The Principles of Peace Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends I
The Principles of Peace Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends I
Hancock, Thomas, 1783-1849
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As he refused it, they behaved very roughly, but left him, with the determination, as they said, of coming again in a few days; and, if he then refused, that they would certainly hang him. According to their promise, they came again, and endeavored, by arguments and threats, to prevail upon him to be baptized, but in vain. They then said, they certainly would hang him ; but some trifling matter occurring among themselves, the execution of their design was deferred at that time also, and they le...ft him. In a few days they returned again, and he was told that they had now resolved to hang him before they left the house, if he did not agree to be baptized; and they actually fastened a rope round his neck, and took him to an out-house, where there was a beam, and were in the act of tying him up to the beam, when an alarm was given that a party of soldiers was coming, which made them run away ; so that his life was providentially saved. A Friend, living in a retired part of the county of Waterford, had a large family of young children, and kept several servants.
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