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A86665	The immediate call to the ministry of the Gospel, witnessed by the spirit: vvith a true declaration of the persecution and suffering of Richard Hubberthorne, James Parnell, Ann Blayling, by Will. Pickering, who is Mayor of Cambridge. Also an answer to divers letters and mittimusses, against the said prisoners, answered; by them who are sufferers for the truth, and for the testimony of Jesus, Richard Hubberthorn, James Parnell.	Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.; Parnell, James, 1637?-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing H3225; Thomason E812_13; ESTC R207636	16,317	15

THE IMMEDIATE CALL To the Ministery of the GOSPEL witnessed by the SPIRIT VVith a true Declaration of the persecution and suffering of Richard Hubberthorne James Parnell Ann Blaying by Will Pickering who is Mayor of CAMBRIDGE Also an Answer to divers Letters and Mittimusses against the said Prisoners answered By them who are sufferers for the truth and for the testimony of JESUS RICHARD HUBBERTHORN JAMES PARNELL LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1654. The immediate Call to the Ministery of the Gospel witnessed by the Spirit WIth a true Declaration of the persecution and suffering for the Gospel under the tyranny of the Mayor of Cambridge which Gospel of Jesus Christ whereever it was made manifest the testimony of it was ever sealed with bloud persecution and sufferings and it is the same now working the same effect and bearing the same seal as is witnessed And also an answer to several false reproaches given forth in writing in three Letters under the hand of Will Pickering Mayor of Cambridge which herein is discovered and laid open that so the truth may be cleared and all Magistrates Priests and People may discern truth from scandals and that all simple hearts and minds may be informed to receive the truth freely without stumbling at reproaches through which the Prophets and Apostles and Servants of Jesus Christ did bear witnesse to the truth Isai. 51. 7. Heb. 11. 26. esteeming the reproaches of Christ greater riches than the pleasures of the world and the Apostles were to goe forth to him without the Camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon you 1 Pet. 4. 14. From one whom the Lord by his eternal Spirit hath called to bear witnesse to his Truth and to his Word and Gospel made manifest in me by the revelation of Jesus Christ whose life and conversation hath been blamelesse in the world whom no outward Law did ever take hold upon for evill doing but was strict and zealous in an outward profession of God and Christ exceeding many in wisdome and knowledge in the letter of the Scripture and had a form of godlinesse but the power of it I was ignorant of and was a stranger to the life of God which the Saints lived in which spoke forth the Scripture according to their measure and the Word of God which the Saints spoke from I was ignorant of though I knew the letter and was a Minister of the letter before I knew the power of the Word of God but when the living powerful Word of God was made manifest in me by his mighty power then I was made silent from speaking any thing of God from that knowledge and wisdom which was natural and did arise out of the earth in which stood my zeal and profession and form of godlinesse which was all without in words and outward appearance and outward righteousnesse and outward holinesse the earthly nature standing which all outward profession and forms lodge in but when the Word of God by his mighty power was made manifest within me spoken from his own mouth which word was in my heart as a fire which did burn up corruption and uncleannesse and work out the defiled nature and by it was all the powers of the earth brought down and the earth it self shaken by it the deviss were made to tremble and were cast out and in that day did the keepers of the house tremble and the strong man cry bitterly and the just Judgements of God did fall upon that nature I lived in and the terrors and wrath of the Lord took hold upon me till the flesh was wasted off the bones that I could number my bones day and night the terrors of the Lord was upon me revealed from heaven against all unrighteousnesse against all my own rightcousnesse and all my familiars and acquaintaince stood afarre off me for I was a wonder to all them who lived in that nature that I had lived in for they knew not the judgements of God against sin which then was upon me because of disobedience to the light which did make manifest sin and evill but hearing the Word of the Lord in power spoken within me did confound all my wisdome and knowledge and made me to be a fool to the wisdome of the world and to deny the wisdome and to deny my self and my own will and by this Word was I called to come out of my own country kindred and fathers house to doe the Lords work in obedience to his command and to stand in his will out of my own will for I knew the voice of God which called me and for this cause did I leave father and mother lands and living earthly honour and earthly riches which I had and might have lived in if I had been disobedient to the command of God but the Lord called me forth by his mighty power to bear witnesse to him in the world and to declare and preach forth the Gospel of the Son of God according to my measure as it was made manifest within me and by his Word to declare against all sin and iniquity and unrighteousness of men and in obedience to him who called me did I goe as I was moved by his eternal Spirit into severall parts of this Nation Townes and Cities and Countries in the North and West part of England and Wales bearing testimony to the truth and in some parts sealing the testimony with my bloud and by imprisonments in persecution in perils often under tryals of cruel mockings scourgings and revilings enduring the contradiction of sinners and doe not account my life dear unto my self that I may render to the Lord a good accompt of my faithfulnesse in obedience to him who hath called me into his work and vineyard and this is all the wages that the Ministers of the Gospel receive from the world being accounted as deceivers yet true as having nothing yet possessing all things as poor yet making many rich The servant is not greater than his Lord John 15. 20. who hath suffered the same things and hath left a good example and if it be the will of God that we suffer with him in the obedience to him are we made willing not onely unto bonds but unto death who doe now bear his reproach and by the Spirit of the Lord was I moved in obedience to him to come to this Town where some did receive the testimony of the truth where I stayed certain dayes and we had certain meetings publickly from house to house and the hands of the persecutors was then bound by the mighty power of God and they limited from acting the persecution which was in their hearts which now they have acted so farre as their power doth reach but the Sea must keep its bounds and cannot break them Then I passed forth of the Town as I

