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A90391	An examination of the grounds or causes, which are said to induce the court of Boston in New-England to make that order or law of banishment upon pain of death against the Quakers; as also of the grounds and considerations by them produced to manifest the warrantableness and justness both of their making and executing the same, which they now stand deeply engaged to defend, having already thereupon put two of them to death. As also of some further grounds for justifying of the same, in an appendix to John Norton's book ... whereto he is said to be appointed by the General Court. And likewise of the arguments briefly hinted in that which is called, A true relation of the proceedings against the Quakers, &c. Whereunto somewhat is added about the authority and government which Christ excluded out of his Church ... By Isaac Penington, the younger.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1166; Thomason E1020_5; ESTC R203130	87,615	103

authority But he was a servant he made use of the gift of the spirit of the power of life wherewith the Father filled him to minister and serve with He did never Lord it over the consciences of any of his disciples but did bear with them and pitty them in their infirmities what can ye not watch with me one hour The spirit said he is willing but the flesh is weak He did not hold forth to them what ever he knew to be truth requiring them to believe it but was content with them in their state and waited till their capacities were enlarged being still satisfied with the honesty and integrity of their hearts in their present state of weakness Nor did he strive to reign over the world or call for fire from heaven when they would not receive him or express indignation when they desired him to depart out of their coasts or pray for twelve Legions of Angels when they came to betray ●im and most unrighteously sought his life but the life he had received of his Father he gave up as a ransom for his disciples yea and for his enemies Mark he did not make use of what was given him to raise himself up above others to make his word to stand for a Law and be received but he waited till that was opened in his disciples and in people which was able to receive his testimony and he made use of his power of life and the fulness of the spirit to inable him the more abundantly to serve and to wait in patience for the fulfilling of the will of the Father And though Israel was not gathered by him yet was he meek and patient and at rest in the will of him that sent him and instead of reigning over all could serve all and give that life whose due it was to reign a ransom for many ver 28. His kingdom was not of this world nor did he seek any greatness or authority according to this world neither over the Jews nor over the Gentiles nor over his own disciples but he served all he sought the good of all the life in him which was to reign over all yet here served all suffered for all and from all and that was his way to his crown who having finished his course fulfilled his service perfected his sufferings is sit down on the right hand of the Majesty on high where now he reigns over all and is made a King by God in righteousness And this is the pattern which all his disciples are to walk by The more life they receive the more they are to minister the more they are to serve They must not lift up themselves by their gifts they must not hereupon Lord it over others or hold forth their knowledge or doctrines and think to make others bow thereto but wait in their service till the Lord make way into mens hearts and plant his truth there and upon him also must they wait for the watering and growth of it Quest But is there to be no greatness no authority among the disciples of Jesus or in the Church of Christ Is every one to do what he will to be subject to his own fancies and imaginations to the inventions of his own corrupt heart what a confused building will this be Sure this will not long remain a Zion but soon become a Babylon even an heap of disorder and confusion Answ There is to be no such kind of greatness no such kind of authority Yet there is both a greatness and authority suitable to the state of disciples suitable to that kind of kingdome whereof they are There are Laws there are Governments there are Governors there is ruling and there is subjection but all in the spirit all suitable to that which is to bo governed but no government of or according to the flesh As Christs kingdom is not of this world so the government of his Church and people is not according to this world but as that which gathers is his spirit and that which is gathered is spiritual so that which is governed is the spirits of his people and they are to be governed by his spirit and spiritually and not after a fleshly manner Thus Christ himself though he ministred to his disciples yet he also was their Lord and Master and in the spirit and life of the Father ruled over them and thus the Apostles and other ministers of Christ had likewise in the spirit the care of the Churches and authority in the Lord by his spirit to govern the spirits of his people not to govern after a fleshly manner by their own wills not to prescribe them in a Lordly way either what they should believe or practise but in the light and in the power of the spirit to make their way into every ones conscience in the sight of God ministring to every one in the spirit according to their capacity and growth and waiting patiently for God to convey the food and