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A60436	The fruits of unrighteousnes and injustice Brought forth by John Bulkley, and Thomas Bowrman, and the rest of the rulers in Hampshire, against the innocent people of God called Quakers. Who in words and writings have often declared their unjust sufferings; as also at two sessions, and two general assizes holden at Winchester, requiring justice and equity, and their right and liberty in the nation; of the which being still most unjustly deprived, it is now publiquely declared, that they and others seeing their deeds of darknesse brought to light, may be warned, and learn to do justice, and to relieve the oppressed. Also the sounding voyce of the dread of Gods mighty power to all the judges and rulers of the earth, who rise up aginst the Lamb, and to all the host of powers of darknesse who fight against God. By the servants of Christ ... called Humphry Smith. Anthony Melledg. George Henderson. James Potter. Will: Baily. Daniel Baker. John Day. Winifred Newman.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1658 (1658)	Wing S4061; ESTC R216933	45,374	58

sin and evill which also doth appear by their envy and persecution which is of the Devill James Pottar Imprisoned without the breach of any law and fined at the following Assizes 5 l. because he could not transgresse the Law of God by respecting of persons to satisfie the lusts and corrupt wills of men in not putting off his hat when he was brought to the said Assizes of whom also is demanded 3 l. for fees who have been kept a close prisoner under these cruell oppressions 59 weeks and some dayes From them who are not onely ready to suffer bonds and long unjust imprisonments but also death it self if the Lord require it of us in testimony against all Deceivers and all manner of unrighteousnesse and oppressions and we are friends to the Common-wealth and to equity and true judgement having true love to the souls of all mankinde who for the testimony of a pure conscience are Prisoners by the corrupt wills of men in the Common Gaol and house of Correction at Winton At this last Sessions D. B. G. H. I. D. were committed to the House of Correction being prisoners before the which them set to do justice would not have done if they had not looked out more at the unrighteous hireling Priests vain customes and the glory of the world which shall all perish then to the light of Christ which endureth for ever in their consciences which did then much judge them for what they did against the servants of God and let them see their evill therein the which Light they are to love obey and follow From the servant of God in Prison to the Judge of the Assize at Winchester A Copie of a Paper to the Assizes THe righteous Judge of heaven and earth who respecteth not the persons of the mighty who tryeth the hearts of Kings who is the mighty God of Abraham Isaac Jacob and their seed who wandred up and down some having no certain dwelling place even he who seeth the secret intents of the hearts of the sons of men whose judgements are just and true who rewardeth the proud in his judgements and heareth the cry of the oppressed who will reprove Kings for the sake of the simple and forsaketh not his faithfull afflicted ones who by the man Christ Jesus will judge the secrets of all mens hearts according to his light in them whereby every man shall receive a just recompence of reward according to all their words and actions whether for or against him and his people Wherefore this O man thou art to know that true ●ight and sound judgement is to be by thee performed according to the righteous Law of God which is written in the heart that corrupt judgement cruelty persecution nor receiving of gifts nor entertaining false witness may not be found in thee nor in any of them that Joine with thee whether they are called Sheriffs Justices Jury men Clarks or any other but that according to the Law of God in his fear thou may perform that which the Lord God of hosts certainly will require of thee in the day when all the arme of flesh and honour of the world will not prevent the true everlasting judgments of the most high with fierce wrath and indignation upon all them who pervert true judgment and transgress the righteous Law of God written in the heart The which that thou may not do nor see done before thine eys when thou may prevent it and that thou may escape the wrath of the Almighty which will certainly come upon all who pervert judgment and that in the councell of God thou may come to stand in meeknesse and godly fear to judge for God not for man that his will by thee may be performed that when thou come to stand before the Throne of his eternal judgments thou may not be turned to the left hand with them that forget God and turn his Law behind their backs and oppress his servants and neither visit relieve nor set at liberty the members of Christ in Prison who in these your dayes are in most Prisons where thou come and in Prison have been sick and deprived of that liberty which Thieves and Murtherers have that thou may come to be joyned to Gods witness with it in thee to see rightly to understand the ground and cause of things of which thou art to judge Therefore art thou to be guided by the light in thee which comes from Christ who is the sure foundation and was before-transgression by which the transgression is seen and with it is to be judged which light in thee will