Oh London! with thy magistrates and rulers. What are ye doing, and causing to be done against a harmless and innocent people ... : VVritten in Newgate the 14th of the 11th month, 1660. / [By] Humphrey Wooldrich.
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             Oh London! with thy magistrates and rulers. What are ye doing, and causing to be done against a harmless and innocent people ... : VVritten in Newgate the 14th of the 11th month, 1660. / [By] Humphrey Wooldrich.
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           Oh
           
             LONDON
             !
          
           with
           thy
           Magistrates
           and
           Rulers
           .
        
         
           VVHat
           are
           ye
           doing
           ,
           and
           causing
           to
           be
           done
           against
           a
           harmless
           and
           innocent
           people
           ,
           that
           against
           you
           or
           any
           Government
           did
           never
           Plot
           or
           Act
           any
           thing
           ,
           since
           the
           Lord
           by
           his
           Spirit
           raised
           them
           to
           be
           a
           People
           ;
           they
           have
           been
           innocent
           and
           clear
           in
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           the
           Lord
           is
           their
           Witness
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           late
           
             Proclamation
          
           is
           charged
           against
           them
           ,
           even
           against
           the
           Lords
           Heritage
           and
           people
           called
           
             Quakers
             ,
          
           which
           you
           are
           going
           about
           to
           destroy
           and
           waste
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           a
           People
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           cannot
           lay
           their
           Consciences
           waste
           ,
           their
           Families
           must
           be
           laid
           waste
           ;
           &
           they
           that
           depart
           from
           iniquity
           ,
           are
           become
           a
           prey
           in
           this
           Generation
           :
           The
           Lord
           look
           on
           our
           afflictions
           ,
           e●en
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           ,
           look
           down
           from
           his
           holy
           Habitation
           ,
           on
           our
           unjust
           sufferings
           ;
           the
           Lord
           open
           your
           understandings
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           may
           see
           how
           we
           are
           made
           to
           suffer
           without
           a
           cause
           ,
           by
           being
           unjustly
           
             numbred
             with
             transgressors
             ,
          
           and
           
             ranked
             with
             murderers
             ,
          
           as
           if
           we
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           
             plotting
             against
             the
             King
             ;
          
           the
           
             Lord
          
           knows
           we
           are
           clear
           and
           innocent
           in
           all
           these
           things
           ;
           Our
           
             just
             Principle
             ,
          
           the
           
             Light
             in
             our
             Consciences
             ,
          
           &
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           which
           is
           our
           
             Guide
             ,
          
           leadeth
           to
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           
             carnal
             Sword
             ,
          
           or
           
             Kingdom
          
           that
           is
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           after
           such
           a
           manner
           to
           be
           obtained
           ;
           the
           
             Light
          
           in
           your
           
             Consciences
          
           will
           clear
           us
           ,
           and
           condemn
           you
           for
           ranking
           us
           with
           
             Fift-Monarchy-men
          
           and
           
             Baptists
             ,
          
           whose
           
             weapons
             indeed
             are
             carnal
          
           we
           know
           ,
           and
           cannot
           deny
           but
           
             weapons
             of
             cruelty
          
           have
           been
           found
           in
           their
           habitations
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           us
           ,
           the
           God
           whom
           we
           serve
           ,
           teacheth
           us
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           plead
           our
           righteous
           cause
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           other
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           
             Truth
          
           may
           prosper
           and
           fill
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           knowledge
           thereof
           
             may
             cover
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             the
             waters
             cover
             the
             Sea
             .
          
           This
           is
           our
           desire
           ,
           the
           Lord
           knows
           ,
           and
           our
           work
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           hath
           decreed
           and
           cannot
           be
           disannulled
           ,
           he
           hath
           purposed
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           most
           certainly
           bring
           it
           to
           pass
           ;
           though
           unjustly
           in
           your
           late
           Decree
           ,
           we
           are
           proclaimed
           against
           as
           
             Plotters
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           presented
           as
           
             Malefactors
          
           to
           the
           Nations
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           being
           saved
           from
           persecution
           for
           our
           pure
           Conscience
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Word
           of
           King
           
