THE GUILTLESS CRIES AND WARNINGS of the INNOCENT: AGAINST INJUSTICE, OPPRESSION, CRUELTY; False-Swearers, Envious Men, and such like Witnesses, arisen up against A PLAIN MAN. OR, A Living and True WITNESS condemned, through want of sound (yet through Unjust) Judgement. together with the unequal and unreasonable Proceed of HUMPHREY WILDEY, Mayor; and EDWARD SOLLEY, and ROBERT SOLLERS, Aldermen, and Justices of the CITY WORCESTER, as may plainly appear by what followeth: besides the unjust Sufferings of the GUILTLESS. From whom a clear, true Sound, and many certain Warnings, and wholesome Exhortations, have been, (as a Trumpet) sounded forth, and directed to the ears and hearts of thy chief Magistrate and Rulers, O CITY: together with the multititude of the Inhabitants within thy bowels, fenced Walls, strong Holds, Borders, and Territories, O wicked CITY. From the Hand, Mouth, and very Heart of a true FRIEND, and not an Enemy to the Person, or well-being of any Man, Woman, or Child, within thee, O CITY, or upon the Face of the Earth, throughout the whole Creation of God, or of that which lieth under the cruel Bondage of Death and Corruption, for which I suffer, and labour, and travail; with, and among many Brethren, for its perfect Freedom, and Restauration, into the glorious Liberty of the Sons of God (as in the beginning) whose Servant, Witness, and Prisoner for the Elects sake, I am, Called by men DANIEL BAKER, by Scorners, A Quaker.  To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the Truth. Every one that is of the Truth heareth my voice, saith Jesus, John 18.37. As a Sheep before her Shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Lo) he was taken from prison, and from Judgement, And who shall delare his Generation? Isaiah 53. Ver. 7, 8. 
Printed for R. Wilson, at the black-spread-Eagle in martin's, 1660.   

A COPY of what was delivered to the Major of the CITY of Worchester, for Him and the Aldermen to read.  
Friends,  
IS it not the Honour of a Good Magistrate, wisely, with a Good Understanding, to make diligent Inquiry, and search into the Nature and Ground of a Matter, or Controversy between a Man and his Neighbour, that so True and Sound Judgement may be ministered without Respect of Persons, and that the Cause of the Poor may be heard, as well as the Rich; and so Judgement, or Sentence to be passed according to Equity, and Mercy, that the Sword may be laid in its due Place, (even upon the Head of the Transgressor) lest the Guitless, (whom God will Justify) be smitten, and Equity, Sound Judgement, and Good Laws be perverted to a wrong end, which will draw down Vengeance, a Curse, and wrath from the Lord God of Judgement, and not Blessing.  
Harken ye Rulers, and consider your Proceed past against me, and let the Light of Jesus in your Consciences, give Sentence, and answer me, whether ye did not respect persons in judgement, (which you ought not) when as ye compelled me to stand bare headed at the Bar, and my Accuser John Winnington sat upon the Bench, beside one of your Rulers? And, Whether you did well, after John Winninton had spoke forth the Words of his False Testimony the first time, and varied in his Second Speech, contrary to his first, which I immediately shown you, but ye did not heed it, but suffered, or caused a Pen, Ink, and Paper to be given to the False Witness, to write down what he pleased, as he sat by one of you upon the Bench: And, if ye remember, I questioned, Whether it were according to the Law of the Nation, what ye suffered him to do then, the matter being so weighty, as I laid it before you, saying, For aught I know, my Life lay as it were at the stake?  
And, Is this a Shame, or an Honour to you Rulers? Consider of it: And I cry even unto You, Repent while Ye have a Day, and quit Yourselves like Men of Truth, fearing God, to clear the Guiltless, and Yourselves also, while ye have time, and it is in your power: But this I tell you in plainness, That if Deliverance come some other way, the Weight of False Judgement and Gild will lie heavy upon your Consciences, before the Lord God in his Day, and of your Account.  
