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Show ( 76 ) - ~:_;.;:.:::: Lawrence Southick, Cajfandra Southick, and J {)jiah and .'fvfiah their Son. southick. Nor did thefe things farisfie you, nor the Cru-elties ye did Exercife on the Innocent ; bur as Meri given up to a Reprobate Senfe, to commit . Iniquity with Greedinefs; the m_ore Bloocl ye drew, the more ye thirfied afcer Blood ; and the more Cruelty ye Exercifed, the more ye ddighted to Exercife Cruelcy ; as is ufual with Men in fuch Cafes, who are given over ro a Reprobate Sen{e, to Commit Iniquitr with Greedinefs; and 1vhofe Hearts are hardened (rom the Fear of the Lord, and ejlranged from him ; as the Sequel manifefis. N. Phelps. For, Nicholas Phelps of or near Salem, being one of thofe who were Prefented co the Courr, for nm coming to your Meetings, and fined Five Sbi!Jings a Week ; hearing at the Court fome of them fay, That they (vi~. t~e People called Quakers) denyeJ Magiflrates and Minifters,he gave them a Paper co fhew the contrary : Whkh the Courr asked him, Whether be1vould own it? He anfwered, Yea : Then they Fined him Forry Shillings ( a ltrange Penalty, for the Owning of that which rhey had charged him and thofe People to -Deny ) and Forty Shillings for the Mee~ing of thofe People at his Houfe, and fem him ro Ip{wich-J ayl, as (one called ) a 0_4aker, becaufe he put not off his Hat ; where he was Cruelly whipp,d at his firft Entrance (tho' he was a weak Man, and one whofe Back was crooked) which yet drew no Compaffion ; but in the fpace of Five Days he was whipp, d three Times, wich Ten Cruel Strokes each Time, with a three· fold .corded-Whip with Knots, becaufe he did not Work, whom they rook from his Husbandry, his Hay and his Corn, it being the Seafon of rhe fear to· look after it; and he Occupying <\ ' I • • · • • • • Farm, ( 77) Farm, which fuffered in his Abfence ; and yet they whipp,d him for nor Working, and drove ir on with a three-corded-knotted-\Vhip, as aforefaid, and detain,d him rhere from hi& Work. And in this Cruelty, Daniel Deni(on, your Major General, aforefaid, bore the greatefi Sway ; yet all their Cruehy could not bend his Spi rit, whom the Lord upheld; who bowed umo him, but nor unto them ; but his bowed Back bore ic ali, and Overcame. So that on a certain Day, one that had been an Acquaintance of his, came and had him out of Prifon to his Houfe, and afrer a while got him to walk out inro the Field, where his faid Acquaintance rold him, he thought he would be fet at Liberty ere long ; but which way it would be accomplifhed, Nicholas could nor tell, for ro work at their Wills he could nor, and had fuffered for it. So, afrer a whHe, the ~an fe!l to Work a_bour a Scone-Wall ; and meerm. g wuh a Stone he could nor Iifr, Nichollls fnendly helped him, which was the pitiful Shift then ufed to fer him at Liberty, as doina- Work· a~d this was the Work (the Defign, ~o doubc: Iat~ for the A_cco~pl.ifhing of this Thing) as hit; Fnends fpeakmg mttmated, bur did not at all anfwer your Law, nor fuch manner of Work as w~s required: During which, and his long lmpnfonmenr, he was conllrained to Hire Men ab?~t his own Harvell. Simon Broadjfreet and Tf!llza'!' Hathorn, aforefaid, were Affillanrs co Denifon tn thefe Execurions; whofe Names I Record to. Rot and Stink (a~ of you all ) to all Generarmns, unro whom chis fhaiJ be left as a perpetual Record of your Evetlafiing Shame, wluc~ they fhall not efcape ( nor fhall you ) the R1g~reous Judgment of lhe Lord far this, .and theJr {and your) other Cruelries and Shed-ding ~ |