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A43121	A collection of the Christian writings, labours, travels, and sufferings of that faithful and approved minister of Jesus Christ, Roger Haydock to which is added an account of his death and burial.	Haydock, Roger, 1643-1696.; Haydock, John. A brief account of the life, travels, sufferings, and death of Roger Haydock.; Haydock, Roger, 1643-1696. Skirmisher confounded.; Haydock, Roger, 1643-1696. A hypocrite unveiled.	1700 (1700)	Wing H1206; ESTC R25420	111,178	301

pour out a double Portion of his Spirit upon us lest behind and raise up many more that so his Work may become Prosperous in the Earth Amen Oh how Comfortable is the Remembrance of that perfect Love Nearness and Unity that we enjoyed together without the least Jarr which made our Service and Labour together very easie and pleasant and our Conversation together very sweet And know that he was Open-hearted Free and Faithful to his Friend a great Lover as well as Promoter of Love Peace and Concord amongst Brethren able in Advice sound in Judgment tender and kind to the Weak every way ready to serve and help the Needful in every respect of a truly Humble and Lowly Spirit giving Preference to others especially Elders although a Man that had a kind of Greatness or Presence in a Manly Carriage or Deportment from which some might mistake him that knew him not in the Root of Life and Truth Fervent in Spirit Zealous for the Promotion of the Interest of Truth in a Godly-Discipline and gospel-Gospel-Order amongst all Friends and his Care and Labour that all might be found in the Practice of the pure Religion professed That so Zion might become Glorious the Praise of the whole Earth and the Church and Family of God be kept Pure and Chaste to shine forth in her Splendor the Eclipsing whereof in any respect I know was ever his Exercise and under the Exercise thereof have simpathized with him in Sorrow and Mourning whom I knew esteemed of and preferred the Peace Prosperity Wellfare and Increase of the Glory of Zion God's People far above his own His Natural Parts were great and augmented by a good and liberal Education All which being Sanctified as well as Inlarged by the Power of Truth made him both Honourable and Serviceable in the Church of Christ in many respects And tho' he be Dead yet Lives and Speaks amongst us and is Enjoyed in that Life which never Ends. And as he has turned many to Righteousness he now shines as a bright Star in the Firmament of God's Power and his Name will be of Lasting Remembrance amongst the Living T. Camm H. M's Testimony concerning our dear and faithful Friend Roger Haydock Deceased AMongst many of the Lord's Worthies whom in this our Day Age and Generation he hath endued with Wisdom Courage Valour and Prevalency in Innocency and Righteousness to make War without Carnal Weapons against the Spiritual Enemies of God and of his Son Christ Jesus the Lamb without Blemish that taketh away the Sin of the World this our dear Friend Roger Haydock was not one of the least who before I knew him was at the Challenges of Priests that opposed the Truth to which he bore Testimony several times engaged in Disputations as Defendant for the Truth professed and lived in by him and the People called Quakers against the false Charges of the Priests One Passage whereof being related to me by one of the party adverse to him when I was a Stranger to the Truth and to Roger Haydock tended to my Convincement and in hopes it may likewise be of good effect to others I shall here insert it viz. My Neighbour told me he had been at a Dispute between Mr. Cheyney as he called him and a Quaker whom I have since known to be Roger Haydock and and that Cheyney among other things charged the Quakers for not using Baptism of Infants Then I asked him how the Quaker answered to that He said Indeed the Quaker behaved himself very moderately and civilly in his way and answered That there was no Proof in the Scriptures of Truth for it and that it was only Men's Invention and by Man's Tradition that they held it and considering how they used it who professed the Scriptures to be their Rule which did not warrant them therein it appeared in them to be ridiculous both before God and Man Then I asked him What Proof Cheyney brought for it He answered to this effect That he did not understand that Cheyney brought any Proof for it This Relation induced me to seek for what Proof could be found for it because I had been taught that my Infant-Baptism was the Foundation of my Christianity thereupon diligently searching the Scriptures and after that reasoning with my Teachers I plainly saw there was no Proof from the Scriptures nor Authority from Christ to be found for it and that therefore my Foundation was unsound and the Building upon it dangerous and ruinous Therefore in a deep Sense of my want of a Foundation that could not be moved I left the Builders upon Infant-Baptism and earnestly sought unto the Lord who in his own time Revealed in me that Foundation which standeth sure even the Rock of Ages the Foundation of all the Generations of the Righteous that great