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The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A…
The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A brief tractate, concerning the doctrine of the Quakers, demonstrating the destructive nature thereof, to religion, the churches, and the state, with consideration of the remedy against it. : Occasional satisfaction to objections, and confirmation of the contrary trueth. / By John Norton ...
Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green, 1659
Chapter 4: CHAP: 4. Of the Remedy against Heretical doctrines, and in particular, against the doct…
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At last, upon experience of their bold contempt of these inferior restraints, & that after their being sent away again, & again, they continue to return, yet again and again: to the seducing of diverse, the disturbance, vexation, & hazard of the whole Colony: The Court finding the Law passed, to be an insufficient fence against these persons, proceeded to a Sentence of Banishment.
At last, upon experience of their bold contempt of these inferior restraints, & that after their being sent away againe, & again, they continue to returne, yet again and again: to the seducing of diverse, the disturbance, vexation, & hazard of the whole Colonie: The Court finding the Law passed, to be an insufficient fence against these persons, proceeded to a Sentence of Banishment.
Their restraint before the Law published, was but restraint in the Prison, until an opportunity of shipping them away. They who after the Law was published, would that notwithstanding break in upon us from England, or other foreign parts, by Rode-Island, after their correction received, and discharging their dues, might return again to the Island, if they pleased: The wolf which ventures over the wide Sea, our of a ravening desire to prey upon the sheep, when landed, discovered & taken, hath no cause to complain, though for the security of the flock, he be penned up, with that door opening unto the fold fast shut: but having another door purposely left open, whereby he may depart at his pleasure, either returning from whence he came, or otherwise quitting the place.
Their restraint before the Law published, was but restraint in the Prison, until an opportunity of shipping them away. They who after the Law was published, would that notwithstanding break in upon us from England, or other forraign parts, by Rode-Island, after their correction received, and discharging their daes, might return again to the Island, if they pleased: The wolfe which ventures over the wide Sea, our of a ravening desire to prey upon the sheep, when landed, discovered & taken, hath no cause to complain, though for the security of the flock, he be penned up, with that door opening unto the fold fast shut: but having another door purposely left open, whereby he may depart at his pleasure, either returning from whence he came, or otherwise quitting the place.