Consider, I say, whether ye have done well, or whether ye have not had respect of Persons, in Judgement, and condemned the Guiltless, when Ye had an Opportunity put into Your hands, to do Justice, and Judgement, which I expected from You: But Behold Oppression, and the Needy is turned aside from Judgement: And, Is it not Joy to the Just to do Judgement? but Destruction shall be to the Workers of Iniquity, saith Wisdom; and Woe unto them that seek deep to hid their Counsel from the Lord, whose Works are in the dark, and they say, Who seethe us? Surely, Your turning of things upside down, shall be esteemed as the Potter's Clay, See Isaiah 29.15, 16.  
Worcester Prison, this 8th Month, the 24th Day, 1660. From the hand of a Lover of the whole Creation of God, whose Prisoner I am, D. B.  
Harken, You that are called Christians, and profess the Scripture your Rule, and Paul's words, that read this; Foelix (whom some call a Heathen) was so noble to Paul) when he was a Prisoner, commanded to let him have Liberty, and that none of his acquaintance should be forbidden to minister, or come unto him. Now, If any be ready to say to me, Thy Case is not Paul's. My Answer is, Paul was innocent of the things he was falsely accused of; and so am I, God is my Witness, whether Men believe or not; and, Let such, called Christian Governors take heed, lest those called Heathen Rulers arise up in Judgement, against them, and condemn them.  
The Sheriff had a Copy of this.  
The SHERIFF sent sundry times since, to order that I may have more Liberty, as to let Friends come to me, the City Hall being as it were under my Prison-Chamber, I having sometime Liberty to go down; and once, when the Justices were present upon the Bench, I spoke these words to them, and said, Blessed shall they be that without Respect of Persons do Justice, and Judgement, but Eternal Woe from the Living God will be on them that do it not; and they shut me up more close.   

To the Major, and for the Aldermen to read also.  
Friend,  
TAke heed (as thou wilt answer before the Throne of the Majesty on High, even the Lord God of Judgement, who from Generation to Generation did and doth, and yet will plead the Cause of the Guiltless, whether men do it or not) that thou yet pursue not Evil to thine own Destruction, in consenting to, or joining with any in Testimony, or Judgement, against the Innocent, lest the weight of innocent Blood lie heavy upon thy Conscience: The Living God, (behold I testify) hath an Eternal Witness, that is true, in thy Conscience; And in love, (whether thou hear or forbear) I warn thee also, that thou take heed of justifying any thing, or Witness, or Testimony, which the Everlasting Witness, (the Light of Jesus) in thee condemns; or, on the contrary, that thou persist not to condemn any thing which the Pure and True Witness of the God of Truth in thee justifyeth: For he was a wise Man, that said by the Spirit of the Lord, He that condemneth the Just, and justifieth the Wicked, even They both are an Abomination to the Lord.  
And, O Ye Rulers, wisely consider, whether you are so, or a praise to the Lord, who is our All, God, blessed for ever. I commend my Testimony freely to the witness of God in Your consciences, to be answered in the Day of God whether you now hear or forbear: Know Ye, that I am a Servant of the Living God, and a Friend, and not an Enemy to any one man's Person, upon the Face of the whole Earth, therefore not an enemy to the King God is my Witness, that I am a Friend also to sound Justice, and Judgement, Good Magistrates, Good Government, Good Laws, and am subject to every Ordinance of Man for the Lords sake, called of men, (who am clear of Your Gild, and False Accusations, and Swear.)  
DANIEL BAKER, by Scorners called QUAKER. Worcester Prison, This 22d of the 8th Month, 1660. From the Lord's Prisoner for the Testimony of Truth. D. B.   

To the MAYOR of the CITY. etc.  
Friend,  
FOr so much that thou art chosen and called MAYOR, or Chief Magistratte of the CITY, bear with me a little, and suffer the eye and ear of a good and perfect understanding (in the Spirit of Meekness, as a Man of Truth) to be opened in thee, that from henceforth, if haply the Almighty God (in whose hand thy breath is) lengthen the Days of this Life, to the end thou mayst glorify, fear, and honour him only, that thou also mayst be honoured with the true honour, which comes from him who is the Eternal Fountain of Life; for which end Life and Breath is freely given to all men; and not that any man, or any in the Authority of God, (especially of them called Christian Magistrates) should dishonour him, or turn aside the needy from (or have respect of Persons in) Judgement, or condemn the Just, and justify the Wicked, or hearken to Lies; neither to let a False Witness go unpunished; or to do, speak, or act, or consent to any of these, or such like Abominations. And Friend, let me ask thee again, Was not he a wise Man, that spoke by the Spirit of the Lord in his Wisdom, saying, He that Condemneth the Just, and he that Justifieth the Wicked, even they both are an Abomination to the Lord? (Mark that) who is my Witness, that I am as Innocent, and as clear (whether thou canst believe me or nay) even as a suckling Child.  
