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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77975	The vvofull cry of unjust persecutions, and grevious oppressions of the people of God in England, through the injustice of some of her rulers, and wikednesse of teachers and people, who hasten to fulfil the measure of their forefathers cruelty. With a lamentation over them all who rewards the Lord evill for good, and is a warning to them all for repentance; shewing that the coming of the Lord is nigh. And this may serve for an answer in full, to all such who have persecuted by violence, by word or writing the innocent people in scorn called Quakers. With a short addition, which shewes unto all, the ground of persecution; in its first cause, and the enmity which is betwixt the two seeds, is clearly discovered, by a friend to the suffering seed of God, E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6058; Thomason E927_1; ESTC R207590	26,005	39

because they could not swear respect persons with hat or knee and so were witnesses for the Lord and his Kingdome which stands in righteousnesse and against the power and kingdom of the Beast which stands in iniquity in fainednesse and flattering titles and disobedience to the Son of God and many hundreds are wofull unjust and oppressed sufferers at this day by false imprisonment and spoiling of goods because they cannot pay Tithes that abominable and crying oppression by which the Beast chiefly maintains his false Prophets and because the unchangable Priesthood is witnesed and the changable denied and Christ the light of the World followed therefore is this suffering laid upon the just and many are sufferers under hard tasks because they cannot maintain the Idol temples and Idol worships and Idol Priests which the power of Antichrist upholds against the power of the Son of God and against the new Covenant of life where God in spirit and in truth is worshipped without respect of places dayes or men or things and the true worshippers they worship God in the spirit and in the truth and cannot be subject to dayes places or things appointed and ordained by the power of men and false prophets and how many unjust fines and false inditements have been most illegally charged upon the innocent in many Courts and Judicatories through this Nation and all in the defence of the kingdom of the man of sin lest his authority should be abated and the authority of Christ Jesus exalted many cruelties have been done and injustice acted both by Rulers and People against such which no evil could justly be charged against nor yet the transgression of any just law by any one of them O! horrid grievances and cruel oppressions hath been brought forth in this Nation by such who should have eased the oppressed and set at liberty the captives such who should have judged justly the cause of the poor and heard the call of the oppressed have turned judgment backward from the poor and equity have found no place to enter but truth hath fallen in the streets and justice and mercy have perished from among men and the poor hath been oppressed and they that have departed from iniquity have been made a prey to the mouthes of devouring Lions for some of the Judges have been as ravening Wolves and as greedy devouring Foxes the Lambs of Christ have been chased by the wicked and his power for their life O how have the oppressed groaned in this Nation under false judgment to ages and generations for ever may it be recorded for a witnesse against this generation of cruel hearted men whom the beast and false prophet hath raised in his defence and against the Kingdom of Christ Jesus and them that follow him how full have the most part of the prisons in all this land been with guiltlesse sufferers under cruel bondage with unjust dealings and false judgments have gone forth from some of your mouthes you that have been set to judge over the people who should have been a terror to the wicked but have rather strengthened the hands of evil doers and been a terror to righteousnesse so much as is possible the great whore which sits upon the beast hath made your Rulers drunk and stagger with envy and hatred and persecution and works of wickednesse against the upright Wo is me for you what have you brought forth even iniquity by Decrees and injustice by Ordinances and false judgment by Lawes alas alas your destruction cometh as an armed man upon you Was ever the like heard or any president in any generation before you for imprisoning just men for declaring against sin and the abominations of the times as you have done many and for imprisoning men because they cannot put off their hat to you and respect your persons and so transgresse the law of God and because they cannot swear and so break Christs command For this you have imprisoned many and caused them to suffer because of this may not you fear and tremble before the Lord God and your faces gather blacknesse at this when you consider it Did ever any that were set to judge in the earth among men so abuse their power and subvert it so quite to another end than wherefore it was committed to them May not shame cover you all to commit men to prison for the exercise of pure conscience towards God because they cannot swear or respect mens persons or maintain Idol-shepherds and Idol-temples and worships which is abomination to the Lord and for taking peaceable men out of peaceable meetings and out of their travel on the High-wayes and first whipping them and sending them to prison the example of this which you have done never went before in any age and therefore have you exceeded in oppression in injustice in cruelty and false judgment all your fore-fathers the Pope nor Bishops hardly ever brought forth such things but the Lord will reckon with you and plead the cause of the oppressed against all you oppressors yea and will give unto you a recompence of reward according to your works ye that have exalted your selves against the innocent shall be brought down to the dust of misery and the Saints shall reign and rejoyce over you when the Kingdom of Christ Jesus the Lamb shall be set up over you all and your beastly power dashed to pieces as a Potters vessel when he whom you have persecuted and his followers shall rule with a rod of iron and break you asunder and this shall shurely come to passe therefore consider it ye that thus deal in your anger against the Lord and his chosen for the Lamb shall get the victory over the Beast and over you all that seek to defend him and that strive under his power for they that are with the Lamb are Called and Faithful and Chosen O! therefore be awakened be awakened ye heads and Judges and Rulers of the people remember and repent the Lords hand is stretched forth against all oppression and oppressors and his wrath is kindled against the wicked ones and his power to overthrow his dominon which long hath reigned in the Nations and now though he seeks to defend himself against the Lamb and his followers by injust dealing yet the out-stretched arme of the Lord shall bring deliverance to his chosen who hath been made havock upon in their liberties and in their estates some cruelly suffering in prison and others by spoiling of their goods and none of these for evil doing but upon false suspitions and envious jelousies and secret surmisings without any ground of occasion given but by wickednesse have many of you sought occasion to make offenders by laying snares for the feet of the harmlesse and innocent you have made men offenders for a word and perverted innocent words and actions that you might make to your self a ground to persecute and have sought a cloake to cover your cruelty in the sight of men but naked and bare are

