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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06276	A true relation of the cruel dealings of William Pocklington of North Collingham in the county of Nottingham, with the innocent people of God called Quakers, in the same county.		1667 (1667)	Wing T2939; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 4152.f.20[15]; ESTC R12915	7,494	8

upon rent they take it from a good Title and Interest if it be a clear Estate without any Incumberance and they are worthy to receive the profits which they pay rent for because the Letter hath a good Title in the Land and the Farmer bestoweth his labour and charge upon it and these are propper and peculiar Rights both in the Letter and the Farmer and it is agreeable to Reason and Equity as a Branch is agreeable to the Root that bears it But Tythes are taken out of the Land Labour and Charge of another which is no way agreeable to Reason and Equity And though many Disputations and Arguments have been and yet are maintained to uphold them some by Divine Right and some by Humane Right yet the matter is determined in a few words for since Christ disannul'd the Commandment under the Law Tythes have never been pay'd by Divine Right and no Humane Power can make them of right due unto any man whatsoever So Christ having ended the payment of Tythes as to the Jews observation and that there is no command for them to be paid under the Gospel-dispensation they must needs be now introduced by some framed Invention and that cannot be a ground to force the payment of them and we that are called Quakers have well weighed these things in the Light with which Christ Jesus hath enlightened us in which Light we have seen his coming and the end of the Law and first Covenant by his coming and a necessity is laid upon us to confess his coming and we are satisfied that neither Priest nor Impropriator have a good Interest in Tythes under the Gospel-administration We do not deny them from any opinion conceit or self-ends as some would charge us but in love to Christ Jesus who hath given his Testimony freely to us and it is evident that we do not deny Tythes from any opinion conceit or self-ends for we suffer Imprisonment many years together at a great charge and loss of time and many have suffered the loss of their natural lives by such imprisonments and we suffer the spoiling and loss of our goods to the value of many pounds whereas a few shillings might satisfie if we could willingly pay our Tythes so that only Conscience sake towards God is the ground why we deny them and it is opinion conceit and self-ends in such as take them And it doth plainly appear in what William Pocklington hath done concerning William Smith upon that very account and also in what many Priests and Impropriators have done as to many others who are faithful in their Testimony unto the coming of Christ Jesus And now VVilliam Pocklington thou art called up to the Bar of Truth and forasmuch as thou not having the fear of God before thy eyes hast acted and done such wicked things as are before related contrary to the Law of God and Nature and also contrary to the Law of the Nation and so against the King his Crown and Dignity and that they are true concerning thee thou art found guilty of Persecution and Truth giveth Judgment upon that spirit that ruleth in thee and by the Truth it is condemned for ever and Truth marketh thee for a wicked Persecutor and cruel Spoiler O William Sorrow will fill thy heart though for a time thou maist make thy self merry with thy Alehouse company but O thy End thy End what will it be thou wilt know when it comes and it cometh swiftly and thou canst not be hid the Lord wil find thee judg thee according to thy works for thou hast long reigned in thy wickedness and thy presumption is so high as that thou goest on from evil to worse neither leaving Cattel for Fodder nor Fodder for Cattel nor Seed for the Sower and we cannot let thee lie any longer as a Fox in his hole that alwayes watcheth how he may come to his prey and devour the Lambs but we must testifie against thy evil deeds and lay thy wickedness upon thy own head and it will be a load upon thee in the day of thy Judgment for thou hast always been lifted up with pride and vain glory and thou hast always sought to bear rule over others with a high hand and because we cannot bend unto thee thou exercisest cruelty but we rejoyce in the Truth which is over thee and thou canst neither ruine us nor root us out and both the King and Country have cause to be jealous of thee who art so full of pride deceit and hypocrisie for how can it be expected that thou shouldst be true to the King and Country in thy Office of High Constable when thy actions are so notoriously wicked and notwithstanding thy wicked intention to ruine us and thy high expectation of enriching thy self with what thou takest from us yet the Lord may frustrate thy end in both and he may take thee in thy own snare for that which thou wickedly intendest against others may fall upon thy self a●d the Lord may cause thy own work to torment thee by turning it upon thee but as for the Innocent he saves them in his hand and they feel his mercy Now read thy self thy works name for thou hast gotten a name that will remain unto future generations and they will read thee to be a Perscutor so thou wilt leave an ill savour behind thee and except thou repent thy works will be a continual torment to thee and thou wilt certainly perish for ever And all such as are partakers with William Pocklington in his wicked works and make your selves merry with him in the Alehouses and buy such goods as by his means are unjustly taken from the right owners you must all come to repentance for you are in the same spirit of wickedness and the spoil which you greedily purchase will be a scourge upon you mark the end of it therefore repent and fear the living God and make not a mock at Sin nor be scornful at Reproof for the Lord will not hold you guiltless O read your works you evil workers who sport your selves in your own wickedness Read your Wantonness Drunkenness Swearing Cursing Lying Deceit Laughter and Madness read your own conditions and see whether you be like men Christians or worse than Infidels and Heathens for the Heathens have more sobriety and honesty as men if you will not turn at reproof cease from wickedness the Lord will bring weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth upon you and this is to you all whose faces are set to do wickedly that ye may repent before calamity come upon you and it is spread abroad as a Testimony against all evil works and workers for it is not good to have respect of persons in judgment He th●● saith to the wicked Thou art Righteous him shall the people curse Nations sha● abhor him but to them that rebuke him shal be delight and a good blessing shal come upon them Pro. 24. And this Testimony the Lord God upholdeth where he sets it and the wickedness of the wicked cannot root it out or destroy it Given forth the 12th month called February 1667. from us who are called QUAKERS