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A81001 By His Highness a proclamation prohibiting the disturbing of ministers and other Christians in their assemblies and meetings. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1655 (1655) Wing C7163; Thomason 669.f.19[68]; ESTC R212249 1,564 1

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O P ❧ By His Highness A PROCLAMATION PROHIBITING The Disturbing of MINISTERS and other CHRISTIANS in their Assemblies and Meetings IT having pleased the Lord by the manifold Mercies and Deliverances which he hath wrought in and for these Nations of late Years and the Blessings wherewith he hath blessed the Endeavors of the Good People thereof in making them Successful against his and their Enemies to crown Vs with this as not the least Token of his Favor and Good Will to Vs That there is a free and uninterrupted Passage of the Gospel running through the midst of Vs and Liberty for all to hold forth and profess with sobriety their Light and Knowledge therein according as the Lord in his rich Grace and Wisdom hath dispenced to every man and with the same Freedom to practice and exercise the Faith of the Gospel and to lead quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honesty without any Interruption from the Powers God hath set over this Commonwealth nay with all just and due Encouragement thereto and Protection in so doing by the same A Mercy that is the Price of much Blood and till of late years denyed to this Nation as at this day it continues to be to most of the Nations round about Vs and which all that fear God amongst Vs ought duly to consider and be thankful for in this Day wherein God hath so graciously Visited and Redeemed his People His Highness as He reckons it a Duty incumbent upon him and shall take all possible Care to Preserve and Continue this Freedom and Liberty to all Persons in this Commonwealth fearing God though of differing Iudgements by protecting them in the sober and quiet exercise and profession of Religion and the sincere worship of God against all such who shall by imposing upon the Consciences of their Brethren or offering violence to their Persons or any other way seek to hinder them therein So likewise doth He hold himself equally obliged to take Care That on no pretence whatsoever such freedom given should be extended by any beyond those bounds which the Royal Law of Love and Christian Moderation have set us in our walking one towards another Or that thereby occasion should be taken by any to abuse this Liberty to the disturbance or disquiet of any of their Brethren in the same free Exercise of their Faith and Worship which himself enjoies of his own And His Highness cannot but sadly lament the woful distemper that is fallen upon the Spirits of many professing Religion and the Fear of God in these dayes who instead of a suitable return to the Lord our God for this Liberty and all our other Mercies and appearing in an answerable carriage by a Spirit of tenderness and forbearance one towards another and provoking one another to Love and good Works are found in a Spirit of bitterness towards their Brethren biting and devouring hateful and hating one another and whilest they pretend the Liberty which Christ hath purchased for his People do openly and avowedly by rude and unchristian Practices disturb both the Publique and Private meetings for preaching the Word and other Religious Exercises and vilifie oppose and interrupt the Publique Preachers in their Ministery whereby the Liberty of the Gospel the profession of Religion and the Name of God is much dishonoured and abused and the Spirits of all good men much grieved His Highness therefore having had many informations from divers parts of this Commonwealth of such Practices by divers men lately risen up under the names of Quakers Ranters and others who do daily both reproach and disturb the Assemblies and Congregations of Christians in their Publique and Private Meetings and interrupt the Preachers in dispensing the Word and others in their Worship contrary to just Liberty and to the disturbance of the Publique Peace Doth hold himself obliged by His Trust to Declare His dislike of all such Practices as being contrary to the just Freedome and Liberties of the People which by the Laws and Government of this Commonwealth they ought to be Protected in And doth hereby strictly Require and Command all Persons whatsoever That they forbear henceforth all such irregular and disorderly Practices And if in Contempt hereof any Persons shall presume to offend as aforesaid We shall esteem them as Disturbers of the Civil Peace and shall expect and do require all Officers and Ministers of Iustice to proceed against them accordingly Given at White-Hall the 15. day of February 1654. London Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Pri●●ers to His Highness MDCLIV