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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37213	A brief manifestation, or, The state and case of the Quakers presented to all people, but especially to merchants, owners (and masters) of ships, and mariners : also to all planters or occupiers of lands in the English and forreign plantations : shewing the (causless) cause of their present and cruel sufferings ... hereby warning them all not to joyn hands against the innocent nor willingly suffer their ships ... to transport (nor to buy) any of them for slaves ... / written on behalf of the suffering people of God (called Quakers), ... the first day of the eighth month, 1664 [by] T.D.	T. D. (Thomas Davenport)	1664 (1664)	Wing D372; ESTC R28586	6,720	10

or Key thereof appears none of which things yet to this day have been proved against us nor the least shew of any such thing though it hath been put upon them to prove and their VVitnesses have been asked what we were doing in our Meetings and whether they either saw or heard any thing tending to Sedition they have testified for us and answered Nay we were peaceable and so could not be guilty of the breach of this very Act under pretence of which we now suffer Yet notwithstanding by the brow-beating and threatning both of the Grand and Petty Jurors some Jurors have been over-awed and have bowed to their wills so far as to find the Bills against us and others to find us guilty though some other Jurors that were more wise and valiant for the Truth not finding sufficient Evidence to prove their Indictments and also nothing appearing to them to make us Transgressors by any thing we either did or said in our Meetings that tended to Sedition or Insurrection against which the Act was only made and false witness being also born they could not in good conscience find us guilty of the Indictment though some of them therefore received frowns and threats and are bound over to give an account at the Kings-Bench Bar the next Term but some of the Prisoners not finding freedom in themselves to answer their form of pleading Guilty or not guilty their Indictments being indirect and questions being put to ensnare them as also some not being acquainted with their way of pleading they readily pronounced their unjust Sentence of Transportation against them save only the VVomen that have Husbands are committed to the House of Correction some for the space of eleven months and others for twelve months Now seeing their Actings are so contrary to Justice and Right and also to the late Act for you or any of you to put this Illegal and Unjust Sentence in Execution by Transporting any of us would be very hard measure and not safe for you nor to the Kings honour And further If any man amongst you through a wicked covetousness should transport any of us at his own charge with intent to sell us for Slaves or Labourers for his unrighteous gain let such know that Gods wrath will smoke against that person for we are the Lords Free-men and in his Fear and Dread we tell that man we cannot answer his spirit nor satisfie his lusts in stooping to that slavery he intends us for many of us not being educated in such a way of drudgery and slavery so that his evil ends will be crossed who would think to make a gain of us by Servitude or Labour who are God's Free-men to whom we have and shall commit our Cause and the care of our Bodies as our Souls whatever we may suffer from or by such wicked person assuredly knowing that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from this Oppression and Bondage also but if he doth not yet know to that spirit we cannot bow And of this our causless though cruel Sufferings with our Resolution herein we do purpose to acquaint and do hereby inform and acquaint all the Plantations where this may come to the end they may be forewarned and thereby fore-armed and not to be surprised or deceived as the late Master of a Ship was in a case of transporting some of us by buying any of us for their Servants which will not be for their profit and we hope they will be advised by us especially seeing their own interest is so nearly concerned And it is the desire of our hearts they may consider our Case and Condition herein declared and be warned by us who intend this our Manifestation for them as well as for any others in that wherein they may be concerned And so having in the uprightness and honesty of our hearts as before the Lord cleared our selves in thus clearly stating our Case and the causless Cause of our Sufferings with our holy and firm Resolution to continue in our duty to follow the Lord and not at all to bow to the spirit of Wickedness Cruelty and Oppression in any whatsoever Our desires therefore are renewed unto you again that you would seriously weigh ponder and consider what is here declared in this our Manifestation and be warned thereby not to joyn hands with Oppression under any colour or pretence whatsoever for why should ye be found persecuting the Innocent and fighting against the Lord who is too strong for you POSTSCRIPT And moreover It will endanger the Lives of many tender people to be transported into other Countries beyond the Seas from Relations Families and Native Country besides the great sufferings that such a thing may bring upon their tender Wives Children and Families who may outwardly be exposed to Ruine if their Husbands and Fathers should be thus forced from them who would have taken care to maintain them and this is the way to make many Widows and Fatherless whose Cryes will enter into the Ears of the Lord against this Cruelty and Opprestion THE END

