A few Words To all JUDGES, JUSTICE'S, and MINISTERS of the LAW in ENGLAND.  
From ANTHONY PEARSON.  
TO the Judges of life and death, and Judges of Nisi prius, as they call it, who give oaths to Justices, Juries and witnesses, and Justices that give oaths to Constables and others. To the light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened you withal, I speak, that with it you may see you are out of the doctrine of Christ, who saith, Swear not at all, in all your communications let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay; whatsoever is more, is evil. So you that swear are in the evil, and with the light of Christ Jesus, you may see that you be out of the doctrine of the Apostle, who said, my brethren; swear not at all, not by heaven, nor by earth, nor any other oath, lest you fall into condemnation of the devil; so you that swear are fallen into the condemnation of the devil; and you that cause others to swear, or compel them, or imprison them, or fine them if they will not, you are out of the doctrine of Christ and the Apostle yourselves, and seek to bring others out of his doctrine, into the same condemnation of the devil where you are. Praised be God, with the light which comes from Christ, you are seen to be no brethren of Christ, who are out of his doctrine, and doth not do his will. I am the light of the world, and doth enlighten every one that comes into the world saith Christ; now every one loving this light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened you withal; it will bring you to do his will, and know his doctrine; and then in all your communications you will be kept to yea and nay, and never an oath shall be heard in the land, for the land mourns because of oaths. Now you that hate this light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened you withal; you swear, and compel others to swear; and with this light you are to be condemned, who are out of his doctrine. To the light in all your consciences I speak, which shall witness me eternally, and condemn all you that hate it, and is the light of Christ, which shows your sin and evil deeds.  
From him who is a lover of your souls and your eternal good, that with the light you may see the way to salvation, to Christ, from whence the light comes.  

Concerning oaths.  
The word of the Lord the living God to all you who be out of the doctrine of Christ, swearing, and do swear, and compel others to swear, when Christ saith swear not at all: and the Apostle saith, swear not at all, by any oath, lest you fall into condemnation of the Devil: so ye that swear and compel others to swear are fallen into the condemnation of the Devil. And seek to bring others into the same condemnation of the Devil, and Christ saith, whatsoever cometh above yea and nay, cometh of evil: who saith, swear not at all: and you that swear and compel to swear are in the evil; now if ye allege Jacob swore, Joseph swore; Christ Jesus reigns over the house of Jacob and Joseph, who saith, swear not at all, this is the Son of God, hear him, who teacheth true doctrine and they that teach men another doctrine or gospel to swear, they all be accursed: yea, if an Angel from heaven. Now if you allege that Abraham swore, who saw the days of the Son and rejoiced, and if you allege that Moses swore who wrote of Christ, who said, God would raise up a Prophet like unto him, him should the people hear, Christ Jesus the Son of God, who saith swear not at all; here the Son of God is come, whom Abraham saw, Moses wrote of; who saith swear not at all; whom ye must hear Acts 7. and him you do not hear that swears, the Son of God: but with the light you are condemned which comes from the Son of God, who saith, swear not at all. Now you that say Solomon swore, and the Priests swore under the Law: and the Prophets swore, My answer is: Christ Jesus the Son of God, who is the end of the Law and the Prophets, and a greater than Solomon, the unchangeable Priest, saith, swear not at all: but in all your communications let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay, for whatsoever is more is evil. Now if you allege that men in strife swore, and the oath was the end of controversies and strife among men, which the Apostle brought as a figure: as God swearing by himself, who could not find a greater; who saith, verily men swear by the greater: My answer is this; where men are in strife in that nature, they be out of the doctrine of Christ, and are evil, and do not hear Christ's doctrine who saith, swear not at all. Now if you allege the Angel swore in the Revelation, My answer is this: I bring my first begotten into the world saith the Lord, let all the Angels worship him: the Son of God, who saith swear not at all, but in all your communication let your yea be yea and your nay be nay, for what is more is evil: and this son of God is above Angels and men that are in strife, and the end of the Prophets, and the end of the Law, and the first covenant and Priest in it, and this Son of God reigns over the house of Jacob and Joseph, a greater than Solomon or David who swore, for he called him Lord, whom Abraham saw, the Son of God, who saith swear not at all, This is he who brings peace on the earth and good will towards men, and the sword in the earth: he that hath ears to hear let him hear.  
