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A89853	Several petitions answered, that were put up by the priests of Westmorland, against James Nayler and Geo. Fox, servants of the most high God, persecuted by the priests of the world, as Jesus Christ and the apostles were persecuted by the Jewish high priests for the witnessing of the truth, and testifying against the deceits of the world. With the answer to an order given forth by the justices at Appleby sessions, contrary to the law of God, and the laws of the land. Also, an exhortation to the people, to mind the light of God in them, the teachings and leadings of the spirit of truth; the which if it be obeyed, will lead and guide them into all truth.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1653 (1653)	Wing N316A; Thomason E703_4; ESTC R3636	42,778	72

that which we preach is not after man neither according to mans will but by the will of God For we are not made Ministers by Oxford and Cambridge for that we deny Gal. 1. 21 12. Gal. 1. 1. We stand condemned by you who are Ministers of the Letter and not of the Spirit who are Ministers by the will of man and your Call and Authority is by the will of man Obj. Hvae filled it in some parts with very sad divisions Answ Truth did make division when Deceit was at peace For Christ said I come not to send peace on the Mat. 10. 34 35 earth but a sword for I am come to set a man at variance against his Father and the daughter against her mother the daughter in law against the mother in law and here is the Scripture fulfilled Pr. Obj. Stirred up much wrath and strife even between the neerest relation Answ It seems hatred wrath and strife were within now truth hath stirred it up When the strong man armed keeps the house all the goods are at peace till a Mat 3. 27. Luke 17. 20 21. stronger come and dispossesses him and spoyls his goods and here is the Scripture fulfilled where the 1 Cor. 6. 19. 1 John 3. 8. power of truth dwels and the Kingdom of God is come who are indeed the Temples of God the works of the Divell destroyed hatred malice wrath strife heresie and blasphemy pride hypocrisie and dissembling where the truth rules these are destroyed and where these rule truth rules not and consider all you pretended Ministers what you have been doing all this while that there is so much wrath and strife to be stirred up when the truth comes for that is it that sets at variance O all people consider what blind guides you have been led withall why spend you your money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Ho every one that thirsteth Isai 55. 1 2 3. come freely without mony and without price hearken diligently unto me saith the Lord that your souls may live Pr. Obj. And powerfully seduced multitudes of people from the truth Answ Whereas we are accused as seducing people from the truth it is false for how can they be in the truth who live in malice cnvy strife and wrath for they that live in that nature are turned from the truth which according to your own words much of that is Mat. 15. 9. Col. 2. 22. 1 John 2. 26 27. stirred up The Lord hath sent us and made us to come into this County to draw up people unto himselfe from the Doctrines and Worships of the world John 11 7. All people are seduced by you whom God hath never sent for I will prove by the Scriptures that you are seducers and draw people from the teaching within them to follow your imaginations what you can study out of the letter which the holy men of God spoke forth freely the which now you make a Trade of And Iohn 1 Joh. 2. 26 27. said These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you you need not that any man teach you but as the anointing teaches you all things Now if an hundred or a thousand people should come and deny all you Priests and witness they had this anointing within them then this Scripture being fulfilled John 15. 25. and you denied such you go about to persecute which witness this anointing within them and need no man teach them Herein you shew that you have not the same spirit that was in them that wrot that Epistle but the spirit of the world the world did not know them then which were taught by that anointing but hated them as you do now them that witness the same annointing ye hate ye are the Antichrists of this world and hate them who are not of this world and seek to bring them from their teacher within to follow you who go in the way of Cain to envy and after the error Jude 11. of Balaam Here you shew your selves to be seducers and such we do deny but to every mans conscience do we look to be made manifest and we do not seek to draw any one from the anointing within them but do exhort all there to wait and abide for the promise which is eternall life to them that abide in the anointing 2 Cor. 4. 2. 1 John 2. 25. 2 Tim. 3. 