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earth_n	lord_n	see_v	world_n	5,471	5	4.4220	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34181	The faithfulnesse of the upright made manifest being a testimony concerning the life, death, and sufferings of a pretious servant of the Lords called Humphrey Smith, who died a prisoner for witnessing unto the living truth in Winchester common goal, on the 4th day in the 3 month in the year 1663.	Complin, Nicholas.	1663 (1663)	Wing C5661; ESTC R35657	5,278	10

THE FAITHFVLNESSE Of the UPRIGHT made MANIFEST Being a Testimony concerning the Life Death and Suffering of a pretious servant of the Lords called HUMPHERY SMITH Who dyed a Prisoner for witnessing unto the living truth in Winchester Common Goal on the 4th day in the 3 month in the year 1663. IS thy famous works ever to be forgotten is thy noble and valiant acts to be blotted out of the memory of the righteous is thy holy innocent pure life to be buried in oblivion as not to be remembred by us any more is thy sufferings withall thy valiant engagements with the enemies of thy God to be blotted out of the Record of the children of the most high Oh what saith my soul nay nay let it be had in living remembrance among the followers of the Lamb and let it be written upon the Tables of their hearts even to all generations ANd as concerning this man he from his youth up had desires after the Lord and he was often checked by his father because of his solidity he mourned mightily after the Lord while he was yet a child yea and panted after the God that made him he followed the zealous professors and increased mightily in that knowledge which stands in the comprehension yea exceeded many of his equals but at last the Lord seperated him for his own glory and sent him forth in his own power and eternal name so he lead him by the hand through the wilderness and bore up his head above the waves which sought to destroy him he became a talk and a by-word unto them with whom before he had his conversation yea they sought to destroy him in a moment but yet the Lord lead him in the way and gave him the threshing Instrument that belongs to worme Iacob despised of men and he threshed and beat the hills to dust and rooted up the disobedient that desisted Gods coming he spared not but cut on the right hand and flew on the left and made the arrows of his quiver to strike into the bowels of Gods enemies but he preached peace to the captive and uttered his voice to the Prisoners of hope which lay groaning for deliverance he was sent to publish Salvation and to cry the acceptable year of redemption though the Rulers of the earth dealt very hardly with him and the Priests cryed away with him he is not worthy to ●ive the professors envied him because of his upright dealing and the prophane hated and revi●ed him because of his innocent life he was oftentimes cast into several nasty prisons he was divers times whipt with cords he was hated before Magistrates that had no pitty nor compassion of him he divers times adventured upon hard service and broke through an ●os● of wicked and unreasonable men the Priests fell before him like Tow and the professors were scattered like chasse the wicked and prophane were even confounded and amased when his arrows so sharp did enter within their dark dwellings but to the seed he uttered his voice and it dropped like wa● into the bowels of the tender hearted verily the consideration thereof doth even melt my heart and makes me to say oh how delightsome was the pleasantness of thy beauty and how desirable was the habitation of thy dwelling and how prevalent were thy prayers and thy supplications with thy God who answered thee every morning and satisfied thy soul every moment which made thy cup to overflow and the pleasant streames to run over its banks because of the fulness thereof and woe to him that lifts up a tongue against thee and let him not be reckoned among the congregations of the righteous that slanders thy innocent life let him be smitten with terror that whispers or speaks evil of thee in a corner for I know the Lord loved thee and hath taken thee from the evil that is to come upon the inhabitants of the earth and out of this dark world that 〈…〉 not worthy of thee But to proceed he was visiting friends in and near London and he told some of them thereawaies that he had a narrow path to pass through he said also that several daies before he was taken up he saw that he should be imprisoned and that it might cost him his life and taking his leave of friends in them parts he set forward in the will of the Lord Westward and having a meeting at Alton some envious men hearing thereof sent armed men to the house where he was commanding him forth and having him before Humphery Bennet Iohn Norton Deputy I. levetenants of the countrey both great enemies to Gods truth and though he gave a good account of his business which was to visit his son which was a child farther Westward yet they without pitty or compassion equity or justice committed him to the stinking close Prison of Winchester but to leave them without excuse in the day of the Lord which hastens to come upon them he wrote wright soon unto them signifying how illegally they had dealt with him also sent them back an answer to that which they charged against him likewise shewing that they laid nothing to his charge but what was charged against Gods servants in the daies of old and moreover proved unto them that they had acted contrary to the Kings laws Declaration and word yet though all this and much more might be written both of his usage in the Prison and likewise how close a hole it was sometimes other Prisoners Felons or such taking his food from him and other abuses which he bore very patiently which will be too tedious at present to relate and likewise Iohn Norton and Humphery Bennet sending men and robbing him of all his Papers rifeling his pockets boxes and other places yet he was very quiet and lay down content but the next approching Sessions being come he laid something of his suffering cause before some of those called Justices and at that time some of them were willing to have released him but some others of them being contrary minded saying that it was the Deputy Lievetenants of the Sheir that committed him and because they were not there they would not meddle with the thing so the innocent sufferer was let continue a prisoner till the next Asizes and he then laid the thing before Judge Terril who before had been pritty moderate to friends and the judge gave him this answer that if he would give bail for his good behaviour appearance at the next Asizes though no evil behavior at all was laid to his charge which when this innocent sufferer heard and being satisfied that he was not guilty of the breach of any law neither was their any that laid any such thing to his charge he was content to remain there rather then do such a thing so remaining there from Sessions till Sizes and from Sizes till Sessions and until that Sizes a whole year was over then Judge Terril came again the Western Circuit which Humphrey Smith hearing of