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A89853	Several petitions answered, that were put up by the priests of Westmorland, against James Nayler and Geo. Fox, servants of the most high God, persecuted by the priests of the world, as Jesus Christ and the apostles were persecuted by the Jewish high priests for the witnessing of the truth, and testifying against the deceits of the world. With the answer to an order given forth by the justices at Appleby sessions, contrary to the law of God, and the laws of the land. Also, an exhortation to the people, to mind the light of God in them, the teachings and leadings of the spirit of truth; the which if it be obeyed, will lead and guide them into all truth.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1653 (1653)	Wing N316A; Thomason E703_4; ESTC R3636	42,778	72

SEVERAL PETITIONS ANSWERED That were put up by the Priests of WESTMORLAND Against James Nayler and Geo. Fox Servants of the most High God persecuted by the Priests of the world as Jesus Christ and the Apostles were persecuted by the Jewish high Priests for the witnessing of the truth and testifying against the deceits of the world With the answer to an Order given forth by the justices at Appleby Sessions contrary to the Law of God and the Laws of the Land Also an exhortation to the people to mind the light of God in them the teachings and leadings of the Spirit of Truth the which if it be obeyed will lead and guide them into all truth This is the condemnation That light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light because their deeds are evill He that loves the light brings his deeds to the light that the light may prove them but he that doth evill hateth the light neither cometh he to the light lest his deeds should be reproved But he that loveth the truth and doth that which is righteous cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God John 3. 19 20 21 verses Little Children let no man deceive you he that doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous he that committeth sin is of the Divell In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the Divel whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither he that loveth not his brother 1 Iohn 7 8 9 10. Marvell not if the world hate you it hated me before it hated you Iohn 1● 18. Blessed are you when men shall hate you and when they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evill for the Son of Mans sake rejoyce ye in that day and leap for joy for behold great is your reward in heaven for in the like manner did their fathers unto the Prophets Luke 6. 22 23. London printed for Giles Calvert at the Black spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1653. An Epistle to the Reader Christian Friends REmember the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who said the servant was not greater then his Lord and saith he if they have persecuted me they will persecute you also and saith he marvell not if the world hate you it hated me before it hated you if ye were of the world the world would love you but because I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you but these are the fruits of darkness that ariseth from Cains generation they that are after the flesh t ey persecute them that are after the Spirit it is the world that persecutes and as they are in their naturall state and condition they know not God but are enemies both to him and His where he is made manifest in Spirit they that are in the corrupt nature are ignorant of him according as it is written in the Epistle to the Corinthians the naturall man knowes not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned and no man knowes the Father but the Son neither knoweth any man the Son but the Father and he to whom the Son reveals him there is no knowing of God but by the Revelation of his Spirit but naturall men such as the Priests of the world who are ignorant of God and are onemies to him being guided by the spirit of error standing up in actuall Rebellion against God now that he is Revealing his Son in the hearts of his people and leading them by the Divine light of his holy Spirit out of Egypt out of bondage and darkness wherein they have been held in the time of the fall while the mystery of iniquitie hath been working and Antichrist sitting in the Temple of God as God shewing himself to be God and the Priests of the world have been casting a mist before the eyes of the understandings of the people by their Greek Latin and Hebrew which is but dung and drosse earthie and ayrie hath driven the people into earthly conceivings imagination having no other knowledge of God but by conceiving and imagining of him are of those whom the Lord complains of by his servant the Prophet saying This people draweth near me with their mouth and with their lips do they honor me but their hearts is far from me and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men therefore thus saith the Lord I will gather those that have been scattered in the Cloudie and dark day and I will teach them my self and write my Law in their hearts and put my Spirit in their inward parts then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it and I will take you from among the hearthen and gather you out of all Countries and sprinkle clear water upon you and cleanse you from all your uncleanness