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A relation of the labour, travail and suffering of that faithful servant of the Lord Alice Curwen Who departed this life the 7th day of the 6th moneth, 1679. and resteth in peace with the Lord.
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Martindell, Anne.
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with the Lamb as the Scripture declares That the Beast and the False Prophet shall make War with the Lamb but the Lamb shall get the Victory wherein the Redeemed of the Lord sing Praises Praises to the Lord God and the Lamb forever in the Land of the Living for it is the Lamb of God that takes away the Sins of the World and blotteth out the Hand-writing and come to know their Names written in the Book of Life And I am a Witness that the Promise of the Lord is fulfilled where the Lord hath written his Law in our Hearts and put his Spirit into our inward parts wherein we can read in the Book of Life in the great Mystery of Godsiness which is manifest in the Flesh in this our Day Praises to the Lord God and the Lamb forevermore The Priest's Name was Theophilus Ames who continued in Persecuting the Innocent but the Lord shortned his dayes in a little time he was so very Cruel he sent his Bailiffs to take away my Goods who took sixteen Beasts at one time which were worth 50 l. or there-about in the year 1665 about the 29th day of the 8th Moneth and about the 〈◊〉 of the 5th moneth in the year 1667. my self my Wife my Son were taken to Prison for not coming to their worship nor receiving the Sacrament and carryed me to Prison in a Cart who was so ill that I could neither go nor ride on Horse-back who did carry me about twenty Miles and did purpose to keep us in Prison for term of Life but the Lord did deliver us who is a present Help in time of need to the Faithful and Upright in Heart who are kept in his Fear blessed for evermore be his holy and blessed Name which is a strong Tower for the Righteous to flee unto in time of Storm when the Heathen rages and the People imagin vain things and after Priest Ames had cast us into Prison in the year 1667. about the 29th of the 5th moneth the Priest caused to be taken from me eleaven Beasts and one Horse which were worth about 40 l. and when he had taken these Beasts he fell on to plunder the House and took all the Goods that he could get away he took so near that he took Garden-Mittans and the Cole-Rake and when he had done this then the measure of his Wickedness and Iniquity was filled up and then the Lord shortly after shortned his dayes who dyed a Woful and Miserable Death for the Lord laid his Judgments upon him who wa both Blind and Mad before he dyed to the great Admiration and astonishment of all that did see his Death And then another Beast with his Horns began to push and to make War with the Lamb as the Scripture declares and blessed are they who are called to make War in Righteousness and if we put not into the false Prophets Mouthes they will make War against us and he that stands in the Gap makes himself a Prey The Priest's Name is Michael Stanford who is driving on Pharaoh's Charriots as fast as he can until the Lord shorten his dayes for Pharaoh's Heart was hardened when he did persecute the Children of Israel in the dayes of old and this Priest said That his Heart was hardened against us And what became of Pharaoh when his Heart was hardened that he would not let Israel go So all read that can for the Lord God will shorten the dayes of the Wicked for the Elect Seed's sake for it was the full Intent and Purpose of my Heart to continue in this Warfare about Tythes and Contend for the Faith which was once delivered to the Saints and to stand a faithful Witness for the Lord's Testimony against the Beast and the False Prophet whilst I had a being in this Earthly Tabernacle until the Lord laid an Engagement upon me wherein I durst not disobey to go along with my dear Friend my Wife to be her Companion for the Clearing of her Testimony which the Lord had called her to who did bear a faithful Testimony for the Lord and hath laid down her Head in Peace And as for this Persecuting Priest these are his Actions and the Fruits of his Ministry at this time who about the 2d of the first moneth 1674. did take from me my Brewing-pan and also in the year 1674. his Bailiffs took from me three Beasts worth 8 l. and that which he called his Due was but about 6 s. So all People may see and know wheresoever this may come the Fruits of this Persecuting Priest's Ministry Priest Stanford's Tythe-mongers in the year 1673. took from me as followeth viz. Upon the 4th day of the 7th moneth James Chambers came forcibly and broke into a Field of Corn of mine and broke down the Hedge in several places and took the Corn out of the Field before I took and before one part of the Field was reapt contrary to the Law of the Nation And also James Chambers did break into another Corn-Field of mine upon the 11th day of the 7th moneth who broke down the Hedge in several places and did carry the Corn away before I took any And at another time James Chambers Thomas Chamblay and James Geldert went through a Field of Corn before the most of it was reapt contrary to the Law of the Nation And also on another day James Geldert came and broke into a Corn-Field of mine and did break down the Hedge and carryed away the Corn contrary to the Law of the Nation And upon another day James Geldert came and broke into a Field of Corn and broke down the Hedge and took away the Corn contrary to theLaw of the Nation And also John Hawood who rented the Fines caused a Horse to be taken from me for a Fine of 15 s. which was worth 4 l. which was for Conscience sake towards God in Obedience to his holy Command The Bailiffs Names by whom Priest Shaw cansed my Body to be imprisoned and my Goods to be taken away were these viz. Will. Garner John Garner Tho. Marshall James Postelwhete Tho. Poolton Christopher Garner John Poolton Miles Fell James Garner Richard Fell Will. Fell John Sanford The Constables Names viz. John Garner Christopher Chamblay Timothy Mount Leonard Cooper and Luke Benson Bailiff Priest Ames his Bailiffs Names viz. William Struckland Geo. Askew William Garner Tho. Poope Thomas Poolton James Chambers was Priest Ames his Constable to assist the Bailiffs for the Plundering of my House and let the Priest have a House to put the plundered Goods in and this Constable did provide a Horse and a Cart to carry me to Prison Priest Stanford's Bailiffs Names viz. William Struckland George Askew John Garner Richard Fell Luke Benson and also Roger Woodborn who was the Steward of the Court and also Judge there was a Jury appointed but he did not put the Action to the Jury but passed Judgment on it himself but the Lord shortned his dayes that he never tryed more Actions but dyed shortly Oh! that all People would take Warning and Repent lest they provoke the Lord to anger and they perish in his Wrath for the Indignation of the Lord burns like Fire against the Wicked and Ungodly upon the Earth who is a Consuming Fire to the Wicked THOMAS CURWEN THE END
