Nevv-England pesecutors [sic] mauled vvith their own vveapons giving some account of the bloody laws made at Boston against the kings subjects that dissented from their way of worship : together with a brief account of the imprisonment and tryal of Thomas Maule of Salem, for publishing a book entituled Truth held forth and maintained, &c. / by Tho. Philathes.
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             Nevv-England pesecutors [sic] mauled vvith their own vveapons giving some account of the bloody laws made at Boston against the kings subjects that dissented from their way of worship : together with a brief account of the imprisonment and tryal of Thomas Maule of Salem, for publishing a book entituled Truth held forth and maintained, &c. / by Tho. Philathes.
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           NEVV-ENGLAND
           Pesecutors
           Mauled
           VVith
           their
           own
           VVeapons
           .
        
         
           Giving
           some
           Account
           of
           the
           bloody
           Laws
           made
           at
           Boston
           against
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           that
           dissented
           from
           their
           way
           of
           Worship
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           brief
           Account
           of
           the
           Imprisonment
           and
           Tryal
           of
           
             Thomas
             Maule
          
           of
           Salem
           ,
           for
           publishing
           a
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Truth
             held
             forth
             and
             maintained
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           By
           
             Tho.
             Philathes
          
           .
        
         
           
             Truth
             faileth
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             departeth
             from
             evil
             maketh
             himself
             a
             prey
             ,
          
           
             Isai
             .
             59
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
        
         
           
             As
             Troops
             of
             Robbers
             wait
             for
             a
             Man
             ,
             so
             do
             the
             company
             Priests
             murder
             in
             the
             way
             by
             consent
             ,
          
           
             
               Hosea
               6.9
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Shall
             the
             Throne
             of
             Iniquity
             have
             fellowship
             with
             thee
             ,
             which
             frameth
             Mischief
             by
             a
             Law
             ;
             they
             gather
             themselves
             together
             against
             the
             Soul
             of
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             condemn
             the
             Innocent
             Blood
             ,
          
           
             
               Psal
               94.20.21
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Preface
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ;
          
        
         
           IT
           has
           not
           been
           without
           due
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           seen
           cause
           to
           set
           forth
           and
           publish
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           New-England
           Church
           Members
           cruel
           and
           bloody
           Laws
           ,
           which
           through
           the
           Priests
           instigating
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           were
           by
           them
           made
           against
           both
           Quakers
           and
           all
           other
           Religious
           Persons
           within
           New-Englands
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           that
           were
           found
           to
           dissent
           from
           their
           Worship
           ,
           as
           also
           a
           short
           Relation
           of
           some
           few
           of
           the
           many
           Persons
           that
           suffered
           Persecution
           under
           the
           Anti-christian
           Power
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Church
           ,
           with
           some
           brief
           Observations
           on
           each
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Preamble
           thereof
           .
           Unto
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           Rulers
           and
           Church
           Members
           great
           Hurly-burley
           or
           Confusion
           made
           about
           a
           late
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Truth
             held
             forth
             and
             maintained
          
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             Thomas
             Maule
          
           of
           Salem
           ,
           in
           which
           Book
           is
           contained
           thirty
           eight
           Chapters
           relating
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           Truth
           ,
           agreeing
           with
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           ,
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           recorded
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           together
           with
           an
           Account
           of
           Gods
           Judgments
           upon
           divers
           of
           the
           chief
           ▪
           persecuting
           Priests
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           a
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           late
           great
           ●udgment
           of
           God
           upon
           the
           Priests
           ,
           Rulers
           &
           their
           F●llowers
           of
           whom
           Twenty
           were
           (
           through
           the
           Accusation
           ●y
           Specter
           Evidence
           ,
           which
           Judgment
           continued
           
           amongst
           the
           Inhabitants
           near
           or
           about
           Twelve
           Moneths
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           there
           was
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           others
           accounted
           eminent
           Persons
           ,
           accused
           by
           the
           said
           Specter
           or
           Apparition
           ,
           that
           the
           Rulers
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           speed
           as
           they
           had
           condemned
           and
           put
           to
           Death
           ,
           d●d
           now
           face
           about
           and
           clear
           the
           Prisons
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           condemned
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           others
           accused
           by
           the
           said
           evidence
           for
           Witches
           ,
           an
           Account
           of
           which
           is
           more
           at
           large
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           said
           Maules
           Book
           ,
           of
           which
           Books
           the
           Persecutors
           sacrificed
           sixteen
           Pounds
           worth
           a
           burne
           Offering
           to
           their
           Anger
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           the
           which
           by
           them
           was
           done
           ,
           as
           also
           Imprisoning
           him
           about
           Twelve
           Months
           before
           that
           upon
           his
           Tryal
           he
           was
           cleared
           by
           a
           Jury
           that
           found
           him
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ,
           the
           sums
           and
           substance
           of
           which
           tryal
           will
           appear
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           doth
           manifestly
           appear
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           New-England
           Priests
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           with
           many
           of
           their
           Church-Member
           Bre●hren
           in
           ●n●quity
           ,
           do
           remain
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           when
           they
           fled
           from
           
             Old
             England
          
           to
           save
           their
           Purses
           and
           Bodies
           from
           suffering
           by
           the
           Bishops
           Power
           ,
           for
           their
           dissenting
           from
           their
           Mother
           Church
           ,
           against
           whom
           it
           will
           sufficiently
           appear
           ,
           have
           rebelled
           ,
           by
           persecuting
           several
           Persons
           thereunto
           belonging
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           other
           Religious
           Persons
           found
           within
           their
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           to
           dissent
           from
           their
           Priests
           Worship
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           soon
           after
           they
           came
           and
           had
           settled
           themselves
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           persecute
           after
           a●
           horrible
           rate
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           cruel
           bloody
           manner
           did
           they
           persec●te
           
             Ann
             Hutchinsan
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Company
           ,
           of
           whom
           some
           wer●●
           barbarously
           murdered
           ;
           so
           also
           was
           Mr.
           Clark
           and
           that
           Company
           ,
           great
           Sufferers
           ;
           as
           likwise
           
             Samuell
             Gorton
          
           and
           that
           Company
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           want
           of
           one
           more
           casting
           Vot●
           ,
           escaped
           the
           
           Gallows
           for
           a
           Dissenter
           ;
           and
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Lady
           Moody
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           was
           very
           great
           ;
           as
           also
           was
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           Mr.
           
             Williams
             ,
             Obadiah
             Homes
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Donstor
           the
           President
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           shall
           hereafter
           more
           at
           large
           relate
           ;
           about
           which
           time
           the
           Priests
           were
           so
           beset
           with
           the
           
             Baptists
             ,
             Quakers
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           that
           it
           caused
           thè
           Hirelings
           to
           roar
           out
           in
           their
           Pulp●●s
           for
           the
           help
           of
           Moses
           ,
           otherwise
           Aaron
           must
           fall
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           are
           all
           undone
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Magistrates
           mustered
           the
           Priests
           Drudges
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           they
           went
           against
           Dissenters
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           Faith
           Defenders
           ,
           which
           mostly
           fell
           upon
           the
           Innocent
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           will
           hereafter
           appeare
           ,
           which
           had
           these
           Persecuters
           manifested
           the
           least
           Repentance
           would
           have
           prevented
           the
           Authur
           from
           publishing
           the
           following
           Account
           of
           their
           bloody
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           cruel
           barbarous
           Works
           acted
           and
           done
           thereby
           to
           the
           Kings
           good
           Subjects
           within
           New-Englands
           Jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           
             Tho.
             Thilathes
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Persecutors
           Maul'd
           with
           their
           own
           VVeapons
           .
        
         
           
             Anti-Christian
             Freedom
             established
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Old
             Charter
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             in
             New-England
             .
          
           
             THis
             Court
             having
             considering
             the
             Proposals
             presented
             to
             this
             Court
             by
             several
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             do
             declare
             and
             order
             .
             That
             no
             man
             whatsoever
             shall
             be
             admitted
             to
             the
             freedom
             of
             this
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             Members
             of
             some
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             in
             full
             Communion
             ,
             which
             they
             declare
             to
             be
             the
             true
             intent
             of
             the
             antient
             Law
             ,
             Anno
             1631
             ,
             1660.
             
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             Hence
             you
             may
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             County
             of
             middlesex
             ,
             for
             Money
             and
             wealth
             ,
             did
             encourage
             for
             sale
             ,
             the
             high
             Priests
             Ware
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             love
             to
             their
             Bellies
             ,
             to
             seat
             themselves
             near
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             General
             high
             Court
             of
             Injustice
             ,
             against
             Dissenters
             from
             their
             Worship
             ,
             which
             said
             Courts
             were
             kept
             in
             Boston
             ,
             where
             the
             Priests
             Drudges
             brought
             of
             the
             Dissepters
             Estates
             ,
             for
             fin●s
             ,
             to
             the
             Value
             of
             many
             hundreds
             of
             Pounds
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             with
             others
             of
             their
             Church
             Br●thren
             feasted
             themselves
             from
             day
             to
             day
             ,
             while
             they
             made
             Laws
             against
             them
             that
             dissented
             from
             the
             worship
             of
             their
             Priests
             ,
             who
             when
             their
             Bellies
             were
             Ruffed
             with
             the
             best
             Provision
             ,
             and
             their
             heads
             with
             the
             richest
             sort
             of
             Wine
             ,
             had
             not
             far
             home
             to
             their
             Common
             Prayers
             against
             all
             dissenters
             ,
             as
             well
             
             as
             Quakers
             ;
             and
             while
             they
             feasted
             themselves
             with
             the
             best
             of
             other
             mens
             Labour
             ,
             they
             kept
             the
             true
             Owners
             thereof
             with
             the
             best
             entertainment
             their
             Goal
             and
             Bridewell
             house
             did
             afford
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             cruel
             suffering
             therein
             will
             hereafter
             appear
             ,
             and
             as
             is
             related
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             ,
             under
             these
             persecuting
             Magistrates
             ,
             that
             some
             went
             and
             demanded
             their
             fat
             Oxen
             of
             them
             again
             ,
             to
             which
             their
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               Would
               you
               that
               we
               should
               sit
               and
               starve
               ,
               while
               we
               are
               about
               your
               business
            
             ?
             which
             was
             to
             make
             Laws
             to
             devour
             them
             and
             their
             Estates
             ;
             which
             work
             was
             of
             great
             encouragement
             to
             the
             Priest-ridden
             Freemen
             of
             their
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             whose
             
               some
               Church
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             Law
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             but
             the
             plain
             Church
             of
             Anti-christ
             ,
             and
             so
             proved
             to
             be
             ,
             by
             their
             persecuting
             all
             other
             Persons
             dissenting
             there-from
             in
             their
             Jurisdiction
             .
             
               
                 The
                 Free-mans
                 Law
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 a
                 Body
                 make
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 man
                 that
                 's
                 true
                 can
                 with
                 their
                 Church
                 pertake
                 :
              
               
                 He
                 that
                 will
                 honour
                 gain
                 ,
                 and
                 credit
                 at
                 their
                 hand
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 must
                 forsake
                 all
                 good
                 ,
                 then
                 by
                 their
                 cause
                 may
                 stand
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Preamble
             to
             the
             Persecutors
             Laws
             made
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             WHereas
             there
             is
             a
             cursed
             Sect
             of
             Hereticks
             lately
             risen
             up
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             are
             commonly
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             immediately
             sent
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             Infallibly
             assisted
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             speak
             and
             write
             blasphemous
             Opinions
             ,
             despising
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Order
             of
             God
             in
             Church
             and
             common
             Wealth
             ,
             speaking
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             ,
             reproaching
             and
             reviling
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             seeking
             to
             turn
             People
             from
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             gain
             Proselites
             to
             their
             pernitious
             way
             .
          
           
           
             Observe
             ;
             Here
             's
             the
             Persecutors
             preamble
             to
             their
             Antichristian
             Law
             ,
             the
             unrighteousness
             of
             which
             is
             of
             their
             Father
             the
             wicked
             One
             ,
             who
             from
             the
             beginning
             hath
             been
             an
             Accuser
             of
             the
             Brethren
             ,
             wherefore
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             are
             hid
             from
             them
             ,
             Mat.
             11.25
             .
             Luke
             .
             10.21
             .
             In
             which
             state
             they
             remain
             as
             the
             rebelious
             Jews
             ,
             calling
             good
             evil
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             ,
             blasphemous
             Opinions
             ,
             having
             no
             more
             justly
             to
             accuse
             the
             Quakers
             of
             evil
             ,
             then
             had
             the
             wicked
             Jews
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Apostles
             day
             ,
             and
             will
             in
             this
             following
             work
             appear
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             to
             every
             true
             Christian
             Readers
             view
             of
             the
             same
             .
             
               
                 Here
                 now
                 begins
                 these
                 free-mens
                 sin
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Cause
                 for
                 which
                 Gods
                 Judgments
                 bring
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Preamble
             to
             these
             Persecutors
             Law.
             
          
           
             The
             Court
             Considering
             the
             Premises
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             the
             like
             Mischief
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             means
             is
             wrought
             in
             our
             native
             Land.
             
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             That
             of
             their
             many
             Lyes
             and
             Unjust
             charges
             against
             both
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Baptists
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             against
             them
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             is
             a
             Record
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Time
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             their
             many
             other
             unrighteous
             Works
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             had
             they
             and
             their
             Brethren
             been
             as
             clear
             from
             all
             means
             of
             mischief
             as
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             there
             had
             neither
             Rebellion
             ,
             Treason
             ,
             or
             Murder
             against
             the
             King
             been
             alledged
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             their
             New-England
             Brother
             
               Hugh
               Peters
               ,
               Venner
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             their
             Brethren
             in
             England
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             our
             native
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Law.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Do
             hereby
             order
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             this
             Court
             
               Be
               it
               ordered
               and
               Enacted
            
             ,
             That
             no
             Master
             or
             Commander
             of
             any
             Ship
             ,
             Bark
             ,
             Pinnace
             ,
             Ketch
             ,
             or
             other
             Vessel
             ,
             henceforth
             bring
             into
             any
             Harbour
             ,
             Creek
             or
             Cove
             within
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             any
             known
             Quaker
             or
             Quakers
             ,
             or
             other
             blasphemous
             Hereticks
             ,
             upon
             the
             Penalty
             
             of
             the
             Forfeiture
             ▪
             of
             O●●
             hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             to
             be
             forthwith
             paid
             to
             the
             Treasure●
             of
             the
             Cuntry
             ,
             except
             it
             appeareth
             that
             such
             Ma●ter
             ▪
             wanted
             due
             〈…〉
             of
             information
             that
             they
             were
             such
             ,
             and
             in
             〈◊〉
             ●●se
             he
             ●ay
             clear
             himself
             by
             his
             Oath
             ,
             when
             sufficien●
             proof
             〈◊〉
             the
             contrary
             is
             wanting
             ;
             and
             for
             default
             of
             payment
             of
             the
             said
             Fine
             of
             one
             hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             or
             good
             Security
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             such
             Master
             shall
             be
             committed
             to
             Prison
             by
             Warrant
             from
             any
             Magistrate
             ,
             there
             to
             continue
             till
             the
             said
             Fine
             be
             satisfied
             to
             the
             Treasurer
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             And
             the
             Master
             or
             Commander
             of
             any
             such
             Ship
             or
             Vessel
             ,
             that
             shall
             bring
             them
             ,
             being
             legally
             convicted
             ,
             shall
             give
             in
             sufficient
             Securiry
             to
             the
             Governour
             or
             one
             more
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             to
             carry
             them
             to
             the
             place
             whence
             he
             brought
             them
             ;
             and
             on
             his
             refusal
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             the
             Governour
             or
             said
             Magistrate
             or
             Magistrates
             ,
             shall
             commit
             such
             Master
             or
             Commander
             to
             Prison
             ,
             there
             to
             remain
             till
             he
             shall
             give
             in
             sufficient
             Security
             to
             the
             content
             of
             the
             Governour
             or
             said
             Magistrate
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             And
             if
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             within
             this
             Jurisdiction
             shall
             henceforth
             entertain
             and
             conceal
             any
             Quaker
             or
             Quakers
             ,
             or
             other
             blasphemous
             .
             Hereticks
             ,
             Knowing
             them
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             every
             such
             Person
             shall
             forfeit
             to
             the
             Country
             Forty
             Shillings
             for
             every
             hours
             entertainment
             and
             concealment
             of
             any
             such
             Quaker
             or
             Quakers
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             committed
             to
             Prison
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             till
             the
             Fines
             be
             fullly
             satisfied
             and
             paid
             .
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             That
             several
             of
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             Masters
             or
             Commanders
             of
             Vessels
             suffered
             to
             the
             utmost
             extreamity
             of
             this
             unrighteous
             Law
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             Laws
             ,
             that
             in
             making
             and
             prosecuting
             the
             
             same
             ,
             they
             o●t
             do
             all
             their
             fore-Fathers
             and
             elder
             Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             which
             Law
             was
             so
             well
             pleasing
             to
             the
             Priests
             ,
             who
             the
             more
             that
             people
             might
             believe
             their
             work
             to
             be
             sanctified
             ,
             set
             one
             day
             apart
             for
             Preaching
             and
             Praying
             ,
             as
             a
             day
             of
             Thanksgiving
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             hoping
             that
             by
             the
             means
             of
             a
             thorow
             prosecution
             of
             this
             Law
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             Jurisdiction
             clear
             of
             every
             Person
             called
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             their
             freemen
             would
             take
             the
             more
             courage
             against
             the
             Baptists
             and
             them
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ;
             for
             with
             the
             Quak●rs
             they
             were
             hard
             bese●
             ,
             and
             in
             fear
             they
             would
             deprive
             them
             of
             their
             God
             ;
             and
             as
             Le●etrius
             ,
             their
             Trade
             would
             come
             to
             nothing
             ,
             and
             in
             fear
             of
             being
             slain
             ,
             as
             was
             their
             elder
             Brother
             ,
             Vagabond
             Cain
             ▪
             who
             as
             these
             had
             no
             certain
             dwelling
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             which
             if
             their
             Worship
             had
             been
             the
             true
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             we
             read
             ,
             John
             4.24
             .
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             as
             we
             read
             ,
             Mark
             7
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             Mat.
             15.8
             .
             they
             worship't
             they
             knew
             not
             what
             ,
             John.
             4
             22
             ▪
             in
             which
             state
             of
             Disobedience
             they
             were
             far
             from
             the
             Rule
             of
             
               doing
               as
               themselves
               would
               have
               been
               done
               unto
               ,
               Mat.
            
             7.12
             .
             Luke
             .
             6
             31.
             but
             in
             fleeing
             the
             Land
             to
             s●ve
             their
             Purses
             with
             which
             their
             minds
             did
             abide
             ,
             regarded
             not
             the
             Rule
             
               to
               entertain
               Strangers
               ,
               Heb.
            
             13.2
             .
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             ga●e
             them
             the
             like
             entertainment
             as
             the
             wicked
             Jews
             did
             to
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             from
             whose
             Rule
             of
             
               ●r●eing
               all
               things
               ●r●
               held
               f●t
               that
               which
               is
               good
               ,
            
             from
             the
             s●me
             do
             these
             Persecutors
             Law
             restrain
             ,
             as
             will
             more
             at
             large
             hereafter
             appear
             .
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 like
                 Laws
                 we
                 never
                 finde
              
               
                 By
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 and
                 King
                 do
                 mind
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New
             England's
             Antichristian
             Law
          
           
             4.
             
             And
             every
             Person
             or
             Persons
             that
             shall
             encourage
             or
             defend
             any
             of
             their
             pernicious
             ways
             ,
             by
             speaking
             ,
             writing
             or
             meeting
             on
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             other
             time
             ▪
             shall
             after
             due
             means
             of
             conviction
             incur
             the
             Penalty
             ensuing
             ,
             viz.
             Every
             one
             so
             mee●●ng
             shall
             pay
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             for
             every
             time
             ,
             Ten
             Shillings
             ,
             And
             every
             one
             speaking
             in
             such
             a
             Meeting
             shall
             for●eit
             Five
             Pounds
             .
          
           
           
             Observe
             ,
             That
             by
             〈◊〉
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             afore-mentioned
             Law
             of
             forty
             Shillings
             for
             every
             hours
             entertainment
             to
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             ,
             or
             others
             whom
             they
             account
             blasphemous
             Hereticks
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             account
             all
             that
             dissented
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             by
             which
             two
             Laws
             they
             gained
             abundance
             of
             Money
             for
             Fines
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             who
             were
             found
             either
             at
             the
             Quakers
             Meeting
             ,
             or
             to
             entertain
             their
             Relations
             and
             Kindred
             ,
             though
             Father
             or
             Mother
             ,
             Brother
             or
             Sister
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Friend
             or
             Friends
             ,
             or
             Relations
             and
             Kindred
             ,
             whom
             in
             their
             Law
             They
             call
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Strangers
             and
             Vagabonds
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             following
             Laws
             will
             further
             appear
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             man
             by
             Membership
             admitted
             to
             the
             freedom
             of
             their
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             was
             according
             to
             their
             Priests
             way
             of
             teaching
             ,
             become
             a
             Rule●
             ,
             to
             lord
             over
             the
             Fait●
             of
             every
             Dissenter
             ;
             by
             which
             the
             Christian
             Reader
             may
             fully
             comprehend
             the
             nature
             of
             these
             Free-mens
             Body
             Po●●●ick
             .
             
               
                 Vnto
                 Religion
                 th●se
                 Free-men
                 do
                 pretend
                 ,
              
               
                 We
                 ●●ay
                 all
                 see
                 that
                 Money
                 is
                 their
                 end
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Antichristian
             Law.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             If
             any
             Person
             shall
             knowingly
             import
             into
             any
             Harbou●
             of
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             any
             Quakers
             Books
             or
             Writings
             concerning
             their
             damnable
             Opinions
             ,
             he
             shall
             forfeit
             〈◊〉
             every
             such
             Book
             or
             writing
             five
             Pounds
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             shall
             disperse
             or
             conceal
             such
             Book
             or
             Writing
             ,
             and
             it
             be
             found
             with
             him
             or
             her
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             or
             her
             House
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             Immediately
             deliver
             the
             same
             to
             the
             next
             Magistrate
             ,
             shall
             pay
             five
             Pounds
             for
             dispersing
             or
             concealing
             every
             such
             Book
             or
             Writing
             .
          