nourishment and to build their spirits up in the faith thereby The Spirit of the Prophets is subject to the Prophets Here is the government here is the law of rule and subjection in the life Every one feeling a measure of the Spirit in himself is thereby taught to own and subject to a greater measure of the same Spirit in another He that hath no measure of the Spirit of God he is not of God he is none of Christs and he that hath received a measure of the Spirit in the same spirit feeleth anothers measure and owneth it in its place and service and knoweth its moving and cannot quench it but giveth way to it with joy and delight When the Spirit moves in any one to speak the same spirit moves in the other to be subject and give way and so every one keeping to his own measure in the spirit here can be no disorder but true subjection of every spirit and where this is wanting it cannot be supplyed by any outward rule or order set up in the Church by common consent for that is fleshly and lets in the flesh and destroyes the true order rule and subjection The Apostles and Ministers of Christ come from Christ with a message of life and salvation with a testimony concerning the good will of God and his love to mankind pointing out the way from death to life from bondage to liberty from wrath and destruction to peace and salvation What they have seen what they have felt what they have tasted what they have handled what they have found redeem and deliver them that they declare abroad to others as they are moved as they are sent as they are guided and assisted Now that which they preach to is mens consciences in the sight of God They open the truth which they know they give their testimony in the moving leading and power of the Spirit and they leave it to the same spirit to demonstrate it to mens consciences as it pleaseth They are nothing they

but of the World this seed the World hates and the vessels in whom it bubbles up and through whom it giveth forth its testimony against the World Object But in the new Testament Luke stiles Theophilus most excellent and Paul speaking to Festus said most noble Festus which are terms or expressions of honour and reverence Answ Christ did promise his Disciples and Ministers that he would be with them and give them what to say Now if nobility and true excellency did appear in any persons and he led them by his Spirit to acknowledge it this is no sufficient warrant for men to do the like in their own wills or to give such titles to persons being in authority whether they be such persons or no. Luke knew Theophilus to be excellent and he was led by the Spirit of God to stile him excellent for by the Spirit of God he wrote that Scripture Luke 1.3 wherein he so stiles him And for Festus he that shall strictly observe his carriage will find it to be very noble in that he would not be won by the importunity and informations of the high Priest and chief of the Jews and of the multitude also against Paul but applyed himself to an upright consideration of the cause Acts 25.2 24. to the end The same Spirit which shewed the unworthy carriage and ignobleness of the high Priest zealous professing Jews might move Paul to set this mark of honour upon Festus The Lord loveth truth in the heart and truth in words and the following of the guidance of his Spirit into truth but to give a man high titles meerly because he is great and high in the outward without discerning that he is such and without the leading of Gods Spirit so to do this is of the flesh according to the will of the flesh out of the faith and not according to truth and righteousness and in the fear of the Lord there is a watch set over our spirits in these things lest we should esteem and honour men according to the will of the flesh and not in the Lord. Titles of office or of relations as master father c. we find freedome to give but titles which tend towards flattery or exalting man out of his place and the lifting up of his heart above his brethren we have not freedome in the Lord to use and Eliah also found a restraint upon him in this respect Job 32.21 22. Object It is noted as a brand and reproach of false teachers that they despise dominion and speak evil of dignities 2 Pet. 2.10 and Jude 8. Now it is well known that the practise of the Quakers is but too like those false teachers c. Answ It were worth a narrow search and enquiry what the dominion and dignities or glories are which the false teachers speak evil of or blaspheme c. Search the Scriptures where do ye find the false teachers speaking evil of the earthly authorities nay they still cling close to them exalt them get them of their side and cry them up and will be sure enough never to fail in pleasing the Magistrate with cringing and bowing or any thing of that nature But there is the dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ in the heart there is the rule of his spirit over the fleshly part there is the truth in the inner man there are spiritual dignities or glories these the false teachers in all ages did despise and were not afraid to speak evil of though they should have feared to speak evil of the movings and guidings and lowest appearings of the spirit of God which excel in nature and worth the greatest earthly dignities yet they have not but have blasphemed the holy life and appearances of God in his people nay they have not spared his more eminent breakings forth in his very Prophets holy Apostles or Christ himself Mark what they spake evil of they spake evil of the things they knew not vers 10. What were the things