a new heart also will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you and I will cause you to walk in my statutes to do them Ezek. 36. Chapter Now the Lord is fulfilling his Promises made of old to the seed of Abraham after the spirit the Immortall seed that is begotten not by the will of man but by the will of God and born again of water and the spirit being separated from all uncleanness and they that live in the filth of the flesh fulfilling the lusts thereof know them not that are born again washed and cleansed sanctified and justified and are taught of God and made pertakers of the Divine nature but are enemies to them it is the same generation now that persecuts that persecuted from the beginning but it is but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled the Beast shall make War with the Saints God and Magog joyns together in Battle against the Lamb the Priests of the world are the greatest persecutors of the truth of God Now as the High Priest was when Jesus Christ came in the flesh the chief Priests were the greatest persecutors of him then stirring up the Rulers and Elders and the rude multitude against him calling him A deceiver and A blasphemer and they spued forth their envie against him in raising false witnesses against him and every way incensing the People against him to cry out to have him put to death Saying Crucifie him Crucifie him and let us have Barabbas let loose which was a murderer and if thou do but Read this little ensuing treatise thou shalt finde something worthy of thy labour being single eyed thou wilt be brought to see Antichrist or the man of sin in A high measure the mystery of iniquitie acting in the Priests of the world that do professe themselves to be the Ministers of Christ but are of the Synagogue of Satan and are enemies to Jesus Christ where he is made manifest and raised up in the spirits of any to testifie against their deceits wherein they do deceive

the people and are in the same state and condition that the Jewish High Priests were in that put Christ to death as thou readest keep thy eye single and be not Partiall and thou shalt see that the battell is begun betwixt Michael and the Dragon the Dragon he casteth forth floods of revilings and reproaches and persecutions after the man childe Christ Jesus as he is arising in the spirits of his people to stifle him in the birth that he may not come forth to raign and where he is Born up into the understandings of any ruling by the Divine Power of his Spirit in any the Dragon with his seven golden heads or the Priests under sever all Colours being the painted Beast that is gilded with their glorious notions having painted themselves over with the words of the Prophets and Apostles that suffered by such as they are of the same generation whose heart is deceitfull and that above measure being full of subtiltie the Serpents head being unbruised in them they labour every way as the Jewish High Priests did to destroy those who are brought to walk in the same state and condition that the holy men of God did In former ages men that were blameless and harmless in their lives and conversations were guided by the holy spirit of God that ruleth in them I know it by experience being acquainted with them in their godly conversation which those Cainish and Jewish spirited Priests goes about to cast dirt upon making them odious to the world stirring up the people in envie and malicionsness against them if it were possible to take away their lives and the Jewish high Priests stirred up the rulers and Elders of the people against both Jesus Christ and the Apostles who were his true Ministers to persecute Imprison and put them to death so do these stir up not onely the rude people in envie and malice but they stir up the Parliament and Rulers of the people by their false petitions to incense them against a harmless and an innocent people to take away if not their lives yet their liberties but where the Lord doth appear in any of the Rulers of the people they will see into the wickedness of the Priests that they are those that persecute the Lord of life in his Saints and servants and they do openly manifest themselves that they are none of the Ministers of Jesus Christ for they did never persecute nor imprison but on the contrary were both persecuted and imprisoned and so are those to whom Jesus Christ is made manifest in spirit now the Lord is setting up the Kingdom of his Son in the spirits of his people and the Kingdom of Antichrist Babylon the mystery of iniquity must be thrown down take heed of holding up that which God will not have to stand he is setting up the ministery of his Son in the spirits of his People and throwing down the ministery of Antichrist which is the ministry of the world as it is made manifest hey do openly appear to those that have their eyes in their head Now friend if thou do but read this with thy understanding thou shalt see that these persecuting Priests knowes nothing of God but are enemies to him and are guided by the Spirit of error walking contrary to Christ and his Apostles who were his true ministers and were guided by his holy Spirit and suffered by the ministry of the word as those dear hearts do that are guided I am sure by the Spirit of the Lord and are as dear to him as the Apple of his eye and if thou do but give thy diligence in reading to Read by the same guide that those are led by that write the ensuing treatise it will bring thee to see the innocency and uprightnes of their blomeles lives and conversation that they are made to suffer willingly for Righteousnes sake according to the command of Jesus Christ and walkers in his obedience knowing that their reward is in Heaven having their conversation in Heaven according to that of the Apostle in the third to the Philip. 