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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93550	Something in answer to a petition to Oliver Cromwel, from the subscribers in Cumberland, which are called iustices and commissioners: also the examination of some friends at the assizes at York, the 17 of Iuly.		1654 (1654)	Wing S4659; Thomason E812_7; ESTC R207632	10,984	12

Something in answer TO A PETITION TO Oliver Cromwel From the Subscribers IN CVMBERLAND Which are called Iustices and Commissioners Also the Examination of some Friends at the Assizes at York the 17 of Iuly London Printed in the Year 1654. Something in answer to a PETITION TO Oliver Cromwel From the Subscribers in Cumberland which are called Justices and Commissioners Also the Examination of some friends at the Assizes at York the 17. of Iuly PEtition You would have all able and Godly Ministers as are already settled in this County by the late Commissioners to have all fit encouragement Answ All the godly Ministers do not Petition to have encouragement from man they are not made by the will of man but all they who are made by the will of man and settled by the Commission of man must be holden up with man and encouraged by man and mans Commission as you make it appear here that your Teachers are not made by the will of God for they which were made Ministers by the will of God as the Scripture declares suffered by all such as had their Commission from man the chief Priests Scribes and Pharisees and so they were such that would thrust that Minister out which was made by the will of God So all you now which would have the Ministers which are settled to have their Commission from man with the light of Christ is all that to be condemned eternally this is the word of God which brings into his will who sends such Labourers into his vineyard as he will which are persecuted with such as you are in your wills and hold up such as are made by the will of man Petition And may not be necessitated to travel to London for their further approbation Answ A godly Minister need not go forth to be approved of men for that which is approved of men in their own wills is abomination to the Lord and such as Christ sends forth freely and God they need not go to London to be approved of men therefore let shame strike you all in the faces ye which are unsent of God and Christ which now go to be approved of men and for shame never say you are God-like or like God or sent forth by him for who are made Ministers by the will of God stand against all you who are made Ministers by the will of man let all the Ministers of God the life of them all Judge you and silence you and stop your mouths for ever And them that would you approve I charge you in the presence of the living God to that in your consciences I speak that with it you may see how you are approved with God and whether you know the voice of Christ that speaks where he is and the living God and beware to the light in your consciences I speak which Christ hath enlightned you withall which will let you see you do not know God and see God as they who are of God did and do let their life Judge you First are not you such Doctors as are called of men Masters and have the choicest place in the Assemblies and stand praying in the Synagogue and do not you send forth such as walk in the same steps of your selves which our Lord Jesus Christ cryed woe against as you may read Mat. 23. and are you fit to send forth Teachers for Christ and be in place of the Pharisees and set them in the places which our Lord Jesus Christ cryed woe against and ye send out such as seek for their gain from their Quarter which the Lord sent Isaiah to cry against Isa 56. and you send forth such as bear rule by their means which the Lord sent Jeremiah to cry out against that uphold the horrible filthy thing committed in the Land and ye send forth such as are Hirelings which the Lord sent Micah to cry against and ye send forth such as go in the way of Cain that envious and after the error of Balaam who are from the spirit which receives gifts and rewards the wages of unrighteousness which is the end of both so woe will be the end of all you who set up such who walk in the same way from the light of Christ Jesus within you to the light of Christ Jesus in you all I speak which is the light of men that with it you may see all this which is contrary to it and to the holy men of God which you act which if you love it the right it will condemn all your practices and all these actions and this must you own your condemnation before God and Christ is seen and his Gospel witnessed and to you that is the word of the Lord So I warn you and charge you in the presence of the living God to the light in your consciences I speak leave off acting contrary to the light in your consciences which never changes which will witness me eternally and condemn you which act contrary to it for who act contrary to it walks in the steps of those which the Lord sent his Prophets his Son and his Apostles to cry against with the light of Christ you are seen your steps and such as you send forth to be in the steps and paths of them as I said before which the Lord sent his Prophets his Son and his Apostles to cry against Let the life of all the