To all who IMPRISON & PERSECUTE THE Saints and Servants of GOD, for Meeting together in his Name and Fear, to Worship him as he Requireth.  
THe hour cometh, and now is, wherein the true Worshippers do worship the Father in Spirit, and in Truth, who witness the Prophecy of Christ fulfilled, John 4. 23. And such also do witness with the Servants of God in the days of old, That God who made the World, and all Things therein, dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands, neither is he Worshipped with men's Hands, Acts 17. This God is an unlimited Spirit, and therefore his worship cannot be limited to any particular House or Place. Though a Temple was commanded to be Built at Jerusalem once, unto which all the Regions of the Jews were to be gathered, and to worship; yet when Christ the Son of God came into the World, he Prophesied the Destruction of it, and said Their House should be left unto them Desolate, Mat. 23. 38. And for this the Jews slew him. And he gathered great Multitudes, sometimes upon the Mountains, sometimes by the Seashore, and sometimes in Houses; And they that were his Ministers, sent forth and Authorised by him, did not limit People unto such and such Temples and Houses, set up in such and such Parishes, called Churches; but taught People Publicly, from House to House, testifying to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, Repentance towards God, and Faith towards Jesus Christ, Acts 20. 20, 21. And Christ said, Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them, Mat. 18. 20. Now he did not limit in what Place People should be gathered together; for as he was no Respecter of Persons, so he was no Respecter of Places; and Paul Dwelled two whole years in his own hired House, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the Kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him, Acts 28. 30, 31. Here was Preaching the Kingdom of God in a House, and a Meeting in a House, and not forbidden, as it is in these our days; neither was he Persecuted for Preaching in his own hired House: And the same Apostle did greet the Church that was in Aquilla and Priscilla's House, Rom. 16. 5. And Paul again writing to the Corinthians, said that the Church in Aquilla's House did salute them, 1 Cor. 16. 19  
Now here was gathering in Houses in the Primitive times as we may read of, which was approved of God, and of his Ministers, under the Gospel, and were not haled out of their Houses by any, except by Saul and the like, who made havoc of the Church, entering into every House, and haling Men and Women, and Committed them to Prison, as we may read in Act. 8. 3. Here are many saul's in these our days abroad in the World, who go under a better Name, and would be counted Christians, but are walking in the same steps that saul the Persecutor of the Saints did, entering into men's Houses, and haling Men and Women, and committing them to Prison for Meeting together, in their own Houses, peacoably to worship the Lord, in Spirit and Truth; and would have them to promise to do so no more; which I do not read that Saul did do; So you manifest yourselves to be worse than him; And in the days of the Prophet Malachi, They that feared the Lord met often together, and spoke one to another; and the Lord said, They should be his, in the day that he made up his Jewels; and Paul Preached unto the People till midnight, in an upper Chamber, where they were gathered together, Acts 20. 7, 8. And we do not read that the Magistrates sent Constables to break up their Meeting, neither did they limit them to a Parochial Church, as it is now called; and Paul writing to the Colossians, saluted the Brethren which were at Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church, which in his House, Col. 4. 15.  
Now none of these Assemblies were forbidden, neither broken up by rude Men, as many Christian Assemblies are now, who Meet together for no other end, but to Worship God in Spirit and Truth, according to the Scriptures of Truth; and Paul writing to Timothy, said, He willed that Men Pray every where, lifting up Holy Hands, without Wrath and Doubting, 1 Tim. 2. 8. He did not limit Men to such and such Places to Pray in, as this Generation of Men do; and Daniel kneeled down upon his Knees three times a Day in his House, and Prayed, and gave Thanks before his God, as he did aforetime, though the King had Signed a Writing, and a Decree to the contrary, Dan. 6. 9, 10, 11. For which he was cast into the Den of Lions, Dan. 6. 16. Now he could not be subject to the King, nor his Lords, in forbearing to pray in his own House, though he could suffer what penalty they inflicted upon him; yet God delivered him out of the Lion's Mouths, Dan. 6. 22.  
And the Magistrates commanded the Apostles Not to speak at all, nor teach in the Name of Jesus: but Peter and John answered, and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God, to hearken unto you, more than unto God, Judge you? for we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard, Acts 4. 18, 19, 20. So now, you who are commanding things contrary to the Commands of God, whether it be right in the sight of God to obey Him, or Ye? judge of this yourselves, this thing is no ways different from what it was in the days of old: and in Acts 12. 12. Peter came to the House of Mary the Mother of John, where many were gathered together Praying: this was not called an Unlawful Assembly by him, neither forbidden, as such Assemblies are now by them, who profess themselves Christians and Ministers of the Gospel; but their end shall be according to their Works, not according to their Words; for they have gotten the good Words, and the fair speeches, and by them have long deceived the Hearts of the Simple, but the day is broken forth, which hath discovered all their evil Deeds: Therefore all you Rulers and Magistrates, of what Degree soever, Take heed what you now are doing; for if this thing which you are now striving against be of God, you cannot destroy it; but if not, It will come to nothing of itself. But in the mean time, take heed that you be not Fighters against God, for in as much as you have done this, to the least of his Children and Servants, you have done it to him, for so it will be laid to your charge, in the Day of his Account; Be not , nor Stouthearted against the Lord, nor any of his Chosen Ones, who Assemble together in his Name and Fear, in Peace with Him and all Men, and Dare not forsake the Assembling of themselves together, as the manner of some is, lest they should lose the Sense and Feeling of the Presence of the Lord, which hath been often manifested in their Assemblies.  