they knew not The inward movings and vertue of his spirit the inward power life glory and dominion of truth in the heart they knew not it was against Christ in his people their evil deeds and hard speeches were vers 15. But as for the high and great ones the dominions and dignities of the earth they knew them well enough and did not speak evil of them but had their persons in admiration because of the advantage they had by them vers 16. They have alwayes had a double advantage from these both of gain to themselves and of overbearing the lambs of Christ by their great swelling words The Lord hath still so ordered it in his wisdome both before the coming of Christ at his coming and since that the false Prophets and Teachers should still have the advantage of the outward authorities and his people be a poor afflicted despised persecuted remnant whose glory is inward and cannot be discerned by the outward eye no not of Gods Israel See the dignities particularly expressed Revel 13.6 The name of God his holy power in his people the Tabernacle which is sanctified and made honourable for him by his spirit them that dwell in Heaven who are redeemed out of the earth and have their conversation above these are dignities which the earthly authorities nay the false teachers themselves never knew the worth of and so they are not afraid to blaspheme them The first beast on which the false church rode with the second beast which are of the very race of these false teachers making an image to the first beast because of advantage all join together in blaspheming these dignities Rev. 13. and chap. 17. To open this a little further John said in his days that it was then the last time For there were many Antichrists then come 1 Iohn 2.18 From whence came they They went out from us saith he but they were not of us ver 19. They were sensual they had not the spirit and so could not abide the presence life judgement and power of the spirit but seperated themselves Jude 19. But whither went they when they went out from the true Church why they went out into the world 1 Ioh. 4.2 They got the form of godliness which would stand well enough with the lusts ease of the flesh and went and preached up that in the world And now speaking the things of God in the worldly spirit the world could hear them v. 5. Thus having got a great party into the form of truth now they blaspheme the power now they mock at the movings of the spirit the leadings of the spirit the living name the true tabernacle the true inhabitants of heaven who have their conversation above in the heavenly nature in the heavenly principle in the pure spirit of life for as they are begotten by the spirit so they live in the spirit and walk in the spirit This the false teachers who have got the form of doctrine and the form of discipline

ye and be not afraid of their terror neither be troubled 1 Pet 3.14 and the Apostle Paul bids the Philippians stand fast in one Spirit with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel and in nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of perdition but to you of salvation and that of God And the same Apostle who commended the Hebrews as having done well in bearing the great sight of afflictons encourages them to go on still and not be weary or faint in their minds but resist even to blood eyeing Christ who endured the contradiction of sinners to the very last Heb. 12.3 4. And he practised as he taught for he was not terrified with bonds or afflictions nor accounted his life dear unto him but that which was dear unto him was the serving of his Lord and Master in preaching and witnessing to his truths as his spirit led him Acts 20.23 24. trusting on the Lord to uphold him in enduring of them or to deliver him out of them as he pleased 2 Tim. 3.11 but that which he and the rest of the Apostles and Saints of Christ applyed themselves to in case of persecution was to suffer 1 Cor. 4.12 And whoever they are that will be Christs faithful Disciples now must look to meet with the same cross as they did not only from the prophane World but from the worldly professors also for there were not only zealous worldly professors in that age but the same spirit hath remained in every age since which still gets into the best form it can when need requires to oppose the power thereby And they that are in the Spirit and in the power must expect to be persecuted by such and they are to bear it and not to flie from it unless by a particular call and dispensation from the Lord for a particular service which is not the rule as it is here made but rather an exception from the rule So Christ sending his Disciples in hast to preach the Gospel bids them not salute in the way Luke 10.4 nor be stopped by persecution but hasten to publish the sound of Christs coming in the Cities of Israel for the harvest was great but the laborers few Mat. 9.37 and yet notwithstanding all the hast they could make they should not have gone over the Cities of Israel before the Son of man come Mat. 10.23 There is a time to suffer persecution and a time to flee from persecution and both these are to be known in the Lord and to be obeyed in the leadings of his Spirit but to lay it down as a general rule for Christians to observe that when they are persecuted they should flee this is expresly contrary to the Scriptures afore mentioned which shew that Christians are not generally to flee but to stand in the service and work to which they are called bearing witness not only by believing and publishing but also by suffering for the