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A84808	Saul's errand to Damascus: with his packet of letters from the high-priests, against the disciples of the Lord. Or, A faithful transcript of a petition contrived by some persons in Lancanshire, who call themselves ministers of the gospel, breathing out threatnings and slaughters against a peaceable & godly people there, by them nick-named Quakers. Together with the defence of the persons thereby traduced, against the slanderous and false suggestions of that petition, and other untruths charged upon them. Published to no other end, but to draw out the bowels of tender compassion from all that love the poor despised servants of Jesus Christ, who have been the scorn of carnal men in all ages.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Lawson, John, of Lancaster.	1653 (1653)	Wing F1894; Thomason E689_17; ESTC R206937	30,408	48

SAVL's ERRAND TO DAMASCVS WITH His Packet of Letters from the High-Priests against the disciples of the Lord. OR A faithful Transcript of a PETITION contrived by some persons in Lancashire who call themselves Ministers of the Gospel breathing out threatnings and slaughters against a peaceable godly people there by them nick-named QVAKERS Together with the Defence of the persons thereby traduced against the slanderous and false suggestions of that Petition and other untruths charged upon them Published to no other end but to draw out the bowels of tender compassion from all that love the poor despised servants of Jesus Christ who have been the scorn of carnal men in all ages Matth. 5.10 11 12. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you London printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the west-end of Pauls 1653. To all that love the Lord Jesus Christ. Dear hearts YOu love the Lord JESUS CHRIST and not him alone but Christ with all his Train Great shall be your compensation for your Love you shall have a Cant. 7.12 Loves Amores a plurality an infinity of Loves which none but God in Christ hath to bestow The best of his Relations upon earth have but Single Love and 't is happie they have Love to the Brethren But Christ hath Loves for the meanest of you the least of his May you and all his in whom there are yet but buds scarce visible appearances of Graces prove fruitful Vines grow from Buds to Blossoms from Blossoms to abundance of fruits That when the Lord shall get up early to visit his Vineyard you may feast him with pleasant fruits new and old you may bless him for his Loves of former and later days and be ever to him an humble holy and thankful and to his brethren a comforting people Glory in your habit you wear the signal Favours of the King of kings and Lord of hosts the Great and Mighty JEHOVAH Love By which I know to whom ye belong because ye love the Brethren TO The Contrivers and Subscribers of the Petition Poor hearts IS this a time to chide and be angry and pick quarrels and if you must needs do so can you finde no other objects of your indignation but the Lords Disciples but peaceable holy humble self-denying men Is not the work of the Ministery to preach the Gospel Is not the sword of the Magistrate appointed to the punishment of evil doers and to the praise of them that do well Are you incumbent in your duties are you laying out your Talents to the end they were given you or are you mistaken in the thing When did you proclaim war against Drunkards Swearers common Blasphemers enemies to the Lord and his people have you none of those amongst you or are your high-flown contending spirits gone beyond such slender wrastlings that you scorn to encounter with any below the degree of a Saint The Lord open your eyes and let you see and give you hearts to consider your several duties But tell me ye sons of Levi as ye call your selves ye that pretend a Jus Divinum to Persecution What will ye say when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy Angels with him and shall sit upon the Throne of his glory and all Nations shall be gathered before him mind ye what wil be the great work of that great day your Petition will surely then be heard I beseech you read the paper of Causes set down to be first heard at that Tribunal in Matth. 25.31 to the end of the Chapter And the Lord let it dwell upon your hearts for ever To the Christian Reader THese are to let thee know that the only wise God at this time hath so by his providence ordered it in the North-parts of Lancashire that many pretious Christians and so for many years accounted before the nick-name Quakers was heard of have for some time past forborne to concorporate in Parochial Assemblies wherein they profess themselves to have gained little of the knowledge of Jesus Christ And it is and hath been put upon their hearts to meet often and on the Lords day constantly at convenient places to seek the Lord their Redeemer and to worship him in Spirit and in truth and to speak of such things tending to mutual edification as the good Spirit of the Lord shall teach them demeaning themselves without any offence given to any that truely fear the Lord. But true it is that some men and interests of those parts do take great offence at them and their Christian and peaceable exercises some because they have witnessed against pride and luxuriant fulness have therefore come armed with Sword and Pistols men that never drew a Sword for the interest of the Commonwealth of England perhaps against it into their assemblies in time of their Christian performances and have taken him whom the Lord at that instant had moved to speak to the rest and others of their assembly after they had haled and beaten them and carryed them bound hand and feet into the open fields in the cold of the night and there left them to the hazard of their lives had not the Lord of life owned them which he did in much mercy Others have had their houses broken in the night and entred by men armed as aforesaid and disguised when they have been peaceably waiting upon God with their owne and neighbour-families and yet these humble persecuted Christians would not even in these cases of gross and intolerable affronts acted equally against the peace of the Nation as against them complain but expressed how much in measure of their masters patience was given them in breathing out their Masters gentle words Father forgive them they know not what they do Who have at any time born such unheard-of persecution with so mild Spirits onely they in whom persecuted Christ dwells these poor creatures know how their Master fared and rejoyce to suffer with him by whom alone they hope to be glorified and are as well content to suffer as to reign with Christ but how unwillingly do we deny our selves and take up our cross and follow Christ and yet a necessity lies upon us if we will be the Lords Disciples to take up our cross dayly and follow him How is it then that the crown of Pride is so long upon the head of Persecutors how is it that such men should dare to divide the people of England to trouble the Councel of State in the throng of business concerning the management and improvement of all the mighty Series of glorious providence made out to this infant-Commonwealth with such abominable misrepresentations of honest pious

