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love_n	lord_n	love_v	people_n	5,825	5	5.2951	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49523	The Lyn persecution: being the case of our brother the Baptist minister there James Marham whose goods have been seized, and himself harrased in law (and is now prosecuted in Chancery) for holding a Baptist meeting in that town, notwithstanding his and the houses legal qualification. Here is also, a brief relation of his former service and sufferings in promoting the great, though much despised docrin [sic] of believers baptism. Well approved and advised by the general elder deceased Thomas Grantham. Attested by the adjacent churches, and directed to the churches at London and the country.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1693 (1693)	Wing L3571AA; ESTC R221783	8,713	16

Friends will not be wanting pray therefore hold not back your Christian Duty at this Time but to all the good things you have heretofore been exemplary in add this friendly Kindness also and pray do it as speedily and as well as you can remember the ancient and true Proverb Bis dat qui cito dat Written at Lyn Regis Norfork Feb. 6. 1692. Your Brother in the Lord Nicholas Knowles Whitelsey If you desire further Confirmation of the Premises they will be signed and attested by the Brethren in Norwich Yarmouth and Lincolnshire Wisbich Feb. 16. 1692 3. Brother Doe ACording to your Request I shall give you some short account of what Sufferings Mr. Marham formerly underwent upon the account of my keeping a Meeting at his House One Mr. Bur a Justice of the Peace granted out a Warrant to break up the Meeting and the Warrant ran to take one John Thorp or one that came from or near Wisbich whose Name they knew not There was abundance of People raised with all sorts of Weapons the Doors broke open and I was taken and kept Prisoner till next Day and then had before the Justice Mr. Marham resolving not to leave me went thither with me They sent 5 Informers but I took great Notice of the goodness of God in that thing for 4 of them were poor Labourers and had no Living but under their Master that sent them yet said they would starve sooner than swear to do me wrong then they had but one After the Justice saw he wanted Witness said The Parliament was very short in making that Act that they did not make a Corporal Punishment as well as a Purse But said he Marham I will send you to the Goal and I will ruin the Anabaptist meetings in this Country or they shall ruin me out of my House So Mr. Marham was sent to the Goal to his great loss and Charge before he came out His Sufferings are so many and so great that without a considerable Time I cannot give account He hath had his Goods seized and several other Persons had been ruined if he had not been for he stood like a Man resolved for God to what he knew He saved many poor Persons from being ruin'd nay some of the Officers that seized his Goods and defended all the Professors at his own Cost and Charge that came to the Meetings His Acts in entertaining and relieving such Ministers as were in want hath not been wanting I speak not as to my self for I never had any thing of him nor blessed be God wanted it not I say If the baptized Congregations suffer this ruin to befal him and his F●…ily there is no Congregation safe by this Act for where shall we find any single Person able to vie such Suits with great Men and notwithstanding God hath a People there yet no Man must go to Preach but he must be ruin'd I need say no more at present you having some knowledg of Things but I desire the Lord would touch the Hearts of his People with a fellow-feeling of his now Sufferings and consider how far the honour of God is s●ruck at and the Liberty of the King 's loving Subjects This with my Love from your unworthy Brother in the Bands of the Gospel William Rix. Pray give the inclosed to Brother Keach seal it or not as you see occasion The Lo●d of his Mercy move the Hearts of the People to shew Bowels of Compassion to this Person and Cause But if there be hardness of Heart and no fellow-feeling I shall fear greater Judgments coming on for I took ●otice it was so before the Persecution broke out so violent for some Persons they first begun upon were in a way to have freed all the rest but no person would contribute a Penny their Purses not being big enough the Cause fell and some that denied a small Contribution that were very able at last came to the loss of some hundred Pounds this I took notice of and know to be true Since this Narrative was put to the Printers Brother Marham came to London on purpose to put in his Answer in Chancery and did it and then several Brethren discoursed him Feb. 27 1692. FINIS