Mystery hid from many Professors which is Christ in Believers the Hope of their Glory who Baptizeth them with Spiritual Water and Fire a Manifestation of whose Spirit is given to every Man to profit withal which inwardly Reproveth the Disobedient but Comforteth the Faithful who in it have true Unity and Fellowship one with another And in this I was in the Lord's time acquainted with this my aforesaid dear Friend and faithful Servant of Christ whose Service the Lord made of good effect to me by the aforesaid Relation of one that was as an Adversary to him and that a considerable time before I knew him for about the time that I left the aforesaid Builders my Teachers he was concerned in the Lord's Service in Ireland in the Year 1680. He was Laborious in the Service to which the Lord by his Grace had called him and for which he had fitted him in giving him largely to know and understand the deep Mysteries of his Kingdom and filling his Treasure with the durable Riches and Righteousness thereof And as he plenteously and freely received of the Lord so it was his delight and great Concern in the Counsel of God freely to give and impart Spiritual Gifts to others that many might be enriched with the same And therefore through great Travels Sufferings and Exercises he cheerfully went in the Lord's Service who blessed his Labours so that he was Instrumental in the Lord's Hand for the turning of many from Darkness to Light and from Satan's Power to God He was neither sparing of Himself nor his Substance to serve the Lord the Giver who blessed him as well with Temporal as Spiritual Blessings of both which he was very free in the Love of God to communicate having an especial Care over the Poor that none might want and a tender respect to the least appearance of Good in any that it might be incouraged He was concerned for the general Good of all but especially Serviceable in the Church of Christ being as a Pillar in the House of God firm and stable supporting the Weak and edifying the Houshold in Love His Ministry attended by the Lord's Power hath often hit my Condition

Thus But rather strengthen our selves in the Lord that we may according to our Membership be more capable to serve the Lord and his People as we had him and others for Examples it was a Portion of the Lord's Spirit that made him a Worthy in Israel that hath made me at this time thus Testifie of him so that I can say He being Dead yet speaketh God by his goodness grant to raise many such helps in Israel to the dignifying of his Name which this our dear deceased Friend sought Since I have known Truth above twenty Years and observed the Conversation of such as were in Christ before me I have beheld few if any more remote from self-Praise or Exaltation I believe while in this Tabernacle I shall not forget his Advice to me the first opportunity I had with him after I was convinced by him viz. Not to Attribute any thing to Man but give God the Glory and with what Reverence and Gravity these things were expressed his Humility at that time reached the better part in me and I hope will remain as a Nail fastned in a sure Place My Prayer to the Lord is that he may raise many such Ministers in his now Israel to the furtherance of his Name Truth and Holiness and that many may be willing as he was to spend and be spent to go to and fro that Knowledge may be increased What I have already testified of this my Father and Friend for in his Bonds he begat me hath eased my Spirit I loved him dearly in his Life and no less at his Death whose Savour reached to People of all sorts and his Death lamented I was several times with him in his Sickness and was concerned in Mind to go down a little before his Departure so that with many good Friends I was present and saw him put off this outward Tabernacle though to our Sorrow yet in a full perswasion that he died the Death of the Righteous prepared for that future felicity which a numberless Number is following after which neither Hell nor Death Beast or false Prophet shall be able to hinder Amen Amen Although I could further Amplify and Enlarge this my Testimony yet shall desist with Real and Ardent Desires to the Lord that he may order our Conversation aright and that all that names the Name of Jesus may depart from Iniquity and be sanctified to reign with the Righteous World without End Christopher Winn. Penk●th near Warrington in Lancashire the 3d of the 3d Month 1697. William Ellis's Testimony concerning dear Friend Roger Haydock I Have much in my Heart concerning our dear Friend Roger Haydock tho' I cannot express to the full what I know of him but however I shall say the less not questioning but that there are Testimonies in the Hearts of many Friends to his Worth and Faithfulness and Service in the Blessed and Holy Truth wherein we have believed and felt the Blessed Effects of our Faith to the great Comfort and Consolation of our Souls It was about twenty one Years the last 3d Month since I was Convinced of the Blessed Truth And though I have since that day had many Instructors in Christ yet I have not many Fathers for in Christ Jesus was I begotten by him