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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Society of Friends -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800. Quakers -- Persecutions -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century. 2007-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion FOR THE King and both Houses OF PARLIAMENT . THey that are right honorable will hear , and the truly noble and gentle will bow down unto his appearance , that we know , who according to his Faithfulness , has fulfilled his Promises ; and as the Scriptures declare , even in ●hese last dayes has powered forth of his Spirit upon his Sons and upon his Daughters , and we with many thousands , that have received thereof , cannot but bear witness thereto , That the Lord is come that searcheth the Hearts and tryeth the Reins , to take up his dwelling in men and women , who are obedient to his Spirit and Requirings find Peace therein , and we dare not do contrary thereunto ; though for it we have been dealt hardly with by men , as at this day , in Spoiling of our Goods , and Imprisoning of our Bodies , and the shedding of our Blood in the Streets , though it could never be proved that we , or any of us , have in any kind done , or invented to do : any evil to King or People , or allow thereof ; for we are full of Love and Good-will unto all , and our Enemies could never find any advantage against us , but in the matters of our God ; so our Sufferings have been for our believing in , and obeying the Spirit of Truth , in which we have and do worship God every where , and we have not , nor dare we be disobedient thereto , whatever it cost us ; for by this we are sealed to an Inheritance invisible and everlasting : And we have a Liberty at this time to lay before you ▪ the Innocency and Harmlesness of all us that are brought to the Obedience of this Spirit , that the King , and all in the Nation , may fear and bow before him , whose Servants we are : O judge in Righteousness you Rulers in the Earth , whether we should obey God or man in this matter ; for we are bold in the Spirit and Power to declare unto you . That he that hath required Worship in Spirit and in Truth every where is our Leader , and with us of a Truth ; and they that are against us , he hath , and will rebuke . O Remember , it is but a little while since this City and Nation was visited with Plague , Fire , and Sword ; And was it not when you oppressed the Worshippers in the Spirit ? And when you ceased your strife against them , then the Lord gave you liberty to repair your Losses : And so full of Good-will are we unto the Land of our Nativity , that we must call unto you , that you might mind what the great God of Heaven and Earth hath made known unto us , that he hath appeared , and doth appear in this Nation and Kingdom , more then in any Nation in the Earth , that it might be cleansed and delivered from the Destruction threatned by the Lord , because of the great and raining Iniquities therein ; and none cries louder , nor ever did sooner bring down vengeance on a People or Nation , then the resistance of the Spirit and Light of God , w●●●ewith the Lord hath visited this Nation at this day ; so we cannot but beseech you to come to this Spirit and Light in your selves , that reconciles to God ; and we know it from all other spirits , for it is Holy and Harmless , and none it is can oppress or resist the Appearance of it in any other : And we cannot but mind you , as bound in duty thereto , that the resistance of this Spirit overthrew and drowned the old World , and as Stephen told the Priests and Rulers of Jerusalem , that had killed and put to death the Prince of Life , That it was because they resisted the Holy Ghost , as their Fathers did ; and though they believed him not , and stoned him to death , yet all their wisdom and strength could not defend them from his Displeasure , whom they had grieved ; and how soon Destruction came on them & on their Nation you know , and it is good to remember ; for it is the same God we serve , and his Arm is not shortned , and there is amongst you a poor and afflicted People , to whom he hath regard ; for they dare not go contrary to his Commands , nor any just Command of man ; but there was a Law by which some said the Son of God was to be put to death ; and there has been Laws in this Nation , by which the best Christians in the Land have been Martyred ; and there are yet Laws , which to yield obedience to , were to disobey God , and in so doing we should hasten destruction on our selves and the Nation , as the many Examples in the Scriptures and elsewhere makes manifest , and for us are they written , upon whom the Ends of the World are come ; therefore we have been moved and constrained in the Love of our God , to call unto you , even to all , from him that sits on the Throne , to the meanest in Authority in this Nation . O that you would hear ! O that you would grant Liberty of Conscience , for every one to Worship God , as of the Spirit they come to receive Understanding , according to that Royal Law , In doing as you would be done by ; and by this you would overcome your Enemies , & strengthen your Frends , and deter Judgment , and lengthen your Tranquility ; but if you will not hear , nor be intreated , but go on to oppress those that worship in Spirit , you will be found Fighters against God , & he is mighty , and will plead the cause of the Innocent . This from us that would have you all to so act , and do , that you might render your account before God with joy , in the day of his righteous Judgment , that hastens , and is near unto every one of you . And we cannot but mind you of the many that lie in the several Goals and Prisons of this Nation , some four , five , six , or seven years time , being found in no other offence , when committed to Prison , but their meeting to worship God : O that you into whose hands the Lord hath given power to shew mercy , and set free the Oppressed , would ●ear and deliver , for their groanings the Lord hears and takes notice of . We , called Quakers , whose Names under-written are some of the many Thousands of our mind with us , that cry day and night , that Liberty of Conscience may be given , that we may serve the Lord in Righteousness and Holiness all the dayes of our Lives , and we know the Lord hears . Anne Whitehead , Rebecca Travers , Mary Ellson , Susanna Yokeley , Priscilla Eccleston , Ruth Brown , Hanah Talor , Rebecca Osgood , Anne Travers , Sarah Brush , Helena Claypoole , Mary Forster , Prudence Wa●shatt , Elizabeth Middilton , Elizabeh Bowman , Patience Camfeld , Grace Giner , Anne Raper , Agnes Pool , Mary Lawrence , Anne Briges , Grissel Tolderly , Jude Shipton , Ellin Daper , Elizabeth Haddock , Elizabeth Perkins , Grace Hubbert , Martha Fisher , Elizabeth Molborn , Elizabeth Wadley , Jane More , Anne Stodard , Lidia Odes , Christian Clarke , Anne Warner , Charity Corn ,