20. And their affections being set on things above and not on the earth seeking a Kingdom but not of this world for were they of this world the world would love its own but because they are chosen out of the worlds ways and worships customes and fashions being dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world are brought to worship God in spirit being born again of water and the Spirit as John 3. and having their souls purified in yielaing abedience to the commands of the Spirit as the Saints had which more obedient to the same spirit which purified their souls as in 1 Pet. 1. 22 23. Who were born again as these are Children of the most High God whom the world and the persecuting envious Friests know not for the spirit that is in them is not of God because it Iusteth to envy bontrary to the Spirit of Jesus Christ which is pure and holy and is loving as it is raised up in any to rule and guide them it beareth all the worlds Judgements Reproaches Revilings and Persecutions and suffereth with Joy having the promise of this life and that which is to come thus saith the Lord woe to the wicked it shall be ill with them and they shall be rewarded according to their doings as in Isaiah the 3. 10. But say unto the righteous it shall be well with them v. 11. and saith Jesus Christ blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falfly as the Priests do by those innocent and harmless ones who are dear and precious in the sight of God and may rejoyce for their reward is great in Heaven according to that of our Saviour in Mat. 5. 10. 11. 12. And that of Peter who saith if ye be reproached for the name of Christ happy are you for the spirit of grace and of glory Resteth on you Rejoyce and be exceeding glad all ye that love the Lord Blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever for the Lord is glorifying himself and making his power known and all the Crowns of pride and vain glory and fleshly exaltation must be thrown down and the Son of his Love Raised up and exalted in the hearts of his people to sit upon his Throne Rejoyce for evermore A Friend to the Truth of God where it is made manifest Richard Farnworth To the Right Worshipfull the Justices of the Peace for the County of WESTMORLAND The Humble Petition of divers Ministers and other Inhabitants in the said County who earnestly desire the Glory of God and the Peace of his Church and this Common-Wealth Humbly Sheweth THat James Nayler and George Fox men whose Country habitation profession and condition is to us generally unknown meerly of their own accord without any Pasport Licence or Authority whatsoever that they can shew or we ever heard of have entered in to

the County and together with some others their companions and Proselytes who are risen up among our selves in it have filled it in some parts with very sad divisions and distractions stirred up much hatred wrath and strife even between the nearest relations and powerfully seduced multitudes of People from the Truth and true worship of God to imbrace their own corrupt and dangerous Doctrines and follow their pernicions wayes which things are so notoriously known to all men that live in these parts that we need not here say any thing to acquaint your selves with it And though these men tell people where they come that they are sent to them from God to declare what he hath revealed in them and labour to perswade them that they come to them with the Authority of the Apostles of Christ yet our selves do confidently believe and know them to be wicked men deceivers and the very Ministers of Satan as may appear 1. By the Horrid Blasphemies which they have uttered 2. By the damnable Heresies and dangerous Errors which they have avouched All which they tend not onely to the disturbance of the publique Peace and safety of the Common wealth but to the subversion of all Government we do in all Humility addresse our selves Humbly and earnestly praying as you tender the Glory of God and the good of so many souls as are or may be iudangered by their impious principles and practices that you would be pleased to make use of that Authority where with the Lord hath Invested you speedily to provide for the safety of true Religion and the publique Peace by checking the wicked endeavours and proceedings of these men which we humbly conceive may be at least by ordering James Nayler and George Fox c. being strangers to depart out of this County and to return to their own homes Francis Howgill to be of better deportment specially towards the Magistracie and Ministry of England And by enjoyning John Ayrey Alexander Dixon and the rest of the speakers and followers that live in this County to abide at their own Homes study to be quiet and do their own business labouring in their own calling which is the Apostles rule and not to wander up and down the Country as Seducers to draw Disciples after them save only in a way of Travell as private men about their own occasions and the Lords Gracious guidance of your selves in the affairs of so great concernment we shall ever pray c. This is a true Coppie of the pretended Ministers and professors in this County given up at the Court at last Sessions at Appleby Severall Petitions answered that were put up by the Priests of WESTMORLAND Priest TO the Right Worshipfull the Justices of the peace for the County of Westmorland Answ Them that are right deny Acts 19. 