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Show ( ~ 10 ) The Book Therefore hear, ye fiouc-hearted, who are· j t felf. far from Righteoufnefs, and gi~e E~r ro rhe Account of your Wickednefs, whtch m rhe Name of the Lord I fhall rhus bring upo~ you. . Mary Dy;.r Bur before I proceed ro rhe Parncul~rs, whtch are n;r infianced in rhe former Trea(Jfe, I mufi a little look back, and give fame Accounr of whar in my former was not' fpoken of, con• cerning Mary Dyar, whom your barba~·ous Hands Slew and Hung upon a Tree, as ts at large rh.erei~ exprelfe·d, which is a fhort Lerrer of hers wrore ro your .General-Court at Bofton, rhe 28rh of the 8th Monrh, r6;9. ~fter the was Reprieved, and rake~ fr?m the Tree, and brought ro Prifon, wherem, mfiead of flying off from you, becaufe of the Death of her two dear Friends and Servants of the Lord, WiUiam Robinfon and Marmaduke Steven/on; with whom fhe was led from the Jayl to the place of Execution and who were there cruelly murthered by ;ou, for ~heh: Confcien~e (Y'to G?d~ the Thing in her whtch ts Everlafitn0 , whtch you oppofed ; and becaufe thereof, and her Tea ftimony unro· ir, Slew both her and r_heltl, came on upon you · and infiead of fhunmng Death, encounrred y~u ro Dye ; and in the N arne and Power of the Lord bad you Defiance·, and warned you, and fpake of ~~ar fhould follo~ upo~ you; which, becaufe u ts a Prophecy, ~htc~ cer~ rainly on you fhall be fulfilled, and 1s ~ hvely Tefiimony of rhe Venue of Truth, whtch can look Dearh in rhe Face, and a good Savour and Record co future Generations, how it hath ~onquered in a Woman. I have here fee down as · followeth. the \ . ~ - The 2.8rh of the 8th Momh, 16; 9~ ONce more to t.he General.Court, Ajfembled· in Her Let ... Bolton, /peaks Mary Dyar, even as before : ter to the M 1 L1;.r ;e u• not accepte d , net.t be r av;:n. 1e t h me, m. tCeor ufrhte,a f- Comparifon of the Lives and Liberty of the Truth and was taken 'Servants of the lirvi.ng God, for which in the Bow- t~e firH: els of Love and Meeknefs I fought you; yet never- t~ne{rom thele{s, with wicked ~Hands have you put two of~f~r ree, them to Death, which makes me to feel, that the which Mercies of rhe Wicked is Cruelty ; I rather chufe they to Dye than to Live, as from :,ou, as Guilty of th.eir ~~~~ed Innocent Blood : Therefore, feemg my Requefl 14 hm- · dred, I leave you to the Righteous Judge, and Searcher of all Hearts, who, with the pure meafure of Light he hath given to every Man to profit with-al, 'Jvi!l in his due time let you fee whofe Servants you are, and of whom you have taken Counfel, which I defire you to {earch into : But aD his Counfel hath heen flighted, and you would none of his Reproofs. R.ead your Portion, Prov_. I. 2.4, to 3 2.. For verily the Night cometh on you apace, wherein no Man can Work, in which y~u (hall af[uredly fa~ to your own · Majfer, in o·bedience to the Lord, wh9m I ferve with my Spirit, and pity to your Souls, which you neither know nor pity : 1 can do no lefs than once more to warn you, to put away the Evil of your Dojngs, and Kifi the Son, the Light in you, before his Wr.tt·b be kindled in you ; for where it is, nothing withoHt you can help or deliver you out of his Hand at all ; and if thefe things be not {o, then fay, There hath been nq Prophec from the Lord fenr amongft you ; . though we be nothing, yet it is his Pleafure, hy Thmgs that 11re not, ~~ bring to nought Thrjng s-. th11t are. |