let thee see the ground of all transgression by the same out of transgression thou art to be led and then to judge over that which is in the transgression that so those who dare not transgress the righteous law of God thou mayst be a praise unto and all such who reprove sin in the gate market places publick assemblies or els-where and that all who transgress the law of God with that of God in thy conscience thou may be a terrour unto executing true judgment upon that head wch goeth forth from the light into the transgression for that is it for which the Law is added which by the Law which is perfect is to be judged that out of the transgression man may be kept Therefore hear with meekness and in patience understand and consider my words for all the holy men of God who ruled for God and not for men were therein guided by that which is holy pure just and right whereby they were guided in his fear to execute his judgments only upon the transgressor according to the will of him by whom otherwise they themselves were to be judged and they were guided by that spirit in them which gave forth the Law and with that joyned to execute the Law upon them that did transgress the law of God with whom in so doing they were said to be a help-government and such were called Gods who bore not the sword in vain standing in the higher power to which their souls were subject to bring the transgressor in obedience thereunto but such who did not transgress the righteous law of God their souls were already subject to that higher power but when man who should rule for God stood not in his councel but went themselves into the transgression out of the power and judged for reward such the light in them was darkned that they could not see the transgressor but let him go free and punish the just as Pilate and many others did even in the dayes of the Prophets who then cryed out against them because they were become as ravening wolves and then of such it is written I said ye were gods but ye shall dye like men and fall as one of the Princes and because of wrong judgment and the want of true exercise in the perfect law of God have many fallen and been overturned even Kings Princes Parliaments Bishops

saw and by his Spirit are we brought to be of Abrahams seed who wandred up down had no certain dwelling place and were persecuted afflicted tormented sometimes not expecting deliverance Heb. 11. But following him who laid down his life and gave it a Ransom for many and off red up his soul and was made perfect through sufferings he is a perfect example unto us who are called by his grace and have believed in his name to whom by the Spirit of the Father we have been drawn and his love in our hearts constrayneth us to follow him through great tribulations though he had not where on to lay his head Neither are we ashamed to confess him before men who by the Priests Rulers and People was esteemed a Deceiver a Transgressor of the Law and a Blasphemer and went about to kill him because he said God was his Father unto them who said God was their Father and therefore crucified him for making himselfe the Son of God and yet they said God was their Father and Abraham was there Father and yet did they not do the works of Abraham but said he had a devil who did the works of God the Father which they themselves could not do whom afterwards they did not one'y seek to kill but Lazarus also Least all the world should follow him who is the light of the World in whom there is no sin and in whose mouth there is found no guile who was led as a Lamb dumb and by the Priests Rulers and Professors was crucified who said I am the Light by whom the world was made who is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world and the Light of the Lamb which lighteth every man the cometh into the world is by the Priests and Rulers denyed and in them all lyeth slain for in Sodom and Aegypt our Lord who is Light was and is slain and are not the Priests the Sodomites being found in pride idleness and fulness of bread who can deny it being they deny and crucify him who is the Light and have many poor in their Parishes in want of bread And are not the persecuting Rulers the Aegyptians oppressing the Israel of God saving to them ye are idle ye are idle and keep poor people in slavery to their corrupt wills and is it not so do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgement Seats and is not the name of God who is Light blasphemed by them that do so read and see whether the richmen who cause to be drawn before the judgment Seat be not Blasphemers James 2. 6 7. And do not they openly blaspheme his name who is the Light and are not the mouths of Priests Rulers and People filled with blasphemy against him that is the Light Revel 2. 9. and 13. 6. And be not they Blaspemers who deny him that makes an end of sin and hale them out of their Synagogues and before Rulers and their judgement Seats who profess his name John 16. 2. For in spiritual Sodom and Aegypt he is slain who is our Lord even Christ the Light whose grave is with the rich and in the wicked is he buried whose Light in the World reproves the World of sin and begins to preach repentance to them that are in it and teacheth the way of God perfectly not respecting the persons of men but sheweth all things plainly unto them that keep his sayings who said believe in the Light and learn of me which Light is in the heart the which the Priests and Rulers with one consent do strive against in themselves and with much force and fury seek to stop the shining forth of it in others and so stop that which giveth the knowledge of God 2 Cor. 6. 