Now in the fear and dread of the living God (who is higher than the highest) Consider whether thou, O man, and them that sat on the Judgement Seat by thee, have been a praise to God, to good, just, reasonable men; or not a good savour in your Proceed: And concerning the matters falsely Charged against me, which as yet you have not Condemned, and the very Truth and Reason is through neglect, or for want of making diligent Inquiry and Search into the Nature and Ground of the matter, as it becomes men of Truth so to do; but on the contrary, have you not Justified evil envious men, that fear not the true God, by casting my Body into Prison, and, as it were, gladly receiving false Testimonies from false Swearers and ungodlike men, as it were in the dark, and behind my back also? and this was not right, when as the Accusers, and the Accused, men of Truth, would have caused to appear face to face; and some called Heathen Rulers, stand Justified before the Lord, and in the sight of good men, in such matters; But behold how you have erred in this matter, and Lo it's not hid from the God of Heaven, who will certainly bring you to Judgement, and plead the Cause of the Guiltless, and not Condemned; although ye do, and yet may (through evil counsel, prejudice or enmity, which proceeds not from the Spirit of Life of Innocency) make light of, and condemn it.  
Wherefore I yet Cry to you, Repent, and suffer Gods faithful and true Witness, even the Light of the Lord Jesus, in every of your Consciences, to arise and answer me; for to that only can I freely commend my Testimony, because even in that, true and sound Judgement is placed: And, O ye Rulers, how well would it be with you, were ye in all things subject to, and freely guided by it; even in you, and in all men it's to have its Authority and Pre-eminence, to Guide, Order, Direct and Teach them in all true, sound, right, wholesome words, ways and actions. For according to its Testimony in every man (Male or Female) which is, was, and for ever will be the same (to wit Truth) so shall every man's Words, Thoughts, Ways and Actions be Tried and Judged, Justified or Condemned, according to the Nature, End and Ground of all the Deeds done in the Body (of Male or Female) for this is the everlasting Truth, from which I speak.  
And it's an undeniable saying (to wit) That evil is joined to within, before it come forth either into Word or Action: Wherefore I Cry in the dread of the living God, Let all be warned to cleave to the Good, and eschew, or abstain from the Evil in its first appearance; for certainly, so shall be the reward of every man (Male or Female) And this is not contrary, but according to the true and faithful say of Jesus, and the holy Scriptures of Truth, And lo, every Tongue shall confess to the Equity and Justice of the Pure God (who is Light) and to the Spiritual and Eternal Light of the Lord Jesus, the faithful and true Witness, God's Righteousness that Justifieth not, but Condemneth the sin where it is joined to, or conceived (to wit) in the flesh, where the Prince of Darkness of the power of the Air hath his Seat or Throne; but the Light of the Lord Jesus reveals, or makes him manifest, and comes to Dis-throne, Overturn, and Destroy both him (to wit) the Devil and his works in man. And behold, these are the true and faithful say of the living God, Whether you, O you Rulers, or any to whom this shall come, can receive or believe them or not, or hear or forbear; Lo, its love to the Meek, Innocent Spirit, yet Oppressed and Imprisoned, even in you, of which this Body, in which I am, is a true figure, if ye can read with a good and noble Understanding, and believe in the Truth, which yet lieth hid in you, and if you have Ears to hear, you may hear the Cry of the Poor and Needy, the Prisoner of Hope, the Oppressed within and without you, whose Cause is but one, which the God of Heaven will certainly Plead, whether the lofty Oppressors hear, or forbear.  
And Friend, Behold I yet call unto thee, to hear me patiently, who have had Four or Five false Witnesses arose up against me, and have laid things to my Charge, which was not in my heart (concerning which I am as a Babe) And I know thou, O man, and you, before whom I did appear the 20th Day of the 8th Month, are not altogether Ignorant of it, that it's even so: And lo, I say again, They have Sworn, and laid such things to my Charge, which I knew not; neither came such say into my heart (or mind) from which I speak the Truth, even from my very heart (the most true living God, who searcheth it, is my witness) before you Rulers.  
