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A48454	The Christian mans triall, or, A trve relation of the first apprehension and severall examinations of Iohn Lilbvrne with his censure in Star-chamber, and the manner of his cruell whipping through the streets : whereunto is annexed his speech in the pillory, and their gagging of him : also the severe	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Kiffin, William, 1616-1701.; Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. Work of the beast.	1641 (1641)	Wing L2089; ESTC R1513	44,603	44

that you be not partakers of her sinnes and that you receive not of her plagues for her sinnes have reached unto heaven and God hath remembred her iniquities Here is the voyce of God himselfe commanding all his chosen ones though they have lived under this Antichristian slavish power and estate along time yet at last to withdraw their obedience and subjection from it My brethren we are all at this present in a very dangerous and fearefull condition under the Idolatrous and spirituall bondage of the Prelates in regard wee have turned traytors unto our God in seeing his Almighty great name and his heavenly truth troden under foot and so highly dishonoured by them and yet wee not onely let them alone in holding our peace but most slavishly and wickedly subject our selves unto them fearing the face of a piece of dirt more than the Almighty great God of Heaven and Earth who is able to cast both body and soule into everlasting damnation Oh repent I beseech you therefore repent for that great dishonour you have suffered to be done unto God by your fearefulnesse and cowardlinesse and for the time to come put on couragious resolutions like valiant souldiers of Iesus Christ and fight manfully in this his spirituall battell in which battell some of his souldiers have already lost part of their blood and withall study this Booke of the Revelation and there you shall find the mysterie of iniquitie fully unfolded and explained and also you shall see what great spirituall battels have beene fought betwixt the Lambe and his Servant and the Dragon the Divell and his vassals and some are to fight Therefore gird on your spirituall armour spoken of Ephes. 6. that you may quit your selves like good and faithful souldiers and feare no colours the victory and conquest is ours already for wee are sure to have it I doe not speake of any bodily and temporall battell but onely of a spirituall one and be not discouraged and knocked off from the study of it because of the obscurity and darknesse of it fore Lord hath promised his enlightening Spirit unto all his people that are laborious and studious to know him aright and also hee hath promised a blessing and pronounced a blessednesse unto all that reade and labour to keep the things contained in this booke Rev. 1. 3. My Christian brethren in the bowels of Jesus Christ I beseech you doe not contemne the things that are delivered to you in regard of the meannesse and weakenesse of me the instrument being but one of the meanest and unworthiest of the servants of Jesus Christ for the Lord many times doth great things by weake meanes that his power may be more seene for we are too ready to cast our eye upon the meanes and instrument not looking up unto that Almighty power that is in God who is able to doe the greatest things by the weakest meanes and therefore out of the mouths of Babes and Sucklings he hath ordained strength Psal. 8. 2. And he hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weake things of the world to confound the things which are mighty and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen yea things which are not to bring to nought things that are 1 Cor. 1. 27. 28. And he gives the reason wherefore he is pleased so to doe That no flesh should glory in his presence So you see God is not tyed to any instrument and meanes to effect his owne glory but hee by the least instrument is able to bring to passe the greatest things It is true I am a young man and no Scholler according to that which the world counts Schollership yet I have obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithfull and bee by a divine providence hath brought mee hither this day and I speake to you in the name of the Lord being assisted with the spirit and power of the God of heaven and earth and I speake not the words of rashnesse or inconsideratenesse but the words of sobernesse and mature deliberation for I did consult with my God before I came hither and desired him that hee would direct and enable me to speake that which might be for his glory and the good of his people And as I am a souldier fighting under the banner of the great and mighty Captain the Lord Iesus Christ and as I looke for that crowne of immortality which one day I know shall be set upon my temples being in the condition that I am in I dare not hold my peace but speake unto you with boldnesse in the might and strength of my God the things which the Lord in mercy hath made knowne unto my soule come life come death When I was here about there came a fat Lawyer I doe not know his name and commanded me to hold my peace and leave my preaching To whom I replyed and said Sir I will not hold my peace but speake my mind freely though I be hanged at Tiburne for my paines It seems he himselfe was galled and touched as the Lawyers were in Christs time when he spake against the Scribes and Pharisees which made them say Master in saying thus thou revilest us also So he went his way and I think complained to the Lords but I went on with my speech and said My brethren be not discouraged at the wayes of God for the affliction and crosse that doth accompany them for it is sweet and comfortable drawing in the yoake of Christ for all that and I have found it so by experience for my soule is fild so full of spirituall and heavenly joy that with my tongue I am not able to expresse it neither are any capable I think to partake of so great