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Show 8 The AuT H o R's L I F E. VoL I. 167o. galCbargt of tbt &ncb; and btcaufe their Courage mrd Hone fly, did more V"V"'V than bold Pfll:t with the Threat and Jlbuje o{tbofe who fauar Judgu (after - two f?aysand ttDo Ntgbrs Reftramt for a vlrdrfi) zn the End were Fmed and Imprij oned /or giving it. Ob ! What mcnflrom and iUe,gal PrtJcudings are tbefe? Who rea{onahly calf call· his Coat bU own ? When Property is made fubfervient to the Will :1nd In· tereft of his Judges ; or, Who can tru'f ejlum bimfeif a Fret Man? When all fleas for Liberty are elteemed Sedition, and the Laws that give, and maintain them, fo many infignificant Pieces of Formality. And what il.a they !efs tbanplainlyuBus fa, who at"WiO and Pleoj"ure, break open our Locks, rob our Houfes, raze our Foundations, imprifon our Perfens, and finally, deny us Ju!lice to our Relief; at if tbey then af/ed majl lih CbriO:i:1o Men, when they were mofl B:~~barous, in Ruining fucb m are really fo; anltbat no Sacrifice could bt Jo acceptable to GOD, 4/tbc Deftruaion of thofe that moil: Fear him. In jhorr, That th<;. Confcientious fhould only be Obnoxioos, and the juft Demand of our Religious Liberty, the Reafon why we fhould be denied our Civil Freedom (as if to be a Chriftian and an Engli!hman were inconfiflent) and tbat fo mucbSolicitude ;md deep Contrivance,jhould be imployetl tmly to Enfnare and Ruin fo many Ten Thoufaod Confcientious Families (fa Eminently Indu!lrious, Serviceable and Exemplary; wbil}l Murders can fo e~jily obtain Pardon, Ra_pes he remitted, Publick Uncleannefs pafs unpu• ifhed, and aU manner oj Levity, Prodigality, Excefs, Prophanenefs and Atheifm, univerJaUy connived at, if not in fome Rifpdl manifeflly encoura· ged) cannot b!'r be detejlably ahb~rrtnt to evuy Striom and Honejl Mind. Tet tbat rbu Ltnntntab!e Staten true~ and tbe prefenr Proje8: tn Htmd lu London's Recorder, and Canterbury's Chaplain be beard. , .Tfle firft in his publid Pnnegyri~~ upon the Spani!h Inquifirion, highly ad· mmng the Prndence of the Rom1!h Church, in the EreUion of ir as an excellent Way to prevent Schifm, whi~b unhappy Expreffion nt on~e'paffttb Sentence, both ~gat~fl O!fr Fundamental Laws, and Proteibnt Reformadon. • The ft~ond .111 h1~ P~:nred Mer~enary Difcourf~ tJgninjl Toleration, a.!fcrrJng for a mom Pruwple, That It would be lefs injurious to the Governme. nt, to dif~~ce wit.h Prophane and Loofe Perfons, than to allow a Toleration to Religtou~ Dtffenters: Jt were to over-do the Bll/inejr, to fay any more, where t1iere It fo much fatd already. · And therefor~ to ~ondu~e, We cannot chufe bur Jidmonifo all, ;:u rveO Perfecutor~, to R£_1mg~~;ifo t~etr !featly, Partial, and Inhumane Perfecutionr ( tU f1Jbat uuU ctrtamly i.f!ue zn Difgrace here, anJ inevitable condign PHRijhment here~fter) tU thiife who yet la;.t exprefs their Moderation (however out of FajhJOif, or made the Brand of FanaticifmJ not to be lfujJ'd, or Menaced our of that excelletu Temper, to make the1r Parts and Perfons ]uhfervienlto the 6afe Humors, andfinifler Defit.nsJ{ the biggefl ft1ortal upon Earth; but Reve'ln~ e and Obt)ltbe Eternal Ju G 0 D, before whofe Great Tribunal all muft r~ndei t~etr Accounts, :md where he will Recompence to every Perfon accordmg to hiS Works. The T R I A L, &c. A S there can be no Obferv~~ion, wher~ there is no Aaion; fo its impoffible there !hall be a Jud!ctoua Intelligence without due Obfervatibn And fi~ce there cal! be nothing more Reafonable than a Right Informa.tion, efpec~ally of Publtt~ AO.s; and well knowing, how induftrious fome will be, t~ mtfreprefent thJS Tnal, to the Difadvantage of the Caufe and p ifi fnf r~ tpw as1t hought re9uifite, in ~efence of both, and