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Show 6 The Au 1: H o R's L '1 F E. VoL. I. t66S. ported with Fi(ry Zeal, a Thing fertile of ill Langu:~ge, railing to his A.udi~ tory accufed the ~uden ofholdingmoft Erroneo1H _and f!amnahk Doqrmu, ~ :tnd ~tter'd fuch other InveCtives :~gaintt them, as hts Raiffd Cho!ef! dtd f~g· geft. This coming to our Author's E~rs, He, together wtth George ~hue: bead, demanded of Vincint an Opponumty ~o defend thel!lfelvesand Fr1en4.r · A Conference was agreed to be held at hts own Meeung·H~ufe, a~ whtch 1everal Points of DoUrine were ftarted and debated, but n?thtng. fatrly de· rermin'd : From hence our ~U[hor took qccafion ro wure a ltttlc Book, entituled, T!Je Sand1 Found at ton jhaken, whtch g:1 ve great Offence to fame then at the Hdm of tbe Cburcb, who prefently took the Old Method of Reforming what they call Erro~, by ad~an~mg at once thctr firongclt Argument, \•iz. An Order for Imprifonmg hzm m t~t ToUJer ~f Lond?n. ·!here !:n/7!'f;:· was he under clofe C..>nfin-~ent, and even de01ed the Vtfits of ht_s Fne'!ds; Tower. but yet his Enemies attained not their Purpofe; for when after feme Ttme, his Servant brought him Word, that the Bifhop of London was r~folved he !hould either puhlickly recant, or die a Prifoner, he ma~e thts Reply: Hit Art[rnr ,~ All U well: I wijh they had told me Jo before, fince tbe expeflrng of a Re~eafe tk Bifbop of put a Srap to Jome Bufinef.s : Tbou mayft tell my Farber, wbo 1 k.n~w w!llofo London's rhee, thife Words: That my Piifon jhall be my Grave, before 1 wt!l budpe (l 1ire.~J. Jot; for 1 owe my Confcience to no ll1.orta! Man;. I -have no need to jea':, God will make amends for all: They are miflalr.en m me; 1 value .not tb~zr Threats nor Refolution.r; for they }ball !mow I can weary ~ut tlmr Jllahcc and Peevi/hne{s. and in me jhall they all behold a Refoluuon above Fear; Confcience abov~ Cruelty; and a Baffle put to aD their Dl'jigm, by the Spirit of Patience, the Companion of all the Tribulaud Floc" of the Biefi"ed JEsus, who if the Author an.d Finijher of the Faith that overcomes the World, yea, Death and Hell roo : Neither Grear mr Good Things u:erc ever nttoin'd without Lofs and Hardfhipr •. He_rbat n:ou/d rtap and nor {nbo~r, mufl faint with tbe Wind, and perijh m D1fappomtments; bur an Hatr of *Y Head }ball not faD, wit!Jourtbe Providence of my Father rbar if ove~ All. . HU w11r.ts A Spirit warmed with the Love of God, and devoted to Hu Servtce, ever wriuen in tbe purfues its main Purpofe: Our Author, reftrain'd from Preocbing, apply'd Tower. himfelf to lVriring: Several Treatifes were the Fruits of. his Solitude, par~ ticularly that excellenc one, entiruled, No Crofs, 1\"o Crown: A Book which rending to promote the General Dejign of Religion, was well accepted, and hath pafs'd fundry Impreffions. :tAp. No. I. He alfo writ from the Tower, '~-.A Leuer to tbe Lr-rd Arlington, which is inferred in the Appendix : And ro clear himfelf from the Afperfions caft upon him, in Relation to the Do8rines of the Trinity, the Inc11nwtion and Sat;,fa[lion of CHRIST, he publifh'd a little Book call'd, lnnoc<ncy wi1b Her Opeit F11te, by Way of .Apology, for the aforef:!id Sandy Foundation jhali:cn. In this Apology he fo fuccefsfully vindicated himfclf, that foon after the Publication ofir, he was difcharged from his lmprifonmenr, which had been of about Seven Months Continuance. Hit fm11dg,_ On the 15th of the 7th Month this Year, he fet our again from London ;ngUIIrela.nd. for Ireland, took Shipping at Briflol on the 24th of the 8th Month, and on .A'rea.,kdk the 26th arriv'd at Cork In his Paffage thither, we think the following Ouurrtrt't in Occurrence worth relating: At his former coming from lrelanJ, the Con~ bil P•ff:ge. verfation ::md Society of a Perfon call'd a !:!._uakcr, who cJme over in rhe fJme Velfel, was a ihengthning and Encouragement to him then ]\rewly Convinced. This Man now happened to return thither again in his Com·, pany, and obferving how efFeEt:ual1y the Power of Trutb l1ad wrought upon our Author, and the Great Progrc(r he- through a Sincere Obedience had m3de in his Journey HeavenfVard, and feeing himfclf not only overtaken, but left. far behind, by one that had fer our after