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A89302	The cry of oppression, occasioned by the priests of Englands pulpit-guard, which is a popish law that was made by Queen Mary, to guard her friars and Jesuits. With a true discovery of the unjust proceedings of those called magistrates of Bathe; wherein is a lamentation over them, and a warning unto them to repent, lest they perish for ever. / By one which is hatefully called a Quaker ... known to the world by the name, Thomas Morford.	Morford, Thomas, d. 1693.	1659 (1659)	Wing M2728; Thomason E989_23; ESTC R204878	34,580	48

and the abomination that maketh desolation c. And although David was a sinner yet when he saw his sin he repented and sate on the ground and made Sack-cloth his garments and prayed the Lord to blot out his sin and his iniquities and to create in him a clean heart and renew a right spirit within him which David did witness the Lord had done for him and had delivered him out of all his trouble and said I will praise the Lord for ever mark because he hath done it c. Ps 51.9 10 52.9.54.7 And although Paul did cry out O wretched man that I am c. yet he did after witness and say the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus had made him free from the law of sin and death and over death he did triumph and thanked God that he had given him the victory over his sin through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 7.25 and 8.1 2 37. and ch 6.16 17 18. 1 Cor. 15.55 to the end This may serve to satisfie the simple and for a witness against thee Rob. Hill who falsely reportedst that I said Paul was not a Saint or born of God when he said O wretched man c. Thou askedst me whether he was not a sinner I answered that he that was born of God did not commit sin c. But thou by thy consequences concludest and falsely reportedst as aforesaid Let the wise in God judge to whom I refer my self I had been silent herein knowing it is honourable to cease from strife had I not been told of it by several people since I came into prison for it is near two years ago that the words were spoken Now let all the wise in heart judge whether or no Iob David and Paul did not witness a cleansing from their sins and iniquities and witness a perfect holy life or perfection contrary to that Doctrine of George Long and others who quote them for examples to people that they may live in sin for terme of life which is just the Doctrine of the Pope who in his ground differeth little from the Priests of England though in some particular circumstances they may for the Pope and his Jesuits and Fryars tell the people they cannot be free from sin or perfect whiles they are on earth but tell them there is a Purgatory where they must be cleansed after death for which many of them do give their whole estates to the Pope his Fryars c. to pray for their Souls after death that they may be freed of out Purgatory which they say is a place of torment and go to Heaven And hence it is through their subtilty and craft they have gotten so many Abbies c. and other yearly Revenues as they have part of which is now become their Successors to wit the Priests of England and hence was the ground to wit from the Pope of Glebes and Tythes for which the Priests of England contend so earnestly and sue men at Law c. And the Pope his Jesuits and Fryars c. say the Wafer or bread is Corpus Dei the Body of God and the Wine his Blood after they have consecrated it as they call it and some of the Priests of England say the same and the Pope and his Priests c. wash or sprinkle little Children and call that Baptism and they use a form of words at their Graves burying of their dead and they stand praying in the Synagogues and Pulpits and preach from a Chapter and Verse and have Parsonage-houses Gleabs and Tythes and some of them preach for hire moneys c. All which the Priests of England for the greatest part of them do the like and against such dumb greedy Doggs who could never have enough but preach for their gain from their Quarters the Lord sent Isaiah to cry Isa 56.10 11. and against such the Lord sent Jerimiah to cry which did commit the horrible thing in the Land the Prophets prophecying falsely and the Priests bearing rule by their means and the people did love to have it so as ye people of England do but what will ye do in the end thereof ye shall lye down in sorrow Isa 5.30 31. Isa 50.11 and against such the Lord sent Ezekiel to cry who did make a prey of the prople and destroyed Souls for dishonest gain Ezek. 34.3 4. and 27.4 And against such the Lord sent Micah to cry which did preach for hire and divine for money as your Priests and Divines do Micah 3.10 11. And Christ said ye shall know them by they fruits and against such Christ Jesus cryed who stood praying in the Synagogues and were called of men Master and had the chief Seats in the Assemblies and the uppermost rooms at Feasts Mat. 23.6 7. Now all people who have been learning the way of truth from your priests some 20 30 40 years some more some less and have given them great Gifts and Rewards and yet ye are as ignorant of the true way to eternal life as ye were the first time you went to hear them and look with a single eye on your Priests and see what difference there is between their Doctrine and that of the Popes Therefore be ye warned of them all people before the terrible day of the Lord come upon you and consume you as stubble for in that day the wicked shall be as stubble which is come and coming and with the Rod of his mouth will he smite the earth and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked therefore while ye have time prize it and repent for though there be a righteous holy life to be attained through Christ Jesus Isa 4.4 whose blood cleanseth from all sin yet those whom he doth redeem by his Spirit of burnings and of judgement from sin Rom. ● 6 he doth redeem them henceforth not to live in sin but unto him which dyed and rose again he that hath an ear to hear 2 Cor. 5.15 can hear to serve him mark in newness of life and if ever any of you come to witness a perfect holy life either Priest or People in any measure ye must come to witness a real not feigned forsaking of your evil wayes and a daily dying and crucifying of that life that now liveth in you with all its lusts and affections Gal. 5.24.25 16. Rom 6.4 And the life that ye have sl●ne whiles ye have nourished your hearts as in the day of slaughter to be raised by the power and glory of the Lord God even as Jesus was raised from the dead c. And therefore your saying ye hope ye shall be saved from your sins and ye believe Christ dyed for your sins and by faith in Christ ye shall be saved c. It is not your speaking those words and living in sin will serve your turns for Christ is come and coming to give to every one according as their works shall be And therefore that beliefe that doth

