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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66605	The memorial of the just shall not rot, or, A collection of some of the letters of that faithful servant of the Lord, William Wilson who departed this life the tenth day of the fifth month 1682 ... together with several testimonies concerning his faithfulness in his day : unto which is added a brief accompt of some of the buffetings, imprisonments, and spoiling of goods he patiently suffered for his testimonies sake.	Wilson, William, d. 1682.	1685 (1685)	Wing W2955; ESTC R30210	52,995	72

of Eshdal in the County of Cumberland because this faithful and obedient servant by and through the Motion of the Divine Spirit of God did exhort people to mind that of God in their consciences and to turn to that holy Light and Law which he hath put in their inwards Parts that by the same they might come to know the will of God and do it I say because of these and such like words the Priest in a cruel rage did beat and wound him and with one of his Crutches did break his Head and caused the blood to run down his Shoulders and Back and being a lame man caused his Horse to be brought upon which he mounted and in the sight of the people did upon Williams bare head break his Staff in three pieces which made the people cry fie upon such merciless work So when the Priest had made an end of his savage dealing he set forwards to go home but before he got thither he met with a reproof for his Cruelty from him who rewards every one according to the deeds done with body whether they be good or evil for he stroak him with sickness so that he never came more at the Steeple-House during the time of which sickness he was very loathsome for he stinked above the ground and was even made an example by him who safely keeps his obedient ones from being devoured by the beasis of Prey who alone is worthy to be glorified for ever more And so the Lord God of life light and power who knows how to declare and to wrok both immediately and instrumentally who is never wanting unto his faithful and obedient Servants who truly depend upon his holy divine Spirit a measure of which he hath freely given to all mankind to be their instructer and leader into all Truth and they are blessed and for ever happy who are instructed and led thereby and are truely and really given up thereunto though they may meet with many difficulties and troubles as did this faithful Man W. W. but out of them all the Lord delivered him and in his holy power gave him dominion and in the Authority of the same sent him into Germany to bear a Testimony against the wickedness of the wicked and against the ungodliness of the ungodly warning the wicked to turn from his wicked wayes and the ungodly from their ungodly thoughts unto the light of God in their hearts and to the holy Measure of his divine Spirit in their inward parts for which he suffered great hardship in the city of Hambrough and in Germany and other places thereaways both by Sea and by Land And after he had finished his service which he had to bear for the Lord in those parts the God of Light brought him back again into his own native Country and outward habitation where he was a good instrument in the hand of the Lord both to the gathering and incouraging of many in and to the way of the Lord both in Declaration and also in life and Conversation For as he taught so he lived in humility dread and fear before the Lord being a good favour both in them that did believe and also in them that not believe reaching forth his hand daily for the good of all truely delighting in the way of the Lord rising early and walking late for the honour of the same and durst not bow bend nor honour no haughty nor proud losty mind because thereof he as well as many others of our dear friends have suffered great hardship for they that fear the Lord know right well and that by good experience it s the humble that God teacheth and he direct the meek and the lowly in the right way which way our dear friend W. W. was very bold to declare unto many and that in a living demonstration of the Spirit of Truth which is the most excellent teacher and teacheth to declare the way of God aright for without a harkening and giving up to be led and guided by it None can declare of the way of God aright nor perform their duty unto him therefore it s the concern of all to mind the measure or manifestation of the Spirit or grace of God which is freely given to all that they may profit therewith and those that truly comes to profit therewith they are often pusht at by them who do not mind it insomuch that is come to pass in our day as it was in the day of the Prophet he that now departs from iniquity becomes a prey to them who rebel against the Light Grace or Spirit of the Lord. And though this faithful warrier and servant of the Lord did faithfully suffer persecution in his own native Land near his outward habitation yet still the Lord preserved him having more for him to go through for it pleased the Lord to send him into Scotland several times there to declare his message freely which was that God is light and in him is no Darkness at all and so if possible to turn their minds from darkness to light from Satans power unto the power of the Lord unto which power every Soul ought to be subject and in the same to live and dwell and have their being so shall it be well with them when the time comes that they must lay down this earthly Tabernacle and must go hence and be no more sin for the Prophet said All flesh is grass and the glory of it as the flower of the grass withereth and the flower thereof fadeth away but the word of the Lord endureth for ever And the last time that this faithful Souldier of Christ who fought under his banner was in Scotland he was moved by the Spirit of the Lord to travel into the remote parts thereof where many times he was in jeopardie of his life there to declare unto them the way of the Lord freely for freely he had received therfore freely he did give as do all they Ministers of Christ Jesus who is come to learn of him and to obey his command who commanded his Ministers saying freely ye have received freely give And in these far and remote parts the Lord God of life and power of whom he had freely received was not a wanting unto him but was a present help in every needful time and was always neer to preserve his obedient traveller until he had finished his Testimony which freely he had received from the Lord to bear in these remote places and then the Lord God almighty of life and power who was his leader thither and his instructer there was his protector back again at whose coming his Relations Friends and Neighbours was very glad for though many had pusht at him and envied him looking and often expecting for his ruin and Inprisonment several of them did then stand in need of him for the Lord blest his labour every way and made him able and willing to help them in several of their necessities for his hand was alwayes open

