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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93230	The Saints testimony finishing through sufferings: or, The proceedings of the court against the servants of Jesus, who were called before them to be tryed at the late assizes (or sessions) held in Banbury in the county of Oxon, the 26 day of the seventh moneth, 1655. Also a relation of Margret Vivers, going to the steeple-house in Banbury, after the assize (or sessions) as aforesaid: and a testimony against false prophets, and false doctrine; ... And the manner of Richard Farnsworth imprisonment at Banbury, with a short examination and answer. And the cause of his detainment. Also, a warning from the spirit of the Lord (in his hand-maid Anne Audland) to the persecuting priest and people, &c. And a letter of Robert Rich to the magistrates of Banbury, ... Likewise a letter of Tho. Curtis to the professed minister called Samuel VVells in Banbury. And a certificate wherein is manifested the diligence that was used to know the causes of the prisoners commitments ... (Anne Audland, Iane VVaugh, Sarah Tims, and Nathaniel VVeston) as wel as Robert Rich, ... With a paper relating the sufferings of the innocent.	Vivers, Margaret.; Audland, Anne, 1626 or 7-1705.; Rich, Robert, d. 1679.; Curtis, Thomas, 17th cent.	1655 (1655)	Wing S365; Thomason E857_7; ESTC R203441	49,745	48

follow me here the necessity is laid down by Christ himself therefore he that denyeth not self in obedience to Christ to follow his light but continues in sin and unbelief abiding in darkness is no Saint but a Servant of sin and so out of the Doctrine of Christ and he that abides in darkness speaking against self-denyall saying it makes no Saint though in obedience to the Spirit and word of God he is a contradictor of the truth and a denyer of the Doctrine of Christ and neither knoweth a Saint nor him that sanctifieth but is ignorant of the turn and the Apostles Doctrine who saith seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit love one another with a pure heart fervently being born again contrary to self and the corruptible seed for witnessing him that sanctifieth Iohn 8.12 and that which discovereth sin and self in the ground of it with its fruits and effects which is the true light of Christ who calls to repentance and a denyall both of sin and self and in obedience to his call such as follow his light are thereby led out both of darkness and self out of self-self-love self-seeking self-conceitedness and all unbelief and sinfulness as wel as out of self-righteousness error delusion and deceit and into the love and joy of the Lord righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost and so into the marvellous light even the light of life according to the word of the Lord in obedience thereunto through the working of the Spirit and power of God but such as are servants of sin and do not envy self but disobeyeth the light of him that sanctifieth they are in the unrighteousness denying the Doctrine of Christ and turns persecutors of them that deny self in obedience to him as their fruits maketh manifest who continue in felse undenyed as wel as the Priests antichristian or false Doctrine for after the Priest of Banbury had been spoken unto for the same instead of vindicating by Scripture what he had delivered contrary to truth when he was spoken to for it he suffered the servants of the Lord Jesus as antichristians aforetime did to be haled out of the Synagogue and haled down to the Goalers house attended with a great company of people which shewed much rudeness and wildness what little effect their Ministry had wrought and so it were a clear manifestation that they were unbelievers and those that regarded iniquity in their hearts and lived in sin and self undenyed and were not guided by the spirit of Christ but of Antichrist as persecutors and such in their nature aforetime were Act. 17.5 6 c. Afterwards one was moved to go down to the Goalers house to the friend that was in custody at that time and some they pushed and abused him and some others began to reason with him and would have had the Steeplehouse to be the Church but could not prove it so to be and there they shewed again that their Priests Ministry had neither taught them civility nor good-behaviour that were so wild and disboist neither had his Ministry taught them as was said to know what the Church of Christ was for the Church is the body of which Christ is head and he is the head of the body his Church Eph. 1.22 23. Coll. 1.18 19. as the Scripture witnesseth but Steeplehouses are not the body of which Christ is head neither is Christ the head of the body of Steeplehouses as he is of his Church therefore the Steeplehouses are not Christs church and yet poor deluded creatures have been taught by the