This following is a copy of a letter I sent to George Fox, the 3d day of the month called August, 1671 only the words in the margent, and at the lower end I have added, who are required thus to publish it. Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. 1671 Approx. 13 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54274 Wing P1422 ESTC R33382 13286098 ocm 13286098 98807 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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GEORGE , Last second day was a week , I being required by the LORD to be at Devonshire-house , I acquainted the Mens-Meeting that I had something to lay before them , which was , That about a year and a half ago the LORD required mee to deliver a Message to them , which then * you owned to be the WORD of the LORD , which I was now to repeat again , Viz. THAT I WAS TO PROCLAIM THE DAY OF THE LORD , WHICH IS COME TO GATHER THE OUT-CASTS , AND TO CLENSE THE CAMP OF EVIL-DOERS . Which WORD I did and do believe must be fulfilled : In order unto which I told them , I had something to lay before them , viz. That some years ago I heard of a Difference betwixt my Father Bond , and ( one of your Ministers ) John Rous , and his Father , who before he went last to Barbadoes ( Thomas Yoakly being present ) desired mee that I would have a hearing of the Business , not without great reflections there given against my Father Bond ; which if true , I being so related to him , having lately married his Daughter , I looked upon it not convenient for mee to appear against him : and if on the contrary he was clear , and the other blame-worthy , if I should so judge , I did believe it might be thought by some , that it was through partialness I so judged ; so that I forbore to have a hearing of both Parties together , till about two weeks ago † John Osgood ( and the rest , viz. my Father Bond , Samuel Newton , John Rous , Thomas Yoakly , and I think Thomas Padle ) being upon the Exchange , told mee they were going about that business . I told him , that seeing Thomas Rous had desired mee to have a hearing of that Business , a willingness was in mee to be there ; where accordingly I was , but did not in the least meddle in it ; only I observed by what I heard discoursed , that my Father Bond was clear of those Calumnies which both John and his Father Thomas Rous had cast upon him ; and that on the contrary , the said John Rous was not only guilty of Calumnious Reproaches against my Father Bond , but also had stolen a * Paper of Concern from Thomas Hart , which was left in his custody by my Father Bond , ( concerning which John Osgood did move at that Meeting , that the business of his stealing that Paper might be spoken to ; but Thomas Yoakly being in haste , the Meeting broke up ) so that it was with mee to acquaint them with the said Difference , and to desire they would appoint some of their Number to have a hearing on 't : but it was a long time before I could get any Answer from them , they telling mee that I was out of Truth , and that they were not concerned to give me any Answer ; and very much to this purpose they spoke . I told them , it was the weighty matters of the Law that I came about , viz. JUDGEMENT and JUSTICE ; and whatever they reputed mee , it concerned them to do Justice . But seeing they would give mee no Answer ( I think it was in some hours after I had been there ) but much reflected upon mee , and that I should busie my self with that I was not concerned . I told them I was deeply concern'd ; first , for the clearing of my Father Bond from those Aspersions cast upon him by ( one of their Ministers ) viz. John Rous , whom I did there before them accuse of Theft , and therefore I said it concerned them to appoint a Meeting about it : But instead of giving mee any Answer , several of them bid mee go out of the Room : And as I stood up to speak , one of them took my Seat , who I think would have given it mee again , had not one ( I think 't was † Gilbert Laty ) bid him he should not ; Others of them push'd mee with their hands , bidding mee Go out : I told them , if they used violence I should not resist ; all that I desired was but an Answer , which if they would give mee , I told them I would willingly depart , ( having also laid before them a business concerning the Widow Evans ( her Husband being lately dead ) whom I looked upon was * wronged ) But seeing in all this while I could get no Answer whether they would hear it or no , I directed my speech particularly to John Bolton , to whom I said , That if these their doings were spoken of to people abroad , they could hardly be credited . Then he replyed , That if my Father Bond was agrieved , and made his complaint to them , and desired them to have a hearing of it , they would appoint some accordingly . I told him I should rest satisfied with that Answer at present . Now what Answer shall I have to the Widow † Evans business ? As to that they said , That unless shee writ to mee to appear in it for her , they would not meddle in it . These being their Answers , I departed . Now , understanding that thy self , * John Rous , with several others , are intended shortly to take Ship for the Barbadoes , and that your departure probably may be before my Father Bond can ( if hee would ) make any such Complaint to the said Meeting , or to have any just end put to the said Difference , it being a Business that will require some time ; It is with mee also to acquaint thee with it , to see if it be in any of your hearts to do what is just and right in this matter , without respect of persons : For the LORD , whom I serve , owns none to be his People but they that shall so do . Thy Answer hereunto I expect , it being with mee first to lay it before you , that that which is just and right may be done ; which if so , I am satisfied : but if you refuse so , as not to do the thing that is just and right , I know not but it will be required of mee to make this Business much more publick . Who am known to thee by the name of John Pennyman . The next day , after I had been at the abovesaid