3. but you false accusers are without which the Scripture speaks of Pr. Ob. And from the worship of God Answ That is false to say we draw any from the truth for we can do nothing against the truth but for the truth as the Apostle saith but all corrupt wayes we deny and abhorre and the worship of the wicked we deny who have not their names written in the Lambs Book of life and God is not worshipped with mens hands neither dwels he in Temples made with hands and for witnessing this Steven was stoned to death when the high Priests examined him which generation you shew your selves to be in the same nature holding up outward Temples and Synagogues which we deny and seek to draw people from these things God is a Spirit and he that worships him must worship him in spirit and in truth and this worship we own Rev. 13. 8. Ioh. 4. 22 25. Acts 19. 27 24 and draw people to it up to God from all beastly worships outward Customes imitated of man which is an abomination unto the Lord. Pr. Ob. To imbrace their corrupt and dangerous doctrines and pernitions ways which things are so notoriously known to all men that live in these parts that we need not here say any thing to acquaint your selves with it Ans Corrupt Doctrines pernicious ways we deny which are all your ways you proud Baals Priests for 2 Pet. 2. 2. 15. 2 John 1. 9. Luke 7. 9. he that doth abide in the Doctrine of Christ hath God and he that doth not abide in the Doctrine of Christ is of the Divell Iesus Christ is made manifest who witnesses forth the eternall truth to poor souls who have lived in darkness and blindness these many hundred years have the dark ministery reigned but now the God of power is uttering his thunders and Rev. 10. 34. making his power known and the eternal word of God is made manifest in us this we witness which we preach forth to the glory of our Father Praises praises be unto thee alone Lord God Almighty who art now setting up thy own Kingdom And the same judgement do ye give upon us as the Jews did upon Christ and the Apostles for the Apostle while he was in the Jewish Religion in their outward worship as you are now they looking for a Christ coming without them as you do now at which time Paul was at peace with them but when he did preach Iesus Christ that was revealed Acts 21. 27 28 30. in

did for they asked to release Barabas and crucifie Jesus the innocent and gathered the Elders against him to seek to put him to death so do you now where he is made manifest who are of the same generation Priests Petition 2. The protection of our selves and our Ministers from violence or disturbance in our worship of God and suppression of offenders Answ Where did the Saints or Ministers of God seek to a Magistrate to protect their worship but Acts 24. 5. on the contrary they were persecuted of such which the Jews and Priests did incense them to which is the same you do now as the Jews who came against Paul and said he was a pestilent fellow a mover of sedition a stirrer up of heresie a Ring-leader of the Sect of the Nazarens turning the world up side down and teaches contrary to our Custom and this holy place he told them God dwelled not in Temples made with hands neither was he worshipped with mens hands Acts 17. 24 25 which outward custom you are upholding now in the same nature that they were in when the Jews brought Paul to Felix holding up their own customs by an outward Law as imprisoning him Paul had no Law to maintain him but the Law of God and the eternal Word to guide him and Mat. 23. 4. Gal. 1. 1. Isaiah 33. 22. the same we do witness against all the powers of men but the power of God let every soul be subject too Priests Petition 3. Execution of the Statute against Sabboth breakers and such as under pretence of Religion are in no Religious Assemblies that day Answ All that live in pretence of Religion and not in power is nothing all that owns pure Religion owns us and all that owns the Sabboth the eternal Rest the eternal day owns us but while people have met together to set up you who in the week day invented fashions and on that day put it on so the eye goes out looking at new fashions and in the week day follows oathes drunkenness prophaneness pleasures and such practises we deny but to live righteously soberly in this present world this we own and whom you finde wrangling walking in uncleanness cursed speaking fighting drunkenness upon such you should lay the Law for the Law was made for the Lawless but you pretended Ministers seek to bring upon us bounds who are redeemed from these ways through the love and power of God if you were the Ministers of God you would go about to bring people from under all Law up to God but you shew your selves to be of that generation which shut the Kingdom of heaven from Mat. 23. 