For always the people of God, for Worshipping of God, were Imprisoned, or Suffered by such that Imposed things upon them, that they could not Obey, but Sin against God: Therefore by such they were judged as Transgressor's of Commands and Laws, as the three Children to Nabuchadnezzar, and as Mordecai to Haman, and the Jews to the Heathen, and the Christians among the Jews and Heathen, amongst whom they witnessed Christ the Substance; though the thing that was Just and Equal, and righteous in the sight of God, and all Men for Conscience Sake, and the Lords Sake, they were willing to obey and yield themselves to the utmost: And likewise in Queen Mary's days, the Martyrs were put to death as Rebels, because they could not obey her Laws that compelled to her Worship, which were contrary to Christ, and the Apostles Doctrine, a●● the true Foundation that was laid at the beginning of the Christians; for Christ and the Apostles did not go on, in the Jews forcing Laws, and putting Men to Death that opposed them, but stood in that in which they had love to Enemies; and Christ said, Let the Tares and Wheat grow, and stand till Harvest: for them that go about to pluck up and persecute, have denied the Exercise of Patience, and the Doctrine of Repentance, whereby People might have a Space to Repent; For if the Christians should have put Saul to Death, because he was a Blasphemer, and because he was a Heretic, and Christ, if he had Banished, or Imprisoned any, or spoiled their Goods, than the Christians might have had an Example from the Apostles, and Christ, for Prisoning, and making the Contrary-Minded to suffer; but that is not Christ's way, but the Jews and Heathons' Way. And as for Meeting together to Worship God in his Fear, that cannot be Offensive to good Government, and to the Creation, but rather a preserving of it, for such seek the Peace of all Men, and their Eternal Welfare and Prosperity; which Ballad-Singers, Stage-Players, and all manner of Plays, and Sports, and Games, these Meetings are not good for the Creation, nor for a Commonwealth, by which the Name God is so daily Profaned, & Blasphemed; nor these Meetings we see not broken up by Armed Men, with Clubs and Constables, but they make such a noise in the Streets, that people can hardly do their business, or hear one another speak, the Towns are so filled with Ballad-Singers, and things that tend to the stirring up Strife amongst People, Mis-naming, and Lying, and Slandering of them; which its much, that here should be such as are call Ministers and Bishops, that profess themselves to be Ministers of Christ, and Preachers of the Gospel, how they can without much Shame or Blushing walk in the Streets, to see the Wickedness and Profaneness of their People and Hearers, and see what fruits they have. Surely though they take upon them these Names and Titles, yet they do not regard the Apostles, Paul's and Peter's Exhortations: for such things are not of a Good Report to them, though we can Patiently bear, even as the Lord moves us: For this we know, That every one that Names the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, should departed from Iniquity.  
But as for all Murderous Plots and Conspiracies against any, We are, and always have been clear, and Innocent, and in the Srength of the Lord are resolved to stand clear to the end; for the Weapons of our Warfare are not Carnal but Spiritual, and our Kingdom is not of this World, neither is it for an Earthly Crown that we strive: Neither can we rejoice at the destruction of any, but that all may come to the knowledge of God, and be saved; but if any of us be found in any Unirghteousness, Invasion, or Insurrection, in any of our Assemblies, contrary to Truth and Righteousness, in the sight of God and all good Men, let us suffer accordingly: But you turning your Hand against Meek, Quiet, Innocent and Harmless Men, and throwing them into Prison, who wrong no Man, neither in Thought, Word nor Deed, will give a great Occasion to many, and may turn many against you, which otherwise would not; for if peaceable men cannot be suffered to live in Peace with God, their Neighbour, and all Men, what Encouragement will this be to all Plotters, and Peace-Breakers? So Consider in Meekness, whose Work you are now doing; for the Cry of Innocent Blood, & the Oppression of such, will be more against you than all your enemies: many of your progenitors have fallen by such things, by the Stroke of God's Hand only, though they whom they Oppressed did never Avenge their own wrong; yet by such things, and for them did God take an Occasion to vex, and scourg his and their Adversaries, and cut them off in his hot displeasure.  
These things are laid before you in tender Love to your Immortal Souls, that you may not go on in their steps, less their and be your reward.  
This from a True and Faithful Subject in the Kingdom of England, who wisheth its Peaceable Government in Righteousness called. Ambr●us Rigg.   

POSTSCRIPT.  
ANd the great Noiseis, God save the King, God bless the King, amongst such as do not fear God, and are not sensible of God's blessings, nor of his Salvation, that be out of God's fear; which they that would have him Savesl and Blessed, and all Men upon the Earth, such live in the Fear of God, and departed from Sin and Evil that leads into Destruction from God, from Blessing and Salvation, and they that live in the Fear of God, know Salvation, know the Blessings, and would have Him and all Men blessed and saved: but all who live in Sin in unrighteousness, in Ungodliness, Cursing, Swearing Drunkenness, and in Unrighteous Ways, and Corrupt, Wicked, and Perverse and Unholy Lives, such live out of the fear of God, and yet may say God Bless the King, and God Save the King, in Deceit, Hypocrisy, and Flattery, and in taking God's Name in Vain, being out of his Fear, which grieves them that are in Truth, and the Fear of God, who can say those Words in the Truth, and would have all that name the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Depart from Iniquity, and who would have him Saved, and them Blessed, and all Men upon the Earth.  
THE END.   

Printed for Robert Wilson in martin's Le Grand.