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A48409 The life & death, travels and sufferings of Robert VVidders of Kellet in Lancashire who was one of the Lords worthies together with several testimonies of his neighbors and friends concerning him. 1688 (1688) Wing L2019; ESTC R30948 21,820 30

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over the Houshold of God. And against the changable Priesthood as seeing to the end thereof to the bringing in of the better hope whereby all them that believe are brought nigh unto God and for the holding of his Testimony with a constant mind he was exposed to great Sufferings but through the assistance of the Almighty God of Jacob and the putting on of the Heavenly Armour he was enabled to pass thorow them all like a valiant man for which everlastingl● blessed and praised be the Name of the holy pure powerful God saith my Soul. He was a man that was given up to obey the Lord in what he required of him neither would he reason with flesh and blood but had his eye directed by the Lord to the recompence of the heavenly Reward which I believe was more to him than all the fading World. Oh the remembrance of his Spirit and the coming up of the same in the endless life doth often tender my heart In the time of his weakness of Body he was very patient and often blessing and prasing the Name of the Lord for his favours and mercy to him through Christ Jesus And having been in a weak Fit he said Mi●e eye beholds Jerusalem a quiet-Habitation into the possession whereof it is the belief of my heart God had gathered him as one of the number of his Faithful Disciples and Followers to rest with him in eternal blessedness for ever and evermore Amen and Amen saith my Soul Thomas Widders My Father was about 68 years old when he deceased at his House in Over Kellet who was Convinced and owned the Truth above 34 years who died the 20th of the First Month 1686. The Testimony of Margaret Fox concerning Robert Widders I Have a Real and true Testimony in my heart to bear for my dear Friend and Brother Robert Widders who was a Faithful Servant of the Lord and a good Souldier under the Banner of Jesus Christ in his Day he never did shrink nor sta●●ed aside in no scrive not sufferings the Lord suffered him to be exercised in I have known him and been conversant with him Thirty four years and we were made partakers of the eternal Truth near together in the beginning of the infancy of Truth among us now in out Age when the Morning Stars Sang together He was called forth to the service of the Lord early in this glorious Day that hath ever since shined upon us glory be to the Son of Righteousness for ever He went forth in the power and demonstration of the Spirit and turned many unto God early in his Day He was of a quick understanding and the Gift of the Spirit of discerning was plentifully bestowed upon him And tho he was not very much in Declaration yet I know and many also can bear Witness and Testimony that his very presence and countenance and eye was refreshment and comfort unto them and that the witness of God in their hearts would have answered his appearance the power of the Lord was so quick and lively in him What I write is Sealed in my heart to be true He was a dear and a faithful Brother to me and to my Children in all our Tryals and Sufferings It is too much for me to write here what comfort strength and assistance he hath been to me and mine both when we were in Prison and out of Prison he would not have failed to come to see us night or day over two dangerous Sands if it had been in the deep of Winter many a time hath he done so of his own accord and for the most part I have been sensible of his coming before he came so near and dear he was unto me But what shall I say his Life and all that ever he had was given up freely to the Lord and his service I believe he never neglected any service of the Lord if it was made known unto him either in England or Scotland or America beyond the Seas He left his Wife and Family and took his Life in his hand and went Joyfully to the service of the Lord. And when he went first forth into Cumberland and thereawaies he was beaten and stoned and knocked down O! the Imprisonments and cold Winters that he passed thorow so that his body was so starved that he never quite recovered while he lived He gave his back freely to the Smiter upon every occasion and now in the latterend of his daies the Tythe-mongers fell upon his outward Estate and swept away many of his Goods and when he had a little more together the Tythe-monger and the Informers came again and fetched it away so that in the latter end of his daies his Sufferings were great through the Spoilers who suffered the spoiling of his Goods joyfully for Christs sake So that this good Man hath gone thorow many sorts of sufferings and now he is gone to his Rest and his Father for whom he hath suffered where he certainly receiveth an eternal Reward with a Well done good and faithful Servant enter thou into the Joy of the Lord. I was with him in his sickness and he was as patient as a Lamb tho he could take little food except such as he could drink so he passed quietly and patiently away and the Lord dealt gently and kindly with him and he is now in everlasting bliss and felicity with the eternal God whom he served and suffered for M. F. Sarah Bachouse her Testimony of Robert Widders THis Testimony did arise in me in tenderness and brokenness of Spirit concerning our dear Friend Robert Widders who hath laid down his head in peace with the Lord. He was a man sincere for God and did bear a faithful Testimony for him to the end of his daies Sarah Bachouse Alice Hugginson her Testimony concerning Robert Widders THis Testimony arises in my heart as a following stream and issues out to the melting of my Spirit and the refreshing of my Soul with the tendering love of God in the remembrance of my dear Friend and faithful Brother Robert Widders who in his life time amongst us was a good Example and pattern of holy life in and with whom I have often been refreshed and my heart overcome with the overcomings of the dear love of God to my Soul so that I can say dear Robert thou art from us gone surely for ever to live with the eternal One in Joy and Peace for evermore Oh the heart-breaking tendering love that springs a new and fresh in me in the remembrance of him often refresheth my Soul being satisfied that his Memorial in the Truth will never die nor wear out Alice Hugginson Anne Camm her Testimony concerning Robert Widders I Feel a Concern upon my Spirit to write a few lines concerning my Dear deceased Friend and Brother Robert Widders who was a Man that I dearly loved and honoured in the Truth for surely he was worthy being Faithful in his day and Valiant for the Lord and his blessed Truth I