A Representation to King and Parliament , of some of the Unparralleld Sufferings of the People of the Lord , called Quakers , in New-England . Together with the Remarkable Judgments of God upon sundry of their Persecutors .

IN these few Lines ; O KING ; Thou and thy Parliament , may see the continued Sufferings of thy faithful and loving Subjects , under the cruel and bloody hands of the Priests and Rulers , in New-England , who in the dayes of O. C. ( the time of thy Suffering ) as if countenanced and Commissionated by him , did , for divers years , most barbarously spoil and ruine the Goods of thy Innocent Subjects there , halling them out of their Habitations to Prison , far from their Families and little Ones , cruelly torturing their Bodies with Whipps , and pitched Ropes , and locking up neck and heels in Irons many hours , with famishings near unto death , being without pitty to the aged Parents , or to their helpless Children ; Chaining to a Log of Timber Night and Day , a long and very cold Winter ; dragging Men along by the hair of their Heads , and the tender Women ( as they were on their knees in Prayer ) dragg'd out of the House by the hands , with their faces towards the Earth , over Stumps , and old Trees , through very deep frost and snow , to Prison near a Mile ; and causing the Innocent to be hanged up naked by the hands , with a logg hanged to the feet , and the body cruelly beaten by the hands of a strong Negro with Cords ; one burned in the Hand , and in his Mouth bound a great Key ; others their Ears part cut off ; together with Banishing Fathers , Mothers and Children , and offering to send their little Ones thousands of miles from their Native Country and Fathers House , to be sold for Servants or Bond-slaves ; and last of all , in the height of the spirit of the wicked one , the spirit of madness , blindness , blood and murther , they spared not , but cruelly put to death the Servants of the Living God . And now , O King , since the very day the Lord brought thee into this Land again , and gave unto thee thy Regal Power , have they in thy Name , made strange and cruel havock of thy true Subjects , in putting to Death and Banishing ; and in thy Name with many torturing Whippings of Old and Young , at Posts , and at wheels of great Guns , and at Carts Tails , dragging the naked Bodies of Parents and Children through divers long Towns , through the dirt & filth of their Chanels and Cart-ways ; and in thy Name commanding one Friend and Brother to help Imprison the other ; yea , in thy Name they have lately prest the Son to help to force his tender Father and Mother to Goal , sundry miles , in the extremity of Winter season , to the hazzard of their Lives ; and such as refused to obey their Unnatural and Abominable Commands , they have fined at their Courts ; and thus from Court to Court do these Monsters of Men , in thy Name , Fine and break open the Houses of the Quakers , and Rob them of their Goods , and take away that they should eat in , and that they should drink in , yea the very Cloathes from their Backs in Winter , and the Bed they should lye on , while they keep the Body sundry miles off in Prison , driving Husbands & Wives divers miles for Prison , in times of great Frost and Snow , keeping them close Prisoners in a very cold Room , to the endangering of their Lives , and to the ruine of their Families , had not the Lord preserved . All this , and much more , too tedious to mention at this time , have they done to the servants of the Lord in New-England in thy Name ; saying , that Thou ownest their doings , and esteemest their Laws as thy Laws ; And these hard things have the Servants of the Lord patiently suffered , and sustained at their hands , for no other cause but for their faithful obedience to the Spirit of the Lord in their hearts , which Spirit of Holiness teacheth them , That Forced Worships and Worshippers are both Abomination to the Lord . These few Lines are written not from any desire of the least Revenge from thy hand upon them , but that thou mayest know it , and make known thy dislike of their wickedness , that so the blood of the Innocent there , if possible , might not be laid to your charge in the terrible Day of the Lord , in which both High and Low must come to Judgement , and receive according to their Deeds done in the Body , in which day the Lord will make known ( in the sight of all his Enemies ) his mighty Power for the saving of his beloved Ones , and for the delivering and helping of them , who had no helper in the Earth .