And if so, thou, O man, hadst been faithful to the Light, or true Testimony of God in thy Conscience, it would not have suffered thee to have Condemned, or at least to have Consented to the thing in condemning the Guiltless, of which thou are found truly guilty of, and others with thee, before the Lord of Heaven, although ye may seem to hid it, as it may be, before men; yet verily the most secret works of Darkness cannot be hid from the Eternal Eye that beholds all the secret Actions of the ungodlike men, that cannot save you from the Terrors of the dreadful God, or from the terrible stroke of his Hand, when it is lifted up to smite, or from the Arrows of the Almighty, when his Bow is bend, or from the glittering powerful Sword of his Strength, who is the mighty God of jacob's life, the plain man that dwelled in his Tent, and as a Prince prevailed with the most High; who, if he put forth but his Finger, when his long-suffering, as it were, is come to an end, and then smite the life of your vanity. Alas, Woe, and Alas for you, you are but men that shall die, and come to Judgement before the Throne of God's Lamb, slain since the Foundation of the World of the ungodly.  
Wherefore I cry unto thee, O man, and unto you, O Rulers again, That you suffer the fear and dread of the living God to possess and be set up even in your hearts, and by it see that you Repent, and bring forth Fruits meet for Repentance, lest you die in your sins. If so, then eternal Woe and Torment will be your Portion, with the Beast and false Prophet, in the Lake that burns, where all Liars, and false Accusers, and Swearers, and Drunkards, and all that forget God, shall be turned together with the fearful and unbelieving, Covetous, Idolaters, shall have their part in the same.  
Wherefore Friend, and Friends, see you to it from henceforth, Behold, I warn you freely, in the name of the Lord, as formerly, whether ye can believe me, or nay, (viz.) That Ye justify not any thing in any case or controversy, between Brother and Brother, Neighbour and Neighbour, whether Poor or Rich, and not to have respect to Persons, to pervert sound Judgement, which the faithful and true witness of God in your consciences condemns, or testifieth against: Or, on the contrary, that You in the least, or in any wise join not in Judgement with any false witness, Liar, or Swearer, although they are or may be never so High, or Potent in the Earth; to turn aside the Needy from Equity, Mercy, and sound Judgement, or to condemn the Poor and Needy, the Innocent and Guiltless, that cannot swear, nor lie, nor respect Persons, but keeps in the Doctrine of Christ, in whose mouth was found no guile, and is a perfect Example to him in these things, neither can he give flattering Titles to any man, or secretly respect the person of any man, but speak the Truth from his very heart, though it may return to his own hurt: Such a one doth and will the God of Heaven and Earth justify, (and plead, and not condemn) his cause from Generation to Generation, even for ever: although unreasonable men, through unmercifulness, prejudice, Enmity or false Judgement, may condemn the Generation of the Righteous, yet will not the Lord, who is my God, who judgeth righteously. And know thou, O man, and hearken ye Magistrates of this City, Worcester, and listen, O all ye Inhabitants within the bowels thereof: Behold, I have Freedom and also boldness, in the Eternal Truth of the Living God, where I dwell, to give forth these words of my Testimony. And, Know ye, that my Innocency is a true and living Witness against the Man of Enmity, (and them that joined with him) who so wickedly, a False Witness, with many others are arisen up against me, and having not the fear of the true God before their eyes, have impudently forsworn themselves against me.  