6. Resisting that which is holy in them for that in them is holy which in secret reproves for sin and all that is not holy the which they still resisting are found such who crucifie the Son of God a fresh and put him to open shame even denying the very end for which he came wch is to condemn sin in the flesh and destroy the works of the Devil which is sin and to make an end of sin and bring in that righteousness which is everlasting And this is he against whom the Rulers with the Hireling Priests take councel together and against his anointed ones Psal 2 2. 1 John 2. 20. And wil not have him to reign over them who saves his people from their sins Math. 1. 21. But all these his enemies must be slain before his face in this the day of his power in which he will thresh all these Heathens in his anger that know not him who finisheth transgression and obey not his Gospel which is Gods power these be will vex in his sore displeasure Therefore we unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and write grievousness which they have prescribed to turn aside the needy from judgement and take away the right from the poor of the people that Widows may be their prey and that they may rob the fatherless Consider the Rulers that made unrighteous decrees wear robbers men-stealers 1 Tim. 1. 10. And the Priests who consented together were Murtherers Hosea 6. 9. and what will these do in the day of visitation and in the desolation which shall come from far to whom vvill they flye for helpe and where will they leave their glory Even thus shall it be with them who are without God in the world opposing his Son and imprisoning his members they shall bow down under the Prisoners and fall under the slaine Esaiah 10. 1 2 3 4. And this is he even Christ the Light of the world against whom the Rulers and Priests of Hampshire have risen up many of them with much rage and fury especially John Bulkley justice Hilsley so called● Thomas Bowrman and his Priest Thomkins who said Christ swore and Robert Dingly Priest and Priest Bental and Ellis with others smote with the tongue who hearing how the rest of their brethren in other counties have with stood the way of God and not entertained strangers but evil entreated the Servants of the living God therefore did that in them rejoyce which is contrary unto God and John Bulkley and especially Hilsley did much glory and vaunt themselves because of the cruel tyranny which their brethren the seed of evil doers inflicted upon my body and others of the friends of Christ in other counties by imprisonment and cruel whipping of the which I am not ashamed though they thereby were exalted in that fleshly glory which lusteth to envy and in pride and arrogancy of spirit from the wrathfull nature which ruleth in them and all persecuters who neither believe in nor receive him that is the Light but rebel against him and them who preach his Name for John Bulkley hath declared often publick and private and also at the general Affizes before all the people that he would not that I should come to preach near

that by it you may be lead out of the world and out of all its wayes fashions customes and traditions which are evill up unto God to serve and worship him alone who is a jealous God and will not give his glory unto another who will bring down the mighty from their ungodly seats and will exalt the meeke and the lowly and all that are proud and do wickedly and all that persecute and make a prey upon the innocent shall be as the chaffe before an unquencheable fire And the loftinesse of man shall be bowed downe and his haughtinesse laid low in this the day of his mighty power in which he is arising to shake terribly the earth to give unto mystery Babylon and all her Merchants that are trading with her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath and all who worship the Beast or his Image and are joyned together with him making war against the Lamb and his followers shall have their portion together in the Lake that burns for ever James Pottar Having thus let the cause appear of the committing of other friends under their own hands and having not been wanting before in sending writing unto the Rulers to lay their unjust retaining of us in bo nds before them thereby to attain our just liberty but being most like at present to be deprived thereof seeing that they commit more also unto Prison we willingly together gave up our bodies to suffer if it were untill death and onely sought to have the liberty to worke as before was mentioned therefore we writ as followeth and sent it to them called Justice Cobb and Justice Betsworth WE whose consciences are clear in the sight of the living God that we have not injured nor wronged any person neither broke the Law of God whose witness will abide in us for ever that we are this day in bonds for the testimony of a a good conscience under the cruel oppression of men of sin who have taken several of us out of our honest lawful employments and in prison kept us from our labours which we should labour in for the maintenance of our selves and families whose souls do abhor idleness neither dare we eat any mans bread for nought and by this unjust imprisonment have many of us suffered much because we could not proceed