Priests to believe that steeplehouses are churches and so they call them and rests in the perishing and visibles that are so ignorant of the true church the pillar and ground of truth 1 Tim. 3.15 Heb. 3.6 1 Pet. 2.5 Eph. 2.20.21 22. Eph. 5.25 26 32. ver And after that when they had confessed that they had Margret Vivers who had spoken to the Priest in the Steeplehouse after that he had ended that day there neither for whoredome felony nor theft and words to that purpose yet it was the Mayors mind that she should be there but whether she had committed any offence or no they could not tel as they said and words to that effect and the man that kept her there upon such uncertainty when they was about to put her in Prison and had her at the dore but did not put her in for no Law by her was transgressed at that time as it was said that could be proved for witnessing the truth in obedience to the command of the Lord yet though they did not commit herto Prison other two they did one that stood by and another that was quietly passing up the street at that same time and the man that had kept her in custody did object against a woman speaking in the Church it was asked whether the Spirit of God might not be permitted to speak in the Temple of God yea or nay the which by some was answered and granted that it might Answer To the Question about the woman forbidden to speak in the Church and proved that the spirit of God may speak in his Temple either in the Body of male or female let the woman keep silence in the Church as it is said and let God speak by his spirit in his Temple 2 Cor. 6.16 Either of male or female whose bodies are the Temples of God through the spirit 1 Cor. 3.16 17. For in Christ Iesus the spirit of God in male and female is both one Eph. 2.19.19 20. Gal. 3.27 28. And Paul he commended Pheba in his Epistle to the Romans which Phebe was a servant of the Church which was at Cenchrea Rom. 16.1 and in the same Epistle he saluted Priscilla and also gave thanks with the Churches for her labour who had been a helper of him in Christ Jesus and she was a woman labourer in the Gospel by the Spirit of truth so was there woman labourers with Paul in the Gospell which he writes of in his Epistle to the Philippians as wel as them he speaks of whose names are written in the book of life Rom. 16.3 4. Phi. 4.3 So was there women guided by the Spirit of the Lord that were the Lords Prophetesses as wel as there were men that were his Prophets and the Lord spoke his word by his own Spirit in and through the one as wel as the other Miriam Arons Sister was a Prophetess and spake forth the praise of God in that dispensation and administration by the spirit of God that teacheth to prophensie as wel as the manifestation of it is given to profit withall Exod. 15.20 21. Isa 8.16 17 1 Cor. 12.7 And Deborah a Prophetess by the Spirit of the Lord which taught her to prophesie she therewith judged Israel and were a Minister of Justice amongst the Lords people in her dayes and in that dispensation insomuch that the Children of Israel came up

so sent him safely to Faelex the Governour with an Epistle shewing the cause wherefore he was committed or taken into his custody with the Iews accusations laid to his charge or spoak of the Jews that accused him who sought to take away his life which he understood to be worthy neither of death nor of bonds and therefore he gave commandment to his accusers to appear befor Foelex to say what they had against him And when the Souldiers came to Cesaria they delivered the Epistle to Foelex the Govenor and presented Paul also before him who when he had read the Epistle and asked of what Province he was understanding he was of Celiscia dealt nobly with him saying He would hear him when his accusers was come And after they came with a certain Oritor who informed the Governour against Paul the Prisoner and begun to accuse him laying many false accusations against him as at this time they do against the servants of Iesus who abide in his Doctrine as Paul did whom they in their accusation said he was sound a pestilent fellow and a mover of sedition amongst all the Iews throughout the world and a Ring-leader of the Sect of the Nazarens and when Tertulus the Oritor which the High priests and Elders brought to carry on their deceit in a plawsable manner had laid down their false accusations the high Priests Elders and Iews assented to the same saying they were so Then Paul after Poelex the Iudge had beckned to him to speak he answered the more cheerfully for himself and to clear his innocency and make their accusations appear to be false he let the Iudge understand that there were but twelv days since he went down to Ierusalem to worship letting him understand the whole matter that there was no such thing done by him as they had laid down in their