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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66865	To the King and both houses of Parliament sitting at Westminster, and to every particular member thereof this is a timely warning that they do not make laws against the righteous and innocent people of the Lord called Quakers, as the unrighteous rulers whom God overthrew before them, did / by Humphrey Wolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3302; ESTC R15082	13,107	16

destruction his Lambs will he carry in his everlasting arm whom the Wolves Bears and Lions seek to devour We hear the voice of God as his Sheep alwaies did though this may be counted blasphemy with the persecutors which never heard his voice themselves nor saw his shape at any time and this was Daniels God the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the God of Shedrach Meshach and Abednego the God of Mordecai who was a Jew inwardly the God of Moses and of all the Fathers who dyed in the faith and in obedience to the Lord not fearing the wrath of the Kings and Rulers who have set themselves in all ages against the Lord and his Annointed and hidden ones these all dyed in the faith which the persecutor is out of of whom it is said Heb 11. the world was not worthy of and as John the beloved of the Father saith concerning himself and they that had fellowship with him the world knows us not therefore doth the world hate us These had cruel mockings and scourgings consider this ye that ought to do Justice and break the bands of oppression Oh! consider ye Parliament men to you am I moved of the Lord to write There is work enough for you to do in England to stop the swearers mouth and the floud of wickednesse that is overflowing this Nation this is not your work to tread upon the consciences of men that cannot swear at all Conscience is Gods Throne and the place where his Honor dwelleth is the lowly heart and the Lord will not give his Glory to another neither must any but himself who is the God of the Spirits of all flesh prescribe his children a way to worship the Father of Spirits in for the Scripture saith John ● God is a Spirit and they that worship him not in Spirit Christ saith they worship they know not what Now little doth the persecutor know what he is doing who is justifying the wicked and condemning the righteous whom the Lord doth justifie in not Swearing in obedience to Christs Command who saith Swear not at all this is a thing very pleasing to the Lord who is that Spirit of Truth and leadeth men to speak the Truth and do that to their Neighbours and all men as they would have men do unto them with-without Swearing and have ye not read in the Scripturs that the Kings Throne is established in Righteousness And is not Christ the Prince of Peace and King of Righteousnesse And do you believe that this is like to establish King Charles the Second to imprison so many thousands as he hath done because they cannot break the Righteous Commands of Christ by Swearing at all Is it better to obey God or man judge ye with the measure of his own Light Is not this to be subject to the higher power which power is a terror to the evil doer to obey the Commands of Christ who is the Power and Wisdom of God unto whom all Power in Heaven and Earth is given Do ye believe that all your Souls and the Soul of King Charles ought not to be subject to Christ Or do you believe your Power is above his because so many thousands are Imprisoned because they cannot break the Command of Christ whose Spirit spake in Paul and said Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation For Rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil mark Christ saith Mat. 5.34 Ye have heard say by them of old time thou shalt not forswear thy self but I say unto you swear not at all vers 37. but let your Communication be yea yea nay nay for what is more cometh of evil also read James 5 vers 1● Above all things my Brethren Swear not Now I believe you will not deny but that Christ and James an Apostle of his were truly obedient to Magistrates in that which was meet and that their Souls also were subject to God and though Paul saith an Oath among men was on end of strife yet it is plain it was not so among the Brethren that were in Christ Jesus the word of the Oath which was since the Law and puts an end to all strife which the Swearers are in and against which the Law and Oaths were added until the Seed Christ came who is the end of them both for Righteousnesse sake for the Law was not added against a Righteous man but against the wicked the lawlesse and disobedient Now the Apostle saith They that Rule well are worthy of double Honour and do you believe in your Consciences that they which rule for God will ever be a terrour to such as for Conscience sake dare not break the Commands of his Son of whom he hath said all shall hearken unto and though Angels Prophets and the Fathers which were under a Cloud in the dayes of old did Swear yet Christ was greater then the Prophets and before Abraham and when he was brought forth into the world it was said and the VVord of the Lord endures for ever Let all the Angels of God worship him who saith Swear not at all and this I say neither I nor any of us deny Swearing from any thing that is in our Hearts against King Charles or his Government or that we cannot willingly be subject to any of his Righteous Commands and that for Conscience sake towards God but because we are perswaded in our Hearts and Spirits by the Lord and not onely since King Charles came in that Swearing is unlawful in any case because it is contrary to his Command by Christ his Son whom he hath said all must hearken to but this hath been our Principle to deny Swearing for which we were persecuted by all the Governours that went before you for many years But ye may consider were they not such as did Swear to be true to King Charles the First that afterwards cut off his head Were they not such who Swore to be true to King and Parliament that afterwards proved the greatest enemies to them both Time would fail me to mention all the Treacheries that have been wrought in England within this twenty years by such as have taken Oaths and Covenants to the contrary in a few words Christ hath said Swear not but speak the Truth and whatsoever ye would have men do unto you do ye the same to them and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and thy Neighbour as thy self and he that doth this is the end of the Law and greater then the Prophets which did Swear which thing we have laboured to do both in the light of God and men not in our own strength for we are nothing but in the Name of our Lord Jesus who bears up our heads in our Sufferings and is our all in tribulation for whose Names sake we Suffer patiently praying to the Lord that he would forgive them which know not what they do and we have