           
             6
             And
             every
             Person
             or
             Persons
             whatsoever
             that
             shall
             revile
             the
             Office
             or
             Person
             of
             Magistrates
             or
             Ministers
             ,
             as
             is
             usual
             with
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             such
             Person
             or
             Persons
             ,
             shall
             be
             severely
             whipt
             ,
             or
             pay
             the
             Sum
             of
             Five
             Pounds
             in
             money
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Reader
             may
             here
             note
             ,
             That
             the
             substance
             of
             matter
             contained
             in
             these
             two
             last
             Laws
             ,
             is
             very
             agreeable
             with
             what
             is
             before
             ,
             as
             also
             with
             what
             will
             follow
             ,
             all
             which
             is
             to
             promote
             the
             works
             of
             Unrighteousness
             against
             God
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             thereby
             to
             hinder
             others
             from
             receiving
             the
             Truth
             ,
             who
             for
             proving
             all
             things
             to
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.21
             .
             must
             as
             by
             their
             Law
             ,
             pay
             five
             Pounds
             ,
             either
             for
             bringing
             any
             Quakers
             Books
             or
             writings
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             or
             keeping
             the
             same
             in
             their
             House
             when
             they
             are
             ,
             without
             immediate
             delivering
             the
             same
             to
             the
             next
             Magistrate
             ,
             which
             doth
             evidently
             manifest
             their
             design
             is
             to
             gain
             the
             Peoples
             Money
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             hinder
             them
             of
             receiving
             the
             Truth
             ,
             which
             f●lfil
             what
             is
             written
             ,
             
               They
               will
               neither
               enter
               thē
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               suffer
               ▪
               others
               that
               are
               entering
               to
               go
               in
               ,
               Mat.
            
             22.13
             .
             but
             as
             those
             wicked
             Jews
             did
             ,
             so
             do
             these
             Hypocrites
             most
             unrighteously
             charge
             the
             People
             of
             God
             with
             reviling
             the
             Office
             and
             Persons
             of
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             when
             as
             on
             contrary
             ,
             their
             Testimonies
             were
             true
             for
             Gods
             cause
             against
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             which
             greatly
             abounded
             in
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             Priests
             and
             Persecuting
             free-men
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             most
             Part
             by
             their
             hireling
             Priests
             ,
             were
             taught
             beyond
             all
             grace
             and
             common
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             whole
             Government
             of
             their
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             had
             as
             they
             concluded
             that
             dependency
             upon
             their
             ●old
             Charter
             ,
             that
             as
             by
             their
             Law
             ,
             it
             is
             manifest
             they
             neither
             feared
             God
             nor
             minded
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ;
             for
             they
             had
             assumed
             to
             themselves
             the
             Power
             of
             both
             God
             ,
             King
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             wholly
             confiding
             in
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             old
             Idol
             Charter
             .
             
               
                 Where
                 Persecutors
                 once
                 gain
                 Power
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 Lyons
                 ,
                 Bears
                 ,
                 and
                 Wolves
                 devour
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England's
             Anti-christian
             Law.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             And
             every
             Person
             that
             shall
             publish
             and
             maintain
             any
             Heterodox
             Erronious
             Doctrine
             ,
             shall
             be
             liable
             to
             be
             
             questioned
             ,
             and
             sencured
             by
             the
             County
             Court
             where
             he
             liveth
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             merit
             of
             his
             Offence
             .
          
           
             The
             Reader
             may
             hence
             understand
             ,
             That
             the
             County
             Courts
             were
             plenty
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             &
             Plenty
             of
             jackalls
             to
             hunt
             for
             their
             prey
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             find
             out
             every
             Person
             in
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             that
             departed
             from
             the
             way
             of
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             such
             person
             and
             Persons
             became
             a
             prey
             ,
             Is●
             .
             59.15
             .
             who
             were
             ●ccused
             to
             publish
             or
             maintain
             the
             Heterodox
             or
             Fr●onious
             Doctrine
             ;
             at
             the
             opening
             of
             which
             Courts
             ,
             were
             always
             some
             of
             their
             Priests
             to
             pray
             ,
             pretending
             that
             what
             they
             did
             against
             D●ssente●s
             ,
             would
             be
             the
             more
             sanctified
             through
             the
             means
             of
             their
             Prayers
             ,
             which
             they
             pretended
             was
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             of
             the
             Souls
             of
             them
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             said
             Court
             did
             inflict
             punishment
             ,
             both
             to
             their
             Body
             and
             Purses
             ,
             so
             that
             what
             with
             these
             Hirelings
             unsanctified
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Advice
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             sure
             to
             lay
             load
             enough
             on
             the
             backs
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Dissenters
             ,
             especially
             upon
             the
             Innocent
             harmless
             Quakers
             ,
             whom
             so
             often
             in
             their
             Law
             ,
             they
             call
             Accursed
             !
             for
             unto
             them
             was
             the
             Priests
             greatest
             Rage
             manifested
             ,
             through
             their
             wicked
             advice
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             to
             have
             them
             all
             hanged
             ,
             of
             whom
             four
             were
             put
             to
             Death
             ,
             and
             more
             had
             been
             ,
             had
             not
             their
             Bloody
             Hands
             been
             stopped
             through
             the
             means
             of
             the
             Kings
             Order
             to
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             a
             Coppy
             of
             which
             Letter
             will
             hereafter
             appear
             in
             this
             Book
             ,
             which
             before
             it
             came
             ,
             many
             were
             they
             that
             were
             put
             to
             cruel
             Sufferings
             ,
             both
             by
             
               long
               Imprisonment
               ,
               cruel
               Whippings
               ,
               Cutting
               off
               Ears
               ,
               Branding
               with
               Red
               hot
               Irons
               ,
            
             ordering
             
               Men
               and
               Women
               to
               be
               sold
               for
               bond
               Slaves
               ,
               searching
               the
               Bodies
               of
               Innocent
               Women
               for
               Witches
               ,
               besides
               Banishing
               upon
               pain
               of
               Death
               ,
            
             and
             abundance
             of
             their
             
               Estate
               taken
               for
               Fines
            
             ,
             on
             which
             these
             men
             ,
             so
             free
             to
             do
             the
             Devils
             Work
             ,
             did
             live
             ,
             eating
             and
             drinking
             at
             a
             high
             rate
             ,
             whilst
             others
             suffered
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             
               
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 wicked
                 Priest
                 ●nd
                 Pulpit
                 Lyars
                 ,
              
               
                 Whose
                 work
                 was
                 like
                 the
                 Jesuites
                 ,
                 the
                 Monks
                 and
                 Frayrs
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             New-England
             Antichristian
             Law.
             
          
           
             8.
             whereas
             there
             is
             a
             pernicious
             Sect
             ,
             commonly
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             lately
             arisen
             ,
             who
             by
             word
             and
             writing
             have
             published
             and
             maintained
             many
             dangerous
             and
             horrid
             Tenets
             ,
             and
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             change
             and
             alter
             the
             laudable
             Customs
             of
             our
             Nation
             ,
             in
             giving
             civil
             Respect
             to
             Equals
             o
             Reverence
             to
             Superiors
             ,
             whose
             Actions
             tend
             to
             undermine
             the
             Authority
             of
             civil
             Government
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             destroy
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             by
             denying
             all
             established
             Forms
             of
             Worship
             ,
             and
             by
             with
             drawing
             from
             the
             orderly
             Church
             Assemblies
             allowed
             and
             approved
             by
             all
             Orthrodox
             Professors
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             instead
             thereof
             ,
             and
             opposition
             thereunto
             ,
             frequenting
             private
             Meetings
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             insinuating
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             simple
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             are
             less
             affected
             to
             the
             Order
             and
             Government
             of
             our
             Church
             and
             Common
             Wealth
             ,
             whereby
             divers
             of
             our
             Inhabitants
             have
             been
             Infected
             and
             seduced
             ;
             and
             notwithstanding
             all
             former
             Laws
             made
             ,
             upon
             Experience
             of
             their
             arrogant
             bold
             Obtrusions
             to
             Disseminate
             their
             Principles
             amongst
             us
             ,
             prohibiting
             their
             coming
             into
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             been
             detered
             from
             their
             impetuous
             Attempts
             to
             undermine
             our
             Peace
             and
             hasten
             our
             Ruin
             ▪
          
           
             The
             Reader
             may
             here
             note
             ,
             the
             great
             Wickedness
             of
             these
             unrighteous
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             who
             to
             accuse
             the
             innocent
             ,
             run
             themselves
             into
             further
             mischief
             ,
             through
             their
             bold
             Attempts
             against
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             hath
             proved
             to
             be
             their
             ruin
             ,
             for
             whilest
             they
             were
             digging
             Pits
             ,
             and
             making
             Rods
             ,
             and
             laying
             Snares
             the
             innocent
             ,
             God
             was
             preparing
             his
             Judgments
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             whose
             silence
             gave
             consent
             thereto
             ,
             by
             which
             ●udgments
             they
             do
             not
             only
             suffer
             
             suffer
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Fruit
             and
             Grain
             ▪
             throughout
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             but
             also
             are
             delivered
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Barbarous
             Indians
             ▪
             whom
             God
             suffers
             to
             make
             them
             a
             double
             measure
             of
             the
             like
             Cruelty
             ;
             which
             themselves
             (
             as
             by
             their
             ●●ws
             )
             have
             in●icted
             upon
             others
             ,
             besides
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             old
             Charter
             and
             great
             Idol
             .
             
               
                 God
                 ever
                 will
                 for
                 I●nocent
                 Blood
                 Reward
                 ,
              
               
                 Though
                 while
                 the
                 Wicked
                 live
                 ,
                 little
                 it
                 regard
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Antichristian
             Law.
             
          
           
             For
             prevention
             thereof
             ,
             this
             Court
             doth
             Order
             and
             Enact
             ,
             that
             every
             Person
             of
             the
             cursed
             Sect
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             an
             Inhabitant
             ,
             but
             found
             within
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             shall
             be
             apprehended
             without
             Warrant
             ,
             where
             no
             Magistrate
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             by
             any
             Constable
             ,
             Commissioner
             or
             Select
             Man
             ,
             and
             conveyed
             from
             Constable
             to
             Constable
             ,
             until
             they
             come
             before
             the
             next
             Magistrate
             ,
             who
             shall
             commit
             the
             said
             Person
             or
             Persons
             to
             close
             Prison
             ,
             there
             to
             remain
             without
             Bail
             ,
             unti●
             the
             next
             Court
             of
             Assistants
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             have
             a
             legal
             .
             Trya●
             by
             a
             special
             Jury
             ,
             and
             being
             convict
             to
             be
             of
             the
             cursed
             Sect
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             shall
             be
             sentenced
             to
             Banishment
             upon
             pain
             of
             DEATH
             ▪
          
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             Reader
             may
             hence
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             ●ea●er
             the
             Magistrates
             Laws
             did
             extend
             to
             destroy
             the
             Lives
             of
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             the
             more
             pleasing
             it
             was
             to
             the
             Hireling
             Priests
             ●ho
             in
             honour
             thereunto
             ,
             would
             set
             Time
             apart
             for
             the
             Churches
             Thank●giving
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             New-England
             Antichristian
             Law.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             every
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             being
             convicted
             to
             be
             of
             the
             cursed
             Sect
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             either
             by
             taking
             up
             ,
             publishing
             and
             defending
             the
             horrid
             Opinions
             
             of
             the
             cursed
             Quakers
             ,
             or
             stirring
             up
             M●t●a●
             ▪
             Sedit●
             or
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             Goverment
             of
             our
             Church
             at
             ●
             Common
             Wealth
             ,
             or
             by
             taking
             up
             their
             absurd
             and
             destructive
             Practices
             ,
             viz.
             denying
             civil
             Respect
             and
             Reverence
             to
             Equals
             and
             Superiours
             ,
             with-drawing
             from
             our
             Church
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             instead
             thereof
             ,
             frequenting
             private
             Meetings
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             in
             Opposition
             to
             our
             Church
             Order
             ▪
             or
             by
             adhearing
             to
             ,
             or
             approving
             of
             known
             Quakers
             ,
             that
             are
             opposit
             to
             the
             O●thodox
             received
             Opinions
             of
             the
             Godly
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             disaffect
             others
             ●o
             civil
             Goverment
             and
             Church
             Order
             established
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             condemning
             the
             Practice
             and
             Proceedings
             of
             this
             Court
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             manifesting
             thereby
             compliance
             with
             those
             whose
             design
             is
             to
             overthrow
             the
             Order
             established
             in
             our
             Church
             and
             Common-Wealth
             .
          
           
             The
             reader
             may
             here
             Observe
             the
             wretched
             state
             of
             these
             Bloody
             minded
             Persecutors
             ,
             who
             for
             want
             of
             true
             faith
             were
             in
             the
             state
             of
             th●ir
             elder
             Brother
             Cain
             ,
             that
             was
             a
             murderer
             ,
             like
             unto
             these
             who
             destroy
             the
             righteous
             for
             their
             Faith
             and
             Obedience
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             which
             cause
             these
             Persecutors
             bear
             Cains
             mark
             ,
             being
             in
             fear
             that
             those
             which
             are
             not
             of
             their
             murdering
             Spirits
             ,
             will
             slay
             them
             ;
             and
             knowing
             themselves
             to
             be
             like
             principled
             ,
             as
             was
             
               Hugh
               Peters
               ,
               Venner
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             of
             their
             New-England
             Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             stirring
             up
             Mutiny
             ,
             Sedition
             and
             Rebe●lion
             against
             the
             English
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             English
             Church
             established
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Chronicles
             of
             England
             doth
             at
             large
             appear
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             and
             Treason
             against
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Children
             ,
             in
             that
             day
             ▪
             of
             their
             inventing
             so
             much
             mischief
             against
             others
             in
             our
             Native
             Land
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             themselves
             above
             all
             others
             ;
             which
             Spi●it
             is
             the
             same
             in
             these
             their
             persecuting
             Brethren
             ,
             who
             impute
             that
             to
             
             the
             Charge
             of
             an
             Innoc●nt
             harmeless
             People
             ,
             which
             themselves
             are
             so
             highly
             guilty
             of
             ,
             as
             is
             manifested
             by
             their
             setting
             up
             themselves
             ,
             to
             lord
             it
             over
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             for
             fifty
             or
             sixty
             Years
             time
             they
             have
             done
             in
             New-England
             ,
             where
             the
             hireling
             Priests
             kept
             a
             constant
             stroke
             of
             puting
             all
             that
             dissented
             from
             their
             Worship
             ,
             into
             bear
             skins
             ,
             and
             setting
             their
             Followers
             to
             tear
             them
             in
             pieces
             ,
             calling
             out
             in
             their
             preaching
             to
             their
             people
             ,
             
               Curse
               ye
               Meroz
            
             ,
             Curse
             ye
             bitterly
             the
             Inhabitants
             that
             will
             not
             come
             to
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Lord
             against
             the
             mighty
             ,
             Judg.
             5
             23.
             and
             cursed
             be
             he
             that
             doth
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Lord
             deceitfully
             ,
             by
             witholding
             his
             Sword
             from
             blood
             ,
             Je●
             .
             48.10
             .
             with
             more
             of
             the
             like
             ,
             endeavou●ing
             to
             perswade
             ,
             that
             Gods
             general
             Judgments
             would
             not
             depart
             ,
             until
             they
             had
             hanged
             all
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             sent
             going
             all
             other
             Dissenters
             .
             
               
                 The
                 Judgments
                 may
                 remove
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 old
                 Charter
                 men
              
               
                 Are
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 then
              
               
                 Or
                 when
                 God
                 sends
                 here
                 better
                 men
                 ,
              
               
                 Well
                 to
                 rule
                 in
                 Government
                 ,
                 then
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Pro.
                   29.2
                
              
               
                 From
                 Devil
                 and
                 such
                 Wicked
                 Priests
                 ,
              
               
                 pray
                 God
                 deliver
                 me
              
               
                 Then
                 from
                 all
                 Mischief
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               
                 be
                 sure
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 free
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Hosea
                   6.9
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Peusecutors
             Laws
             against
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             Every
             such
             Person
             upon
             Examination
             and
             Conviction
             before
             the
             Court
             of
             Assistants
             ,
             in
             manner
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             shall
             be
             committed
             to
             close
             Prison
             for
             on●
             Month
             ,
             and
             unless
             they
             chuse
             to
             depart
             the
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             shall
             give
             Bond
             for
             their
             appearance
             at
             the
             next
             Court
             of
             Assistants
             ,
             where
             continuing
             obstinate
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             retract
             and
             reform
             the
             aforesoid
             Opinions
             and
             Practices
             ,
             shall
             be
             sentenced
             to
             Banishment
             ,
             upon
             
               pain
               of
               Death
            
             ,
             and
             in
             case
             ●●the
             aforesaid
             Voluntary
             departure
             not
             to
             remain
             ,
             or
             
             to
             return
             again
             into
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             without
             the
             allowance
             of
             the
             major
             part
             of
             the
             Council
             first
             had
             and
             published
             ,
             on
             penalty
             of
             being
             banished
             upon
             
               pain
               of
               Death
            
             ;
             and
             any
             one
             Magistrate
             ,
             upon
             complaint
             ,
             or
             information
             ,
             given
             him
             of
             any
             such
             Person
             ,
             shall
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             and
             if
             upon
             Examination
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             he
             shall
             find
             Just
             grounds
             for
             such
             complaint
             ▪
             he
             shall
             commit
             such
             Person
             to
             Prison
             ,
             until
             he
             come
             to
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             as
             above
             expressed
             .
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             Here
             you
             may
             still
             note
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             that
             was
             a
             Lyar
             and
             Murderer
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             gave
             them
             no
             rest
             from
             their
             bloody
             pursuit
             after
             the
             Lives
             of
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             whom
             the
             Lord
             did
             preserve
             in
             all
             their
             deep
             sufferings
             and
             firey
             Tryals
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             of
             the
             faithful
             Sufferers
             for
             his
             Cause
             conformed
             to
             their
             wicked
             Will
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             endure
             any
             that
             differed
             in
             Judgment
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             to
             inhabit
             within
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             who
             without
             fear
             to
             God
             ,
             or
             regard
             to
             Man
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               English
               Native
            
             ,
             without
             either
             fear
             or
             regard
             to
             God
             ,
             King
             or
             Bishops
             ,
             made
             the
             defence
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             Church
             and
             Common
             Wealth
             (
             as
             they
             call
             themselves
             )
             as
             strong
             as
             possible
             they
             could
             with
             
               Stock
               ,
               Whip
               ,
               Goal
            
             and
             Gallows
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             chiefest
             strength
             of
             their
             Faith
             did
             depend
             ;
             for
             when
             all
             their
             other
             Anti-christian
             Weapons
             failed
             them
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             the
             Gallows
             held
             ,
             until
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             came
             ,
             and
             removed
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             Faith
             in
             that
             also
             ;
             yet
             they
             continued
             by
             their
             old
             wonted
             way
             of
             pl●king
             away
             mens
             Estates
             ,
             by
             fining
             them
             in
             great
             Sums
             for
             dessenting
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             which
             from
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             R●p●●●●s
             ,
             them
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             and
             others
             amounted
             to
             about
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             in
             the
             bounds
             of
             New-England
             .
             
               
                 When
                 Wolves
                 once
                 get
                 a
                 taste
                 of
                 Blood
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 for
                 killing
                 all
                 that
                 's
                 good
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Preamble
             to
             their
             Law.
             
          
           
             This
             Court
             being
             desirous
             to
             try
             all
             means
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             lenity
             as
             may
             consist
             with
             our
             safety
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             Intrusions
             of
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             besides
             their
             absurd
             and
             blasphemous
             Doctrines
             ,
             do
             like
             Rogues
             and
             Vagabonds
             come
             in
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             been
             restrained
             by
             the
             Laws
             already
             provided
             .
          
           
             Observe
             .
             Here
             note
             the
             Foxes
             Preamble
             to
             their
             Wolvish
             Law
             ,
             whose
             Ravinous
             blood-thirst●
             Na●●re
             is
             not
             contented
             with
             the
             ●l●●ce
             ,
             but
             strive
             all
             they
             can
             (
             as
             have
             done
             the
             Wicked
             in
             days
             past
             )
             to
             have
             the
             innocent
             Blood
             also
             (
             as
             did
             their
             Brother
             bloody
             Bonner
             in
             Queen
             Mary's
             time
             )
             whenas
             to
             many
             Thousands
             of
             People
             it
             is
             well
             known
             that
             those
             which
             suffered
             in
             N●w-England
             ,
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             were
             neither
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             P●inciple
             nor
             Practise
             ,
             any
             way
             guilty
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             charge
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             co●t
             any
             differing
             there-from
             ,
             as
             Light
             from
             Darkness
             ,
             Truth
             from
             Error
             ,
             God
             f●om
             the
             Devil
             ,
             Christ
             from
             Beli●●
             and
             Heaven
             from
             Hell
             ,
             from
             whence
             is
             the
             Power
             and
             Spirit
             of
             all
             those
             that
             put
             people
             to
             Death
             for
             their
             Faith
             and
             Obedience
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             permits
             these
             things
             to
             be
             done
             by
             the
             instruments
             of
             the
             wicked
             one
             ,
             for
             a
             tryal
             of
             Faith
             to
             those
             who
             are
             made
             wi●ling
             to
             part
             with
             all
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             him
             that
             first
             loved
             them
             ,
             and
             gives
             them
             that
             Power
             through
             which
             they
             receive
             strength
             to
             withstand
             all
             the
             Powers
             of
             Hell
             ,
             from
             whence
             proceedeth
             the
             Spirit
             of
             these
             persecutors
             ,
             as
             did
             them
             in
             dayes
             past
             ▪
             John
             8.44
             .
             Mat.
             23.31
             ,
             33
             ,
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             whose
             safety
             did
             (
             as
             these
             do
             remain
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             unrighteous
             Laws
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             said
             ,
             so
             say
             these
             ,
             
               We
               have
               a
               Law
               ,
               and
               by
               our
               Law
               ,
               every
               Person
               dissenting
               from
               our
               Church
               Order
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               Government
               of
               our
               Common
               Wealth
               ,
               as
               is
               manifest
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               do
               ,
               by
               condemning
               the
               Proceedings
               of
               this
               Court
               against
               Dissenters
               ,
               who
               by
               our
               Law
               ought
               〈◊〉
               dye
               .
            
             Which
             proves
             these
             Persecutors
             to
             be
             true
             Vagabonds
             ,
             by
             having
             no
             dwelling
             in
             the
             Truth
             .
             
