The Substance of a letter sent to the magistrates of Colchester, or, A hue and cry sent after a ridiculous and scandalous paper put forth by a cheating, wicked, and deceitful woman that subscribes her self Sarah Hayward and is there in prison, being apprehended, examined and committed the 22 of the 2d month, 1666, being then found in divers lies and contradictions upon her examination / given forth for the clearing of the innocency of the people called Quakers. 1666 Approx. 13 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A61929 Wing S6108 ESTC R27506 09905240 ocm 09905240 44336

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eng Hayward, Sarah. Society of Friends -- Apologetic works. 2007-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-02 Sampled and proofread 2007-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE SUBSTANCE OF A LETTER Sent to the MAGISTRATES OF COLCHESTER.

OR, A Hue and Cry SENT AFTER A Ridiculous and Scandelous Paper, put forth by a cheating, wicked, and deceitful Woman, that ſubſcribes her ſelf SARAH HAYWARD and is there in Priſon, being apprehended, examined, and committed the 22. of the 2d. Month 1666. being then found in divers lies and contradictions upon her Examina ion.

Given forth for the clearing of the Innocency of the People called QUAKERS.

Printed in the third Month, 1666.

To the Magiſtrates of the Town of Colcheſter. FRIENDS,

AS to the ſcandalous Paper put forth by that wicked, lewd, lying Woman, who by our means is detected for her wickedneſs, and is now your Priſoner: we ſay we know little of it to be true, nor doth it at all reach us, for we have no fellowſhip with the unfruitful works of darkneſs, but do rather reprove them, and we are as deſirous the wickedneſs and rottenneſs of others that have gone under the diſguiſe of Quakers, ſhould be made manifeſt, detected and diſcovered as hers. But we deſire alſo you would not very readily yield and proſtrate your belief to one that hath ſo egregiouſly forfeited her credit and reputation with you, by being found before you in ſo many notorious lies and falſhoods, eſpecially when her accuſation of others is but to excuſe herſelf, and to extenuate her own vileneſs, and to divert you from further ſearching and prying into her miſcarriages; and alſo the perſons whom ſhe ſo accuſes are at a diſtance from her and not here to ſpeak for themſelves, and all of them except two or three as well unknown to us as to your ſelves. But had ſhe known ſuch vils by them it had been far more honeſt and honourable for her (before her apprehenſion, and then it would not have ſavoured of revenge and malice) to have declared thoſe things to the Nation, to have made the guilty manifeſt, rather then to have gone about deluding and cheating of ſimple people, or ſo to have cauſed the way of truth and righteouſneſs to have been the more reproached, by her evil practices and leud Converſation; and if any that have paſſed under the name of Quakers have faln from the power of truth which ſhould have preſerved them from ſin and evil, or others profeſſed a name with us only in deceit and hypocriſie, yet was that no ground or warrant for her to run into evil alſo; we deſire ſhe may receive a juſt recompence of reward for the wickedneſs ſhe is found guilty of, and we doubt not but the ſame hand of juſtice hath or will find out others, to puniſh them for their faults alſo, (if any ſuch hath been) in the ſeveral places of their abodes. As for our parts we can truly ſay our attaching of her was not the effect of any paſſion or enmity we had to her perſon, but to her leud wicked practices, which we have heard of for above three years paſt. As in many places borrowing Money, and pretending ſhe would bring it or ſend it again in a few days but never did. And ſometimes pretending to leave Gold in pawn, and inſtead of Gold pieces would leave Shillings ſealed up, telling people there was ſo many pieces of Gold. And ſometimes borrowing Scarfes, Hoods, Riding Cloaths, promiſing to leave them at ſome remarkable Friends houſe, and did not. And much more ſuch wicked and ungodly actions too tedious to relate Such as ſhe is hath cauſed the way of truth and righ eouſneſs to be evil ſpoken of, and the name of God to be blaſphemed, whoſe condemnation ſlumbers not, whoſe latter end is worſe then their beginning, and for whom it had been better they had never been born. And yet if ye conſult with Scripture ye will in all ages and generations find there hath been ſuch as hath turned from the way of Righteouſneſs into crooked and by paths; for in Abrahams Family, there was an Iſmael as well as an Iſaac, in Iſaac's Family an Eſau as well as a Jacob; among the Twelve a Judas; in the Church of Philadelphia thoſe that ſaid they were Jewes, and were not, but did lie, and were of the Synagogue of Satan; and in the Church of Corinth an inceſtious perſon, and in ſeveral other Churches of the Gentiles, thoſe that drew back unto perdition, that went out from them being not truly of them, for had they been of them they would have continu'd with them as the Apoſtle teſtifies: But, ſuppoſing the matter to be true, which we believe is much of it lies and falſhood, if twenty perſons or more in 16. years experience have turned aſide and drawn back unto perdition, in whoſe ſoul the Lord will take no pleaſure. As that is no new or ſtrange thing, ſo it ſhall not afright or deter us from walking in the way of truth and righteouſneſs, in which we have found peace and ſatisfaction to our ſoules; but rather invite and exci e us to walk the more accurate and circumſpectly, and to make ſtraight ſteps to our feet, leaſt any among us alſo fall into the ſame ſnare of the Devil, apd that was the uſe the Apoſtles made of the Apoſtacy and backſ ding of ſome in former ages, Let us take heed leaſt there be in any of us an evil heart of unbelief, &c. And labour to enter into that reſt leaſt others falling after the ſame example of unbelief come ſhort of it, Heb. 4. 11. And although we have affirmed and do ſtill affirm, that the light with which every man is enlightened with, being believed in, obeyed, followed, is ſufficient to ſave, and doth lead to the light of life, yet we never did nor do we at this day affirm, that it ſaves or preſerves any from ſiu and evil further then they are led and taught by it, and are obedient to i ; for to thoſe that rebell againſt it the light is their daily condemnation, it's the ſavour of death unto ſuch; and as Job ſpeaking of the Twilight to the thief or murtherer its as the ſhaddow of death unto them; for although the Grace of God which brings Salvation which hath appeared unto all men, teacheth to deny ungodlineſs and worldly luſts, yet they are not obedient to it, but receive it in vain, that turns the Grace of God into laſciviouſneſs. And as to her accuſations we ſay in general, they touch us not, we challenge the worſt of our adverſaries to declare and make manifeſt what evil they have found by us, and we hope through Grace to make it manifeſt to all men that we are not of thoſe that draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the ſaving of the ſoul, and we alſo hope through the ſame Grace to hold faſt our profesſion without wavering, and to put to ſilence the ignorance of fooliſh men which watch for our halting by our good Converſation.

