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A93430 Some queries proposed to the bishops and ministers of England, for them, or any of them, to answer that there may be an understanding why persecution is so violently prosecuted / [by] W.S. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1664 (1664) Wing S4330; ESTC R43762 3,989 1

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Some Queries proposed to the Bishops and Ministers of England for them or any of them to answer that there may be an understanding why Persecution is so violently prosecuted QUERY 1. WHether was not Man created good and whether had he not power in that state over all creatures and whether did he oppress or afflict any creature by his power or whether was not the Creation in love peace and unity together 2. Whether did not the Fall disorder the Creation and whether was not the Serpent the cause of it and whether doth not the Serpent govern over all People in the Fall and whether any in that state be in a right capacity to govern others 3. Whether was not the Serpent the original of sin and whether is not Persecution Sin and whether did Cain well in killing his brother and for what cause did he kill him 4. Whether is there not a day of Restauration to be expected and by whom is all things to be restored and whether is that day past present or to come 5. Whether is not the Serpents head to be broken in the day of Restauration and whether must not his Government fall when his head is broken and whether is not that come which is to do it 6. Whether is there any Persecution in the Restauration or whether doth not Love Peace and Unity grow again and whether such as persecute be in love peace and unity with those they persecute 7. Whether is not Persecution an evident mark of the Serpents Enmity and whether any in Enmity be in Love Peace and Unity 8. Whether is not Christ the Author of Faith and whether do such as live in the Faith persecute any 9. Whether Unbelievers can be converted by Persecution and whether Persecution be a good Religion to convert any into 10. Whether are not such as are contrary-minded to be convinced and the mouthes of gainsayers to be stopped and whether Persecution be the way to do either 11. Whether is not Persecution an Effect of your Doctrine and whether is your Doctrine sound that produceth such Effects 12. Whether do not you promote the Persecution that is and whether have you not laid the greater part of that work upon others to ease your selves 13. Whether do you walk as Christ and his Apostles walked and whether is not your practice of Persecution contrary to their Practice and Doctrine 14. Whether is not the Love of God manifest in Christ and whether is not Christ the Light that makes it manifest and whether is not the Love of God shed abroad in the hearts of all that believe in the Light and whether is not 〈…〉 15. Whether doth any Persecution rise from the Love of God 〈…〉 such as know it shed abroad in their hearts do walk in that way 16. Whether doth not Love endure all things and whether are not such in the Love of God that endure Persecution and whether are not such in the Enmity that persecute 17. Whether is not the Doctrine of Christ to be believed and followed and whether such as love their Enemies and follow Peace with all men do not believe and follow his Doctrine 18. Whether are any worthy to be persecuted that believe and follow Christ's Doctrine or whether they are not worthy to be encouraged 19. Whether is your Faith and Doctrine the same as the Apostles was and how may it be known 20. Whether doth your Practice and Worship agree with Christ and his Apostles or whether it is not nearer the Popes Inventions 21. VVhether do you preach pray and sing in the same Spirit as the Apostles did or whether are you not apostatized from it and observing the Traditions of men 22. VVhether do you take Tythes from any Precept or President of Christ or his Apostles and whether are Tythes to be taken and paid for maintenance of a Gospel-Ministry 23. VVhether do you sprinkle Infants from any Precept or President of Christ or his Apostles or whether hath not the Pope introduced it 24. VVhether is the whole or any part of your Practice and Worship according to the plain Truth of Scripture if it be then prove it by the Scripture but if you cannot then it is not to be owned as Infallible 25. VVhether is it Error in the sight of God to dissent from your Practice and Worship if it be then convince the Dissenters by sound Doctrine and maintain your practice in the Spirit of Love and Meekness without Persecution and Violence 26. VVhether is it Error for some to meet besides the Family contrary to your Lyturgy or whether may not four so meet without transgressing the late Act if so Then whether may not four hundred meet in the same Truth seeing four are not concluded to be in error and whether doth the number make it an error or whether is it not the same Truth in many as in few 27. VVhether is not that a true Worship which is performed to God in his Spirit and whether such a Worship may not be performed contrary to your Lyturgy and whether have you ever proved the Quakers Meetings to be Seditious Conventicles and contrary to the true Worship in Spirit and whether is it reasonable to persecute for that you have never proved to be irregular 28. VVhether Appearance only be a good ground to judge and conclude Error by and whether Dissenters from you in appearance may not truly worship God and if so then whether you do well to persecute them 29. VVhether is a Peaceable Meeting a Seditious Conventicle or what makes a Seditious Conventicle and whether is not the late Act wrested when executed upon such as meet peaceably 30. VVhether must not the Lamb and the Saints have the Victory and what must they have victory over and whether must not the Lamb reign over all that war against him and whether doth not Persecution war against him and whether such as persecute be not his enemies that would not that he should reign and whether must they not be overcome and slain before him 31. VVhether is it not the Lamb and his Followers that patiently endure Persecution and whether is not Persecution the Dragon's flood 32. Whether is it a work of Christianity to banish People for meeting peaceably and no other thing proved against them and whether is there any Law in England that gives power so to do and whether is true Judgment executed by those that do it 33. Whether is it not better to suffer Afflictions with the People of God than to enjoy the pleasure of sin and whether Pride Rioting and Drunkenness be not sin and whether do not such as enjoy those pleasures cause the People of God to suffer Affliction 34. Whether is not Christ the Prince of Peace and whether is not Peace the fruit of his Spirit and whether are such governed by his Spirit as persecute his People for meeting peaceably which is the fruit of his Spirit 35. VVhether is not Persecution exposed to termination and