Moved of the Lord from the Spirit of the Lord, a lover of your souls and your eternal good, for the establishing of righteousness and the doctrine of Christ, and cleansing the Land of evil doers, and for establishing the Gospel: and a lover of the Creation.   

Concerning Vagabonds.  
THE word of the Lord to you powers of the earth, Judges and Justices, who have called them and given them the names of Vagabonds, which the Lord hath sent forth to declare his word, who hath forsaken their outward habitations as the Prophets and Apostles many of them did, which went to speak the word of the Lord freely, and did abide in his commands, these were no vagabonds. Cain was the vagabond who did not obey the command of God; for saith the Lord to him, if thou dost well, shalt not thou be accepted? He did not well disobeyed the command of God, he was wroth, his countenance fell, he was a vagabond and a fugitive, and was not accepted. So all you that turn from the commands of God, and are wroth, whose countenance fall, which doth not well, you are not accepted of God. You have no habitation in the Lord; Cain's way is your way. Certain vagabond fellows rise against the Apostle, and bound themselves with an oath to put him to death, these had no habitation in the Lord, these did not abide in his commands, these were the vagabonds in the way of Cain, though they might have habitations outward. The Apostle was no vagabond nor fugitive who had no certain dwelling place, which went reasoning and disputing in the Synagogues daily, Schools, and Markets; he was persecuted by such as were vagabonds, who did not obey the commands of God, who did not well; such you prison now who are moved of the Lord to go into your Synagogues, Markets, and other places, as peace-breakers or vagabonds; here let the life of the Scriptures judge you all to be ignorant of the letter, and without understanding. The Son of man was no vagabond, which had no place to lay his head; you that are turned from the commands of God as Cain did, and are in envy and wrath, and doth not well, whose countenance falls; though you may have great habitations in the earth, you are the vagabonds and the fugitives which doth not obey the commands of the Lord, and have no habitation in the Lord; who obey the commands of the Lord are no vagabonds nor fugitives, though they have no certain dwelling place, as the Prophets and the Apostles, and Son of man had not.  
To the Judges of life and death, to take heed how you put man or woman to death for cattle, or money, or any earthly creature, or earthly thing, he that sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; the law that was received from God according to that of God in the conscience, said, that they should be sold for their theft, if they had not wherewith to make restitution fourfold or sevenfold: To the light in your consciences I speak, that with it you may be brought unto the fear of God, to receive the law from God, which is according to that in every man's conscience. And if you act contrary to it, the law of God will hue you down among the evil doers; which is a terror to the evil doers, and to the praise of them that do well, and to you this is the word of God.  
And to you that are Judges amongst men about earthly things, to the light in your consciences I speak, that with it you may be guided to do justice according to the light in the conscience, that the light in every man's conscience may witness you to do justice, and that which is just and equity; else the light of Christ in every one's conscience, will witness and cry against you, which is according to the law of God which is just; that none be burdened, no persons respected; if there be, you that do, are convinced with the light in your consciences, to be transgressors of the law of God, which is perfect according to that of God in every man's conscience, which light will witness the law of God which is perfect. And to you this is the word of God, to the light of Christ in you all I speak, that with it your consciences may be exercised towards God, and towards man; and if you are contrary to it, with it you are to be condemned, this is the condemnation of the world, the light, Joh. 3.   

Concerning Tithes.  
And you that do give the Priests Tithes with your Law, and imprison men if they will not give the Priests tithes with your Law, and make them pay triple damages, and strain the goods, or , bedding, pewter or brass of such that doth witness the unchangeable priesthood, Christ Jesus, and the new Testament, and the new Covenant, and the Gospel, and the everlasting priesthood; and sees the change 〈◊〉 the first priesthood that received tithes, and of the law also: It is not for the earth sending it they do not pay the priests tithes; for the earth is the Lords and the fullness of it.  