the testimony and the sure witnesse of the Lord in our Consciences that we do not suffer as Thieves Murderers and evil doers neither are we guilty of the breach of any good Law of King Charles's but onely in this are we looked upon as guilty because we meet together to Worship the Lord as his Spirit leadeth us the King having commanded the contrary which Law should I never speak more I bear my Testimony against as unrighteous for as Children newly born are we clear from all plottings either against the King or any other Government since we were a people called of the Lord not to fight with Carnal weapons as many have done but with Spiritual Weapons which have been mighty through God not to the destroying of mens Bodies but the bringing down and destroying of that wicked spirit which hath captivated oppressed and destroyed the Creation of God under which the whole Creation travelleth in pain and groaneth greatly waiting for the redemption and manifestation of the Son of God who comes not to destroy the World or mens lives but the works of the Devil which have been wrought in man whereby mans life hath been a burthen too heavy for himself to bear And the Lord hath raised us up and we are his witnesses against all hireling Priests which Preach for hire and we bear our testimony and it is the Lords against all false Prophets which are in the was of Balaam runing gredily after rewards these are they which withstand the Lord and his people and though they say they are Ministers of Christ yet we testifie by the Spirit of the Lord that they are no better then the false Prophets which Jeremiah Esay and Ezekiel cryed against and such as Paul Phillip 3. complained of vers 18. For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping that they are enemies of the Crosse of Christ Whose end is destruction whose God is their Belly whose glory is in their shame who mind earthly things These are they which the Lords controversie is against and against whom he will stand as an adversary until he have destroyed them Root and Branch and as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these men withstand the Truth Mark How did they withstand Moses not by denying the signs and wonders which he wrought but by doing lying wonders by the enchantments and witchcraft which Moses did by the Power and finger of God so these men whom England hath taken for Ministers of Christ even these men which have run to every Power King and Parliament to establish them a Law for their Bellies these men do not resist the Truth in denying Prayer Singing and Preaching and such things as the Spirit of God led the Saints to formerly but by living in the form of them and Singing Preaching and Praying by the Spirit of the World as their Fruits make them manifest to have another Spirit then what the True Ministers and Prophets of God had which is not of the Father but of the World When did you ever read in all the Scriptures that the true Ministers did run to the Magistrates for their bellies as this generation of false teachers for many hundreds of years have done When Christ sent forth his Ministers to preach he bid them go and enquire in the Towns and Cities where they came who was worthy and such things as they set before them they were to eat this was their hire and maintenance which Christ the chief Bishop did allow them for saith he the Labourer is worthy of his meat he did not bid them go into such a Town or City and bargain by so much a year or how much will you give me and I 'le be your Minister but saith he freely have you received freely give Is not Englands Ministery and their gift of preaching bought in Oxford and Cambridge and sold in Cities and Countries all over this Nation so that which can be sold bought for mony is not the gift of God for all the gifts and graces of God are free and freely to be distributed as they are freely given and not sold for money So you may read Acts 8.20 where Simon the Sorcerer would have bought the gift of God for money Peter said unto him Thy money perish with thee because thou thoughtest the gift of God can be purchased with money Balaam the Sorcerer who had the gift of God freely given him a thing which the Ministers of England know not but are enemies thereunto he saw the goodly Tents of Jacob and the pleasant dwelling place of Israel but his heart being divided he would have sold the gift of God for money and the gift which God gave him freely if he could have done it by his inchantments he would have cursed the people whom the Lord had not cursed and in whom he himself confessing was the voice of a King and perceived that there was no divination nor inchantment against them Therefore he bemoans himself and says unto B●lak if thou wouldst give me thine house full of silver and gold I cannot go beyond the Commandment of the Lord Mark The holy One of Israel which will not be limited limits his enemies And to you all this is the word of the Lord You shall not go beyond your limit nor destroy the people whom the Lord hath blessed do not harden your hearts against the Lord as Pharaoh did for you have had many warnings by the Servants of the Lord already as Pharaoh had when he would not let Israel go but increased their bondage and doubled his cruelty against them and as the governments which went before you were often warned of a sore destruction and overthrow that was coming upon them and though their hands were strong and the Kingdoms were strengthned in their hands yet did the Servants of the Lord often warn them and foretell of all that is now befallen them And though they could not believe it when it was declared unto them neither did they relieve the oppressed nor loose the bands of the prisoner but as it is in this your day they waxed obstinate against the Lord and hearkned to the false Prophets and hireling Priests which were their ruine and mocked the Prophets and abused his Messengers which he sent unto them because he had compassion on his dwelling place so that the wrath of the Lord brake out upon them untill there was no remedy He gave them up to the spoilers as it is this day and them which were become tributaries to them hath he brought in subjection and made tributaries themselves how did they prosper judge in your selves was any able to stand before them while the Lord was on their side did they not prosper did not the dread and fear fall upon the Nations round about then was there no oppression of the Innocent nor wounding of tender Consciences in this Land about Religion when did they grow weak feeble and the mighty men became