And, as concerning the matter, john Winnington, so wickedly and falsely hath sworn, who is known to be a disorderly ungodlike man, as, That I should say, concerning CHARLES the late, second King of England, as I passed along the Streets of the City, is wickedly false; and that I said not these words, it is true, and I am innocent. He that searcheth mine and every man's heart knoweth, I speak Truth from my heart, that it's even so, as I also declared in the presence, and before the faces of you Rulers; and that I am as a babe of Yesterday bringing forth, concerning this false Charge of the Envious man, with the Rest, which also are as false as the former. And contrary to this behold I give forth my Testimony, And let the Inhabitants throughout the Land, and of the whole Earth know, That this is our sure, sound, steadfast, and eternal Principle, for which we have so deeply suffered on every hand hitherto, since we were a People, raised up by the Almighty Arm of the Lord, who is the Everlasting Light, and Salvation of us, that Christ Jesus is the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the World; and that a manifestation of this true, Holy, Spiritual, and Eternal Light, or Spirit of the Everlasting God, who is Light, that a manifestation of it is given to every man, to profit withal, and that it is in every man that cometh into the world, and well should it be with all men in whom it comes, or may come, to have its Right Noble, and honourable Authoriy, and Pre-eminence; otherwise it cannot go well with them.  
And another, a Baptist so called, according to the Deposition written, hath falsely sworn, (although some of his fellowship owned him not in this matter) saying, He road about the streets, when as I had not passed through one Street, as afore expressed, saying, most of the Inhabitants of this City was in a worse condition than Turks and Heathens, except they repent: Now, as to these words, they do somewhat agree to the words of my Testimony, sounded forth in the City. And again, Winnington falsely swore, as the other, (Mark) that he heard me say, That this City would be as a Sodom and Gomorrah, or words to this effect: This also is false. But, what if I had said so? Was the crying sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, that suffered the vengeance of Eternal Fire, greater? Let the Wise in heart consider and judge, and let all be warned, as once and again, yea and many times, (within thy Cities and Towns, and chief Places of concourse (O England.) In singleness and uprightness of my heart, in obedience to the Lord of Heaven, with my precious life in my hand, which often, through the loving kindness of the Lord, I have received power to lay it down, and to take it again, according to the perfect Example of the Captain of my Salvation, and Elder Brother, to cry Repentance: I say it to the end, that all may be warned to bring forth fruits meet for Repentance unto life, as it becometh all that make mention of the Name of the Lord, which I also freely cried within thy Gates (O City). And what is this Crime worthy of Bonds, or Imprisonments, within thy bowels, O Nation? How often has the Scripture been fulfilled within thy Borders, Truth is fallen in the Streets, and Equity cannot enter, and judgement is turned away backward, and he that departeth from evil, and reproveth Sin in the Gate, maketh himself a prey, and becomes a sign and a wonder to an evil gainsaying and adulterous Generation: And the Lord saw it: yea, and hath seen it; and it displeased, and yet displeaseth him, because there is no judgement, as in the Ancient days; A Lamentation, Woe, and Alas for thee, O England.  
O Shrewsbury! Lo thy crying Sins (together with the multitude and variety of thy Abominations) have reached Heaven, even up to the very Throne of God: and verily his Eternal Eye from above hath beheld, and looked down, and to his wounding hath long (and many a) time refrained himself, and sent his Word of Life, in his Lambs, freely to warn and visit thee, to Eternal Judgement and Salvation; Wherefore  
Let the Wild, Brutish, Unstable, Double-minded, Hardhearted Inhabitants, within their Dark Habitations of Cruelty, and of thy strong Holds, O salop; O Sodom, Remember, and forget it not, if happily yet it may be for their good; Before your Day pass away over your heads, even as the Wind, which bloweth where it listeth (and Lo the sound you have heard) yet it obeyeth the Lord: But, Do Ye yet know, (O Ye Men, without a good and perfect understanding, whom my soul pitieth) from whence it cometh, or whether it goeth? Yet, Blessed are, and shall they be, that Read, and lay it to heart for good.  