Now if you say, that Christ saith, These things ought you to have done, and not to have left the other undone, concerning tithes: That was a time before Christ Jesus was sacrificed up: but when he was sacrificed, and the unchangeable priesthood preached, the changeable was denied, as you may read Hebrews the 7th: and they witnessed the unchangeable priest, and suffered the spoiling of their goods joyfully, as we do now for Christ's sake; and are the gazing stock of the world, as they were who witnessed the unchangeable priest as they did; and deny the changeable, as the Apostle and they did. Now if you will give your priests tithes, to oppress the people, and hold up a figure of your own making; if you will act according to the priesthood in the law of God, and the Scriptures, you must let your priests have a Storehouse, (as you read in Malachi and Moses his Writings, and the tithes to be put into the Storehouse▪ and the priests minister it forth to the Widows, to the strangers and the fatherless, and they all satisfied within his gates, that no beggar may be in England, as no beggar was to be in Israel: If you should do so, than you might not own Christ Jesus to be come in the flesh, nor own the resurrection of Christ, nor believe it; but are haling people before Benches for tithes for Priests and others, burdened them and vexing of them.  
So all you that take tithes, and give tithes, and compel people to give Tithes, you are under the condemnation, and the ministry of condemnation, and do not own the Apostles Doctrine, who saith, the priesthood was changed, and the law was changed also, Hebrews 7. So never a one that gives tithes to the Priests, or compels to give tithes, doth own the Gospel and the unchangeable Priest, but are acting things, and compelling people to act contrary to the first Priesthood and the Scriptures, who do not act with their tithes as the first Priesthood did: with the life and practice of the first Peiesthood you are judged out of their practice: and who witnesseth the second priesthood, denies the first, and you both. With the light which comes from Christ, which comprehends the world with it. you are seen, which light is the world's condemnation, John. 3. which light brings us to witness Christ the unchangeable Priest, and to deny the changeable that takes tithes. For your souls good is this given forth: To the light of Christ in you I speak, that with it you may see the ministration of the first priesthood, which is for condemnation, and the second priesthood Christ Jesus. To you this is the word of the Lord, and for your souls good.  
HE that rules over men should be just, for God is just for whom he should rule, and the law of God is just by which he should rule. Man when he turned from God, and transgressed the command of God, the law took hold upon him, and cut down him that transgressed: The law was not made for the righteous, for against such there is no law, but for the sinner: and the law of God which is against the transgressor is just and equal, according to the transgression: which law need not be fetched from beyond the Seas, nor from above, nor from beneath; for all have the work of this law (even the heathen) written in the heart, which is witnessed by the light that shines in the conscience. He that walks according to the law in his Conscience▪ he is excused; He that transgresseth the law in his conscience▪ he is accused and condemned; and so in every man's heart the work of the law being written, in every man's conscience God hath a witness that the Law is just and good, and that the punishment is just and equal: Here every transgressor becomes guilty before God, and every man's punishment being just, every man's mouth comes to be stopped, and the righteous law of God in every man's conscience justified. The Law of God is perfect, and endures for ever, and changeth not; which is the same against all Nations, Languages, Kindred's and People, which is witnessed by the Conscience, which is the same in all Nations, Languages, Kindred's and people.  
The Law of God respects no man's person, but is the same against every one that transgresseth, whether King, Noble or beggar: that in the conscience is the same in King. Noble and Beggar, and shows that of one mould and one blood God hath made all Nations of the earth, the King, the Noble, and the beggar; here God is just, who respects no man's person; the law of God is just which respects no man's person, and that in the conscience is just, which witnesss the law, which respects no man's person; here is the ground of justice, the law of God; here is the ground of true judgement, that in the conscience, which leaves witness to the law in every one, and as is the transgression, so is the law, every transgression is judged by the law; so is every transgression condemned by that in the conscience; the law of God was and is the same, and hath continued in all ages, and doth endure for ever, that in the conscience is the same in all ages and changeth not, but doth endure for ever; he that sins against the law, that in the conscience bears witness to the law, and by that in the conscience he is accused and condemned, and so his mouth is stopped, and here all the world becomes guilty before God.  
