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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

These following have suffered for meeting and assembling themselves together in their own Houses in the Fear of the Lord and in his Worship and Service and for exhorting one another and praying together to build up one another in the Holy Faith according to the Command of the Apostles and the Example and practice of the Saints and Prophets and the true Christians in the primitive Times and for the same have been much abused endicted greatly fined long imprisoned cruelly used and much of their Goods taken from them Ulster Province Ardmagh County 1661. WIlliam Bowston Simon Harrison and Roger Webb with several other Friends being met together at Roger Webb's House to wait upon god in his holy Fear and Worship in a peaceable way as their manner is were for the same taken thereout and by the Lord Conway Bishop Taylour and Arthur Hill committed to Ardmagh Goal and there kept close Prisoners five Weeks and then the said William Bowston dyed in Prison whose Death must be given account of by those that caused it and the other two Friends were kept there six Weeks longer 1662. Francis Robson for being at the like Peaceable Meeting to worship God was fined by Judge Kenedy in 20 s. for which Fine the Sheriffs Bailiffs took from him a Horse worth 5 l. Henry Furnace for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. for which the Sheriffs Bailiffs took from him a Horse worth 2 l. 10 s. Roger Webb for the like cause was by the said Judge fined 5 s. and had a Horse taken from him worth 1 l. 10 s. Hugh Stamper for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. and imprisoned about eight Weeks and had a Kettle taken from him worth 14 s. Peter Boss for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 5 s. and imprisoned about ten Weeks and had three Pewter Dishes taken from him worth 15 s. William Williamson jun. for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 20 s. and had a Mare and Foal taken from him worth 2 l. 10 s. Edward Towle for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 20 s. and had a Horse taken from him worth 3 l. William Nicholson for the like cause was fined by the said Judge 10 s. and had a Mare taken from him worth 1 l. 15 s. Cavan County 1660. Richard Faile William Parker Miles Gray John Hutton Thomas Lunn and Isabel Outon with several other Friends for meeting in Cavan to wait upon the Lord and to worship him were imprisoned by John Holland Deputy Soveraign and some of them kept Prisoners eleaven dayes William Parker Rich. Faile Miles Gray Robert Wardell Thomas Lunn and Thomas Moore with several other Friends being met together for the end aforefaid in Belturbet were haled out and committed to Prison four dayes without Examination by Order of Richard West Provost and because they could not pay Fees having not broken any Law some of them were stripped of their Clothes and then turned out 1661. William Edmonson Tho. Lunn rich Faile Wil. Parker and Thomas Hutchison with others having been at a Meeting near Cavan to worship God were much abused on the Road by George Spicer Sub-Sheriff attended with a company of rude men who beat and cut and abused Friends one Friend set upon a Horse and tyed his Feet under the Horse Belly and another his Hands behind his Back like Fellons and so had them to Cavan Prison and at the following Assize brought before Judge Povey who having nothing against them but on the account of their meeting to serve and worship the Lord left them Prisoners And at the next Assizes Judge Alexander fined them 20 l. a man for the said Meeting and 7 l. a man for not taking off their Hats though he then confessed there was no Law for it but he called them Rogues Doggs c. and so left them Prisoners till the next Assizes And then came he himself Judge again and fined them 5 l. a man more for their Hats and denyed them the benefit of an Order or Proclamation from the chief Ruler of the Nation by which they ought to have been set at Liberty and he further said That they should not have the benefit of the Law And whilst they were thus kept Prisoners the said Geo. Spicer sued them for Fees notwithstanding he had their Bodies in Prison and by vertue or pretence of an Order from the said Judge took from Wil. Parker Tho. Lunn Tho Hutchison and Rich. Faile as much Goods as were worth 30 l. And at the next Assizes after Judge Booth caused the said Prisoners to be proclaimed at Liberty for which the said Geo. Spicer claimed 15 s. a piece Fees and for the same kept them in close Prison And at the next Assizes Judge Alexander being there Judge the said Geo. Spicer caused Walter Brady his Servant to swear serving the Prisoners with Processes which thing as Brady since acknowledged was false upon which the said Judge granted him an Order against the Prisoners which caused to be taken From Richard Faile two Horses worth 4l 10s 0d From Thomas Lunn one Cow and two Heifers worth 3l 10s 0d From William Parker two Cows worth 2l 12s 0d From Tho. Hutchison two Cows worth 3l 10s 0d From Jo. Jay one Horse and Houshold goods worth 4l 17s 6d From Robert Wardel one Cow and Goods worth 4l 09s 0d worth in all 23l 08s 6d supra 30l 00s 0d So that this Geo. Spicer for the Fees of these six Persons hath taken away from them Goods worth 53l 8s 6d 1665. Ricchard Faile Wil. Parker Robert Robinson Tho. Lunn and Tho. Hutchison with several other Friends being at a Meeting of the Lord's People at Nicholas Starkey's House to wait upon God were haled thereout and thirteen of them had before Matthew French Provost of Belturbet who caused some of them to be set in the Stocks and other some to be put in the Cage for several Hours and the next day sent and committed them to Cavan Goal without Examination where several of them were Prisoners above a Year Leinster Province Dublin City 1660 EDward Cook Robert Lodge John Burnyate with several others being met together in their usual Meeting-place to worship the Lord had their Meeting broken up by James Boy and a rude company of people and Souldiers who took away John Burnyate Robert Lodge and about twenty Friends more and imprisoned them in Newgate where they were kept five dayes and then brought before Robert Dee Mayor who after Examination returned Fifteen of them back to Prison where they were kept five dayes longer Samuel Clarridge Robert Turner William Mayne and several other Friends being assembled in their usual Meeting-place to worship God were haled thereout by a rude company of Souldiers and eight of them Imprisoned in Newgate for five Weeks by order of the said Robert Dee Mayor Thomas Holme Robert Wastfield Joseph Cadle Rebecca Rich Elizabeth Gardner and divers other