But to return to what I was speaking of before, Know Ye, O Magistrates, and Inhabitants of this City, again, That the Testimonies of the Swearers that rise up against me are wickedly false, and therefore judged and condemned with the True, Eternal, and Spiritual Light, Christ in me, and not any other, but the same that lighteth every man that cometh into the World; and the True Living God who is Light knoweth, and behold I testify again, that I had not, no not so much as an evil thought in my heart against any man, from the time I began to sound forth my Message, which the God of heaven put into my heart, to sound freely forth (whether people can believe me or not) which, in obedience to the Lord I freely did declare, till I was violently pulled off the Beast I road on, nay, nor then neither: But as to what these Wicked men have falsely sworn against me, again I say, Lo, I am even as a Babe born as it were but yesterday, and it's my desire in the truth and nakedness of my heart, if haply they may find a place of Repentance unto Life, and that they, and all may be warned from henceforth not to do, act, or speak contrary to the Light of Jesus in their Consciences; and that what these men have done against me may not then be laid to their charge, who simply have not known what they have done; for they have hated me without cause, Father forgive them that know not what they do; and let them know, My Innocency stands justified, and not condemned, before the pure presence and Throne of God, the Light, the Judge of all. Whether you, O men, can believe me, or not, it's even so; though I am with, and among many Brethren, Sons and Daughters of the same Family, or Household of Faith condemned of wicked, ungodlike, unreasonable men, who are out of the Faith of God's Elect, that's a Mystery held in a pure conscience, and respects no man's persons without which Faith its impossible to please the Living God: and thus it hath happened from Generation to Generation, they who were out of the Faith of God's Elect, in the respect of persons, giving and receiving honour, with flattering Titles, one to another, which is from beneath, earthly and sensual, and not that which is from above, True, Heavenly, Eternal, and Spiritual, always since the beginning hated, and persecuted them that were born of the Spiritual Birth, from above; and so it is at this day, That which is born of the Flesh is Flesh, and from beneath, persecutes, that Birth that is born of the Spirit, which is Spiritual, Heavenly, and from above and not from beneath, or of the world, that lieth in wickedness; and therefore do they hate us without a cause, even as they did God's Lamb, who is our perfect and complete Example, and Captain, even of our Salvation: So that we marvel not at the matter, to see or feel the Birth born of the Flesh, Death, and Hell, that's from beneath, persecute that of the Spirit of Life, from above.  
And behold, it cometh to pass, That the true Witness in your Consciences, and also in many more in England's Nation, (the Land of my Nativity, or Place where my first birth was begotten, and brought forth, and as a cloud consumed away, and died, yet behold I live) shall be awakened, and arise to justify, and not condemn; and answer to the words of my Testimony, given forth, and declared now, and within thy Gates, O City Worcester, wherein I delivered forth the Message which the Lord of heaven had put into my heart, to give forth A certain sound and warning to thy Inhabitants, O bloody City, of the mighty, terrible, and Glorious Day of God come, and coming, even a Resurrection Day: and behold, it's begun to dawn, and break forth in England first, and it's shining forth over all Nations, (Blessed is the eye that beholds it.) And this Day is and will be a day of joy, a day of peace, a day of Gladness of heart, and of eternal Life to all the upright in heart, that turneth from Ungodliness (the Darkness:) But, on the contrary, it is a Day, and yet will be a Day of Vengeance, a Day of Calamity and Distress, and Perplexity, a Day of Woe, and Misery, a Day of Blackness and Darkness, and of Astonishment ●●art; yea, a Day of burning, even in the bowels of such that reject the day of their visitation, who turn not from Ungodliness, and so bring not forth Fruits meet for Repentance, which I also freely cried within thy Gates, O City: And this is the message of the Lord, in the Name of the Lord, and not in my own, to the Inhabitants of this City, as I declared, to be fulfilled in its season: And furthermore, this Day of the Lord, which is the Light of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true Light by whom the World was made, who lighteth every man that cometh into the world, (and is the way prepared before the face of all People,) and this everlasting Light of the Lord Jesus Christ, as I declared, is breaking forth, and shining over all the Nations, and is to awaken the Witness of God in every man's Conscience; So that, according to its Testimony, in every man, even so shall every man's words, thoughts, and ways, and Actions be tried and judged, justified or condemned. Wherefore, as I said, and yet say, The Witness of God (which is the Light of Jesus, and not of the Natural man, carnal, or darkness) in every Conscience of the Inhabitants of this City, and of the Nations of the Earth is to, and may be awakened, and arise to judgement, and to guide people in the way of Peace, Love, and Unity with God, and one with another, and with the whole Creation, and to do unto all men (in this good old way the Light) as they would be done by, and to speak the Truth every man from his heart to his Neighbour: And verily, if people come not to be exercised in this good old way of Light, and Life, whatsoever they do and may profess, or be called in words, all their Religion is and may be vain, for this is the Law of the Prophets, according to the saying of Jesus, Matthew 7. and the Love that fulfils it, is the Light in the Heart, and the Light is of God, and that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them; and so the people shall all be taught of God, who is a Spirit, to worship him in it, who is Light, to walk in it, who is Love, to love God again, and one another; and not to kill, or devour, but to love neighbour as self, as saith the Holy Scripture.  