13. men which Kingdom is a Kingdom of peace this we witness Priests Petition 4. Charge to all differing judgements to meet together each Lords day peaceably and not to spread themselves to several places for disturbance Answ If any be moved by the Lord to come into your Assemblies to speak the word of the Lord unto them for your souls eternal happiness would you have this limitted this is your intent to limit the Holy one of Israel As for disturbance we all deny and to draw people up to God that we do out of all carnal ways for God is a Spirit and will be worshipped in spirit and in truth and this worship we own and who are here denies all your Temples and Priests herein is one Priest Jesus Christ the Biship of our souls for they who received the Substance denyed the Priests and they met together the first day of the week and when any was moved to go forth they went and witnessed forth the Substance to them that lived in the Shadows this we do and now to deny you Priests being ye cannot witness your call the Temple which God never commanded they that are in the Temples of God do This dark Ministry hath long reigned over people and kept them in bondage underimitated forms but Luke 1. 79. now God is raising a light in his people to gather them up to himself to live in love and unity one with another Pr. Pet. 5. Suppression of persons living without any calling Answ Then this suppression must come upon your selves for you cannot witness that ever you were called of God or sent forth by Jesus Christ to preach the everlasting truth for if you were you would not raise up persecution against them that witness a call from the Lord who of you receive whipping stocking stoning prisoning buffeting and haling us out of your Assemblies who do pretend your selves to be Ministers of Christ wait to have that suppressed in your selves that persecutes then you will not seek to oppress the just for your own ends that ye might be maintained in your beastly worship and your Antichristian ways Priests Petition 6. And your witnessing against all blasphemers of the name of God especially such as are contained in the Acts of Parliament Answ If you would have them witness against all Blaspemers then they must witness against you who calls evil good and good evil and vents forth so many Blasphemies against them who live in the power of truth Priests Petition And if the application of any effectual remedy lie not within your power that you will dlease to joyn with us in this desire and transmit this cause to the knowledge of the Right Honorable the Councel of State as a cause so nearly concerning the peace of England and we shall ever pray c. Answ You would have a Law or an Act forth under a pretence to suppress the truth under the name of Blaspemy because it doth shake your Kingdom who live in your self ends for ranting ways and blaspemy we utterly deny and takers of Gods name in vain which you do in every word you speak because ye know him not he is merciful to the just and unjust but you shew your cruelty against the just and persecute them Here you shew forth your serpentine nature and would beget others in the same envy to joyn with you to be the stronger to tread down the truth as it is written The Beast shall make war against the Lamb but the Lamb get the victory praises praises for ever be to the Lord God Almighty you say the Lords Prayer Forgive us as we forgive them that trespass against us but you persecute them that seeks your souls health seeking you and not yours their prayers are an abomination to the Lord. And what is Right and Honorable will Prov. 28. 9. Iohn 5. 44. Prov. 20. 3. Rev. 14. 7. deny all you and your Petitions for they who owns God and Christ owns us who owns peace owns us and we them in our souls but all the pretenders of God and godliness who live in uncleanness and ungodliness denying the power that cuts down iniquity which we own and set up Therefore all people whose mindes are now bent to raise up persecution and Priests who stands railing in your Pulpits incensing ignorant people

Apostle saw then creping into houses leading silly women captive always learning never able to come to the knowledge of the truth and this doctrine hath spread abroad and ye are in it having the form are not the people yet learning silly vvomen indeed some thirty years learning some fourty some fifty some sixty years learning yet must be taught still therfore you and your doctrine we utterly deny For as the Apostle saith ye need not that 2 John 2. 20 27. 1 John 3. 13. any man teach you you know all things but these vvere not of the vvorld nor are they of this vvorld vvho vvitness this teaching nor the Teachers Pr. Object Francis Howgill to be of better deport especially towards the Magistracie and Ministerie of England Answ Would you have Francis Howgill to be like unto the World your selves Is he going from the power and prince of the air which rules in you the children of disobedience therefore you hate him Ephes 2. 2. Iohn 15. 19. Justice he owns which cuts down corruption which brings all into an upright carriage and righteous way towards God and man this he owns and honors in his soul the Ministers of God he owns and such as bear rule by their means as Ieremy cried out against so do I and such as are gredy dumb doggs which seek for their gain from Ier. 5. 