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Show ( 114 ) William RobitJfo1J of London, Merchanr, and 1.l1armaduke Stevenfon of rhe Eaft- pan of Yor~ j11ire, Coumry-man, being moved of rhe L9rd, m. rhe T he 4th 4th Month, 16, 9 . to go fro~ Rhode-Iflan.d mw Month, your Jurifdit1:ion came thnher accordmgly; 16 S9• whom ye foon apprehended, and wi.rh them one N . Davu Nicholru Davi4 (who came from T.:lzmouth-Pat~nt .Ban i~'d .(of which he was) ro reckon wnh rhofe wnh on P<un ot whom he rraded in Bof!on, and to pay fame P Pc:as· ~h. a Debes) and Patience Scot (a Girl of about eleven • cot, ' r. d f Girl af a- Years old, whofe Bufinets w you .. war s, wm bout 11 her Father's Houfe in Providence, was, To bear Years old! Witnefs again(t your perfecutin~ Spirit ) and fem Dt a~~hhte~ rt.1em w Prifon rhcre ro reniain unril the fitting o ~'--.zt a t ' • h . l . rim: scot of the Court of Affillanrs ; durmg w JC 1 nme atorefa id. Mary Dyar, aforefaid, was mov;d of th~ Lord M. Dyar. ro come from Rbode-IjlanJ, ro vtfit the Pn~oners, whom ye Imprifoned alfo; and ~r the firrmg of rhe faid Coun of Affifiancs, bamlhed (rogether whh William Robinfon, and Marmaduk Stevenfon, and NicholM Davi4, upon Pain of Death,if after the T he 14th • 4th of the 7th Month following, t~ey. fhould of the 7th be found in your J urifditl:ion (the Child H feems Month f L d I · h h 1619• , was not o Years, as 1 ro ~~'. toU eda ~H d' er by Banifhmenr, bur ot 1erw11e m n eruan mg, for the confounded ye ; and fome of ye confeCt, that ye had many Children, and they had been well Educated, and that it were well if they could fay half fo much for God, as the could for the Devil ( fo ye Blafphemed th~ Holy Gholl, the Spirit of Truth rhar fpake 1!1 her, faying, It wtU an U11clean Spirit: For, fauh the Son of God, All Sins foalt be forgiven unto the Sons of Men, anJ Blajphemies wherc1vith[oever they [hall bla(pheme: But he that flJalt b!afpheme the Hoiy Gbof!, hatb never forgivenejs, but i4 in danger of Jl,:cmal Condemnati~11, becaufe the)' faid l~e bad an Unclenn ( It) ) Unclea11 Spirit : For they faid, He caf! out Devils hy Beelz.ebub, the Prince of the Devils; and that he had a Devil) Mark 3· 22. ro 3 r.) And Nicbo- N.1Jpjh.r!l. lrM Up{hall (the old Man whom ye Imprifoned, and Fined, and Banifh'd, wirh fuch Cruelry, as aforefaid) rernrning, afrer the fpace of Three Year~ Banifhmenr, ro Bofton, again ro his WHc . and Family, about the rime of the fitting of this Courr, as it was laid upon him by rhe Lord, ye cafi inro Prifon, there ro remain till he acknowledged his Offence (who only bore a fober Witnefs againfi your perfecuring Law, as a Freeman of Bofton) afcer that your OepuryGovernorcharg'd him with denying Relariom·,in nor coming ro his Wife and Children in alJ thar fpaceof rime ( whenas ye had banifh'd him from them, upon Pain of perpetual Imprifommnt, if he came back again ; a wicked thing, fo ro charge him for the fuffering of that which ye had done unro him, ro make him ro fuffer, and then ro charge him for fo doing.) To which he anfwered,- WrM not thou, ancl the ref/ of you here, the Cau(e of it? J.Vho banifh'd me [o, tht~ t ~f I did n ... turn, I mujl be kept in Prifon till I did acknowledge my Offence, 1vhich was for bearing Witnefs againjf ~ wicked and unrighteow Lau,, made to perfecute the Saints of J.e{u:r Chri.ft ; Then ye {ent me to the Gen~ral-.Court, 1vhere I declared unto ycu, That the Projecut1on of that Law WOt4ld be a Fore-r·un·ner ofa Judgment on the Country. Therefort I f<iid, in ten- Jernefs of Lov e, 1vhich I bare to the People and Coun-try, I did humbly /deflre you to take heed ·what ye did, lef! ye jhoulrl be found Fighters againft God ; and it had been grJOd for ye that ye harl attended to it. And fq it had, ard you· will find ic fo in rhe end, when that Day is come upon you, and the Things are fulfilled, which he in th~ H ) Spirit |