New-England Judged: By the Spirit of the Lord. In Two Parts. First, Containing a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People Call'd Quakers in New England, from the Time of Their First Arrival There, in the Year 1656, to the Year 1660 ... In Answer to the Declaration of Their Persecutors Apologizing for the Same, MDCLIX. Second Part, Being a Farther Relation of the Cruel and Bloody Sufferings of the People Call'd Quakers in New-England, Continued from Anno 1660, to Anno 1665. Beginning with the Sufferings of William Leddra, Whom They Put to Death |
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Had this divine rule been pursued and obeyed by the former magistrates , priests , and government of New England , those many cruelties on a conscientious people had not been inflicted . But that which may make it astonishing to ...
Had this divine rule been pursued and obeyed by the former magistrates , priests , and government of New England , those many cruelties on a conscientious people had not been inflicted . But that which may make it astonishing to ...
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How little the late magistracy and priesthood of the Massachusetts and other Governments of New England have come short , or how near they have trod in the steps of those former persecutors and slanderers of God's people , the following ...
How little the late magistracy and priesthood of the Massachusetts and other Governments of New England have come short , or how near they have trod in the steps of those former persecutors and slanderers of God's people , the following ...
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... much unlike a man , much more unlike a Christian magistrate , cause them to be rifled for books and papers on board the ship , after he had ordered them to be kept prisoners there , until he should send for them ?
... much unlike a man , much more unlike a Christian magistrate , cause them to be rifled for books and papers on board the ship , after he had ordered them to be kept prisoners there , until he should send for them ?
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An ignorant speech and a shameless one from a magistrate , who should uphold the order of nature , and not make it a ground of punishment in such as do : I say , after he had commanded them on shore , and committed them upon the ground ...
An ignorant speech and a shameless one from a magistrate , who should uphold the order of nature , and not make it a ground of punishment in such as do : I say , after he had commanded them on shore , and committed them upon the ground ...
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... and of his own accord taking off the fine of twelve pounds laid by his chief magistrate on whosoever should entertain William , and giving him free liberty to declare against evil in his dominions . shall there also understand of ...
... and of his own accord taking off the fine of twelve pounds laid by his chief magistrate on whosoever should entertain William , and giving him free liberty to declare against evil in his dominions . shall there also understand of ...
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Page 368 - God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.
Page 150 - And I will come near to you to judgment; And I will be a swift witness Against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, And against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, The widow, and the fatherless, And that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, Saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 177 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 421 - Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Page 196 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 430 - Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Page 205 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 95 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 537 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it ; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 31 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
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| Title | New-England Judged: By the Spirit of the Lord. In Two Parts. First, Containing a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People Call'd Quakers in New England, from the Time of Their First Arrival There, in the Year 1656, to the Year 1660 ... In Answer to the Declaration of Their Persecutors ... |
| Author | George Bishop |
| Editor | Joseph Grove |
| Publisher | T. Sowle, 1703 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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