30. 31. Isai 56. 10 11 their Quarters which Isa spoke against I speak against and such as are hirelings which Micah cried out against I cry out against and such as seek for the fleece and cloath with the wooll and feed themselves with the fat and kill Exck. 34. 2 3. them that are fed Ezekiel cried out against such and fo do I the pure seed being made manifest in me le ts me see you to be such now see if you can excuse your selves And all such as who lay heavie burdens upon the people and say they are Ministers of Christ and act those things which Christ forbids I deny For saith Jesus Christ they are called of men Masters and have the chiefest places in the Assemblies stand praying in the Synagogues Matth. 23. 4 5 6 7 14. Matth. 6. 5. whose prayers are heathenish and love the uppermost rooms at feasts and love greetings in the market and under a pretence make long prayers devouring Widows houses A Widow hath no husband and Christ cryed woe against all such woe was their portion they painted themselves with other mens words painted sepulchers full of poyson within woe was their portion and there you are woe is your portien he that upholds that which Christ cried out against is an Antichrist and would you have him uphold Antichrist and deny Christ the world never received Christ but Antichrist The Apostle saith They go in Iude 11. the way of Cain and run greedily after the error of Balaam wo unto them Are not all the Priests here And would you have this set up which all 1 Iohn 4. 1 2 3 the Prophets Christ and his Apostles cried out against Where the same Spirit is made manifest it sees you all in error blaspheming God and his Temple Pr. Obj. And by enjoyning Tho. Ayrey and Alexander Dixon and the rest of the speakers and followers that live in this County to abide at their own houses study to be quiet and do their own business labouring in their own calling which is the Apostles Rule and not to wander up and down the countrey as seducers to draw Disciples after them save onely as privat men in way of travell about their own occasions Ans Tho. Ayrey and other friends whom you would have to abide in their own callings according to the Apostles Rule and study 1 Cor. 7. 20. 2 Thess 2. 3. to be quiet that they own but the witnessing forth of the truth doth disturb the man of sinne which makes it now appear he that is called of the Lord being a servant is the Lords freeman like wise he that is called being free is Christs servant ye are bought with a price but be not ye the servants of man Brethren let every one wherein he is called of the Lord there abide with the Lord. This call is a holy call which calls into 1 Cor. 7. 22 23 24. holiness and righteousness without which none shall see the Lord and this call is not of man And the Apostles Rule we do own and witness but as for seducing people we deny it is your own practice we were all seduced by you till God did enlighten 1 Pet. 2. 9. Iob 33. 30. us bring us out of darkness into his marvellous light by which we testifie against all the works of darkness and all who are brought into this light are one in unity as the Apostle saith 1 Iohn 1 7. Iude 20. Isa 54. 13. exhort one another daily as the light doth appear building up one another in the most holy faith and all the children of God shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of them And the Saints went from house to house who were as one soul and met together in singleness of Acts 4. 32 Acts 2. 46. heart here you shew your selves to be deniers of the practices of the Apostles and of the Saints and would tread it under foot and shew forth a beastly nature under the pretence of humility which is meer hypocrisie and no good at all to poor souls nor for Justice nor for the Common-wealth nor for pure Religion nor for the Church of God nor for godliness but onely for your carnall states and for fear of losing your carnall means doe you rage for they that own pure Religion own us the Church of God owns us and they that own justice own us and who owns the Prophets Christ and his Apostles own us but you who have their forms and not their power persecute us so shewing your selves to be haters of the truth The Apostles Rule and use was to go up Matth. 28. 19. and down the countrey who were Ministers of God and rejoyce in them whom he had made Ministers to witness forth the truth and did plainly declare they had no certain dwelling place How dare you take the Apostles for your cloke and their words and act contrary to their life they were guided by the Spirit of the Lord and they did draw Disciples after them out of the world and earthly mindedness in whom the substance of all Types and Figures was made manifest they Acts 4. 32. 2 Tim. 4. 10. had one heart one minde some indeed did forsake them and imbraced the present world as Demas so would you have us to forsake the power of truth and imbrace the present world then we should not abide in the calling wherein we are called of the Lord. See what a confusion is in your words Object And for the Lords gracious guidance of your selves in the affairs of so great