               
                 Vagabonds
                 are
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 their
                 Brother
                 Cain
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 murder
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Truth
                 remain
                 ▪
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             Have
             ordered
             ,
             That
             every
             such
             Vagabond
             Quaker
             found
             within
             any
             part
             of
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             shall
             be
             apprehended
             by
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Constable
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             where
             he
             or
             she
             is
             found
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Constable
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             absence
             ,
             by
             any
             other
             Person
             or
             Persons
             ,
             conveyed
             before
             the
             next
             Magistrate
             of
             that
             shire
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             taken
             ,
             or
             Commissioner
             invested
             with
             Magistratical
             Power
             ,
             and
             being
             by
             them
             adjudged
             to
             be
             a
             wandering
             
               Quaker
               ,
               viz.
            
             such
             that
             hath
             no
             orderly
             al●owance
             in
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             not
             giving
             civil
             Respect
             or
             by
             any
             other
             means
             manifesting
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             shall
             by
             warrant
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             said
             Magistrate
             or
             Commissioner
             ,
             directed
             to
             the
             Constable
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             meet
             Person
             ,
             be
             stripped
             from
             the
             middle
             ,
             upward
             ,
             and
             tyed
             to
             a
             Carts
             ,
             Tail
             ,
             and
             whipped
             through
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             Immediately
             conveyed
             to
             the
             Constable
             of
             the
             next
             Town
             towards
             the
             borders
             of
             our
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             as
             their
             Warrant
             shall
             direct
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             conveyed
             through
             the
             outwardmost
             Towns
             of
             our
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             Observe
             That
             by
             the
             following
             Copy
             of
             one
             of
             their
             many
             W●rrants
             of
             the
             like
             Bloody
             and
             cruel
             nature
             ,
             their
             Whipping
             of
             the
             Innocent
             Quakers
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             Law
             must
             have
             no
             allowance
             to
             trade
             ,
             buy
             or
             sell
             within
             the
             bounds
             is
             of
             their
             Ju●isdiction
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             of
             being
             so
             prohibited
             ,
             and
             found
             within
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             called
             Vagabonds
             ,
             whenas
             a
             〈…〉
             being
             found
             ,
             as
             Cain
             was
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             dwelling
             in
             the
             Tru●●
             are
             the
             right
             true
             Vagabonds
             ,
             endeavouring
             (
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             )
             to
             whip
             others
             from
             their
             certain
             dwellings
             is
             〈◊〉
             Truth
             ,
             to
             become
             Vagabonds
             like
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Coppy
                     of
                     one
                     of
                     their
                     many
                     Warrants
                     .
                  
                   
                     TO
                     the
                     Constable
                     of
                     
                       Dover
                       ,
                       Hampton
                       ,
                       Salsbury
                       ,
                       Newber●
                       ▪
                       Rowley
                       ,
                       Ipswich
                       ,
                       Wenham
                       ,
                       Linn
                       ,
                       Boston
                       ,
                       Roxbury
                       ,
                       Dedham
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     until
                     these
                     Vagabond
                     Quakers
                     are
                     carryed
                     out
                     of
                     this
                     Jurisdiction
                     ,
                     You
                     ,
                     and
                     every
                     of
                     you
                     are
                     required
                     in
                     the
                     Kings
                     Name
                     ,
                     to
                     take
                     
                       Ann
                       Coleman
                       ,
                       Mary
                       Tomkins
                       ,
                       Alice
                       Ambrose
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     make
                     them
                     fast
                     to
                     the
                     Carts
                     Tail
                     ,
                     and
                     driving
                     the
                     Cart
                     through
                     your
                     several
                     Towns
                     ,
                     to
                     whip
                     them
                     upon
                     their
                     Naked
                     Backs
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     exceeding
                     Ten
                     Stripes
                     on
                     each
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     in
                     each
                     Town
                     ;
                     and
                     so
                     to
                     convey
                     them
                     from
                     Constable
                     to
                     Constable
                     ,
                     till
                     they
                     come
                     out
                     of
                     this
                     Jurisdiction
                     ,
                     as
                     you
                     will
                     answer
                     it
                     at
                     your
                     peril
                     .
                     And
                     this
                     shall
                     be
                     your
                     Warrant
                     .
                     Dated
                     at
                     
                       Dover
                       ,
                       December
                    
                     the
                     22th
                     ,
                     1662.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       Per
                       me
                       Richard
                       Walden
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             Here
             are
             Eleven
             Towns
             in
             the
             Warrant
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             first
             Town
             Dover
             ,
             to
             the
             last
             Town
             Dedham
             ,
             is
             about
             eighty
             Miles
             ,
             and
             Ten
             Stripes
             on
             each
             of
             them
             in
             each
             Town
             ,
             is
             One
             Hundred
             and
             Ten
             stpipes
             a
             peice
             with
             a
             Whip
             made
             with
             three
             small
             single
             hair
             twisted
             Cords
             ,
             each
             of
             which
             being
             knotted
             ,
             fit
             for
             the
             Priests
             Work
             ▪
             to
             defend
             their
             Faith
             ,
             and
             so
             laid
             on
             the
             naked
             Backs
             of
             the
             innocent
             Quakers
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             ,
             the
             Knots
             might
             kiss
             the
             Bones
             ,
             which
             cruel
             work
             was
             agreeable
             ,
             to
             the
             Priests
             exhorting
             their
             Drudges
             from
             these
             Scriptures
             ▪
             Judg.
             5.23
             Jer.
             48.10
             .
             which
             Work
             was
             as
             far
             from
             the
             Work
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             Heaven
             is
             from
             Hell
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             read
             -
             Luke
             9.54
             ,
             55·56
             .
             Mat.
             5.44
             ,
             45
             ,
             46.
             
             Luke
             6.31
             32
             ,
             33.
             
             Mat.
             13.28
             ,
             29
             ,
             30.
             2
             
             Cor.
             10.3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             but
             contrary
             to
             these
             Persecutors
             act
             ,
             as
             we
             read
             ,
             John
             8.44
             .
             Mat.
             6.24
             .
             
               For
               his
               Servants
               they
               are
               to
               whom
               they
               obey
               ,
            
             Rom.
             6.16
             .
             But
             as
             their
             laws
             were
             
             bloody
             and
             their
             execution
             Cruel
             and
             Barbarous
             ,
             so
             hath
             God
             suffered
             both
             he
             that
             drew
             the
             Warrant
             ,
             with
             many
             more
             of
             his
             persecuting
             Brethren
             ,
             to
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             their
             Riches
             consumed
             by
             the
             great
             Judgments
             of
             God
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             is
             more
             at
             large
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             late
             book
             ,
             entituled
             
               Truth
               held
               forth
               and
               maintained
               ,
               by
               Thomas
               Maule
               .
            
             And
             when
             the
             Quaker●
             were
             commonly
             so
             whipt
             ,
             with
             their
             torn
             Flesh
             and
             bloody
             backs
             ,
             had
             about
             fifty
             miles
             to
             travel
             through
             the
             Wilderness
             Woods
             ,
             before
             they
             came
             to
             their
             Friends
             at
             Rode-Island
             ,
             and
             so
             hard
             weather
             with
             frost
             and
             snow
             ,
             that
             divers
             People
             have
             been
             killed
             there-with
             in
             travelling
             between
             Town
             and
             Town
             ,
             though
             but
             two
             or
             three
             Miles
             distant
             from
             each
             other
             .
             
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 and
                 the
                 Priests
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 such
                 Warrant
                 Makers
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 full
                 Communion
                 are
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 such
                 Church
                 Pertakers
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Persecutors
             Law
             against
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             such
             Vagabond
             Quakers
             shall
             return
             again
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             in
             the
             like
             manner
             apprehended
             ,
             &
             conveyed
             as
             often
             as
             they
             shall
             be
             found
             within
             the
             limits
             of
             our
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             provided
             every
             such
             Vagabond
             Quaker
             have
             been
             thrice
             convicted
             ,
             and
             sent
             away
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             returning
             again
             into
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             shall
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             and
             Committed
             by
             any
             Magistrate
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             unto
             the
             house
             of
             Correction
             within
             the
             County
             ,
             where
             he
             or
             she
             is
             found
             ,
             until
             the
             next
             Court
             w●thin
             that
             County
             ,
             where
             if
             the
             Court
             ,
             judge
             not
             meet
             to
             release
             them
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             branded
             with
             the
             Letter
             [
             R
             ]
             on
             their
             left
             Shoulder
             ,
             and
             be
             severely
             whipt
             ,
             and
             sent
             away
             in
             manner
             as
             before
             .
          
           
             Observe
             ,
             hence
             you
             may
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             of
             these
             Cain-like
             spirited
             Vagabonds
             ,
             did
             extend
             agai●st
             every
             
               true
               Christian
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             those
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             found
             within
             their
             Jurisdiction
             to
             dissent
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             and
             to
             manifest
             a
             dislike
             
             against
             their
             unrighteous
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             was
             tyranical
             ,
             cruel
             ,
             bloody
             and
             barbarous
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             Person
             (
             though
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             )
             was
             found
             to
             petition
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Bishops
             to
             maintain
             their
             right
             ,
             respecting
             their
             worship
             agreeable
             to
             the
             way
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
            
             ,
             it
             was
             accounted
             high
             Rebellion
             by
             these
             Persecutors
             so
             to
             do
             ;
             for
             which
             Offence
             ,
             no
             less
             then
             Imprisonment
             and
             three
             Hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             would
             keep
             them
             from
             being
             hanged
             on
             the
             New-England
             gallows
             till
             dead
             ,
             dead
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             by
             imprisonment
             and
             paying
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             apiece
             ,
             was
             Dr.
             
               Child
               ,
               Samuel
               Maverick
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Merchants
             in
             Boston
             ,
             kept
             from
             being
             hanged
             ,
             for
             their
             being
             taken
             ,
             with
             a
             Petition
             to
             send
             to
             England
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             Of
             which
             when
             I
             come
             to
             give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
            
             being
             persecuted
             by
             these
             New-England
             Free-men
             ,
             to
             do
             what
             they
             saw
             most
             pleasing
             to
             their
             Priests
             ,
             shall
             the
             more
             speak
             relating
             to
             the
             aforesaid
             suffering
             of
             Dr.
             
               Child
               ,
               Samuell
               Maverick
            
             and
             others
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             
               
                 From
                 all
                 Bloody
                 Free-men
                 ,
                 pray
                 God
                 deliver
                 me
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 for
                 Hanging
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 with
                 them
                 not
                 be
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Persecutors
             Law
             against
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             after
             this
             he
             or
             she
             shall
             return
             again
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             proceeded
             against
             as
             Ineorrigible
             Rogues
             and
             Enemies
             to
             the
             common
             Peace
             ,
             and
             shall
             immediately
             be
             apprehended
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             common
             Goal
             of
             the
             County
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             Court
             of
             Assistants
             shall
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             proceeded
             against
             according
             to
             the
             former
             Law
             made
             1658.
             for
             their
             punishment
             on
             Pain
             of
             Death
             .
             Psalm
             94.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Obs
             .
             You
             may
             understand
             ,
             that
             of
             this
             nature
             it
             hath
             been
             in
             all
             Ages
             to
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             
               He
               that
               is
               born
               after
               the
               f●esh
               ,
               persecuteth
               him
               that
               is
               born
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             even
             so
             it
             is
             now
             ,
             Gal.
             4
             .
             2●
             .
             and
             that
             the
             People
             are
             great
             sufferers
             as
             by
             these
             Laws
             ,
             when
             they
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Hypocrites
             ,
             which
             pretend
             so
             much
             
             to
             Religion
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             wicked
             Jews
             to
             destroy
             the
             righteous
             in
             that
             day
             ,
             which
             work
             (
             as
             we
             read
             in
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             Books
             of
             Martyrs
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             true
             Histories
             )
             ever
             did
             ,
             as
             now
             it
             doth
             ,
             begin
             at
             the
             house
             of
             the
             persecuting
             Priests
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             none
             live
             save
             those
             that
             are
             one
             with
             them
             in
             all
             things
             that
             tend
             to
             the
             upholding
             them
             with
             Money
             for
             preaching
             ,
             which
             is
             made
             up
             with
             other
             mens
             words
             ,
             whose
             Life
             and
             experience
             they
             witness
             nothing
             of
             ,
             but
             at
             random
             make
             a
             sixt
             days
             Image
             with
             stolen
             words
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             fright
             the
             People
             that
             know
             no
             better
             then
             to
             buy
             of
             their
             Ware
             ,
             which
             further
             then
             they
             write
             it
             down
             ,
             lose
             it
             before
             the
             next
             market
             day
             ;
             such
             like
             is
             the
             preaching
             and
             teaching
             of
             every
             Hypocritical
             Hireling
             and
             Persecuting
             Priest
             ,
             whose
             Doctrine
             does
             leaven
             every
             Persecutor
             of
             their
             Church
             to
             follow
             them
             in
             the
             like
             covetous
             practice
             ,
             through
             whose
             Hypocrisie
             and
             Deceit
             many
             have
             been
             horribly
             cheated
             .
             Now
             if
             New-Englands
             Churches
             be
             not
             highly
             guilty
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             persecuting
             People
             to
             Death
             for
             Religion
             ,
             then
             the
             People
             in
             Forreign
             Countries
             are
             the
             more
             to
             blame
             ,
             to
             cry
             out
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             New-England
             Vessels
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             they
             do
             against
             
               Persecutors
               ,
               Deceit
               ,
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               false
               Doctrine
               ,
               Surfeited
               Horses
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             of
             
               stinking
               Fish
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Cheats
             ,
             with
             which
             it
             is
             common
             for
             Hypocrites
             and
             Persecutors
             to
             trade
             .
             
               
                 Hypocrisie
                 Deceit
                 is
                 cloaked
                 with
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               
                 By
                 men
                 whose
                 wicked
                 Laws
                 ,
                 for
                 Blood
                 do
                 make
                 provision
                 ;
              
               
                 No
                 men
                 more
                 wicked
                 then
                 Persecuters
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 find
                 it
                 true
                 ,
                 in
                 Scripture
                 may
                 it
                 see
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mat.
                   23.32
                   33.34.35.36
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             the
             King
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             such
             Quakers
             as
             shall
             arise
             from
             amongst
             our selves
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             proceeded
             against
             as
             the
             former
             Law
             Anno
             1658.
             doth
             provide
             ,
             until
             they
             have
             been
             convicted
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Assistants
             ,
             and
             being
             convicted
             he
             or
             she
             shall
             then
             be
             banished
             the
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             il
             after
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             return
             ,
             and
             be
             found
             in
             any
             part
             of
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             then
             he
             or
             she
             so
             sentenced
             to
             banishment
             ,
             shall
             
             be
             proceeded
             against
             as
             those
             that
             are
             strangers
             and
             Vagabond
             Quakers
             ,
             in
             manner
             as
             before
             expressed
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             Reader
             may
             hence
             understand
             ,
             that
             as
             their
             Laws
             were
             bloody
             ,
             the
             cruel
             nature
             of
             their
             unbelieving
             hard
             hearts
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             agreeable
             thereunto
             ,
             who
             being
             bewitched
             (
             by
             a
             Company
             of
             hi●eling
             Priests
             )
             not
             to
             obey
             the
             Truth
             ,
             were
             through
             obedience
             to
             wicked
             Spirits
             ,
             mad
             after
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             that
             the
             devout
             Members
             of
             their
             Antichristian
             Church
             ,
             did
             Act
             with
             that
             fury
             to
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             could
             never
             use
             too
             much
             Cruelty
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             more
             by
             the
             Priest-ridden
             Executioners
             ,
             through
             the
             Priests
             pronouncing
             Woes
             and
             bitter
             Curses
             against
             all
             such
             as
             should
             fail
             in
             the
             neglect
             of
             their
             work
             for
             the
             Devil
             ,
             against
             both
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Baptists
            
             ,
             and
             them
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             as
             well
             as
             against
             all
             other
             Dissenters
             ,
             which
             Curses
             they
             still
             back't
             with
             Scripture
             words
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             Judg.
             5.23
             .
             Jer.
             48.10
             .
             which
             work
             (
             as
             the
             wicked
             did
             ,
             so
             these
             pretended
             )
             was
             done
             by
             them
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             glory
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             Church
             was
             the
             purest
             Reformed
             Church
             of
             all
             other
             
               Christian
               Churches
               in
               the
               World
            
             ,
             But
             if
             the
             pureity
             of
             a
             Church
             consist
             in
             such
             wicked
             works
             as
             they
             have
             done
             by
             virtue
             of
             unrighteous
             Laws
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             manifest
             (
             by
             the
             length
             of
             time
             in
             the
             like
             cruel
             bloody
             Work
             )
             that
             their
             Mother
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             more
             purer
             then
             theirs
             .
             But
             if
             Persecution
             be
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             (
             as
             by
             Scripture
             it
             is
             manifest
             so
             to
             be
             )
             then
             according
             to
             Christs
             own
             words
             ,
             
               they
               are
               Children
               of
               him
               whose
               work
               they
               do
            
             ;
             then
             it
             must
             consequently
             follow
             ,
             that
             Romes
             Church
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             under
             the
             Name
             Christian
             ,
             found
             to
             persecute
             ,
             that
             all
             under
             that
             name
             found
             to
             persecute
             ,
             are
             her
             children
             ,
             whom
             so
             often
             they
             call
             the
             great
             Whore.
             
             
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 's
                 Work
                 not
                 only
                 done
                 to
                 Quakers
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 all
                 Dissenters
                 were
                 in
                 par●
                 Pertakers
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Law
             against
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             further
             Ordered
             That
             whatsoever
             charge
             shall
             arise
             about
             apprehending
             ,
             whipping
             ,
             conveying
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             about
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             to
             be
             laid
             out
             by
             the
             Constable
             of
             such
             Town
             where
             it
             is
             expended
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             repaid
             by
             the
             Treasurer
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             next
             County
             Levy
             .
             And
             further
             ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             Constables
             of
             their
             several
             Towns
             are
             hereby
             impowered
             ,
             ●rom
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             to
             impress
             Cart
             ,
             Oxen
             ,
             and
             other
             Assistance
             ,
             for
             the
             Execution
             of
             this
             Order
             .
             1661.
             
          
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             Reader
             may
             hence
             understand
             ,
             That
             for
             the
             cloaking
             of
             the
             Devils
             Work
             they
             made
             all
             their
             unrighteous
             Warrants
             run
             in
             the
             Kings
             Name
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             their
             cruel
             Work
             against
             Dissenters
             ,
             whenas
             it
             manifestly
             appears
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             ▪
             (
             a
             Copy
             of
             which
             will
             follow
             )
             That
             they
             had
             no
             Warrant
             ,
             Precept
             or
             Command
             either
             from
             God
             or
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             did
             wholly
             act
             and
             do
             according
             to
             their
             own
             Wills
             ,
             which
             still
             remain
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             work
             Mischief
             against
             both
             
               Quakers
               ;
               Baptists
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             also
             ,
             (
             as
             will
             hereafter
             evidently
             appear
             )
             but
             their
             Horns
             at
             present
             are
             shortened
             ,
             and
             their
             Cloak
             begins
             to
             appear
             threed-bare
             ,
             and
             now
             their
             Hypocris●e
             and
             Deceit
             will
             no
             longer
             hide
             their
             Wickedness
             from
             the
             King
             and
             People
             ,
             whose
             Money
             out
             of
             the
             Treasury
             must
             serve
             to
             defray
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Devil's
             Work
             against
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             persecuting
             Churches
             in
             New-England
             ,
             to
             the
             value
             of
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             for
             Fines
             imposed
             upon
             them
             ,
             because
             Dissenters
             from
             their
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             whose
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             had
             also
             of
             their
             People
             yearly
             Sallarys
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             same
             Proportion
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Sum
             of
             twenty
             thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             through
             which
             means
             ,
             as
             these
             Persecutors
             lived
             at
             a
             high
             rate
             on
             that
             which
             others
             had
             laboured
             hard
             to
             get
             ,
             went
             in
             thred-bare
             Coats
             ,
             and
             their
             Families
             
             in
             want
             of
             that
             which
             was
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             devoured
             by
             this
             persecuting
             Crew
             aforesaid
             ;
             whereby
             their
             great
             Oppression
             reached
             the
             whole
             People
             of
             the
             ordinary
             degree
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             sweeping
             Rain
             ,
             that
             clears
             all
             before
             it
             .
             
               
                 
                 Balaam's
                 State
                 is
                 theirs
                 ,
                 who
                 for
                 unrighteous
                 Gain
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 People
                 do
                 Oppress
                 ,
                 themselves
                 for
                 to
                 maintain
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             Suspended
             (
             during
             their
             pleasure
             .
             )
          
           
             This
             Court
             heretofore
             ,
             for
             some
             Reasons
             inducing
             ,
             did
             judge
             meet
             to
             suspend
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Laws
             against
             Quakers
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             respect
             corporal
             Punishment
             〈◊〉
             Death
             ,
             during
             the
             Courts
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             That
             tho'
             these
             Persecutors
             saw
             there
             was
             cause
             to
             suspend
             their
             bloody
             Laws
             against
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             did
             respect
             corporal
             Punishment
             or
             Death
             ,
             yet
             it
             must
             be
             only
             during
             their
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             not
             the
             Kings
             ,
             no
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             stoop
             to
             that
             .
             But
             whether
             they
             did
             not
             herein
             manifest
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Order
             (
             as
             by
             his
             Letter
             will
             appear
             )
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             ,
             I
             leave
             others
             to
             judge
             .
             Now
             the
             occasion
             of
             procuring
             this
             Order
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             their
             great
             Cruelty
             in
             banishing
             sober
             honest
             People
             out
             of
             their
             Jurisdiction
             upon
             
               Pain
               of
               Death
            
             ,
             if
             they
             returned
             ;
             for
             as
             before
             is
             said
             of
             Dr.
             
               Child
               ,
               Samuell
               Maverick
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Merchants
             ,
             whose
             Imprisonment
             and
             three
             hundred
             Pounds
             a
             piece
             ,
             saved
             them
             from
             the
             New-England
             Gallows
             ,
             and
             none
             ,
             without
             the
             like
             hazard
             ,
             might
             make
             complaint
             to
             England
             ;
             but
             several
             banished
             Quakers
             adventured
             to
             lay
             their
             said
             suffering
             case
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             whose
             mercifu●
             Ear
             heard
             their
             Cry
             ,
             and
             took
             Compassion
             on
             his
             suffering
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             forth-with
             stopt
             New-England
             Persecutors
             wicked
             hands
             from
             shedding
             more
             innocent
             Blood
             ,
             being
             acquainted
             with
             their
             great
             Wickedness
             ,
             and
             knowing
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             by
             what
             
             their
             Brother
             
               H.
               Peters
               ,
               Vennor
            
             ,
             &
             other
             of
             their
             
               N.
               England
            
             Brethren
             had
             done
             both
             against
             his
             Father
             and
             himself
             ,
             as
             by
             his
             Letter
             he
             begins
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             afterwards
             it
             proved
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             a
             wise
             man
             with
             the
             Tope
             Tile
             or
             covering
             of
             a
             fair
             outside
             Building
             ,
             whose
             inside
             is
             full
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Deceit
             ,
             and
             the
             Foundation
             thereof
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             by
             degrees
             ,
             in
             working
             down-wards
             ,
             till
             he
             comes
             to
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             was
             wholly
             removed
             ,
             through
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Charter
             ,
             which
             to
             them
             had
             been
             as
             an
             Idol
             Godd
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             trusted
             as
             much
             as
             ever
             the
             People
             did
             in
             Baal
             ;
             and
             if
             ever
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             procure
             such
             another
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             at
             a
             high
             Rate
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             like
             to
             be
             as
             cruel
             as
             before
             .
             But
             the
             
               English
               Laws
            
             are
             far
             before
             New-England
             Idols
             .
             