a degree of consolation but onely those upon whom the Lords gracious afflicting hand is And for mine owne part I stand this day in the place of an evill doer but my conscience witnesseth that I am not so And hereabout I put my hand into my pocket and puld out three of worthy Dr. Bastwicks Books and threw them among the people and said There is part of the Bookes for which I suffer take them among you and reade them and see if you find any thing in them against the Law of God the Law of the Land the glory of God the honour of the King or State I am the sonne of a Gentle man and my friends are of ranke and qualitie in the Countrey where they live which is 200. miles from this place and I am in my present condition deserted of them all for I know not one of them dare meddle with mee in my present estate being I am stung by the Scorpions the Prelates and for any thing that I know it may be I shall never have a favourable countenance from any of them againe and withall I am a young man and likely to have lived well and in plenty according to the

IOHN LILBURNE AETAT SVAE 23. Ano 1641. G Glo fecit Gaze not vpon this shaddow that is vaine But rather raise thy thoughts a higher straine To GOD I meane who set this young-man free And in like straits can eke deliuer thee THE CHRISTIAN MANS TRIALL OR A TRVE RELATION of the first apprehension and severall examinations of IOHN LILBVRNE With his Censure in Star-Chamber and the manner of his cruell whipping through the Streets whereunto is annexed his Speech in the Pillory and their gagging of him Also the severe Order of the Lords made the same day for fettering his hands and feet in yrons and for keeping his friends and monies from him which was accordingly executed upon him for a long time together by the Wardens of the Fleet with a great deale of barbarous cruelty and inhumanity c. Revel. 2. 10. Behold the Divell shall cast some of you into prison that you may be tryed and you shall have tribulation ten dayes be thou faithfull unto death and I will give thee a Crowne of life Matth. 10. 19. But when they deliver you up take no thought how or what you shall speake for it shall be given you in that houre what you shall say The second Edition with an addition LONDON Printed for WILLIAM LARNAR and are to be sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Golden Anchor neere Pauls-Chaine 1641. To the READER CHristian Reader here is presented to thy view a part of these cruell and grievous sufferings imposed upon this Author by the malignant malice of the Prelacy and that faction wherein thou mayest likewise see the twonder full gracious dealings of a good God carrying this Author through them all with boldnesse and courage being not daunted neither at their frownes nor whippings nor pil●ories● nor closoe prisons no nor yrons so that we may see the faithfull ●romises of our God before our eyes made good in this young man who path promised to be with his people in six troubles and seven and to hew himselfe strong in the behalfe of all those whose hearts are perfect before him that so hee might out of the mouthes of Babes and Suckings perfect his owne praise to the astonishment of all those who shall lift up heart or hand against him or the least of his holy ones and to the comfort and encouragement of all the Saints who from the consideration of the sweet supporting power of God appearing to others in their bonds are the more encouraged publiquely to hold forth their profession of the truths of the Lord Iesus with much more boldnesse and confidence as knowing that that God which hath appeared to others of the Saints in times of sufferings even before their eyes will also appeare to them in the like condition and therefore wee may a little see and take notice of the follyes of wicked mens wisdomes who thinke by their hellish wits to raze downe Syon and the truth of God to the ground and therefore they labour by the imprisonments and tortures of some to dash the rest out of heart that they should feare to shew any countenance to such a persecuted way whereas indeed the Saints have by this meanes a fairer object to pitch their faith and confidence upon namely the power and wisedome and grace and mercy of their God appearing in a more fuller vision before their eyes for the afflictions and persecution that are imposed by wicked men upon the Saints causeth them to see a spirit of glory resting upon them even in this condition here 1 Pet. 4. 13. 14 and a 〈◊〉 weight of glory provided for them hereafter 1 Cor. 4. 18. So that we may daily see the God of heaven fulfilling of his owne Word even in this thing which is that hee will confound the wisedome of the wise and bring to nought the understanding of the prudent and catch the wicked in their owne snares making the rage of man turne to his owne praise his peoples comforts and their ruins wherefore let the servants of God comfort one another with these words That we may not feare the feares of men which that we may be the more strengthened against them let us consider the cloud of witnesses which hath gone before 〈◊〉 a way of suffering even in these our times amongst whom the Author of this booke hath had his share with the deepest of them 〈◊〉 therefore to this end hath he published to the world this Tract that he might keepe alive to all posterities the goodnesse and mercy and love of God manifested to him under those cruell barbarous and tyrannical dealings of the prelaticall hierarchie that so all the Saints of God ma● hate that wicked calling and power of theirs and never give ov●● crying to God and men till it be razed downe to the ground that so the Lord Iesus may be set up as Lord and King which ought to he the desire and endeavour of all the chosen ones of God and is the desire of him who desires the good of the servants of God in all things in 〈◊〉 for Christ WILLIAM KIFFEN This is the first Part. A CHRISTIAN MANS TRIALL VPon Tuesday last the 11. or 12. of December 1637. I