concernment we shall ever pray Answ You are blinde without the truth and Prov. 28. 9. your prayers are an abomination unto the Lord and they who have the gracious guidance of the Tit. 2. 11 12. Lord will witness us for the free grace of God that brings salvation you have turned into wantonness it teacheth them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts them we own where this grace doth guide we have unity with them but where this free grace hath appeared and is turned into wantonness them we deny and there is your conditions the grace of God hath appeared in many of the Justices which hath brought them from under your bondage which will not be your Executioners to execute your wrath and malice upon the harmless innocent people It hath been of late that they who lived under your Ministry the Lord alone was pleased to manifest himself in them so that they are brought to deny you and declare what was freely revealed in them presently you cryed out against them and had them before Magistrates to suppress the truth praised be the Lord who hath enlightened many by and with his own light and is setting up his own Kingdom to his own glory praises praisesbe unto the Lord God Rev. 11. 15. Almighty never did the Apostles go to any Magistrate to suppress people strangers who witnesse forth the power of truth in any where it appears that you have not the same Spirit that was in them It is the evil in you which would have the truth it self suppressed It is of great concernment for you to stand up to maintain your Kingdom for if truth rise ye shall lose your Kingdom eternally shall you witness us to be no Seducers be ye witnesses against your selves Mat. 23. 31. that ye are witnesses against the power of truth Another Petition put up by the Priests in Westmerland Priests Petition TO the Right Honorable the Justices of peace for this County of Westmerland Answ That which is Right Honorable is that which is pure which is of God which worships the Father of heaven and earth now all people fear John 5. 41 44. the Lord Jesus Christ and see if there be not corruption within that would be honored and worshipped as ye read in all the Scriptures they who honored the Lord Iesus Christ cryed against deceits and Iesus Christ testified against the works of the world and the Apostles testified against the same but that which was pure they John 7. 7. set up in their souls and so do we and honor in our souls Priests Petition The humble Petition of several Gentlemen Ministers of the Gospel and others friends and servants to Iesus Christ his Gospel truths and Ordinances and the general wealth of this Commonwealth and Nation Answ Never did the Gospel Ministers put up a Petition to a Magistrate to maintain the Gospel nor the servants of Iesus Christ wherein it appears Mat. 10. 10. 2 Cor. 10. 14. 2 Cor. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 12. John 4. 21 22 23 24. that you are Ministers of the Letter which is carnal and death and you must have a carnal weapon to hold you up for shame give over your Profession and you profess humbleness your humbleness is to persecute here you shew forth the nature of Cain and void of the knowledge of Iesus Christ and the Ordinances of Iesus Christ was never set up by man but man who lived in his own will was ever against them and you know not his Ordinances for they that knew his Ordinances were not persecutors but Paul before he was a Minister of Iesus Christ and knew his Ordinances he came with Letters from the Priests to persecute the Saints who believed in Iesus Christ and were of one soul and Acts 9. 2. Acts 22. 4. Acts 20. 7. Acts 4 32. met together yea in the night time all night where it shews you have but the form not the power which must be turned away from according to Scripture Priests Petition Sheweth that in the late wars we or the most of us did expose lives liberties estates and relations with all other personal advantages in the just defence of Religion and Liberty in concurrence with and maintenance of the just proceedings of our Parliament after the prosperous effects whereof we expected the settlement of the grand ends of our Engagement and so much the more as being the promise of the Parliament the vows of their affections the price of our prayers purses hazards losses banishments and the blood of many thousands our fellow servants in the work of God freely sacrificed in the quarrel of this Nation what hath been done in the settlement of our Civil Rights Peace and wholsom Law we bless God for and the Parliament as his Instruments nor can we but acknowledge what hath been done by them in the cause of God as their Acts against Adulteries Fornication Swearing Drunkenness Sabboth-breaking Ordinances against Promoters of Heretical Doctrines Acts against Ranters or Blasphemers may the Lord increase the number of these things Answ If ye will own the wholsom Law ye will own us but this is but a pretence for who owns the wholsom Law denies all corruption this is but a pretence whereby ye make a colour to make them that live in the truth to appear odious unto the world setting forth your selves unto the world Pharisee like and there to make the pure truth odious through your envious mindes but the day doth declare all things your end will 1 Cor. 3. 