A BRIEF MANIFESTATION OR The STATE and CASE of the Quakers presented to all people but especially to Merchants Owners and Masters of Ships and Mariners also to all Planters or Occupiers of Lands in the English and Forreign Plantations Shewing the causless Cause of their present and cruel Sufferings from the hands of their own Countrymen and Fellow-Citizens of London Hereby warning them all not to joyn hands against the Innocent nor willingly suffer their Ships to be imployed to Transport nor to buy any of them for Slaves to the separating of Husband from Wife Parents from Children c. to the Ruine and Desolation of many Families and to the provoking the Anger of the Lord against you and your Families and to smite the Land with a Curse But do ye unto all men as you would they should do unto you c. Written on the behalf of the Suffering-People of God called Quakers and of the Testimony which they hold The First day of the Eighth Month 1664. T. D. Printed at London in the year 1664. A Brief MANIFESTATION to Merchants Seamen and Planters c. KNow ye then that that God who created the Heavens and the Earth the Omipotent and Almighty JEHOVAH and Lord of Hosts whose all things are and for whose Service they were created who giveth breath and being to all and in whose hands and at whose dispose is your Life and the Lives of all Mankind who numbereth your dayes which are as a span and pass away swifter than a Weavers shuttle or as a Post that tarrieth not who saith to man Return to thy dust and he is no more And this is He we own to be our God whom we serve and worship in the Spirit of his Son the Light of the VVorld to whom all Judgment is committed that men might honour the Son as they honour the Father who is God over all blessed for evermore And this is he whom we have waited for and his Light hath shone into our hearts to give us the knowledge of the Light of the Gospel in the face of Christ Jesus and by believing in his Light we come to a true sight of our states and our hearts were ript open and our iniquities were made manifest unto us and the Books were opened and the Earth disclosed and the Dead appeared and the Judgment was set up and we were then judged every man according to his works and the things that were written in those Books And then we knew him to be dreadful indeed in his just Judgments against that nature which had transgressed and his flame was kindled in our hearts and began to take hold of that which was for the fire and his Sword was drawn to cut down that which stood in the way and turned every way to keep the Tree of Life so that we in this unclean state could not come unto it though fain would we have lived here and loth we were to part with that which was so near and dear unto us to wit the wisdom honour and glory of this present world which was as so many deaths to us to part with and we would fain have been Heirs of two Kingdoms but the Light let us see that we must deny our selves in all that so nearly concerned us and take up our Cross daily and follow him our Guide and Leader though to the loss of all O what thoughts of heart tumblings of mind noise of wars and rumours of wars which is not to be expressed was then in our hearts At last to the Light and Power of God our hearts did bow and became obedient then a separation began to be made between the Good and the Evil and we became judged according to men in the flesh that we might be saved according to God in the Spirit Now the Separation being thus made and the true Judgment set up in our hearts we could not as in times past run with the wicked into vanity and excess neither could we joyn with the Superstitious and Idolaters in their false wayes worships and customs but have been and are still made willing to bear our Testimony publickly against them all both by word and conversation c. And though we have been obedient to the Powers that have been and to these that now are in all just and righteous things keeping a good Conscience void of offence both to God and man and for this cause we labour diligently and painfully in our Callings that we may be serviceable in our Native Country where our God hath placed us having something and being ready to minister to them that stand in need of our help that thereby we might be a good savour to all For which cause also we pay Tribute to whom Tribute is due and have so done to all the Powers since we were a People declaring thereby our owning of Magistracy being willing to support it in all just and right things though some have aspersed and accused us of the contrary And thus in all things that pertain to Life and Godliness we have endeavoured to live peaceably and honestly with all men and this we declare unto you that neither the former Powers nor these present in Power neither could nor can they now justly accuse us of plotting or contriving against them neither of any Sedition or seditious Practices towards any of them as hereby we do call to record the Lord God Almighty to whom we appeal for Righteous Judgment in the case between us Notwithstanding we have so behaved our selves and that our Adversaries can lay nothing justly to our charge yet behold and see how we have been persecuted and cruelly intreated by them all but especially at this day O how are we beaten in the streets and places of our Meetings how is our hair plucked off our heads how are we kick'd and pinch'd on the arms and some women pinched and smitten on their tender brests to their great harm how are we packed into close and nasty Prisons near three hundred at one time in one Prison and how have some of our Friends been beaten Felons suffered to abuse them there how have some of us been taken forcibly from our Brethren where we have been met together in our Prison-house and threatned and put into the Hole or Dungeon how have some of us been taken out of one Prison-room and cast into deep and dismal Holes where we have been in danger of our lives by reason of a corrupt unclean Prisoner who lay there even worse and more nauseous than any filthy Carrion or Excrement whatsoever a place not fit for Swine O how are we prosecuted with violence at their Sessions and the Jurors and Peoples Understandings endeavoured to be poisoned and They incensed against us by Speeches made to render us even as the worst of men as see the Book entituled The Innocency and Conscientiousness of the Quakers asserted and cleared in answer to Judge Keeling's Speech How are the Jurors that served for Felons