A narrative of some sufferings, for his Christian peaceable testimony, by John Smith, late of Chester County, deceased. ; To which is annexed, An...

"I JOHN SMITH of Marlborough in Chester County Pennsylvania, was born in the township of Dartmouth and county of Bristol in New England, on the 22d. of the 4th. month 1681; my parents professed the truth in their latter years; and as I grew to years of understanding the Lord was pleased to favour me with the knowledge of his blessed truth, and the work and operation thereof in my own heart, that by the virtue of it I came to be very much weaned from the vanities and delights of the world, and perishing pastimes that are therein, and those things that I was inclined to by nature. And as I came to be acquainted with the discipline of the cross, and the divine light shining in my heart, about the 22d. year of my age, I was called to bear my testimony against wars and fightings, as being contrary to the doctrine of Christ, and the nature of his kingdom, and could not join with those that were for bearing arms for the defence of the country, against the French and Indian enemy; and accordingly, on the 15th. of the 6th. month 1703, I was notified by one William Hart, called a corporal, to appear at the town house in Dartmouth, in order to engage in the service proposed, under Benjamin Church, called captain, but refusing for conscience sake to comply, I was summoned on the 14th. of the 1st. month 1704, to appear before Nathaniel Byfield and Ebenezer Brenton, two magistrates of said county of Bristol, and examined concerning my said refusal, in which I still persisting for the..."
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