accusations against him neither could they prove the things whereof they accused him And Foelex who sate Iudge hearing these things Act. 23.23 to the end that he might act according to Law deferred til Lissius the chief Captain should come that he might know the uttermost of their matter and commanded that Paul should be kept til he came Act. 34.1 to the 24. verse he also commanded the Centurion that kept him to let him have liberty and that he should not forbid or hinder any of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him By all this you may learn how to act and do in such cases whose unrighteous acting against Anne Audland Iane VVaugh Sarah Times Nathaniel VVeston c. the Servants of the Lord that gives not the liberty to them that the Heathens did to Christians in former ages One Sarah Tims who had been imprisoned in Banbury eleven weeks who met the Priest in the Grave-yard and said M●n fear the Lord in obedience to his command not uttering abuse to any and when she had so spoken the rude multitude hurried her and struck her with their hands others kicked her and stoned her with stones and Iohn Austine being Mayor and other Magistrates there present rebuked not the rude company as is certified in a Letter and sent in writing to the Priest Magistrates in Banbury after she was beaten abused she was sent to the Prison though no Law was by her broken as did appear at her examination at the Assizes or Sessions at Banbury the day as aforesaid and being called to the Bar appearing it was asked to give in Sureties for her good behaviour so she desired to know first what Law she had transgressed and what they had against her to which they answered if she would not give in sureties she should to prison again then she desired to know by what law they committed her and one Iohn Austine called Mayor answered that sweeping the house and washing the dishes was the first point of law to her or words to that effect so sent her back again to the Prison she not being charged with the breach of any Law nor witness brought in against her but it wil be hard for any to believe these things who were not eye witnesses of the in that such in justice should be acted in this Nation where there hath bin so much freedom and liberty of conscience talked of Then one Nathaniel VVeston an inhabitant in the said Town was called to the Bar who had bin commanded by the Lord to go to the Steeplehouse in Banbury where the people were assembled together whil'st the Priest of the Town called Samuel VVells was speaking to them who suddenly gave over preaching as they call it and spoke twice so the people saying there was one he feared come into the congregation which would breed a disturbance and he called to some to take him forth for he said he could not proceed to prayer whilest he was there then one VVilliam VVheatly a Magistrate with others haled him forth of the synagogue or steeplehouse and afterward Nathaniel VVeston being sent for before the Mayor was tendred the Oath of Abjuration when in their consciences they might know he was never addicted to popery but alwaies an enemy to their Opinions and from his childhood observed and to them wel known being born and bred in the said Town and was accounted to be a strict professor of that which was accounted the reformed religion and continued a diligent hearer of those Ministers who were counted godliest and strictest in their conversation till of late in the light of Christ Jesus he saw them to be out of the Doctrine of Christ and the power thereof and although they preached to others yet themselves were as cast-awaies not living the life of them who are declared of in the Scriptures to be the Servants of God and Ministers of Christ but live in the pride and covetousness in the strife and envying and in the love and lust customes and vanities of the world and preaching by their conversation the same things things being thereunto guided by a Spirit of deceit which is the reason their hearers live so wickedly and so they are loved and upheld by the wicked world and the love of the Father they know not who live in such practises therefore all people behold and see if you can the subtil enmity of this Generation to be the same that ever was against the true worshippers of God in Spirit who use all unjust wayes and means as the serpents seed ever did falsly to accuse and persecute the innocent And although it cannot be unknown to the Magistrates of the town of Banbury that papists live in it yet when was it ever known that they tendred the Oath of Abjuration unto them as if it were for no other end but a snare to entrap the innocent but the Lord God in his power is risen and into the pit must they go which for others they have digged and a just reward shall they receive from the hands of the Lord whom we know liveth and wil plead the