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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61464	A call from death to life and out of the dark wayes and worships of the world where the seed is held in bondage under the merchants of Babylon / written by Marmaduke Stephenson, who (together with ... William Robinson) hath (since the writing hereof) suffered death, for bearing witnesse to the same truth amongst the professors of Bostons jurisdiction in New England ; with a true copy of two letters, which they writ to the Lords people a little before their death ; and also the true copy of a letter ... from a friend in New England, which gives a brief relation of the manner of their martyrdom, with some of the words which they exprest at the time of their suffering.	Stephenson, Marmaduke, d. 1659.; Pearson, Peter, 17th cent.; Robinson, William, d. 1659.; Dyer, Mary, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5466; ESTC R16756	29,922	32

A CALL FROM Death to Life AND Out of the Dark wayes and Worships of the World where the Seed is held in Bondage under the Merchants of Babylon Written by Marmaduke Stephenson Who together with another dear Servant of the Lord called William Robinson hath since the Writing hereof suffered Death for bearing Witnesse to the same Truth amongst the Professors of Bostons Jurisdiction in New England With a True Copy of Two Letters which they Writ to the Lords People a little before their Death And also the True Copy of a Letter as it came to our hands from a Friend in New England which gives a brief Relation of the manner of their Martyrdom with some of the Words which they exprest at the time of their suffering John 16.2 3. They shall put you out of their Assemblies yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father nor Me saith Christ London Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Sign of the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1660. To the READER But especially to you that are Professors one in Doctrine and discipline with the professors in New England do we write these things that the witnesse of God may arise in you to judge between the Lords people called Quakers and your Brethren the Professors in New England whether they have not forgotten God and his goodnesse towards them and lost their first love which was stirring in them when they were little amongst the Families of the Earth and whether they are not Children of the Whorish woman that is called the Mother of Harlots that hath sitten upon many waters and deceived the Nations with the wine of the Wrath of her fornications which she offers in her golden Cup till the Earth is corrupted with violence and she made drunk with the Blood of the Saints Seeing they are so far Adulterated from God and Christ as that in their skirts is also found the Blood of the Saints Martyrs of Jesus Oh! how are they fallen that once seemed so tender in Conscience as that they would rather leave their native Countrey then practice things contrary to their Conscience and who would have believed that they which once fled for fear of sufferings would have caused others to suffer under their own hands which are now become wicked hands For they have taken two of Gods dear Servants and hanged them on a Tree for no matter of Fact committed by them against any Law which is Iust but because they were found by their words and actions to be Quakers and did contrary to the sentence of banishment which upon pain of death the Court passed upon them * return into their Iurisdiction as they were required of God to bear witnesse unto the Truth in which there is power to set free and for the Testimony thereof and that they might hold forth the good will of God in love to their Enemies and that they might be clear from the blood of all men in giving them warning to repent and walk in the Light of the Lord their lives were not dear to them they being nothing terrified by their adversaries which to them is an evident token of perdition but to the patient sufferers of Salvation and that of God with whom they have now a reward in the endlesse life So that in them is fulfilled the words of Christ he that will loose his life for my Sake shall find it but we do clearly see in the Light of the Lord that he that seeks to save his own life will kill the Iust and therefore we marvel not at what the professors in New England that fled to save themselves have done Knowing that they which are born after the flesh will persecute him that is born after the Spirit but we do even pity to see such as do professe Scriptures have their eyes so shut and their hearts so grosse as to think they do God good service when they not onely cast out of their Synagogues but out of their Countrey and do Imprison Scourge cut off Ears and kill those that come to them in the Name and fear of the Lord and do tremble at Gods Word working out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling and here we do appeal to the witnesse of God in you all Professors and People whether the Professors in New England have not acted quite contrary to God in Imprisoning Scourging Banishing and Killing those that tremble at his Word seeing God hath said to this man will I look that is of a broken and contrite heart and trembleth at my Word but to such the Professing Rulers in New England will not look neither suffer them to have a being amongst them And again we say let the witnesse of God in you judge whether they have not acted directly contrary to Christ in destroying mens lives seeing he comes not destroy mens lives but to save mens lives and whether they be not quite out of his Doctrine and Royal Law which saith what ever ye would that men should do unto you do you even so unto them And we do likewise appeale unto the witnesse of God in all sober people whether the Pastours and Teachers of the People in New England that stir up and encourage their flocks to persecute to death Gods Servants be not become bruitish and contrary to the Ministers of Christ and their flocks contrary to the Primitive Christians seeing the Ministers of Christ were gentle towards all men and did not strive nor warr with Carnal Weapons but did meekly instruct them that did oppose themselves that with sound Doctrine they might convince their Adversaries and they both loved and taught the believers that followed them to love their Enemies and not kill them as they have killed those that they account their Enemies for which they have no cause unl●sse it be for speaking the Truth And again whether these Teachers and Professors and all that justifie their proceedings against the Lords Servants be not of that Generation that killed the Prophets and shamefully entreated those that were sent unto them which called the Master of the house Beelzebub and killed the Prince of Life seeing they do the same things to them of his Houshold And Reader That it may appear that these two which the Professors of New England have taken and by wicked hands put to death were the Servants of Christ Iesus and of the Houshold of God we do here present to thy view these things following which were writ by their own hands and sent unto us not long before their death Together with a Letter which was Writ from Plymouth in New England by Peter Pearson relating the manner of their death with some of their words which they did expresse a little before their Martyrdom all which we desire may be seriously weighed and laid to heart that the witnesse of God may rise in Iudgement against the