Heaven or Hell but through death the wicked shall be turned into hell and all them that forget God there to be tormented there is a hell thou shalt finde it Heaven is Gods Throne and heavenly notions within shall be shaken for God is pure and nothing that is unclean shall stand before him and he hath said he will dwell in man Qu. Whether the ministration of the Ministery by man is to continue till the end or not Answ The ministration of the world is the Ministery of man and doth not lead to an end but keeps in time and that must have an end for it is not of God The Ministery of God is to draw people up to himself but that is not of man nor by man nor according to man for Paul was made a Minister according to the will of God who had not received it of man neither was it taught him of man and was a Minister of the Spirit but the Ministers of the world receive their learning at Oxford and Cambridge and are taught of men and speak a divination of their own brain which is conjuring and bewitch the people with those things which are carnal as to sprinkle Infants and tell them of a Sacrament which there is no Scripture for and saying they are the Ministers of Christ and act those things which he forbids as to have the chiefest place in the Assemblies the uppermost room at feasts the greetings in markets and to be called of men Masters and with pretence make long prayers which Christ forbids and profess and say they are the Ministers of Christ wherein they shew themselves to be Antichrists And see if thou do not uphold these Antichrists and say they are the Ministers of Christ Qu. Whether the written Word I mean the Scriptures be the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes or not Answ The written Word is not the power of God nor the Scriptures are not the salvation but he that doth believe hath the life of them Who is born of God shall never die as it is written he that believeth is born of God and he that is born of God hath the witness in himself that God is the cause of mans salvation and not the Scripture nor the Letter James Nayler's Answer and Declaration touching some things charged upon him by the men aforesaid HAving heard of divers untruths cast upon me by some of the Priests in their high places though I stand only to the Lord in respect of my self yet lest any that love the truth should be led on by these false reports to speak evil of these things they know not I shall lay open the truth as it is revealed in me touching those things whereof I have been falsly accused Jude 1● First Concerning Jesus Christ That he is the eternal Word of God Revel 19.13 1 Joh. 1.2 3 4 5. Joh. 1.14 by whom all things were made and are upholden which were before all time but manifested to the world in time for the recovery of lost man Which Word became flesh and dwelt amongst the Saints who is the same yesterday to day and for ever who did and doth dwell in the Saints who suffered and rose again and ascended into heaven and is set at the right hand of God Eph. 1.20 to whom all power is given in heaven and in earth who filleth all places is the light of the world but known to none but to those that receive and follow him Joh. 8.12 and those he leads up to God out of all the Wayes Works and Worships of the world by his pure light in them 2 Thes 2.8 whereby he reveals the man of sin and by his power casts him out and so prepares the bodies of the Saints a fit Temple for the pure God to dwel in with whom dwels no unclean thing and thus he reconciles God and man and the image of God 1 Cor. 3.16 17. which is in purity and holiness is renewed and the image of Satan which is all sin and uncleanness is defaced and none can witness Redemption 2 Cor. 5.18 19. Col. 3.10 further then Christ is thus revealed in them to set them free from sin which Christ I witness to be revealed in me in measure Gal. 1.16 2 Cor. 13.5 Colos 1.27 2. 2 Pet. 1.20 21. Concerning the Scriptures That they are a true Declaration of that Word which was in them that spoke them forth and are of no private interpretation but were given forth to be read and fulfilled in the Saints Rev. 22.18 as they were given forth by the Holy Ghost without adding or diminishing and were not given forth for men to make a Trade on to get mony by but as they are they are profitable for Doctrine 2 Tim 3.16 17. for Reproof for Correction for Instruction in righteonsness that the man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished unto every good work But they who trade in the Letter and are ignorant of the Mystery deny all perfection and none can rightly understand the Scriptures but they who read them with the same Spirit that gave them forth 1 Cor. 2.14 15. for the natural man understands not the things of God for they are spiritually discerned 3. Concerning Baptism The true Baptism is that of the Spirit with the Holy Ghost and with fire Baptized by one Spirit into one Body not the washing away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ Acts 1.5 without which no other Baptism can save us Gal. 3.27 they being but figures or shadows but this Baptism of Christ is the substance whereby we are Baptized into his death and those that are baptized into Christ have put on Christ 4. Concerning the Lords Supper Matth. 26.26 28. Joh. 6.51 53 54 55 56. 1 Cor. 11.24 25. Col. 2.10 The true Supper of the Lord is the Spiritual eating and drinking of the flesh and blood of Christ Spiritually which the Spiritual man only eateth and is thereby nourished up unto eternal life without which eating there can be no life in the creature profess what you will And all who eat of this bread and drink of this cup have real communion in Christ the head and also one with another as members and are of one heart and one minde a compleat body in Christ Now the world who take only the outward signes 1 Cor. 11.27 28 29. and are not brought in discerning of the Lords body eat and drink damnation to themselves and become guilty of the body and blood of Christ and calls this a Communion but lives in envy strife and debate fighting and going to Law one with another for earthly things 5. Concerning the Resurrection Joh. 5.29 That all shall arise to give an account and receive at the last day according to their works 1 Cor. 15.38 1 Cor. 15.42 43 44. whether good or evil