holy men of God which gave forth the Scripture Judge you and search you and the light will condemn you all who act contrary to it I charge you and so the light in your consciences I speak to search and see if you can witness the spirit and the life which was before the Scripture was given forth which made them Ministers of it which spake them forth and you which cannot witness this are neither Ministers your selves nor are you fit to send forth others which if you say that you have the light which was before the Scripture was given forth the light in your consciences will condemn you to it I speak and that shall witness me and you condemned and all ungodly deeds and to you all this is the word of God Petition And that all possible care may be taken for the supply of such places as are destitute of the necessary means of propagating the Gospel by way of Catechism or otherwise Answ A silly silly shame shame that ever you should think men should send forth Labourers into Gods Vineyard here you would not have the Lord to rule his Vineyard himself and that the care of all should be cast upon the Lord and you would have people to cast their care upon men Oh how contrary to the Scriptures you are and here again you would have Labourers sent forth by the will of man and with the will of man and oh how contrary to the Scriptures and the Apostles you are here again Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ not by the will of man but by the will of God and

of the Gospel here your fruits do declare it what you are for the Ministers of the Gospel denyed the first Priesthood and never sued any man at the Law for tythes but the Ministers of the Gospel are ashamed of you for all who own Christ Jesus the unchangable Priest deny tythes and the first Priesthood and do not sue any man at the Law but are brought to yea and nay in their communications here you may see how far you are from the doctrine of Christ which the Apostles walked in or shew me any example that ever the Apostles practised any such thing or any of them putting up Petitions or any of them had tythes or any of them sued ever any at the Law for tythes or the Apostles ever had Bayliffs to destrain goods for tythes for them of the people their pots their kettles and their Pewter or bedding or their horses or cattel or threw them into prison for tythes Oh havock havock what havock do you make of the Church which witness the unchangable Priest and now if you cannot find one example among the Apostles which acted these practises which are acted among the Priests of England let their life Judge you and their doctrine to be evil beasts which mind earthly things who serve not the Lord Iesus Christ but their own bellies and lay their hands upon their mouths for shame and never mention it more that they are Ministers of the Gospel for with the light which Christ Iesus hath enlightned you withal are you all seen and condemned and this you must own before ever you own the Gospel for they which preach the Gospel bring glad tydings and they do not make the Gospel chargable or burthensome nor look at an outward power to have set benefits or tythes nay they first plant a Vineyard before they eat of the fruit of it and they preach the Gospel before they live of it and such deny the first Priesthood that receiveth tythes and doth not preach it up and doth not covet any mans silver or gold or apparel which preach the Gospel and here you that sue men at the Law and strain their goods and cast them into prison doth covet both their silver and their goods so there you are condemned with the life of the Apostles and to be out of their doctrine and with the life Iudged and with the light condemned and unto you this is the word of God unto the light in your consciences I speak which have put up this Petition which will let you see that your eye is abroad which is the fools which if you love it it will guide your minds to Christ and here is every ones Teacher the light and every ones way to Christ the Saviour and every ones way out of the world which leads them into the world where there is no end and you that would have tythes and a speedy course for keeping them up because God hath raised up the light in the hearts of people and caused the light to shine out of darkness in the face of Iesus from whom the light comes and with the light they do confess Christ the unchangable Priest and deny the changable Priest that receives tythes for you that hold up tythes and the first Priesthood are in the Ministry of condemnation and not in the Ministry of the Spirit and to you this is the word of the Lord. And you that look for Teachers are such as are turned from the light and are such as would not have Christ to raign over you which are erred from the light for who turns from the light are in the self-righteousness but who walks in the light with the light such are condemned and it brings to witness Christ the Minister and Bishop of the soul and denies all who are made Ministers by the will of man in that nature to the light they are to be condemned they are keepers in time your Ministry of man made by the will of man and hath mens persons in admiration because of advantage which is erred from the light the other which is made by the will of God