             Charles
          
           was
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           we
           lived
           peaceably
           )
           we
           are
           now
           made
           liable
           to
           be
           a
           prey
           and
           a
           spoil
           to
           the
           wicked
           ,
           though
           we
           are
           altogether
           innocent
           and
           clear
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           that
           is
           unjustly
           charged
           against
           us
           ,
           who
           live
           and
           meet
           peaceably
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ;
           no
           other
           thing
           can
           be
           justly
           proved
           against
           us
           :
           And
           further
           ,
           we
           are
           by
           a
           late
           Decree
           bound
           to
           a
           false
           Church
           and
           Worship
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           good
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           do
           not
           what
           is
           in
           your
           power
           to
           deliver
           us
           ,
           the
           Lord
           whom
           we
           serve
           ,
           most
           certainly
           will
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           suffer
           you
           to
           heat
           the
           Fornace
           seven
           times
           hotter
           then
           it
           is
           ,
           yet
           to
           the
           false
           Worship
           of
           the
           Nation
           we
           cannot
           bow
           ,
           for
           Conscience-sake
           ,
           knowing
           it
           is
           better
           to
           obey
           God
           then
           man
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           write
           by
           the
           Commandment
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           provoke
           the
           Lord
           to
           your
           own
           destruction
           ,
           by
           destroying
           a
           people
           whom
           he
           hath
           blessed
           ,
           and
           chosen
           for
           his
           peculiar
           Treasure
           :
           Suffer
           not
           an
           innocent
           people
           to
           be
           made
           a
           prey
           of
           by
           the
           wicked
           ;
           for
           all
           men
           we
           honour
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           esteem
           them
           highly
           that
           are
           a
           terror
           to
           evil-doers
           ,
           which
           is
           your
           work
           ,
           if
           you
           leave
           it
           not
           undone
           ;
           And
           be
           it
           known
           unto
           you
           ,
           we
           cannot
           observe
           days
           which
           the
           Lord
           did
           never
           command
           as
           his
           Worship
           ;
           neither
           can
           we
           forbear
           meeting
           together
           in
           his
           Fear
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           worship
           him
           ,
           though
           men
           command
           us
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           for
           by
           the
           Lord
           are
           we
           called
           and
           gathered
           to
           meet
           in
           one
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           in
           you
           all
           be
           Judge
           ,
           whether
           to
           obey
           God
           or
           Man
           is
           better
           .
        
         
           
             This
             is
             written
             to
             thee
             ,
             O
          
           London
           ,
           London
           ,
           
             with
             thy
             Magistrates
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             who
             are
             making
             havock
             (
             like
          
           Saul
           )
           
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Lambs
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             setting
             up
             the
             false
             Church
             and
             worship
             ,
             and
             building
             it
             upon
             the
             Ruines
             of
             the
             People
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             blessed
             ;
             hard
             is
             it
             for
             you
             to
             kick
             against
             the
             pricks
             ,
             the
             Light
             in
             your
             Conscience
             ;
             for
             Ierusalem
             will
             be
             a
             burdensome
             stone
             to
             her
             persecutors
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             fight
             against
             her
             ,
             shall
             not
             prevail
             ,
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Lord
             hath
             spoken
             it
             :
             At
             the
             Commandment
             of
             the
             God
             of
          
           Jacob
           
             is
             this
             written
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             warning
             to
             all
             you
             Magistrates
             of
             London
             ,
             that
             you
             set
             not
             your selves
             against
             an
             innocent
             people
             ,
             to
             your
             own
             hurt
             will
             it
             be
             ,
             if
             you
             seek
             to
             destroy
             them
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             determined
             to
             establish
             :
             This
             is
             a
             testimony
             of
             our
             innocency
             ,
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             not
             be
             ignorant
             thereof
             ,
             and
             a
             witness
             against
             them
             and
             their
             Laws
             ,
             which
             causeth
             the
             righteous
             to
             suffer
             for
             righteousness
             sake
             :
             I
             am
             a
             Lover
             of
             your
             souls
             ,
             and
             this
          
           I
           
             write
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             made
             me
             willing
             to
             suffer
             what
             he
             shall
             suffer
             you
             to
             inflict
             upon
             me
             ,
             because
             of
             his
             testimony
             which
          
           I
           
             hold
             ,
             and
             the
             word
             of
             his
             patience
             which
          
           I
           
             keep
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVritten
             in
             
               Newgate
            
             the
             14th
             .
             of
             the
             
               
                 1●th
                 .
              
               Month
               ,
               1660.
               
            
          
           
             Humphrey
             Wooldrich
             :
          
           
             VVhere
          
           I
           
             have
             been
             a
             Prisoner
             ten
             weeks
             ,
             because
          
           I
           
             could
             not
             put
             off
             my
             Hat
             at
             the
             delivering
             of
             a
             few
             words
             to
          
           Richard
           Brown
           ,
           
             Mayor
             of
          
           London
           ,
           
             which
             is
             as
             follows
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             FRiend
             ,
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             life
             and
             glory
             am
          
           I
           
             moved
             to
             write
             to
             thee
             a
             few
             words
             concerning
             those
             men
             which
             by
             thee
             are
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             suffer
             not
             as
             thieves
             or
             murderers
             ,
             or
             as
             evil-doers
             ,
             but
             for
             righteousness
             sake
             ;
             do
             not
             separate
             them
             from
             their
             Families
             and
             honest
             Employments
             ,
             whereby
             their
             wives
             and
             mother●●…ss
             children
             should
             be
             maintained
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             law
             and
             justice
             :
             But
             if
             thou
             thus
             go
             on
             to
             make
             havock
             of
             the
             ●nnocent
             lambs
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             this
             to
             thee
             is
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
             thou
             thy self
             shalt
             be
             separated
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             presence
             of
             his
             glory
             ,
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             not
             in
             any
             other
             thing
             ,
             but
             in
             love
             to
             thy
             soul
             ,
             and
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             do
             I
             write
             and
             clear
             my
             con●…ience
             ,
             whether
             it
             may
             be
             received
             in
             love
             by
             thee
             ,
             or
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Humphrey
             Woollrich
             .
          
           The
           Life
           will
           come
           over
           this
           City
           .