in our present occasions some of our families also wanting us much whose wives are left as Widows and children as the fatherless And seeing mens hearts continue so hard as to keep us so long in bonds from our businesse therefore we have endeavoured to have liberty to work with our hands in the Prison something whereof having been granted by order in writing from John Bulkley We being in all 7 persons kept always close prisoners and what abuses and hard-ships we have suffered we mention little herein who are not only deprived of our way of livelyhood and liberty in the Nation but also restrained from having that liberty which the rest of the servants of God have in most or in all Prisons in England which is of having liberty for one or more of us to go forth into the Town to buy food and to provide other necessaries for the rest and for want of this liberty we have often wanted water to drink and sometimes bread to eat and other things when some of us have been sick yet have we not troubled you with many complaints herein but in secret have we powred forth our souls with prayers and tears unto the Lord God of life who seeth all our wants and knoweth our innocency and in his due time can us deliver but if not to the Devill we cannot bow for our soules are subject to the higher power which preserved them that broke the decrees and commands of men which is more then is justly charged upon us Esther 3. 2. Dan. 3. Dan. 6. Act. 4. 17 18. Now the thing which we write for is that which is just in the sight of God and but reasonable in the sight of any reasonable Minister of the Law which law they themselves say should be grounded upon reason which thing is we being six men and one woman that she the aforesaid woman whose name is Winifred Newman or any other of us may have liberty to go forth and buy bring in other needful things for the rest of us that so we may no more be put to the extreamity of want nor to the charge of hiring another to do that for us which we might well do our selves who have been at great charge already besides other losse and that she or another of us may also bring work in and out for us and such things as may be needfull for us to work with and upon And that she or either of us having this liberty granted shal be as a prisoner without the least intent of running away we shall all engage and promise so far as men fearing God can promise herein that which we chiefly intend is combing of Wool A speedy answer or order in writing herein is expected according to justice desired by the members of Christ in Prison house of Correction at Winchester whose names are Anthony Melledg William Baily Humphrey Smith James Pottar Daniel Baker George Henderson and Winifred Newman THis Paper was directed and sent to Justice Cobb and Justice Betsworth as they were called but was chiefly intended for Justice Cobb who was as Judge at the Sessions before who being without naturall affection denyed the members of Christ in prison this so reasonable a thing the which then I laid before the under-Sheriffe and read a Copie of the Paper to him he being then in the Prison who granted the thing to be but reasonable whereby it doth appeare that he and them that should do Justice were unreasonable in denying that which was reasonable and he said as the Justices did that it was not in his power then I asked him in whose power it was to grant this reasonable thing seeing both Justices Sherif and Goaler had denyed it then he referred me to one Browning but suddenly I was informed that he was a Papist and so I laid the unreasonableness of it upon him that we of whom some had been Captains and others long serviceable for liberty from under Popish Tyranny should be now deprived of all Justice and Equity and referred only to the the mercy of a Popish man Oh the cruelty and hard heartedness of the Sons of men who can read it without mourning no Transgressor in the prison but might be heard nor the cause of any thief so turned aside but the Lord of mercy was our refuge who is a present help in time of need and can never forget his Covenant nor for sake his afflicted who abide faithfull who in his mercy preserveth his Servants but overturneth his enemies for ever and be did visit for these things and began to avenge himselfe on his adversaries though his Lambs rejoyceth not

when the enemies falleth nor in that the Devils are made subject but in that there names are written among the living but in our affliction I writ the a foregoing paper and sent it to Justice Cob and Betsworth upon the 11. day of the 4. moneth the 6. day of the week and upon the 16. day of the same moneth the 4. day of the week at night the a foresaid Justice Cob was suddenly cut off though no outward eye saw how wch was to the astonishment of his family and many more And the man which the Justice and Priest Bental caused to swear falsly against James Pottar the same man was since that time bruised torn and spoyled with a horse and harrows so that he died very shortly after being before troubled in conscience for what he had sworn yet notwithstanding Scripture is fulfilled when the Lords hand is lifted up they will not see but they shall see and be ashamed And it may be observed that we had sent several other papers to the Justice Cob some whereof are herein written all which he little regarded he being a great enemy to Truth and a Persecutor of friends he being as a judge at another sessions was