for the Satisf:~lu:n the peop e, to make u more pubhck; nor can there be any Bufinefs wheren t e. eo.p~e of &gland are more concerned, than in that which relates to dheu ~tvtl and .Religiou~ Liberties, (}!lettioned in the Perfons before name at t e 0/J·Bt~~ly, the f1Ift, Third, Fourth and Fifth of S<pt. z67o. There VoL. I. The AuT H o R's LIFE. There being prefent on the Bench, as J u!lices, Sam. Starling, Mayor, John Hoa:Jtl, Recorder, Tho. BIHdworth, Alderm. ftTillinm Peak, Alderm. Richard Ford, Alderm. John RabinJan, Alderm: Jafepb Shelden, Alderm. Richm;d Brown, } ]o/m Smith, Sheriffs. James Edwards, , The Citizen~ of London that were fummoned for Jurors, appearing, were lrnpa.nelled, v1::. . Cit. Call over the Jury. · Cry. 0 yes, Thoma~ Veer, Ed, Bujht!, ]obn Hammond ChtTr!es Mi!fon · Gregory TVa/klet, .John Br_;gbtmin, Wi/. Plumflead, Hen;y Henley, ]ame; Damaft, Henry lHubel, WII. Lever, John Baily. The Form of the Oath. You. 0Jall well an~ truly Try, an~ True Deliverance make betwixt our Soyera1gn L?rd the Ktng, and the Pnfoners at the Bar, according to your Evidence: :So help you God. The Indi[fment. That William Penn, Gent. and WiUiam Mead late of London Linnen; Draper, with divers other Perfons, to the Juror; unknown, to th; Number of Three Hundred, the 15~h Day of .JJ.ugujl, in the 22th Year of the King, about E~eve.n of the C~ock tn the Forenoon the fame Day, with Force and Arms, Be. tn the Panrh of St. Bennet Grn~e-Cbur~b, in Bridge-Ward, London, in _the Street called Gract-Cburcb-Strett, Unlawfu11y and Tumultuo~ lly d1d Affemble a~d Congregate.themfelvea together, to the Difiurbance of the Peace of the fa1d Lord the K1ng: And the aforefaid William Penn and Willitlm .Alcad, together with other Perfons, to the J urors aforefaid unk~ own •. t_hen and there fo A!fembled and Congregated together; the afore•' fa1d TVJIIJam Penn, by Agreement between him and WiUiam .lHeaJ before made, and by Abetment of the aforefhid WiUiam Mead then and ~here in the open. ~trect, did take upon himfelf to Preach and Sp~ak, and then and there, dtd Preach and Spe-dk, unto the aforefaid William Mead and ~ther Perfons there, in the Street aforefaid, being Affcrnbled and Congregated together, by R~fon whereof a great Concourfe and Tumult of People in the Street aforefa1d, then and. there, a long Time did remain and continue in Q:mtempt of the faid Lord the King, and of his Law; to the great Difi:~rbance of his ~eac_e, to the gre~t Terror and Difturbance ?f many of his Liege People and Subjefls, to the tll Example of all others In the like Cafe Offe~ de_rs, and ::1gainft the Peace of the faid Lord the King, his Crown and Dtgmry. What f:ty yo!} WiUiam Penn, and Wtlliam Ale ad, are you Guilty, .as you ftand Indtfied, tn Manner and Form aa aforefaid, or Not Guilty? Penn,. Ic is impoffible that we fhould be able to remember the IndiElrnent. Verbat1m, and therefore we defire a Copy of it, as is Cuftomary on the like Occafions. . '' Rec. ToH mu.ft firil plead to the lndillmenr. he fore you can haven Copy ofir. Penn. I am unacqu~inted with the Formality of the Law, and therefore before I Cha11 anfwer dtreCHy, I requefi Two Things of the Court. Firfl, Th~t no A~ vantage ma_y be taken a~ainfi: me, nor I deprived of an{ Benefit,' whtch I. mJght.otherwtfe .have recen•ed. Secondly, That you wil promife rne a fau Heanng, and Ltberty of making my Defence. Co11rt. No Ad l'antage !hall be taken againfi: you : You fhall have Liberty; you fhall be heard. · Penn. Then l plead not Guilty i-n Manner and Form. Clc. Whal Jaj_fl thou, William Mead: Art tbo11 Gili/1} in Mannfrttnd Form, tU rbou fland'jl Indil!cd, or 1\'ot Guilty? .illeaJ. I fhall defire the fam~ Liberty as is promifed to TViUi•tn Penn. C Court. 'J |
