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A40187 For the King, and both Houses of Parliament, sitting at Westminster, and for every member thereof to read Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1661 (1661) Wing F1821; ESTC R181334 15,857 25

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notwithstanding all this Trial of us by which ye have Tried us under cruel Sufferings and have not found us Guilty of Plots Insurrections Tumults against the King or the Peace of the Nation or any Mans Person or Estate Our Liberty is not Restored to us as to meet together to Worship God according to the Kings Word and Declaration which is but a Just thing We not being found to be such as his Proclamation Limits who have made ill use of his Indulgence neither have we Forfeited our Liberty Therefore it is not Equity to Number us amongst such who have Forfeited their Liberty Now therefore our defire is That a Proclamation may be set forth that we may have our Liberty seeing we have not Forfeited it according to the Kings Word and that men may not run upon us with Arms Clubs and Staves which are not Christians Weapons to run upon people who are met together to Worship God which is the Spiritual mens place to medle with Spiritual Things And it is the Son of Perdition that sits in the Temple of God which Exalts himself above all that is called God who must be destroyed by the Brightness of his coming and by the Breath of his Mouth And have cryed the Ministers we cannot serve our bellies of the people if we have not the Magistrates Swords to compel and forbid people not to meet together to Worship God and pray together and declare his Goodness and confess his Name for with the mouth confession is made to Salvation You may as well bid us deny GOD our SALVATION and not confess our selves to be Christians and to live without the fear of God for they that feared God met often together as in Malachy whom the Lord heard And is not the Scripture full of these sayings that the Saints should tell of the Wonders of God and declare what God had done for their Souls And what Christians limit us from this And must we be limited from confessing Christ before men Is not Christ ashamed of them before his Father that be ashamed of him before men And must Sons and Daughters be limited from Prophesying upon whom the Lord hath poured his Spirit And doth not the Apostle say Quench not the Spirit And is not this his Doctrine And doth not God say Limit not the Holy One and Despise not Prophesy And doth not the Apostle say God is not Worshiped by the Handy-works of Men by that which mens hands have wrought set up for Worship That is a large word but God is worshipped in Spirit and Truth This is Christ Doctrine And let none be compelled to the publique Worship nor Fined nor Imprisoned for that was never the Practice nor Doctrine of Christ nor the Apostles to compel any against their own Consciences who were not first perswaded by the Spirit of God This is from the People of God called Quakers and Subscribed by Vs this 13th day of the 3d Month 1661. G. Fox J. Stubbs F. Howgil H. Fell. R. Hubberthorn R. Scostrop POST-SCRIPT LEt no one be Persecuted about Religion Worship Ministers-Maintenance let all be done freely in Bounty and Love as it was among the true Churches in the Primitive Times for Cain killed his Brother about Worship Religion and Sacrifice which Cain built a City by that you may see he was a Ruler for which Fact Killing his Brother God said He was a Fugitive a Vagabond in the earth for Murthering and Killing his Brother The Jews by the Law of God were for to kill Hereticks and False Prophets that were setters forth of strange Gods and this they were to do by the Law of God which Law of God Christ ended who hath all Power in Heaven and in earth given unto him who was the chiefe Magistrate upon the earth And the Jews in a pretence of killing the False Prophets they killed the True Prophets and stoned them to death before Christ the great Prophet came in the Flesh and they crucified him and caused many of the Apostles to be Persecuted and Killed and they thought they did God good service having Gods Law to kill such that set forth strange Gods or another way therefore they thought they did God good service in killing the Prophets killing the Son killing the Saints and so do all Religions else as do the Antichrists and Papists that have killed and put to death so many hundreds that were contrary minded in Religions which with them was Vagabonded from God by which the earth hath been stained with the blood of the Innocent in Killing Persecuting and putting to Death about Religion since the Apostles dayes And the Church went into the Wilderness Rev. 12. Yea the very earth hath not yeilded her increase but it hath brought a Curse upon it though they have been Sacrificers and Killers as Cain which Sacrifice God hath no respect to but to such as are of Abels Faith that do not kill but have the spiritual Weapons Therefore let there be an Universall Liberty about Religion and let no Christian persecute a Christian seeing all professe Christ in words but let them be ruled with Spirituall Weapons and their Religion defended with spirituall Weaponed Men else they are but like Cain the Jews Judas and the Papists and not like the Apostles in the Primitive Times who said Their Weapons were not Carnal but spiritual And if you say how should we know the true Disciples of Christ Jesus here is their Mark they are such that love one another hereby they are known to be Disciples and if you do say How shall we know the true Beleevers in Christ Jesus these are they that are passed from Death to Life and such love both Brethren and Enemies Now though there were Haters and Persecutors denyers of the Resurrection Blasphemers of God and Christ who had all power in Heaven and in Earth given unto him the Chief Ruler upon the earth which ended the Law did not Persecute any nor cause any to be put Death to be Persecuted or Banished by the Jews Law but he said Love Enemies here they differed from the Pharisees here was their mark of being Children of the most high God And the Apostle saith He that is born of the Flesh will persecute him that is born of the Spirit So here is each birth and they which are the Children of the Flesh these are not the Children of God the one will persecute and the other is the persecuted and the Apostle bids Overcome Evill with Good So all the true Worshippers that Worship God in the Spirit in the Truth which the Devill is out of these cannot persecute any about Religion Church and Worship but are the spirituall Men and have the spirituall Weapons and these are like unto the Apostles in the Primitive Times Therefore as the Papists have persecuted about their Church Religion and Sacrifice for which example they have had none from the Apostles in the Primitive Times Let none follow their Examples but Christ who