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gff triall at corly publeck leter
1653
collour casts them into prison, most part of the Goalls in
the North part of England ^[hath some friends of the truth in] as Yorke Carelile Apulby Lancas:
ter, now be ye iudges yor selues ye pretenders of liberty of con=
science & consider what liberty yow giue to tender consciences
which neuer committed any offence to any man but for cons=
cience sake; O how dare you professe reformacon when cruel=
ty & tyrany rulles in ye Land, Oh looke back & see if
euer there was the like in all ye Kings or Bishops time -
since queen Maryes dayes that slew the Marters, that
soe many Goalls was furnished with prisoners meerly,
for conscience sake, or was there euer any that suffered
for conscience, that was put among theeues & murde=
rers, or scarce euer was there except it was Popish
preists or Jesuits that euer was kept in prison, but they
either spoke treason againe King or State, or gaue some
other offence more then meerly conscience, which no
man can euer accusse any of these iustly with, but -
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meerly they suffer for ye truthes sake, & <Sxxx> [by] the Imediate
moue<d>ing of the lord, doe speake against ye abomina=
cons of the times & the filthy deceites of the Idolatrous
worshipes which <is> is holden vp, wch is abominable to the
Lord <w> but hee is comeing to confound & throw downe
that filthy Idoll wch they call their worshipe wch is odious
in his sight, he will destroy it by the spirit of his mouth
& the brightnesse of his comeing ye decree is gone
out from ye lord distruction is comeing vpon it & all
the vpholders of it there let ye powers of the earth
stand out as long as they can the woe & the
curse is vp{on} them that striues with their maker
& he will ouerturne them root & branch they
shall not escape the Judgemt of God for he is the
same God that euer he was & he will not giue his
glory to another, & now his glory suffers by the perse:
cuters of the truth, but he is comeing who ruels with A
rod of Iron wch shall dash to peeces all his enemies but
who may abide the day of his comeing or who <xx>
can stand when he appeares for terrible will he
be to his enemies. Dear hart I <would not> [cannot] but let
thee know ye cruelty of these tyrants, Oh these Acts
and pretences that they haue to act by is odious
to all that hath but common honesty
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