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Show ( t68 ) in ~n the Particulars, only take a genet:al View of rhen1 ( for unm you thef appertam, bmh in Example and Puni.fhment ). m a Letrer wr?re, by a fomerimes ~agtft~ares and Gom~and er of theirs, m his Fnend m England (formerly. of rhat Jurifdiction alfo, and a Mag1fi ra re rhe~e) written from rhe Senfe thereof, in the followmg '-''ords; and chen I fhall rouch at fome. of lhe Pan iculars as they are come w my Hands. The Letter follows. AS for the State and Con.dit itm ofThing.. s among) m, it i4 Sad, an4 ltke fo to co'lltz~ue ; the .Antichriftian P erfecuting Spirit is very a.cl zve,_ Pmd that in the Powers of thi4 World: He that 1vtlJ ~ot Whip and La(h, Perfecute and Punifh Men that Dzffer in Matters of Religi_on, mu(l not fit on the Bench, nor {uftain a11y Office m the Common-wealth. Lajt EleClion, Mr. Hatherly, and my Self, left oJf t~e Bench, and my j'elf Difcharged of my Captamflnp, becaufo I ha·d Entertained [orne of the QEakers "!my Houje ( the•·eby that I might be the better acquamted •)J)ith their Principles) I thought it better jo to do, than 1vith the blind World, to Cen[tsre, Comlcmn, Rail at, and Revile them, when rhey neither f'a.w their Perfons, nor kmw any tJf their Principles : But the Qgakers and my (elf cannot clofe in divers Things ; tmd fo [ (ij!,nijied to th~ Court, I_ was no ~aker, but •muft be~Jr my Teftnnony agam(f fundry Things thtlt they held, 1M I had Occa(io'YJ and Opportunity : !3ut 1vithal, I told them, That 1M ! 1V~ no QEaker, Jo I would be no Perfecutor. ,Thr& Spzrit did Work thofe ·two Yem·s that I was of the Mt~· gijfracy ; during which time. I 'lJJaJ. on [undry O~etl~ (ions forced to Declare my Di./Jent, m fundry Athngs of that Nature; which, altho' flone with a/J Mo~e~ r4tHI'1 c 169) ation of Exprej]ion, together ?vitk due refpeEI unto the Rrjt, ytt it 'lvrouf!,ht J!.reat. Diftiffec!icn rmcl P:·e,., fudice in them, again(/ 'I'YJf' ; Jo that ij I fhould Jay1 fome of them/elves {et others on ld/t1rk to fame . a l'etition againft me, that fo they might have a jeemi11p; Ground Jl'om others ( tbo' fuj! moveri ar;cl alletl by themfelves, to lay me what thq cJuld uruhr Reproach) I fhould tlo no Wrong. The Peti::on 2vas 'JVith Nineteen Hantls; if 2vilt be too long to make Rehearjal : It 2vrougbt fuch a Diflurbance in out Tow·n, arul m our M.fit t'rJ Compcmy, that when the Acf qf Court lVtU rectcl irJ the Head of the Compan_y, hatlnot I been prejent, arul matle a Speech to them~ I fear there had bee·n (uch AEfings a1 1vould h.1.7Jd bam of a fad Confequence. The Court 2va1 again followed with another Petition of Fifty Four Hands and the Court return' tl the Petitioners an Anj1ver 1vith much platt(tblenej's of Speech, canyin;; with it great Jlmv of RejpeCI to them, readily ack110wledging, 2vith the Petitioners, my Parts 4nd Gifts, and ho2v uj~ful I had been in my Place; Profej}ing, they had nothing at all againfr me, only in rhat Thing of giv ing Enrerraimnent to the Q.rakers; ;vhenas 1 broke no La1v. i1J ;,iving them a 1\figbt.s Lodging or Ovo, arul fome ViCluals: For, our Lcnv then 1vas, - If any Enrerrain a Quaker, and keep him afier An Ac he is warned by a Magiftrare ro Depart, the count 0f ~any fo Enrenaining, fhaJI pay Twenry Shil- more hngs a Week, for Enrerraining them.-Since La\~s ft hath ~een made a La1v,-lf any Em~nain a f!!!a- ~~~~cls ker, tf bm a quarter of an Hour, he is to for- and how feir Five Pounds.-Anotber,-Thar if any fee a wick.:d Quaker, he is bound, if he Jive Six Miles or th ·Yare, more from the Confiable, yet he muft prefently go ~nd give Norice co che Conftable, or eJfe is fubjett co the Cenfure of rhe Court ( which may be Hanging )-.Another)-Thar if rhe I.., Confta b l~ |