was moved of the Lord to another people till again I was moved to come into the Town not knowing when I came in whether I should stay two dayes in the Town but waiting in the will of God out of my own will I came as I was moved and laboured in travel night and day in the Lords work and service to make the Gospel of Christ without charge And coming into the Town upon the 21 day of the six moneth at night and lay at a friends house in the Town and in the morning as I went into the street in the market place two men followed me and commanded me to goe with them two before the Mayor who when I came before him came unto me violently took off my hat threw it upon the ground and asked me whence I came and where I had lived and of what calling I was and what I came thither for unto which I gave an accompt and said that if I had broken any Law or if any man can lay any thing to my charge let them prove it and act the Law upon me according to the offence but none could prove any thing Then the Mayor asked me if I would goe out of the Town else I should be whipped out Then I answered when the Lord calls me out I shall goe for I stand in obedience to the will of God not to the will of man and if thou canst prove any thing against me worthy of stripes prove it and act it upon me but I have wronged no man nor am I guilty of the breach of any Law Then the Mayor said I have a Law against thee I will make thee a wandering person and a rogue which I denied Then the Mayor wrote a paper to send me to prison and then read it unto me which was full of lies which I denied Then he wrote another which I denied like wise Then I said unto him make not lies thy Law but write that which is true and then he threw by that and wrote another Then I was moved of the Lord to say these words unto him Thou that makes lawes in thy own will contrary to the Law of God the plagues of God is thy portion Then the Mayor answered now I have a Law against thee thou curses me and said to them that stood by if any of you will but take your oath that he hath cursed we have a Law to punish him but none took their oath Then I answered and said look in the Law what cursing is if thou canst prove it to be a curse by the Law is the Scripture language a curse Then he bid me hold my tongue for he could not endure to hear me and said that I should either pay 3 s. 4 d or sit three houres in the stocks I answered first prove the Law broken but he being in a rage sent me to the stocks for three houres and then sent me to the dungeon And upon the next day being the third day of the week one friend coming out of the North who came to see me and had travelled 300 miles before he came to me lying but one night in the Town at that time as he was coming in the morning to the prison to see me one Constable took him in the street and had him before the Mayor he giving no offence at all the Mayor fell a beating of him calling him a wandering rogue and presently made a Mittimus and sent him to the dungeon commanding that none should come at him though no offence was proved against him and there continued till the seventh day of the week then being set free by a Warrant according to law we came into the Town and upon the first day of the week being met together to wait upon the Lord the Mayor sent two Constables with a Warrant to bring us two before him that we might be sent out of the Town as was expressed in the Warrant the Constables having served the Warrant Justice Blackley coming in at the same time did show them an Act which they had broken and so had broken the Law and the Constables then went away and did prosecute the Warrant no further at that time the next day in the morning one Constable and the Jayler came to the house where I lay and commanded me to goe with them to the Mayor and when I came before him having nothing against me asked me if I would goe out of the Town I answered when the Lord calls me out I shall go for I stand in the will of God not in the will of man The Mayor said thou dost not follow the examples of the Apostles for when they were persecuted in one City they fled into another but we cannot get thee out by no meanes and so owned himself to be of the same generation that persecuted the Apostles I answer I have done no wrong no guile nor violence to any man nor broken any Law if thou hast any Law against me read the Law unto me and if I have wronged any man I shall make restitution four fold according to the Law of God but proving none The Mayor said this is the Law thou shalt chuse three things First whether thou wilt quietly depart out of the Town Or secondly go to prison and be kept close that none shall come at thee nor have any thing but what thou earnes to lie upon Or thirdly to be whipped and sent out of the Town And here let all people consider how contrary he acts to the Law of the Nation for if by the Law he could prove me to be a rogue or guilty of any other breach of the Law then here he breaks the Law himself in giving me liberty to goe away without any punishment according to the offence and again here he hath broken the Law acts contrary to it in imprisoning me putting me in the dungeon having no Law against me but because I will not goe away out of the Town when he doth command me to goe and here all people may see that he who pretends to be a Minister of the Law hath imprisoned me contrary to the Law And again there is no Law in the Nation that offereth these three conditions unto rogues as either to depart quietly out of the Town or be imprisoned or whipped let all who know the Law judge And so contrary to the Law of God and the Law of the Nation doe I and others of the Servants of the Lord suffer under a law made in the will of man as one Ann Blacklain hath been kept in prison above three months for declaring against the deceipts of a Priest publickly in the Steeple-house And James Parnell hath been kept in prison almost three months and is now put into the dungeon for setting up of a paper publickly in the market place that thereby both Priest and people might see the truth cleared and their deceipts discovered that so coming to own the truth of God

