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Show .z,_, The AuTI!oR's L.l'FE. s·u cf Erfi s brought in and lies now de- :, ~·n ~sfn ~n~.fr.l ].n~. h· ~hn~h:'~vSe\ rb:eienn ~v oefrPy~ .reivie;rn e; :r,mthy eetRfeoo,'!"',,3{ u;~~Pr~~e~~~i~~a~f '-- ~n omer,e~h.i~~ h;th fo long flept, nay, bave oucdorye the fha~pdt Part ' ~~a;t ~ff,mofi Extrajudicial Procerdings, as counrenanctng ~f pcr; ured !t'ra • r6 ytnfMID; finingPeifons that wtne never there, levying ~mes wtth' J~~\¥0~uran 5 (as ;11jtrfut0ffiurr fay) 3nd that to the Break1ns o~en '\Jf '.f6cks ahd ~bl!~, ~hd t!k;ng fometimes Double whlt the Frne. It felf ' t' ' tnd futha'S ate nor able ro <'nfwer them, fend to Pnfon as c..~~~~~~- ~'ver~l Families ~r'e well nig? ruined, th~ir Houfes lai~ watle, 1 ' dnd rht 'Crtli'tbrJ dif!l"J)Oii'lred of rheu Dues, rho before fuffictent to ' 3,0~~~i~~iarly, there is one Humjheer, Town-clerk of Bridgew1ur, .:1~ ' uncivil, ~nviMIS., , f.~perfcc11~~»K. M_an; md as Renegadoes ufe toa~e worfe • than all the Td'WI1 'b'efideS~ ; \tc us'd 111 0. Cromwefs Days t~ be a 1ve, ~nd • read Prodamationr againfi the King; no~ ~one more vwlenc for Htm, • "iMeed ~gMnllllinl) ~nd the Good or HIS Ktngdom. . '; Otlt-lliilJi•>R- 18"ll and Colonel Stt~weTJ Jeftices, ate alfo funous to rbe ' Ruin of \1s. They have one or both, not ~nly fuffer'd, bur encooraged ' fac:b. leWd /:W'ftJII ), ro aft th'tts umj&i!teoufiy roward us; and w~en we 'would 1iRd out the Natnes of the Informerr,. to the ~nd they m1ght be '< :ru nitbed fur Ptrf•,., ih that they fwear licrnd Fa/for<~ fot 1rutbs, they, the Clerks widrll.old the lkcords of Conv1fllons, llnnl the very laft Day '~ of t.ke Seffioua, that we maylbe wrong'd without Remedy: We therefore _ 'with all due Rejptd, ·do imrear th.n we may have fome Let!er o~ Cbeck t. to fc'h. i'erfons, ~hat they may not go unreproved. of Supenors, 10 Ac4 ' tions that not o'nly 'defy the King's Clemency, and H1s . well known Purpofe ' .of LibtNf, b'ut 'th.e wholefome Laws of Engllmd, .th?t :1re bot.h J~alo11r '~ Garejutof die Properties of &glijhmen. And tt tt be dcfitcd, we are ' abl:e 'tO Produce and Prove a long "Scbetlu/e of th,e lflt<gnl Prouedi11gs of 'thcleMin~ w. P. Ht.,.itt~ on lkbUf of •• .rll/{,ring Irt,nds,totbe Stn4tt of Em.bden. The >fi!Me 'Zelt1 ana Aff<aion which made hi'm >. confunt AdvoCltefor bis~rittlds at Home ied him alfo to follicit on their Behalf, With Foreig~ Powers and Srares, '\lndet Whofe ~twernment they. fuffer'd Ph_fe~JJtion: For rhere W:l.S a Decree made this Year at Dllnt::uk, for bam!hmg the fJ..Naktrt ; and a i.aw of the lik't: Na_to~e at t.Wbden, Where r.hat People had alfo undergone other grie\•ous SulfentJgs. Whereupon he Wnttc;> the Senate of F.in!xlM, an Ep;Jf!e In Larrn, Which harh been fincc tranflated lntO Englijh, , and .js in 11ht ~lfeaion a£ his Works. He publifl"' .._ tfhe Fed'dctition at HOme now w:txing hot ~gain, and many ~uahr.r be- T""if' of ing iltlprif<lrted {-or r~ufing the Oarh of Alleg~ance, our Author pubhfhes 06tbt. their Reafo'rts agaitift 9wrr~rrng at nil, and c?nfirms the fame by numerous Authorities ih.a BO<l'k, e~:~rituled, .d Trrnrife of etdrbr. Engta d' pr This Yea~ alfo he publifht !t Cboic'e Pitce en-tiruled, ~ogland'.r prifent In.: fcnr lnnkr~J1.j" reriD t!if_covtreJ, wheiein, to allay the Heats of contendtng Parties, he !hews the Confiftency of a General Liberty of Confcien~e, with the Pe_nc~ of the Kingdom, difcovering at once t~e Generom Char~ry of a Real Cbrijfran, and the Noble Spirit of a 'bNe Ptllnot. . · · Soon after 'lhls he prefentl!d. to the 'King .and both Houfes of Parliament, "'"'"''""'i a Book caflea, Ti1< comMoe~ 'Cry cf lbe OpprejJta for ]u/lice, giving an Cry of t.k Op- '.Account of the unjuft and cruel Proceedings againft the PerlOns and Eftates I'•.Dil· of many of the People caDdd ~tlflkiTs, •Wilh• .a Pol\fcript of the Nature, Difference, and Limits of Civil and Ecclefiaftical Authonty. In the Ei~hth Month this Y eat being at LAndoN, he writ the following , , , nlrlarkalllt:t-ener