all know me saith the Lord from the greatest to the least for I will write my Law in their Hearts and put my Fear in their inward Parts saith the Lord God Almighty Therefore Oh Priest I tell thee plainly 't was to a Feast that thou wast invited and the Lord is sending out into the High-wayes and Hedges to call in all and even to compell them that will not come that so his House may be filled that so all may be lest without excuse as he was that had not on his Wedding Garment who was Speechless for the Day is come that that whcih is seen in secret must be declared openly And therefore in the invisible Light we are moved to write unto thee seeing thee in the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ which lighteth every man that cometh into the World which hath long shined in Darkness but now the commanding Power of the Lord is gone forth and he hath commanded Light to shine out of Darkness and it shines in Peoples Hearts and will shine more and more untill the Perfect Day for which a Remnant can bless the Lord and sing Praises to his Name and unto the Lamb for evermore who was slain from the Foundation of the World but is now alive and lives forever and evermore and rules in the Hearts of the Upright And therefore in the invisible Light as I was waiting upon the Lord my Heart was truly opened to write unto thee seeing thee to be one of them that shut the Kingdom of Heaven against men that will neither enter in themselves nor suffer others Therefore saith Christ Jesus Wo unto you ye Whited Walls ye Painted Sepulchres ye Blind Guides and indeed you are so and lead the Blind and a Pit of Darkness is before you Therefore is our Advice unto thee and to all whom it may concern That ye turn to this invisible Light and as you wait in it and abide with it it will preserve your Hearts and Minds to God and ye shall not fall into the Pit And if thou enquire of us What is our Way We tell thee plainly Christ Jesus the Light of the World who said I am the Way the Truth and the Life he that believeth in me out of his Belly shall flow Rivers of Living Water And He even Christ Iesus the Power of God is the Original and not Hebrew Greek and Latin which the Jews set over his Head when they Crucified him as it is in these dayes and as is said before he is our Way and he is the Hope of our Glory and we are not ashamed to confess him before men for if we should not confess him before men but be ashamed of him as too too many are then he will not confess us before his Father in Heaven Therefore Oh Priest we warn thee that thou cease giving thy Meanings to the Scriptures Thou mayst read thy Doom in the Revelations He that Adds or Diminishes God will add unto him the Plagues written in that Book THOMAS ALICE CURWEN An Epistle written to Friends at Thickets and Clifts Meetings at Barbadoes the 20th of the 1st Moneth 1676. TO you Friends of the Thickets and Clifts Meetings and to all whom it may concern in the Love of God that truly opens our Hearts do we write unto you to stir up the pure Mind and to raise up that Love that brought us unto you even the Love of God that first begat us by the Word of his Power that we should be as the first Fruits unto God and this makes us to Cry many a time in the secret of our Hearts both in Meetings and out of Meetings Oh! how great is thy Loving kindness O Lord Oh that the World knew it And in the feeling of it we can truly say as one did Oh! that all the Lord's People were Prophets that they might speak one by one that all might be comforted and that the Lord would enlarge Japhet to dwell in the Tents of Shem then there would be no complaining for want of Power but the Lord would open even the Windows of Heaven and pour out Blessings upon you that ye shall not have room to hold it in but the Overflowings of it you would feel in your own particulars and when you were thus filled you would bless the Lord you would cry unto others to come away taste feel how good the Lord is for his Mercies endure forever to them that fear him and wait upon him And therefore Friends we beseech you think it not hard to keep your Meetings apart for the Blessing of the Lord is as truly witnessed in Meetings apart both in Men and Womens Meetings and though Women be the Weaker yet he hath laid Help upon one that is Mighty Oh! Praises Praises saith our Souls forever for evermore who feel his Power in our Hearts at this time And therefore do we write unto all that may be concerned in it That ye beware of that Spirit that was in the Children of Israel in the days of old for the Lord knows right well before whom we stand who knows the Innocency of our Hearts and Spirits that we judge no mans Person nor hint at no Particular the Lord knows but we have heard some say That it was well in the Beginning when there was not so many Meetings and we say the same But Friends consider we beseech you all for our Spirits are bowed down in a Sence of the Work of the Lord in this Island and therefore ye that have known good dayes in your Infancy rest not there but come to your Growth to a Young mans state and to an Old mans state for according to the manner of men in Twenty Years time we come to our Growth much more in the Work of the Lord can we come to teach others And therefore look not back as the Children of Israel did who fainted in their Minds because of their long Travel but take heed of that Spirit that would not have many Meetings nor to have Truth to spread for the Enemy lies near that would betray the Simplicity Therefore thus saith the Lord in our Hearts this day as he did unto Moses in dayes past Speak unto the Children of Israel that they go forward for this is the Day of the Lord's Appearance spiritually he is bringing out of Aegypt by a strong Arm and blessed is every one that helps on the Work and puts his Shoulder to it So faint not Friends in your Minds nor be not weary for the Work is the Lords and he will carry it on it shall Prosper and God prospers it in this Island Everlasting Praises be unto the Lord our God can our Souls truly say who feel the Work of the Lord to Prosper and therefore we say again Let none faint in the Day of Tryal for that 's a Testimony that their Strength is small And therefore Friends be Bold and Valiant for God's blessed Truth and take no thought but wait