               
                 God
                 will
                 not
                 ever
                 permit
                 the
                 Devils
                 Power
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 wicked
                 Men
                 the
                 Righteous
                 to
                 devour
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 A
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Letter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Charles
                   R.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   TRusty
                   and
                   well
                   beloved
                   ,
                   We
                   greet
                   you
                   well
                   Having
                   been
                   informed
                   that
                   several
                   of
                   Our
                   Subjects
                   amongst
                   you
                   ,
                   called
                   Quakers
                   ,
                   have
                   been
                   and
                   are
                   Imprisoned
                   by
                   you
                   ,
                   whereof
                   some
                   have
                   been
                   Executed
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   in
                   danger
                   to
                   undergo
                   the
                   like
                   ,
                   We
                   have
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   signifie
                   Our
                   Pleasure
                   in
                   that
                   behalf
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   future
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   hereby
                   Require
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   of
                   those
                   People
                   called
                   Quakers
                   amongst
                   you
                   ,
                   now
                   already
                   condemned
                   to
                   suffer
                   Death
                   ,
                   or
                   are
                   Imprisoned
                   ,
                   and
                   obnoctious
                   to
                   the
                   like
                   Condemnation
                   ,
                   You
                   are
                   to
                   
                   forbear
                   to
                   proceed
                   any
                   further
                   therein
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   you
                   forth-with
                   send
                   the
                   said
                   Persons
                   ,
                   whether
                   condemned
                   or
                   imprisoned
                   ,
                   over
                   into
                   this
                   our
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   their
                   respective
                   Crimes
                   or
                   Offences
                   laid
                   to
                   their
                   Charge
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   such
                   course
                   may
                   be
                   taken
                   with
                   them
                   here
                   ,
                   as
                   shall
                   be
                   agreeable
                   to
                   our
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Demerits
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   so
                   doing
                   ,
                   these
                   Our
                   Letter
                   shall
                   be
                   your
                   sufficient
                   Warrant
                   and
                   Discharge
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Given
                     at
                     our
                     Court
                     at
                  
                   White-hall
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     9
                     
                       th
                       day
                       of
                    
                     Septemb.
                     1661.
                     
                       in
                       the
                    
                     13
                     
                       th
                       Year
                       of
                       Our
                       Reign
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Subscribed
                   to
                   Our
                   trusty
                   ,
                   &
                   well-beloved
                
                 John
                 Endicot
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   and
                   to
                   all
                   and
                   every
                   other
                   Governours
                   of
                   Our
                   Plantation
                   of
                
                 New-England
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   Collonies
                   thereunto
                   belonging
                   ,
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   or
                   hereafter
                   shall
                   be
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   all
                   and
                   every
                   the
                   Ministers
                   and
                   Officers
                   of
                   Our
                   said
                   Plantation
                   and
                   Collonies
                   whatsoever
                   within
                   the
                   Continent
                   of
                
                 New-England
                 .
                 
                   
                     By
                     His
                     Majesty's
                     Command
                  
                   ,
                   W.
                   Morris
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             Obs
             .
             Now
             these
             Persecutors
             had
             nothing
             to
             charge
             these
             Innocent
             People
             with
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             Quakers
             ,
             against
             whom
             they
             had
             provided
             a
             Law
             ,
             but
             this
             Law
             was
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             upon
             the
             receipt
             of
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             ,
             they
             durst
             do
             no
             other
             than
             set
             at
             liberty
             both
             them
             condemned
             to
             suffer
             Death
             ,
             and
             those
             imprisoned
             also
             ;
             but
             herein
             they
             did
             not
             obey
             the
             Kings
             Command
             ;
             for
             he
             commanded
             them
             to
             send
             these
             Quakers
             so
             imprisoned
             or
             condemned
             ,
             over
             to
             England
             ,
             with
             the
             particular
             Crimes
             laid
             to
             their
             charge
             ;
             but
             this
             they
             would
             not
             do
             ,
             and
             good
             reason
             why
             ,
             they
             had
             to
             Crimes
             to
             lay
             to
             their
             
             Charge
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             Quakers
             .
             And
             being
             brought
             to
             this
             pinch
             ,
             instead
             of
             sending
             a
             Ship
             load
             of
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             a
             large
             Roll
             of
             their
             Crimes
             of
             Treason
             ,
             Rebellion
             ,
             Subversion
             of
             Government
             ,
             &c.
             home
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             send
             a
             Ship
             load
             of
             Masts
             for
             a
             Present
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             a
             parcell
             of
             horrid
             Wicked
             Lyes
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ;
             to
             defray
             the
             charge
             of
             which
             Present
             ,
             the
             poor
             Inhabitants
             were
             severaly
             Rated
             .
             After
             which
             their
             great
             Deceit
             and
             abominable
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             the
             King
             came
             to
             find
             out
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             doing
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             but
             upon
             many
             other
             accounts
             ,
             too
             large
             here
             to
             relate
             ;
             and
             before
             I
             conclude
             ,
             enough
             against
             them
             will
             appear
             ,
             to
             manifest
             their
             great
             Wickedness
             against
             God
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             People
             .
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             long
             forbear
             their
             old
             work
             of
             Persecution
             ,
             but
             soon
             put
             their
             Law
             in
             execution
             again
             ;
             for
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             was
             dated
             ,
             1661.
             and
             they
             revived
             their
             old
             Law
             again
             in
             1662.
             which
             was
             done
             more
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             to
             please
             their
             hireling
             Priests
             ,
             than
             in
             honour
             to
             God
             ,
             or
             respect
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             against
             whom
             they
             did
             rebell
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             his
             Letter
             ,
             and
             their
             not
             sending
             any
             of
             the
             Quakers
             over
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             instead
             thereof
             sent
             a
             Present
             with
             a
             parcell
             of
             Lyes
             ,
             too
             large
             here
             to
             relate
             ,
             and
             put
             their
             Law
             into
             Execution
             again
             ,
             and
             as
             sharp
             ,
             cruel
             and
             barbarous
             was
             the
             Execution
             (
             respecting
             corporal
             punishment
             )
             as
             formerly
             ,
             though
             the
             Towns
             were
             not
             to
             be
             so
             many
             in
             which
             they
             were
             to
             be
             whipt
             ,
             yet
             the
             Whip
             with
             three
             single
             hair
             twisted
             small
             Cords
             (
             each
             being
             knotted
             ,
             fit
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             Priests
             Work
             )
             was
             the
             same
             as
             before
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             came
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             continue
             till
             near
             or
             about
             the
             time
             they
             lost
             their
             Idol
             ,
             viz.
             their
             old
             Charter
             ,
             on
             which
             was
             their
             dependance
             ,
             above
             GOD
             or
             KING
             ,
             as
             is
             manifested
             by
             their
             Works
             .
             
               
                 Priests
                 Rulers
                 Masts
                 for
                 Ships
                 ,
                 D●ceis
                 and
                 Lyes
                 withall
                 ,
              
               
                 Poor
                 People
                 made
                 to
                 pay
                 ,
                 for
                 Presents
                 to
                 White-hall
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             (
             upon
             Complaint
             of
             the
             Priests
             )
             put
             into
             Execution
             again
             .
          
           
             NOW
             forasmuch
             as
             new
             Complaints
             are
             made
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             of
             such
             Persons
             abounding
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             Eastern
             parts
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             draw
             away
             others
             to
             that
             wicked
             Opinion
             ,
             it
             is
             Ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             last
             Law
             ,
             Tit.
             
               Vagabond
               Quakers
               ,
               May
            
             1661.
             be
             hence-forth
             in
             force
             ,
             in
             all
             respects
             ,
             provided
             ,
             their
             Whipping
             be
             but
             through
             three
             Towns
             ,
             and
             the
             Magistrate
             or
             Commissioner
             signing
             the
             Warrant
             ,
             shall
             appoint
             both
             the
             Towns
             ,
             and
             number
             of
             Stripes
             in
             each
             Town
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             1662.
             
          
           
             Obs
             .
             Here
             by
             comparing
             this
             their
             Date
             to
             their
             Law
             ,
             with
             the
             date
             of
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             ,
             how
             little
             regard
             they
             had
             to
             the
             Kings
             Mind
             and
             Will
             therein
             contained
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             
               whether
               condemned
               to
               suffer
               Death
               ,
               or
               Imprisoned
               ,
               or
               to
               suffer
               corporal
               Punishment
               ,
               to
               forbear
               to
               proceed
               any
               further
               therein
               ,
               but
               forthwith
               to
               send
               the
               said
               Persons
               over
               into
               the
               Nation
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               with
               the
               respective
               Crimes
               or
               Offences
               laid
               to
               their
               Charge
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               such
               course
               might
               be
               taken
               with
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Offence
               ,
               as
               should
               be
               agreeable
               to
               the
               English
               Laws
               .
            
             Which
             express
             command
             of
             the
             King
             was
             but
             a
             small
             time
             minded
             by
             them
             ;
             for
             upon
             their
             considering
             the
             cause
             some
             small
             time
             ,
             proposed
             to
             themselves
             ,
             that
             by
             virtue
             of
             their
             Idol
             Charter
             ,
             they
             had
             as
             much
             Power
             in
             New-England
             as
             the
             King
             had
             in
             Old-England
             ,
             and
             had
             they
             the
             like
             strength
             of
             Men
             and
             Shipping
             ,
             would
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             with
             stand
             all
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             that
             should
             adventure
             to
             oppose
             their
             way
             ;
             now
             had
             not
             I
             my self
             heard
             some
             of
             them
             say
             these
             things
             ,
             durst
             not
             have
             charg'd
             it
             here
             upon
             them
             ,
             to
             publick
             view
             ;
             and
             for
             a
             further
             evidence
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             witness
             their
             Proclaiming
             ,
             (
             with
             a
             Trumpet
             before
             them
             ,
             )
             against
             the
             Kings
             Commissioners
             in
             Boston
             ,
             perswading
             the
             People
             ,
             (
             as
             near
             as
             
             as
             they
             could
             )
             
               That
               their
               Commissions
               were
               made
               under
               a
               Hedge
               ,
            
             with
             much
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             ,
             too
             ●orge
             here
             to●
             relate
             .
             
               
                 Priests
                 Rulerr
                 bloody
                 Work
                 ,
                 on
                 People
                 hath
                 brought
                 Wo
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 their
                 consent
                 that
                 silent
                 were
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 so
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 'r
                 Works
                 of
                 him
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
              
               
                 '
                 Gainst
                 God
                 and
                 King
                 all
                 such
                 Rebell
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Law
             against
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             it
             may
             be
             found
             amongst
             us
             ,
             that
             mens
             Thresholds
             are
             set
             up
             by
             Gods
             Thresholds
             ,
             and
             mens
             Posts
             by
             Gods
             Posts
             ,
             especially
             in
             open
             Meetings
             of
             the
             QVAKERS
             ,
             whose
             damnable
             Heresies
             ,
             and
             abominable
             Idolatries
             are
             hereby
             promoted
             ,
             imbraced
             ând
             practised
             ,
             to
             the
             Scandal
             of
             Religion
             ,
             hazard
             of
             Souls
             and
             provocation
             of
             divine
             Jealousie
             against
             this
             People
             .
             For
             Prevention
             and
             Reformation
             whereof
             ,
             it
             is
             Ordered
             by
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             thereof
             ,
             That
             every
             Person
             found
             at
             a
             Quakers
             Meeting
             ,
             shall
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             
               ex
               Officio
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Constable
             ,
             and
             by
             Warrant
             from
             a
             Magistrate
             or
             Commissioner
             ,
             shall
             be
             committed
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Correction
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             have
             the
             Discipline
             of
             the
             House
             applyed
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             kept
             to
             work
             with
             Bread
             and
             Water
             for
             three
             days
             together
             :
             and
             then
             to
             be
             released
             ;
             or
             else
             shall
             pay
             a
             fine
             of
             five
             Pounds
             in
             Money
             ,
             to
             the
             Country
             ,
             for
             every
             such
             Offence
             ;
             and
             all
             Constables
             neglecting
             their
             Duty
             ,
             in
             not
             faithfully
             executing
             this
             Order
             ,
             shall
             incur
             the
             Penalty
             of
             5
             l.
             upon
             conviction
             ,
             one
             third
             part
             whereof
             to
             the
             Informer
             .
          
           
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             Reader
             may
             here
             take
             Notice
             of
             one
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             many
             horrid
             and
             wicked
             Lyes
             ,
             so
             proved
             by
             their
             Contradiction
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             Preambles
             to
             their
             Laws
             ,
             accuse
             the
             Quakers
             with
             keeping
             their
             Meetings
             private
             ,
             yet
             at
             unawares
             in
             their
             Bridewell
             Law
             they
             charge
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             though
             they
             pretend
             the
             sin
             is
             great
             ,
             yet
             it
             may
             be
             bought
             off
             for
             five
             Pounds
             in
             Money
             ,
             as
             often
             as
             they
             please
             ;
             but
             the
             said
             Sum
             not
             being
             paid
             them
             by
             any
             one
             ,
             they
             were
             much
             enraged
             thereat
             ,
             finding
             their
             covetous
             design
             in
             making
             said
             Law
             ,
             disappointed
             ,
             because
             it
             reach
             no
             further
             than
             to
             punish
             them
             that
             were
             not
             free
             to
             pay
             5
             l.
             for
             being
             at
             a
             Quakers
             Meeting
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             Penalty
             of
             which
             Law
             several
             Merchants
             in
             Boston
             suffered
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             disobey
             God
             ,
             by
             satisfying
             the
             lust
             of
             such
             covetous
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             who
             prefer
             the
             love
             of
             Money
             before
             punishing
             for
             that
             which
             themselves
             account
             so
             great
             sins
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Preamble
             of
             their
             Laws
             they
             pretend
             these
             above-mentioned
             to
             be
             .
             
               
                 Their
                 bloody
                 Laws
                 are
                 almost
                 done
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 Work
                 the
                 Priests
                 at
                 first
                 begun
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Preamble
             to
             their
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             the
             most
             wise
             &
             holy
             God
             for
             these
             several
             years
             past
             ,
             hath
             not
             only
             warned
             us
             by
             his
             word
             ,
             but
             chastized
             us
             with
             his
             Rod
             ,
             inflicting
             upon
             us
             many
             general
             Judgments
             ,
             but
             we
             have
             neither
             heard
             the
             word
             nor
             rod
             as
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             effectually
             humbled
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             to
             repent
             of
             them
             ,
             hence
             it
             is
             the
             righteous
             God
             hath
             hightened
             our
             Calamity
             ,
             and
             given
             Commission
             to
             the
             barbarous
             Heathen
             to
             rise
             up
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             smart
             Rod
             and
             severe
             Scourge
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             burning
             and
             depopulating
             several
             hopeful
             
             Plantations
             ,
             murdering
             many
             of
             our
             Inhabitants
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             and
             seeming
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             to
             cast
             us
             off
             ,
             and
             putting
             us
             to
             shame
             ,
             and
             not
             going
             forth
             with
             our
             Arms
             ,
             hereby
             speaking
             aloud
             to
             us
             ,
             to
             search
             and
             try
             our
             ways
             ,
             and
             turn
             again
             unto
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             have
             departed
             with
             great
             back-sliding
          
           
             Obs
             .
             That
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             Truth
             is
             well
             ,
             and
             well
             would
             it
             be
             indeed
             if
             they
             were
             found
             acknowledging
             the
             whole
             Truth
             ,
             and
             to
             repent
             of
             shedding
             innocent
             Blood
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             great
             sin
             of
             New-England
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             consenting
             Church
             Members
             thereof
             ;
             but
             of
             this
             there
             is
             no
             mention
             made
             in
             their
             Preamble-confession
             of
             words
             ,
             without
             Works
             of
             Truth
             and
             Righteousness
             to
             God
             and
             People
             ,
             according
             as
             is
             at
             large
             manifest
             by
             their
             afore-mentioned
             Laws
             ,
             the
             neglect
             of
             which
             Execution
             was
             by
             their
             Priests
             imputed
             to
             be
             the
             main
             cause
             of
             general
             Judgment
             to
             come
             upon
             them
             .
             But
             they
             use
             to
             say
             ,
             
               If
               all
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               were
               hanged
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Dissenters
               clear'd
               out
               of
               their
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               then
               would
               their
               Land
               enjoy
               Peace
               :
            
             Unto
             which
             Work
             the
             Rulers
             were
             bewitched
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Devil
             was
             permitted
             to
             drive
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             as
             willing
             to
             run
             ,
             and
             to
             work
             they
             went
             against
             all
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             a
             Book
             against
             the
             Baptists
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Rise
               and
               Foundation
               of
               the
               cursed
               Sect
               of
            
             Annabaptists
             ,
             in
             which
             was
             as
             many
             Lyes
             as
             they
             use
             to
             gather
             for
             their
             Pulpit
             Work
             on
             the
             first
             Day
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             which
             Lyes
             to
             hear
             also
             costs
             the
             People
             Money
             .
             
               
                 None
                 are
                 more
                 blind
                 than
                 those
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 see
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 cause
                 for
                 which
                 Gods
                 general
                 Judgments
                 be
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Law
             against
             Provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             This
             Court
             apprehending
             there
             is
             too
             great
             a
             neglect
             of
             Discipline
             in
             the
             Churches
             ,
             and
             especially
             respecting
             
             those
             that
             are
             their
             Children
             ,
             through
             the
             non
             acknowledgment
             of
             them
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             〈◊〉
             watching
             over
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Catechizing
             of
             them
             inquiring
             into
             their
             spiritual
             states
             ,
             that
             being
             brought
             to
             take
             hold
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             they
             may
             acknowledge
             ,
             and
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             relation
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             their
             Obligation
             to
             be
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             approve
             themselves
             so
             to
             be
             by
             a
             suitable
             Profession
             and
             Conversation
             ;
             And
             do
             therefore
             solemnly
             recommend
             it
             unto
             the
             respective
             Elders
             and
             Brethren
             of
             the
             Churches
             throughout
             this
             ●urisdiction
             ,
             to
             take
             effectual
             course
             for
             the
             Reformation
             therein
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             By
             the
             afore-mentioned
             cruel
             bloody
             Laws
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             what
             nature
             their
             Church
             Government
             was
             of
             ,
             in
             which
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             words
             ,
             
               Beware
               of
               the
               Leaven
               of
               the
               Pharisees
            
             ▪
             was
             put
             of
             ,
             and
             instead
             thereof
             they
             put
             in
             ,
             
               Beware
               of
               the
               Leaven
               of
               the
            
             Quakers
             ;
             for
             which
             see
             Salem
             Church
             Covenant
             ,
             so
             called
             ▪
             caused
             to
             be
             so
             done
             by
             their
             high
             Priest
             ,
             
               John
               Higinson
            
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             preaching
             told
             the
             People
             ,
             The
             Quakers
             
               Light
               was
               a
               stinking
               Vapour
               from
               Hell
               ,
            
             with
             much
             more
             of
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             was
             usual
             with
             him
             in
             his
             daily
             Preaching
             and
             Teaching
             against
             the
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Baptists
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Dissenters
             ,
             this
             Old-Charter
             Priest
             ,
             with
             other
             of
             his
             devout
             Church-Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             use
             to
             wish
             their
             Children
             might
             be
             Rogues
             and
             Whores
             ,
             rather
             than
             Quakers
             ;
             which
             was
             too
             〈◊〉
             (
             tho
             justly
             fullfilled
             upon
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             upon
             this
             old
             Priests
             ,
             whose
             Daughter
             was
             highly
             accused
             of
             Witch-craft
             ,
             and
             now
             maintained
             by
             the
             Parish
             .
             It
             is
             dreadful
             to
             consider
             what
             Wickedness
             is
             in
             mens
             hearts
             ,
             to
             wish
             such
             horrid
             Wishes
             ,
             as
             the
             Jews
             did
             ,
             Mat.
             27.25
             .
             which
             justly
             came
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             upon
             these
             of
             the
             like
             Spirit
             .
             
               
                 No
                 Members
                 Child
                 ,
                 a
                 Member
                 t●en
                 could
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 Quakers
                 Blood
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 found
                 free
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Whereas
             there
             is
             manifest
             Pride
             openly
             appearing
             amongst
             us
             ,
             in
             that
             long
             hair
             is
             worn
             by
             some
             men
             ,
             either
             their
             own
             ,
             or
             the
             hair
             of
             others
             made
             into
             Perriwigs
             ▪
             and
             by
             some
             Women
             wearing
             Borders
             of
             Hair
             ,
             and
             their
             cutting
             and
             curling
             ,
             and
             laying
             out
             their
             Hair
             ;
             which
             Practise
             doth
             prevail
             and
             increase
             ,
             especially
             among
             the
             Younger
             sort
             .
             This
             Court
             doth
             declare
             against
             this
             evil
             Practise
             ,
             as
             Offensive
             to
             them
             and
             divers
             sober
             Christians
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             therefore
             do
             hereby
             Enact
             and
             Advise
             all
             Persons
             to
             use
             moderation
             in
             this
             respect
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             to
             impower
             all
             Grand
             Juries
             to
             present
             to
             the
             County
             Courts
             all
             such
             Persons
             ,
             whether
             Male
             or
             Female
             ,
             whom
             they
             shall
             judge
             to
             exceed
             in
             the
             Premises
             ;
             and
             the
             County
             Courts
             are
             authorized
             to
             proceed
             against
             such
             Delinquents
             ,
             either
             by
             Admonition
             ,
             or
             Fine
             ,
             or
             Correction
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             good
             Discretion
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             That
             through
             the
             long
             continuance
             of
             Disobedience
             ▪
             which
             is
             as
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             the
             sin
             of
             Witchcraft
             ,
             being
             highly
             guilty
             ▪
             of
             Innocent
             Blood
             ,
             these
             Persecutors
             had
             lost
             their
             Dominion
             over
             their
             own
             Families
             ,
             who
             began
             to
             run
             into
             great
             Superfluity
             and
             E●travagancy
             of
             those
             things
             which
             were
             not
             comely
             ,
             decent
             and
             of
             good
             Report
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             did
             greatly
             increase
             ,
             and
             now
             abound
             beyond
             all
             the
             Power
             of
             their
             Laws
             to
             restrain
             .
             Where●o●e
             they
             may
             now
             see
             ,
             their
             ungodly
             wicked
             Wishes
             are
             come
             both
             upon
             themselves
             and
             Children
             ;
             for
             
               the
               Curse
               of
               the
               Lord
               remaineth
               in
               the
               House
               of
               th●m
               that
               have
               either
               actually
               or
               by
               consent
               been
               found
               before
               the
               Lord
               guilty
               of
               shedding
               Innocent
               Blood
               ,
            
             Prov.
             3.33
             .
             Mal.
             ●
             .
             1
             ,
             12
             ,
             3.
             
