To the magistrates and people of England vvhere this may come What is the matter with the Christians of our age, ...
Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.
1664
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To the magistrates and people of England vvhere this may come What is the matter with the Christians of our age, ...
Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.
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1664]
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TO
THE
MAGISTRATES
AND
People
of
ENGLAND
vvhere
this
may
come
.
WHat
is
the
matter
with
the
Christians
of
our
Age
,
and
of
our
English
Nation
,
that
hath
been
looked
upon
to
be
a
Garden
and
a
Nursery
in
Christianity
and
Religion
,
beyond
all
other
Nations
,
that
have
made
so
great
profession
of
God
and
Christ
,
and
of
the
Scriptures
;
and
are
they
now
turned
Persecutors
and
Law-makers
against
Christianity
,
and
against
those
that
are
in
the
same
Spirit
of
God
,
Power
and
Fellowship
,
as
they
were
in
that
gave
forth
the
Scriptures
,
which
the
people
of
England
professeth
:
And
are
those
now
become
the
greatest
enemies
that
England
hath
?
and
for
no
other
cause
,
but
because
they
worship
God
,
and
obey
Christs
Command
,
and
abides
in
his
Doctrine
,
and
bears
the
same
Testimony
of
Truth
,
and
Resurrection
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
as
the
Apostles
did
;
and
all
that
they
do
,
and
act
,
and
speak
,
and
suffer
for
,
is
according
to
Scripture
,
and
nothing
that
they
suffer
for
is
contrary
to
the
Scriptures
.
Is
those
things
become
a
crime
in
England
?
and
is
this
the
greatest
offence
that
England
hath
taken
with
the
people
of
God
,
even
because
they
believe
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
and
obey
his
Doctrine
.
Oh
take
up
a
Lamentation
for
England
?
Surely
there
is
some
heavy
,
sad
,
and
grievous
Judgment
waiting
upon
it
.
And
is
not
hardness
of
heart
,
and
a
reprobate
mind
,
and
a
feared
Conscience
,
one
of
the
greatest
Judgments
that
can
befall
a
people
?
and
is
not
this
already
seized
upon
the
Law-makers
of
England
,
that
have
hardned
their
hearts
against
the
Lord
and
his
people
,
as
if
they
had
no
other
enemies
but
they
,
who
never
did
them
wrong
nor
hurt
,
nor
never
desired
nor
intended
any
hurt
against
them
,
but
hath
ever
desired
their
good
,
and
peace
,
and
welfare
,
and
that
they
might
come
to
the
true
knowledge
of
the
Lord
,
and
to
the
true
knowledge
of
his
Truth
,
as
it
is
in
Jesus
,
which
they
clearly
manifest
they
are
ignorant
of
,
by
their
making
of
Lawes
against
those
amongst
them
that
fear
God
,
and
worship
him
,
and
gives
Glory
to
his
Name
,
though
they
be
free-born
English
men
and
women
,
nor
have
they
transgressed
any
just
Law
of
England
,
until
they
were
forced
to
make
one
to
make
them
transgressors
with
,
though
they
be
of
the
same
Religion
that
they
themselves
profess
;
they
profess
Christ
and
the
Scriptures
in
words
:
but
they
that
come
to
the
works
of
righteousness
,
and
to
believe
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
which
is
the
work
of
God
,
such
they
persecute
and
make
Lawes
against
.
So
that
England
appears
now
,
as
if
it
would
shut
Christianity
out
of
its
Dominion
:
And
what
will
they
bring
in
and
set
up
next
,
seing
they
banish
out
Christ
,
and
his
Members
,
and
Servants
,
and
Saints
,
and
so
makes
them
Slaves
that
be
free
born
English
men
,
which
have
been
a
blessing
unto
them
,
and
to
the
Land
wherein
they
lived
,
and
no
hurt
to
them
;
and
if
they
had
given
them
the
liberty
of
their
Consciences
,
to
have
served
the
Lord
God
,
they
might
have
been
partakers
of
the
blessings
with
them
:
but
being
that
they
have
turned
their
hand
against
the
Lord
,
and
turned
their
Swords
backwards
against
the
righteous
,
surely
the
Lord
will
plead
for
this
,
and
surely
there
will
a
recompence
come
,
for
its
hard
to
strive
against
the
Lord
,
and
to
touch
his
anoynted
,
and
to
do
his
Prophets
any
harm
:
when
they
were
but
few
in
number
,
he
reproved
Kings
for
their
sakes
;
and
he
is
the
same
now
,
he
changes
not
,
and
his
Arm
and
Power
is
the
same
,
and
his
Righteousness
is
the
same
,
which
is
to
be
revealed
upon
the
Head
of
the
wicked
.