A Brief Relation of the Eminent Hand and Judgments of the Lord upon some of the Rulers , Priests and People of New-England , who were of them that Persecuted the People of the Lord , called Quakers , there .

OLD John Endicot Governour , that Nero-like unjust Judge of the Innocent , who in his mad Nebuchadnezzar-like spirit , threatned and endeavoured to weary out and to destroy the Servants of the Most High , and to root out their very Name from amongst them . He with his Hangman , that Murderer , who together had imbrued their hands in the blood of the Innocent Lambs of the Living God , were both by the hands of the Lord hewed down & at one time laid on their death-beds , so that some did say , Who would have thought the Head and Tail should go so near together ? So the Lord cut down Endicot , Root and Branch , and his Hangman it s said died in great horror of Mind , and torment of Body . And this is according to the Word of the Lord fore-spoken by the mouth of his Servants concerning them .

Another Eminent Persecutor , ( who had a hand in Judging and Murthering of the Innocent ) Humphery Atherton , their Major General , who sitting to Judge the Just , he and his Brethren having sent out Mary Dyer to be murdered , and tydings being brought to the Bench that she was turned off the Gallows , he said to the servants of the Lord , Prisoners at the Bar , That Mistress Dyer did hang for a Flag for them to take warning by ; and that the Quakers did often tell them , That the Judgements of the Lord would come upon them , but the Judgements of the Lord are not come upon us yet . But the Just Hand of the Lord met with him in his Jollity and Pomp , as he was riding home from his Play-fellows in Boston , and near the Place where they used to finish their Journey in Whipping and dragging the Quakers at a Carts-tail out of Boston , his Horse gave him such a deadly throw , that it 's said , He never spake word after his fall ; but his Eyes swelled , as started out of his Head , and as it were Blood and Brains came out of his Nostrils and Ears , and his Tongue in a gastly manner hanging out of his mouth ; A Flagg indeed was he for Blood-guilty Men to be warned by ; according to the word of the Lord , fore-told by the mouth of his Servants .

John Danford , a Member of their Church , and Captain of their Castle by Boston , being laid ( in the heat of the day ) upon his Bed , the Hand of the Lord in a strange manner , with a crack of Thunder , and flash of Lightning , in a moment smote him to death ; so it 's testified , he never spake more .

On that day the Rulers and Priests of Boston had agreed to mingle their Sacrifice with the Blood and Lives of the Innocent , the Persecutors returning , and rejoycing in the murdering and hanging of William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson , as sundry of them were passing over a great Draw-Bridge , it suddainly brake down in pieces with them , and divers of them were wounded and bruised with the weighty fall thereof ; and one or two of them , who seemed to joy in the Death of the Innocent ; it s said , That the Bones of their Armes , with Thighs and other parts of their Bodies , were broken to pieces , and after a few days torment of Body , and rotting alive , died : And in this also was the Word of the Lord fulfilled , spoken to the Bench by the mouth of that faithful Martyr , who said , Take heed ye Rulers what ye do , and be warned before it be too late , and know , that in that day you put us to Death , shall the Judgements of God come upon this place .

Old Thomas Wiggin Magistrate , a bloody Persecutor , who was deeply engaged in the Sufferings , and in the taking away of the Lives of the Martyrs of Jesus , who often without bowels of pitty , would shed the Blood and devour the Goods of the Innocent ; him also hath the Hand of the Lord cut down , and his Children may come to want : And this also is according to the Word of the Lord , by the mouthes of his Servants to him .

James Oliver , that Beastly , and bloody spirited Creature , who as one implacable , unmerciful , without bowels of common natural affection , who was so swift to shed Innocent blood , that he struck down the Servant of the Lord , William Robison , as he was taking him out of Prison to hang him . Whose inhumane cruelty , bloodshed , and murderous spirit , the Righteous God hath in Remembrance , who was fierce to take away the Lives of the Righteous ; the blasting hand of the Lord is risen up , against and over him ; according to the Word of the Lord spoken by his faithful Servants , whom he helped to hang on a Tree .