             
               
                 From
                 all
                 evil
                 Wishes
                 ,
                 pray
                 God
                 delive●
                 me
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 from
                 all
                 Wickedness
                 me
                 and
                 mine
                 keep
                 free
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               N.
               England
            
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             the●
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Notwithstanding
             the
             wholsom
             Laws
             already
             made
             by
             this
             Court
             for
             the
             restraining
             Excess
             in
             Apparel
             ,
             yet
             through
             the
             corruption
             in
             many
             ,
             and
             neglect
             of
             due
             execution
             or
             those
             Laws
             ,
             the
             evil
             of
             Pride
             in
             Apparel
             ,
             both
             for
             costliness
             in
             the
             poorer
             sort
             ,
             and
             vain
             new
             strange
             Fashions
             ,
             both
             in
             Poor
             and
             Rich
             ,
             with
             naked
             Breasts
             and
             Arms
             ,
             or
             as
             it
             were
             pinnioned
             with
             the
             Addition
             of
             Superfluous
             Ribbands
             ,
             both
             on
             Hair
             and
             Apparel
             ,
             for
             redress
             whereof
             ,
             it
             is
             Ordered
             by
             this
             Court
             ,
             That
             the
             County
             Courts
             ,
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             shall
             give
             strict
             Charge
             to
             present
             all
             such
             Persons
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             judge
             exceed
             in
             that
             kind
             ;
             &
             if
             the
             grand
             Jury
             shall
             neglect
             their
             duty
             herein
             ,
             the
             County
             Courts
             shall
             impose
             a
             Fine
             upon
             them
             at
             their
             own
             Discretion
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             outward
             Appearance
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             ,
             by
             their
             smooth
             words
             &
             sair
             speeches
             ,
             as
             also
             their
             short
             hair
             even
             or
             above
             their
             Ears
             ,
             with
             high
             crownd
             Hats
             ,
             peacked
             Boards
             ,
             as
             likewise
             their
             two
             or
             three
             inch
             broad
             Bands
             ,
             and
             their
             Apparel
             agreeable
             thereunto
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             appeared
             in
             the
             outward
             ,
             like
             men
             differing
             from
             all
             other
             people
             whatsoever
             ,
             which
             with
             their
             Priests
             dayly
             preaching
             ,
             and
             their
             often
             loud
             praying
             ,
             and
             their
             works
             not
             agreeable
             with
             their
             words
             ,
             were
             by
             their
             fruits
             manifested
             to
             be
             men
             of
             the
             like
             Spirit
             whom
             Christ
             bid
             ▪
             beware
             of
             ,
             Mat.
             7.15
             .
             which
             the
             more
             to
             be
             accounted
             
               good
               Christians
            
             ,
             under
             which
             name
             they
             pretended
             all
             their
             proceedings
             against
             the
             evil
             of
             pride
             ,
             to
             be
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             the
             People
             Souls
             ,
             when
             on
             the
             contrary
             it
             appears
             otherwise
             ,
             by
             their
             selling
             that
             which
             themselves
             account
             sin
             ,
             for
             money
             ,
             which
             doth
             clearly
             manifest
             their
             work
             to
             be
             done
             in
             honour
             to
             themselves
             ,
             whose
             love
             is
             to
             the
             Peoples
             Money
             ,
             for
             the
             satisfying
             their
             own
             coveteous
             Desire●
             ▪
             which
             work
             doth
             manifest
             Cove●●●sness
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Oppresion
             
             and
             Oppression
             in
             such
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             that
             eat
             up
             the
             sin
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             Hos
             .
             4
             .
             8·9
             .
             Micah
             3.11
             .
             
               
                 Gods
                 Cause
                 is
                 that
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 do
                 pretend
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 all
                 men
                 may
                 see
                 ,
                 Money
                 is
                 their
                 end
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             further
             ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             County
             Court
             ,
             single
             Magistrate
             or
             Commissioners
             Court
             in
             Boston
             ,
             have
             hereby
             Power
             to
             summons
             all
             such
             persons
             so
             offending
             ,
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             first
             Offence
             to
             admonish
             them
             ,
             and
             for
             each
             offence
             of
             that
             kind
             afterwards
             to
             impose
             a
             fine
             of
             Ten
             Shillings
             upon
             them
             ,
             or
             if
             unable
             to
             pay
             ,
             to
             inflict
             such
             punishment
             as
             shall
             be
             by
             them
             thought
             most
             suitable
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Offence
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Judges
             above-named
             are
             hereby
             impowered
             to
             judge
             of
             ,
             and
             execute
             the
             Laws
             already
             extant
             against
             such
             Excess
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             Whipping
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             punishment
             ,
             was
             only
             to
             such
             persons
             unable
             to
             pay
             their
             Fine
             ,
             though
             the
             offence
             was
             no
             breaeh
             of
             any
             
               English
               Law
            
             ,
             but
             these
             Sin-sellers
             Laws
             are
             distinct
             from
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             other
             Nations
             that
             I
             have
             read
             or
             heard
             of
             ,
             and
             indeed
             ,
             in
             most
             things
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             only
             condemned
             by
             all
             
               true
               Christians
            
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             the
             
               Indians
               ,
               Turks
            
             and
             other
             moral
             Heathens
             ,
             who
             abhor
             the
             practice
             of
             living
             upon
             the
             Fines
             of
             people
             not
             found
             to
             transgress
             the
             Law
             or
             Laws
             of
             their
             Nation
             ,
             as
             these
             New-England
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             do
             ,
             whose
             income
             for
             such
             like
             things
             ,
             by
             them
             imputed
             to
             the
             Peoples
             transgressing
             such
             like
             Laws
             as
             abovesaid
             ,
             is
             no
             less
             then
             Twelve
             Hundred
             Pounds
             a
             year
             ,
             besides
             fifteen
             hundred
             Pounds
             a
             year
             from
             Persons
             chiefly
             of
             their
             own
             Churches
             ,
             for
             the
             sin
             of
             Uncleanness
             ,
             as
             also
             some
             years
             ,
             no
             less
             then
             forty
             Hundred
             Pounds
             a
             year
             for
             Fine●
             ▪
             which
             
             they
             compelled
             from
             the
             people
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             good
             Subjects
             dissenting
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             with
             which
             ,
             and
             ten
             Thousand
             Pounds
             yearly
             paid
             the
             Priests
             for
             preaching
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             yearly
             paid
             the
             Rulers
             for
             making
             Laws
             and
             Judging
             ;
             all
             which
             came
             out
             of
             the
             poor
             Peoples
             labour
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             New-Englands
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             .
             
               
                 Where
                 men
                 can
                 make
                 what
                 Laws
                 they
                 please
                 ,
              
               
                 Such
                 Priests
                 and
                 Rulers
                 live
                 at
                 ease
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             t●●y
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             ordered
             by
             this
             Court.
             That
             no
             person
             within
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             their
             Relations
             depending
             upon
             them
             ,
             whose
             visible
             Estates
             ,
             real
             and
             personal
             ,
             shall
             not
             exceed
             the
             true
             value
             of
             two
             hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             shall
             not
             wear
             any
             Gold
             or
             Silver
             Buttons
             ,
             or
             Gold
             or
             Silver
             Lace
             ,
             or
             Bone
             Lace
             above
             two
             Shillings
             
               per
               yard
            
             ,
             or
             Silk
             Hoods
             ,
             or
             Silk
             Scarss
             ,
             Points
             or
             Ribbands
             ,
             or
             great
             Boots
             ,
             upon
             the
             penalty
             of
             ten
             Shillings
             for
             every
             such
             Offence
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             ordered
             by
             the
             Authority
             aforesaid
             ,
             That
             the
             Select
             men
             of
             every
             Town
             ,
             are
             hereby
             impowered
             ,
             enabled
             and
             required
             to
             asse●s
             every
             such
             Person
             so
             offending
             ,
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Particulars
             above-mentioned
             ,
             in
             the
             Country
             Rates
             ,
             at
             two
             hundred
             Pounds
             Estates
             ,
             according
             as
             such
             men
             pay
             to
             whom
             such
             apparel
             is
             allowed
             .
             Alwayes
             provided
             ,
             That
             this
             Law
             shall
             not
             extend
             to
             the
             Restraint
             of
             any
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             publick
             Officer
             of
             this
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             their
             Wives
             and
             Children
             ,
             who
             are
             left
             to
             their
             own
             discretion
             in
             wearing
             Apparel
             ,
             or
             any
             settled
             Military
             Officer
             ,
             or
             Souldier
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Military
             Service
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whose
             Education
             and
             imployment
             have
             been
             above
             the
             
             ordinary
             Degree
             ,
             or
             whose
             Estates
             have
             been
             considerable
             ,
             though
             now
             deacyed
             ;
             1651.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             ordered
             and
             Enacted
             by
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             thereof
             ,
             that
             all
             Persons
             within
             this
             Jurisdiction
             that
             shall
             wear
             any
             Apparel
             exceeding
             their
             quality
             and
             Condition
             of
             their
             Persons
             or
             Estates
             ,
             and
             either
             of
             these
             be
             so
             Judged
             by
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             and
             County
             Court
             of
             that
             shire
             where
             such
             complaint
             is
             made
             ,
             all
             such
             Persons
             being
             convicted
             ,
             shall
             for
             the
             first
             Offence
             be
             admonished
             ,
             for
             the
             second
             Offence
             pay
             a
             Fine
             of
             twenty
             Shillings
             ,
             for
             the
             third
             Offence
             forty
             Shillings
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             so
             following
             as
             the
             Offences
             are
             multiplied
             ,
             to
             pay
             forty
             Shillings
             a
             time
             ●o
             the
             Treasurer
             of
             that
             County
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             ordered
             ,
             That
             if
             any
             Taylor
             shall
             make
             or
             fashion
             any
             Garment
             for
             Children
             or
             Servants
             contrary
             to
             the
             mind
             and
             order
             of
             their
             Parents
             or
             Governours
             ,
             every
             such
             Taylor
             shall
             for
             the
             first
             Offence
             be
             admonished
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             second
             Offence
             ,
             forfeit
             double
             the
             value
             of
             such
             Apparel
             or
             Garment
             as
             he
             shall
             make
             or
             fashion
             contrary
             to
             the
             mind
             and
             order
             of
             such
             Parents
             or
             Governours
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             one
             half
             thereof
             to
             the
             Owner
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             half
             to
             the
             Country
             .
             And
             all
             Grand-Jurys
             are
             hereby
             enjoyned
             to
             present
             all
             those
             whomthey
             shall
             judge
             breakers
             of
             this
             Order
             .
             1662.
             
          
           
             Obs
             .
             That
             in
             the
             year
             aforesaid
             ,
             1662.
             through
             the
             Priests
             advice
             they
             were
             hot
             in
             persecuting
             both
             
               Quakers
               ,
               Baptists
            
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Dissenters
             ,
             thinking
             thereby
             to
             fine
             and
             whip
             the
             Christians
             from
             
             their
             Religion
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             the
             advice
             of
             their
             hireli●g
             Priests
             ,
             being
             in
             hopes
             to
             do
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             had
             so
             done
             ,
             and
             over-come
             the
             aforesaid
             provoking
             evils
             of
             Pride
             in
             Apparel
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             the
             more
             hear
             their
             loud
             Prayers
             ▪
             and
             remove
             his
             great
             Judgments
             from
             amongst
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             certainly
             true
             ,
             my self
             is
             witness
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             have
             often
             heard
             them
             say
             ,
             
               That
               Gods
               Judgments
               would
               never
               remove
               from
               amongst
               them
               ,
               till
               all
               the
               Quakers
               and
               other
               Dissenters
               were
               hanged
               ,
               or
               cleared
               out
               of
               their
               Jurisdiction
               .
            
             And
             for
             another
             Instance
             ,
             ●once
             was
             present
             ,
             when
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             of
             Salem
             came
             to
             one
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Rulers
             ,
             for
             a
             Warrant
             to
             search
             for
             one
             hundred
             Pounds
             worth
             of
             Silks
             and
             other
             rich
             Goods
             stole
             out
             of
             his
             shop
             the
             night
             before
             ,
             to
             whom
             this
             Ruler
             answered
             ,
             
               He
               would
               grant
               him
               no
               Warrant
               ,
               but
               would
               complain
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               any
               man
               that
               did
               grant
               him
               a
               Warrant
               to
               search
               for
               his
               Goods
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               in
               my
               hearing
               said
               to
               him
               ,
               If
               a
               man
               knock
               you
               on
               the
               head
               ,
               or
               hang
               you
               ▪
               the
               recompence
               is
               in
               your
               own
               hands
               ;
               for
               you
               are
               not
               to
               be
               protected
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               this
               Government
               .
            
             This
             was
             the
             Justice
             of
             this
             great
             Ruler
             and
             Church
             Member
             ,
             free
             of
             their
             Body
             Politick
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             themselves
             ,
             whose
             Laws
             allow
             that
             Apparel
             to
             themselves
             which
             to
             others
             they
             impute
             the
             wearing
             of
             ,
             to
             be
             
               one
               of
               the
               provoking
               Evils
            
             ;
             for
             which
             Offence
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             the
             Offender
             (
             by
             their
             Law
             )
             must
             be
             equally
             rated
             with
             such
             to
             whom
             the
             Law
             allows
             the
             said
             Apparel
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             pay
             40
             s.
             a
             time
             ,
             as
             the
             Offences
             multiply
             ;
             and
             if
             not
             able
             to
             pay
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             punished
             .
             
               
                 Pride
                 ,
                 Oppression
                 and
                 Covetousness
                 abound
                 ,
              
               
                 All
                 which
                 by
                 Priests
                 and
                 Rulers
                 Law
                 is
                 found
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             New-England
             Persecutors
             Laws
             against
             provoking
             Evils
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             there
             is
             much
             Prophaneness
             amongst
             us
             ,
             in
             Persons
             turning
             their
             backs
             upon
             the
             publick
             Worship
             before
             it
             be
             finished
             ,
             and
             the
             blessing
             pronounced
             ,
             It
             is
             Ordered
             by
             this
             Court
             ,
             That
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             
             or
             select
             men
             ,
             shall
             take
             care
             to
             prevent
             such
             Disorders
             ,
             by
             appointing
             Persons
             to
             shut
             the
             Meeting-house
             Doors
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             meet
             way
             to
             attain
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             The
             time
             was
             now
             near
             at
             hand
             in
             which
             all
             their
             wicked
             Works
             against
             Dissenters
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             on
             other
             accounts
             ,
             came
             to
             be
             throughly
             looked
             into
             by
             the
             King
             and
             Powers
             in
             England
             ,
             who
             found
             their
             Unrighteousness
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             before
             related
             ,
             their
             building
             began
             a
             pace
             to
             be
             overthrown
             ,
             which
             People
             perceiving
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             Priests
             Hearers
             began
             to
             give
             little
             heed
             or
             regard
             to
             their
             Idol
             Worship
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             had
             been
             so
             long
             kept
             for
             divers
             years
             ,
             meerly
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             unrighteous
             Laws
             ;
             and
             now
             at
             this
             time
             finding
             the
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             strength
             to
             confide
             in
             little
             more
             besides
             the
             Meeting-house
             Doors
             ,
             in
             a
             little
             time
             after
             they
             had
             been
             in
             Meeting
             ,
             were
             willing
             to
             depart
             ,
             without
             hearing
             any
             more
             of
             the
             Priests
             long
             winded
             Railing
             against
             the
             
               Baptists
               ,
               Quakers
            
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Dissenters
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             many
             Persons
             turning
             their
             backs
             upon
             the
             Worship
             before
             it
             was
             finished
             ,
             and
             the
             Money-blessing
             pronounced
             ,
             the
             Priests
             Money
             Box
             ,
             always
             when
             done
             ,
             held
             out
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Church
             Officers
             ,
             would
             fall
             much
             short
             of
             the
             Priests
             pay
             for
             his
             Sermon
             ,
             to
             what
             it
             use
             to
             do
             ,
             when
             their
             cruel
             Laws
             were
             in
             more
             force
             than
             at
             this
             time
             ;
             but
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             Meeting-house
             Doars
             ,
             did
             at
             length
             also
             fail
             ;
             yet
             at
             times
             ,
             as
             the
             evil
             Spirit
             moved
             in
             them
             ,
             they
             must
             run
             whom
             the
             Devil
             permits
             to
             drive
             into
             such
             Unrighteousness
             ,
             would
             be
             afflicting
             one
             Dissenter
             or
             another
             ,
             especially
             by
             Fines
             ,
             which
             by
             Cart
             loads
             of
             Corn
             I
             have
             then
             seen
             the
             Priests
             drudges
             fetch
             from
             the
             People
             called
             Baptists
             ,
             as
             also
             Goods
             and
             Cattle
             from
             others
             .
             
               
                 It
                 was
                 Prophaneness
                 ,
                 as
                 these
                 Persecutors
                 say
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 find
                 the
                 Cause
                 ,
                 the
                 Priests
                 did
                 want
                 more
                 pay
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Old
             Charter
             Magistrates
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             with
             an
             Instance
             of
             their
             Deceit
             and
             Cheat
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             at
             their
             General
             High-Court
             of
             Injustice
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             An
             eminent
             Merchant
             in
             Boston
             ,
             who
             is
             said
             to
             have
             erected
             the
             Town-House
             at
             his
             own
             charge
             ,
             besides
             several
             other
             considerable
             Gifts
             to
             publick
             Uses
             ,
             he
             kept
             an
             honest
             sober
             young
             Man
             to
             sell
             his
             Merchandize
             ,
             and
             its
             like
             somewhat
             differing
             in
             Judgment
             from
             their
             Priests
             way
             of
             Worship
             ;
             he
             through
             a
             mistake
             sold
             a
             Bridle
             for
             something
             more
             than
             was
             allowed
             by
             these
             Rulers
             for
             men
             to
             advance
             on
             the
             Shilling
             ;
             and
             being
             complained
             of
             was
             fined
             a
             great
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             besides
             was
             ordered
             to
             stand
             one
             hour
             in
             a
             publick
             Place
             with
             the
             Bridle
             in
             his
             Chaps
             ;
             and
             the
             Fine
             was
             divided
             amongst
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             as
             one
             of
             them
             testified
             ,
             who
             being
             out
             of
             Court
             at
             the
             time
             when
             the
             Division
             was
             made
             ,
             was
             by
             his
             Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             defrauded
             of
             his
             share
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             offended
             at
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             he
             openly
             complained
             of
             the
             Wrong
             he
             had
             received
             by
             his
             Brethren
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             You
             may
             perceive
             ,
             that
             these
             Old
             Charter-men
             had
             strange
             kind
             of
             Laws
             ,
             whereby
             to
             enrich
             themselves
             and
             impoverish
             others
             ,
             as
             is
             already
             proved
             by
             their
             aforesaid
             unrighteous
             Laws
             ,
             so
             also
             by
             this
             it
             appears
             to
             agree
             with
             the
             same
             .
             That
             no
             Merchant
             must
             advance
             more
             than
             4
             d.
             profit
             in
             the
             Shilling
             ,
             for
             Goods
             from
             England
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             which
             Law
             their
             Cloathing
             and
             Necessaries
             were
             to
             them
             ,
             &
             all
             of
             their
             way
             ,
             at
             a
             cheap
             rate
             ;
             for
             themselves
             were
             only
             Merchants
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             their
             Priests
             Merchants
             of
             that
             which
             they
             call
             their
             Gospel
             ;
             which
             Law
             is
             their
             Wills
             ,
             and
             their
             
             Gospel
             other
             mens
             Lines
             made
             ready
             to
             their
             hands
             ;
             but
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             are
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             believe
             ,
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             to
             Salvation
             .
             
               
                 By
                 Religion
                 ,
                 with
                 Deceit
                 ,
              
               
                 Makes
                 Hypocrites
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Cheat.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             brief
             Account
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Three
             Hundred
             and
             Nine
             Persons
             that
             suffered
             Persecution
             under
             the
             Anti-christian
             Power
             of
             the
             New-England
             Church
             ,
             besides
             those
             four
             Servants
             of
             the
             Lord
             cruelly-Murthered
             by
             a
             Law
             made
             at
             the
             Rulers
             and
             Priests
             high
             Court
             of
             Injustice
             against
             Dissenters
             found
             within
             their
             Jurisdiction
             belonging
             to
             Boston
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               NIcholas
               Vpshall
            
             ,
             an
             old
             Man
             full
             of
             Years
             ,
             seeing
             their
             Cruelty
             to
             the
             harmless
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             condemned
             some
             of
             them
             to
             dye
             ,
             both
             he
             and
             elder
             Wisewell
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             Deacon
             Wisewell
             ,
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             Boston
             ,
             bore
             their
             Testimonies
             in
             publick
             against
             their
             Brethrens
             horrid
             Cruelty
             to
             the
             said
             Quakers
             .
             And
             the
             said
             Vpshall
             declared
             ,
             
               That
               he
               did
               look
               at
               it
               as
               a
               sad
               fore-runner
               of
               some
               heavy
               Judgment
               to
               follow
               upon
               the
               Country
            
             ;
             Which
             they
             took
             so
             ill
             at
             his
             hands
             ,
             that
             they
             fined
             him
             Twenty
             Pounds
             ,
             and
             three
             Pound
             more
             at
             another
             of
             their
             Courts
             ,
             for
             not
             coming
             to
             their
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             abate
             him
             one
             Grote
             ,
             but
             imprisoned
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             banished
             him
             on
             pain
             of
             Death
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             in
             a
             time
             of
             such
             extream
             bitter
             Weather
             for
             Frost
             ,
             Snow
             and
             Cold
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             the
             
               Heathen
               Indians
            
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             Woods
             taken
             compassion
             on
             his
             Misery
             ,
             for
             the
             winter
             Season
             ,
             he
             in
             all
             likelihood
             had
             perished
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             then
             in
             Boston
             a
             good
             Estate
             in
             Houses
             and
             Land
             ,
             Goods
             and
             Money
             ,
             as
             also
             Wife
             and
             
             Children
             ,
             but
             not
             suffered
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             nor
             he
             to
             them
             but
             more
             of
             his
             Sufferings
             are
             at
             large
             related
             in
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             Quakers
             Suffering
             Persecution
             under
             the
             Anti-christian
             Power
             of
             the
             New-England
             Church
             ,
             and
             so
             proved
             to
             be
             by
             their
             fore-going
             Laws
             .
             And
             more
             of
             their
             Cruelty
             will
             here
             follow
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             I
             shall
             mention
             is
             
               Anne
               Burden
            
             ,
             whose
             Husband
             being
             dead
             ,
             and
             having
             left
             Money
             due
             to
             him
             from
             several
             in
             New-England
             ,
             his
             said
             Widdow
             came
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             to
             get
             in
             the
             said
             Debts
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             her self
             and
             Children
             .
             Now
             th●se
             Persecutors
             had
             nothing
             to
             charge
             her
             with
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             was
             a
             plain
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             ,
             and
             coming
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             she
             must
             abide
             the
             Penalty
             of
             their
             Law
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             executed
             upon
             her
             ,
             and
             then
             sent
             her
             away
             without
             getting
             in
             her
             just
             Debts
             ,
             for
             which
             she
             came
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             .
             Which
             was
             one
             of
             their
             inventions
             to
             pay
             Debts
             to
             Dissenters
             with
             ,
             especially
             the
             Quakers
             .
          
