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<P>THE IMMEDIATE CALL To the Mini&s;tery of the GOSPEL, witne&s;&s;ed by the SPIRIT: VVith a true Declaration of the per&s;ecution and &s;uffering of <HI>Richard Hubberthorne James Parnell, Ann Blaying,</HI> by <HI>Will Pickering,</HI> who is Mayor of CAMBRIDGE.</P>
<P>Al&s;o an An&s;wer to divers Letters and Mit|timu&s;&s;es, again&s;t the &s;aid Pri&s;oners, an&s;wered;</P>
<P>By them, who are &s;ufferers for the truth, and for the te&s;timony of JESUS, RICHARD HUB|BERTHORN, JAMES PARNELL.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>Giles Calvert,</HI> at the <HI>Black-Spread-Eagle</HI> at the We&s;t end of <HI>Pauls,</HI> 1654.</P>
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<HEAD>The immediate Call to the Mini&s;tery of the Go&s;pel, witne&s;&s;ed by the Spirit.</HEAD>
<P>WIth a true Declaration of the per&s;ecution and &s;uffering for the Go&s;pel, under the tyranny of the Mayor of <HI>Cambridge;</HI> which Go&s;pel of Je|&s;us Chri&s;t, whereever it was made manife&s;t, the te&s;timony of it was ever &s;ealed with bloud, per&s;ecution and &s;ufferings, and it is the &s;ame now, working the &s;ame effect, and bearing the &s;ame &s;eal, as is witne&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And al&s;o an an&s;wer to &s;everal fal&s;e reproaches given forth in writing, in three Letters under the hand of <HI>Will Pickering</HI> Mayor of <HI>Cambridge:</HI> which herein is di&s;covered and laid open, that &s;o the truth may be cleared, and all Magi&s;trates, Prie&s;ts and People may di&s;cern truth from &s;candals, and that all &s;imple hearts and minds may be informed to receive the truth freely, without &s;tumbling at reproach|es, through which the Prophets, and Apo&s;tles, and Servants of Je&s;us Chri&s;t did bear witne&s;&s;e to the truth, <HI>I&s;ai. 51. 7. Heb.</HI> 11. 26. e&s;teeming the reproaches of Chri&s;t greater riches than the plea&s;ures of the world, and the Apo&s;tles were to goe forth to him without the Camp, bearing his reproach, <HI>Heb. 13. 13. If ye be re|proached for the Name of Chri&s;t, happy are ye, for the Spirit of God, and of glory, re&s;teth upon you,</HI> 1 Pet. 4. 14.</P>
<P>From one whom the Lord, by his eternal Spirit, hath called to bear witne&s;&s;e to his Truth, and to his Word, and Go&s;pel, made manife&s;t in me by the revelation of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, who&s;e life and conver&s;ation hath been blamele&s;&s;e in the world, whom no outward Law did ever take hold upon for evill doing, but was &s;trict and zeal|ous in an outward profe&s;&s;ion of God and Chri&s;t, exceeding many in wi&s;dome and knowledge in the letter of the Scripture, and had a form of godline&s;&s;e, but the power of it I was ignorant of, and was a &s;tranger to the life of God, which the Saints lived in, which &s;poke forth the Scripture according to their mea&s;ure, and the Word of God, which the Saints &s;poke from, I was ignorant of, though I knew the letter, and was a Mini&s;ter of the letter before I knew the power of the Word of God; but when the living powerful Word of God was made manife&s;t in me by his mighty power, then I was made &s;ilent from &s;peaking any thing of God from that knowledge and wi&s;dom, which was natural, and did ari&s;e out of the earth, in which &s;tood my zeal, and profe&s;&s;ion, and form of godline&s;&s;e, which was all without, in words, and outward appearance, and outward righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, and outward holi|ne&s;&s;e, &amp; the earthly nature &s;tanding, which all outward profe&s;&s;ion and forms lodge in: but when the Word of God by his mighty power was made manife&s;t within me, &s;poken from his own mouth, which word was in my heart as a fire which did burn up corruption and uncleanne&s;&s;e, and work out the defiled nature, and by it was all the powers of the earth brought down, and the earth it &s;elf &s;haken, by it the devi&s;s were made to tremble, and were ca&s;t out, and in that day did the keepers of the hou&s;e tremble, and the &s;trong man cry bitterly, and the ju&s;t Judgements of God
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did fall upon that nature I lived in, and the terrors and wrath of the Lord took hold upon me, till the fle&s;h was wa&s;ted off the bones, that I could number my bones day and night, the terrors of the Lord was upon me, revealed from heaven again&s;t all unrighteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, again&s;t all my own rightcou&s;ne&s;&s;e, and all my familiars and acquaintaince &s;tood afarre off me, for I was a wonder to all them who lived in that nature that I had lived in, for they knew not the judgements of God again&s;t &s;in, which then was upon me, becau&s;e of di&s;obedience to the light which did make ma|nife&s;t &s;in and evill; but hearing the Word of the Lord in power &s;poken within me, did confound all my wi&s;dome and knowledge, and made me to be a fool to the wi&s;dome of the world, and to deny the wi&s;dome, and to deny my &s;elf, and my own will, and by this Word was I called to come out of my own country, kindred, and fathers hou&s;e, to doe the Lords work, in obedience to his command, and to &s;tand in his will out of my own will, for I knew the voice of God which called me; and for this cau&s;e did I leave father and mother, lands and living, earthly honour, and earthly riches, which I had, and might have lived in, if I had been di&s;obedient to the command of God, but the Lord called me forth by his mighty power to bear witne&s;&s;e to him in the world, and to declare and preach forth the Go&s;pel of the Son of God, according to my mea&s;ure, as it was made manife&s;t within me, and by his Word to declare again&s;t all &s;in, and iniquity, and unrighteou&s;ne&s;s of men, and in obedience to him who called me did I goe, as I was moved by his eternal Spirit, into &s;everall parts of this Nation, Townes, and Cities, and Countries, in the North and We&s;t part of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> bearing te&s;timony to the truth, and in &s;ome parts &s;ealing the te&s;timony with my bloud, and by impri&s;onments, in per&s;ecution, in perils, often under tryals of cruel mockings, &s;courgings, and revilings, enduring the contradiction of &s;inners, and doe not account my life dear unto my &s;elf, that I may render to the Lord a good accompt of my faithfulne&s;&s;e, in obedience to him who hath called me into his work, and vineyard, and this is all the wages that the Mini&s;ters of the Go&s;pel receive from the world, being accounted as deceivers, yet true, as having nothing, yet po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing all things, as poor, yet making many rich, <HI>The &s;ervant is not greater than his Lord, John</HI> 15. 