsage and Persecuting of us we purpose and resolve in the Lord God That the Powers and chief Rulers of the Nations as hitherto so hereafter also shall never have more against us then Nebuchadnezar had against Shadrach Meshach and Abednego Dan. 3. and Darius against Daniel Dan. 6. 4 to the end for Daniel and the Three Children were Faithful to the Kings of Babylon and Medea as their Accusers acknowledged who sought Occasion against Daniel but confessed they could find none except concerning the Law of his God which was his Worship and Religion THE END Dr. Taylor late Bishop of Down Derry Chrysost Tertul. Haywardus K. James K. Car. 1. Isa 42. 4. Phil. 3. 15. Gal. 1. 15. 1 Cor. 2. 10. Mat. 11. 25. Luke 4. 23. Mat. 5. 16. Joh. 15. 8. 1 Cor. 6. 20. Mat. 20. 26. and 23. 10. 1 Pet. 5. 2 3. Luke 22. 24 25 26. 2 Cor. 4. 5. Da. 5 27 Act. Mon. Thorp Huss G. Clapham Priest of Mountmelick and Geo. Walker Priest of Kilmore Gen. 4. 4. Heb. 11. 4. Gen. 4. 3 5 6 7 8. Gen. 5. 24. Gen. 6. 9 18. Gen. 8. 20 21. Gen. 12. 1 5 6 7 8. Gen. 13. 18. Gen. 15. 1. Gen. 17. 1. 18. 1. Ge. 20. 1 2. 21. 33 34. 22. 9 13 14. Genesis 23. 19 20. Genesis 24. 3 4. Genesis 26. 25. Genesis 28. 1. 2 Genesis 32. 28. Gen. 33 18 19 20. Genesis 35. 7 14 15. Genesis 47. 28 29 30 31. Genesis 50. 24 25 26. Ex. 17. 15. 19. 20. 27. 1. 30. 1. Jerom Chrysoft Ambr. Origen Act. and Mon. Bish Gawden Wil. Thorp Wil. Brute Acts 5. 29.