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Show .. ' lnnocenr and Precious Servants of the Lord, T¥i0iam Robinfon and Marmaduke Stivenfon who were Executed upon a LeCture-Day, af£e~ . the Priefi had fbarpncd the People. for rh~ ~ervtce. (Bur that Priell is gone to hts place) In the Morning; before the LeCture bega~, there came a Multitude of People abouc the Pnfon! and w~ being in an upper-Room, William Robznfon put forch his Head at a \Vindo:v, and fpa~e to the People concerning the Thmgs of God : At which, the People Hocked abouc the. more earnell to Hear, and gavtt ferious Auenrwn : But quickly ic was noifed in the Town, that much People was about the Prifon ta fe.e the Q3akers, and that the f<!!akers were fpeaktng to them : Upon which, came Jam~s Oliver, a very . fit Man for their purpofe, wah a Compa~y wuh him to difperfc the People, and to dnve them away from hearing rh~ !(_uakers ; but they being .fo many, and wtlhng to he_ar, could not · ger them away. Then James, m a fre.r, _left the Peopl·e without, and came to us wnhtn ; and being in a heat, that he could no~. mafter the People without, was the more fuuo~s. ro us wirhin · hurling fome of us very unctvtlly down Srai;s, amd lefc us nor till he had brought us down, and flmt us up in a little low dark Cub where we could not fee the People, nor the/ us, where we remained ttll their Lecture was done : In which time, though the Hearrs of the Ignorant were hardened againfi us, ro 1hut us up in a dark folitary place, ~here V!e fare roger her, during their Lecture-ttme, _ wa~ting upon rhe Lord ; for we had no Ht:lp~r m the Eanh, our Reli2nce was only upon htm : And this was a time of Love ; for) as the World Harcd us and Defipir¢fully ufed us, fo the Lord ' was· ( 477 ) ;: was pleafed in a wonderful .manner, to manifdl his fupponing Love and Kindnefs to us, in our · Innocent Suffering. And efpecially the two Worthies, who had now near finith1 d their Courfe ; they fianding Faich(ul in their Tellimony to God, by which they obtained Witnefs ; for God had faid unto ~hem, and given them a fure w_o~d, That their In rhe ApSouls jhould re{t in Eternal Peqce; as you· may fee p~ndix to hereafter by their own Wrhings: And this Com- the fir!,l: fort they had in their fore Tryals, near unto part. Death, for God was with them, and bore them thro·Jgh wirh a heavenly Chearfulnefs : And many fweet and heavenly Sayin~s they gave umo us, being rhemfelves filled wtth Comfort; for fo alfo faid th,e Apofile, ! am fiUed wit~ CrJ'!'[ort, l am txceeding joJflfl itJ aO our Tribul~· tirm, 2 Cor. 7. 4· And now their Le<fiure being ended, rho Priell having fbarpened and hardened them for the Service, the Officers and Soldiers being now rea.dy at th~ Door ; and while we were embracjng each orhe~·, and caking leave, wi~h fuU and render lieans ( Qod knows) the Officers, ~nd Men appoinrcd · (like Friends aurchers ) ~ame in, and rook the two from us, as Sheep tor the Slaughter, and had them away to the Execution, wh~re they were Hanged to Death }Vhofe ~lood Hes frill at their Door; and wiH' umil Repentance, and thdr Law Repealed, cr~ ;t~ the Blood of Abel, to the Lord from tb · Rround., C?en· 4· 1 o. A |