20. who hath &s;uffered the &s;ame things, and hath left a good example, and if it be the will of God that we &s;uffer with him in the obedience to him, are we made willing, not onely unto bonds, but unto death, who doe now bear his reproach; and by the Spirit of the Lord was I mo|ved, in obedience to him, to come to this Town, where &s;ome did receive the te&s;ti|mony of the truth, where I &s;tayed certain dayes, and we had certain meetings pub|lickly from hou&s;e to hou&s;e, and the hands of the per&s;ecutors was then bound by the mighty power of God, and they limited from acting the per&s;ecution which was in their hearts, which now they have acted &s;o farre as their power doth reach, but the Sea mu&s;t keep its bounds, and cannot break them. Then I pa&s;&s;ed forth of the Town, as I was moved of the Lord, to another people, till again I was moved to come into the Town, not knowing when I came in whether I &s;hould &s;tay two dayes in the Town, but waiting in the will of God, out of my own will, I came, as I was moved, and laboured in travel night and day in the Lords work and &s;ervice, to make the Go&s;pel of Chri&s;t without charge: And coming into the Town upon the 21 day of the &s;ix moneth at night, and lay at a friends hou&s;e in the Town, and in the morning, as I went into the &s;treet in the market place, two men followed me, and commanded me to goe with them two before the Mayor, who when I came before him, came unto me, &amp; violently took off my hat &amp; threw it upon the ground
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and asked me whence I came, and where I had lived, and of what calling I was, and what I came thither for? unto which I gave an accompt, and &s;aid, that if I had broken any Law, or if any man can lay any thing to my charge, let them prove it, and act the Law upon me according to the offence, but none could prove any thing. Then the Mayor asked me, if I would goe out of the Town, el&s;e I &s;hould be whip|ped out. Then I an&s;wered, when the Lord calls me out I &s;hall goe, for I &s;tand in obedience to the will of God, not to the will of man, and if thou can&s;t prove any thing again&s;t me worthy of &s;tripes, prove it, and act it upon me, but I have wrong|ed no man, nor am I guilty of the breach of any Law. Then the Mayor &s;aid, I have a Law again&s;t thee, I will make thee a wandering per&s;on, and a rogue; which I denied. Then the Mayor wrote a paper to &s;end me to pri&s;on, and then read it unto me, which was full of lies; which I denied. Then he wrote another, which I denied like wi&s;e: Then I &s;aid unto him, make not lies thy Law, but write that which is true; and then he threw by that, and wrote another. Then I was mo|ved of the Lord to &s;ay the&s;e words unto him, Thou that makes lawes in thy own will, contrary to the Law of God, the plagues of God is thy portion. Then the Mayor an&s;wered, now I have a Law again&s;t thee, thou cur&s;es me, and &s;aid to them that &s;tood by, if any of you will but take your oath that he hath cur&s;ed, we have a Law to puni&s;h him; but none took their oath. Then I an&s;wered and &s;aid, look in the Law what cur&s;ing is, if thou can&s;t prove it to be a cur&s;e by the Law, is the Scripture language a cur&s;e? Then he bid me hold my tongue, for he could not endure to hear me, and &s;aid, that I &s;hould either pay 3 <HI>s. 4 d</HI> or &s;it three houres in the &s;tocks: I an&s;wered, fir&s;t prove the Law broken; but he being in a rage, &s;ent me to the &s;tocks for three houres, and then &s;ent me to the dungeon: And upon the next day, being the third day of the week, one friend coming out of the North, who came to &s;ee me, and had travelled 300 miles before he came to me, lying but one night in the Town at that time, as he was coming in the morning to the pri&s;on to &s;ee me, one Con&s;table took him in the &s;treet, and had him before the Mayor, he giving no offence at all, the Mayor fell a beating of him, calling him a wandering rogue, and pre&s;ently made a Mittimus and &s;ent him to the dungeon, commanding that none &s;hould come at him, though no offence was proved again&s;t him, and there conti|nued till the &s;eventh day of the week; then being &s;et free by a Warrant, according to law, we came into the Town, and upon the fir&s;t day of the week, being met to|gether to wait upon the Lord, the Mayor &s;ent two Con&s;tables with a Warrant to bring us two before him, that we might be &s;ent out of the Town, as was expre&s;&s;ed in the Warrant; the Con&s;tables having &s;erved the Warrant, Ju&s;tice <HI>Blackley</HI> coming in at the &s;ame time, did &s;how them an Act which they had broken, and &s;o had broken the Law; and the Con&s;tables then went away, and did pro&s;ecute the Warrant no further at that time: the next day in the morning one Con&s;table and the Jayler came to the hou&s;e where I lay, and commanded me to goe with them to the Mayor; and when I came before him, having nothing again&s;t me, asked me, if I would goe out of the Town? I an&s;wered, when the Lord calls me out I &s;hall go, for I &s;tand in the will of God, not in the will of man. The Mayor &s;aid, thou do&s;t not follow the examples of the Apo&s;tles, for when they were per&s;ecuted in one City they fled into another, but we cannot get thee out by no meanes; and &s;o owned him&s;elf to be of the &s;ame generation that per&s;ecuted the Apo&s;tles. I an&s;wer, I have done no wrong, no guile, nor violence to any man, nor broken any Law, if thou ha&s;t any Law again&s;t me, read the Law unto me, and if I have wronged any man, I
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&s;hall make re&s;titution four fold, according to the Law of God, but proving none. The Mayor &s;aid, this is the Law, thou &s;halt chu&s;e three things: Fir&s;t, whether thou wilt quietly depart out of the Town: Or &s;econdly, go to pri&s;on, and be kept clo&s;e, that none &s;hall come at thee, nor have any thing but what thou earnes to lie upon: Or thirdly, to be whipped and &s;ent out of the Town.</P>