was treacherously and Judasly betraied by one that I supposed to be my friend into the hands of the Pursevant with foure of his assistants as I was walking in a narrow lane called Soper-lane being walking with one Iohn Chilliburhe servant to old Mr. Iohn Wharton in Bow-lane a Hotpresser * Which Iohn had laid the plot before for my apprehension as I am able for to prove and make good that he shall not be able with truth to deny it And at my taking the Pursevants were very violem me and having by force got me into a shop they throw me over a Sugar-chest to take my Sword from me and cried out for helpe and said he had taken one of the notoriousest dispersers of scandalous bookes that was in the Kingdome for saith he he hath dispersed them from one end of the Land to the other And from thence I was had to the Pole-head Taverne neere to the Dr. Commons where the Pursevants called freely for wine to make themselves merry thinking they had got a great prise Being not long there with my Pursevant Flamsted who apprehended me in came Bonn●ragge the great Prelates Pursevant and he looking upon me said Mr. Lilburne I am glad with all my heart that wee are met for you are the man that I have much desired for a long time to see To which I replied are you so And for my owne part I am not much unglad But you thinke you have got a great purchase in taking me but it may be you may be deceived Come saith he give us some wine and with that he swore an Oath he would give me a quart of Sacke for joyfulnesse of our meeting and so he called for it and dranke to me And I told him I would drinke no wine To

were that most resorted to me I desired I might be excused in that also Ey but you must give me an answer said he for I must certifie the Lords thereof Then said I I pray you tell their Honours I am unwilling to tell you What were those bookes said he that you threw abroad were they all of one sort Those that have them said I can certifie you of that I my selfe have one of them said he and have read it and can find no wit in it there is nothing but railing in it Sir said I I conceive you are mistaken for the booke is all full of wit it is true this booke which which you lighted on is not so full of solidity as other of his bookes are but you must understand that at that time when the Doctor made that booke he was full of heavinesse and in danger of a great punishment for the Prelates had breathed out more cruelty against him for writing his Apologie and at that time also hee was compassed about on every side with the Pestilence therefore hee made that booke to make himselfe merry But said he hee doth not write any thing in it to the purpose against the Bishops callings Sir said I I must confesse you lighted on the worst of the three And it is true there is not much soliditie and force of argument in it but onely mirth but the other two are as full of soliditie as this is of mirth What were they of three sorts said he Yes Sir that they were said I What were the other two called said he The one said I was his Answer to Sir Iohn Banks his information The other is an Answer to some Objections that are made against that books which you have but if ever you reade his Latine bookes you shall there find solidity enough and the wickednesse and unlawfulnesse of the Bishops callings and practises set forth to the full What Latine bookes be they said he His Flagellum for which hee was first censured said I What hath hee beene twice censured said hee Yes said I hee was censured in the High Commission Court for writing his Flagellum and after that he wrote his Apologie and that little booke which you have which were the cause of his censure in the Star-Chamber But hast thou any more of those bookes said hee Sir said I if I had had twenty of them more they should all have gone yesterday But hast thou any more of them now said hee Sir said I I verily thinke that if I should tell you I had not you would not believe mee and therefore if you please you may search my Chamber So I must said he for the Lords have commanded me so to doe therefore open your Trunke Sir said I it is open already Search it Iohn Hawes said he So he search'd it and found nothing there Open the Cubbard said he So I gave the Porter the key of my Cubbard to search it and he found nothing there but my victualls Search his pocket said the Warden Indeed Sir said I there is none in them yet he searched them and found as I said Then he searched all my Chamber over but found nothing at all Well Sir said I now you can certifie the Lords how you find things with mee but I pray Sir must I still be kept close prisoner I hope now the Lords have inflicted their censure on me they will not still keep mee close No said he within a little time you will be eased of it so wee tooke our leaves each of other and he went away And the next day being Friday and a Star-Chamber-day I hoped I should have had the liberty of the Prison but in stead thereof newes was brought me at evening that I must be removed to the Comon-G●al or a worse place and that I must be put in yrons Well for all this my God enabled me to keepe my hold still and not to let my confidence goe for blessed be his name for it this newes did not in the least manner trouble me And upon Saturday morning Iohn Hawes the Porter came with the woman that looked to me to my Chamber to stand by her that none might speake with me till shee had made my bed and done other things for me and he told me hee was sorry to heare such newes as he did concerning me What is it said I I heare said he that the Lords have ordered that you must be put into the Wards and kept close prisoner there and lie in yrons and none must be suffered to come at you to bring you any thing but you must live upon the Poore Mans Box Sir that 's very hard said I but the will of my God be done For mine owne part it nothing at all troubles me for I know in whom I have believed and I know not one hayre of my head shall fall to