not satisfied with the committing of Stephen Bevis to the house of correction who was before committed by Col. Norton to the common Goal for hearing testimony against Priest Simons false Doctrine but also gave order that he should not be suffered to work at his trade but be put to pounding of hemp or some harder work though he declared his willingness in open court to work at his trade A Copy of a paper to the sessions You at whose hands the dreadful God of life and his Servants doth require right and sound judgement to be by you performed at this present sessions at Winchester LEt our several causes be heard and read in open court and let our innocent sufferings appear in the Light before the eyes of the people and let them by whom we suffer be made manifest and do not shut up things in darkness as at the last sessions not suffering the cause of them who are oppressed to be read in the open Court wherein and in many other things we have been deprived of that which is just and right the wch i● proceeded in will even be a shame unto you for justice Equity and true Judgement is that we do both expect and would gladly see brought forth in you therefore do not wait to lay farther snares to betray the simple whereby to cover that oppression some of you have acted in against the Servants of the living God but let the fear of God guide you that sound Judgement you may come unto whereby rightly to understand what or what manner of evil we have done or what Law of God we have broken and what accusations are against us with the ground and cause of those accusations and take heed of entertaining false witness or joyning with it or forcing men to swear against the members of Christ contrary to Gods witness in them as Thomas Bowrman hath done and if any thing be or hath been proved or any one falsely accused either of the Servants of God or any other you are to see that you do not punish such accused above or beyond the fact or crime charged against them and herein all that rule for God are and should be guided with an understanding heart in the spirit of wisdom and knowledge as Moses Joshua Solomon and others were that none may be oppressed by wrong Judgement nor insnared because of envy and prejudice which lodgeth in the deceitful hearts of men who are out of Gods fear For we who are in scorn called Quakers do wait to have true Judgement set up in the earth in righteousness established in and among the Sons of men and are friends unto and Lovers of all them who judge for God without respect of persons and a praise to them that do well And he that reproves a Hireling that stands praying in the Synagogue doth well for Esaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Micah Malachiah Hosea and Christ and Paul and Peter did reprove and bear testimony against such and for the same things are the members of Christ in your dayes haled out of the Synagogues brought before Rulers and cast into Prison whom you should be a praise unto for therein they do well being moved of the Lord thereunto whose mouthes by men of sin are not to be stopped though they would have us or command us to speak no more in his name who maketh an end of sin and said I am the Light of the world whose Light hath led us out of evil and so are become a prey unto an adulterous generation that know not God whose love in our hearts hath constrained us to obey him rather then man in that wherein man would hinder us in our obedience unto God whose power worketh in ●s mightily which keepeth us from under the bondage of mans corrupt will yet to the higher power our souls are subject even to that power which preserved them who broke the Commands and Decrees of men Hest 3. 2. Dan. 3. Dan. 6 Acts 4. 17. 18. Several papers have we sent to you who should do Justice of our unjust and unreasonable sufferings in prison and little hath it been by you regarded one of which papers we sent by a friend to John Hook called a Justice of Bramshot which friend since gave us an account in writing that when he came to deliver the paper John Hooks Clerk beat him in the house and others also abused him and after he was gone out of the house another who belonged to the house followed him and in a Lane did beat him and kick him very much and this was very evil which you are to punish Here followeth a short Relation of something of the cause of the committing and retaining of the members of Christ in prison Anthony Melledg William Baily Humphrey Smith IMprisoned two weeks without the breach of any Law and since kept in the House of Correction about 17 weeks from their business and from their home because they cannot promise to go home who know no law requiring them to make any such promise and where there is no law there is no transgression Winif. Newman Imprisoned for speaking a few sober words to the hireling Priest who cannot cease from sin 2 Pet. 2 14. after he had ended she being before a servant to a Widow and fatherless and so the hireling Priest by causing her to be imprisoned hath caused both she the widow and the fatherlesse to suffer Daniel Baker Geo Henderson Imprisoned for speaking words of truth to the same Priest and people which Priest said that God was author of evill And another Priest before the Magistrate wrested the Scripture to affirm that Christ did swear when he said Verily verily John Day Imprisoned for reproving the same hireling Priest Robert Dingly who confest he and his flock were full of