The ancient testimony and principle of the people called Quakers renewed with respect to the king and government, and touching the present association. London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A75321 of text R200353 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A3073). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A75321 Wing A3073 ESTC R200353 45789135 ocm 45789135 172449 2240887557

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A75321) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 172449) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2630:15) The ancient testimony and principle of the people called Quakers renewed with respect to the king and government, and touching the present association. London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1696] "From a meeting of the said people in London, the 23d of the first month, called March, 1695/6"--Colophon. Reproduction of original in: Friends' Library (London, England). eng Society of Friends -- England -- Sources. Patriotism -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The ancient testimony and principle of the people called Quakers renewed with respect to the king and government, and touching the present association Society of Friends 1696 1 451 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Ancient Testimony and Principle Of the People called QUAKERS Renewed with Respect to the King and Government , and touching the Present Association .

WE the said People do solemnly and sincerely declare , That it hath been our Judgment and Principle from the first Day we were called to profess the Light of Christ Jesus manifested in our Consciences , unto this Day , That the setting Up , and putting Down Kings and Governments , is Gods peculiar Prerogative , for Causes best known to himself ; and that it is not our Work or Business to have any Hand or Contrivance therein , nor to be Busibodies in matters above our Station ; much less to Plot and Contrive the Ruine or Overturn of any of them : But to pray for the King , and for the Safety of our Nation , and good of all Men , that we may live a Peaceable and Quiet Life , in all Godliness and Honesty under the Government which God is pleased to set over us .

And according to this our Antient and Innocent Principle , we often have given forth our Testimony , and now do , against all Plotting , Conspiracies and contriving Insurrections against the King or the Government , and against all Treacherous , Barbarous , and Murtherous Designs whatsoever , as Works of the Devil and Darkness : And we sincerely Bless God , and are heartily Thankful to the King and Government , for the Liberty and Priviledges we Enjoy under them by Law ; Esteeming it our Duty to be True and Faithful to Them .

And whereas we the said People are required to sign the said Association , we sincerely declare , That our Refusing so to do , is not out of any Disaffection to the King or Government , nor in Opposition to his being Declared Rightful and Lawful King of these Realms , but purely because we cannot for Conscience-sake Fight , Kill , or Revenge , either for our selves , or any Man else .

And we believe that the Timely Discovery and Prevention of the late Barbarous Design , and Mischievous Plot against the King and Government , and the sad Effects it might have had , is an Eminent Mercy from Almighty God ; for which We , and the whole Nation , have great cause to be humbly Thankful to Him , and to Pray for the Continuance of his Mercies to Them and Us.

From a Meeting of the said People in London , the 23d of the First Month , called March , 1695/6.