John Webb , that proud Persecutor , whom the Lord hath laid wast , who with a Body of Men in Armes , led forth Mary Dier to be murdered and hanged : 'T is said , as he was busie in killing a Whale , or great Fish , was suddenly after a strange manner carried into the Sea and drowned ; and here was a remarkable Hand also upon this Persecutor , according to the Word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of his Servants .

Captain Johnson , who led forth the Servant of the Lord , William Ledra , to be murdered and hanged , compassing him about with Men of War , with Swords , Guns , and Drums ; the Just Hand of the Lord , for his bloody act , hath fallen upon him also , for he is as a man unman'd and bereaft of his wonted understanding , and so sottish , that his Brethren , as it s said , have degraded him ; and this is according to the Word of the Lord , spoken by his Servants concerning him .

Marshal Brown of Ipswich , who Persecuted the Servants of the Lord , and unrighteously took away their Goods ; soon after the Lord cast him upon the bed of languishing , where for a time , it is testified , he lay in great horror of Conscience , and torment of Body , and so departed this Life ; and this is according to the Word of the Lord by the mouth of his faithful Witnesses .

Samuel Archer , Marshal in Salem , who was of their Church-fellowship , he had often Robbed and spoiled the Goods of the People called Quakers , to pay his Masters Reckonings at the Taverns ; he was suddenly cut off , and is come to nought , and his remembrance rotts ; according to the Word of the Lord against such as do resist the Holy One willfully .

James Underwood , a wicked Persecuting Constable who made it his work to disturbe the People of God in their holy waitings on the Lord , who would Press one Friend to help him to lead another as Prisoner ; after this his wickedness against the Lord , and his People , though he had a considerable Estate , yet the hand of the Lord being against him , he came to nought ; this also is according to the Word of the Lord which his Servants testified concerning Persecutors .

An Eminent hand of Gods displeasure upon some of the Priests also : John Norton , Chief Priest in Boston , and chief in stirring up the Rulers to Murder , Hang and Persecute , and to take away the Lives of the Innocent , He by the immediate power of the Lord was smitten , and as he was sinking down , by the fire-side , being under Just Judgment , he confessed the hand of the Lord was upon him , and so died ; and the Word of the Lord , by the mouth of his Servant , whom he stirred up the Rulers to put to death , was fulfilled upon him .

Old Edward Norris , Priest in Salem , he stirring up the Rulers and People there to madness , saying , What was done to the Quakers , was not Persecution but Prosecution ; as he was vindicating his bloody Principle , was suddenly and strangely smitten dumb in his Pulpit , and after a while died .

Old Priest Wilson , who reviled the Servants of the Lord as they were led forth to be put to death , was also by the Hand of the Lord swept away .

Timothy Dolton , Priest of Hampton , he hearing it certified , that The Light within , was the Light of Christ ; Cried out , Oh horrible blasphemy ! He soon after dies .

Priest Mitchel of Cambridge , who lately stirred up the Rulers to Persecution and Madness , soon after was smitten down by the hand of the Lord ; and it 's testified , That his very Tongue , while he was alive , turned exceeding black in his mouth , and soon after he died .

Sundry others , not here mentioned , hath the hand of the Lord visited with Judgments upon themselves , & upon the fruit of their Bodies , taking away the Lives of divers of their First-born by unusual deaths ; and from year to year to this day , since they murdered the Servants of the Lord , hath the hand of Justice blasted their Corn in their Fields ; for when their fields of Wheat are in the Ear , and near to Blossome , then is it in a strange manner smitten with Death at the Root ; and when the Husbandman seeth the Curse or Blast upon it , hasteth to mow it down , while it is green , for Fodder ; but its loathsome to the Beasts of the field , so that they care not to eat it . This is remarkable , and a lively Figure of New-Englands Abominable Profession , and a true token of Gods displeasure against them ; according to the Word of the Lord spoken to them by the mouth of his Servants whom they put to death .