And whereas ſhe challenges us to accuſe her if we can of any incivility ſhe acted among us while ſhe walked with us, we anſwer, had ſhe lived in the truth unto this day, which ſhe ſaith ſhe once lived in, (though we have none but her own words for it) there had been no cauſe for the ſeveral accuſations which are brought againſt her at this day, and many more will be brought againſt her as ſhe well knowes, which is the true reaſon why ſhe conceales her right name and hath paſſed under ſeveral names, and alſo the place of her abode, which we deſire ſhe may be detained until ſhe doth reveal, and alſo till a teſtimonial do come from the ſaid place, that her report therein is true, (being ſhe hath told you that her dwelling houſe is againſt the white Lyon in Southwark, and it hath not been found ſo) and this we hope you will judge reaſonable, and ſo let it be manifeſt, you are a terror to evil werks and workers and bear not the Sword in vain. And whereas ſhe ſaith ſhe once walked innocently and unblameable, we anſwer, we know not that, but were it ſo—that will no more excuſe her, then it will excuſe the fallen Angels, of whom Jude ſpeaks, who keeping not their firſt eſtate, but loſt their priſtine habitation, and are now reſerved in everlaſting Chains under Darkneſs, unto the judgment of the great Day, for it is not what we were Yeares or Weekes paſt, or what we formerly could witneſs of the Lords preſence and preſervation; but what we can witneſs the Lord is to us, and what he is in us to day, that muſt ſpeak us peace and ſatisfaction: So in that which ſets Truth a top of all deceit and deceivers. We reſt your Friends.

Colcheſter, 4th. of the 3d. Moneth, called May, 1666. Jo. Furly, Junior. George Wetherly. Daniel Deacon. Solomon Furmely. John Pike. Nicholas Prigg.
POSTSCRIPT.

SInce the giving forth of the ſaid ſcandalous Paper, it hath been received by ſome honeſt and faithful Men of divers Counties; whoſe Teſtimony concerning Her Paper is as followeth: That many things therein contained are notoriouſly falſe, as if need require may be made appear, divers honeſt and faithful Men and Women being by her accuſed whoſe innocency is apparent in the Country where they live, and thoſe things that have an appearance of Truth we need not to deny, having denyed the Perſons by whom ſuch things were acted long ago, many of them long before thoſe abominations were acted by them, and though divers have turned from the way of Truth, and others have taken up the profeſſion of it for a Cloak of their ungodlineſs, and thereby to accompliſh their own ends and deſignes as ſhe hath done, who are no more to us then ſhe is: yet this will not render the way of Truth odious to wiſe and ſober Men, nor be ſufficient cauſe for any to judge the worſe of thoſe who according to the Principles of truth do hold their integrity, and keep faith and a good Conſcience; ſo as none have cauſe to be elevated, or glory over us who are innocent, or to villify the way of truth owned by us, either from her ſlanders againſt ſome, or pollutions of others, who are denyed by the innocent People called Quakers, neither would the Magiſtrates or People of England, be dealt ſo by, or generally accuſed, becauſe of the ſcandalous lives and enormities of many of their Prieſts and members, which would fill Volumes to repeat; And therefore conſidering how deceitfull and falſe this ſaid Woman hath appeared, and is like further to be manifeſted by her cheats and falſhoods, which through moſt Counties of this Nation ſhe hath acted, we hope that the Magiſtrates of Colcheſter will appear more ingenious, and more prize their own reputation, then either give credit or way to her revilings, or have a hand in the divulging of them; for that if her Paper ſhould be further divulged in the Nation, divers innocent Perſons therein ſlandered and calumniated with others that know their innocency will be neceſſitated to teſtifie againſt her; her Paper and the abetters and promoters of it: ſo we wiſh all to be moderate and ingenious in ſuch cauſes; and for as much as ſhe hath been much talked of through the Nation, of many pranks and deceiving tricks acted by her in Corners and By places among ſimple people; for the prevention of the like for the future, let all take notice of the Deſcription of her Perſon, as followeth.

A tall woman ſomewhat long vizaged, freckled face, pock-broken and red hair, and flaxen coloured browes, a pretty full eye, and very confident, impudent and ſubtile; but as for name or place of abode, ſhe hath gone by ſo many, as Sarah, Mary, Suſanna, &c. ſometimes Brierley Cole, whitehead, Travers, Hall, Robinſon, Wilſon, &c. ſometimes of Briſtol, London, Stratford, Southwark, Chelmsford, Ipſwich, Whitby, Newcaſtle, &c. that it is in vain to mention any, or deſcribe her by any one, one more then another, her certain Name and Country being yet unknown, even to the Magiſtrates themſelves.

THE END.