Unchristian-like spirit of our Persecutors And forasmuch as there is not only a great Difference betwixt us and the literal Professors of Christianity touching the Worship and Service of the True and Living God but that the greatest part of all our Sufferings is generally for and on the account of our Worship to God for that God was and is to be worshipped is owned by all called Christians but how and by what few do understand and that God had a People that truly worshipped him in all Ages is recorded in the holy Scriptures of Truth and though they differed in Manner and Place yet however all that worshipped acceptably 't was by Faith in the Seed therefore we shall begin with that Branch of our meeting together to wait upon and worship the Lord. First As for our meeting frequently together to seek the Lord by waiting upon him in his holy Fear and to Worship him in the Spirit and in the Truth which is the only acceptable Worship with God we have amongst many more these brief ensuing Grounds and Reasons First BEcause the Lord hath thus prrswaded our Hearts by his good Spirit to meet often together to have our minds exercised in his Fear and Worship to wait upon him for more Light to know and understand more of his Heavenly Will which is revealed by his holy Spirit as well what is our Duty towards him and all men as to know his Will towards us and by the Light or Manifestation of himself by his Spirit we come to know and believe that he is a Spirit and is to be worshipped in his own Nature in the Spirit and in the Truth it being mans Duty to wait upon God in and by that of himself made manifest in man which only and truly shews him how when where and after what manner God will be worshipped For if God who is invisible be a Spirit and therein to be worshipped then nothing less then of the same Nature will reveal God to man and shew him how to serve and worship God aright and therefore of necessity for all that intend either to know the Mind of God or their Duty to him to be very serious and weighty in their approachings to worship God in order to conduct the mind of man to seek after and know the Will of God it being a weighty Work to worship the Lord God aright and to the end we may perform a Worship which may be acceptable in his sight therefore it is we thus meet together to seek his Face with our minds waiting and stayed in his Light and measure of his Spirit to open our Understandings in the Mysteries of his Heavenly Kingdom that we may know how to live and walk in this Life as becometh true Christians to answer the End for which we were created that is To glorifie God and to keep our selves unspotted of the Word which is pure Religion Ja. 1. 27. And thus by Faith was God worshipp'd before the Law from Adam till Moses for God having made man in his own Image capable to serve and obey him and to enjoy his blessed Presence but man by Transgression lost his Place and happy Estate and so was drove out from God yet not without a Promise of the Seed Christ to bruise the Serpent's head and though thus expelled yet was it his Duty to Serve Fear and Worship the Lord God his Creator as apppears by the practice of Adam's first Sons who worshipped God by offering Sacrifices each of them according to the perswasion of their Hearts and Understandings Gen. 3. 3 4 5. Cain the first Birth offered the Fruit of the Ground Abel the second Birth offered the Firstlings of his Flock and the Fat thereof and he and his Offering or Worship was accepted but unto Cain God had no respect as offering from that which was cursed and he not finding Acceptance with God in his said Service then Envy and Wrath arose in him and he Murthered his Innocent Brother Mark Here is the first Persecution about Religion here are the two Seeds and the two Births of which and from whence springs all the Natures and Lines and Worships of all Men in the World ever since and from hence its easie to know of what Race every Worship is of Persecutors are of and from envious Cain And is it not below a man or at least as a good man to be ranked of the Race of cursed Cain for shame then let all men forbare to persecute about Religion for you see who is the Father and whosoever persecutes it s a manifest token that he finds no Acceptance with God in his own Worship and so seeks to be revenged on his Brother on him that finds Peace with God in his Offering or Worshipping even on Righteous Abel And by Faith in the promised Seed Christ not only Abel but even all the rest of the holy Patriarchs Noah Abraham Isaac and Jacob c. performed their acceptable Services and Worships to God offering and worshipping in divers Places and Manners and yet without Scripture or written Rules and though they had not a written Law or outward Rule to direct them how to worship God yet had they the Everlasting Rule God's Spirit which was before Writings were by which they were surely acted and truly guided how to live and walk towards God and towards man and how to perform a Worship to God that might be acceptable in his sight as the Scriptures testifie And thus by Faith through all these Types Figures and Sacrifices under the Law was God truly worshipped a contrite Heart being more esteemed by God then Burnt-Offerings and Sacrifices Psal 51. 16 17. 1 Sam. 15. 22. Secondly Because it s our Duty so to meet to seek and worship God who is worthy to be sought unto and waited on by all that make Profession of him as tending to the Honour of his holy Name and Advancement of his Blessed Truth and to the Benefit and Comfort of our own Souls as appears by the Practice of the Saints of old who feared the Lord and spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard and a Book of Remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and thought upon his Name And they shall be mine in that day saith the Lord when I make up my Jewels Mal. 3. 16 17. So that in consideration of the Omnipotency of God who as we are his Creatures much more his People that fear him and his Children that believe in him doth expect our continual dependance on him as being ready to hear and answer our breathing Desires and to supply us with every Good Thing needful for us Lam. 3. 25 26. We have good Grounds thus to wait and meet 1st From the Promise of Christ Jesus who said Mat. 18. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my Name there will I be in the midst of them and we have found him faithful that hath promised read Mat.