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A54026	Concerning persecution: which is, the afflicting or punishing that which is good, under the pretence of its being evil. Which practice is contrary to the very nature of mankind (so far as it is drawn out of the corruption and depravation) which would be good and do good, and have good cherished, and evil suppressed, both in it self and others. ... Yet this unhappy error will always be committed in nations and governments, until the proper right and just liberty of men's consciences be discerned, acknowledged and allowed. Likewise, there are some answers given to that common objection, against affording conscience in its due liberty, because evil persons may pretend conscience to escape the just punishment of their evil deeds. With a brief account of that supposed stubbornes, which by man is objected against the people called Quakers. ... By Isaac Penington the younger.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1156; ESTC R214723	23,798	32

well in desiring such a man as this to be put to death might they not well prefer Barrabas before a man thus represented by their chief Priests and Teachers who knew and could expound the Law and were best able to judge as they might well think both what was the Truth and who were Deceivers 8. The Blessednesse of the Persecuted The Disciple of Christ who is persecuted for Conscience sake who suffers from men and their Laws for the uprightness of his heart towards and for his obedience unto Christ that man is precious in the eye of Christ and hath his blessing with Him yea the more men disesteem and hate him upon this account the greater is his blessedness 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 Matth. 5. 11 12. He is blessed in several respects 1. That man is in that Spirit and in that way which God hath chosen and so he is in a happy state and condition at present He is in the path of Life in the way of Peace under the Leadings of God's Spirit The World loveth and cherisheth that which is its own that which is of it and walketh with it but is at enmity and war with that which is of God Therefore the World's Dislike Enmity and Persecution is an evidence of God's choice and of a Removal from it towards God It is an happy thing in the eye of man to be at unity with the World to have the love and friendship thereof to have all men speak well of one to be found doing that which is pleasing in the eye of the World and to be enjoying the pleasures and profits thereof but in the eye of God it is happy to be in unity with that which is contrary to the World and procureth its ill-will Love not the World neither the things that are in the World If any man love the World the love of the Father which begetteth out of the World is not in him But he that loseth the love of the World for the Principle of God and his subjection thereto is in that which the Father loveth and feeleth the Love of the Father opened in him and revealed to him and this is truly an happy state 2. The Recompence which God will give to them in the World to come who cleave to Him and his Truth for all the Persecutions which they endure in this World for his Truth 's sake is exceeding great Great is your Reward in Heaven Mat. 5. 14. Our light Affliction which is but for a moment but at most for the time of this world worketh for us a far more exceeding eternal weight of Glory 2 Cor. 4. 17. 3. The Reward is great in this world also There is an hundred fold Recompence to be reaped in this life The Peace of God in the Conscience the Presence of God the Life of God the Vertue of God the Glory of the Spirit of God which accompanieth resteth with and abideth on the heart which is faithful and waiteth upon God for Patience Meekness Innocency and Strength to carry through the Sufferings may well be valued at above an hundred fold Income and Recompence for all the Hardships and Tribusations which are undergone for his Name-sake If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon you 1 Pet. 4. 14. 9. The grievous misery of the Persecutors It is a miserable thing to be deceived about that which is good to put Good for evil Light for darkness Sweet for bitter and so under a mistake at least become a Persecutor of the good All good is of God and he that is against good is against God and it is a dreadful thing for the creature to set himself in battel against his Creator and to engage the Power and Wrath of the Omnipotent One against him though while the eye is shut it doth not appear to men either that they are against God or that their danger is so great thereby as indeed it is The Children of God are as the Apple of his Eye Who can touch them and He not be deeply sensible yea and they are most dear to God in that for which the World most persecutes them And therefore their danger and misery must needs be great which may further appear in these three respects 1. In respect of the weight of Wrath which their Persecutions of others here will bring upon themselves in the world to come Then every hard word with every thing they have done against any Lamb of Christ's shall come upon them There is a time of Judgment for all that is sowed in this world and then every one shall reap what he hath sowed And if he that hath not visited the sick and imprisoned for Christ's sake shall hear that sentence Go ye our sed c. what will his portion be who hath imprisoned them and caused their sickness Now is our time of trouble but the Lord hath prepared a day of rest for that Spirit which is troubled in this world by the spirit of this world and then shall the troublesom spirit which troubled the peaceable Spirit and would give it no rest in its following and obeying the Lord be troubled by the Spirit of the Lord 2 Thess 1. 6 7. And what shall the misery of that spirit be whom the Spirit of the Lord troubleth and filleth with anguish and torments in his Fire and with his Brimstone Oh that men would awaken and consider in time and not fell away their everlasting Inheritance for a mess of Vanity and transitory Lusts and Pleasures 2. The hand of God doth often overtake them in this world and the Lord doth many times curse their very Blessings to them insomuch as they cannot enjoy this world with that sweetness and content they might were it not for the rage and bitterness of their spirits against God's People and their provoking of God against them thereby How many of his own People did Pharoah lose and how did he break the strength and glory of his Kingdom by persecuting God's Israel of old How did Amalek cause his name to be rooted out from under Heaven How did the Nations and mighty Powers of the Earth fall upon this account one after another And in this Nation how many Powers have already fallen thereby Jerusalem is a burthensome stone it was so in the type it is much more so in the substance which lyes in the way of every earthly spirit and power which they know not how to build with neither can they rear up their own building because of it and therefore every Power strives to remove it out of their way but they know not the weight of it nor who it is that hath squared it nor how firm it is fixed upon the Rock The earthly spirit is never to enjoy any true or lasting Peace

