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Show ( 2t6 ) . Th t if he were called t·o g;reJPon ; and told btm, a fh ld not refufe it.- tbat Wvrk of the L~rd, d b:o tl~e Barrow again, Then he was chatne k t any one he and threarned, That if be 1~ 'eM~mh wa~ ofhould be punijh' J worfe·. Ye~. 15 as he found it pened ro fuch as came 10 fe:i~g rhat they could of rh~ Lor~. ~hen thef him inro rhe Dungeon nor keep htm Stle~~' pul fe there feveral Uays, 2gain, and_ kept tm ~ 0 and a half of it, withand rwo Ntghrs, one ay our Bread ?r Water. k h. forth very early in After t~ts rl~ey roo 'vat: Chamber, and {hipthe Mormng, mro ~ pn d hung him up by the ped him ro rhe Wa e, an f Wood ro his H d and tyed a great Log o d d an s, ld not turn his Bo y' an Feet, fo that he CO? ds to Whip him, who fet a fi rong ~egro WHh :.o both backwards and laid many fin~eshuponh. ~~lelh very much, and forwards, wine cut ts . drew .much Blood.. d d put him into Then they let htm b o;n~ ~~ace for Swine, the Dung~on. ( t~ l a full of Vermin ) not being a fimkmg 0 e, him or to waih his fuffering any co come to ' Stripes. c. h · h c1 him forth Within cwo Days arter, t ey a d h . d h him up, as before ; an t e j~;;~; b~~ng v~~; Dr~nk, forcedh~~ot~~:'(fe~ to lay many QIOre _Srnpes upo~m in, his Life ; ing no et1!1 of their Cru7lry,b h L rd was d b . weary and famt, ut t e o an. h ~~~ who fuffered them not to take away ~tt Life ~hich they drove at, he enabling hin1 ts ~ to fee how far they would go, gave ~~!efr~edom to defire fome time tO conhfi~er: fi ffi r. En un. to come at tm , and to u er tome % dJ'I E l;ft._ Woman which was granted ; an an ng ~~~ came1 ( ~17 ) came, and walhed his Stripes ; who feeing him brought fo low in Body, through thofe crut: l Sufferings was fo in rhe Senfe thereof, that fhe tho~ght he would not live rill next Morning., and fo the cold her Husbaml ; which rook fuch Impreffion upon him, that he went to the Fifcal, and proffered him a Par Ox ro fuffer him ro be at his Houfe until he was well: Bur rhe Fifcal would nor, unlefs the whole Fine was paid ; which many gladly would have done, but he could not fuffer it. And within thl'ee Days after he was rhus Whipp'd, was he made whole, and as Strong as ever, and free to Labour. This his Freedom ro Labour, was a great Torment to them on the ocher hand, whofe Aim, by their Cruelty, was to get Money ; and a great Trouble it was to many, both Dutch and Englijb, that he could not Confent for the Fine ro be paid, but rather would Work, that he might not be Burthenfome to any ; nor could he Eat the Governour's_Bread, except he wrought for it, nocwithfianding litrfe befides was brought to him ; and that which he wrought for, was fo Courfe, that it troubled tender People that he ihould Eat it, being fuch as they gave their Slaves ; he chuting rather, from a contented Mind ( being Strong in the Lord, who had made him whole) fo to do, rhan to puc any to Charge, being Unfree to receive of them ro whom he minifrred (the Engli(h that live chere) becaufe he faw how the Dutch fought to enfnare them, who went thi- . th~r, from the Plantations in New-England, co enJOY their Confciences. So his Life grew over them, and the Lord was with him : And after that he had accom- 0 pliibe;d |