27. John 5. 44. John 4. 22. Prov. 20. 3. Rev. 14. 7. all worships and worship God and honor the Lord All honour and glory be given unto the Lord. Now Man where is thy honour Yet I honour all men in the Lord. Priest Obj. The humble Petition of divers Ministers and other inhabitants in the said County who earnestly desire the glory of God and the peace of his Church and this Commonwealth Answ The Ministers of God never put up a Petition Gal. r. 1. John 18. 35. to an outward Magistrate to maintain the Church of God Here you shew your Ministery is of man and must be upheld by an earthly power and here you shew that Church is carnal and must be maintained by a carnall weapon as the Jews did which came against Paul and said he was a pestilent fellow who did witness Acts 24. 5. Acts 17. 6. Col. 2. 17. forth the substance Jesus Christ of all these types and figures which the Jewes lived in therefore his doctrine did overturn them to the letting forth of the Gal. 3 13. 1 Pet. 3. 19. seed for that Mind that held up the Figure did not own the substance Jesus Christ when he was come Now all you pretended Ministers of Christ Jesus 2 Tim 3. 5. Mark 3. 22. Christ is come and made manifest in his Saints you who have the form deny him and the power and some call it witchery some of the Divell but that Nature can do no other for it is the same naure that was in the Jewes who would maintain their way and hold up their customes and persecute him that was the substance and called him Divell But the Church Jesus Christ is the head of and the Church is the pillar and 1 Tim. 3. 15. Col 1. 24. Rev. 5. 9. ground of truth and Christ hath redeemed his Church with his blood and who are redeemed by the pretious blood of Iesus Christ are of the Church and them I do witness and not one of them shall be plucked out of John 10. 29. his hand whom the Father hath given me saith Christ John 10. 28 29 30 31 My Father which gave me them is greater then all and no man is able to pluck them John 18. 36. out of my Fathers hands I and my Father are one Then the Iews took up stones to stone him Christ hath no carnal weapon to maintain his Church for his kingdom is not of this world Pr. Obj. Humbly sheweth that James Nayler and George Fox men whose countrey habitation profession and condition is to us generally unknown Answ It is true our habitation is with the Lord and our Countrey is not of this world neither are our conditions known unto the world for who had the power of truth was never known unto the world where the same power is made manifest 't is so now the world John 15 19 20 Heb. 11. 14 15 16. John 15. 18. knows them not therefore they hate you and persecute you the Scripture's here fulfilled As they have done unto me so will they do unto you saith Christ Here the Scripture is fulfilled Pr. Obj. Merely of their own accord without any pasport or license or authority that they can shew or we ever heard of entred into the County and together with some others their companions and proselites risen up among our selves Answ The Ministers of God never were sent forth Mat. 23. 24. Gal. 1. 1. Jer. 23. 31 32. by the authority of man Here you shew your selves to be blind guides indeed Paul an Apostle not of man nor by man but by Iesus Christ neither was the Gospel he preached according to man and this do we witness that our authority is not from man neither our call from man for he that speaks of himself speaks a lie and all you who speak not from the mouth of the Lord are fals Prophets and there you shew your selves to be no Prophets of the Lord no Ministers of the Gospel for if you were the Ministers of the Gospel and had not received it of man nor your Gospel according to man then would ye witness us for

therefore do you persecute me because I testifie against you that your deeds are evill And dealing with the Divel I utterly deny and the works of darkness for he that is born of God sins not neither can he because 1 John 3. 8. 9. the seed of God remains in him and the evill one cannot touch him but if they call the master of the house Beelzebub what will they do unto the children So it was Jesus Christ Lord and Master had that portion of the world it is the same now where he is made manifest in any the same generation persecutes it is no strange thing Mat. 10. 25. Pr. Petition That we know the Principles of some of their followers are against subjection to Magistrates against distinction amongst men and the practices of the most is such that there is a denying of relations children professedly refusing subjection to their Parents and servants to their masters Answ Whereas you say we are not subject to justice that is false for conscience sake let every soul be subject to the higher power for all power is of God and he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God So for conscience sake we honor justice and all men in the Lord but as for respecting persons we deny for the Scripture Rom. 13. 