"greedily swallowing the polluted waters, that come through the "stinking channel of your hireling masters, unclean spirits, whom "Christ cries woe against, and who cannot cease from sin, having "hearts exercised with covetous practices. Woe unto them, saith "the Scripture, for they have run greedily after the error of "Balaam, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, and are seek"ing enchantments against the seed of Jacob; their divinations "against Israel the Lord will confound, and all your wicked "counsel bring to nought. Woe unto you that decree unrighteous "decrees, and write grievousness, which you have prescribed, to "turn away the poor and needy from their right; have you not "sold yourselves to work wickedness, and are strengthening your"selves in your abomination, till the measure of your iniquity be "full? Surely the overflowing scourge will pass over to you, and "sweep away your refuge of lies, and your covenant with hell "shall be disannulled; for lo, destruction and misery is in your "way, and the way of peace you do not know; for you are gone "from the good old way after your own way, therefore the way "of holiness is hid from your eyes. Oh! that ye had owned "the day of your visitation before it had been too late, and had "hearkened to the voice of His servants, whom He sent unto you "again and again, in love and tenderness to your souls; but ye "would not hearken to the Lord when He called; therefore "when ye cry and call, He will not hear you; although you may "call unto Him, yet He will not answer; He will laugh at your "calamity when it cometh, for you have set at nought all His "counsel, and have chosen rather to walk in your own counsel. "But this know, that if ye had hearkened to the counsel of the "Lord, the Light, which is now your condemnation, and had "waited there to know His will, then you should have known it, "and then these wicked laws had never been made nor prosecuted "by you, which you have made in your own wills, contrary to the "law of God, which is pure, and leadeth all that yield obedience "to it into purity and holiness of life; and for our obedience "to this law, which the Lord hath written in our hearts, we "are hated and persecuted by you, who are in Cain's nature,

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"murdering the just; yea, surely, the cause is the Lord's, for "which we have suffered all this time, and the battle is the "Lord's, and He will arise and stand up for them that faithfully "bear forth their testimony to the end; and ye shall be as broken "vessels before Him, which cannot be joined together again; "therefore fear and tremble before the Lord, who is coming upon "you as a thief in the night, from whom ye shall not be able to "hide yourselves, and will reward you according to your works, "whose judgments are just; and He is risen to plead with the "unjust rulers, priests, and people who are joined together in a "profession of godliness, and of glorying in it, but denying the 'power thereof in them where it appears; but your glorying "will be turned into shame and confusion of face, and your "beauty will be as the fading flower, which suddenly withereth "away; and this you shall find to be true in the day when the "Lord will accomplish it upon you. And we have written to "clear our consciences, and if ye account us your enemies, for "speaking the Truth, and heat the furnace of our affliction hotter, "yet know, we shall not fall down and worship your wills, neither "esteem all the dumb idols after which you are led of no other 66 use but to be thrown aside to the moles and the bats; for what "are the shadows, if it were of good things to come, to the sub"stance? And that which seemed glorious hath no glory in

respect of that which excelleth. And all the sufferings that we "have endured from you for Christ, have not at all marred His "visage to us, but we still see more beauty in Him.

"Well knowing that as they did unto Him, so they do unto "us; and now they are come to pass, we remember that He said "these things.

"MARY TRASK,
"MARGARET SMITH.

Thus much concerning John Endicott, and the cruelties exercised by him, who, though he is dead, yet they speak, and will whilst age and generation last, and time is no more, be as a tombstone for him; for which cause I am moved of the Lord to set them down, and to leave them on his and your heads for ever and ever.

I shall now give one or two instances more of your bloody work at Boston, and some few examples of the judgments of God upon some of you, and some strange passages that have proceeded out of some of your mouths, not hitherto touched; and then I shall end this second part of the relation of your barbarous and inhumane cruelties exercised to those people.