           
             
               Christopher
               Holder
            
             and
             
               John
               Copeland
            
             ,
             men
             of
             good
             Estates
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             Life
             amongst
             men
             ,
             for
             being
             of
             those
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             coming
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             declaring
             the
             Truth
             ,
             were
             cruelly
             whipt
             with
             their
             old
             wonted
             Whip
             of
             three
             fold
             Cords
             ,
             each
             being
             well
             knotted
             ,
             fit
             for
             their
             Church
             work
             ,
             where-with
             their
             Member
             Whipper
             gave
             each
             of
             these
             men
             Thirty
             Stripes
             a
             piece
             ,
             which
             were
             so
             cruelly
             laid
             on
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             torn
             flesh
             and
             bloody
             backs
             ,
             a
             tender-hearted
             Person
             fell
             down
             dead
             ;
             after
             they
             had
             been
             thus
             whipt
             ,
             they
             were
             put
             into
             Bridewell
             ,
             and
             there
             kept
             for
             three
             days
             without
             Bread
             or
             Water
             ;
             and
             with
             their
             wounded
             backs
             were
             forced
             to
             lie
             on
             the
             Boards
             without
             Bed
             or
             Straw
             ;
             and
             for
             Nine
             VVeeks
             were
             kept
             close
             Prisoners
             ,
             where
             none
             ,
             except
             the
             Goaler
             (
             that
             devout
             Member
             )
             could
             come
             unto
             them
             .
             After
             which
             ,
             both
             they
             and
             Coll.
             
             Rous's
             Son
             of
             Barbadoes
             had
             their
             Ears
             cut
             by
             the
             Member
             of
             their
             Peace
             ,
             viz.
             the
             common
             Hang-man
             .
             Now
             the
             reason
             why
             
               John
               Rous
            
             escaped
             with
             the
             cutting
             his
             Ears
             only
             ,
             was
             the
             kindness
             they
             had
             for
             him
             ,
             in
             respect
             to
             the
             knowledge
             they
             had
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             his
             being
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             as
             is
             more
             at
             large
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             .
          
           
           
             
               Mary
               Clark
            
             ,
             a
             Merchants
             VVife
             in
             London
             ,
             who
             for
             being
             called
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             coming
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             must
             undergo
             their
             Law
             ,
             though
             a
             Mother
             of
             Children
             and
             tender
             of
             Body
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             had
             no
             regard
             but
             after
             their
             manner
             imprisoned
             her
             for
             twelve
             VVeeks
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             Church
             VVhip
             ,
             fitted
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             for
             their
             Priests
             work
             ,
             gave
             her
             weak
             tender
             Body
             twenty
             cruel
             Stripes
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             more
             harder
             laid
             on
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             Hirelings
             saying
             ,
             The
             Quakers
             
               did
               not
               flinch
               for
               their
               being
               so
               whipt
               ,
               because
               the
               Devil
               was
               got
               between
               the
               skin
               and
               the
               flesh
               ,
               or
               the
               flesh
               and
               the
               Bone
            
             ;
             but
             more
             of
             this
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             ,
             under
             the
             Anti-christian
             Power
             of
             New-England's
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             .
          
           
             
               Lawrence
               Southwick
            
             and
             his
             VVife
             ,
             an
             antient
             grave
             couple
             ,
             either
             one
             or
             both
             of
             them
             being
             Members
             of
             their
             Church
             in
             Salem
             ,
             who
             in
             good
             Nature
             differed
             from
             most
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Church
             ,
             for
             their
             entertaining
             some
             strangers
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             were
             fined
             ,
             and
             their
             Goods
             taken
             away
             ;
             besides
             ,
             their
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             were
             great
             Sufferers
             ,
             by
             long
             Imprisonment
             and
             cruel
             VVhipping
             ,
             as
             also
             ,
             they
             had
             their
             Goods
             taken
             away
             by
             the
             Priests
             Drudge●
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             said
             Southwicks
             Children
             were
             ordered
             to
             be
             sold
             for
             Bond-slaves
             ;
             and
             he
             and
             his
             VVife
             ,
             and
             Son
             Josiah
             ,
             either
             the
             one
             or
             all
             three
             of
             them
             were
             banished
             the
             Jurisdiction
             upon
             pain
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             
               Horred
               Gardner
            
             ,
             a
             Mother
             of
             many
             Children
             ,
             &
             a
             young
             VVoman
             with
             her
             ,
             having
             a
             young
             Infant
             at
             the
             Breast
             ,
             both
             which
             VVomen
             were
             imprisoned
             and
             cruelly
             whipt
             ,
             with
             more
             of
             the
             like
             Cruelty
             ,
             as
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Dowdney
            
             ,
             An
             honest
             harmless
             Man
             ,
             tho●
             after
             the
             Romish
             Invention
             ,
             was
             commi●ted
             to
             Prison
             and
             whipt
             ,
             after
             their
             usual
             manner
             ,
             with
             thirty
             Stripes
             ,
             with
             which
             his
             flesh
             was
             so
             torn
             and
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             that
             many
             People
             lamented
             at
             the
             sight
             thereof
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             innocent
             man
             as
             he
             was
             should
             be
             so
             horribly
             abused
             ,
             as
             in
             said
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             is
             more
             at
             large
             to
             be
             seen
             .
          
           
           
             
               Sarah
               Gibbins
            
             and
             
               Dorothy
               Waugh
            
             ,
             two
             young
             VVomen
             ,
             for
             being
             of
             those
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             coming
             into
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             had
             for
             their
             entertainment
             in
             Boston
             ,
             the
             flesh
             of
             their
             backs
             beaten
             to
             pieces
             by
             their
             Priests
             chief
             VVorkman
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Executioner
             of
             their
             Law
             at
             their
             Gallows
             ,
             and
             when
             so
             whipt
             was
             by
             another
             Member
             of
             their
             Churches
             Peace
             ,
             viz.
             their
             Goaler
             ,
             shut
             up
             in
             a
             close
             Room
             ,
             where
             none
             was
             suffered
             to
             come
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             there
             kept
             three
             days
             together
             without
             all
             manner
             of
             Food
             .
             And
             at
             another
             time
             kept
             them
             eight
             days
             without
             all
             manner
             of
             Provision
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             the
             Lord
             preserved
             them
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             beyond
             what
             men
             of
             themselves
             are
             able
             to
             do
             ,
             they
             had
             perished
             under
             the
             Cruelty
             of
             the
             
               New-England
               Church
            
             ;
             their
             said
             Sufferings
             are
             more
             at
             large
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Shattock
            
             ,
             an
             Inhabitant
             in
             Boston
             ,
             for
             being
             one
             first
             day
             found
             in
             his
             House
             alone
             ,
             was
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Priests
             drudges
             carried
             to
             their
             House
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             for
             entertaining
             of
             Strangers
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             being
             kept
             there
             with
             the
             like
             whipping
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             Priests
             crew
             endeavoured
             to
             perswade
             his
             Wife
             wholly
             to
             leave
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             would
             place
             out
             his
             Children
             to
             Masters
             of
             Families
             ,
             that
             tended
             their
             Meetings
             ,
             whose
             suffering
             is
             more
             at
             large
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             said
             Book
             of
             Sufferings
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Harris
            
             ,
             for
             declaring
             against
             Pride
             and
             Oppression
             (
             which
             the
             guilty
             proud
             Oppressors
             itching
             Ears
             could
             not
             endure
             to
             hear
             )
             was
             committed
             to
             their
             House
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             where
             the
             Goaler
             (
             that
             devout
             Member
             of
             their
             Church
             shut
             him
             up
             ,
             and
             kept
             him
             eleven
             days
             ,
             five
             of
             which
             he
             kept
             him
             without
             Bread
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             had
             before
             been
             cruelly
             whipt
             ,
             yet
             this
             merciless
             Wretch
             gave
             his
             Weak
             bruised
             Body
             Twenty
             blows
             with
             a
             pitched
             Rope
             ,
             whose
             sufferings
             are
             more
             at
             large
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Quakers
             book
             of
             sufferings
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             Several
             Innocent
             Women
             called
             Quakers
             ,
             had
             their
             Bodies
             searched
             for
             Witches
             ,
             which
             work
             was
             done
             by
             the
             old
             Member
             
             women
             ,
             with
             such
             cruelty
             to
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Women
             said
             ,
             she
             did
             not
             the
             like
             trouble
             undergo
             in
             bearing
             and
             bringing
             forth
             five
             Children
             ,
             besides
             what
             more
             they
             suffered
             under
             the
             power
             of
             those
             who
             were
             as
             free
             to
             run
             as
             the
             Devil
             was
             to
             drive
             them
             to
             perform
             his
             lust
             in
             the
             doing
             the
             aforesaid
             Anti-christian
             work
             ,
             of
             which
             more
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Books
             of
             the
             Quakers
             suffering
             under
             the
             Anti-christian
             power
             of
             New-Englands
             Churches
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Brend
            
             ,
             for
             coming
             into
             Bostons
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             aforesaid
             work
             of
             Anti-christ
             was
             acted
             and
             done
             ,
             and
             for
             being
             one
             of
             them
             called
             a
             Quaker
             ,
             and
             declaring
             the
             Truth
             ,
             was
             cruelly
             whipt
             ,
             and
             shut
             up
             into
             close
             Prison
             ,
             where
             the
             Goaler
             and
             devout
             Member
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             lockt
             his
             Neck
             and
             Heels
             together
             ,
             so
             close
             that
             there
             was
             only
             room
             for
             the
             Lock
             to
             go
             between
             ,
             in
             which
             manner
             he
             kept
             him
             sixteen
             hours
             ,
             and
             then
             gave
             his
             weak
             bruised
             Body
             
               One
               Hundred
               and
               Seventeen
               Blows
            
             with
             a
             pitched
             Rope
             ;
             having
             thus
             beaten
             him
             for
             dead
             ,
             an
             out
             cry
             was
             among
             the
             People
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Goaler
               had
               killed
               a
               man
            
             ;
             which
             to
             appease
             the
             People
             ,
             bills
             were
             set
             upon
             the
             Prison
             doors
             ,
             and
             else
             where
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Goaler
               should
               be
               dealt
               with
            
             ;
             but
             said
             Brends
             coming
             to
             life
             again
             (
             though
             the
             Doctors
             said
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             admitable
             if
             he
             did
             recover
             ,
             for
             his
             flesh
             was
             beaten
             into
             a
             meer
             Gelly
             of
             Blood
             ,
             however
             ,
             as
             God
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             recover
             again
             ,
             then
             to
             prevent
             the
             Goalers
             being
             punished
             for
             this
             his
             great
             peice
             of
             Wickedness
             to
             said
             
               Brend
               ,
               John
               Horton
            
             their
             chief
             high
             Priest
             said
             ,
             if
             William
             Brend
             
               will
               endeavour
               to
               beat
               our
               Gospel
               Ordinances
               black
               and
               blew
               ,
               it
               was
               just
               upon
               him
               if
               he
               was
               beaten
               black
               and
               blue
            
             ;
             and
             withall
             in
             said
             Book
             ,
             that
             his
             counsel
             was
             to
             his
             Church
             ▪
             Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             
               To
               put
               off
               the
               Bear
               skin
               ,
               and
               put
               on
               the
               Fox
               Skin
            
             ;
             which
             indeed
             is
             ●●●eling
             Priest
             like
             ,
             the
             more
             to
             deceive
             poor
             ignorant
             .
             People
             ,
             of
             whom
             God
             hath
             opened
             the
             Eyes
             of
             many
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             see
             hirelings
             deceit
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Robinson
            
             a
             Merchant
             ,
             
               Ma●maduke
               Stevinson
            
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Leddra
            
             ,
             as
             Informed
             the
             one
             a
             clothe●
             the
             other
             a
             husband
             man
             ▪
             and
             Mary
             Dier
             wife
             to
             Mr
             Dier
             of
             Rode
             Island
             ,
             all
             which
             four
             were
             
             ●eat
             sufferers
             In
             Bostons
             Jurisdiction
             under
             the
             cruel
             bloody
             hands
             of
             the
             Church
             Members
             ,
             before
             they
             drove
             them
             with
             great
             number
             of
             their
             Priests
             club
             man
             to
             their
             bloody
             alter
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             by
             the
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             with
             their
             con●enting
             Members
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             were
             intended
             to
             be
             she●●●leed
             an
             offering
             to
             their
             Anger
             and
             Revenge
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Kings
             Letter
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             stopt
             their
             bloody
             hands
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Priests
             drudges
             ,
             with
             their
             m●ny
             Swords
             ,
             Staves
             ,
             Guns
             and
             Drums
             to
             drown
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Lords
             Servants
             from
             being
             heard
             among
             the
             People
             ,
             had
             drove
             them
             to
             their
             Bloody
             Altar
             ,
             where
             they
             chearfully
             delivered
             up
             their
             Lives
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             God
             and
             Testimony
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             the
             beholders
             Admiration
             ,
             and
             great
             rage
             of
             their
             Persecutors
             ;
             when
             they
             were
             executed
             they
             cut
             down
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             letting
             them
             fall
             ,
             to
             the
             breaking
             the
             Skulls
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             ripped
             off
             their
             Shirts
             ,
             dragging
             their
             naked
             Bodies
             either
             by
             the
             heels
             ,
             or
             with
             a
             Rope
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             dragged
             them
             ,
             gnashed
             their
             Teeth
             with
             meer
             Madness
             ,
             as
             they
             went
             on
             with
             their
             work
             of
             dragging
             their
             Bodies
             to
             a
             filthy
             stinking
             Pit
             ,
             into
             which
             they
             threw
             some
             of
             their
             naked
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             never
             would
             grant
             their
             Freinds
             liberty
             to
             secure
             their
             bodies
             from
             Ravenous
             Creatures
             ,
             by
             putting
             about
             the
             place
             any
             manner
             of
             fence
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             Seeing
             the
             Wickedness
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             to
             be
             great
             ,
             and
             their
             Lyes
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             many
             ,
             I
             shall
             here
             give
             one
             instance
             of
             the
             many
             which
             might
             be
             produced
             to
             prove
             them
             lyars
             that
             ●ay
             The
             Quakers
             
               might
               have
               had
               their
               liberty
               to
               have
               been
               gone
               ,
               but
               would
               not
               accept
               it
               ,
               therefore
               say
               such
            
             Lyers
             ,
             
               they
               were
               accassary
               to
               their
               own
               Death
               .
            
             But
             to
             prove
             the
             contrary
             here
             is
             the
             copy
             of
             a
             Merchants
             letter
             in
             print
             ,
             who
             was
             no
             Quaker
             but
             an
             eye
             and
             ear
             witness
             to
             what
             follows
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               
                 
                   Boston
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     26th
                     of
                     March
                     ,
                     1661.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   ON
                   the
                   14th
                   of
                   this
                   Instant
                   here
                   was
                   one
                   
                     William
                     Leddra
                  
                   put
                   to
                   Death
                   ▪
                   The
                   People
                   of
                   the
                   Town
                   
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   he
                   might
                   go
                   away
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   ;
                   but
                   when
                   I
                   made
                   further
                   enquiry
                   ,
                   I
                   heard
                   the
                   Marshall
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   chained
                   in
                   Prison
                   from
                   the
                   time
                   he
                   was
                   condemned
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   day
                   of
                   Execution
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   of
                   his
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   but
                   yet
                   truly
                   me
                   thought
                   the
                   Lord
                   did
                   mightily
                   appear
                   in
                   the
                   Man.
                   I
                   goes
                   to
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Magistrates
                   of
                   Cambridge
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   been
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   that
                   condemned
                   him
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   himself
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   asked
                   him
                   by
                   what
                   Rule
                   he
                   did
                   it
                   ?
                   he
                   answerd
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     he
                     was
                     a
                     Rogue
                     ,
                     a
                     very
                     Rogue
                     .
                  
                   But
                   what
                   is
                   this
                   to
                   the
                   Question
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ?
                   Where
                   is
                   your
                   Rule
                   ?
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     He
                     had
                     abused
                     Authority
                  
                   .
                   Then
                   I
                   goes
                   to
                   the
                   man
                   and
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   Whether
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   look
                   on
                   it
                   as
                   a
                   breach
                   of
                   Rule
                   ,
                   to
                   slight
                   and
                   undervalue
                   Authority
                   ?
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   That
                   Paul
                   gave
                   Festus
                   the
                   Title
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                   though
                   he
                   were
                   a
                   Heathen
                   ;
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   say
                   ,
                   those
                   Magistrates
                   are
                   Heathens
                   .
                   I
                   saw
                   then
                   when
                   the
                   Man
                   was
                   on
                   the
                   Ladder
                   ,
                   he
                   looked
                   on
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   called
                   me
                   Friend
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Know
                     ,
                     that
                     this
                     day
                     I
                     am
                     willing
                     to
                     offer
                     up
                     my
                     Life
                     for
                     the
                     Witness
                     of
                     Jesus
                     .
                  
                   Then
                   I
                   desired
                   leave
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Officers
                   to
                   speak
                   ;
                   I
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     am
                     a
                     stranger
                     both
                     to
                     your
                     Persons
                     and
                     Country
                     ,
                     and
                     yet
                     a
                     Friend
                     to
                     both
                  
                   (
                   and
                   I
                   cryed
                   aloud
                   )
                   
                     for
                     the
                     Lords
                     sake
                     take
                     not
                     away
                     the
                     mans
                     Life
                     :
                  
                   I
                   said
                   ,
                   Remember
                   Gamaliels
                   
                     counsel
                     to
                     the
                  
                   Jews
                   ,
                   
                     If
                     this
                     be
                     of
                     God
                     it
                     will
                     stand
                     ,
                     if
                     not
                     ,
                     it
                     will
                     come
                     to
                     Nothing
                     ;
                     but
                     be
                     care●ul
                     you
                     be
                     not
                     found
                     fighters
                     against
                     God.
                  
                   And
                   the
                   Captain
                   said
                   ,
                   Why
                   had
                   not
                   you
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Prison
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   reason
                   was
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   heard
                   the
                   Man
                   might
                   go
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   called
                   him
                   down
                   from
                   the
                   Tree
                   ,
                   Come
                   down
                   William
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   go
                   away
                   if
                   you
                   will.
                   Then
                   Capt.
                   Oliver
                   said
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   
                   no
                   such
                   matter
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   me
                   ,
                   what
                   I
                   had
                   to
                   do
                   with
                   it
                   ▪
                   and
                   besides
                   ,
                   told
                   me
                   to
                   be
                   gone
                   .
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   willing
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   cannot
                   endure
                   to
                   see
                   this
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Town
                   ,
                   some
                   did
                   seem
                   to
                   simpathize
                   my
                   Grief
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   had
                   no
                   Warrant
                   from
                   the
                   Word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   not
                   President
                   from
                   our
                   Country
                   ,
                   nor
                   Power
                   from
                   his
                   Majesty
                   to
                   hang
                   the
                   man.
                   I
                   rest
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Your
                     Friend
                     ,
                     
                       THOMAS
                       WILKY
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Samuell
               Shattock
               ,
               Joshua
               Bufsum
               ,
               John
               Small
               ,
               John
               Barton
               ,
               John
               Smith
               ,
               Edward
               Wharton
               ,
               Samuell
               Gaskill
               ,
               Danell
               Southwick
               ,
            
             his
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             Sisters
             and
             Brother
             ,
             and
             
               John
               Kitchin
            
             and
             his
             Wife
             ,
             with
             others
             in
             Salem
             ,
             were
             great
             Sufferers
             by
             these
             Persecutors
             ,
             both
             by
             long
             Imprisonment
             ,
             cruel
             Whipping
             ,
             loss
             of
             abundance
             of
             Goods
             &
             Cattle
             ,
             besides
             Land
             of
             
               John
               Smiths
            
             ,
             and
             several
             banished
             upon
             pain
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             them
             ordered
             to
             be
             sold
             for
             Bond-slaves
             ;
             all
             these
             were
             of
             Salem
             ,
             and
             more
             of
             the
             same
             Town
             suffered
             much
             .
          
