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Show ( 84 ) ' f~rers as Odious as they can; they fay, 1 be. ' Rulers u,(ed their utmoft Lenity towards them, a·nd .• ' all fair Perfwajions to have them depart t ; yea; + What.; ' they b.<Znifl1ed thtm, j'ent them mvay, but they wil~ 0 lmpdn- ' fully rcturnetl · yea re!O!utelr a,d daringly affront- 1.on an , ' ' '.JL • d · Whip 'erri ' ed them, p. 6+. a no~m·wus .Falfhoo .= Wer~ I and then ' not a Wirnefs of the manner of .their commg tell 'em, ' in'co the Town of Bofton, I fhould have been 1IJ<:J uugJ,r ' filenc at chefe chin .as · but bdng a Witnefs of dc:p.zrt,p-lJ- • S 11 '· I h Id . ing t!Jeir 4 r~e1r Innocent u 'lenngs, can?ot o n~r Fas, if ' Peace; and where thefe four Pnefrs were, tn t~ey nouli ' rhofe Days of their Rerurn and Suffc:ring, 1 /Jlrt: tt!V} .m ' know nor ~ bur this I know they were nor t oh.tvt: C: rit f l ? . l • 1 h 'd . d h b out 9f the ' o c 1at Sptnc w 11c 1 t ey ren r~ t em to c ; Colony; ' neither did rhey in the kafi, ar their Rerur.n, Wast~1iS ' oehave themfdves daringly, a$ they ignorantly, ~~}:,.~ ' if not malidouOy render it, for the Fear. of the, zolb? ' Lord was upon them; and there .. are WnnelTes ' yet living, rhat can re.llifie of their Civil, Lamb. ' like and Peaceabfe Rerurn, being under th~ ' Command of God, and in his Peace, Fear, and ' Humblenefs of Mind~ ~Ull}af ' And as to the Lenity and fair Perfwafions of tbtit ' the RulerJ, it may very well fi(tnd with theiLtnitp ' perfecuring Prie~s . and Rulers of Old, whofe (f fait ' Perj J.va(ions were Threats and Commands, not to lf)tt- ' Speak at aO, or Teach in the Name of 1e(m; but fwafi- ' if !hey did, ro. obey God 1:arher c.~an Man~ on!i ' Pri{ons and Stnpes were thetr Porcwn. Peter tun:~. ' and John, in the Caufe of God were ~ery bold, 4 knowing they had the Command ot God for ' what they did ; and when by their Perfecu·' tors they were commanded rhe contrary, rhey Read Ails' anf wered, JVhether it be right in the (igbt of God, •P"tv 1c.' to hesrken to you more thm~ unto God, judge ye~ ' So now, thefe had a Command from God, as ' do~1 appear by their own Writings a lin!e b~~ 'fore c fore thei~ Death; and lhey knowing d1at in ' their Obedience 'rheir Sufferings would be ' great, rherefore God gave them Srrengrh and ' B~I?nefs !C'! go through,. as you may fee b~ ~1 c:~~~x . ' rhe1r Wnungs, the Prom1fes and Comfons ot t!fhe t1r~ ' God in their Obedienc~. :P.ur. 'And now, becaufe rhey were Faithful unto jf If ' God, in rheir Obedience unro Death, to be if.rfJ a~ ' rendred Wilful, R.e(olute, and Dar~ngly to A_ff~ont f!5. ~ ' them, is grofs Perverfion, . and VVICkednefs mag ' high Degree, and be Tokens fiill of a bloody ' Mind · that after they have killed rhe Innocent, ' tO fa}.: fheJ were not abujeJ, , but Jea/t Ju~~~ 2Vit.h, ' &t.-Thus you may fee whar a Sptnc !hll ' continues in rhefe Priefis, norwirhfianding the ' many Great and Notable Judgmems of rhe ' Lord· upon the Country ever fince, who Pha~ ' raoh-like, fiill harden their Hearts, nor only ' againfi them that were put to Dearh, in fay- & ing, They were not abufed, &c. but againfi them ' alfo that yer remain ; for I have been informed, ' char one of rhefe four Priefis hath been heard ' to fay, It is pity they jht)uld be Jujfa·ed, &c. Htt- ' man-like, who for rbe Envy he had to Morv ' decai becaufe he bowed nor, nor did him Re- ' verence, would have atl the 1e1vs defiroyed ; ' and to bring his envious purpofe ro pafs, he ' makes a fair fhew to rhe King, as if chey ' wirhour quefiion deferved to be defrroyed, and '. Went to rhe King and faid, There is a certai1~ ' People fcattered abroad, and difperfed among the ' People in all the Provinces of thy Kingdom, arul ' their Laws are rliverfe from alt r'erJple; 11either ' keep . they the Kings Laws; ther~fore it is nat for 'the Kings Profit to fuffer them, Efih. 3· 8. He does ' not nakedly and plainly tell che King the Grief ' of his Heart, why he would have rhem de- ~ firoy'd, |