testimony of the truth They are Christs Souldiers and their duty is to stand in the battel and bear all the shot and persecutions of the enemy if God call them off to any other service that is a sufficient warrant for them but flying upon other termes may prove a great dishonour to their Master and to his cause and truth and may be the occasion of a great loss to their Spirits who are so tempted to flee Neither is this bearing the brunt of persecutions and standing in Gods work and service notwithstanding them all even unto death any tempting of God but an obedient taking up of the cross according to his will and command And whereas you plead that reason requires it what kind of reason is it which bids avoid the cross of Christ and flee for safety And what kind of Spirit is that which preacheth this Doctrine laying it down as a general rule for Christians to flee when they are persecuted Is it not that Spirit which fain would be at ease in the flesh in so much as it self will rather persecute than be disturbed of its fleshly liberty though its very unwilling to bear the reproach of being accounted a persecutor Ah how did the Jews cry out against their Fathers for killing the Prophets and verily thought if they had lived in their dayes they should by no means have done it and yet the same Spirit was in them though they saw it not but thought themselves far from it That which blinded them was a wrong knowledge of the Scriptures and a great zeal and devotion about their Temple worship and Ordinances without a sensible feeling of the guidance of Gods Spirit The same Spirit that deceived them layeth the same snare in these dayes and men swallow it as greedily with as great confidence as they did the zealous professors of religion for the generality still becoming persecutors of the present appearance of truth not knowing what they do Thus in the fear of the Lord God and in love to your souls with a meek and gentle spirit not being offended at what ye have done but looking over it to the Lord who bringeth glory to his name and advantage to his truth by the sufferings and death of his Saints have I answered your grounds and considerations and in the same fear love and meekness have I some things further to propose to your considerations which are of great concernment to you and deserve to be weighed by an equal hand in the equal ballance without prejudice or partiality 1. Consider meekly and humbly whether the Scriptures be the rule of the Children of the new covenant for if the Scripture was not intended by God for the rule and ye take it to be the rule then ye may easily mistake the way to eternal life and also err in your understanding and use of the Scriptures making such an use of them as they were never intended for and so missing of the true use and intent of them Now that the Scripture was not intended nor given forth by God to be the rule of the Children of the New Covenant besides our faithful Testimony from the sight of the thing in the true eternal light weigh our arguments from the Scripture many are mentioned in our writings consider at present of these three 1. The Scripture is an outward rule or law but the Scripture saith the law of the new covenant shall be an inward law It is written in the Prophets that all the Children of the new covenant or new Jerusalem shall be taught of the Lord Isa 54.13 who teacheth them inwardly by his Spirit and writeth his law in their hearts Jer. 31.33 34. and after this manner did the Lord take his people into covenant with himself and teach them in the Apostles dayes 1 John 2.27 The covenant is inward the teacher inward the writing inward the law inward and there it is to be read learned and known where the Spirit teacheth and writeth it 2. Scripture or the writings

alwayes to last but is one of the fashions of this world which is to pass away how long a time soever it hath had and God may call his people from it at his pleasure and if he call from it they must leave it off though the earthly nature and powers be never so angry thereat The Lord hath let man have a long day wherein man hath been lifted up and appeared great by receiving that honour which is of the earth not of the faith but at length the Lord will bring forth his day wherein he will be great and have every knee bow to him and every tongue confess to him and then man shall be little and his honour fall and the Lord alone be exalted Isa 2.17 2. Doth not the image of God grow up into the likeness of God Doth God respect mens persons Did Christ regard any mans person Did not James say If ye have respect to persons ye commit sin and are convinced of the law as transgressors James 2.9 Of what law Of the law of faith which exalteth the new birth and layeth flat the creature in its transgressing nature estate and honour For saith Christ who received not honour from men nor gave honour to men how can ye believe which receive honour one of another John 5.44 That which receiveth earthly honour is of the earth and cannot believe and that which giveth earthly honour is of the earth and so not of the faith The faith is a denying of the earth a taking up of the cross to the earthly honour which is as a block in the way of faith How can ye believe when ye cherish that part in you which is against the faith The immortal seed of life in the day of the Gospel grows up out of the earth leaving it with its customes fashions honours yea and its nature and worships too behind it So that look into the ground of the thing with the eye which seeth over the transgressing state and over