13. make it manifest though you pretend your selves to be Ministers of the Gospel yet your ends will 1 Cor. 3. 13. shew you to be bloody Cains and it doth now begin to appear the second birth is brought forth which doth not own your sacrifices this birth you 1 Cor. 15. 47 48 49. seek to slay Pr. Obj. Yet so it is that in this County severall persons proselytes of one Geo. Fox and James Nayler do in the time of our Assemblies ordinarily in a way of contempt and scorn come in anong us with their hats on at time of our prayer or singing used in our Gongregations some of them shew violent actions in time of Sermon or prayer or singing and cry out aloud with horrible clamors slanders abuses reproaches against our Ministers Answ That is false for our friends shew no violent actions but are against them but come peaceably in and if they be moved by the Lord to cry aloud who art thou that wilt withstand the Lord Do not you read in the Scripture that the Lord sent his Prophets and bad them cry aloud and spare not And as for clamors Isa 58. 1. we utterly deny it is your own and as for slanders abuses reproaches we utterly deny it is your own we are against all filthy minds that give forth reproaches but we speak the same language the Scripture doth from the same Word that gave it forth and your

44. selves to be in envying the righteous seed where it is brought forth but God of his infinite power and love doth preserve his little ones from your hands from devouring them to him be all honor and glory and praise who maintains his own truth and sets up his own Kingdom whose sword is his Word and to it shall all Nations bow though you and many others who are now fighters against Heb. 4. 12. God and would have the Magistrates to help you t is hard for you to kick against the pricks but Acts 9. 5. God hath raised up a light in many of the Magistrates to see your deceits and your envy is made appear Priests Petition That their main drift is to engage the people against the Ministry by reason of Tythes crying out with open clamor against Tythes as Unlawful Antichristian to the necessary overthrowing of the Laws to that purpose bringing an odium upon the Government and tending to stir up sedition in the people to withdraw their due obedience from the Laws and Government of England Answ The receiving of Tythes is Antichristian Are ye all blinde did ever any of the Apostles or Christ receive Tythes or commanded any such thing was not he the end of the Law and where the Spirit of Jesus Christ is it testifies against you who neither walk according to the Law nor Gospel for whom he made Ministers Mat. 10. 10. 8. he sent them forth freely without a bag or stick or scrip without two coats freely ye have received freely give the workman is worthy of his meat but here 's no Tythes no Augmentations now you are not here in the steps of them whom Christ sent forth but shews that you run before you be sent and where the Spirit of the Lord is stired up in any it cries against all such unrighteous wayes Whereas you speak of a necessary overturning the Law there in you shew forth your weakness and a mingle-mangle of your mind As for bringing an Odium upon the government it is false for the righteous Law of God we honor and set up in our souls and that is to govern that which is unruly and unjust As for stirring up sedition as for drawing people from the righteous Law of God that is your own condition under a pretence of making people believe we deny government and the law that is false If you vvere as carefull and vvatchfull in your own Kingdom over drunkards blasphemers swearers fighters liars if you were as watchfull over them then you might say you vvere friends of the government and of the righteous law but if any come into the markets and reprove such things or read a paper in the market against uncleanness such you hale out stone and persecute herein you shew there is no friendship with the Law but if a man bring a sieve of Ballads or Jest books Rimes or Theames and sing these in the markets those are suffered these Libels are not minded which shews now your venome against the truth and against them that speak from the mouth of the Lord. Pr. Petition That besides what others perhaps may know of the blasphemies of them we do plainly see and know that their practises do exceedingly savour of Sorcery the quakings swellings roarings foamings and such as we never Gal. 3. 