to the needful and his delight was to do good to them that had done ill to him for indeed he overcame evil with that which was good So that they that formerly had been his enemies was made to say William Wilson is an honest Man for he walked circumspectly as those that are redeemed by the Lord seeking by all means to bring honour to the way of the Lord and to exalt the same over all the by-ways set up in the fallen wisdom of man for the way of the Lord is a spiritual way and his worship a spiritual worship for all that truly worships him it must be in Spirit and in Truth And not in forms traditions and outward observations as loe hear and loe there in this tradition and that observation which many have made a great stir about and been fitting up in their own wills and ways being degenerated from the Spirit of the Lord in which he is only alone worshipped And because this faithful servant and Minister of the Lord did often cry against those that taught for Doctrine the commandments of men being ignorant of the cammand of the Lord in themselves therefore he was often by them haled to prison and Cruelly handled as was hinted before And several times sued for tythe for John Ambross in the year 1682. did exhibit a bill in the Exchequer against him and several other of his friends because they could not give him tythe for his cure who in his bill of complaint to the said court affirmed that he was their Curate but it hath pleased the Lord to provide a better place for him Then John Ambross intended or sought for him for his intentions was if his unreasonable ends was not answered to put him in some prison or dungeon or such like place or else to ruinate him in his estate and so it s come to pass in our day and we are living witnesses of the words of the Prophet of the Lord concerning those that deceive people and caused them to err and bite with their Teeth and cry peace and he that putteth not into their mouths they even prepare war against him Micah 3.5 And this is that cure they Minister unto those who cannot put into their Mouths who in the light of the Lord hath seen their deceit and can in reality and truth give this certain Testimony that they are Curates of no value for those that have been feeding such Curates and have been living under their cure Twenty Thirty Forty or Fifty Years many of them hath as great reason to cry at this day as they had the first day they went to them no Health in us no Health in us And therefore all hath great need to walk in the spirit of the Lord that in the same they may pray unto him and say from such Biters Preparers of War and Curates Good Lord deliver us And from such Curates God almighty hath delivered his faithful servant William Wilson and placed him where they cannot touch him with their War nor come near him with all their sharp Instruments nor wound him with their Darts nor bruise him with their Blowes The good Curate who freely gives his Cure who is indeed a Phisicion of value who heals all that come unto him and doth depend upon him he alone hath taken care for him and given him rest from his labours for the Lord hath an eye to them that have an eye to him and he draws near to them that draws near to him and he is a true preserver of them that depend upon him and singly desire to walk in his way Which way this faithful man William Wilson had a tender regard unto who above all things desired that he might be preserved in the same and be in his day and time an honour to the same and in reality and truth so he was and for it he had a delight day and night to labour and travel and was in his journey and travel for the renown of the same when the Lord of life and power was pleased to visit him with sickness which he took very patiently earnestly desiring of the Lord to turn him which way he thought best and to bring him to his Wife and Children And according to his desire God almighty whom he served in reality of heart who had been with his saithful traveller and delivered him in many straits and dangers was at this time near unto him and strengthen his outward man according as he desired and brought him to his Wife and Children and outward habitation where several came to visit him unto whom he said it will be well with me what way soever the Lord be pleased to order me And the third day after he came home he was taken out of the Body during which time he set his House in order and several sweet and Heavenly exhortations he left among his Familly and within half an hour before his departure he walked over the Floor between another Friend and me who said my love is generally to Friends and then after a little space with great difficulty of breathing he uttered these expressions Oh that every one would mind the Lord that they might reap life which being spoken like a harmless Dove he sat down in his Chair and soon after drew breath no more William Rigg's Testimony Concerning William Wilson THis testimony have I to give for our dear Friend William Wilson that he was an innocent Man a lover of truth and righteousness and not only so but a walker therein for by his honest and upright life and Conversation he was a preacher of righteousness unto many as well as by Word and Doctrine which he was a labourer in for many years not only in this Land but in more remote parts of the World beyond the Sea and the Lord was with him and his power and presence did go along with him and the Lord made him instrumental in his hand for the good of many for it was the joy of his heart to see truth prosper and that many might come to enjoy that precious Pearl and Jewel of great worth the Kingdom of God in them which consisteth in Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost which he was made a living witness of And his testimony was living and powerful to the teaching of the witness of God in many not only by word and Doctrine but also by life and Conversation as I said before whereby he reached the best part in all Men with whom he was Concerned or where ever he was ordered to go so that all were forced to confess that he was an honest Man for he was of a lowly meek and Condescending Spirit unto the meanest Capacities whereby he got the love of many and he confirmed and scaled his Testimony not only by doing uprightly but also by suffering the spoiling of his goods and imprisonment of his body and also by blowes wounds and cruel usage by inhumane and unreasonable Men counting nothing too