The law of God is made already, which was added because of transgression, and changeth not: he that acts according to the Law, is justified by the Law, and ever was, and through the law he becomes dead to the law, and is excused by that in his conscience, and ever shall be; here God is judge and Law giver to all whose judgements are just and righteous, who hath placed a witness in all, who will judge every one according to their works, out of the book written in the conscience: he that makes laws, with the Law of God which is made already, he is judged, and with that in his conscience which bears witness for God he is condemned; he that turns from the law of God, to obey the law of man, had rather serve man then God, and so with the law of God, and that in his conscience he is judged and condemned from God.  
He that is a Minister of God, ordained by God, executes the law of God which is perfect, which is witnessed by that of God in every man's conscience, and to him the soul is subject for conscience sake; but he that makes and executes a law which is not the law of God, hath no witness in the conscience for God that his law is just, that his punishment is equal, and so they who witness only the law of God, witness against him and his law, and cannot obey him for conscience sake; he that is the Minister of God and executes the law of God, is a servant to God, and judgeth for God, sets not up himself in the place of God, but gives all honour to God whose judgements are just, and by turning his sword against all unrighteousness, declares the righteousness of God. and is a terror to evil doers, and without respect of persons executes the law upon him that doth evil, and here he is witnessed by that which is of God in every one's conscience, to be just, and the punishment received as from God whose law he executes, who is just, and so every man being condemned in himself, his mouth is stopped, no envy against the person raised, but the righteous God the judge and lawgiver of the world in his righteousness, cleared and exalted. The law of God is perfect, and endures for ever, and changeth not, that in the conscience is perfect and endures for ever, and changeth not. All laws which are not perfect, which endure not for ever, and do change, are temporal and carnal, and with the law of God which is spiritual, are judged, and their makers condemned. The law of God respects no man's person; all laws which do respect persons, and are not against all sorts of persons alike, are contrary to the law of God, and they that make them, and they that execute them are in the law condemned and convinced as transgressors.  
The law of God is witnessed by that in the conscience; all laws which have not their witness in the conscience, are made by the will of man, which is contrary to the law of God, and cannot be obeyed for conscience sake by them who witness the law of God.  
The law of God is just and equal, life for life, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye; that law which is not equal and just is against the law of God, and dishonours God whose ways are the ways of righteousness, and all who inflict punishments that are not according to the offence, set up their own wills against the law of God, he that takes away life for the creatures is a murderer, and the blood shall be upon his head.  
The law of God is equal and that in the conscience cries for equity according to the law of God, that law whose ground and foundation is not equity, but needs a court of equity to mitigate its cruelty, is tyranny, and is witnessed against by that in the conscience to be contrary to God, and against the righteous law of God, which is holy and just, and must be thrown down, and all that go about to uphold it. To do unto others, as they would have them do unto thee, this is 〈◊〉, this is equal and equity, and herein is fulfilled the whole law. He that executes a law made 〈◊〉 ●he will of man, to which that in the conscience doth not bear witness that 〈◊〉 according to the law of God, is not the Minister of God, but is condemned by the law of God, and that in his own conscience to act his own will. He that makes laws which have not a witness in the conscience that they are according to the law of God; and he that executes those laws are the enemies of God who would not have him to reign, and against such have the servants of God been sent always to declare, and against such hath the wrath of the Lord always been revealed, overturning nations and kingdoms that his own law might be set up.  
He that makes laws, and they that execute those laws which are not the law of God, to which that in the conscience bears witness, set themselves in the place of God to overthrow the law of God, to set up their own wills; these are heathens in what nation soever they dwell, and these shall answer for all the injuries, wrongs, and false judgements that are executed and inflicted. And now is the righteous lawgiver the judge of the whole earth arising in his wrath to be avenged of all his enemies who will not have him to rule and reign, of whose kingdom and dominion there shall be no end.  
He that makes a law against that in the conscience which is pure and holy, makes a law against God, and he that exe●●●seth that law for gifts and rewards, his heart is in the earth for self ends, and in the same carnal nature with the Priests who preach for hire, and with the light which is free, which is the gift of God not to be bought and sold for money, he is to be condemned, and with the life of all the judges and holy men of God he is eternally judged.   
A. P.  
FINIS.   

London. Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread-Eagle at the West end of Paul's, 1654.