manifest to that of God in every mans conscience and goes to Minister to that in the person and to the bringing it up out of that time unto God and with that which leads out of time condemns that which keeps in time and to you this is the word of God To you that put up Petitions to the powers of the earth for a set maintenance for your Teachers and tythes can you not here be ashamed are you a Vineyard and doth no fruit grow in you he that planted gathers no fruit you may be ashamed woe unto you Vineyard dressers must you now put up Petitions to the Powers of the earth and a cloak to sue such at the Law as you persecute which are not of you Oh shame you Teachers and people will not your Vineyard maintain you now it is manifest what you have been sowing all this while you have talked and told people of sowing spiritual things and said it was the least if they Ministred unto you carnal things and now is there not carnal things to be reaped and now you put up Petitions to the Powers of the earth to get maintenance of them that are not of you whom you do no work for who hath not hired you let shame strike you ye Vineyard dressers in the face and you may be ashamed of your works The Examination of Boswel Middleton before the Iudge of the Assize so called at York the 17. of Iuly 1654. IVdge Nudigate Hold up thy hand Boswell Mid. I deny the Ceremony Clerk read Whereas Boswel Middleton Cordinar in the City of York having maliciously and contemptuously disturbed Mr. Edward Bowles Minister when he was preaching in All Saints Church saying Thou art a Minister of Antichrist and also the Congregation and troubled and vexed the said Preacher Iudge What sayest thou guilty or not guilty Boswell The words which I spoke to him was the word of the Lord but maliciously I deny then they read over the Indictment again and I was moved to speak these words Iudge righteous Iudgement and do Iustice the Lord requires it of you Iudge Didst thou speak these words yea or nay Boswel A minister of Anti-christ I witness him to be Iudge Stood up and said let us reason together what is Anti-christ Boswell He that practiseth and holdeth up those things which Iesus Christ witnesseth against is Antichrist Iudge What things are those Boswell Such as are called of men Masters and go in Long robes and have the chiefest places in the Assemblies Salutations in the Market places and so forth read to that in thy conscience Iudge Said I was mad and spoke non-sense and sat him down what sayest thou wilt thou confess thou disturbedst the Church yea or no Bos The Saints Church is in God the Father our Lord Iesus Christ and in this Church all may speak one by one and there peace cannot be broken but your Church I deny Iudge Wilt thou own the Indictment altogether as it lies Bos The words which were spoken by me I own and witness It was the word of the Lord but malice and the rest I deny it is your own A Minister of Anti-christ he is and I shall witness it with my blood if thereto I be required Iudge It were well if you were grounded upon the Scriptures and not such youths to disturb the Ministers Bos Give one example in all the Scriptures where ever the Ministers of Iesus Christ were defended with a carnal Law yea or nay but they were all silent then they called a Iury and swore them against me and I spoke these words Friends all you that swear you are out of the doctrine of Christ who saith swear not at all then I told them I have suffered the wages of the Law and layen in prison near six moneths Iudge That is thy advantage but here is another advantage art thou sorry Bosw I stand to the Lord If I have transgressed the Law here is my body at the Lords service inflict what punishment on it you can I have cleared my conscience and am willing to suffer and here the Scripture is fulfilled on you who make offenders for a word The Examination of Henry Fewler before the Iudge of Assize so called IVstice Dickinson Have you brought Sureties for your good behaviour Henry I am bound to good behaviour by the power of God Dickinson Spoke to the Iudge and he would not hear him but waved it then they drew an Indictment which is as followeth whereas Henry Fewler in the Parish of Saint Lawrence did maliciously disturb and falsely accuse Thomas Dickinson Iustice of the Peace saying thou art a Persecuter of the Saints of the most high God Quest what say you are you guilty of this Indictment yea or no Ans Maliciously I deny I have no malice to him nor no man more then to a child in a Cradle neither did I know that I should speak to thee till I saw thy face And then I was moved to speak to thee by the power of God but hadst thou not been guilty thou needst not have been angry or disturbed hadst thou not had a persecuting spirit thou wouldst not have sent me to prison for speaking a word to thy conscience I did not affront thee neither follow thee I was within my own door stead and for the man that was persecured it was upon a false oath as I can let the Iudge understand Iudge Come friend art thou sorry for disturbing the Magistrate Ans I am not sorry for doing the work of the Lord he that doth the command of the Lord need not be sorry Iudge If you will acknowledge you are sorry I will set you free here Ans I am not sorry then the Court broke up FINIS