CONCERNING PERSECUTION Which is The Afflicting or Punishing that which is GOOD under the Pretence of its being EVIL Which Practice is contrary to the very Nature of Mankind so far as it is drawn out of the Corruption and Depravation which would be Good and do Good and have Good Cherished and Evil Suppressed both in it self and others It is contrary also to all Equal and Righteous Government which is for the suppressing of Evil and cherishing of Good and not for the afflicting and crushing of that which is Good upon pretence of its being Evil. Yet this unhappy Error will alwayes be committed in Nations and Governments until the proper Right and just Liberty of Men's Consciences be discerned acknowledged and allowed LIKEWISE There are some Answers given to that common Objection against affording CONSIENCE its due Liberty because Evil Persons may pretend Conscience to escape the just Punishment of their Evil Deeds With a brief Account of that supposed STUBBORNES which by many is objected against the People called QUAKERS Given forth in love to this Nation that at length the true bottom and foundation of a lasting Peace and Settlement may be espied the Spirits of the Governors and People fixed thereon and that dangerous Rock of Persecution whereon both the Powers and People of this Nation have so often split carefully avoided by all By Isaac Penington the younger London Printed for Robert Wilson in Martins Le Grand 1661. The PREFACE THere hath been an Enmity in the Seed of the Serpent against the Seed of the Woman from the time of the Promise even until now God in mercy to Mankind hath given unto him since the Fall a Seed or Principle of Life in the Light and Strength whereof he is to war against and subdue the Corrupt Principle and so be freed from the Curse and become Heir of the Blessing Against this Principle all the Powers of Darkness fight even in every particular man and woman until they be overcome and subjected there And against those in whom this pure Principle reigns all the Powers of Darkness in the world fight also striving to make it miserable and to bring it into death and captivity that they might keep up the content and happiness of the Corrupt State All the Nations of the Earth have alwayes warred against the Principle of God and the People of his choice In the time of the Law the Jews were the object of the Envy and Hatred of all the world in the times of the Gospel the Jews in Spirit were hated and hunted in that day and hour not only by Heathens but also by such as were Jews according to the Letter and ever since the Apostacy by Christians also according to the Letter who are as great enemies to the Spirit Power as ever the Jews were Now all the Misery of the World as it at first came by departing from the Principle of Life so it hath been ever since continued by mens joyning with the Principle of Death and Corruption to oppose and withstand the workings of the Principle of Life both in themselves and others VVhat man is there that hath not in him a Witness against that which is Evil But where is that man who joyns with this Witness in him against the Evil and not with the Evil against this Witness Oh how doth God's Witness reprove for Sin making the heart which is not sensual and brutish but seriously considers its latter end sad because of it This is God's way of making the creature weary thereof of weaning him from it delivering him out of it and so rescuing him from the Wrath and Everlasting Burnings which are the portion and inheritance of the Wicked But who is it that doth not strive to stop silence and suppress this Witness in himself that he might enjoy his lusts ease and content in the flesh by keeping the sight and remembrance of the Evil-day far from him And if he can do so then he rejoyceth and maketh merry over the Testimony of the Witness in himself and when he hath so far prevailed then he is in a good capacity to persecute others who hear and obey the Voice and Testimony thereof in themselves That which is to redeem the World out of Misery is the Power of the Gospel and precious is the Peace which comes thereby after the work of the Spiritual Sword with the trouble thereof is finished O how blessed would the Principle and Power of Life make the World might it but have its free course therein O how happy is that man who bears the Condemnation because of Sin follows the guidance of the living God and waits for the day of his Salvation O the sweet inward Peace of Spirit which is enjoyed after the storm and after the Judgment of that which is to be judged and destroyed And that which makes one person happy the same must make Nations happy There is no true settlement nor abiding security but in the setled and abiding Principle God is arisen to shake the Earth and it can settle no more upon the old foundations yea the same God hath shriveled up the old Heavens and they can no more be stretched forth again Behold I make all things new saith the Lord in the days of the Gospel when he stretcheth forth the Arm of his Power And who is he which shall venture to establish the old Heavens and the old Earth which the Lord God is removing and causing to passe away and abolish the new Heavens and the new Earth which the Lord God hath created and formed and is establishing O that men knew the place of Wisdom that they might be wise and not fight against their Creator from whom their strength comes and against whom their strength cannot prevail O that men could see how industrious they are to keep up Misery and to keep out Happiness The eye of man in the fallen and corrupt estate cannot see aright and mis-seeing how can he chuse but mis-aim and mis-act and mis-aiming and mis-acting how can he attain his end But the Lord's Counsel shall stand and he will fulfill all his pleasure in every heart and throughout the Earth Happy is he who is weaned from himself and begotten in the Light of Life which is incorruptible he shall stand and be blessed when all flesh falls before the Breath of the Lord and becomes miserable and the fall of all the fleshly will wisdom and strength hastens apace happy is he who is delivered from them before the day of their ruine which is nearer than man is aware of or can believe I. P. Concerning PERSECUTION c. BEcause men generally in Persecuting know not what they do neither whom it is they Persecute nor how they sin against God therein nor what danger they are exposing themselves to and what misery they are drawing upon themselves thereby both in this World and for ever even as Christ said concerning the Jews who were Persecuting Him even to Death Father