witnessed daily and the Laws of the Land being executed in justice and equity will take hold upon our accusers and clear us 4. Accusation That we have left our honest Callings one being a Husbandmanservant and another a Shooemaker and now living upon the labours of other men I answer we are in our Callings whereunto the Lord hath called us and doe abide in our Calling and he that doth abide in his Calling abides with God and this I witnesse who am called from father and mother lands and livings and from the cutward imployment which I lived honestly in but was never servant to any man in that Calling that accusation is false and my call is to the work of the Lord to labour in his vineyard who once had a vineyard without to labour in as you have who live in your earthly possessions and habitations and that calling was lawfull in its place and I did abide in it till the Word of the Lord came and called me from it into his work who now cares for me and provides for me without taking thought or care what to eat or what to drink or wherewith to be clothed for after all these things doe the heathens seek who knowes not God and my call is from God immediately not from man and in the Scripture I have a cloud of witnesses who were all called by God and left their callings Elisha was called from the plough as he was following the plough 1 Kings 9. 10. and David was called from keeping the sheep who was a Shepherd 1 Sam. 16. 11 12. and by the Word of the Lord was Jeremiah called to be a Prophet who said he was a child and could not speak but the Lord said that he would put his Word in his mouth and that he should goe whithersoever the Lord commanded him and that he should not fear the faces of men for he would deliver him and that he should speak whatsoever he commanded him Jer. 1. 5 6 7 8 9 10. And by the same Word was Amos called as he was following the flock who was a herdsmand and a gatherer of Sicamore fruit Amos 7. 14 15 16 And the Apostles were fisher-men and trades-men and Paul a Tentmaker ●hose all left their honest callings to do whatsoever the Lord commanded them some to prophesie and some to preach the Gospel and the same Word of God and the same Call and the same Spiri● I doe witnesse by which I am called from my outward calling and by the same Law by which I am accused for leaving my honest calling and commanded to it again by the same would Elisha be accused and commanded to goe to the plough again and Amos for leaving the flock and vineyard to goe to prophesie in the Kings Chappel at Bethell but Amasiah the Priest was offended at Amos for leaving his calling and for prophesying at Bethell and commanded him to goe away that he should neither prophesie nor eat bread there though he was commanded of the Lord And the same Spirit doth appear in you both Priests and Magistrates in Cambridge with them who are sent of the Lord and commanded as Amos was And you say this is the Unversity and you have Teachers enough of your own but none of them can witnesse that the Lord ever called them or commanded them but they who are called and commanded by the Lord and in obedience to him do come them you command to goe cut of the Town to follow their callings again and so by the same Law command the Prophets to their callings again and the Apostles to their netts again and Paul to make Tents again and Mathew to the receipt of Customes again which they were all called from but Amos did not goe to Bethell to be a herdsman but to declare the Word of the Lord nor the Apostles did not goe to fish and to their netts again to get their living but they were made fishers of men And were persecuted from City to City and threatned and straitly charged to speak no more in that Name and to depart their Coasts as I am commanded to depart from Cambridge to teach in my own Country but they obeyed God rather than man and were not idle wandering rogues though they had left their lawfull callings and had no certain dwelling place but did goe whithersoever the Lord commanded them to preach the Gospel to every creature and to all nations and took no thought what to eat or what to drink nor wherewith to be cloathed and did eat no mans bread for nought and the same I witnesse and the Prophets nor the Apostles when they were put into prisons and dungeons you doe not read that they were forced to work to fulfill the will of their persecutors nor that ever Paul nor the rest of the Apostles nor Servants of Jesus Christ when they were cast into prison or dungeons that for the testimony of Jesus that ever they were charged or commanded to beat hemp or else not eat as the Task-master of Cambridge doth command but their labour and work was to beget into the truth and some were begotten in their bonds as Paul witnessed in the Epistle to Philemon 10. vers. and the Apostle Paul suffered trouble as an evill doer even unto bonds but the Word of God was not bound 2 Tim. 2. 9. This is a faithful saying If we suffer with him we shall also raign with him if we deny him he also will deny us And for his sake who hath called me doe I suffer all things and endure all things and am not ashamed of his sufferings but in obedience to the will of God doe I deny the will of man and suffer by the will of man God is my witnesse and my conscience also bearing me witnesse in the presence of God And this of the Lord I was moved to publish forth that the truth may be cleared from scandals and the persecution and tyranny of unreasonable men made manifest to all sorts of people who come to see and to read with understanding and here have cleared my conscience being free from the guilt of the bloud of all men and have laid thesin to the charge and to the door of those who are guilty From a Servant and a Prisoner of Jesus Christ in Cambridge RICHARD HUBBERTHORNE A Coppy of a Mittimus made in the will of the Mayor of Cambridge To the Keepers of the Touleboth in Cambridge VVHereas James Parnell hath been brought before me and hath been examined and hath confessed that he was sent to this Town to set dissention in this Town in many particulars as by his examination may fully appear and further hath confessed that he set up a paper in the Market the last market day in this Town which is a Libell against the Ministers and Magistrates of the said Town and further misdemeanours is proved against him these are therefore in the name of the Lord Protector of England that you receive him into your