1. Jam. 2. 4. heard of but such as were possessed of the Divel of persons at their meetings and especially of young children Answ You can judge no otherwise being of the generation of them that persecuted Christ calling truth blaspnemy but blasphemy we do deny sorcery practices we deny and we see you in that geeration in witchcraft and sorcery drawing people to follow your invention who have painted your selves with others words mystery witchcraft all who are drawn from the Spirit of the Lord within to follow your imaginations are bewitched by you with evill thoughts An as for quakings roarings tremblings you say you never heard of and before you professed your selves to be Ministers of the Gospel and yet are ignorant of the Scriptures you are blind and do you make your selves so openly blind and ignorant as not to hear of quaking Moses when he heard the Lord speak unto him he trembled and durst not behold and Moses quaked and exceedingly feared and the whole mount quaked And Acts 7. 32. Daniel when he heard trembled and his breath and strength was gone And Habakkuk he trembled Dan. 10. 11. Habak 5. 16. Acts 9. 6. 1 Cor. 2. 3. Poil 2. 12. Job 4. 14. quivered his belly shook that he might rest in the day of trouble And Paul he trembled when he came among the Corinthians he was with them in much weakness and trembling and he bade the Saints work out their own salvation with fear and trembling And Job he trembled and David he quaked and trembled his bones did Psal 119. 120. Isai 66. 2. 5. quake And Isaiah said Hear the word of the Lord all ye that tremble at his word And Christ said Your brethren that hated you and cast you out for my names sake said Let the Lord be glorified but he shall appear to your joy but they shall be ashamed And do not you cast us out in your mouthes as the filth and off-scouring of the world Is not here the Scripture fulfilled Jer. 5. 22. And Jeremy which was sent to speake unto the people the word of the Lord said Hear this a foolish people without understanding will ye not fear me will ye not tremble at my presence who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea and such a people then upheld Priests that bare rule by their means so doe you now And David he roared and watered his bed with his tears and his flesh wasted till he could number his Psal 6. bones will you say that all these were possessed with the Divell The same power of God we witness now as was then and we witness the Scripture fulfilled and have a cloud of witnesses which are recorded in the Scriptures it shews that they have not heard his voyce which shakes the Heb. 12. 1. Psal 2. 19 20. earth who denies the Letter are not Ministers of the Letter Pr. Pet. And Giving too sad a suspition of it and the more by reason of the known suspitions upon Geo. Fox to deal with the Divell before ever he came to us in these parts Answ Whereas you speak of a known suspition you have a suspition and know nothing he that knows doth not suspect but hath an infallible judgment to judge truth from error with evil thoughts ye judge as they did of Jesus Christ Jam. 2. 4. Mat. 10. 15. who called the Master of the House Beelzebub which generation it appears you are of And as for dealing with the Divel it is your own for I do witness the works of the Divell destroyed for where Iesus Christ is made manifest the works of the Divell are destroyed

against harmless innocent people Are not you laying here a foundation for a new war and so digging a pit for your selves to fall into you need never fear them who live in the power of truth to raise up an outward war but it is your false suggestion to incense people to make them believe lies but God hath raised up alight in people and in Magistrates which discerns all your intents An Order that was ordered at the Sessions at Appleby in Westmerlrnd ORdered That whosoever shall hereafter disturb any Minister in the Publike Exercise of his Ministry within this County or give any scandalous opprobious terms against any of them shall be apprehended by the Constables or Church wirdens of the place where the offence shall be committed and brought before the next Justice of the peace to finde Sureties for his or her good behaviour and upon refusing to finde such Sureties to be committed to the common Goal till willingly they shall do the same or be from thence delivered by due course of Law And likewise all such persons as me t in great numbers and Assemblies in the night time within this County shall be apprehended and bound to good behaviour as aforesaid Priests Order ORdered That whosoever shall hereafter disturb any Minister in the Publike Exercise of his Ministry within this County Answ The Law of the Land doth give freedom to speak after the man hath done and here you seem to make a new Parliament and new Laws contrary to the Law of the Land and here you shew your selves not to do Justice not acting according to the Law of the Land and the 1 Cor. 14. 