him, WJS ted to a Solid RrfieOion upon his own }legligencc and Unfaithfulnrfs, and exprefS'd with many Tears, a renewed VifitJtion and deep Concern upon his Spirit : So forcible is the Example of the Faithful, to the ftirring up 3n Holy Zeal and F.mulation in others. neing arrivec.,l at Corlr., he immediately vifired his Friends imprifoned there, and the next Day had a fllrering with them, in which VoL. I. The A u'r KOlR's;lH FE. ., which they were Spiritually refrefhed and cotrlforted together a Having tal'lo 1669. ried there fome Days, he went 'from thence ro DJtblin, and on the 5th of ~ the gth Month, was at the National Meeting of Friends there, which was held at his Lodgings. At t"his Meeting, an Account of lli$. Fri.enJ'sSuffet-ings being drawn up, by Way of Addrefs, he pre rented the fame a few Days after to the Lord·Licutenanr. · During his Stay in Ireland, thQugh his Bufinefs in the Cart: .of his F:x~ J!it len:i(u ther's E(tare, took up a confiderable PJrc of his Time, yer -Nas he frequcl't~ "'lrdand. Iy preft:nt at, and preach'd in Frieml.r .Meeting.r, efpedally at DMb~m an_d Corlr., in one of which Placeg he ufually refided. He alfo wtote durmg h1s Refidence there, feveral Treatife~ p:micularly A Lcuer tb tlu ToMng Om"' vi need publifbed in his Works: He very frequently vifited his Friendi _in Prifon: and had M_eerings wi_t\Whem;. ~or did J~e let flip any Ofpor~u111ty he had with thofe m Aurhonty, to folhctt on thtu Behalf: . And m the Be-,. ginning of the 4th Month, 1670, through his repeated Applications tO th~ 1670· CbanceNor, the Lord .Arran, and the Lord·LietdtRridl an OrJer "' 0JN'ncil V"'V'"""\J Wal obtain'd for tbeir Re/enfe. Ha\•ing fC:nled his Fathers C<mterns to Sa .. tisfatlion, and done his own Friend1 many Signal Senices, he fhortly aft'er HU R,:tutn , -returned again into En~land. . . . . . . , . F.ngl<md. In this Year 1670, came forth theGbnventrck-.Afl, pr_ohlhlting Dijfentet~ l'rleetings. under fevere Penalties : The Edge of this J\'ew WUpJR was pre· fently turn'd upon tht ~uders, wh~, nor ac~uftomed to Hinch i~ t~e C11_11ft of Reliti07t9 ftood moil expos'd. Bemg forcibly k~pt_'Out of theu MeetmJ>lioufe in Grace·Chllrcb-Stre(l, they met as near tt tn the Street as they could, and WiOiam Penn th~re Pre<Jcbing, was apprehehded, and by Wattrant from Sir SamNe! Star!mg, then Lord·MayoT of Lbndon, aated At~guft the 14th 167o committed to New!,art, and at the next Seffion:s at til\! Ofd.Dnil}, was,' (togecher with W~U~n111 ft!ead) _Indiiled for bei~g \)re:_fenr ~t, Hit rri.d •t and Preaching to 30 I!nlawful, Sed moM, and Rmrorn A.ffnnbty. At hrs n1at '"'Oid·Baily. he made a Brave Defence, difcovering at ronce both the }"'re"e Spi,-i' of -a.b Englijbmlln, and the VnJaJmted .Atagnanimity of b. Cbri{iii1fl, _lhfomuch th3t rnaugre the moft Pt~rtial FrowM and .Men4&es of the Bench, the ]t~ry ac~ quitted him. The T!i:tl. itf~lf, wit_h a Prefaceilnd Appendix thereuh.ro, ali it was foon after pubhfhed, IS here mferred . . The People's Ancient a'nqJuft L ,IBERVES AITerted, in the Trial of William Peon and William Mead, atthe.Seffions hold at the Old-Bail) in Lowdon, the Firftl Third, Fourth llnd Fifth of September, 167o, againft the moft Arbitlilry PriJCtdllre of t!IJ)t COUR~ - To the Engli(b R E' A b E It C I I F ever it were Time to Speak, or Write, 'tH now, f~ 111Jnj 'fltbilgi OccNt'rences requiring borb. . . How mucb tbou aa roncrrnrd iltbil[cnfliing '!'rial .;biTe (not only tbe Pn· fonerr, but) the FultJamelllal Ltit#"s cf England" baife fun moft Jirbitrarily Arraigned, Read, find rhofl. may'jl plainly ] Jtdge. , . , Liberty of Confcience, if c~unud 11 Preunce for RebelltOtf,~ Nifi_ Re"1.1yl_yus Alfemblies, Routs 411d Riots; 11nd tbe Defenders of bd'lb., ttr.e;1~j tbilde}u~ ted Faaious, and Dif-afli:fud. " Magna ChJrta, :ir MJgna Far- uirh the Recorder of London 1 1111d to .It~ 1110~i~i~!J·p~~~:;~;rtb~;:'Gr~~u{:~lrter, b11t to t11!1 [6;.;Bhgland)s, :ir 8 Cri111e.; inc11rritrt the Penahy of their Bale-Dock and Natty Hole; nay, t!Je .i\-lell4'ce of 11 Gag, and Iron Sh:~ckles roo. . Tbe Jury (tbodgb proper Judges of Law and FaEI) th•Y /Jio~Jl bilve ovti'rH/ e.d in hotlJ tU i~ rbc;r Verd.iUfigni.fied Ro more, rhtzn t.o EcfxPbr1ek the tOe- , 'J gal |