all things which have sprung up from the transgressing part and which please that part which is out of the faith out of the life and power drawn from God into the earth and it wil be manifest that earthly honour hath its root foundation and service there but falleth off like a shackle from mans spirit as the life riseth in him and as he is redeemed out of the earth Now as for Abrahams and Jacobs bowings c. Those things had their season under the law which made nothing perfect as other things had but now God calleth every man to bow to the Son and will not permit so much as bowing to an Angel who is far more honourable than any Magistrate And the Son calleth to honour the Father and to seek the honour which cometh from God only and he that will be his Disciple must take up his cross to the earthly part and follow him who neither gave earthly honour nor received earthly honour but condemned it John 5.44 Therefore let men consider the ground of the thing and the different state between Jews under the law and Christians under the Gospel and not think the bringing of instances from them of old time can dispence with us in following Christ according to the law of faith who gave us this pattern of not receiving or giving honour to mens persons and let not the weight of our plea it having so great impression on our hearts be despised by any that pretend relation to our Lord and Master which I shall briefly thus recite 1. It is the single and sincere desire of our hearts to give all the honour and obedience to Magistrates which is due unto them according to the Scriptures 2. It is manifest that we are careful of observing all just laws and patient in suffering through unjust laws or where the Magistrate doth persecute us without or against law 3. This kind of honour of pulling off the hat and bowing to the person we do not find commanded in Scripture but we find Christs command against it who saith follow me who both denyed to receive it and did not give it but condemned it And we find its rise to be from the earthly part and to the earthly part it is given which it pleaseth being given to it or is offended at being denyed it and this part we are taught by the Lord to crucifie in our selves and not to cherish in others 4. The bowing of persons under the law which was an earthly state wherein many things were permitted which are not permitted under the Gospel doth not bind Christians under the Gospel nor doth not limit the Spirit of God from taking of any one or more or all of his people from giving that which the earthly part calleth honour to that which is of the earth 5. We do appeal to the Lord our God who is our judge and law-giver that he hath laid this upon our Spirits and hath smitten several of us when there hath arisen so much as a desire in us to please men in this particular and in the fear of his name and in obedience to him do we forbear it and not either in contempt of authority or of the persons in authority 6. We find by much experience that the forbearing of this is a service to our Lord and Master and an hurt to his enemy It offendeth the passionate it offendeth the rough it offendeth the proud and lofty that spirit is soon touched and stirred by it but that which is low that which is meek that which is humble that which is gentle that is easily drawn from valuing and minding of it and findeth an advantage therein And of a truth the earthly spirit knows and feels that God is taking the honour from it and giving it to the meek and humble which makes it muster up its forces and arguments to hold it as long as it can Now what moderate man much more any Christian could not forgo the putting off of an hat or bowing of the knee upon so solemn and weighty an account as this If this were thine own case wouldst thou be forced imprisoned fined or have this made an argument against thee to banish thee or put thee to death Thou dost not know how the Lord may visit thee by his Spirit and what he may require of thee He may call thee also to give forth thy testimony and to fight under the banner of his Spirit against all the fashions customes honours yea and worships of this World That which is born of God is not of this World and as it groweth up in any earthen vessel so it draweth the vessel also more and more out of this World Ye are not of the World but called out of the World therefore the World hates you That which can please the World that which can bow to it and honour it that the World loves but the immortal seed which cannot bow but testifies against the Worlds honours that they are not of the Father

holding it in the fleshly wisdome where they may hold their lusts too mock at and blaspheme Jude 18. And this hath been the great way of deceit since the Apostacy God gathered a seperated people from the world the fals teachers get the form of godliness from them and set it up in the world and then turn against the power and deny it speaking evil of or blaspheming the spirit which is the dominion and his ministrations in the spirits of his people which are the dignities or glories of the new testament which excel all earthly dignities and also the ministration of the first Covenant 2 Cor. 3.7 8. So likewise for rayling speeches The false prophets can speak smooth words speaking in the fleshly wisdom they can please the fleshly part in their very reproofs but he that speaks from God must speak his words how harsh soever they seem to the fleshly part And he that speaks in his name spirit Majesty and authority is exalted high above the consideration of the person to whom