And, Moreover the time is a at hand, and behold it cometh to pass, That it will be more tolerable for them called Turks, Infidels, and Heathens, then for many of the Inhabitants of this City; and of England's professing and profane Inhabitants, whose life doth not show itself like the Apostles; and let as many as desire to have a right and good Understanding, to discern the ground and cause of my Sufferings.  
Together with many more of my Dear Friends in this City, and throughout the Nation, let Them with a meek Spirit, and in the fear of the Lord, deliberately (and not hastily) read this throughout, and suffer the True Witness to arise, to answer to the same Testimony from whence the words come; and know, that according to, and after this manner, the words of my Testimony was declared in the 8th Month, the 20th day, without and within thy Gates, O City: And after that, Men that feared not God, did beat, and also wickedly threatened often to take away my Life, as one called Captain Thornbury did, many times, with his sword drawn, directed and put towards my breast, and to thrust it into my Guts, as he threatened many and divers times, with wicked and desperate swearing, and cursing, not becoming a Soldier, or the Spirit of a man, an Englishman, to a naked man that neither spoke nor thought evil against any one man, woman, or child's person, upon the face of the whole earth; He that searcheth my heart knoweth its even so. And while he, the said Captain Thornbury (so called) had caused my body to be halled, dragged, and abused, and to be thrown from place to place in the Street of the City, breathing out his cruel, vile threaten, together with bloody Oaths, and cursed Speakings which thereby strengthened the hands of many wild, brutish and ungodlike men, women, and Children, whilst I was among them in the meekness, and strength of God, even as a Lamb, among a company of Ravenous, Wilde-beasts, Bears, Lions, and devouring Wolves, bereft of their whelps; and as they were after this manner drawing me before the Judgment-seat, some crying out, Knock out his brains before he goes any further, and many such like cruel threaten and revile, doing violence. 
O ye Rulers, forget not, but remember the wickedness acted by them called Mountebanks, many days acting wickedness, within the City, notwithstanding they were warned by sundry of the servants of the Lord, in the 8th Month, 1660. who were halled, bearen, and abused for the same. Furthermore, one of these, called Mountebanks, acting wickedness after their accustomed manner, folly, and madness, upon a stage, in the open street, of the City, with his face almost all black, with a Crown upon his head. And what is this, a honour, or dishonour to the King, O Ye Magistrates? But what has, your sword been laid upon this Transgressor yet? And, Is not this, and Bull-baiting, together with the abuse of the poor Creatures of God, and such like madness, and Revellings, and Abominations. Are not these things a great dishonour to the God of Heaven, to the King, to you, and your City. O ye Rulers, in meckness Consider, and hold forth your sword, and let your eyes be open to see, where to lay it, lest the Lord require it at your hands. These are the words of God to Ye, through his Prisoner. D. B.  A lamentation sounded in my heart for the, Sober Inhabitants of this City: And, Lo, the Spirit of the Lord within me shown me, how it was with Jonah and the Nenivites; how that they suffered him to deliver his Message, and to cry, when he entered into the great City Ninevy, a day's journey: and behold, The Profane Inhabitants of this City would not suffer me, with my precious life in my hand (which I had received power to lay it down, and to take it again) to obey the Lord of Heaven, hardly half an hour to cry against Sin, and to declare Glad-Tidings, and to warn them freely to Repentance, as before expressed. And, Whilst my mind was thus meditating in the Counsel of God, whilst they were threatening and drawing this body in which I am before the Judgement Seat, the good Spirit of the Lord, the Holy God, in me, rather justified the men of Ninevy, than the hardhearted, bloodthirsty men of this City. And Lo, this Cry immediately run through me, (viz.) That the men of Ninevy shall arise up in judgement against this Generation.  