to a Romon Cnrlfclid. • • • lJ VoL. I. The A.UTHo R's LIFE. My Friend, C Hrift Jifus did rtdtem a P(ople with His moft Precious Blood: ..dlid the ancient Church of Rome among orber ChJJrcher, f.'INU One : Bur 41 the Sea lqfe.r and Gets, and 41 Profperity cb,mges itr Station, fo the ·chaftity of.rbe Church of Rom~ is loft, jhe having taken _in Principles and Difci-_ p/Jne that are not of. Chrlil; netther can be found m Holy Scripture. If tho11 wa/1 to du, r»ouldfl thou not leave a plain Will to thy Children? So bave C~rilt an_d His .AjJofl!er in the Scrip~ure: Read, qnd thou "'IIJfi be .. bold the S1mpllcJt~, ~umy, Meeknefs, ~~nence, and Self-denial oj tbofe Churches an~ .Chnftr~ns. They n~e Chrijf J", that tale up His Crofs to the Glory and Sprnt of thw World; whrch the Church af Rome liver in: Behold the Pride, Luxury? Cruelty, that bat? for .Age! been in rl~ar Cllurch, even the Headr and Chteftaner thereof 'tlr a .Mijfake to thmk that Chrifi's Church, tbat hm lojf itr Heavenly!<.._ua!ificationr, hccnuft it once r»tU: Wbnt is become ~f A.nt~och, Jerufalem, f.7c ... botb Churches of Chrift, and before Rome. Nor ~ '! Number; the Dev~l hat that; nor Antiquity; for be hu that; but Chnfthkcnefs and Conformuy to Jifm, ;cho barb t!ivorced rhofe that bttVe adulterated. .And though he had le{r but Two or Three (though tbere.were Th~ufandJ") yet would b~ be jn the Midfl of tbem: .And they bave heen m rh.e Wtld.e~nefs, P~ople crymg m Sackcloth:· The Generality dediTid from Chnfl:'s Sp!Clt, and It Wal lo/1, and tbe Teachmgr of it: And then came up Form wubour Power? and a Wrarhful Spirir to propagate it ·: .And this mad~ up the Grear Whore rbatlaoA'd liRe rbe Lamb's Bride Chrift's Church b11t WIZI nor; mhich God wiD ]'udg~: R~memher that Gad was net withou: 'a Church, though the Natural Church and Priefihood of tbe Jews apaflatia zed' So in rbe Coje of rbe Church cf Rome. }lom, is the Lord rai./ing up His Old Power and giving His Spirit and moving up~n th~ !Vaterr, th~ People, that out ~1 that Stat~ alJ may come; and /mow God m Sp1nt, and Chrif! His So'!, whom be hasfen_t mto Plople'.r Heart.r, a True LIGHT. .ilnd my Frund, bur!d not upon Fancrer; nor the Traditions of M~n; but CHRIST fhe Jure F~undation, 41 He appears to thee in thy Confctence; that thou maypfee! Hrr Pou·er to redeem thee up to bimfelf, our of the Earthly Senfual Spuir, to know thy Rigbt Eyeflucked out the True Mortification : And thH bringr thee to the Church o the Firft-born ihat is more Divine nnd ]\loble than an Outward Glittering Church, rha; w ;""' fl)ard!y poUuted. For know, a/ tbnu f owejf, thou reapejf, in the Great Day of Account. So, to Go.d's Spirit~" thy own 'Confcience do 1 recommend thee, that leadr out of all Evil, and qutd:ens thee to God m thou oJeye.ft it 1md makes thee n Child of God, and an Heir of Glory. I am in much htt]Je' and in m much Love · , Lo~don 9,1, 81"· Thy True Friend, 16]1.. . w: Penn; Hil Lttttr ,~ aRomanCaa tholick. About this Time was a Controverfy between the Famous Richard Baxter ADi[pu_utu~ nd our Author: They met at a con.venient Place near Rick.mer:[worth, 3fld "!ttnh''" ~~ Jn the Pref~nce of a numerous Aud1rory held a Difpute of Six or Seven !~~hard Bu H~urs Contmuance; but no Account thereof having ever been publi(bt in Pnnt (except fome Hints given by Richard Baxter himfelf tn his Life, Pa~t 3· p. 174.) we know not. the Particulars; but finding,.. feveral Letrers Ap. No. ~· wntte.n by W: Penn.to the fatd R. Baxter not long after; we have inferred. xn. them In the Appendix, and leave our Reader to make his own Obfervations ~: upon them. 1 xv. In the Twelfth Month this Year, one Alttttbew Hide, a Perfon that had ThtDwbof been very troublefom in the l,.uakerr Meetings7 by oppofing their ~iniflers Matthew in th.eir .Publick Teflimony and Prayers, was taken fick, :tnd on his Death~ Hid.e. Bed, be1ng under g~eat Remorfe of Confcience for what he ,had done, he ~ould not be eafy ull he had fent for fome of thar People, and particularly H G. Whitehead, |