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A60436	The fruits of unrighteousnes and injustice Brought forth by John Bulkley, and Thomas Bowrman, and the rest of the rulers in Hampshire, against the innocent people of God called Quakers. Who in words and writings have often declared their unjust sufferings; as also at two sessions, and two general assizes holden at Winchester, requiring justice and equity, and their right and liberty in the nation; of the which being still most unjustly deprived, it is now publiquely declared, that they and others seeing their deeds of darknesse brought to light, may be warned, and learn to do justice, and to relieve the oppressed. Also the sounding voyce of the dread of Gods mighty power to all the judges and rulers of the earth, who rise up aginst the Lamb, and to all the host of powers of darknesse who fight against God. By the servants of Christ ... called Humphry Smith. Anthony Melledg. George Henderson. James Potter. Will: Baily. Daniel Baker. John Day. Winifred Newman.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1658 (1658)	Wing S4061; ESTC R216933	45,374	58

The Fruits of UNRIGHTEOUSNES AND INJUSTICE Brought forth by John Bulkley and Thomas Bowrman and the rest of the Rulers in Hampshire against the innocent people of God called QUAKERS Who in words and Writings have often declared their unjust ●●ff ●ings As also at two Sessions and two General Affizes holden at Winchester requiring Justice and Equiry and their Right and Liberty in the Nation of the which being still most unjustly deprived it is now publiquely declared that they and others seeing their deeds of darknesse brought to light may be warned and learn to do Justice and relieve the OPPRESSED Also the sounding voyce of the dread of Gods mighty power to all the Judges and Rulers of the Earth who rise up against the L A M B and to all the Host of the powers of Darknesse who fight against God By the Servants of Christ who suffers for his Truth in the common Gaol and House of Correction at Winchester called Humphrey Smith Anthony Melledg George Henderson James Potter Will Baily Daniel Baker John Day Winifred Newman LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth neer Aldersgate 1658. His in plain and sober words would I have the Reader to understand that what is hereafter written is not published for the denyal of any righteous government or Governours nor in contempt of any that rules for God neither yet in envy towards the person of any man but that the wickedness in them called Justices and Rulers and the oppression which is dayly brought forth in them who are set to do justice might appear and more especially some of them in Hampshire who have oppressed the just and let the guilty go free therefore it is both meet and right faithfulness towards God and plainness and love towards the souls of them who have combined together against the innocent to declare openly against that evil principle in them which moved in their dark minds in secret whereby the workes of darkness hath been brought forth into publique view which will now turn back upon that which is head in them for a perpetual shame And it is but right and reasonable that what oppressions by them is laid upon us who dayly suffer the inhumane crulties of unreasonable men in our own Nation should be written and recorded or at least wise part of it in plain and simple words as was also the sufferings both of the Prophets and Apostles and likewise that was written which the Martyrs suffered by the Bishops ungodly Rulers and Popish Tyrants whose unrighteous Laws Edicts and Decrees they could not obey that wch is unrighteous is also now by us denyed though it be a Law or a decree which is unjust proceeding from the Priests the unclean seed of the Bishops and ungodly Rulers the crooked seed of all the former persecuters by which Priests and Rulers we have suffered so much already in England that it is very like before they have filled up their measure of blood thirsty Practises and but part thereof gathered up and recorded that it will exceed in the manner and cruelty of it all the persecution that yet hath been at any time in so few yeares considering the number harmlesness and innocency of them who suffer with the manner thereof and the long imprisonments And secondly the small causes or accusations which the Persecutors have against them as wearing their hats or travelling in the high way or reproving sin in the gate market place Idols Temple or Steeple-house which was the practise of the Prophets Christ and his Apostles which is even a shame unto Rulers to lay snares for and seek to intrap a harmless people about such things And thirdly considering there unreasonableness therein by inflicting such great punishments large sums of money and long imprisonments even without limit until their wills are satisfied only for such small things as they call contempt or transgression of their Law which they made to guard the unclean Priests and sometimes without any cause or any thing at all to cover their cruelty but only because we are called Quakers And fourthly it may appear that these Persecutors have already exceeded many in that they Persecute us for practising that which they themselves profess and practise not and for living in that which they hold in unrighteousness Romans 1 18. Which is the Truth of God declared in Scripture and in that they persecute us for doing that which they say and do not and for being faithful to that of which even the Priests themselves have long talked and wear wont to bind people by promise that they should forsake the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanities of this wicked World and all the sinful lusts of the flesh then must they needs forsake all sin and to believe the Christian Faith and ●respects no mans person and to do Gods holy will and that is mans sanctification and commandements and that is written in the heart and to walk in the same all the dayes of their life then must they needs walk with God and be perfect and be in this World as he is 1 John 4. 17. the wch things by the powerful opperation of the immortal word in us are brought in our measures to do practise and live in and therefore even because we do that which the blind Priests did once teach and now deny Are we now persecuted and openly reviled by those coveteous Pharisaical Priests who say and unsay and say and do not and preach up a thing one year and preach it down another and are of them that Christ cryed w● against Math. 23. and herein doth their blindness and cruelty and the Magistrates persecution exceed many in former ages And also in that we having the Scriptures which they call their Rule as a cloud of witnesses for us but against them and by the power of the Spirit which gave forth the Scriptures are we ready both publique and private to prove our doctrine faith principles and practises to be according to plain Scripture but the Prophets and Apostles of Christ had not a Scripture to prove many things which they did and said And if this generation do exceed those that persecuted them in persecuting us who have the Scriptures what then would this generation have done to the Prophets if they had been in there dayes who had not the Scriptures all which being considered and many things more which might be mentioned whereby it may appeare that these persecuting Priests and Rulers have already exceeded all that went before them Again the Reader may consider that the members of Christ are not of the World but are hated and persecuted by the World and by our sufferings and what is after vvritten it may appear that we are not of the World but hated reviled and oppressed by the World and by all Sects and Opinions and all sorts of People in the World out of which we are called by him vvho was before the World whose day Abraham