30 31. Num. 11. 28 29 Num. 12. 7. Heb. 3 2. 1 Law of God Moses said who witnessed forth the Law and was Ruler in the Law he wished that all Gods people were Prophets now he was faithful in the Law of God which God had commanded him and here thou shewst to act contrary to the Law of the Land and turn'st thy self out of thy justice And the Minister of God said that all might speak in the true Church and if any thing were revealed to him that fate by let the first hold his peace for you may all prophesie one by one that all may be edified and God may be glorified for the spirits of the Prophets are subject 1 Cor. 14. 30 31. 32. to the Prophets and here you do shew your selves to be no Prophets nor no Ministers and your Church no Church if any should come into your Assemblies and sit by and something be revealed to him and he say Let the other hold his peace and you say he disturbs the Minister 1 Thess 5. 19. Mat. 10. 17. 23 Heb. 11. 36 37. Acts 7 58. 59. here you would quench the Spirit and limit the holy one And here is the Scripture fulfilled upon you If they should speak you would scourge them in your Synagogues nay stone them beat them and imprison them and mock them and is not Jesus Christs words fulfilled here And they shall persecute you and now you shew it forth blush for shame and never take him for a cloak Gen. 48. Mat. 23. 33 34 35. Acts 21. 30. 2 Pet. 2. 12. for you are in the same Generation of them that persecuted them who lived in the truth be ye witnesses unto your selves that you are in the same nature that they were in that hailed Paul out of the Temple how darest thou then take his words into thy mouth O brazen face beast that doth not abide the truth Priests Order Or give any scandalous opprobious terms against any of them shall be apprehended by the Constables or Church Wardens of the place where the offence shall be committed Answ That which you call scandalous terms is the truth upon the deceit according to Scripture Gal. 3. 1. For Paul said they were bewitched them that were drawn from the Spirit of the Lord within them to carnal circumcision without them so do you bewitch the people now as sprinkling of infants and telling them of a Sacrament which there is no Scripture for and drawing them from Jer. 5. 30 31. their Teacher within them for Jeremiah said they bear rule by their means and held up the horrible filthy thing that was committed in the Land and Isa 56. 10 11. Isaiah said they were greedy dumb dogs which could not bark which never had enough seeking for their gain from their quarters And all people consider do not all the Priests of the world bear rule by their means and seek for their gain from their quarter we speak the truth we have a cloud of witnesses and Micah said the Priests Micah 3. 5. preached for hire and he that did not put into their mouthes they prepared war against him Do not you Priests sue men at the Law if they do not put into your mouthes nay of your own Church And yet professes your selves to be Teachers of Christ O for shame blush Paul 1 Cor. 6. 1 5. that was a Minister of Christ said to the Saints that went to Law there was not a wise man among them and here thou shewst thy self to be no Minister of Christ no not to walk according to the Letter no not a wise man Jesus Christ said Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites them that were called of men Masters and so are you them that had the chiefest places in the Assemblies and so have you stand praying in the Synagogues and so do you and vvith a Mat. 23. 6 7 8 10 23. pretence make long prayers devouring Widows houses and Iesus Christ cried vvo against such and you hold up those things which Christ doth forbid and you do make men believe you are Ministers of Christ and that Christ hath sent you and act those things vvhich Christ doth forbid and the same wo is upon you that was upon them that held up those practises and the Apostle said they had forsaken the right vvay vvo unto them for they have gone in the vvay of Cain and run greedily after the error of Balaam Are not 2 Pet. 2. 15. 3. Iude 11. you in envy like Cain do not you shew it forth and run after the vvages of Balaam for gifts rewards and covetousness vvho make merchandise upon the people and as Ezekiel said they seek after the Fleece and eat the Fat and cloath vvith the Wooll and kill them that were fed and made a prey upon them and devoured them But as the Ezek. 34. 23 10. 14. Lord said I vvill gather them from their mouths and feed them upon the mountains And this Scri ture we witnesse to be fulfilled praise and honor be to the Lord. And you Priests do not you seek after the wooll Will you make a lye of Scripture Friends do not say this is railing for I speak the truth and have a cloud of witnesses the prophets and Apostles which spoke from the same Word