he speaks What is a Prince a Magistrate a Ruler before the Lord but clay or dust and ashes If the Lord bid any of his servants call that which was once the faithful city harlot and say concerning her Princes that they are rebellious and companions of thieves Isa 1.21 and 23. What is the poor earthen vessel that it should go to change or mollifie this speech And so for the false Prophets and teachers If the spirit of the Lord in the meanest of his servants call them idol-shepherds hirelings thieves robbers dogs dumb dogs greedy dumb dogs that cannot bark though they can speak smooth pleasing words enough to fleshly Israel and the earthly great ones generation of vipers hypocrites whited Sepulchres graves that appear not c. who may reprove him for it or find fault with the instrument he chuses Now man judging by the fleshly wisdom may venture to call this rayling and the Prophets of the Lord have been accounted rude and mad and troublers of Israel and so it is at this day but the Lord being angry with the transgressor may send a rough rebuke to him by what messenger he pleaseth and what is the poor creature that he should gainsay his maker and desire the message might be smoother But now these false teachers who can speak smoothly to the fleshly part flatter the great ones and the professors that fall in with their form of doctrine and discipline they deny the power blaspheme the movings and goings forth of the spirit of God in his people and if any be drawn by the spirit to seperate from their formal way and to seek after the life and presence of the power him they cry out of as a Sectary a blasphemer an heretick and so bring rayling accusations against that life and spirit by which he is drawn and of him for following the drawings of it and thus they become guilty of speaking evil of what they know not Jude 10. They that are drawn out of the worlds worships know from what they were drawn but they that remain still in them do not know the power which drew out of them nor into what it drew but looking on it with a carnal eye it appears mean to them and so they readily disdain it and think they may safely speak evil of it though in truth they know it not And as for cursings There are children of the curse as well as of the blessing and the spirit of the Lord may pronounce his curse against any children of the curse by whom he pleases Curse ye Meroz curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof Judges 5.23 and yet Meroz did not persecute but only not come to the help of the Lord against the mighty So the professing Jews with their rulers and teachers were cursed by the spirit of the Lord Psalm 69.22 c. So Judas was cursed Psalm 109.6 c. For Peter applieth it to him Acts 1.20 Now if the curse be causless it shall not come Prov. 26.2 and well will it be with him whom men causlesly curse Mat. 5.11 although they were the highest devoutest and most zealous professing Jews with their Priests and Rulers in those daies and although they should be the highest most zealous and devout formal Christians with their rulers and teachers in these days who may have got this form as well as they got that form and yet hold the truth in the unrighteousness deny the power as false teachers formerly did who held the form 2 Tim. 3.5 But the case of Shimei is not at all proper to the thing in hand because he did not pretend to curse in the Lords name and authority but manifestly out of the fear of God cursed the Lords annointed in his low state Neither were these two Quakers put to death for cursing So that if Humphry Norton were never so blamable yet that reacheth not to them but is to be reckoned to him that did it who is to stand or fall to his own master therein Yet this I may say because it is so extraordinary a case we having not known the like that if he had not the Lords clear warrant for what he did surely the Lord will very severely judge him for speaking so peremptorily and presumptuously in his name if not required by him And so as touching contemptuous carriages When there is not contempt in the heart it is not easie to shew contemptuous carriages but the fleshly part missing of the honour which is pleasing to it and being offended thereby is ready to apprehend that to be spoken and done in contempt which is spoken and done in the humility and fear of the Lord. 3. A third ground or consideration to justifie their Law of banishment and death of the Quakers is drawn from Solomons confining of Shimei and of putting him to death for breach of his confinement whereupon they argue that if execution of death be lawful upon breach of confinement may not the same be said for breach of banishment banishment being not so strait but giving more liberty than confinement Answ The question is not whether the Magistrate upon no occasion may banish upon pain of death but whether the banishment of the Quakers upon pain of death was just or no If it were never so manifest that a Magistrate might banish and put to death in case of not observing his Law of banishment yet that doth not prove that every Law of banishment is just and that the death of such as do not obey their Law is just also but he may make a Law in his own self-will pride passion resolvedness and stiffness of spirit and so draw the sufferings of persons under that Law either of banishment or death upon his own head Now the Quakers coming in the name of the Lord by his commission and upon his work whom all the Magistrates of the earth are to reverence and bow before if Magistrates will presume to make a Law to banish them