before my friend gave this Priest the Letter he asked his name saying is thy name Robert Dingly in such plain true words according to Scripture he answered in scorn saying thy name thy name I thought it was such fools as thee art with sundry other vain filthy speeches I shall take a course with thee said he I shall send thee to prison mark G. H. answered I matter not thy imprisonment so the Priest took the Letter and began to read mark and said We fools desire thee to give us a meeting Now these words was not written in the Paper as the Reader may see above but came from the unclean spirit head in him then my friend asked him why he did lye the Priests answer was saying I know the Devill is in you all After which saying he fled away and would give no further ansvver only bid his man put him out of doors and bolt the door after him I being in the fear of the Lord in love to the seed of the God of Abraham with bowels of compassion was moved to appear at the Steeple house G. H. went with me where I came in amongst the multitude peaceably and in the dread of the Lord and so continued for the space of about halfe an hour and then spake a few words with tears the Lord whom I serve with my spirit knoweth my innocency that I was free from envy or malice to any one mans person upon the face of the whole earth but I was hindred in the work of the Lord the Priest immediately called out being in his Pulpit in Cains nature saying to the mult●tude take him away take him away who with violence abused us both beating with a great staffe kicking and throwing us down and haled us forth of their Synagogue or Steeple house and brought us before the Magistrate so called who had so much regard with compulsion to have his person respected and honoured by commanding our hats to be taken off our heads which was laid in the dust before us mark a true figure where his honour shall be layd as I then shevved him so that even that which would make him truly honourable was and is lightly esteemed by him I could wish that he and all the Magistrates in England would lay it to heart to know that before honour is humility and that which is meek is low in the heart and is the higher power every soul is to be subject to The w●iting above written which was sent to Priest Dingly before I appeared in the Steeple-house was read before Tho ●owrman called a Justice his Priest Tomkins being with him and wrested the Scripture to prove that Christ did swear like a blinde blasphemous sottish bruit Many other persons were there present at the same time when we were examined and most unjustly committed to Prison by the said Thomas Bowrman who was so deaf and blinde he could not hear his sottish Priest speak blasphemy neither see the transgressor to lay the sword upon his head within and without but being under the power of darknesse the sword vvas laid upon the innocent both vvithin and vvithout Also he caused three men to svvear against us contrary to Christs Doctrine vvho said swear not at all and of his Disciples vvhich follovved him in the life vvhich taught the same Doctrine saying Above all things my brethren swear not lest you fall into condemnation And if Thomas Bowrman and Priest Thomkins had been come to Christ the light of the wo●d as I questioned vvich them vvhen I vvas falsely accused before him and so abide in his Doctrine then he nor any such dare not go out of his Doctrine neither cause others to transgresse I wish he may finde a place of repentance with the rest of his brethren in the time before it be too late left such be then cut down as fruitlesse trees which cumbers the ground Now I appeal to that of God in all consciences to judg if so that R. Dingly had bin a Minister of Christ had preacht practiced and lived in the life walking in the doctrine of the light of the Son of God whether or no it did not highly concern him with the spirit of meeknesse and sound doctrine in the audience of all people as it was desired to convince the gainsayers in such perillous times as these and whether a Minister of Christ the Light would not have greatly rejoyced to have done the will of the Lord in the worke of the Ministry for the truths sake that the honest simple-hearted might be edified and so to know how to beware of woolvish hirelings such as the holy Prophets Christ his Apostles Ministers and Saints did and do witnesse against as the Scripture of Truth beareth testimony even against them who seeks their gain from their quarters eating the fat drinking the sweet cloathing with the wool and feeding themselves without fear and not the flock who are kept ever learning and not able to come to the knowledge of the truth and so destroyed for lack of knowledg by such greedy dogs which can never have enough Isa 56. The latter end even such as Robert Dingly is who as it doth appear manifestly to all that fear the Lord God of Abraham how that if he had not been in the same footsteps of the false Prophets and Pharisees in Cains nature and also ashamed of his Doctrine practice maintenance and conversation I know he durst not have been so envious raging with fury and madnesse running to carnall weapons to the Magistrate before whom he with the rest of his uncircumcised generation work their lying wonders to captivate prison and persecute the just guiltlesse and innocent even unto death as many of this ravenous cursed rebellious seed of evill doers have done and daily do who rebel against the Light and with greedinesle are hastning to fill up their measures of Iniquity in their unclean Tabernacles in these their days woe be to them A terrible and dreadful day of darknesse is hastning over them Also I say let the sober minded consider and observe this with me it s written Revel 2 saying behold the Devil shall cast some of you to wit the Saints into prison to try you so that its manifest the Devil spake by the mouth of his unclean Prophet R. D. who said to our friend I shall take a course with thee I shall send thee to Prison so that from the unclean false Prophet the voice went forth the beast being ready also to do or execute his Masters will who is the Prince of darkness and by his power to uphold the false Prophet and said to us whose meat and drink it is to do the will of our heavenly Father in our several measures bearing testimony against the beast and false Prophet and all deeds of darkness whatsoever I say Thomas Bowrman said to us by the same Spirit which is head in the Priest and himselfe and threatned to cast into prison which was also performed