<P>And here let all people con&s;ider how contrary he acts to the Law of the Nation, for if by the Law he could prove me to be a rogue, or guilty of any other breach of the Law, then here he breaks the Law him&s;elf, in giving me liberty to goe away without any puni&s;hment according to the offence: and again, here he hath broken the Law, &amp; acts contrary to it, in impri&s;oning me, &amp; putting me in the dungeon, having no Law again&s;t me, but becau&s;e I will not goe away out of the Town when he doth command me to goe; and here all people may &s;ee, that he who pretends to be a Mini&s;ter of the Law, hath impri&s;oned me contrary to the Law. And again, there is no Law in the Nation that offereth the&s;e three conditions unto rogues; as either to depart quietly out of the Town, or be impri&s;oned, or whipped; let all who know the Law judge: And &s;o contrary to the Law of God, and the Law of the Nation, doe I, and others of the Servants of the Lord, &s;uffer, under a law made in the will of man; as one <HI>Ann Blacklain</HI> hath been kept in pri&s;on above three months for declaring again&s;t the deceipts of a Prie&s;t publickly in the Steeple-hou&s;e: And <HI>James Parnell</HI> hath been kept in pri&s;on almo&s;t three months, and is now put into the dungeon, for &s;etting up of a paper publickly in the market place, that thereby both Prie&s;t and people might &s;ee the truth cleared, and their deceipts di&s;covered, that &s;o coming to own the truth of God, they might keep the peace, which all the world hath broken by di&s;obedience to the light of Chri&s;t, in the con&s;cience, and &s;o for declaring the truth, and publi&s;hing it forth in writing publickly, is impri&s;oned, and no breach of the Law proved again&s;t him; and &s;o they both remain in pri&s;on under this pretence, of bringing in &s;ureties for good behaviour, when as they are not guilty, nor no mi&s;-behaviour proved again&s;t them, but all who &s;uffer as Chri|&s;tians, in the obedience to the will of God, need not be a&s;hamed.</P>
<P>And under the &s;ame tyranny and law, made in the will of man, doe I now &s;uffer, onely becau&s;e that at the command of <HI>Will. Pickering</HI> Mayor of <HI>Cambridge</HI> I did not goe out of the Town to fulfill his will, and &s;o have di&s;obeyed the command of the Lord, did he &s;end me to the dungeon, and commanded the Jaylor that none &s;hould be &s;uffered to come to me, nor bring any thing unto me, nor that I &s;hould have any thing but what I earned: and &s;ince I was fir&s;t ca&s;t into this hole, there is &s;everall reproaches, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 word">, and fal&s;e accu&s;ations ca&s;t upon me and the re&s;t of my brethren; and I am not &s;uffered to have my accu&s;ors face to face, that the law may take hold upon the guilty, and that the truth might be cleared, and my ac|cu&s;ors known, for &s;ince I was fir&s;t put into this place, there are three &s;everal papers of lies and &s;landers publi&s;hed forth by <HI>Will. Pickering</HI> Mayor, under his own hand, the fir&s;t dated <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 23. the &s;econd <HI>Aug.</HI> 28. the third <HI>Aug.</HI> 29.</P>
<P>1. Accu&s;ation. <HI>That we are idle wandering per&s;ons, and rogues, living upon poor &s;illy people, which &s;ome of them are now kept by the pari&s;h them&s;elves.</HI></P>
<P>I an&s;wer, this Accu&s;ation is fal&s;e, for from the Lord are we &s;ent, to declare a|gain&s;t all deceipt and unrighteou&s;ne&s;&s;e of men, and again&s;t all tho&s;e who lay heavie burthens upon the poor by deceipt and oppre&s;&s;ion, and again&s;t all who live in pride, and idlene&s;&s;e and fulne&s;&s;e of bread, by whom the creation is devoured, and many made poor by your meanes, and you who are rich, who live at ea&s;e, and in plea&s;ure,
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you live upon the labours of the poor, and lay heavie burthens upon them, grievous to be born, and you may the poor complain of, but they who doe receive our te&s;ti|mony there is the heavie burthens taken off, and the poor is ca&s;ed, and who&s;oever do receive the truth in the love of it, which we freely declare from the Lord, and hath this worlds good, he cannot &s;ee the poor in need, nor want, nor beg their bread, but the truth where it is received opens the bowels of compa&s;&s;ion, and takes off oppre&s;|&s;ion and the heavie burthen which the poor groans under, but we are not chargeable, nor our Go&s;pel, not to the rich, nor to the poor, neither doth any who have received us complain, nor is chargeable to the pari&s;h, is neither kept nor maintained by it. Therefore in the pre&s;ence of the living God I doe charge thee to cea&s;e from fal&s;ly accu&s;ing the innocent, who can neither prove us to be rogues nor deceivers, as the fruit of our mini&s;tery &s;hall bear witne&s;&s;e in them who have received it, who can witne&s;&s;e, that they are led out of much deceipt and ungodline&s;&s;e which before they lived in, and we have not been burthen&s;ome nor chargeable unto them through idlene&s;&s;e, God is our witne&s;&s;e, we have coveted no mans gold, nor &s;ilver, nor meat, nor drink, nor apparell; and here we are fal&s;ly accu&s;ed for the Name of Chri&s;t, and for the Go&s;pel &s;ake, which we freely doe declare as we have freely received it.</P>
<P>2. Accu&s;ation. The Mayor &s;aith, <HI>that the Law makes idle wandering per&s;ons to be rogues, tho&s;e that will not work if they have not any thing of their own to live upon, tho&s;e that u&s;e deceipt full wayes to get maintenance by, the&s;e by the Laws of the Land are all rogues, and &s;uch are the&s;e in my judgement, and in my &s;oul and con&s;cience I am trou|bled that I have done no more to them then I have done, to rid the Town of them.</HI></P>
<P>I an&s;wer, here thou ha&s;t &s;hewed thy judgement, and made it manife&s;t, that this per&s;ecuting will is thy law, and ha&s;t acted contrary, which thou ha&s;t here declared to be the Law of the Land concerning rogues, who doth keep us here in pri&s;on, in the dungeon, under the pretence of rogues, and hath not proved any of the&s;e things again&s;t us, which thou &s;aye&s;t makes rogues, not to be idle wandering per&s;ons, nor ha&s;t not proved us to have nothing of our own to live upon, nor ha&s;t not proved that we have u&s;ed any deceiptful wayes to get maintenance by, and here by the Lawes of the Land we are cleared, who are not guilty of any of tho&s;e things, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1+ letters">d &s;o the Lawes of the Land will take hold upon thee and all our accu&s;ers, who hath im|pri&s;oned us for rogues, when there is no witne&s;&s;e again&s;t us to prove the breach of any Law of the Land, for by the Law of ju&s;tice and equity we de&s;ire to be judged.</P>
<P>And thou who &s;aye&s;t, in thy &s;oul and con&s;cience thou art troubled that thou ha&s;t done no more to us then thou ha&s;t done, that in thy con&s;cience &s;hall witne&s;&s;e a|gain&s;t thee for what thou ha&s;t already done, and will let thee &s;ee, that thou ha&s;t acted contrary to that in the con&s;cience, the light of Chri&s;t, and that in thy con&s;cience will condemn thee, and ha&s;t acted contrary to the Law of the Land, as by that in thy con&s;cience thou &s;halt be judged, which will let thee &s;ee, that thou art not a doer of the Law of God, nor a Mini&s;ter of the Law of the Nation, but a maker of lawes according to thy judgements, and acting them upon the righteous, whom the Law was not made for, that thou maye&s;t rid the Town of tho&s;e who come to witne&s;&s;e the Law of God to be fulfilled in them, and to e&s;tabli&s;h righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e in the earth, and to bring people from under the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion of all Lawes, to witne&s;&s;e one Law giver, Je&s;us Chri&s;t who is our Law giver.</P>
<P>3 Accu&s;ation. The Mayor &s;aith, <HI>that one of us told him when he de&s;ired him to goe out of the Town, that he would not, for he was &s;ent to de&s;troy the Town.</HI></P>
<P>I an&s;wer, this Accu&s;ation is fal&s;e, for there was not &s;uch a word &s;poken, neither
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can any &s;uch thing be proved, for we came not to de&s;troy men lives, but to &s;aye them, and to preach Je&s;us Chri&s;t the Saviour of the world, and doe &s;peak from the Lord to that in the con&s;cience of every one, the light of Chri&s;t, which will let every one in particular &s;ee, that his de&s;truction is of him&s;elf, and by the light of Chri&s;t, unto which we are made manife&s;t in every mans con&s;cience, are we cleared from all &s;uch &s;landers and reproaches, which are fal&s;ly ca&s;t upon us for the Name of Chri&s;t, who was reproached as we are, and his reproaches we bear daily, and are not a&s;hamed of, as the Scripture &s;aith, which by us is witne&s;&s;ed daily; and the Laws of the Land, being executed in ju&s;tice and equity, will take hold upon our accu&s;ers, and clear us.</P>
<P>4. Accu&s;ation. <HI>That we have left our hone&s;t Callings, one being a Husbandman|&s;ervant, and another a Shooemaker, and now living upon the labours of other men.</HI></P>
<P>I an&s;wer, we are in our Callings whereunto the Lord hath called us, and doe abide in our Calling, and he that doth abide in his Calling abides with God, and this I witne&s;&s;e, who am called from father and mother, lands and livings, and from the cutward imployment which I lived hone&s;tly in, but was never &s;ervant to any man in that Calling, that accu&s;ation is fal&s;e; and my call is to the work of the Lord, to labour in his vineyard, who once had a vineyard without to labour in, as you have, who live in your earthly po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions and habitations, and that calling was lawfull in its place, and I did abide in it till the Word of the Lord came and called me from it into his work, who now cares for me, and provides for me, without taking thought or care what to eat, or what to drink, or wherewith to be clothed, for after all the&s;e things doe the heathens &s;eek, who knowes not God, and my call is from God immediately, not from man, and in the Scripture I have a cloud of witne&s;&s;es: who were all called by God, and left their callings: <HI>Eli&s;ha</HI> was called from the plough as he was following the plough, 1 <HI>Kings</HI> 9. 10. and <HI>David</HI> was called from keeping the &s;heep, who was a Shepherd, 1 <HI>Sam.</HI> 16. 11, 12. and by the Word of the Lord was <HI>Jeremiah</HI> called to be a Prophet, who &s;aid, he was a child, and could not &s;peak, but the Lord &s;aid, that he would put his Word in his mouth, and that he &s;hould goe whither&s;oever the Lord commanded him, and that he &s;hould not fear the faces of men, for he would deliver him, and that he &s;hould &s;peak what&s;oever he commanded him, <HI>Jer.</HI> 1. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. And by the &s;ame Word was <HI>Amos</HI> called, as he was following the flock, who was a herd&s;mand, and a gatherer of Sicamore fruit, <HI>Amos</HI> 7. 14, 15, 16 And the Apo&s;tles were fi&s;her-men, and trade&s;-men, and <HI>Paul</HI> a Tentmaker, &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ho&s;e all left their hone&s;t callings to do what&s;oever the Lord commanded them, &s;ome to prophe&s;ie, and &s;ome to preach the Go&s;pel, and the &s;ame Word of God, and the &s;ame Call, and the &s;ame Spiri<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> I doe witne&s;&s;e, by which I am called from my outward calling; and by the &s;ame Law, by which I am accu&s;ed for leaving my hone&s;t calling, and commanded to it again, by the &s;ame would <HI>Eli&s;ha</HI> be accu&s;ed, and commanded to goe to the plough again; and <HI>Amos</HI> for leaving the flock and vineyard, to goe to prophe&s;ie in the Kings Chappel at <HI>Bethell;</HI> but <HI>Ama|&s;iah</HI> the Prie&s;t was offended at <HI>Amos,</HI> for leaving his calling, and for prophe&s;ying at <HI>Bethell,</HI> and commanded him to goe away, that he &s;hould neither prophe&s;ie, nor eat bread there, though he was commanded of the Lord: And the &s;ame Spirit doth ap|pear in you, both Prie&s;ts and Magi&s;trates, in <HI>Cambridge,</HI> with them who are &s;ent of the Lord, and commanded as <HI>Amos</HI> was: And you &s;ay this is the Unver&s;ity, and you have Teachers enough of your own, but none of them can witne&s;&s;e, that the Lord ever called them, or commanded them: but they who are called and com|manded
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by the Lord, and in obedience to him do come, them you command to goe cut of the Town to follow their callings again, and &s;o by the &s;ame Law command the Prophets to their callings again, and the Apo&s;tles to their netts again, and <HI>Paul</HI> to make Tents again, and <HI>Mathew</HI> to the receipt of Cu&s;tomes again, which they were all called from; but <HI>Amos</HI> did not goe to <HI>Bethell</HI> to be a herd&s;man, but to declare the Word of the Lord; nor the Apo&s;tles did not goe to fi&s;h, and to their netts again to get their living, but they were made fi&s;hers of men: And were per|&s;ecuted from City to City, and threatned, and &s;traitly charged to &s;peak no more in that Name, and to depart their Coa&s;ts, as I am commanded to depart from <HI>Cam|bridge</HI> to teach in my own Country; but they obeyed God rather than man, and were not idle wandering rogues, though they had left their lawfull callings, and had no certain dwelling place, but did goe whither&s;oever the Lord commanded them, to preach the Go&s;pel to every creature, and to all nations, and took no thought what to eat, or what to drink, nor wherewith to be cloathed, and did eat no mans bread for nought; and the &s;ame I witne&s;&s;e; and the Prophets, nor the Apo&s;tles, when they were put into pri&s;ons and dungeons, you doe not read, that they were forced to work to fulfill the will of their per&s;ecutors, nor that ever <HI>Paul,</HI> nor the re&s;t of the Apo&s;tles, nor Servants of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, when they were ca&s;t into pri&s;on, or dunge|ons, that for the te&s;timony of Je&s;us, that ever they were charged or commanded to beat hemp, or el&s;e not eat, as the Task-ma&s;ter of <HI>Cambridge</HI> doth command, but their labour and work was to beget into the truth, and &s;ome were begotten in their bonds, as <HI>Paul</HI> witne&s;&s;ed in the Epi&s;tle to <HI>Philemon, 10. ver&s;.</HI> and the Apo&s;tle <HI>Paul</HI> &s;uffered trouble, as an evill doer, even unto bonds, but the Word of God was not bound, 2 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2. 9. This is a faithful &s;aying, <HI>If we &s;uffer with him we &s;hall al&s;o raign with him, if we deny him, he al&s;o will deny us:</HI> And for his &s;ake, who hath cal|led me, doe I &s;uffer all things, and endure all things, and am not a&s;hamed of his &s;uf|ferings, but in obedience to the will of God, doe I deny the will of man, and &s;uffer by the will of man, God is my witne&s;&s;e, and my con&s;cience al&s;o bearing me witne&s;&s;e in the pre&s;ence of God.</P>
<P>And this of the Lord I was moved to publi&s;h forth, that the truth may be cleared from &s;candals, and the per&s;ecution and tyranny of unrea&s;onable men made manife&s;t to all &s;orts of people, who come to &s;ee, and to read with under&s;tanding&punc; and here have cleared my con&s;cience, being free from the guilt of the bloud of all men, and have laid the&s;in to the charge, and to the door of tho&s;e who are guilty.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>From a Servant and a Pri&s;oner of Je&s;us Chri&s;t in <HI>Cambridge,</HI>
<HI>RICHARD HUBBERTHORNE.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Coppy of a Mittimus made in the will of the Mayor of <HI>Cambridge.</HI></HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>To the Keepers of the <HI>Touleboth</HI> in <HI>Cambridge.</HI></SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas <HI>James Parnell</HI> hath been brought before me, and hath been exa|mined, and hath confe&s;&s;ed, that he was &s;ent to this Town to &s;et di&s;&s;ention in this Town, in many particulars, as by his examination may fully appear, and further, hath confe&s;&s;ed that he &s;et up a paper in the Market, the la&s;t market day, in this Town, which is a Libell again&s;t the Mini&s;ters and Magi&s;trates of the &s;aid Town, and further mi&s;demeanours is proved again&s;t him: the&s;e are therefore in the name of the Lord Protector of <HI>England,</HI> that you receive him into your cu&s;tody, and him &s;afely keep, that he may be forth coming to an&s;wer the premi&s;es the next Se&s;&s;ions: fail not at your perill.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under my hand, <DATE>3d <HI>July,</HI> 1654.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Will. Pickering</HI> Mayor.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Reply to the fore&s;aid Mittimus.</HEAD>
<P>AS for my coming before thee, it was by thy Authority, for I was in a friends hou&s;e, called Ju&s;tice <HI>Blackley,</HI> and there was a man, called a Con&s;table, in a &s;hop over again&s;t the hou&s;e, waiting for my coming forth, and as I was going over the way, with &s;ome writings in my hand which concerned the truth of God, the Con&s;table, &s;o called, came and met me, and told me I mu&s;t goe with him, and I &s;aid, if he had authority I &s;hould goe with him, and he &s;aid he had; and &s;o in obe|dience to the Authority I went along, and he brought me before thee, and thou came violently and took off my hat, and ca&s;t it upon the earth, calling me rogue, and other &s;uch like termes, which was in thy will, and not in thy law, and therefore thou art not fit to be a Magi&s;trate, for he that is guided by his own will is not fit to be a Magi&s;trate, for he makes his will a law, and the law is not to be made by the will of man; and then thou came and cau&s;ed my pockets to be &s;earched, and thou took my writings from me, and &s;aid, there might be &s;ome trea&s;on in them, and I &s;aid, if there was any thing under the Law, let me &s;uffer by the Law; and thou came vio|lently once or twice as if thou woulde&s;t have &s;mote me, calling me rogue, and witch, and the like; and I &s;aid, if thou coulde&s;t prove me either a rogue, or a witch, let me &s;uffer as a rogue or a witch; but whether this be in thy law or no, I know not, &s;o I &s;hall leave it to tho&s;e who knowes the Law to judge of it; but I am &s;ure it is contrary to the Law of God, and &s;o to that thou art a tran&s;gre&s;&s;our, and by him thou mu&s;t be judged: And then thou asked me, why I came to the Town to make divi&s;ion: And I &s;aid, Chri&s;t came for the &s;ame, to &s;et at variance father a|gain&s;t &s;on, and &s;on again&s;t father, as the Scripture makes it appear, <HI>Mat.</HI> 10. 35. and I witne&s;&s;ethe &s;ame fulfilled, and this thou &s;ets as an article again&s;t me. Now let any one con&s;ider, if thou woulde&s;t not impri&s;oned Chri&s;t if he was per&s;onally here, but in as much as thou doe&s;t it to one of his, thou doe&s;t it to him, <HI>Mat.</HI> 25, 45.
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and here thou ha&s;t manife&s;ted thy &s;elf to be a Tyrant, who impri&s;ons the Servants of Je&s;us Chri&s;t for confe&s;&s;ing him, who begins the warre where&s;oever he comes, his fir&s;t appearance is with the &s;word to that which is for the &s;word, and bring peace and deliverance to the captives, and to lead captivity captive, <HI>Luke</HI> 4. 8. and this we witne&s;&s;e fulfilled, and for this end are we come to the Town of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> which is one of the devils &s;tronge&s;t holds, from whence he &s;ends forth his me&s;&s;engers into the world to deceive the Nations, but the Lord is come to beat up his quarters, and now the warre is begun, and the devil hath ca&s;t &s;ome of us into pri&s;on, but &s;till the warre goeth on, and the Lamb will get the victory, and the Bea&s;t, and the fal&s;e Prophet, and all that have the mark of the Bea&s;t, mu&s;t be ca&s;t into the lake that burneth, &amp;c. <HI>Rev.</HI> 20. 10, to the end. <HI>Rev.</HI> 19. 20.</P>
<P>And then thou examined me if I owned a paper, which thou &s;hewed me, and I &s;aid I did, and thou &s;et that down as an article again&s;t me, for putting up a paper, which thou &s;aye&s;t is again&s;t the Mini&s;ters and Magi&s;trates of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and here thou accu&s;eth the Mini&s;ters and Magi&s;trates of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> to be corrupt and hea|theni&s;h, for the paper onely declared again&s;t corrupt Magi&s;trates, and heatheni&s;h Prie&s;ts, where&s;oever they are, and &s;o if there be any Law tran&s;gre&s;&s;ed here, it is thou that ha&s;t tran&s;gre&s;&s;ed it; and &s;o for the&s;e things thou &s;ent me to pri&s;on, and thou &s;aye&s;t, for other mi&s;demeanours, and not one of the Town of <HI>Cambridge</HI> can tax me for any mi&s;demeanour, for I am redeemed out of the generation of mi&s;de|meanours, and was bound to good behaviour, by a &s;tronger bond than man can make, before I came at the Town of <HI>Cambridge;</HI> but let any who hath under&s;tand|ing judge, whether thy behaviour or mine was the more like mi&s;demeanour; but for this cau&s;e thou &s;ent me to pri&s;on, but I know not by what Law, but thou &s;aye&s;t in the name of the Lord Protector of <HI>England,</HI> but I believe him, whom thou cal|le&s;t Lord Protector, would deny to own it, for if he &s;hould own it, he would own tyranny and oppre&s;&s;ion, and would &s;hew him&s;elf to be an oppre&s;&s;our of the truth of God, and a Protector of tyranny and oppre&s;&s;ion, and the Lord Protector of hea|ven and earth would cut him off, and if he wink at &s;uch Tyrants as thou art, the Lord will &s;mite him with his &s;word, and will cut him off from off the face of the earth, and &s;et another in his room, as he hath had examples before him: And thou bragged to me of a tyranny done by thee, and &s;aid, thou cau&s;ed two of my &s;i&s;ters to be whipped the third day, 1653. but I tell thee, the Lord God of all power will whip thee with a rod of vengeance, and him too, whom thou calle&s;t Lord Protector of <HI>England,</HI> who hath the power of <HI>England</HI> in his hand, if he uphold or &s;uffer &s;uch tyranny, or any puni&s;hment to be acted again&s;t or upon any tender con&s;ciences, contrary to the Law of God; and &s;o I leave him without excu&s;e in the pre&s;ence of the Lord, and judgement at thy door, who calle&s;t thy &s;elf</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>WILL. PICKERING.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Reply to &s;ome Speeches objected again&s;t <HI>Ann Blacklane,</HI> called <HI>Quaker,</HI> in <HI>Touleboth,</HI> by one <HI>Phillip John&s;on,</HI> calling him&s;elf a Mini&s;ter of the World, and calls the&s;e &s;ayings dangers, and damnable doctrines, errors and here&s;ies.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 1. THat &s;he &s;aid, the Scriptures written by the Prophets and Apo&s;tles are not the Word of God, but Chri&s;t, and that the Scriptures are not &s;ufficient light and meanes to find Chri&s;t, and for us to rely upon, contrary to the&s;e places of Scripture, <HI>Mat. 1 24. 2 Pet,</HI> 1. 17.</P>
<P>Thou enemy of all righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, how dare&s;t thou call thy &s;elf a Mini&s;ter of the Word, and art ignorant of the letter which witne&s;&s;eth with the Word, and &s;aith, the Word became fle&s;h, which is Chri&s;t, and in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, <HI>John</HI> 1. 1, 14. and this the Prophets and Apo&s;tles wit|ne&s;&s;ed; and thou, who &s;ets thy &s;elf to witne&s;&s;e the contrary, art no Mini&s;ter of the Word, nor of the letter, which witne&s;&s;eth with the Word; but art &s;hut out from both, and art for condemnation, by the Word: And thou that calle&s;t this damna|ble doctrine, calle&s;t the doctrine of the Apo&s;tles damnable, who preached Chri&s;t the Word; and here I openly declare again&s;t thee to be a bla&s;phemer of the Truth of God, and the Scripture, which thou talkes of relying upon, will witne&s;&s;e again&s;t thee to thy condemnation, and all that takes thy part: and he who hath all the Scripture in notion, and wants the life, is without, feeding upon the husk, with thee, who puts the &s;haddow for the &s;ub&s;tance, who hath the form, but denies the power; but the Scripture is &s;erviceable in its place, and is a true witne&s;&s;e for the truth of God again&s;t &s;uch liers and bla&s;phemers as thou art, who takes the letter to talke of, and would de&s;troy the Life; and &s;o the&s;e Scriptures which thou ha&s;t &s;et down, may &s;tand and witne&s;&s;e again&s;t thee, who art a &s;ayer but not a doer.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 2. That &s;he &s;aid, &s;he hath attained to the Light of Chri&s;t, without the help of Scripture, by an immediate call from God, and thou &s;aye&s;t, contrary to the&s;e Scriptures, <HI>Rom. 10. 14. Iohn</HI> 5. 39.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> Tho&s;e Scriptures which thou bringe&s;t to witne&s;&s;e again&s;t the Light, which was &s;poken from the Light, &s;hall &s;tand and witne&s;&s;e with the Light, again&s;t thee, who art an enemy to the Light, and who witne&s;&s;e the Light of Chri&s;t doth wit|ne&s;&s;e it by Chri&s;t, without the help of Scripture, and the Scripture doth witne&s;&s;e the &s;ame, that Chri&s;t <HI>is the Light of the world, and doth enlighten every one that cometh into the world, John</HI> 1. 9. without the help of Scripture; but thou that hates the Light art for condemnation by the Light, which is the life of the Scripture, but the Scripture is &s;erviceable in its place, but thou who lives in darkne&s;&s;e takes it out of its place, and &s;o wre&s;ts to thy own de&s;truction.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 3. That &s;he &s;aid &s;he is without &s;in, and that &s;he cannot &s;in, nor break the Commandments, but keep them all, and all other are in condemnation, that are not like her.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> Here thou art a fal&s;e accu&s;er, and a lier, for this &s;he did not &s;ay, but thou that pleade&s;t for &s;in live&s;t in &s;in, and art in the fall under the cur&s;e, upholding the
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devils kingdome, which is &s;in, and &s;o art no Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t, who comes to de|&s;troy &s;in, but a Mini&s;ter of the devil, who comes to uphold &s;in, and he, who was a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t witne&s;&s;ed, that <HI>he that is born of God &s;innes not, neither can be &s;in, becau&s;e his &s;eed remaineth in him, 1 John</HI> 3. 9 and all the Mini&s;ters of Chri&s;t wit|ne&s;&s;e the &s;ame; and thou, who art a Mini&s;ter of the devill, pleads again&s;t the Mi|ni&s;ters of Chri&s;t, becau&s;e thou art a drunkard, and live in &s;in, and &s;o mu&s;t have the wages of &s;in, which is de&s;truction, and all who lives in this generation, pleading for &s;in, for he that cannot witne&s;&s;e clean&s;ing here, &s;hall never be clean&s;ed, for as the tree falls &s;o it lies; and thou that calls this damnable doctrine, art in the damnable e&s;tate of the devill, bla&s;pheming the truth of God, and denies Chri&s;t come in the fle&s;h, and &s;o art Antichri&s;t, and who have the image of God are like one another, and who are not like, they have the image of the devill, and &s;o are in the &s;tate of condemnation.</P>
<P><HI>Object</HI> 4. That men ought not to acknowledge Superiors, nor to give reverence.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> Before the fall there was no Superiors, onely man Lord over all Crea|tures, <HI>Gen.</HI> 7, 28. but not man to be Lord over man: and among&s;t tho&s;e who were redeemed there was no Superiors, onely Chri&s;t the head, and the re&s;t fellow Servants, and here who would be the greate&s;t &s;hould be the lea&s;t, and he that re&s;pects per&s;ons commits &s;in, <HI>Jam.</HI> 2. 9. and here thou and thy Superiors are in the fall, lording over one another by your corrupt wills, and as for reverence, I &s;ay, reverence to whom reverence belongs, he that can receive it let him.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 5. That &s;he &s;aid &s;he is perfect in this life.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> That is fal&s;e, but thou that pleade&s;t again&s;t perfection in this life, wa&s;t never in this life which is perfect, nor art no Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t, but of the devill, who pleads for imperfection; whereas Chri&s;t &s;aid, <HI>Be ye perfect, even as your hea|venly Father is perfect, Luke</HI> 5. 48. and the Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t witne&s;&s;ed and &s;aid, as he is &s;o are we in this pre&s;ent evill world, and <HI>he that hath this hope purifieth him|&s;elf, even as he is pure, 1 John</HI> 2. 3. and here thou art found in the kingdom of the devill, which &s;tands in imperfection, and all who witne&s;&s;e with thee; for the King|dome of God is pure, and nothing that is impure can come therein.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 6. That &s;he knoweth and can judge of mens hearts, and that Chri&s;t in her judgeth others, and all others, that are not &s;uch as &s;he, are carnall, heathens, va|gabonds, children of the devil, enemies of God, and murderers, and in the gall of bitterne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> Here with thy &s;erpentine wi&s;dom thou ha&s;t mingled truth and fal&s;hood together, that all might goe current for truth, but the day hath made thee manife&s;t, and thy heart is known to be <HI>Judas</HI> heart, who profe&s;&s;eth Chri&s;t in words, and in thy heart murders him; and thou art di&s;cerned and judged by the Spirit of the Lord in <HI>Ann Blacklane,</HI> I being of one Spirit with her witne&s;&s;e it, and this thou &s;halt witne&s;&s;e to thy woe and mi&s;ery, and here thou ha&s;t razed thy &s;elf out from be|ing a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t who art a naturall carnall man, and knowes not the Spirit of God, which &s;earcheth the heart and trieth the reines, <HI>Heb.</HI> 4. 12, which the Mini|&s;ters of Je&s;us Chri&s;t witne&s;&s;ed, and &s;aid, the &s;pirituall man di&s;cerneth and judgeth all things, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 2. 15. and witne&s;&s;ed and &s;aid, it is no more I but Chri&s;t in me, and without are dogs, whoremongers, adulterers, carnall, h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">athens, vagabonds, children of the devill, enemies of God, and in the gall of bitterne&s;&s;e, and drun|kards, and here art thou, and all that joynes with thee to per&s;ecute the truth of God, and mu&s;t be ca&s;t into the lake that burneth, for the new Covenant is but one, and
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the way is but one, and the truth is but one, and they that are not with us are again&s;t us, and here art thou in the damnable e&s;tate of the devil, who calls this damnable doctrine.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 7. That &s;he and &s;uch as &s;he are onely enlightened, and &s;ent of God to reprove the world of &s;in.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> If thou wa&s;t a Mini&s;ter of Chri&s;t thou woulde&s;t witne&s;&s;e the &s;ame, for all who are &s;ent from him are &s;ent from one, and are guided by one, as they abide in one, and are all of one heart and one mind, <HI>Act.</HI> 4. 32. Epi&s;tles written in one anothers hearts; and thou that calle&s;t this damnable doctrine art of one mind with the devill.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 8. That &s;he &s;aid there is no outward Chri&s;t according to his manhood, but that Chri&s;t is onely within us.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> This is fal&s;e, and here thou art a lier of thy father the devill, but we wit|ne&s;&s;e Chri&s;t come in the fle&s;h, but this thou can&s;t not witne&s;&s;e but art in the &s;tate of reprobation, who knows not Chri&s;t within; and tho&s;e who knowes Chri&s;t no nearer than the heavens above the skies, hath no profit by him, but is in the &s;tate of reprobation, as the Scripture witne&s;&s;eth, 2 <HI>Cor</HI> 12. 5</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 9. That &s;he &s;aid, they that have the Spirit cannot fall into &s;ickne&s;&s;e, di&s;|ea&s;es, di&s;tempers of the body.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> Here again thou art taken with a lie in thy mouth, for what &s;he &s;aid as concerning this, was concerning her own condition, &s;ince &s;he witne&s;&s;ed the Spirit of the Lord.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 10. That &s;he doth not &s;eek to lead men to the Scripture but from them,</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> This is fal&s;e, for they who witne&s;&s;e the life of the Scripture cannot deny the Scripture, for it is their own; but thou, and &s;uch &s;wini&s;h natures as thou, mu&s;t be &s;hut out of the Scripture, who takes to talk of, or to make a trade of, and are ig|norant of the life, and would de&s;troy the life, who have the form, but deny the power, 2 <HI>Tim.</HI> 3. 5. &s;uch mu&s;t be &s;hut out of the Scripture, for what &s;hould &s;wine doe with pearles, <HI>Mat.</HI> 7. 6. who&s;e life is in husks, and there thou feeds, and all who have the letter and wants the life.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 11. That &s;he &s;aid, no man ought to &s;wear before a Magi&s;trate, and that no Magi&s;trate ordained of God will cau&s;e men to &s;wear; and thou brings the old Covenant to maintain &s;wearing, <HI>Gen.</HI> 24. 3.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> Hear every way thou Serpent pleads for thy life, which is &s;in, but Chri&s;t the new Covenant, who is the end of the old Covenant, &s;aid, that it had been &s;aid in the old time, thou&s;halt not for&s;wear thy &s;elf, but &s;halt perform unto the Lord thine oath, <HI>Mat.</HI> 5&punc; 33, 34. but I &s;ay, &s;wear not at all; yet the devill in thee runs into the old Covenant to maintain &s;wearing, and &s;o would have Scripture to main|tain his Kingdome; but the day hath made him manife&s;t, and tho&s;e who puts any to &s;wear, are &s;till in the old Covenant, for in the new Covenant no &s;wearer can come.</P>
<P><HI>Object.</HI> 12. That &s;he &s;aid, men ought not to pray, and that I my &s;elf ought not to pray.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> Even now thou wa&s;t pleading for &s;wearing, and now thou art pleading for praying but the prayer of the wicked are abominable, <HI>Prov.</HI> 15. 8. and thou who art a drunkard art wicked, and hath nothing to pray, but <HI>Cains</HI> generation, murder|ing the righteous, who&s;e Sacrifices the Lord will not accept; but he that can witne&s;s Chri&s;t ri&s;en can pray.</P>
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<HI>Object.</HI> 13. That the Scripture doth not trie the Spirit.</P>
<P><HI>Reply.</HI> The Spirit was before the letter was, and thou ha&s;t the letter, but can&s;t not trie the Spirit, but tho&s;e who have the Spirit of the Lord, have tried thy &s;pirit without the letter, and hath found it to be the Spirit of the devill, who hath ever re|viled and per&s;ecuted the truth of God, which calleth the doctrine of Chri&s;t damna|ble doctrine.</P>
<P>And thou &s;aye&s;t thou wilt ju&s;tifie, that all the&s;e her &s;ayings are fal&s;e, and will be ready to maintain them by this power.</P>
<P><HI>Reply</HI> I doe te&s;tifie and witne&s;&s;e by the Spirit of the Lord, that thou art a na|turall carnall man, and knowes not the things of God, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 2: 14. therefore thou Serpent be &s;ilent, and talk nor meddle not with the things, lea&s;t he come with a bigger power then thine, and cut the a&s;under, and ca&s;t thee into the lake that burneth, then &s;halt thou know what thou ha&s;t done, and all who plot and lay their heads together, devi&s;ing how to &s;hed the innocent bloud, it were better for them they had never been born, <HI>Mat.</HI> 23: 35, for upon that generation &s;hall come all the righteous <HI>Abel,</HI> even untill now, and this I witne&s;&s;e by the Spirit of the Lord, who am cho&s;en out of the world, to be a faithfull witne&s;&s;e for the truth of God again&s;t all who doe oppo&s;e it.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>JAMES PARNELL
A Pri&s;oner for the te&s;timony of JESUS at <HI>Cambridge.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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