And now hath the Lord , in Bloody Boston , poured out a sore Plague , even a rent between Rulers , Priests and People ; so that in the bitterness of their envious hearts , they are risen up one against another , to the endangering of dashing their Babel to pieces : And this they know was foretold , and certified to and amongst them , by Word and Signs , by the Lords Servants , who testified in the Name and Spirit of Truth , That as a Potters Vessel , so should they be broken never to be joyned together any more . These things are written not in Malice or Prejudice to any of the forementioned Persecutors , but in tender love to all Rulers , Priests and People , that they in the fear of the Lord may be warned by them , to take heed how they open their mouths , or lift up their hands against the Innocent , for God is on their side ; and although some , to their own destruction , have been suffered to persecute and put some of the Bodies of the Children of the Living God to death , yet against the Life and Power of the Lord in them , they nor their weapons shall never prosper , the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it . And as for them that remain of the dark Persecuting Priests , Rulers and People in New-England , whose hands have been dyed in the Blood and lives of the Innocent , Oh that there were in them an heart truly sensible of their great wickedness against the Lord , and against his People , that so they might be truly humbled before the Lord , and so come to be delivered from the wrath to come , which will most assuredly overcome and destroy all them that fight against the Lord .

Oh New-England , New-England , how can the tender-hearted , ( whom thou hast most cruelly Persecuted and despitefully used ) in the sence of thy sad state , forbear to take up a Lamentation for thee ; who seemed beautiful in thy beginning , and lovely wast thou whilst in thy integrity , which was but for a moment , or as the early dew , for thy day was eclipsed in the morning , and thou soon went a whoring from the Guide of thy youth , and so thou becamest as a monstrous woman in his sight , and now thou art unto him as Sodom , and thy off-spring as Gomorrah , who perished in the morning ; for thy Wickedness is as Scarlet , and thy Iniquities as Crimson before the Lord . Let the ears of Kindred , Nations and People , that hear of thy horrible Apostacy , tingle ; for thou soon grew'st great , and said'st in thy heart , I am as Queen of all Nations ; and in the greatness of thy Pride , as thou attempted'st to climb up high , even into the Throne of God , How art thou fallen , oh thou untimely daughter of Babylon ! Let all People and Professors who hear of thy deadly fall , fear , and tremble , and dread the Living God , and with speed come out of their empty Forms , the Chambers of Death , and come into the mighty Power of the Endless Life of God , that in it you may escape the wrath of the Almighty , which is coming upon the World , which lies in wickedness . Wo unto you ye Rulers and Hierling Priests of New-England , for the Lord hath found you in the way of Cain , who have drunk the blood of Martyrs and Saints , and mingled it with your Sacrifices , and in the filthy error of Balaam , Persecuting and Killing the Just . Wo unto you Rulers and Priests of New-England , who have taken counsel to destroy the Work of the Lord , and have laboured to suppress the Sun in its rising : Ye are as Pharaoh and his Magicians ; for you have withstood him who is come in his mighty Power , to lead Israel out of Aegypts darkness and house of Bondage . Wo unto you Priests and Rulers of New-England , who have cut off the Life of the Prophets from amongst their Brethren , and have cruelly entreated the Children of the Lord , whom he hath sent , and raised up amongst you : You have slain the Lords Worthies upon your High Places ; therefore upon your Mountain comes no Dew nor Rain , and your House is left desolate , because the Lord is departed from it , for in it is found the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus ; and there it is you have killed the tender Lambs in the Bosom , and the Royal and lovely Babes as they were Sucking the Brests of their Mother . For these things sake will I arise and plead with you , O ye the greatest of mine Enemies , saith the Almighty , who in the height of your Pride boasted , and said , There was not such another Church in the World , as the Church at Boston : But your bloody hands have made you manifest to be the worst , among them called Churches in the whole World .