1 2. denies the same he that respects persons commits sin and is a transgressor of the Law He that was a minister of Iesus Christ said this Here you James 2. 9. Rev. 22. 15. shew your selves to be without and no ministers of God but would have others to transgress the law of God O false accusers where do any walk stubbornly against their parents but for conscience sake they cannot yeeld to those things which carnally they would have them act as follow the worship of the world without them and not worworship God in Spirit and set up your teachers of the world God hath raised up a light in many John 4. 23. Luke 1. 79. Mat. 21. 16. Mat. 11. 25. young children draws them to himselfe and you spue forth your venom against them servants and children because they will not hold you up and now when you are like to fall If Christs words should be fulfilled where he saith Call no man father upon earth and he that loves Father or Mat. 23. 9. Mat. 10. 37. mother more then me is not worthy of me what would you say to that Fathers and mothers pass away and that love that is in the flesh but the Father the Lord God of Heaven and Earth is for ever and who owns him will not walk in disobedience to any thing but the evill and if God put into the mouth of any servants to speak that doth Acts 2. 18. not take them from faithfulness in the outward to their masters where they are But you accusers which have the form of godliness but deny the power ever shew forth your selves Where do any of the servants masters go to complain to the Magistrates But you Priests shew your selves 1 Tim. 5 13. busie about other mens matters only to hold up your own profits and accuse the just with many false and scandalous slanders Pr. Petition That we are sensible what confusions divisions tumults and parties are made by these mens disturbances and cannot but with sadness of spirit remember that such small beginnings have in other nations grown to eat out their peace and stagger the foundation of their States as also to lay it before you what advantage it gives for the common enemy weakens the Parliaments interest in the peoples hearts Answ Truth ever stirred up confusion where it was though it lay close till truth came Luke 12. 49. as you read in the Scriptures Christ came to put fire in the earth and the Apostles where they came in the markets or Synagogues who witnessed forth the substance to draw people to it to serve the Lord in newness of life to come up into the everlasting truth and peace then every one stood up in his own imagination and thoughts as you do now to oppose the truth and said they would turn the world up side down Pr. Petition To see such persons unrestrained creats discontents and laies a clear foundation for civill wars or at least advantage to the Hollanders or French now in arms against us to carry on their wicked intentions with greater facility Answ The intention of your mind is to have truth restrained which takes away the occasions of all wars and brings into love and true heartedness and there is nothing discontent with us but that which doth not abide in the truth And wheras thou speakest of weakning the Parliaments interest and laying a foundation of new war This is hatched in your own minds so to incense ignorant people it is your own interest that you fear for if the Parliament should take away your Tythes and your means little love would appear to them for it hath been already said by you that the Parliament hath opened a gap for all blasphemings but the hands of evil doers we do not strengthen and you are the men that raise up civill warres against them that live peaceably and love peace and go about to take away the ocasions of all warres For the world raises up a persecution and a civill warre against a peaceable people whose intents are to bring up all to God to live in unity one with another to be of one heart and one mind and one soul to seive God in newness of life whom Christ Iesus hath set free from the Traditions and Rudiments of the world Now who are set free from the world you bring under your bondage and perfecute them if they will not obey you shewing forth the nature of Pharaoh not letting Israel go to serve God Priests Petition Therefore as you are Christians and English Magistrates vve are freemen born of England and desiring somthing more as instruments under God with others of your present peace do beg an chalenge from you Answ Now you shew your complements we are no breakers of peace who owns the peace owns us and he that bears this sword that cuts Rom. 13. 4. down all corruption and filthiness owns us For there is no peace to the vvicked saith God and this you shall all find vvho vvould have peace to that vvhich must die it is your eternall peace and eternal souls good that we are moved of the Lord to speak unto you for which eternally you shall witness Priests Petition 1. Your timely looking unto the Peace of England that it seems too evidently to be endeavored to be rent asunder Answ Justices that keeps peace we honor and set up and wait all for the peace but your intention in this is to have truth suppressed and wickedness flourish and the works of darkness not discovered here is Justice weakned and the hand of evil doers strengthened against the innocent which ever the chief Priests