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A44837 The antipathy betwixt flesh and spirit in answer to several accusations against the people called Quakers / by Richard Hubberthorne. Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662. 1656 (1656) Wing H3221; ESTC R6706 7,403 10

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to fall upon them and all such whom thou who art a Magistrate hath neglected to act justice upon to punish according to the Law then they who are drunkards fall a fighting and striking and hales them to thee who art a Magistrate which should punish the drunkards and swearers fighters and strikers and thou sayest they have distu●bed the people and broken the peace when they have declared the VVord of the Lord against Sin and Vngodliness and all the unrighteousness of men which thou should have punished by the Law thou art called a Justice of peace and this is thy peace which is kept with drunkards and swearers and strikers fighters and is disturbed by the word of the Lord declared from the mouth of the Lord by his Servants against all these things who are not guilty of any of those things here thou art no Minister of God but an encourager of evill doers and discourager of those that do well which declares justice from God against those whom thou should act justice upon and when they are brought before thoe then thou wouldst have them to honour thee who art a vile person and no Minister of God and no Honour belongs unto thee but he who Ministers Justice from that which is pure of God in the Conscience is worthy of double Honour and because they will not honour thee who acts no Justice but according to thy corrupt will and is not obedient to that of God in the conscience thou sends them to prison or out of the City or out of the Markets or stocks them or whips them and if a drunkard or swearer will put off his hat to thee and bow to thee and call thee Master thou dost not imprison such a one nor punish him neither with stocks nor whips nor counts him any breaker of the peace and here they who break the peace and act contrary to the Law of God are spared and are at liberty and they who keep the peace and do violence to no man they are punished by those who should act Justice in the Land And here iniquity is set in the place of Justice and is at liberty and truth is imprisoned by the Rulers of the Nation And to all Rulers I speake from the Lord to that in your consciences minding it will let you see who it is that is not subject to Authority whether they that are drunk or they who declare against drunkenness whether they that swear or they who declare against swearing and deny to swear at all whether they that fight and strike and beat one another or they who never lift up a hand against any man but declare the word of the Lord against such things And them whom you call quakers are no drunkards nor no swearers for Jesus Christ saith Swear not at all but let your yea be yea and your nay be nay and so they abide in the doctrine of Christ and keep the peace of God and are justified in the sight of God and are no breakers of the peace but are subject unto Authority and for conscience sake cannot break the Commands of Christ nor do any wrong nor violence unto any man and the peace for they are no fighters nor strikers Rom. 13. 45. but they are smitten and striken and ●lley give their backs to the smiter and hide not their face from shame and spitting as the same seed Christ did who passed before Isa. 50. 6. who preached repentance spoke in Cities Markets Villages and by the Sea-coasts and then all the Citie was on an uproare as it is now and their peace was broken and they were disturbed and they smote him on the face and buffetted him and imprisoned him left if he should be let alone all men should believe on him And you are the same generation now for any who are sent of the Lord now to preach repentance to turn you from your iniquities that your mindes might be turned to the Light of Christ within you which will check you for sin and evill then your Cities are on an uproare against them to persecute them and so you fill up the measures of your fathers iniquity A word from the Lord to all you who are called before the Magistrate to be a Jury who swear before the Magistrates to see the Law put in execution and that you will execute the Law upon drunkards and swearers and that you will see that the poor the fatherless and widows be relieved and not see them want and this you swear before the Magistrates That you wil see it performed and that none be idle nor wander abroad without a calling and some of you that swear to punish drunkards are drunkards and have fellowship with drunkards and you that swear to punish swearers are swearers and here out of your own mouth you are condemned and by the light of Christ you are judged who are swearers you are out of the commands of Christ who saith Swear not at all And you see the poor the fatherless and widows in want and you do not relieve them and you see idle persons without any calling and you do not set them on work but they live in idleness devouring the creation and herein you do not perform your vowes nor execuse the Law which you profess and so acts contrary to the light of Christ in your consciences Now to the light of Christ in you all I speak and charge you in the presence of the living God to take heed unto it and it will let you see wherein you have transgressed the pure Law of God and suffered sin to reign unpunished and it will bring the condemnation upon you who have acted contrary to it and taking heed to the light it will lead you out of all those things which the Law of God takes hold upon and will adde the Law upon every transgression and all you that act contrary to the light of Christ in the conscience it will be your condemnation and you are they who deny the Ordinances of Christ which walks not according to the light of Christ which he hath enlightned you withall and you are they who are not subject to Authority who are not obedient to the light of Christ in the conscience and you are the disturbers and breakers of the peace whose mindes are not guided by the light of Christ and this light will let you see giving heed unto it who are out of the commands of Christ and is not subject unto authority nor obedient to the light of Christ in the conscience And here I have cleared my conscience to you all from the Lord to the light of Christ in your consciences I speak which will eternally witness mee to have spoken the truth unto you all who have falsly accused the innocent As I was moved of the Lord who is a servant unto you from the Lord in love to all your souls to set up righteousness in the Land RICHARD HUBBERTHORNE FINIS