THE WOFULL CRY OF Unjust Persecutions and grievous Oppressions of the People of God in England through the Injustice of some of her Rulers and wikednesse of Teachers and People who hasten to fulfil the measure of their forefathers cruelty WITH A LAMENTATION Over them all who rewards the Lord evill for good and is a warning to them all for repentance shewing that the coming of the Lord is nigh AND This may serve for an Answer in full to all such who have Persecuted by violence by Word or Writing the innocent people in scorn called QUAKERS WITH A SHORT ADDITION Which shewes unto all the ground of Persecution in its first cause and the enmity which is betwixt the two seeds is clearly discovered By a Friend to the suffering Seed of God E. B. LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black Spread-Eagle near the West end of Pauls TO THE READER READER THIS is sent abroad into the World that all people may see what is brought forth in this Generation against the Innocent who suffer cruel things for well doing and not for evil and the words of Christ are fullfilled who said As they have done unto me so will they doe unto you And the time comes that whosoever kills you he will think that he doth God good service And this is now come to passe according as he hath said to our rejoycing and to the sorrow of all our enemies And as any is moved herein this is to be given to the hands of the Persecuters and of them who have done evil against the Lords people as a gift unto them from a friend Who is at present a sufferer under Bonds for the testimony of Jesus Christ through the wickednesse of men but most especially by the supposed Minister of this Town in Kingstone upon Thames The 7 Month 1657. The Wofull Cry of unjust Persecutions and grievous Oppressions of the people of God in England through the Injustice of some of Her Rulers and wickednesse of Teachers and People who hasten to fullfill the measure of their fore-fathers cruelty OF a truth the Lord is arisen and he hath caused the light of his countenance to shine forth upon his people his day is dawned and the brightnesse of his glory is shining forth as the sun at noon day his everlasting arme is stretched forth to lead out of captivity his own chosen the days of perfect freedome is approaching he that brings health peace liberty to all Nations is come coming who will restore the breaches and subdue all things under himself that he may reign for ever and ever who alone is worthy for he hath all power in his hand and he brings to passe whatsoever he will that all men and Nations may fear before him and tremble at his dreadfull presence who hath power in his hand to change Times and Lawes Orders Decrees and Governments the hearts of all men he can turn what way he listeth and he pulleth down one and setteth up another and whatsoever is in his heart to do his power can bring it to passe who would not fear before him and reverence his Name Who would not be afraid to offend him who giveth unto man breath and takes it away in a moment all Nations are as the drop of a bucket before his eternal eye he dwells in the high and holy place and his habitation is high above the world he inhabits eternity forevermore and yet abideth and walketh and dwelleth with the children of men that fear his Name and tremble at his Word he hath been as a stranger as one not known for men have been seperated from him by transgression and have been ignorant of his wayes he hath been as one hidden for many ages and hath been worshipped ignorantly and hath winked in the time of ignorance but now he calleth all to repentance every where Blessed are they that wait upon him that they may know him and their souls may live and now the purpose of his heart is to bring in his scattered people into the fold of peace where Christ Jesus is the shepherd and his people shall dwell in safety and shall be a free people to worship him in the Spirit and in the Truth and every yoake of bondage shall be broken and the oppressed shall be set free and Christ shall reign and his Government above shall be established over all the world mans honour shall be laid in the dust and the pride of all flesh shall be stained and the glory thereof shall wither as a flower the loftinesse of all flesh shall be laid low and the Lord alone shall be exalted and his people which now are oppressed shall replenish and fill the earth All corrupt men and Rulers their strength and might shall utterly fail them and men that fear God and love righteousnesse shall take their place and all things shall be changed and the world shall be turned up-side down But because of this is all the world troubled and the Heathen is on a rage and the people do imagine vain things and men of high degree and low degree and of all sorts have set themselves against the Lord that they might stop the purpose of the most high and their hearts within them burn because of envy and the Devil hath stirred up all sorts of people to work for him and to uphold his kingdom and h●s power he is come down in great rage knowing that his time is but short and hath filled the hearts of all his servants with despite and ravening envy against the seed of God The heads of the people they have conspired together against the Lord and against his truth and have decreed unrighteous decrees that they might prevent the purpose of the most High Many of the Rulers and Judges as members of the beastly power rather than of Jesus Christ hath unjustly judged and falsly imprisoned and trodden under foot the meek and upright who fear the Lord and walk in his way even such who have come from under the subjection of the worship and power of the Beast which all the world had wondered after hath the Beast raised his force against How many hundreds in this Nation have been imprisoned falsly and suffered grievous abuses unjustly for righteousnesse sake and not for evil doing as a testimony against this generation of Judges and people and for a testimony that they are of God who have in patience born the sufferings and the cruelties of the wicked many have suffered the losse of liberty and riches and some the losse of life for the exercise of a pure conscience towards God and for the Kingdom of Jesus many have suffered under the power of wicked men for declaring against sin and iniquity in Townes Steeple-houses or high wayes and for crying against pride and vanity and idolatry and coveteousnesse and the wickednesse of Rulers Priests and People whose deceits and transgressions hath abounded in this generation and others have deeply suffered grievous cruelties