through the Gospel and the Operation of the Holy Spirit which did Effectually open a door of Entrance in my Heart as it opened a door of Utterance unto him It was at a Meeting at Bradley near Skipton in Yorkshire where he declared the Day of God which was broken forth in this Age in great Splendor to Enlighten Mankind he spoke many things which reached the States of many in that day alluding from the State of Israel of old who passed through the Sea and saw the wondrous Works which the Lord wrought for their Deliverance yet some forgot him and made themselves Idols of their Jewels and Earings saying These be thy Gods O Israel who brought thee out of the Land of Egypt and then sat down to Eat and Drink and rose to Play With many more precious Words wherewith he did sound forth the glorious Gospel I was abundantly satisfied that day with what I had felt and heard So I took heed unto the Word in my Heart unto which I had been directed by him and it grew and Increased and my Faith Increased and I became according to my small Measure obedient thereunto and my Soul was in love with the Truth and the Followers thereof especially with him who had been the Instrument of publishing the same to me his Feet was indeed beautiful unto me and I could say in Truth Blessed be him that Cometh in the Name of the Lord I saw his Zeal and was sensible of the Sincerity of his Heart and Endeavours in his Life-time to promote to his utmost the great Name of God And when through Providence I came to be more Intimately Acquainted with him I was confirmed in my sense of him and his Love to God and Zeal for the Truth and have in many private Opportunities with him been abundantly satisfied in the sweet Society and Fellowship we have injoyed together and I am fully perswaded that his Root was in the Truth and that he was sensible that the Root bore him and he grew therein and laboured much to bring People to be established upon the Sure Rock Christ Jesus the Root of Life upon which the True Church is Built And I know his Labours in that Respect was great and the Lord saw his Faithfulness and poured out upon him the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding and of a sound Mind to promote Good Discipline and Comely Order in his Church that She might be like the True Church of Old which John spoke of under the Similitude of A Woman who was clothed with the Sun and had the Moon under her Feet Which Glory did far Excel the Glory that attended Solomon in his best State for the sake of which the Queen of the South came far and was overcome with the Sight thereof Thus did he Labour and Travel in his Day spending himself that the Church might be adorned with the Comely Attire and Ornaments of the Holy Spirit and that the Name of the Lord Jesus her Head might spread to the Ends of the Earth Blessed be the great God of Heaven and Earth that raised up him and many more who could hold the Sword and be Expert in the War like the Cant. 3.7 8. Threescore Valiant Men of Israel who kept the Bed of Solomon Or like the Judges 20.15 16. Men of Benjamin who could Sling to an Hairs Breadth and not miss The Lord Raise up more such Faithful Labourers in his Vineyard and give them Wisdom and Zeal to Train up those who shall believe in the Truth in sound Discipline as well as in Word and Doctrine that he may Restore unto the Churc● 〈◊〉 1.26 Judges as at the First and 〈◊〉 as at the Beginning that Men may call them The City of

Counties to and again in the South visiting the Friends and returned into Lancashire In the 5th Month following he went for Notinghamshire after which he travelled visiting many Meetings in England till the 3d of the 3d Month 1680. at which time he took Shipping for Ireland and landed at Dublin visiting the Churches there and in the South part and Mid-land of that Nation and returned to Dublin the 13th of the 5th Month following at which place he was taken extreamly Sick and lay four days then recovered and travelled into the North and visited several Meetings there but at Lisnegarvy was taken Sick yet passed to Belfast and Knockfergus where his Sickness encreasing grew to a violent Fever so that he was nigh unto Death in the view of most that saw him yet the Lord restored him blessed be his Name After which he assayed to Travel to Lisnegarvy and Lurgan where being weak he rested till stronger and so came to Dublin where Friends gladly received him Staying some Weeks there having good Service he left the City took Shipping in the 7th Month following and landed at Leverpool in the North of England where he visited Meetings to and again till the middle of the first Month 1681. at which time he travelled the Country visiting the Friends to Bristol and so to London where he took Shipping at Gravesend and past to the Brill in Holland The 5th of the 4th Month following he visited the Churches in Holland Westfriezland Groningland Frederickstadt Hambrough Saxony Germany Palatinate An Order was sent from the High Court at Altry by which he was brought before the Chief Magistrate there who kept him Prisoner eleven days being twice brought to the Ant-house and there examined and at last released and so returned visiting the Churches came to the Bril the 17th of the 7th Month following by Packquet Boat came to Harwith and so along visiting Friends Meetings to London and through part of the South and so into the North where he travelled visiting the Meetings of Friends And according to the good Order of Truth practised in the Church he took to Wife Elianor Lowe the 6th of the 3d Month 1682. and after stayed in Lancashire and Cheshire till the latter end of that Month and then travelled for London afterwards through the South part to Exeter visiting the Churches to Bristol and so into the North where he settled his Wife at Warrington in the South of Lancashire in the 7th Month following The 20th of the 6th Month 1683. he was for being at a Religious Meeting committed to Lancaster Goal and kept Prisoner till the 26th of the 3d Month 1684. then set at Liberty The 24th of the 5th Month 1684. he was by the Lord's Assistance Serviceable to Friends in Staffordshire and returned to Warrington very Sick which proved a Fever which continued twenty Days and the weakness that followed forced him to keep home till the 28th of the 7th Month following Then he pass'd Northward and visited Friends Meetings to and again and returned back And the 10th of the 10th Month following was at the Burying of his Mother The 29th of the said 10th Month he was by the Constables of Warrington John Taylor and William Carter apprehended and brought to Lancaster Goal and at the Assizes brought twice before Judge Atkins and continued Prisoner until the 19th of the first Month 1686. at which time he and several other Friends were by the King's Pardon released So that from the 29th of the 10th Month 1684. to the 19th of the first Month 1686. he was a Prisoner In the 2d Month following he spoke to the Earl of Darby about Friends Sufferings in the Isle of Man who was moderate towards the said Friends and then took his Journey to visit the Meetings along the several Counties through Wales to Bristol and so along to Cornwal and so to London to the Yearly Meeting afterwards by Colchester to Harwich where he took Shipping on Board the Hope and landed at the Brill the 11th of the 4th Month 1686. and came to the Yearly Meeting at Amsterdam where by Friends he was gladly received and afterwards travelled those Countries to Hambrough to and again in Germany Groningland Friezland and Holland visiting the Churches And at the Brill took Shipping and landed the 26th of the 5th Month following at Harwich past to Colchester so to London and after visiting the Meetings past along the Counties for the North and came to Lancashire in the beginning of the Winter where he pass'd the Winter over and at the Spring following visited the Meetings further North and pass'd into Scotland by Douglass Glasco and to Edenburgh to a Yearly Meeting there then to Rosse Aberdeen Kinmuck and returned by Edenburgh and after having visited the Churches in Scotland returned to England and by New-Castle through Bishoprick Cleaveland East part of Yorkshire then to York at the Yearly Meeting there Thus having visited the Churches along pass'd for Lancashire to his Wife and Family which he removed from Warrington to Brick-hall in Penketh in the 5th Month 1687. and there settled them In the 6th Month following he was visited with Sickness which continued some time but after he recovered he visited Friends Northward and returned into Staffordshire and Cheshire where he was taken Sick again and in the 10th Month returned to his House not well and kept his Bed several days The 11th Month after recovered and past to Lancaster Quarterly Meeting from thence returned unwell again which continued sometime so that he travelled not much because thereof save only to Meetings in the South part of Lancashire and Cheshire till the 2●th of the 3d Month 1688. at which time he travelled for London to the Yearly Meeting and returned to Lancashire the latter end of the 4th Month following and travelled to and again visiting the Meetings and about the Churches Affairs in the North the Winter and Spring following and till the beginning of the 6th Month 1689. A violent Fever then took him which brought him very weak yet blessed be God he recovered And in the 7th Month following the Tithe-takers broke open his Gates being lock'd and took his Corn against whose doings he appeared in Testimony and got Cold grew weak again and so continued all Winter till Summer following in which upon the 29th of the 4th Month 1690. he got to Franley Meeting it being the first after his Fever took him which was the 7th of the 6th Month 1689. so that his Weakness made him unfit for Travel near eleven Months afterwards he travelled at times to visit Meetings and about the Churches Affairs Northwards that Summer and Winter following and latter end of the 3d Month 1691. he travelled for London to the Yearly Meeting and so through several Counties visiting Friends Meetings in his return for Lancashire and to and again that Summer and till latter end of the 12th Month he travelled visiting the Friends in the North at which time he got a Surfeit and