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A23653 The captive taken from the strong or a true relation of the gratious release of Mistrisse Deborah Huish (by the arm of the Almighty) from under the power of the Tempter, by whose firy conflicts she had been sorely vexed for about fourteen years / as it was faithfully written from her own mouth by William Allen ... Allen, William, Adjutant-general of the army in Ireland. 1658 (1658) Wing A1051; ESTC R32702 51,203 149

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this late redeemed captive and other pretious ones to admire the Riches of God's infinite grace and say as in Rom. 11.33 O the depth of the Riches both of the wisedom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements and his wayes past finding out And in the mean time may hereby be helped to put some check to their own troubled thoughts at least so far as not to make them as is too usual the Rule and measure of those infinite transcendent thoughts and wayes of God towards them And truely the bringing forth of such a glorious work as this out of such a barren Womb of apprehended impossibilities when even Faith hopes and hearts of the strongest failed concerning it I cannot but think was given in at such a season to raise our Faith and hope in the Lord by looking upon this signal mercy at a pledge and pattern of what God will yet do not onely for poor disconsolate souls in like conditions but also for the recovery and raising his publicke works so far gone back in these Nations in this sad declining day as causeth many of Zions Friends to speak sadly and doubtfully of them as they of Christ Luke 24.20 21 22 23. Who were sad in the sense of his being taken from them as in v. 17. and to be mourning as Mary in John 20.13 And some of them are ready to faint with crying Lord how long and Help Lord as in Psal 12.1 While their Enemies insult as in Lament 2.16 Saying Certainly this is the day that we looked for And as in Psa 35.20 21. are devising deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the Land and yet are subject to say as in Jer. 50.7 They offend not c. Yea some of Zions pretended lovers raised and lifted up it 's to be feared too highly by her are dealing unkindly with her and that under highest pretences of real affection to the name and cause of God and interest of his people as in Isai 66.5 Saying Let the Lord be glorified c. all so much involved in our late publicke transactions but now almost all given up into the hands of those that hate reproach and scorn them which is a sad cause of lamentation and O that it may lie with due sense upon the hearts of all Zions mourners to spread before the Lord as a lamentation and more especially the causes of it some of which are mention'd as I judge Lament 1.8 9. Jerusalem hath grievously sinn'd c. That so we may be led thereby to the cure which I fear we much want as they of old Jer. 8.6 They spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying What have I done Ah! the Lord hath yet a work to do on Mount Zion before the rod can will be removed as in Isa 10.12 Wherefore it shall come to passe that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem c. And were that done judgement would soon return to Righteousnesse and all the upright in heart should follow it But alluding to the Acts 26.8 I would yet say Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead considering what he hath done in this late captives case and what is Prophesied and promised he will do more publickely in the most needful season Isai 5.9 from the first to the sixteenth much our case as thou maiest read at leasure and yet his cure reacheth it mention'd in v. 17. compare also Isa 51.3 where he hath promised to comfort Zion with all her waste places c. and in v. 22 23. Thus saith thy Lord the Lord and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people Behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling even the dregs of the cup of my fury thou shalt no more drink it again but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee c. And many other pretious words of the like import which I shall not mention here being well considered doth afford us in this vally of Achor a door of hope But that I may not detain thee from this Feast of fat things the best of which is last according to Christs old Method John 2.10 I shall haste to a close in the words of the Psalmist Psal 107.43 Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving kindnesse of the Lord Which that my soul with thine may be taught to do and improve accordingly I beg thy earnest supplications for me at the throne of grace who am the most unworthy to make mention of the name of the Lord or any concerns of his yet desire to be found in this evil day bearing my part with his poor Mourners having much cause under the sence of my own and sight of other abominations abounding in this day calling to that duty Yet cannot but rejoyce in this great deliverance wrought for this poor soul hoping and longing for the remaining deliverances purchased for and promised to whole Zion which the Lord hasten in his time even so AMEN W. ALLEN Sand in Devon the second day of the first Moneth 1657. To every true Mourner over his own and Zion's sins and sorrows especially to such in the Churches of Christ in Ireland to whom the soul-sinking sorrows of Mistrisse Deborah Huish the Subject of the ensuing treatise was well known John Vernon their Brother in Christ and Companion in Heavinesse for Zions sake wisheth grace for strength in weaknesse to wait still in weeping and supplication until the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord Amen Even so come Lord Jesus come quickly Amen BEloved you have herewith brought unto you an Olive-branch shewing forth the floods abatement and the rest and safety of the soul that is entered into the Ark of God the ransome of a poor Prisoner out of the Pit indeed in which there was no water which will be I know the more welcome to some of you I hope only to the praise and glory of God on high because you so long wept before his Heavenly Throne and made your humble supplication to him almost unto fainting for her who was bound of Satan so many years yet that the height and depth length and breadth of the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord might be the more admired of all and magnified herein And this Monument of mercy may remain in the Churches throughout all ages towards the support of such as sit in darknesse and see no light I am willing though most unworthy to adde my mite towards the compleating this account of the grace of God extended to my poor late distressed Sister Mistrisse Deborah Huish who is now made rich in Faith through grace and the wise Virgin-subject of this ensuing Relation to the truth of which as delivered by her with much fear and joy with trembling received and faithfully written from her lips by my dear