           
             Obs
             .
             By
             the
             fore
             going
             Lines
             the
             Reader
             may
             perceive
             how
             they
             have
             Persecuted
             all
             persons
             differing
             in
             Judgment
             from
             the
             way
             of
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             I
             shall
             here
             Instance
             a
             little
             relating
             to
             what
             them
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             suffered
             ;
             by
             which
             the
             Reader
             may
             the
             better
             understand
             their
             bold
             attempts
             ,
             who
             neither
             fear
             God
             nor
             regard
             King
             or
             Bishops
             .
             First
             ,
             you
             note
             the
             manner
             of
             settleing
             their
             Courts
             ,
             viz.
             the
             manner
             was
             and
             yet
             is
             ,
             at
             the
             opening
             of
             their
             Courts
             to
             have
             some
             one
             or
             more
             of
             their
             Priests
             to
             pray
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             tedious
             long
             insiped
             Graces
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             them
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             Meals
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             consult
             what
             Penalties
             and
             Sufferings
             were
             most
             fit
             to
             ●e
             inflicted
             on
             Offenders
             against
             their
             Arbitrary
             and
             unjust
             Law
             ,
             and
             especially
             against
             any
             that
             were
             found
             to
             dissent
             from
             their
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             in
             which
             cast
             the
             Priests
             Advice
             would
             commonly
             be
             ,
             to
             lay
             on
             load
             enough
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Advice
             was
             believed
             to
             be
             sanctified
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             but
             understand
             they
             drank
             the
             Wine
             of
             the
             condemned
             ,
             so
             expresly
             charged
             as
             a
             sin
             on
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             Rulers
             and
             Priests
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             of
             no
             small
             provocation
             to
             the
             holy
             One
             of
             ●srael
             ,
             though
             the
             matter
             in
             Controversy
             relating
             to
             such
             as
             dissented
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             was
             no
             matter
             of
             Offence
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             nor
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             they
             minded
             not
             ,
             but
             would
             proceed
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             own
             wills
             without
             respect
             to
             any
             ,
             no
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             of
             which
             many
             suffered
             under
             the
             New-England
             Church
             ,
             which
             pretended
             to
             make
             no
             seperation
             in
             point
             of
             Faith
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             witness
             that
             Letter
             of
             their
             fore
             fathers
             and
             Leaders
             into
             this
             Land
             ,
             from
             on
             board
             the
             Arrabella
             ,
             to
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Fathers
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             calling
             them
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             begging
             their
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             as
             who
             would
             know
             more
             of
             it
             ,
             let
             them
             see
             it
             in
             a
             little
             book
             printed
             at
             Boston
             by
             
               Joshua
               Scottaway
            
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1693.
             remarkable
             in
             that
             it
             is
             set
             forth
             by
             a
             Member
             of
             their
             own
             Communion
             ;
             but
             how
             well
             they
             carried
             it
             to
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             its
             Sons
             ,
             these
             few
             of
             the
             many
             Instances
             which
             might
             be
             produced
             ,
             may
             sufficently
             evidence
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             spared
             not
             any
             found
             to
             dissent
             from
             their
             Priests
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             as
             for
             Instance
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Childs
               ,
               Samuel
               Maverick
            
             and
             other
             Merchants
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             have
             before
             hinted
             ,
             were
             of
             the
             way
             of
             worship
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             Persecuto●●
             cruel
             Laws
             ,
             were
             not
             suffered
             to
             have
             the
             least
             benefit
             of
             or
             by
             th●t
             Worship
             ;
             and
             being
             wholly
             denyed
             of
             their
             priviledge
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             they
             were
             found
             to
             Petition
             to
             England
             ,
             for
             the
             maintaining
             their
             Right
             in
             Boston
             ,
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             this
             was
             known
             to
             these
             Persecutors
             ,
             they
             impeacht
             the
             aforesaid
             Persons
             of
             High
             Rebellion
             ,
             for
             attempting
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             forth-with
             imprisoned
             them
             ,
             and
             fined
             each
             of
             them
             three
             hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             the
             wh●ch
             Money
             was
             the
             means
             of
             their
             escaping
             the
             New-England
             Church
             Members
             Ga●lows
             ,
             wh●ch
             was
             not
             only
             ,
             for
             Murderers
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             th●se
             that
             dissented
             from
             their
             Priests
             Worship
             ,
             and
             were
             found
             to
             Petition
             to
             England
             for
             freedom
             and
             liberty
             of
             the
             
               English
               Churches
            
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             as
             of
             
             the
             like
             Nature
             more
             will
             appear
             against
             these
             Persecutors
             by
             what
             follows
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             next
             was
             their
             aim
             to
             punish
             Mr.
             Jordan
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Preacher
             according
             to
             the
             way
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
            
             ,
             but
             he
             living
             in
             
               Ferdinando
               Georges
            
             Patent
             ,
             they
             were
             fain
             to
             use
             much
             of
             their
             deceit
             to
             get
             him
             to
             Boston
             ,
             which
             by
             deceit
             was
             at
             last
             on
             this
             wise
             performed
             ,
             by
             one
             of
             their
             Brethren
             in
             Iniquity
             ,
             who
             with
             a
             small
             Vessel
             traded
             in
             the
             place
             where
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Jordan
             preacht
             ,
             he
             pretended
             great
             kindness
             to
             this
             Mr.
             Jordan
             ,
             and
             withal
             invited
             him
             aboard
             his
             Vessel
             to
             feast
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             had
             got
             the
             antient
             Gentleman
             aboard
             ,
             brought
             him
             Prisoner
             to
             Boston
             ,
             and
             there
             delivered
             him
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             these
             persecuting
             Priests
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             who
             ,
             for
             his
             preaching
             and
             baptizing
             according
             to
             the
             way
             of
             the
             
               English
               Church
            
             ,
             they
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             fined
             him
             in
             a
             great
             Sum
             of
             Money
             .
             The
             story
             is
             large
             ,
             and
             would
             swell
             this
             small
             Book
             beyond
             its
             intended
             Bulk
             ,
             to
             relate
             it
             at
             large
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Then
             again
             ,
             about
             the
             Year
             1684.
             when
             their
             Charter
             was
             even
             sick
             at
             heart
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             expire
             ,
             yet
             they
             could
             not
             forbear
             dabbling
             in
             their
             old
             dirty
             puddle
             of
             Persecution
             ;
             for
             at
             that
             time
             a
             Young
             Man
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             ordained
             by
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             to
             preach
             at
             Carolina
             ,
             where
             being
             sickly
             ,
             was
             advised
             to
             remove
             and
             change
             the
             air
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             came
             to
             Boston
             ,
             and
             was
             civilly
             ●ntertained
             by
             some
             
               Old
               England
            
             men
             ;
             and
             after
             some
             time
             recovering
             his
             Health
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             be
             known
             to
             be
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Master
             of
             the
             
               French
               Language
            
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             some
             
               French
               Protestants
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             recommended
             to
             a
             poor
             and
             dark
             Corner
             of
             the
             Province
             ,
             to
             preach
             to
             a
             small
             number
             of
             poor
             People
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             he
             passed
             some
             few
             Moneths
             before
             the
             persecuting
             Priests
             found
             him
             out
             ;
             but
             at
             last
             hearing
             that
             he
             preached
             &
             baptized
             according
             to
             the
             way
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             they
             stir●ed
             up
             the
             Magistrates
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             were
             at
             their
             beck
             ,
             and
             soon
             sent
             a
             Constable
             ,
             who
             beset
             his
             Longing
             ,
             and
             required
             him
             to
             desist
             from
             his
             preaching
             ,
             &c.
             at
             his
             peril
             ;
             but
             he
             knowing
             on
             what
             foot
             he
             
             stood
             ,
             continued
             his
             preaching
             and
             baptizing
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Commission
             from
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             he
             was
             threatned
             with
             Whipping
             ,
             and
             understanding
             that
             the
             Constables
             had
             Warrants
             from
             the
             persecuting
             Magistrates
             to
             seize
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             end
             beset
             his
             Lodging
             ;
             whereupon
             he
             returned
             privately
             to
             Carolina
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Nor
             were
             the
             Affronts
             offered
             to
             
               Robert
               Ratcliffe
            
             ,
             the
             first
             estblished
             Minister
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             in
             Boston
             ,
             to
             be
             passed
             in
             silence
             :
             He
             came
             over
             in
             the
             Year
             1686.
             with
             Authority
             from
             the
             Crown
             of
             Eng●and
             to
             establish
             a
             Church
             in
             Boston
             ;
             this
             mans
             meekness
             and
             Sobriety
             was
             sufficiently
             knwn
             ,
             yet
             were
             his
             Affronts
             man●
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             sought
             to
             weary
             him
             out
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             personal
             Abuses
             and
             publick
             Injuries
             ,
             in
             breaking
             the
             Church
             Windows
             ,
             tea●ing
             the
             service
             book
             ,
             making
             Crosses
             of
             Mans
             Dung
             on
             the
             Doors
             ,
             and
             filling
             the
             Key-holes
             with
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             also
             seized
             his
             Clark
             ,
             and
             compelled
             ▪
             him
             to
             Prison
             in
             a
             Wheel
             barrow
             ,
             of
             which
             nature
             they
             acted
             many
             abuses
             against
             the
             aforesaid
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             no
             Minister
             longer
             being
             able
             to
             endure
             their
             horrid
             Anti-christian
             Abuses
             which
             did
             more
             dayly
             increase
             against
             him
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             was
             necessitated
             (
             after
             about
             four
             years
             stay
             amongst
             them
             )
             to
             leave
             his
             Charge
             ,
             and
             go
             for
             England
             ,
             where
             the
             late
             Queen
             preferred
             him
             to
             a
             living
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             And
             as
             a
             father
             sign
             of
             their
             hatred
             to
             that
             Church
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Revolution
             ,
             they
             Imprisoned
             three
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Members
             thereof
             ,
             without
             any
             charge
             against
             them
             or
             since
             ,
             save
             that
             they
             had
             officiated
             as
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             under
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             ,
             and
             although
             they
             Joyned
             with
             eight
             or
             ten
             more
             of
             their
             own
             Church
             Members
             ,
             who
             sate
             and
             Joyntly
             acted
             with
             them
             in
             the
             same
             County
             ,
             yet
             could
             find
             no
             complaint
             against
             their
             own
             Church
             Members
             ;
             so
             apparently
             partial
             were
             they
             to
             their
             own
             party
             ,
             and
             violent
             to
             others
             ,
             by
             which
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             )
             though
             not
             the
             thousand
             part
             of
             what
             might
             be
             brought
             against
             them
             of
             their
             great
             Wickedness
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             ,
             ye●
             with
             a
             little
             more
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             to
             be
             added
             hereunto
             ,
             
             will
             by
             their
             works
             be
             sufficient
             to
             the
             u●d●rstanding
             of
             every
             true
             Christian
             ,
             That
             the
             
               New-England
               Church
            
             is
             not
             the
             true
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             worship
             him
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             in
             the
             Truth
             ,
             
               viz
               John
            
             4.24
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             mentioned
             some
             of
             the
             abuses
             offered
             to
             some
             Members
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             draw
             Conclusion
             so
             soon
             I
             have
             given
             a
             short
             account
             of
             the
             Tryal
             of
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             of
             Salem
             ,
             about
             his
             Book
             ,
             call'd
             Truth
             held
             forth
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             shall
             begin
             thus
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             ,
             a
             Young
             Man
             about
             twelve
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             came
             from
             England
             to
             the
             Island
             of
             Barbodoes
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             (
             for
             his
             health
             sake
             )
             came
             to
             New-England
             ,
             where
             hearing
             much
             preaching
             and
             loud
             praying
             ;
             he
             began
             to
             think
             with
             himself
             ,
             what
             manner
             of
             People
             are
             these
             ?
             whose
             Streets
             ring
             with
             the
             noise
             of
             Preaching
             and
             P●aying
             ;
             and
             having
             lived
             amongst
             them
             about
             three
             years
             he
             did
             experience
             their
             words
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             works
             to
             have
             no
             good
             hearts
             ;
             at
             the
             end
             of
             which
             time
             he
             removed
             himself
             to
             another
             of
             their
             Towns
             ,
             called
             Salem
             ,
             where
             he
             found
             the
             Church
             Members
             to
             be
             in
             all
             respects
             (
             as
             to
             Religion
             )
             one
             with
             them
             in
             the
             other
             Towns
             of
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             but
             in
             Salem
             he
             found
             a
             People
             of
             few
             words
             and
             good
             works
             ,
             agreable
             thereunto
             ,
             with
             which
             people
             he
             Joyned
             ,
             by
             keeping
             to
             their
             Meetings
             ,
             which
             so
             inraged
             the
             Church
             Members
             ,
             that
             with
             their
             Priests
             ,
             they
             stirred
             up
             the
             Rulers
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             fined
             the
             man
             where
             he
             kept
             fifty
             Pounds
             for
             entertaining
             him
             ;
             after
             which
             for
             his
             keeping
             open
             shop
             upon
             one
             of
             their
             fast
             days
             ,
             and
             speaking
             the
             Truth
             ,
             against
             their
             Priests
             railing
             against
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             they
             five
             times
             imprisond
             him
             ,
             thrice
             took
             away
             his
             goods
             ,
             a●d
             thrice
             cruelly
             whipt
             him
             ,
             besides
             their
             many
             other
             Abuses
             ,
             and
             also
             accusing
             him
             of
             posting
             his
             Books
             on
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             but
             he
             affirming
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             though
             two
             evil
             minded
             persons
             ,
             whereof
             one
             was
             a
             Thief
             ,
             who
             then
             unknown
             had
             stolen
             Goods
             in
             her
             keeping
             ,
             both
             which
             did
             say
             
               he
               posted
               Books
            
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             notwithstanding
             i●
             being
             utterly
             false
             ,
             and
             the
             evidence
             of
             no
             credit
             ,
             
             yet
             recorded
             they
             him
             a
             Lyar
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             spoken
             no
             other
             but
             the
             Truth
             relating
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             shall
             now
             proceed
             to
             the
             sum
             and
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             From
             which
             I
             shall
             now
             proceed
             to
             the
             Sum
             and
             substance
             of
             his
             late
             Trial
             ,
             which
             was
             writ
             by
             a
             hand
             then
             present
             in
             their
             Courts
             ,
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Copy
                 of
                 their
                 Warrant
              
               
                 
                   
                     Province
                     of
                     the
                     Massachusets
                  
                   Bay.
                   
                
              
               
                 TO
                 the
                 Sheriffe
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 his
                 under
                 Sheriffe
                 or
                 Debuty
                 ,
                 greeting
                 .
                 Whereas
                 there
                 is
                 lying
                 before
                 the
                 honourable
                 Lieutenant
                 Governour
                 and
                 Council
                 a
                 printed
                 Pamphlet
                 ,
                 entituled
                 .
                 
                   Truth
                   held
                   forth
                   and
                   maintained
                
                 ,
                 &
                 put
                 forth
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   Thomas
                   Maule
                
                 ,
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 
                   Thomas
                   Maules
                
                 of
                 Salem
                 within
                 your
                 County
                 ,
                 &
                 published
                 without
                 Licence
                 of
                 Authority
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 is
                 contained
                 many
                 notorious
                 and
                 wicked
                 Lyes
                 ,
                 and
                 Slanders
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 upon
                 private
                 Persons
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 upon
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 divers
                 corrupt
                 and
                 pernicious
                 Doctrines
                 utterly
                 subversive
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Christian
                 and
                 professed
                 Faith.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 therefore
                 in
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Name
                 to
                 Will
                 and
                 require
                 you
                 forthwith
                 to
                 make
                 search
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Maule
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 else
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 informed
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Pamphlets
                 are
                 ,
                 or
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 seize
                 and
                 secure
                 all
                 that
                 you
                 shall
                 find
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cause
                 the
                 said
                 
                   Thomas
                   Maule
                
                 to
                 appear
                 before
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 Governour
                 and
                 Council
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Council
                 Chamber
                 in
                 Boston
                 ,
                 upon
                 Thirsday
                 the
                 19th
                 Currant
                 ,
                 to
                 answer
                 what
                 shall
                 be
                 objected
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 on
                 his
                 Majesties
                 behalf
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Premises
                 hereof
                 fail
                 
                 not
                 ,
                 making
                 return
                 of
                 this
                 Warrant
                 with
                 your
                 doings
                 therein
                 .
              
               
                 Dated
                 at
                 the
                 Council
                 Chamber
                 in
                 
                   Boston
                   ,
                   December
                
                 12th
                 ,
                 1695.
                 
                 By
                 Command
                 of
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 Governour
                 &
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Jsaac
                     Addition
                  
                   ,
                   Secretary
                
              
               
                 
                   A
                   true
                   Copy
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     attested
                     by
                     
                       George
                       Curwin
                    
                     ,
                     Sherriff
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 A
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 Return
                 of
                 their
                 Warrant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Salem
                   
                     December
                     14
                     th
                     ,
                     1695.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 ACcording
                 to
                 the
                 within
                 Warrant
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 at
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 
                   Thomas
                   Maule
                
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 have
                 found
                 thirty
                 one
                 of
                 said
                 Pamphlets
                 ,
                 and
                 them
                 secured
                 ,
                 as
                 required
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 seized
                 the
                 said
                 Maule
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 keeper
                 of
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Goal
                 in
                 Salem
                 ,
                 there
                 to
                 be
                 secured
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 his
                 apearance
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 and
                 Place
                 within
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 sent
                 the
                 said
                 
                   Thomas
                   Maule
                
                 by
                 the
                 bearer
                 
                   Jeremiah
                   Neale
                
                 ,
                 to
                 answer
                 as
                 within
                 exprest
                 ,
                 which
                 
                   Jeremiah
                   Neale
                
                 I
                 do
                 constitute
                 and
                 appoint
                 to
                 be
                 my
                 lawful
                 Deputy
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 return
                 of
                 this
                 Warrant
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 said
                 Maule
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 act
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 further
                 ordered
                 relating
                 to
                 me
                 concerning
                 the
                 within
                 Warrant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     George
                     Curwin
                  
                   ,
                   Sherriff
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   true
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Origenal
                   Return
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     attested
                     By
                     
                       Jeremiah
                       Neale
                    
                     ,
                     Sherriff-Deputy
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             being
             brought
             by
             the
             said
             Neale
             ,
             and
             said
             Goaler
             out
             of
             Salem
             County
             ,
             into
             Boston
             County
             ,
             where
             appearing
             at
             the
             Council
             Chamber
             ,
             before
             the
             said
             Governour
             and
             Council
             ,
             who
             put
             divers
             Insnaring
             Questions
             to
             said
             Maule
             .
          
           
             He
             made
             this
             Reply
             ,
             That
             no
             righteous
             Law
             did
             bind
             or
             injoyn
             him
             to
             answer
             further
             then
             he
             saw
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             not
             acted
             agreeable
             to
             Law
             ,
             in
             compelling
             him
             into
             their
             County
             ,
             to
             stand
             tryal
             before
             them
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             case
             were
             not
             his
             equal
             Judges
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             did
             intend
             to
             proceed
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             did
             expect
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Kings
             Laws
             ,
             which
             did
             a●●ow
             his
             Judges
             to
             be
             
               Twelve
               men
            
             of
             his
             Equals
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             same
             County
             he
             was
             of
             .
             The
             which
             being
             consented
             to
             ,
             four
             hundred
             Pounds
             Bond
             was
             given
             for
             his
             appearance
             to
             answer
             them
             at
             their
             High
             Court
             of
             Injustice
             against
             him
             ,
             at
             Ipwswich
             the
             19th
             of
             the
             3d
             Month
             May
             ,
             1696.
             
             But
             before
             said
             Maule
             came
             to
             his
             Tryal
             they
             Imprison●d
             him
             and
             sacrificed
             sixteen
             pounds
             worth
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             a
             burnt
             Offering
             to
             their
             Anger
             and
             Revenge
             ,
             though
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             the
             Jury
             could
             not
             find
             him
             in
             the
             least
             guilty
             of
             any
             evil
             fact
             ,
             relating
             to
             their
             Charge
             about
             his
             Book
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             of
             the
             Courts
             setting
             being
             come
             ,
             said
             Maule
             was
             called
             to
             his
             Tyral
             before
             
               Thomas
               Dan●ord
               ,
               Elisha
               Cook
            
             and
             
               Samuell
               Sewal
            
             ,
             three
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             and
             Judges
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             demanded
             of
             
               Thomas
               Maule
               ,
               If
               he
               did
               own
               that
               Book
               intitul●d
               ,
            
             Truth
             held
             forth
             and
             maintained
             ,
             
               &c.
               to
               be
               of
               his
               putting
               ●orth
               ?
            
