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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40242	Saul's errand to Damascus, with his packet of letters from the high priests against the disciples of the Lord, or, A faithful transcript of a petition contrived by some persons in Lancashier who call themselves ministers of the Gospel breathing out threatnings and slaughters against a peaceable & godly people there, by them nick-named Quakers : together with the defence of the persons thereby traduced against, the slanderous and false suggestions of that petition, and other untruths charged upon them : published to no other end but to draw out the bowels of tender compassion from all that love the poor despised servants of Jesus Christ, who have been the scorn of carnal men in all ages.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; Lawson, John.	1654 (1654)	Wing F1895; ESTC R37353	29,928	47

Husbands Children to their Parents Servants to their Masters Congregations to their Ministers and of a People to their God But Opinions we deny for they are without God and there you are and justice and purity is but one and that we set up and own purity and walking in the Spirit doth make a separation from all uncleanness and can have no fellowship with them who are unfruitful workers of darkness but there is a separation from them the Rom. 1. 2. one hath fellowship with God and the other hath fellowship with darkness which be unfruitful the one is separated to God the other is separated from God Object Have drawn much poople after them many whereof Men Women and little Children at their meetings are strangely wrought upon in their bodies and brought to fall foam at the mouth roar and swell in their bellies Answ The meetings of the people of God were ever strange to the world for it was as though some strange thing had happened 1 Pet. 4. 12. to the Saints as ye read in the Scripture which shew Psal 71. 7. ye are in the same generation wondring and stranging at the work of the Lord despising and casting scandals slanders and false reports upon them and where the works of God are now they think them strange things now as was then who Act. 13. 41. are alive in the flesh It would be a strange thing to see one now sall down as Paul fell down and trembled and as Daniel fell down and trembled and to see one a Habakkuk his belly to tremble and his lips to quiver and as David to ly D o. 10. 9. roaring all the day long who cryed I 'l his sight was grown dim and hi● flesh sailed of fatnesss and till he could number his bones Hab. 3. 16. and to see one as Isaiah to rent his garment and his mantle and pluck his hair off his head and off his beard and sit down astonished and would it not be strange to see such an Assembly as came to Isaiah which had all trembling hearts Hear the Word Ifa 66. 5. of the Lord all ye that tremble at his Word Work out your salvation with fear and trembling Before their faces the people shall be much pained all faces shall gather blackness The Prophets and Ministers of God have all one Spirit accodring to Joel 2. 6. measure and did encourage those that did tremble wherein it shews that you have not the same Spirit but seek to persecute and fix scandals and accuse them fa●●● The Ministery of truth ever drew from all the Ministery of the world and from under all the lawes of the world up to God and from all the Gods of the earth and then they witnessed that the Lord was their Lawgiver the Lord was their King the Lord was their Judge Ob. Geo. Fox professed and avowed that he was equal with God Ans It was not so spoken as George Fox was equal with God but the Father and the Son is one I and my Father are one and where the same is revealed this is witnessed but where the Joh. 14. 9. 16 sure is not made manifest and revealed Christ is persecuted for the world knows him not Let the same minde be in you Phil. 6. 7. that was also in Christ Iesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God and yet made himself of no reputation and this I witnesse to be fulfilled for the same Spirit where it is equall with God for be that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one and it is God that sanctifieth He that hath the Word of God hath God for God is the word and our fellowship is with God There is a natural man and there is a spirtual man the first is of the earth earthly Heb. 2. 1. the second is the Lord from heaven The new man which is created Jude 1. after God in righteousnesse and true holinesse and he that John 1. doth righteousnesse is righteous even as be is righteous 1 Cor. 47. 48. And this I witnesse what the Scripure saith Let no man deceive you 1. Joh. 3. Object He professeth himself to be the eternall Iudge of the world Answ He that was a Minister of God said that the Saints 1 Cor. 6. 2. should judge the world yea Angels herein they do shew themselves to be no Ministers of God who seek to persecute them who are judged of God and justified by him where judgement Mat. 12. 2 is brought forth unto victory and set in the earth and that which is eternall hath judged all the carnal nature in himself and where it is judged there is no unity with it where it is a live and he 〈◊〉 hath not ●ue judgement and hath not Sale Mat. 5. ●● in himself to 〈◊〉 withall is good for nothing and he cannot endure that Christ should speak where he is made manifest I am the nay saith Christ Christ is but one in all his Saints and he speaks in them but he doth not say that George Fox is Christ I am the way the truth and the life Christ is the 1 Cor. ●● light and ye are the light and Christ liveth in you and Christ Mark 1● is the head of the man and it is the Spirit of the Father that speaketh in you and spoke in Christs and he is but one in all his Saints without are many Christ Lo here and lo there but know you not that Christ is in you except ye be Reprobates and if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin and there Chirst Iesus speaks the same Christ to day yesterday and for ever And Isa 5. 20 thy judgement which is not eternal is carnal and with-evill thoughts thou judgest thou puttest darkness for light and light for aarkness and here thou she west thy judgement to be carnall and no Minister of God but a Minister of the Letter and not of the Spirit for the Ministers of the Spirit have true judgment and did imprison none not persecute as you do but it is that fools may utter forth their folly Object He said be was the way the truth the life Answ The old man cannot endure to hear the new man speak which is Christ and Christ is the way and if Christ be in you must not he say I am the way the truth and the life John 14. 6. Now if Antichrist speak he is owned of the world but he cannot witness it while the old man reigns the voice of John 10. 4. God is not known nor Christ himself to speak in man but Christs sheep know his voice Object He said whosoever took a place of Scripture and made a Sermon of it or from it was a Conjurer and his preaching was Conjuration Ans He that puts the Letter for the light when the Letter saith Christ is the light he

the Prodigal ye Luk 15. 24. the Scripture faith This my Son was dead and is alive againe but thou art withput God in the world Object 2. That the day of judgement was past Answ Christ speaks The bruted reed he will not break the Mat. 12. 20. smoaking flax he will not quench till he bring forth judgment into victory Here thou shewest thy sel●e to be ignorant of the Scripture but only as a near-sayer thou speakest and the outside of the Letter and not Christ and canst not witness him who beings forth judgement into victory but standest as a witness against them who witness the Scriptures fulfilled in them and Chri beinging forth judgement into victory and here thou shewest thy se●●e to be unacquainted with Christ and thy nakedness and ignorance thou makest appear Object 3. That he had been in Hell and is now in Heaven Answ Here thou shewest thy selfe to be a witness against the holy men of God Jonah saith Ou● of the belly of He●l cryed Jon. 2. I and thou heardest my voice and the Lord delivered him out of Hell and might n●t 〈◊〉 co●f●s●● thou H●pocrit For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hell neither will thou suffer thy Ps 16. 10. boly One to see corruption Thou hast delivered my son out of death bless the Lord my soul and all that is within me bless Ps 103. 1 2. his holy name How derest thou profess the Scriptures and the holy men of Gods conditions which were raised and brought our of death and witness the holy me lot Gods condition thou persecutest then O thou blind my pocrite I here thou shewest thou never lawest Holis mouth yet therefore thou never cryedst in Hell yet Object 4. That he was came to the infinite company of the first born and the spirits of just men made perfect Answ Paul said who was a Minster of God But ye are come to Mount Sion and to the City of the living God the Heavenly Heb. 12. 22. Ierusalem and to an innumerable company of Angels to the general Assembly and Church of the first born which are written in heaven unto God the Iudge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect Paul was a Minister of Iesus Christ by the will of God who encouraged the Saints who were brought hither but thou new perseeutest them and art a witnes against them that confess they are brought hither here thou shewest thou hast the spirit of error openly and art no Minister of God no not of the Letter but art against the Letter as it speaks persecuting them that have the life of it Object 5. That he had heard the last Trumpet sound and seen the new Ierusalem Answ Here thou shewest forth thy spite and venome If Iohn was here which saw the great City and holy Ierusalem descend out of Heaven from God Iohn said I saw the holy City New Ierusalem come down from God out of Heaven thou wouldst be a witness against him and thou shewest thy self in the generation that was ever persecutors slandere's opposers of the power of truth Where the same spirit is that was in Iohn he sees these things now as he did then but where the same spirit is not which thou shewest thou hast not but a contrary spirit that pesecutes them which do see those things but is as a dog to bite and devour Iohn saw the last Trumpet sound which shews thou art not come to the first Blow the trumpet in Sion sound Joel 2. 1. an allarum in my holy mountain let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble Here be thou a witness against thy self that thou art a witness against the truth and in the generation of them that ever slow the righteous ●eed Obj. 6. That John Lawson said he had seen God face to face Ans Here thou shewest thy self to be a witness against them that know God and makest thy selfe manifest to be a Heathen 〈◊〉 all are Heathens ●●at do not know God and no man knoweth God saving he that is born of God and who ere born of God are owners of the Truth and not against it but against the deceit Iacob said I have seen God face to face Isaiah Gen 32. Isa 6. 5. and Mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Hasts Iob and I have heard of thee by the hearing of the care but now Job 42 5. ●●ne eyes have seen thee And God spake to Moses face to Exod 33. 11. 〈◊〉 Here you may take your oaths and swear against Iacob ●gainst Isaiah against Iob and against Moses Where the false spirit is made manifest and who are born of God know God face to face as they did but they who are born of the flesh persecute them who are born of the spirit and there you shew your selves to be taking oaths and swearing against them that know God seeking to bring them to prison or bondage for you never read in all the Scriptures that the Prophets or the Apostles took their oaths against any which confessed they had seen God or put up a Petition to the Magistrates or witnessed it with oaths against any of them the Ministers of God said Swear not at all And here you shew your selves to be no Ministers of God but without God for the Ministers of God are to bring people to know God and to the Church in God and to the heavenly Jerusalem and to the innumerable company of Angels and Ministers to that which is in prison and in death but if any come to witnesse these things fulfilled you are witnesses against them with oaths and would bring the bodies of such into prison where the seed of God is raised out of prison within shewing your selves to be Antichrists persecuters of the power of Truth and beasts which shall make war against the Saints and against the Lamb but the Lamb shall get the victory Job cryed when the Lord hid his face and David cryed when the Lord hid his face and said O Lord I will seek thy face And here you shew you neither know his face nor have seen it but are persecuters of them who know it and seek it Praises praises be to the Lord for ever FINIS

time But the Priests missing of their purpose there the next first day after they prepared their Sermons suitable to what they intended possessing the people that he was a blisphemer and denied the Resurrection and the Humanity of Christ and all Authority and that the Parliament had opened a gap for blasph●my and as it was said by some of their Hearers they did God good service that would knock him down Thus having stirred up the ruder sort the next day they prevailed with one called a Justice of Peac● the Priests son got him to come twelve miles from his own house he was one as some say that had been in actual arms against the Parliament for bringing in of the Scots and having armed a great multitude against the next morning they came very early to the house where he was where many Christian friends would have met that day and asked for Nayler threatning to knock out his brains against the stones in the wall and that they would pull down the house if he would not come out though the door was never shut against them But some of them came into the house and commanded him to come forth under pretence to dispute with the Priest But James 〈◊〉 what they intended answered You did not use me so civilly the last time I was amongst you but if any have a mind they may come in the doors are open Which answer they told the Priests whereupon they rushed violently in and took him by the throat haled him out of the door into a field where was a man whom they called a Justice and with a Pitchfork struck of his Hat and commanded him to answer to such Questions as the Priests would ask him Whereupon the Priest began to ask many Questions as concerning he Resurrection the Humanity of Christ the Scriptures and divers other Questions as the Sacrament and such like to which he answered and proved by Scripture But at last being asked if Christ was in him he said he witnessed him in him in measure The Priest asked if Christ was in him as man Iames said Christ is not divided But he urged him to tel whether Christ as man was in him or no. He answered Christ is not divided for if he be he is no more Christ but I witnesse that Christ is in me who is God and man in measure But the Priest said Christ is in Heaven with a cunnal body To who said Iames Christ filleth Heaven and Earth and is not carnal but spiritual for if Christ be in Heaven with a carnal body and the Saints with a spiritual body that is not proportionable neither was that a carnal body which same in among the Disciples the doors being shut for Christ is a Mystery and thou knowest him not Then after much jangling and tempting the Priest not having got the advantage he waited for he cryed out unto the people not to receive him into their houses and alledged that in the second Epistle of Iohn v. 10. Now how suitable that place was for his purpose all people may see who have eyes for there they are forbidden to receive any into their houses but such who abide in the Doctrine of Christ and confesse themselves that they had both the Father and the Son and preach that Doctrine But the Priests say that is blasphemy Theo the Priest turned away from him upon which the armed multitude began to be violen against divers friends that were there Iames hearing friends cry out said to the Justice You will surely set us peaceably into the house again but seeing him to go away and leave them in the hands of the rude multitude he gave himself up saying The will of the Lord be done Vpon which the Justice turned again saying We will see him in the house again and going towards the house many friends kept close about Iames exposing their own bodies to the danger of their weapons to fax him harmlesse and so with much ado we go into the house not receiving much harm Which being done and as Iames was pray sing the Lord for his wondrous deliverance from their malicious intants some heard them say If we let him go thus all people will run after him Whereupon they agreed that he should be brought before the Justice again and came with violence and holed him out again Then the Justice and the Priest getting a horseback they caused him to run after them to an Alehouse on the other side the water where they went in not suffering one ●riend to go in with Iames and when he came before the Justice he told him if he would not put off his hat he would send him to prison and also because he Thoued him for the Justice said My Commission runs Ye To which Iames answered I do it not in contempt for I own Authority and honor it according to the Scriptures But I find none such honor commanded in Scripture but for bidden Then they concluded to commit him for that and also as a wandering person and said none there knew him whence he came for those who knew him were kept out Then said he to Arthur Scaife Thou knewest me I was in the Army with thee eight or nine years It is no matter said the Justice thou art no Souldier now Then they writ a Mittimus to send him to prison and carried him to Kirkby Steven that night and shut him up in a Chamber and set a guard upon him but divers of our friends following into the Town where a great multitude was gathered together for meeting then did the people come from the Steeple-house where another had been preaching for divers of the Priests were gathered together that day some preaching some plotting and some persecuting Iezabels fast was a preparation for Naboths death But friends not being suffered to go into the house where Iames was they abode in the streets and some of them being moved to speak to the people the Priests perceiving the people to give audience to what was spoken made complaint Whereupon some were sent forth and with violence fetched in one Francis How gill a friend who was speaking to the people and brought him into the high Priests hall where were five Priests assembled with many other of their party but not one friend And bringing him before the Justice he was commanded to put off his hat He answered I know no such Law The Priest said He wil tread both Ministery and Magistracy under his feet He said Thou art a false Accuser prove wherein But one that stood by took off his hat and cast it into the fire Then said the Justice What is this thou speakest against the Ministers He answered What hast thou to accuse me of Whereupon one affirmed that he said All the Ministers that taught for hire and in Steeple houses were enemies and lyars against Jesus Christ and no Ministers of Iesus Christ Vpon that the Justice said Thou speakest against the Law for the Law gives