Meeting , it was with mee to look into the Bible , where I read these following words , ( which being sutable to the present occasion , I am willing should be inserted ) And the Word of the LORD came into Zechariah , saying , Thus speaketh the LORD of Hosts , saying , Execute true Judgment , and shew Mercy and Compassion every man to his Brother . And oppress not the Widow , nor the Fatherless , the Stranger nor the Poor , and let none of you imagine evil against his Brother in your heart . But they refused to hearken , and pulled away the shoulder , and stopped their ears , that they should not hear . Yea , they made their hearts as an Adamant stone , lest they should hear the Law , and the Words which the LORD of Hosts had sent by his Spirit in the former Prophets : therefore came a great Wrath from the LORD of Hosts . And having received no Answer from the abovesaid George Fox , it was with mee to go again to Devonshire-house ( this being their Meeting-Day † ) with intention to have spoke about the said Business : But they refused to let mee in ( for it seems George * Whitehead this day two weeks , after I was gone out of the Room , did blame them for letting me be there , who had suggested to them ( through his subtile and dark Imaginations ) that I was in a kind of a Distracted-state , and so no heed to be given to what I said . So that not having admittance , it is with mee thus to publish it ; the day being come , that as they have laid open the Deceit , Wickedness , and Hypocrisie of other Professors that went before them , so must their Deceit , Wickedness , and Hypocrisie be also laid open : for the LORD whom I serve is no respecter of persons . Glory be to his Name for ever and ever , saith his Servant . John Pennyman . POST-SCRIPT . THe Indignation , the Wrath of the LAMB is come , let all flesh tremble before Him , yea , let all faces gather paleness who are joyned to Iniquity , either of flesh or spirit ; for the Day of their Torment , yea , I say , the Day of their Misery , Vexation , and Torment is come and coming yet more to be reveal'd and made manifest : Wherefore I say again , and it is the WORD of the LORD , That all flesh is but as grass before Him , who is the MIGHTY , DREADFUL , TERRIBLE ONE ; Yea , who is , and will be more manifested to be a Consuming-Fire to all the Workers of Iniquity . My Charge is to Warn you , yea , to Alarm you , that whilst it is called to day , you harden not your hearts ; but , that you would repent , and turn unto the LORD , if by any means you may find a place of Repentance , before the Night come ( which is hastning on apace ) wherein none can work . THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HATH SPOKEN IT . But as for you whose hearts are chaste , and intirely given up to serve the LORD , I am to proclaim , That the Year of Jubile is come ; yea the time of your Deliverance , yea , I say , the set-time of your Deliverance is come and coming yet more to be reveal'd and made manifest ; GLORY AND PRAISE , HALLELUJAH AND THANKS be given to our GOD , who liveth and reigneth in all His Saints and Sanctified Ones , both as KING , PRIEST , and PROPHET . GLORY and PRAISE in the HIGHEST be given to HIM from this time forth and for evermore . Amen , Hallelujah . Subscribed and published by one of the least of the Thousands of Israel , yet one of that number whom the LORD hath ( of his infinite Mercy ) chosen to follow Him fully , and hath accounted mee worthy to stand in the Gap , and to be a living Witness against all Unrighteousness ; yea , I say , against all manner of Unrighteousness . O let my Soul for ever Praise and Magnifie His Name , who alone is worthy , saith His Servant John Pennyman . Written the 3d and 4th , only four Marginal Notes , with these lines I added this 5th instant , being to have it this day printed , foreseeing that neither George Fox ( though in Town ) would return mee any Answer , nor that they would suffer mee to come into their Meeting ; so it is with mee to have them ready to be given them , thus printed , the 7th of the month call'd August , 1671. Yesterday the LORD ordered mee to go to Devonshire-house , and to sit in William Crowch his Shop , where they might see mee as they went up to their Meeting ; two of whose number ( viz. Thomas Padle and Arthur Cook ) came to mee , and said , they came to give mee the sense of the Meeting , lest I should come up to make a Brable ( as T. P. call'd it ) ; That they would not let mee come in , and therefore advised mee to go away ; for , in plain terms T. P. said , they were resolved I should not come in , ( though before this time they never refused my coming in ) So I departed , and fetched some of the abovesaid Papers to give them as they came out . J. P. London , Printed the 8th instant , 1671. Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A54274-e10 * George being then present . † J.O. S.N. T.Y. and T. P. had had several meetings to hear the said Difference , but never made a final Agreement , neither indeed is it possible they should ever make a righteous one , ti● first they cause him that stole ( at least ) to restore , for I am sure that Truth and Righteousness requires no less . * VVhich Paper was an Obligation to my Father Bond from the said John Rous , to make good a sum of money which his Father Tho. Rous , who had given him ( as he then said ) power and authority to make an end , and to satisfie what was due to my Father Bond upon account , which said Account J. Rous ( after several months time had few perusal ) owned & subscribed with his hand , though at this meeting when my Father produced it , and asked him if he would deny his own hand ? He said , he would not say whether he would owne it or no. † One of their Teachers . * Yea I said , both in Law and Equity , which I would be bound ( and still am willing ) to make it good . † She lives at the Barbadoes . * He Married one of George his wives daughters , formerly called Margaret Fell Zech. Ch. 7. V. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12. † The 7th instant . * One of their chief Priests .