          
           
             To
             which
             he
             said
             ,
             The
             outside
             of
             the
             Book
             did
             not
             fully
             manifest
             to
             him
             what
             the
             inside
             thereof
             did
             contain
             .
             The
             Book
             being
             given
             to
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             lookt
             it
             throw
             ,
             return'd
             it
             again
             ,
             with
             this
             answer
             ,
             That
             all
             Printed
             in
             the
             Book
             ,
             he
             did
             own
             to
             be
             Truths
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             vindicate
             &
             maintain
             ,
             excepting
             the
             Printers
             Errors
             ,
             and
             some
             mistakes
             occasioned
             through
             Authors
             ,
             which
             were
             common
             to
             good
             Books
             .
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Danford
             said
             ,
             
               You
               are
               to
               answer
               for
               Printing
               this
               Book
               without
               Liscence
               of
               Authority
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             said
             Maule
             answered
             ,
             
               That
               if
               he
               were
               accountable
               for
               so
               doing
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               Bishops
               of
               the
               Eng●sh
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             the
             King
             did
             allow
             him
             the
             same
             liberty
             to
             have
             his
             
             Book
             printed
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             to
             any
             of
             their
             subjects
             ,
             which
             seperated
             or
             dissented
             from
             their
             way
             of
             Worship
             .
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Cook
             said
             ,
             
               You
               are
               to
               answer
               for
               publishing
               your
               Book
               in
               this
               Government
               without
               the
               Lisence
               of
               the
               present
               Authority
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             said
             Maul
             replyed
             ,
             The
             Gove●nment
             is
             the
             Kings
             ,
             or
             ought
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             the
             Books
             are
             my
             own
             Goods
             ,
             who
             as
             an
             English
             Merchant
             have
             good
             right
             by
             the
             Kings
             Laws
             to
             dispose
             of
             my
             Goods
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Kings
             Plantations
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               Anthony
               Chickley
            
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Attorney
             said
             ,
             
               Your
               Books
               are
               not
               lawful
               goods
               to
               be
               disposed
               of
               amongst
               the
               People
               ,
               because
               they
               contain
               notorious
               wicked
               Lyes
               against
               the
               Churches
               and
               Government
               of
               this
               Province
               ,
               as
               likewise
               false
               Doctrine
               ,
               utterly
               subversive
               to
               the
               true
               Christian
               and
               professed
               Faith
               ,
               besides
               Scandals
               upon
               many
               private
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             said
             Maul
             made
             this
             Reply
             ,
             That
             the
             Charge
             was
             yet
             to
             prove
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             could
             never
             prove
             against
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             long
             as
             there
             was
             no
             evil
             fact
             ,
             he
             was
             no
             Transgressor
             of
             any
             righteous
             Law
             ;
             and
             if
             their
             Cha●ge
             were
             true
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             more
             than
             what
             they
             and
             their
             Priests
             are
             guilt
             ▪
             of
             against
             all
             Persons
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             that
             dissented
             from
             their
             Priests
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             for
             which
             cause
             ,
             and
             persecu●ing
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             to
             death
             ,
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             were
             condemned
             by
             all
             true
             Christian
             People
             that
             did
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             their
             unrighteous
             Works
             ,
             which
             f●●●hese
             many
             years
             have
             caused
             Gods
             Judgments
             to
             come
             upon
             this
             Land
             ;
             and
             for
             not
             repenting
             are
             you
             now
             given
             up
             to
             murder
             one
             an
             ther
             ,
             through
             the
             Devis
             accusation
             ,
             by
             Specter
             Evidence
             ,
             accusing
             both
             Priests
             ,
             Rulers
             and
             People
             of
             being
             Witches
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Cook
             to
             this
             purpose
             said
             ,
             
               You
               are
               a
               horrible
               Lyar
               ,
               and
               it
               wer●
               better
               you
               would
               forbear
               in
               this
               nature
               running
               your self
               into
               further
               Troubl●
               ,
               by
               accusing
               the
               Churches
               and
               Government
               after
               such
               a
               horrible
               wicked
               rate
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               done
               ,
               and
               still
               do
               persist
               in
               ,
               for
               which
               you
               are
               to
               suffer
               ,
               according
               to
               your
               Deserts
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             said
             Maul
             made
             this
             Reply
             ,
             That
             the
             Truth
             by
             him
             to
             them
             was
             spoken
             ,
             and
             so
             lo●g
             as
             he
             did
             not
             ●xceed
             the
             bounds
             thereof
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             fear
             their
             Whip
             ,
             Goal
             or
             Gallows
             ;
             and
             withal
             ,
             
             that
             relating
             to
             this
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             he
             had
             suffered
             ten
             times
             〈◊〉
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             five
             times
             by
             Imprisonment
             ,
             three
             times
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             Goods
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             twice
             by
             cruel
             Whipping
             ;
             and
             now
             before
             this
             Tryal
             they
             had
             both
             imprisonmed
             him
             ,
             and
             burnt
             sixteen
             Pounds
             worth
             of
             his
             Books
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             yet
             not
             given
             him
             any
             Copy
             of
             the
             particulars
             of
             the
             Charge
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             Judge
             Danford
             said
             ,
             
               It
               is
               but
               reason
               that
            
             Thomas
             Maule
             
               should
               have
               a
               Copy
               o●
               what
               we
               have
               to
               charge
               him
               with
               ,
               and
               also
               time
               to
               consider
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               renewing
               of
               his
               Bond
               ,
               he
               may
               have
               till
               next
            
             Salem
             Court.
             Which
             was
             agreed
             to
             .
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Cook
             said
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               have
            
             Thomas
             M●ule
             
               to
               be
               more
               careful
               of
               what
               he
               said
               relating
               to
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               undervalue
               them
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               already
               done
               ,
               by
               comparing
               his
               Book
               with
               the
               Bible
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             Maul
             answered
             ,
             That
             to
             compare
             that
             with
             the
             Bible
             which
             was
             agreeable
             to
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             in
             the
             Bible
             ,
             could
             be
             in
             no
             way
             found
             to
             contradict
             or
             undervalue
             the
             Bible
             .
             And
             as
             to
             Errors
             now
             so
             much
             talkt
             of
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             know
             of
             any
             Book
             that
             was
             free
             ;
             for
             as
             some
             of
             the
             learned
             have
             said
             ,
             Beza
             committed
             eight
             hundred
             Errors
             in
             his
             first
             Translation
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             which
             by
             amending
             through
             his
             second
             Translation
             ,
             left
             three
             hundred
             Errors
             therein
             .
             And
             by
             comparing
             Mat.
             27
             v.
             5.
             w●th
             Acts
             1.18
             .
             proves
             as
             great
             a
             Mistake
             as
             any
             he
             knew
             to
             be
             in
             his
             Book
             ▪
          
           
             Judge
             Cook
             commanded
             this
             Sentence
             to
             be
             writ
             down
             .
          
           
             Then
             said
             Maul
             desired
             it
             might
             be
             writ
             down
             ,
             
               That
               at
               present
               he
               did
               so
               believe
               .
            
             Which
             being
             done
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             if
             through
             his
             now
             so
             believing
             did
             p●ove
             an
             Error
             ,
             he
             did
             hope
             ,
             through
             a
             contrary
             belief
             to
             be
             free
             of
             the
             Error
             before
             his
             next
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Cook
             said
             ,
             
               Then
               your
               belief
               is
               changeable
               ,
               and
               so
               contrary
               to
               the
            
             Quakers
             
               Principle
               of
               Perfection
               ,
               that
               it
               overthrows
               their
               whole
               Religion
               at
               once
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             made
             this
             Reply
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             not
             so
             ,
             because
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             every
             true
             Believers
             warfare
             makes
             a
             change
             from
             worse
             to
             better
             ,
             that
             through
             Grace
             ,
             by
             Faith
             ,
             they
             come
             to
             forsake
             the
             Error
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             Truth
             ,
             which
             makes
             free
             from
             
             all
             that
             is
             evil
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             the
             like
             in
             measure
             ,
             been
             my
             state
             ,
             to
             have
             departed
             from
             evil
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             become
             a
             prey
             to
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             caused
             me
             to
             suffer
             for
             the
             Truth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             manifest
             you
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             Then
             Judge
             Danford
             said
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Maul
               ,
               forbear
               ,
               we
               have
               something
               else
               to
               do
               than
               to
               spend
               time
               to
               hear
               you
               p●ate
               after
               this
               kind
               of
               rate
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             
               Thomas
               Maul
            
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             willing
             to
             forbear
             without
             further
             Trouble
             to
             him
             ,
             by
             or
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             
               
                 A
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 Grand
                 Jurys
                 Presentment
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 the
                 Judges
                 Charge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   AT
                   a
                   Superiour
                   Court
                   held
                   at
                   Salem
                   ,
                   for
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Essex
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Province
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Massathusets
                     Bay
                  
                   in
                   New-England
                   ,
                   the
                   
                   10th
                   day
                   of
                   the
                   
                   9th
                   Month
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                   The
                   Grand
                   Jury
                   do
                   present
                   
                     Thomas
                     Maul
                  
                   of
                   Salem
                   ,
                   S●op-keeper
                   ,
                   for
                   publishing
                   ,
                   or
                   putting
                   forth
                   a
                   Book
                   ,
                   entituled
                   ,
                   
                     Truth
                     held
                     forth
                     and
                     maintained
                  
                   ,
                   wherein
                   is
                   contained
                   divers
                   Slanders
                   against
                   the
                   Churches
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Province
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   saying
                   what
                   he
                   did
                   before
                   the
                   honourable
                   Court
                   at
                   Ipswich
                   ,
                   in
                   May
                   last
                   ,
                   as
                   will
                   appear
                   on
                   Record
                   ,
                   reference
                   thereunto
                   being
                   had
                   ,
                   may
                   more
                   at
                   large
                   appear
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   this
                   hereunto
                   annexed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     James
                     Stivens
                  
                   ,
                   Fore-man
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Maule
                  
                   being
                   bound
                   over
                   by
                   Recognizance
                   to
                   this
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   asked
                   concerning
                   a
                   Book
                   put
                   forth
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   entituled
                   ,
                   
                     Truth
                     held
                     forth
                     and
                     maintained
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   did
                   in
                   oppen
                   Court
                   declare
                   an●
                   say
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     there
                     was
                     as
                     great
                     mistakes
                     in
                     the
                     Scriptures
                     as
                     in
                     his
                     Book
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   instanced
                   ,
                   comparing
                   
                     Mat.
                     27.
                  
                   v.
                   5.
                   with
                   
                     Acts
                     1.
                     v.
                     18.
                  
                   and
                   this
                   being
                   read
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   desires
                   to
                   be
                   understood
                   ,
                   That
                   at
                   present
                   he
                   believes
                   so
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Superiour
                   Court
                   of
                   Judicature
                   held
                   at
                   Ipswich
                   on
                   the
                   third
                   Tuesday
                   May
                   last
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                
              
               
                 A
                 true
                 Copy
                 ,
                 
                   by
                   
                     Adington
                     Davenport
                  
                   ,
                   Clerk.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
           
             Dr.
             
               Benjamin
               Bullivants
            
             Speech
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             the
             Pleas
             〈◊〉
             the
             Presentment
             ,
             is
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             To
             the
             Presentment
             of
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             ,
             exhibited
             against
             
               Tho.
               Maule
            
             this
             present
             Court
             ,
             always
             saving
             to
             himself
             the
             liberty
             of
             such
             further
             Pleading
             and
             Defence
             ,
             as
             by
             Law
             are
             due
             unto
             him
             ,
             viz.
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             uncertainty
             of
             matters
             alledged
             in
             the
             said
             Presentment
             is
             so
             notorious
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             runs
             may
             read
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             Cook
             says
             ,
             
               The
               Law
               requires
               certainty
               in
               all
               cases
               ,
            
             especially
             such
             as
             are
             Penal
             to
             the
             Lives
             or
             Estates
             of
             the
             Subject
             ,
             which
             uncertainties
             are
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             neither
             County
             ,
             Year
             or
             Day
             are
             laid
             in
             the
             said
             Presentment
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             the
             Presentment
             is
             not
             laid
             to
             be
             made
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             if
             any
             one
             hath
             Offence
             by
             whatever
             in
             this
             case
             alledged
             against
             the
             Defendant
             ;
             neither
             is
             his
             Majesties
             Name
             or
             S●ile
             used
             in
             the
             Presentment
             ,
             as
             is
             necessary
             ,
             and
             required
             particularly
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Government
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             not
             laid
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             if
             it
             hold
             a
             man
             to
             his
             Answer
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             That
             the
             Jury
             had
             no
             Plantiff
             to
             inquire
             for
             ,
             they
             being
             sworn
             ,
             
               Well
               and
               truly
               to
               try
               ,
               and
               true
               Deliverance
               make
               between
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
            
             Thomas
             Maule
             
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar.
            
             And
             Yet
             the
             Kings
             Name
             and
             Stile
             entirely
             omitted
             in
             the
             Presentment
             aforesaid
             .
             Sixthly
             ,
             That
             if
             it
             were
             true
             the
             Defendant
             should
             have
             said
             ,
             as
             is
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             in
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             
               That
               there
               was
               as
               great
               Mistakes
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               as
               in
               his
               Book
               ,
            
             yet
             this
             can
             charge
             no
             fac●
             by
             Law
             punishable
             upon
             him
             ▪
             the
             Pres●ntment
             wanting
             an
             invendo
             or
             meaning
             ,
             whether
             they
             were
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             or
             words
             of
             God
             ,
             since
             there
             are
             prophane
             as
             well
             as
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             the
             Defendant
             may
             be
             supposed
             ,
             in
             Construction
             of
             Law
             ,
             to
             intend
             as
             well
             prophane
             as
             sacred
             Scriptures
             .
             Seventhly
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             not
             laid
             to
             be
             against
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Misdemeanor
             .
          
           
             To
             these
             Arguments
             Judge
             Danford
             answered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Presentment
               was
               according
               to
               former
               Vsage
               ,
               and
               their
               Custom
               ,
               and
               that
               want
               of
               form
               could
               not
               destroy
               the
               ●udictment
               ,
               or
               binder
               the
               coming
               to
               his
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             Judge
             Cook
             said
             ,
             
               As
               to
               the
               Invendo
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               have
               been
               necessary
               if
               the
               particular
               Quotations
               had
               not
               been
               named
               ,
               which
               he
               did
               believe
            
             Thomas
             Maules
             
               Counsel
               would
               not
               deny
               to
               be
               the
               Books
               of
               the
               holy
               ●●riptures
               ,
               which
               was
               conceded
               unto
               .
            
          
           
           
             Then
             was
             
               Anthony
               Chickley
            
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Attorney
             ,
             ca●●ed
             upon
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             he
             had
             to
             say
             to
             it
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             K●ng
             ,
             who
             only
             said
             ,
             
               He
               would
               answer
               to
               the
               third
               Exception
               brought
               against
               the
               Indictment
               ,
            
             viz.
             That
             it
             wanted
             the
             stile
             of
             the
             K●ng
             ,
             
               assi●t●g
               a●d
               not
               want
               it
            
             ,
             founding
             his
             assertion
             on
             th●
             Preamble
             of
             the
             ●●●ictment
             ,
             it
             being
             said
             ,
             
               at
               a
               superiour
               Court
               held
               at
            
             Salem
             
               for
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             Reply
             to
             this
             was
             made
             ,
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Defendant
             ,
             That
             the
             Preample
             had
             no
             relation
             to
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Presentment
             ,
             since
             the
             Presentment
             was
             presumed
             to
             begin
             at
             these
             words
             ,
             
               The
               Grand
               Jury
               do
               present
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             ,
             after
             some
             further
             debate
             ,
             over-ruling
             the
             Pleas
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             is
             left
             to
             say
             for
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             to
             the
             Judges
             on
             the
             Bench
             ,
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             To
             you
             who
             have
             set
             your selves
             to
             be
             Judges
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             against
             me
             ▪
             as
             you
             are
             invested
             with
             M●gistratical
             P●wer
             by
             Commission
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             do
             respect
             you
             ,
             out
             wherein
             you
             do
             assume
             to
             your selves
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Bishops
             Court
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             I
             do
             no
             more
             value
             you
             than
             I
             do
             Jack-straw
             .
             And
             if
             you
             will
             approve
             your selves
             wise
             men
             ,
             you
             ought
             to
             mend
             the
             many
             Rents
             by
             you
             already
             made
             ,
             through
             the
             mis
             mannagement
             of
             the
             Tru●
             committed
             to
             your
             Charge
             ,
             before
             you
             proceed
             to
             make
             a
             further
             breach
             upon
             me
             ,
             who
             has
             not
             given
             you
             any
             just
             occasion
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             are
             resolved
             to
             make
             a
             Rod
             for
             me
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             easie
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             ease
             of
             your
             own
             that
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             said
             by
             him
             that
             cannot
             lye
             ,
             
               The
               same
               measure
               that
               men
               make
               ,
               the
               same
               shall
               be
               made
               to
               them
               again
            
             ;
             and
             if
             your
             Power
             ,
             by
             which
             you
             act
             against
             me
             ,
             do
             long
             continue
             ,
             he
             that
             now
             enjoys
             a
             good
             Estate
             ,
             under
             your
             Government
             ,
             in
             seven
             years
             time
             ,
             after
             this
             rate
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             left
             worth
             a
             Grote
             ;
             for
             as
             you
             are
             set
             to
             watch
             over
             the
             People
             ,
             things
             are
             at
             that
             pass
             ,
             through
             your
             means
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             the
             greater
             need
             to
             watch
             over
             you
             ,
             otherwise
             they
             are
             like
             to
             be
             undone
             by
             the
             heavy
             burdens
             you
             lay
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Cause
             ,
             with
             the
             said
             Maules
             Book
             ,
             and
             a
             Speech
             made
             to
             this
             purpose
             by
             Judge
             Danford
             ,
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             
               viz.
               You
               have
               now
               heard
               the
               Cause
               ,
               which
               with
               the
               Book
               is
               now
               committed
               to
               your
               hands
               ,
               who
               have
               taken
               a
               solemn
               Oath
               to
               do
               the
               thing
               that
               is
               right
               
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               Gods
               as
               near
               as
               you
               can
               ;
               therefore
               you
               ought
               well
               to
               consider
               the
               horrid
               Wickedness
               of
            
             Thomas
             Maules
             
               setting
               forth
               the
               Book
               now
               ●e●ore
               you
               ,
               in
               which
               there
               is
               contained
               a
               great
               a●al
               of
               blasphemous
               matter
               against
               the
               Churches
               and
               Government
               of
               this
               Province
               .
               You
               weak
               〈◊〉
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Husband-man
               hath
               take●
               great
               care
               and
               labour
               to
               f●nce
               in
               his
               f●●ld
               of
               Wheat
               ,
               and
               there
               comes
               a
               ravenous
               Creature
               and
               makes
               a
               Gap
               through
               the
               Fence
               for
               other
               like
               Creatures
               to
               go
               through
               and
               spo●l
               the
               Corn
               ,
               and
               to
               trample
               down
               and
               lay
               waste
               the
               H●sband-mans
               Field
               ,
               will
               he
               not
               use
               his
               utmost
               endeavour
               to
               destroy
               such
               a
               ravenous
               Creature
               that
               doe●
               so
               ?
               how
               much
               the
               more
               are
               we
               to
               preserve
               the
               H●dge
               of
               the
               good
               H●sband-man
               with
               which
               he
               hat●
               ,
               by
               his
               Ordinances
               ,
               and
               good
               Government
               ,
               fenced
               and
               hedged
               his
               Churches
               and
               People
               in
               this
               Pr●●gi●●●
               ,
               against
               which
               the
               wicked
               work
               of
            
             Thomas
             Maule
             
               doth
               wholly
               tend
               ,
               to
               overt●●ow
               all
               good
               in
               Church
               and
               Common-wealth
               ,
               which
               Go●
               hath
               planted
               amongst
               his
               People
               in
               this
               Province
               ;
               w●ich
               ●ause
               with
               the
               saide
            
             Maules
             
               Book
               is
               now
               before
               you
               ,
               to
               do
               that
               which
               is
               right
               relating
               thereu●
               ,
               〈◊〉
               near
               as
               God
               shall
               inable
               .
            
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             which
             Speech
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             made
             this
             R●ply
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Jury
             look
             well
             to
             the
             work
             which
             you
             are
             now
             going
             to
             do
             ,
             the
             Cause
             is
             now
             committed
             to
             you
             ,
             who
             are
             to
             be
             Governed
             by
             the
             Kings
             Law
             ;
             no
             Law
             of
             our
             Nation
             have
             I
             broken
             ,
             as
             to
             you
             will
             appear
             ;
             the
             Book
             has
             no
             evidence
             in
             Law
             against
             me
             ,
             further
             then
             to
             you
             it
             doth
             appear
             ,
             I
             have
             writ
             or
             caused
             to
             be
             printed
             any
             thing
             contrary
             to
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             Inconsistant
             to
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             take
             up
             with
             any
             part
             of
             these
             Judges
             unjust
             Charge
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             like
             matter
             in
             my
             Book
             as
             they
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             you
             may
             seek
             to
             the
             Printer
             for
             satisfaction
             ,
             for
             of
             any
             such
             like
             matter
             in
             the
             Book
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             my
             hand
             is
             only
             to
             my
             Copy
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             in
             another
             Government
             ,
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Printer
             ,
             and
             my
             Name
             to
             my
             Book
             made
             by
             the
             Printer
             does
             not
             in
             Law
             evidence
             to
             prove
             the
             same
             to
             be
             
               Thomas
               Maule
            
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             the
             Spector
             Evidence
             ,
             in
             Law
             ,
             is
             of
             force
             or
             validity
             to
             prove
             the
             person
             accused
             by
             said
             evidence
             to
             be
             the
             Witch
             ,
             but
             rather
             conclude
             the
             Spector
             to
             be
             the
             Witch
             ;
             therefore
             Jury
             look
             well
             to
             your
             Work
             ,
             for
             you
             have
             sworn
             ,
             
               True
               Tryal
               to
               make
               and
               just
               Verdict
               give
               ,
            
             which
             if
             you
             miss
             of
             doing
             me
             Justice
             ,
             the
             fault
             will
             lie
             on
             
             your
             part
             ▪
             for
             these
             my
             Accusers
             on
             the
             beach
             ,
             are
             but
             as
             Clerks
             to
             ●onclude
             your
             Work
             with
             Amen
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             small
             time
             the
             Jury
             brought
             in
             their
             Verdict
             for
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             whom
             they
             found
             
               not
               Guilty
            
             ,
             At
             which
             the
             Judges
             seemed
             much
             disatisfied
             therewith
             ,
             and
             ass●
             the
             Jury
             ,
             
               how
               that
               could
               be
               ,
               having
               the
               Book
               before
               them
               ?
               w●o
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               Book
               was
               not
               suffic●ent
               Evidence
               ,
               for
               that
            
             Thomas
             Maules
             
               Name
               was
               there
               unto
               set
               by
               the
               Printer
               ,
               and
               the
               matrer
               therein
               contained
               not
               cognizable
               before
               them
               ,
               they
               not
               being
               a
               Jury
               of
               divines
               ,
               which
               this
               case
               ought
               to
               be
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             Judg
             Danford
             made
             this
             Sp●ech
             ,
             
               That
               tho
            
             ,
             Thomas
             Maule
             
               had
               escaped
               the
               hands
               of
               Men
               ,
               yet
               he
               had
               not
               escaped
               the
               hand
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               would
               find
               out
               all
               his
               Evils
               and
               Blasphemies
               against
               his
               Church
               and
               People
               ,
               and
               for
               which
               Wickedness
               God
               did
               reserve
               him
               ▪
               or
               further
               Ja●gm●●o
               come
               upon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             which
             ,
             said
             Maule
             replyed
             ,
             
               That
               he
               was
               no
               way
               guilty
               of
               their
               Charge
               ,
               but
               had
               great
               cause
               to
               praise
               God
               ●or
               his
               di●●●erance
               by
               the
               Jury
               ,
               who
               were
               made
               Instruments
               of
               freeing
               him
               out
               of
               the
               hands
               of
               them
               ,
               who
               had
               manifested
               their
               unrighteous
               Works
               against
               the
               People
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               ,
               as
               their
               Fathers
               be●ore
               had
               done
            
          
           
             In
             which
             time
             of
             the
             said
             Reply
             ,
             Judge
             ,
             Danford
             called
             out
             ,
             
               Take
               him
               away
               ,
               take
               him
               away
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Reader
             may
             hence
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             distance
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             much
             further
             froms
             Gods
             Truth
             ,
             is
             the
             cause
             that
             by
             them
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             People
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Kings
             Subjects
             suffer
             ,
             more
             then
             they
             would
             do
             ,
             were
             they
             where
             their
             complaint
             could
             readily
             be
             heard
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             suffer
             his
             Subjects
             to
             be
             persecuted
             under
             the
             Anti-christian
             Power
             of
             the
             New-England
             Church
             ,
             who
             yet
             continue
             the
             old
             stroke
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Power
             ,
             against
             the
             Qua●●rs
             ,
             at
             this
             very
             t●me
             of
             liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             respecting
             to
             Religion
             now
             allowed
             by
             the
             King
             and
             Powers
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             for
             instance
             ,
             they
             now
             do
             suffer
             in
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Linn
             ,
             where
             for
             the
             Priests
             maintenance
             ,
             they
             compell
             the
             Quakers
             Oxen
             ,
             their
             Pots
             and
             Platters
             ,
             with
             the
             of
             other
             Houshould
             goods
             more
             worse
             in
             that
             respect
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             first
             two
             wiked
             Priests
             we
             read
             ,
             Sam.
             2.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             For
             which
             sin
             God
             will
             reward
             the
             wick●●
             Priests
             ▪
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .