In such Paper written with Milk nothing will appeare, but the way of reading it by fire being knowne to this friend who received the Papers, he transcribed and kept together the Papers, although the Author himselfe could not correct, nor view what himselfe had written.
It was in milke, tending to soule nourishment, even for Babes and Sucklings in Christ.
It was in milke, spiritually white, pure and innocent, like those white horses of the Word of truth and meeknesse, and the white Linnen or Armour of rightousnesse, in the Army of Jesus. Rev. 6. & 19.
It was in milke, soft, meeke, peaceable and gentle, tending both to the peace of soules, and the peace of States and Kingdomes.
The Answer writ in Bloud.
Peace. The Answer (though I hope out of milkie pure intentions) is returned in bloud: bloudy & slaughterous conclusions; bloudy to the souls of all men, forc’d to the Religion and Worship which every civil State or Common-weale agrees on, and compells all subjects to in a dissembled uniformitie.
Bloudy to the bodies, first of the holy witnesses of Christ Jesus, who testifie against such invented worships.
Secondly, of the Nations and Peoples slaughtering each other for their severall respective Religions and Consciences.
Roger Williams’ Reference to “An Humble Supplication” in His “Bloudy Tenent”
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