THE Cry of Oppression Occasioned by the Priests of Englands Pulpit-guard which is a Popish Law that was made by Queen Mary to guard her Friars and Jesuits With a true discovery of the unjust proceedings of those called Magistrates of Bathe Wherein is a Lamentation over them and a Warning unto them to repent lest they perish for ever Isa 10.1 2. Woe unto you that decree unrighteous decrees and that write grievousness which they have prescribed to turn aside the needy from judgement and to take away the right from the poor of my people Isa 33.1 And when ye shall cease to spoil ye shall be spoiled and when ye shall cease to deal treacherously they shall deal treacherously with you Psalm 12.5 For now will I arise saith the Lord for the oppressing of the Poor and for the sighing of the needy I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him By one which is hatefully called a QUAKER hated and persecuted without a cause a Prisoner for the Word of God and testimony of Jesus he by whom the world was made which said They shall hale you out of their Synagogues and before Magistrates and shall cast you into prison and if they kill you mark they shall think they do God good service Known to the world by the Name Thomas Morford LONDON Printed in the Year 1659. THE CRY Of OPPRESSION Occasioned by the Priests of Englands Pulpit-guard which is a Popish Law that was made by Queen MARY to guard her Friars and Jesuits With a true discovery of the unjust proceedings of those called Magistrates of Bathe Wherein is a Lamentation over them and a Warning unto them to Repent lest they perish for ever VPon the 27 day of the Third Month called MAY in the Year according to the Worlds Account 1655. I was moved of the living God to go into the Idol-Temple in the City of Bathe and there was one Priest Sanger Priest of Martins Parish near the place called Charing Cross in London standing up praying in the high place and as I stood by a chief seat in that Temple or Synagogue in which were two or three Priests there came unto me he whom they call their Sexton and said it was Prayer-time and would have had me take off my hat but I spake not a word unto him yet heard I a voice saying unto me The prayers of the wicked are abomination to the Lord. And the witness of God arose up in me very swift against the false Prophet and against all the rest of the false Prophets and Sorcerers that were there at that time from many places of the Land that was speaking lies in the Name of the Lord saying Hearken unto the W●rd of the Lord albeit the Lord spake not unto him neither did the Lord send him therefore did he not profit the people and so dreadful and terrible was the power of the Living God on me and in me that I did exceedingly quake and tremble his Word was in my bosome as a fire I was weary with forbearing I reeled like a drunken man and was ready to sink down to the ground so heavy was the burthen and indignation of the Lord in me against the Sorcerers and false Prophets But after a little while the Lord by his secret power did stop the mouth of the false Prophet which was speaking lies in his Name c. before I had spoken the Word of the Lord but then immediatly was I forced to roar out the burthen judgements and indignation of the Lord against the Sorcerers and false Prophets and the terrible day of the Lord a day of bowling howling that was and is coming upon them then presently they were in an uproar and he called their Sexton with others fell upon me haling and beating of me that Christs words might be fulfilled which said They shall beat you in their Synagogues and hale you out of them and hale you before Magistrates and cast you into prison c. And another as it was said cried out Stab him hear the fruits of your Ministry Then came the Constables that then were of the Town Robert Chapman and Walter Gibbs and haled me away presently to prison and as I was haling thither the bruits that held me by my arms did strive to break or wrest them but I was preserved by the strength and power of my God out of their rage and madness Praises to the Lord for ever On the next day I was brought before Iohn Biggs Mayor that then was and Matthew Cliff that then was called a Justice they asked me wherefore I came to disturb their Minister I answered the Lord sent me and truly so he did to bear witness against him for he was a deceiver and a false Prophet and hath deceived you but they were not willing to dispute the cause with me but sa●d except you give security to be of good behaviour you must go to prison again I demanded by what Law they judged me they answered they had a Law so I required to hear it then they commanded their Clerk to read their Law to me which was done and that Law they read to me and judged me by was a Law made by Queen Mary which killed and Martyred the servants of God called Protestants in her daies to guard her Friars and Jesuits But had not those that sate as my Judges been wilfully blind and ignorant as well as malitious but had had the least measure of the wisdom and spirit of God which ought to be the only Guide and Counsellor of all faithful and just Judges and Magistrates which judge for the Lord in Righteousness and not for gifts and rewards truly they would have found a clause in that Law whereby they might justly and truly have judged me guiltless of transgressing of that Popish Law it self for in that Law are these words that is to say If any one shall wilfully malitiously and contemptuously c. let or disturb any Preacher or Preachers in his or their Sermon c. that then they should suffer according to that Law But the Lord that searcheth all hearts and knows the secrets and intents of all hearts is my witness that I went not into that Temple or Synagogue at that time by the wilful malitious contemptible will of man but only in obedience to the movings and Spirit of the living God which movings are contrary to the will of man he that hath an an ear to hear can hear and understand yet so contrary to the true sense of the Law I was had to prison again Now let the light of Christ in all judge what ground the Priests stand upon and have for their Ministry that are not able to stand or defend themselves without a Popish Law to guard them neither they nor any else can deny it for it was read to me and by it have I been wrongfully kept in prison and by those that were the Ministers of it above nineteen months but I denied to