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Show ( 2 j· . . . as , , ~ deferving, and Power en .. to Matter of Fac . s. and fo their own • {j ch Execunon , r. h abltng t? u . h. h they have nor 10 muc Vindj~auot~ ( tnfe~e~c* Libeny hereafrer to E~* ·th Com· as fav d ~o lem rna have funher to offer m rt'mt r:Laro hibh what th~y . ycondemns themfelves, and gi-J:'n :o rh e ·t row n 1u{fi'J'•i'c atzon•, nm only Legu. C" l.p ~"" '- .fucbl!ver· makes them ~ppear w-bm-Rei Sangumts~ y, . bra re· Tranfgrejfors of the La h the: Life of any Man quzres a .1 ,.fBI d -For,· w en . n· b M,m to Gut ty oJ oo . . bout a legal Convtcuon y chooj~ the is taken· away: WH M uer of Fact, and due P.zrticu l,_zr plain :;lnd pantcular a wer of determining, umo w_h,dJ Procefs of Law, and Po.. d rhofe who thus fg wrll • • • 1 ely raken away ' an d ft .wJ ; but n ts VlO en . . Guih of BloDd, an are th: c;..,il, violemly take lt, ar~ ein y done by Men who and _Pro-.r!'vturderers: And dthJbs b ~g of Confcience, and m dmgroJ fometimes fuffere ecau e d d to fly their sutr:, al- (c C nfcience fake preten e £: lows and Wh? or o Men and Women barely IO.r ufu it ut Nauve Cou.ntry, to God and the Exercife thereon a p.mz- their Confc1ence to h' L rd aggravates rhe cul.tr Stt.lvjto of in Obedience to ( e ·r 0 ' d nders them in the ft: b d Compar11on, an ~e . £xbibit z- Offence eyon fi bl f Men, as It leaves them 1u, ,mdnot the mofi Unrea ona e 0 4ter~ wirho~c Exc_ufe. h. fh View, and Stace of wJrJs. Havmg give~ It (~ f~r~ofe ) is clear to all the Cafe, ~~1Underfta~dings, 1 fh~ll defcend Men of f'?b he Declaration H felf, and more. parnculagr dro r f the Proceedings of thefe therem ro the r der ho Gradation of rheir Laws 1V1en of Blood, an t e ath as themfelves from Imprifonme~t unr~ De h ,ali wha[ I have hAaivfeen feedr im.r, ta hen dTu~v :le,m c~n~ ~~~fe fir1l:, Pages of any Book. 1 • Dec arauorr. . b HI ..:-We thoughl it requijite to Declare, Tzat ifet~es rhree Tears fince, divers. ~erfons rr~jej]ing J ;m Clices, f<..uakers (of whofe perme~om Opmlons an ra 'WC ( 1 ) ive had received lmelligence from good Ha11d1 from Barbadoes to England, arrived at Bofton) ·who_(e Per(om 'JJJere only fecured to he fent a·way the firft Opportuhity, without Cenfure or Punifhment, altho, their pr~fejfed Tenets, Turbulent and Contemptuous Behaviour to Authority, would have juftified a feverer Animadver{ ion ; yet the Prudence of this Court WaJ exerci[ ed, onl.J in making Provifion to fecure the Peace and Order here Eftablijhed, againjl their Attempts, who[e Dejign (we were well-aifored hy our o1vn E"J:perience, aJ weU tU kr the Example of their Predecej[ ors in Munfrcr) WtU to Undermine .and Ruine the fame. An/wet. that about thrEe Years before rhe Dare of this your Declaration, chat is to fay, in rhe beginning M.try Fij11• of rhe fifrh Monrh, called Jul.h r6 56. Divers Per- er, .4nn fons, in fcorn by you,and the World called f(_u•- ~uflmh lur1, viz. Mary Fifher and A1m Au(tin, arrived ar M~n1~ Bofton; and afcer them, in rhe Monrh followjng, x6s6• , 'tliz,. · the 7th of the 6th Month,. r6s6. Mary M.l',in" Prince, Sarah Gibbem1 Mary Weathtrhead, Dorothy s.cibbeus: Waugh, Chri(fopher Holder, Thomm Thirjlone, l-Vil- M. WeaAliam Brend and John Cope/1md: And upon Lheir tberhead, . r·n ·v aI, ye d1.d · fce cur~ an d fce n d rf_1 em away, cD. .HWolaud~tT,h;· Js Truch ; and WhJt Is Truth, I freely own, r. 7hhand _readily acknowledge: Bur, rhar ye [only]ftone, w., fecured them, ro fend them away rhe firJt Op- P'end,J. 0p orcuniry ; or, rhac ye fenc lhem away the firft clop:l.tth1'd'f pp01·run.u y, an d ch ar wn. hour Cenfure or PrmiflJ· tt hleC 67t h 0 ment; or, rh~r rhey are a People of fuch Opini- Month, ons and Prathces, as are Pernicious ; ot, of rur .. t6s6. bulenr and contemptuous Behaviour, efpecially ro Aurhoricy ; or, char ye were, or could be [well] allured, eirher by your ·own Experi-ence (who had none) or the Example of chofe Y~ memion in Munjlt:t, thar their Defign was A 1 co |