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Show ( ~68 ) The Con- Cloarhs. The Woman faid,. Sh.e would ·not tlv ~~:~~fs it for ali the fflorlrl; and fo _c;hd ocher W.o~nen trembling dc.ny ro do it. Then he fatd, I profe{! I 'JJJt!l do witl: t~H:: it my [elf So he ftripp'd ~he?l, a_nd thell>fiood ~h1p 111 Trembling wjrh the Whtp m h1s Ha~d, as a h'" Bantl, I\~ . Cor1dem.ned and did the Execuuon as ~ who be- r1an · ., ' II d A h fore boaft- Man in rhar Condirion. But one ca e nt ony eti wfw he Sti:nJ el, who having a great defire £O do rhe Exe~ ould d'o. cmi~n himfe)f on rhe Womel'l? balled up !or the .A. Sta.i1Jd wot:k . bm he was difappomted, for 1t was ha ftened ' fi 6 II h 10 be the done ere he came; a mon rou~ e ow, w o Hangman defired fuch a difhonourable Serv1ce, .r~ d<;> fu~? put came Execudon on rhree Womer ; bur thts ts h~e ht~ to? lat:~. '"fenenr which faich That none cofl/d be a true Child H s Pnn- ' ' · - ci~le. of God, w,ithout Sin. £ . Wl:ar-- Now, .among~ r.he re~ pf rhe SpeClawrs, Ed· ton. war(l Whai·to1,, npt knovymg ought of what the¥ were about, palling along the Way, and rpeer, jng w~rh rhe1~1, came to. be one; '!Vh.ofe Eye beholding the1r tor~ Bo~.tes, a~d weal y . Step~, and yer no remorfe 1n rheu Pedecmors, affdl:ed his Heart and he could nor with-hoi~, burr~- t Thom~r fiified ag;infi rh~m,' feeing this bloody Engag~- Broadba- 1 , f Qa:. · c 'd ~y, Clerk men~. Wh~reupon_ f one o your meets tal . , of yvur Etlwa.rd J{lharton, What do you h~re ? I am hn e, Courts a~ anf wered Edward, to fee your Wu:keclmjJ and CruS, ziLS&ury elty thtJt jo if you kilt them, I m(l.y be able to de-an. d J-l.unp- cl(lr'e bo,1... v you rnurthered t he m : Bu t t h e L0 1· d un-tgrt · · e.xpeCledly wrought a way ~·Walter B.m:foot, at Stt.li~bu:,y, tat rhat rime ro delive·r got the G:onftabte to n~a~~ hun them out of the Tyrants his Deputy; who rece1vtng the r h h h warrant, thereupon fet r.he1~at Hands ; 10 r ro~g t ree J, ibercy, fo they ~ere dehve~ d; Towns only were they but :folm Wheelrit,bt, the Pn~ft, whipp'd, bur Cruelly, anq aclv i tt-d the Conftable to dnve then t~ey \Yere ~ifcharg( n, -:S his f~ feft w~ y. (:d. 't, Being ( 369 ) ·Being fer ar Libeny, the Women returned to Major Slapleigh~s Haufe, near unco Dover, and from thence they wenr to a place called New- Nih~wqru-L quec ha wanac k , w he re rh e y h ad a Me et.m g; an d c awana.:,; * Sbub.4t Drummer, rhe Prieft of the Place, was * sbuba.l ar the Meering, who far quiet ; and the Meet- Drftftmer, ing being ended, he fiood up, and faid, Good Pne • Women, you have fpoken well, and prayed well; Pra1 ,vbat is your Rule? The Women reply'd, The Spirit of the Lord is our Rule ; and it ought to be thine and c;ll Meru to wt~lk by. To which the .Priefi anfwered, It i5 not my Rule, nor I hope ever His deni~l jJMll be. See the fad Condidon of your Priefis ofthe~p1~ and M~gifrrates, and thofe who are led by them, ~~i~ ~ul~. One faich, The Three Perfons in the Trinity are Three Something!, and fo fiies away. Anmher fairh, The LtJmb' J Book of Life, no BodJ bere knows that Book. A third .f'}ith, The Spirit of the Lord i4 rJot my Rule, nor I hope it ever fhall be. I need nor Paraphrafe any fanher upon ir, or give Demonfrrarions, rhe Things rhemfe)ves are open ;md manifefr. Yet chefe are they by whom rhe People of the Lord Suffer, and who lead, and force rhe People who are Jed by them irao fuch Ach of Violence as rhefe, ro make the Inno ~ cenr ro Suffer; and furely, as the Prophet faid in lhac Day, fo it is fulfilled in rhis of you, The da;k Corners of tbe Earth arefi,,Jt of the Habitations ~f c,·uelty; dark Priells, dark M2giftrates, dark people, ACl:ions ofViolenct', In(trumenrs of Cru-elry are in your Houfes .; you tear the Innocem; None caileth for Juftice, nor any pleadctb for Truth: Ye truft in Vanity, and [peak Lyes ; ye conceive Mif~ hief, and bring forth Iniqui~y ; 'YOU hatch Cockatrice ~ggs, a1Jd weave the Spi.der·s }f/eb; be that eateth rl your Eggs tlyetb, and that which i& cruflJed, break.fF~ fortb i'l}tfJ a Viper ; Yvur Works are .Works af ' Initt,uity, |