succour from him let me adde further this observa●ion to yours that a special Friend whose affection led him further and longer at a certainty then mine or any I observed to weep for her and to reprove others for fainting and neglects of her before him yet lately wrote from Ireland to me his despairing also concerning her at the very interim God our God who comforteth those that are cast down was surely succoring her and incouraging his poor mourning fainting followers whose Spirits were willing though the Flesh was weak as he will further do in their sight unto publick admiration for those who in this evil time shall go forth weeping bearing pretious seed according to his promise Psal 126.5 6. and their Prayers in the fourth verse Yea when there is but little Faith in the Earth for alas how have we even we that were nearest related also left off our hope for this poor soul Yea how have I to my shame that had the charge of her failed most herein I must say indeed to my abasement the weights and fear of her untimely end the cares of keeping her from any Instrument to accomplish it and the dread of divers kinds that so long encompassed me concerning her with the trouble we had to get her eat her bread and to gaining her under hearing the word of God which is more necessary with the discouraging influence of living under the dayly droppings of those many dismal predictions she uttered of her suddain and certain ruine destruction after more then three years care of the kind aforesaid and so many attempts and faintings Alas Paimed now at no more in my own mind then to get her safe again delivered into her dear Parents hands that my face might not be covered with shame according to my fear of her untimely end at such distance from them which being accomplished by the good hand of God in our safe Voyage through his special grace who led us and our little ones through his stormy deep and after some hazzards landed us in safety which I wish we may not let slip alas she almost fell out of my memory and was seldom in my Prayer the Lord grant me the mercy of her earnest supplications for which Jobs Friends were made humbly to apply to him through like frailty towards him in his sorrow as I have reason to impute to my self towards her herein Thus hath the Lord our God stained the pride of all glory as he shall yet more publickely do unto his praise and give grace to the humble that they who glory might onely glory in him as the great end of his works of wonder his great Salvations and the operations of the Almighty in the Earth that the faint who relie on the Lord may be revived that youths and every confident one may faint and be humbled before him Wherefore Beloved I beg the best effects in every heart of this unspeakable mercy and to the glory of God in the highest which I trust is the onely end why my poor Brother and Companion in mourning for our own sins and shortnesse and for yours also which have the greatest hand in hiding good things yea the expected publicke Salvations also from us have agreed by the Advice of divers who are also in the dust for Zion in this dark declining day to recommend this token of good from God our Father and yours unto you towards the support of your sinking souls in his cloudy gloomy houre with our poor Epistles full of affection to your pretious souls affixed to this gratious earnest of releasing drooping dying Captives who shall draw nigh to and alone depend on God And these I trust shall come to every hand with some effect of our earnest Prayer that the Lord God Almighty to save would accompany it and greatly bless this grain of Mustard seed to make it grow and multiply unto the Faith and refreshment of many the abasement of all and the glorious exaltation of our King who sitteth at the right hand of the Father for us and sends the Comforter to succour his feeble ones in earnest of his care of those who cast their care upon him who onely hath the healing Medicines and will surely right soon therewith visit such in every Nation When all the proud how high soever and they who still do wickedly shall be as stubble before him Mal. 4.1 2. 2 Sam. 22.28 Oh that this pretious answer to your supplications in the best season might be now improved as a prop to uphold your hands with the Rod of God therein in this doubtful day that Amalek may not prevail Oh! wrestle fervently in the unspeakable priviledge of Faith and with Christ in your Armes present your weepings and spread your supplications before the Father in other distressed cases still before you by this incouragement yea let us improve it to publicke as well as private benefit for surely patterns of mercy should be so made use of 2 Cor. 1.10 And call for Faith in the path of them as the most natural improvement 1 Tim. 1.16 Heb. 13.5 as well as to dread the expectation of a contrary portion in the contrary path Psal 125.5 And as the Declaration of Judgements with the cause assigned or the way into them warneth all and speaks incouragement to none so the manifestation of grace and the path thereof is an incouragement to all in the same path and Spirit which was eminently seen of old in God's special presence with Israel in driving back Jordan by his mighty Power for their present deliverance and their adversaries destruction for which they erected Pillars of praise to encourage the future Faith and hope of faithful ones that should follow God fully as his Servant Joshua did Yet could not Israel then have the least ground to expect the driving back of Jordan again or removing other difficulties to have incouraged their retreat or furthered any humane design to which they were sometimes subject through unbelief Neither in our dayes have any persons ground to suppose much lesse to conclude that the Lords eminent presence in the high places of the field scil Naasby and other parts with his people while they faithfully followed him can now yeeld any incouragement to expect the like presence of God while they are turning back and declining from him Neverthelesse new appearances of the like glorious presence with the truely humble followers of the Lord as the matter should require might again be safely expected from the Majesty on high who by the former no doubt manifested his right-hand Power for the strengthening of the Faith and hope of all upright followers of him according to Psal 33.8 9 10 11. and Psal 36.6 7 8 9. and Mic. 6.5 And the very end of the Lords deferring to relieve Lazarus whom he loved until he was dead and laid in the Grave and so no visible hopes left unto his Disciples touching his present resurrection was to the intent they might believe Joh.