And
he
is
engaged
to
plead
the
Cause
of
the
Innocent
,
who
hath
no
Pleader
in
the
earth
,
and
his
Eye
sees
and
beholds
all
the
actions
of
the
children
of
men
,
and
those
that
act
against
him
and
his
Servants
he
takes
special
notice
of
:
And
he
saw
the
afflictions
of
his
people
formerly
,
when
they
were
afflicted
in
Egypt
,
and
heard
their
cryes
,
and
knew
their
sufferings
.
And
surely
he
is
the
same
now
as
he
was
then
;
and
as
he
hath
said
himself
,
In
as
much
as
you
do
it
unto
my
little
ones
you
do
it
unto
me
:
This
he
said
,
when
he
knew
that
his
next
appearance
would
be
in
his
Saints
.
And
certainly
those
that
persecuted
his
Saints
,
even
without
a
Law
,
when
they
had
none
,
and
contrary
to
several
Lawes
of
England
,
as
several
of
the
Servants
of
the
Lord
have
suffered
;
hath
Christs
Servants
been
persecuted
by
those
that
were
in
power
formerly
,
and
they
that
make
new
Laws
?
Certainly
if
Christ
and
the
Apostles
had
been
and
were
upon
the
earth
,
they
would
have
done
the
same
unto
them
.
But
all
these
things
the
Lord
hath
taken
notice
of
,
and
they
are
written
down
where
they
cannot
be
blotted
out
;
and
all
the
righteous
blood
that
hath
been
shed
since
Abel
,
and
all
the
Saints
sufferings
in
all
Ages
,
the
Lord
hath
taken
notice
of
,
and
all
those
Christians
that
have
suffered
by
those
that
have
called
themselves
Christians
in
these
latter
Times
,
where
several
have
been
imprisoned
till
death
for
the
Christian
Faith.
All
this
the
Lord
hath
in
everlasting
remembrance
;
and
when
he
comes
to
make
inquisition
for
the
blood
of
his
Saints
and
Servants
,
it
will
be
a
hard
and
a
sad
day
for
the
Actors
and
Fighters
against
God.
So
all
you
who
are
called
Christian
Magistrates
,
beware
what
ye
do
and
keep
your
hands
out
of
the
blood
&
persecution
of
the
innocent
,
and
let
that
which
is
past
suffice
,
for
ye
will
find
it
heavy
enoug●
and
for
the
time
to
come
dread
and
fear
the
Lord
God
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
that
hath
all
your
life
and
breath
in
his
hand
to
give
and
take
away
at
his
pleasure
,
and
do
not
that
which
may
incur
the
Lords
displeasure
against
you
,
by
making
Children
fatherless
,
and
Wives
Widows
,
as
there
are
already
several
in
England
at
this
day
;
it
is
better
for
you
to
offend
men
than
God
,
and
so
endanger
your
immortal
souls
.
So
mind
that
which
concerns
your
Eternal
Peace
,
and
the
Eternal
welfare
of
your
Souls
.
And
this
I
am
moved
of
the
Lord
to
forewarn
you
of
,
least
you
bring
woe
and
misery
upon
your
Souls
,
and
a
general
Judgment
on
the
whole
Land
;
and
this
is
true
Love
unto
you
,
and
the
desire
of
your
general
peace
and
good
,
and
remember
that
you
were
warned
from
a
Prisoner
of
the
Lord
in
Lancaster
Castle
.
Margret
Fell.
The
7.
day
of
the
4.
Month
,
1664.