The first shall be of Wenlock Christison, who, coming to Boston, some time after your new law for whipping, etc., with Mary Tomkins, and Alice Ambrose, of the people called Quakers, was apprehended, and brought before you, to be tried according to your law. Bellingham, your deputy, said, "He should be whipped." Wenlock demanded, "For what?" Your deputy said, "Because he was a vagabond." Then replied Wenlock, "Cain was a vagabond; he slew his brother, yet he was great in the earth, and built a city," and Wenlock said, "What is a vagabond, as saith your law?" One of Cain's stock answered, "Such as have no certain dwelling-place." "How do ye know," said Wenlock, "that I have no certain dwelling-place?" It was answered, "You have none amongst us." "Are all vagabonds," replied Wenlock, "that have no dwelling-place among you? If it be so, then go and whip out the King's Commissioners from among you, for they came out of England since I did; they do hire rooms, and carry the keys in their pockets, and so can I;" and he said, "I have money in my pocket, and clothes to wear, and a beast to ride on, and what is a vagabond, saith your law? At this bar," said he, "time was that sentence of death was passed on me; yet, by the help of God, I continue unto this day, standing over the heads of you all, bearing a faithful witness for the Truth of the living God: some of your associates are gone, and the Lord hath laid their glory in the dust, and

yours is a fading flower." Then to prison you ordered him and his friends, and continued them until next day, on which they were brought before your judgment-seat, contrary to the laws of England, and the king's order, which he sent among you, which was for liberty of conscience, therefore Wenlock appealed to the laws of England; this you denied him. "I will appeal to the king's commissioners," said Wenlock; you denied this also, saying, "That you were commissioners, and more than commissioners." See to what a height of rebellion you are grown, who sacrifice the blood of the innocent, because to your laws, for conscience' sake, they could not be obedient; you will come to have your reward at last, and it waiteth for you; it is the Word of the Lord. Then said Wenlock, "Do you own these men whom the king hath sent among you?" "We will let that alone now," replied some of you, and another said, "If thou hadst been hanged it had been well." "You had not power," replied Wenlock, "to take away my life from me; but my blood is upon you, for you murdered me in your hearts." So Wenlock, Mary Tomkins, and Alice Ambrose were stripped to the waist, and made fast to the cart, and whipped through Boston, Roxbury, and Dedham; Wenlock had ten cruel stripes in each town, and the other two, his companions, six apiece; and after these stripes and hard usages, like unmerciful men, you drove them into the wilderness; but the Lord was with them, and the angel of His presence saved them, who had none in heaven besides God, nor none in earth in comparison of Him. "Let the living sing glory in the highest," saith Wenlock Christison.

The next is Edward Wharton, who in the Third month of the year 1665, coming from Salem to Boston about his occasions, met with old Elizabeth Hooton and Jane Nicholson; and after two days Wenlock Christison, Mary Tomkins, and Alice Ambrose, alias Gary, who all three came from Rhode Island with one of the king's commissioners, called Sir Robert Carr; and they being come to your bloody Boston, to get passage out of that country, Wenlock for Barbadoes, and Mary and Alice for the Bermudas. After they had been two or three days in your said Boston, some of you issued

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out a warrant to two constables to diligently search the town, to find out the cursed Quakers (as you call them whom the Lord calls blessed), and forthwith to bring them before Richard Bellingham. So the constables searched, and found Edward Wharton, Wenlock Christison, Mary Tomkins, Alice Ambrose, alias Gary, and Hannah Wright; and having promised them that they should not be abused, brought them before Bellingham, at his house, who commanded forthwith to have them to the Courthall, into which suddenly after came your deputy, Bellingham, and his brethren; and as Friends were sitting in the hall, Bellingham went to his prayers, which having ended, the aforesaid were called to the bar, and accused with an "Irreverent gesture," as he was at his prayers, as "Sitting, walking with their hats on their heads." Their hats (the great offence) were commanded to be taken off, and thrown on the ground; which being done, Mary Tomkins set her foot upon one of the hats, and calling to you, said, "See, I have your honour under my feet."* Whereupon you demanded of her "Where her habitation was?" She answered, "My habitation is in the Lord." "But," said Rawson, "where is your being?" "In the Lord," replied Mary, "I live, move, and have my being." So you sentenced her, and Wenlock, and Edward Wharton, and Alice, to be whipped through three towns, out of your jurisdiction. And for Edward Wharton, his sentence was as followeth :—

"Edward Wharton, a known Quaker, being questioned, 'What "he came to Boston for?' he said, 'He came about his business.' "And that he with Wenlock Christison, stood with their hats on "their heads whilst the deputy was at prayer. And for saying, "We have not unity with you in your prayers, because we know "that you are very wicked and unjust men, and therefore your prayers are an abomination to the Lord.' And further, the said

* Edward Wharton being had before John Endicott in his lifetime, and being commanded by him to take off his hat, he took it in his hand, and holding it to the people, said, "Take notice, that the governor had kept him so long in his hospital, that it had almost spoiled the fashion of his honour;" which was by reason of the smoke that came from the room under- . neath.