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Show "A Cop of I"' Minnn.w. The AuT H o tt's L I F E. Vot I. Commitment,- and !leave you all in Perfea Chority, wi!hing y~ur Everlaj/mg Salvation. . F.'f, .f Mufquttetn along fOrth hmr. J. R. Smd a Corporal, With a 'I OJ I know the Way to Newgatt. W. P. No, No, fend thy Lacquey, A C 0 p y of the Mittimus. T h Keeper of His Majefty's Jail of Newgate, fur the . Middlefox. 0 t r:id County, or his Deputy there. . . . Jlands duly Convi8ed before tts, wbofe Locus Sigilli. WHere-u Wilham Penn, Ef;,, of His Mojej/js Juflices of the Peace • Robinfon. N~mu are Jubfcnbed, wo .r Four Credible Witne!fes, for a.Dum.mg Lr•r· Tower. for the fazd Counr:r, upon the hO~tbt OJ t 'n Unlawful AfTembly, Conventicle and taking upon bun to Prea~ D" a'{~ aztbe Fifth Day of tbir Inftant Month or Meeting, holden upon tbu Pray, emg .r E ercift of Rclipion, contrary to Locus Sigilli. of February, u!Jdcr Colour ~r . erence o; 'tht, the Pnrijh of Stepney, in the JoG. Ricroft, the Laws and Statutes of tJJu Kz~gdo'!', t~t b. Rve Aliler and Jefs, of tbt County_o/Middlefex; w!Jtcb Parijh u ;'11d mnto him tbe]aid William Penn, City Of London: .And thereupon we ten re. "refent Parliament made in the tbe'Oatb prefcribed in a'!il by ~n ~a of thzse~tituled, An Af.t f~r reftraining Seventeenth Tear of Hz! Ma~efly s. ReCzgn, orations . Which Oath be !Jatb rt· Non-Conformifts from I~habiung m orp · · fuJed to tllk 11nd fuliffrzbe: .• n J\.1 to wiD and require you forth· Thefe are therefOre m Hts MaJ.t;ljs to ot!~r Cuflody the Body Of tbe faid wi~b •. upopn SigiJt( ''breof, .:o;;~cJ';::'bere~itb) and bim tbere fafe!y ~~ ~eee, Wtlham e!ln, tv 0!'1 «. 1: be S ace of Six Months; for wbzcb tl)ls witbcut Bail or Mampr0tz.e, J 0 :fhaU he your Warrant ... zven u'n J er oS Hand~ and Scnh tTJe Fifth Day of february, Anno Domm1, 167o. Vera Cop;4 , per Robert Warner, Clerk of Newgate. • • P . h !h ned the Hours of Confinement, which Inaftiyity Hil E'!fiOJ·. Bel•dnghr.nkrtifod~•o' use byo:tcontinua/ Employment, and writ feveral Treaufes, .mtrr~Pn·wou trn e , , fon, P';~i1]!:1{;,,, Cofe of Liberty ofConfcience, once more briefly deba.ted and def;.n~~~h refcued from Impoj/ure, ord~'1~r!:~1[0 t~:. m.f:il~;rJ7.dk~! Lies, Folly and Slander, but a preten and W. Mead. R>f/j o his Book call'd Truth Exalted. 3· 1 rs:::::::ip~og;ry;~ ~be Prmcples and PraOues of the Peopd/~aUe1 4· ;nft b M 1 .A.fperjzoni ErroneouJ Dollrmu, an u orru ~akh~~~:!a~~ Th~ma~ 'J~~~er, and Tirr:orhy Taylor, !a10 Prefby~erian or fn~endent Preachers, tn therr Book en111u!ed <l_uakenfm Anatom1z ~-down Thomas Jen- This Jenner hoping to make a Market of hts Book, wem uw. ap 1 ner's CO'IIm• to the Houfes. of many Gentlemen to prefent them , and, as • h re a~s p,4Qim in . , 5 gave him. a Crown fome Two, fome a Puce Among ot ers,d e Jpre.cding his !rhad t~~Confidence and Ava~ice to go to the L1rd-l...reutcnanr of Irelanhfi to 8Qoh. c fi nt one: Hts Secretary carried lt to him, who .turmng trover, o er- ' ~r~ emany Black Cbnr,ge1 of foul and rnoft Permczo11s Enors .to Rc!tgton , ve d Ci 1 Government; (as laid down.) The Btr(on {bll \Vattmg (for an ' ~lms) v:he Secretary thought he had fuffictentlv (avoured h1m m deli(''e;, · h' Book, but not tlnderftanding the Pnefl'$ A1m, that IS Lucre t e ' ()~ P~ieft's S~n) was preft to tell his Lord, that he waned for //fi E~·~c/' /cnctCJ' Benevolence: The Secretary was Fo cn:ll tO anfwer ~diSh esre,k ~~ ! when the Lord·Luurcnanr undbftood h1s Dnft, he return t e o<: the ~ the P:ufon, with this Anfwer, That be Wtr.f Jorry to /J11_r t~1at tbe Q.pakcrs l6]r~ ' held fitch ill Principlet (if what be writ ofrhem wm .True) bur the Tares ~ • aM r/le Wblat mufl grow tO_!tther, till tbt Time of the Harvefl, or Day f{ I 41 ' Y•d_!ment. So the Parfon wa~ corrcll:edfor his BJftfJ.ifs, and. difappoinud t of rhe Great Bone be crepr thuher /or. Invalid. of J. Pd!do•s Vindication, P'~~J~·nfwer our Alubcr gave to rhefc Men, mer wirh Gcntr;rt .iJ.wp-tntion, and it was reponed, thlt ]enna ve:u himfeH ro be:irh at ir in :1 little Time after. . · In rlfe Time of hi~ Imprifonme~t. the P<rllament ljeipg ..lbout to t.lke Meafures for enforcing with greater Se\•erity the aforefJid Co,tvcmidc Ad, He, whofe Freedom of Spirit, a Pr.ifon could not confin,e from ad vacating the Cnufe of Liberty, ,wfit the following Plper, diretled To the High C 0 U R T of PAR l!.i AMEN~. •· _.., 1 ..:; ~I -. ' t FOrafmucb tU it both plenJed you to make an AO, entitu!ed, An Aa- for fuppreffing Seditious Conven.ticles, the Dangerous Pradices of Sediti, ous Scdaries, fY'c. A,..,d tbat 'lintlrr Pretence•! .ilrtihoriJyfrcltiir, nld.RJ ht~pe talun tb~ Nlf.ftXI/y L;J,p;q .of p/Mdtrins, piHtl!,ilrl, ttnd brep!dng into Hot~j'is, 1o the /luiu mtd Drt.ri111ent Of aflole .Jod~t~ili'c..r, "ol retardJng the Poof, JhC 1Virlow uJ the Ftu/Jerkf.r, .beJON.d .dl/ Pnfidenr Or Sx~Jtji:; ntid /Par Wt are i,z[ Dr-nt'd. it h y011r PMliif-e inji~..J of RebKi~ your ~and, to fu'pp-ty t1Jt Defed: s of rb,tt At/ by uc/j Explanarory Claules tU anll,incpitab(y expofc til ro the Fury 11nllntere ttf ..t~t~r .(.rocrlll A~,ye~f.Uies, !bM u~d~r _Prctence of an} t»eril'lg the Intenrr of tbe fotd.AD. f!Ji!/ only gratifJ t~rr Pnv:ne Humours, 11.nt! JoMhtiefs extend tt beyonJ .tts Ot1g1nal Purpofe, to tbc Utter Dcfi:.rutl:ion if 1H •nd ovr Suffering Frit.nds. We therefore efleem o~r felver oili,geil in (');rjfii(m D111;·, on(t tllore io rt• mon!lrare,, Firft, That w own Civil Governmem, or.Magiftr::~cv, at God'I Ordinance {dr tbe PMni/hmenr 'of Evil Doers, tJnd the Praife of ibemthat do well.; 11nd tho' we CIJnnOI C~»~~p!J' .wiJb tbof~ L~w~ t kttt ft'obibir TIS r.o worJ!;ip Goi ac· cording to Our ConfCJ.ences, at htbe-tmtg u to he His alone Pieroga.rive ro prefide in MatterS' of Faith and Worlhip, yel we both own, and ore r~ady to yfeld ObediencE: to Every Ordinance ofMtn, f~Totint to HH11Jtn1 Affrti'ri, and rbar for Confcience-Sake. Secondly, That we deny and renounce tU an Horrible Impiety,. all Plou a,hd OmJpiracies, ortopro,more our lnttrefl, or Religion, b.J the BkitJJ iind D(· flruElion of fucb ~ Dijfent fo"!;,;~, cr jtt thoJe rbat pei-fecllte '"!· . Thirdly, Tbat mall RevolutiOnS, we have de111eand our Jeives vurb tiuteb Peace anJ Parienae, (dijov.ming dD contrnry . .Af!ings) nctwlrbjfairdlng tbe numerom Provocationi af Cruel and UngOIJ..y- Men. tpbicb U a .fJeo/liJ)ttPrarion of o11r Harmlefs Behaviour, that o11t/~t not robe t( liN!e .Momrnt with y oJJ. Fourthly, That 41 we harJe roer hv'd mojl peaceably under all the variorli Governments th~t bave.been Ji.nct our ./irjl .Appearance (no~~t'ithflaitding ret have been. tU _rbezr Anvz~ to fmlle upon) f'! we do hereby fignify I bat it 11 Qllr Fixt Refolutton to comrnue the fame, ·t11at '«ffiere UJe ,ca!lfloi aQu~Iy obey, we patiently fhall ~uifer" ('IMving 'Oitr i~elit Coufe with G 0 D., nPt daring · to love ou: Lwei unto the pear.b, for fHtr Ble!fed 'l;.eftirnony•s Sake,) rh'u~bjl®ani/eflmg to the whole World, t'bt~t file lfrrve Gt>'D above all, .and. our Neighboors as ou-r 'felves. .. 1[ this prevail;- not with you, to Jiifpcltd jOIIT 'ftb~ut.bu of reinfo:t;iii,J yoitr former Aft, ue do d~fire that we, Dr fome oJ olir Fnentls, "{aj r~arve a free Hemng from you, ( m froe-.1 of'" hlrll upon the fir }I Aft for. Uniformicy) bavi'!g many Great and Wei,ghty ReajonJ't() uffer 11gnin.H au f~<~'l( fevere .ProcceJmg. r, to t he &d nil Wrong Me::~fur-es of"~" and df ortr Pr/fltlpfeJ 11M) be fefli]ied, and tbat you bthtg·hiJTer inform'il of' b~tbt IJ,!Y rCmovt 011r )leavr, . • , G · · HUrdens, Ri1 Ltner t1 :rp~~~:~ |