the ground without his providence and I have cast up my account already what it wil cost me therefore I weigh not any thing that can be inflicted on mee for I know that God made Paul and Silas to sing in the Stockes at midnight will also make mee rejoyce in my chaynes but it is very much that they will let none come to me to bring me any thing it seemes they will be more cruell to me than the very Heathens and Pagan Romans were to Paul who when he was in Prison did never refuse to let any come to him to administer to his necessities but I weigh it not for I know my God is and will be with me to make me goe through all my afflictions with cheerfulnesse for I feele his power within me so mightily supporting and upholding me that no condition in this world can make mee miserable and for mine own part I do no more set by my life blood in this cause then I doe a piece of bread when I have newly dyned Afterwards the woman telling me she hoped I should not have so sore a punishment laid on me but that I might have things brought me from my friends I told her I did not much care how it went with me for Ieremyes Dungeon or Daniels Den or the three Childrens Fornace is as pleasant and welcome to me as a Palace for wheresoever I am I shall find God there and if I have him that is enough to me and for victualls I told her I did not doubt but that God that fed the Prophet Esiah by a Raven would preserve me and fill me to the full by the way of his providence and if no meat should be brought me I knew if they take away my meat God will take away my stomack therefore I weighed not their cruelty and thereupon uttered to her these foure verses I doe not feare nor dread the face of any mortall man Let him against me bend his power and do the worst be can For my whole trust strength confidence My hope and all my aide Is in the Lord

IEHOVAS fence which Heaven and earth hath made The rest that I intended by the strength of my God to have spoken if I had not beene prevented by the Gag I now forbeare to set downe in regard I heare I am to come into the field again to fight a second battel unto which time I reserve it if the Lord so order it that I may have liberty to speake I doubt not but by the might and power of my God in whom I rest and trust valiantly to display the weapons of a good souldier of Iesus Christ Come life come death and in the meane time to what I have here said and written I set to my name by mee IOHN LILBVRN being wiritten with part of mine owne blood The rest of which by the Lords assistance I will willingly shed if he call for it in the maintaining of his Truth and Glory and that which I have here said and written by me JOHN LILBVRNE At the Inner Star-Chamber the 18th of April Anno Dom. 1638. Present Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Keeper Lord Treasurer Lord Privy Seale Earle Marshall Earle of Salisbury Lord Cottington Lord Newburch M. Secretary Cooke M. Secretary Windebanck WHereas Iohn Lilburne Prisoner in the Fleet by sentence in Starchamber did this day suffer condigne punishment for his severall offences by whipping at a Cart and standing in the Pillory and as their Lordships were this day informed during the time that his body was under the said execution audaciously and wickedly did not only utter sundry scandalous speeches but likewise scattered divers copies of seditious bookes among the people that beheld the said execution for which very thing among other offences of like nature he hath beene censured in the said Court by the aforesaid sentence It is therefore by their Lordships ordered that the said Iohn Lilburne should be laid alone with yrons on his hands and legges in the Wards of the Fleet where the basest and meanest sort of prisoners are used to be put and that the Warden of the Fleet take especiall care to hinder the resort of any persons whatsoever unto him And particularly that he be not supplyed with money from any friend and th●● hee take especiall notice of all letters writings and bookes brought unto him and seise and deliver the same unto their Lordships and take notice from time to time who they be that resort unto the said prison to visit the said Lilburne or to speake with him and informe the Board thereof And it was lastly ordered that all persons that shall be hereafter produced to receive corporall punishment according to sentence of that Court or by order of the Board shall have their garments searched before they be brought forth and neither writing nor other thing suffered to be about them and their hands likewise to be bound during the time they are under punishment Whereof together with the other premisses the said Warden of the Fleet is hereby required to take notice and to have especiall care that this their Lordships order be accordingly observed Examined per DVDLY CARLETON FINIS * And was since advanced by the Bishop of London to be his 〈◊〉 Licencer for his paines * But the greatest ground was Canterburies malice who sent his Pursevants to my Masters to apprehend me for my visiting of and welwishing to Noble Dr. Bastwicke which forced me to fly to save my selfe from thse cruell blood-suckers * Which Book proves them guilty of high trea * No legall proceeding in Star-Chamber * Iust in quisition like * This is the Divinities of the Prelates and their Creatures * But there was never any Bill as there ought to have been * Who they forced by cruelty so to doe having almost starved him in prison and also removed him into severall prisons to torment him to make him bend to their ●ow * There is no Law in this Land for warranting of thu Oath * This Prelate cannot lie * But sat downe in a fury having o● more to say * O cruell persecutors * O brave Iustice * And almost starved * So my youth was the cause of my whipping by Iudge ●ones his Law * Very satable to their constant practise * It hath beene an ordinary thing in the Star-chamber and high Commission either to forge Affidavits or to make addition unto them