And Friend, and Friends, Know Ye again, That after this manner the words of my Testimony were sounded forth through me, even as the good Spirit of the Lord, in my heart gave me utterance, to which my Soul is become subject (Glory to the God of Truth) and (Lo) I rather chose to fear, and obey God, than man that shall die, and to be condemned of the world that lieth in wickedness, rather than to be condemned of the Lord by his Witness, the Light of Everlasting Life, of Righteousness revealed in me: Yet I am subject to every Ordinance of Man, for the Lords sake, Active or Passive; (to be plain, thus) Active, in obedience to the Ordinances of Man, that are Just, Equal, or Equitable, Wholesome, and Reasonable, founded on, and according to the Righteous, Equal, Royal Law of God, which is so just; and also Passive, by suffering under the contrary, as a Testimony against it, and them that ministers it forth, in its many and Various Appearances: And, This many Hundreds that fear and obey the God of Truth with me, (in the strength of Jesus, the Light that saves us from Sins) Do even for the Lords sake.  
And through thy Gate, and Street, O CITY, the sound words of the Living Testimony of God, in this his mighty Day hath entered, and even into the Ears and Hearts also of many of thy Inhabitants, whether they love to retain or keep the wholesome Say, or not, or hear or forbear; yet, bear with me, and listen O Ye Inhabitants of this CITY, and hearken, O all ye Inhabitants of ENGLAND, and of the NATIONS afar off, to whom this shall come, and give ear to the words of a True Friend, even to the whole Creation of God, and to the soul of every Man, of Male or Female, that lieth under the Bondage of Corruption, and groans for Deliverance, to be brought into the Glorious Liberty, which is the true Liberty, the same that was in the Beginning, the Dominion, and Perfect Freedom of the Sons of God. Let the Meek, Wise in heart answer me.  
Worcester Prison, this 9th Month, the 12th Day, at even: and of the Year accounted, 1660. D. B.   

Here followeth a true Relation of several Persons, who heard what was declared by Daniel Baker, the 20th of the Month called October, (1660) through part of this City, some of which heard him from the beginning until he was forced off the Beast that he did ride on; and their Testimonies are as followeth.  
Imprimis, FRances, the Wife of John Rose heard him declare from the beginning unto the end: And her Testimony is, That he did warn the people to Repent, for Destruction and Misery was near at hand, and such like sound Exhortations, but not any thing against the King, or any other Person.  
Anne, the Wife of John Winfield, heard him speak, that The Dreadful Day, or a Terrible Day was near at hand, or to this purpose; but not any thing that was hurtful to any man's person.  
Henry Dyson, his Testimony is, that he spoke to this purpose that, A Gloomy and Dark Day was at hand, but a Day of Gladness to them that fear the Lord; and exhorted people to repent.  
William Till heard him speak to this purpose, that, Woe is to the Wicked, or to such who love Sin, but unto them that did deny Ungodliness, a Day of Peace; with many other Godly Admonitions.  
Robert Smith heard him say, that, A Day of woe and Astonishment was at hand, but a day of Gladness and joy to the Upright in heart: witness, Elizabeth Smith.  
Richard Till said, that he heard him counsel the people, to Repent, for the Kingdom of God was at hand: but not any thing touching the Rulers of this Kingdom.  
Philip Bearcroft and Edborough his Wife heard him exhort the Inhabitants to be awakened, for the day of God was nigh.  
I Robert Edward's testify, That the Man that declared in the Street, from the Cross to the Place where he was pulled off the Horse, I was an Eye-witness, an ear witness of his riding, and of his behaviour, in his declaring, as I went from the Cross, near to him, within the hearing of him all the way. And he spoke nothing touching the King nor of his Majesty, nor of Tyrant, nor Usurper, nor of the Nation, nor Nations, nor Government, nor Governors, Rob. Edward's.  
Dorothy Martin, and Margaret Drue, they heard him say, That the Light was a shining forth, and that it would shine forth more and more, and that the Day of the Lord was at hand: But nothing against the King, His Government, or any one's person.  
Thomas Garret's Testimony is this, that he heard him say, that, Christ was a shining forth in the Nation: and that, he warned people to Repent: and that, the Day of Judgement was at hand, but nothing against the King, his Government, or any man's person.  
And divers others, who were Witnesses of what D. B. said, their Testimony may be produced, who heard him speak words to the same purpose, who heard nothing spoken by him against the King, or Government, or the person of any one.  
D. B.  
THE END.