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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19860	A true narration of the strange and greuous vexation by the Devil, of 7. persons in Lancashire, and VVilliam Somers of Nottingham Wherein the doctrine of possession and dispossession of demoniakes out of the word of God is particularly applyed vnto Somers, and the rest of the persons controuerted: togeather with the vse we are to make of these workes of God. By Iohn Darrell, minister of the word of God.	Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.	1600 (1600)	STC 6288; ESTC S109297	131,635	124

for the younge man denyeth that he was possest yea affirmeth that he counterfeited and the world also saith the same and thus lyes falshood are imbraced for truth almost of all men and the truth indeede reiected and the louers thereof hated scorned despised slandered and some of them worse intreated It going thus it is not against but according to the scriptures yea herein the scripture is fulfilled in that Somers is quyet and free from all molestation by sathan notwithstandinge he is in him because the strong man armed saith the scripture keepinge the house without resistance there is peace but let Christ Iesus the stronger come vpon him in the meanes he hath sanctified for the recouery of this house to himselfe the right owner and the expellinge of the vsurper then vndoubtedly there will be an end of this vniuste peace and therein likewise we shall see the scripture fulfilled In the holy scriptures it is written that if we resist the diuell he will flye vnderstand this not only of sathans temptations but also of his person and then affirme I that this scripture hath bene fulfilled In lyke manner the scriptures tell vs that the way to resist Sathan so as wee may put him to flight and ouercome is to vse prayer and the word of god which is the sworde of the spirit Vnderstand this as the former herein this scripture also hath bene verifyed The holy scriptures shewe how that greate thinges euen incredible hath bene brought to passe by prayer and fastinge more particulerly that euen diuels thereby haue bene and are to be caste ovt of men herein the scripture likewise hath bene fulfilled In the scriptures it is recorded that when the deuil goeth out of the man whome he possesseth he renteth him sore c●yeth aloude the possessed after lying as dead nowe many of vs euen hundreds haue seene with our eyes and hearde with our eares this scripture fulfilled In the holy scriptures we reade that when the vucleane spirit is gon out of a man he will retorne seeking to reenter Besides the reports of all and euery of the parties possessed the sudden vnspeakeable frights and terrors which many of vs haue often beheld in the spirits assaites to reenter doe greatly confirme this retorne vpon our Demoniackes all which was donne that the scripture herein might be fulfilled The scripture saith that if the diuels fynde the house empty swept and garnished that is the partye out of whom he is come prepared to receaue him which is when he is empty or voyd of the graces of the spirit and garnished or replenished with iniquities for the furniture must be sutable to the ghest the vncleane spirit must be interteyned in all vncleannes that then he reentreth and recouereth his pray as otherwise although he would fayne yet he cannot Nowe who seeth not the case to be so with W. Somers for were he not empty swepte and garnished he would neuer deny the work of god which hath benshewed on him and giue forth to the great dishonor of god hurte of many and danger of his owne soule that he had counterfeyted not to speake anything of his open and notorious lyinge and doublinge with that false tongue of his nor of his charging mee with the instructing of him neither of his fearefull periury somtimes betaking himself bodye and soule to the diuell if he counterfeyted at other times protesting as depely that he did counterfeyt In the repossession then of Somers it is euident that this scripture is fulfilled as on the other side this scripture considered and his present estate condition I meane that he is empty howe can it otherwise be but that he is reposessed further the scripture saith that the vncleane spirit retorning and reentering he doth it with 7. other worse then himselfe Now this hath bene found true in Kath Wrights repossession I doubt not but that the truth thereof will one day appeare also in Somers whē he shall come againe to be dispossessed if so be at any time it will be graunted that the meanes for the discouery of sathan and after for the casting of him out may be vsed Finally in the holy scripture it is said that if the vncleane spirit retorning finde the party out of whome he came empty swept and garnished that he will not only enter in and take vp his lodging there as it were for a night as a stranger doth in an other mans house and away in the morninge as he doth as I may say in his first possession but will nowe as hauinge further interest there then he had before make scriptures speake truelye in and concerning the matter of possession dispossession and repossession and not accordinge to the truth in other things wi● any be so absurde as to thinke and confesse that the holy scriptures speake most truely as touchinge the tormenting here on eard●e of the bodyes of those men the diuels enter into and will they not as well beleue the same writinges tellinge them that after death and in an other world the diuels shall torment the workes of iniquity in hell fyre which neuer shall pe quenched and of which tormentes there will neuer be an ende And seinge the substance of this booke I meane the holy byble is spent in reportinge thinges incredible to flesh and bloud such as the reason of man re●ecteth scorneth among which these concerning diuels their nature power entrance into men c. are some and that this is it which letteth man from imbracing it as a word of truth and that sundry of these incredible impossible thinges to reason we euidently see with our eyes and our selues of our owne knowledge knowe to be most true why should we not be fullye perswaded or the deuine and certaine trueth of the other incredible thiugs there reported and that all those also in theire time we shall as certainely see fulfilled as we haue alredy in part senee these Thus me thinketh the fulfillinge of many sayinges in the scriptures in this worke of god should be a mo●ue and inducement to many to giue that credit vnto them which percase be●ore they did not yea surely if man will but giue ea●e to ●is reason wherewith god hath indued him and discusse or debate hereof after this sayde manner it will perswade him herevnto I do not saye that this is effectuall or of Power and sent of god to that ende to worke sauinge faith in man ffor I knowe faith cometh by hereinge and how shall they beleeue in him of whome they haue not hearde But this I meane that he which before thought basely and ga ue no regarde or credit to the holy worde of god by this rare work of his and serious ●meditation thereof may well be brought to thinke more reuerently of the worde and to be perswaded of the truth therof where before he doubted and so brought to the historicall faithe as we call it where beinge

bondeslaue vnto sathan a stranger and forriner vnto god aliant from the common wealth of Israel but one of the houshold of god a citizen with the saincts euen of the greate holy City newe Ierusalem into the which entreth none but these newe and holy creatures for whome only god the builder maker thereof hath prepared it If any obiect All the children of god shall certainly be saued accordig to that scripture If we be children we are also heires enen the heires of god and heirs annexed with Christ therefore whosoeuer be the diuels children and so they before described to be such shall certainlye be damed I answer that if man being the child of the diuel could not possibly become the child of god as he who is once the sonne or daughter of god can neuer after be the child of the diuel then the reason followed and whosoeuer is the childe of the diuel should be condemned but that being most false the other followeth not thereof at all This then I affirme that whosoeuer are the diuels children which are all they who are giuen to blasphemy swearing lying cursing filthy comunication to speake euill of them which are in aucthority to raylinge slaundering to hatred especially of the brethren to adultery fornication vncleannes deceipt defrauding one an other in bargayning and other workes of the diuell and continue therein liuinge and dyinge such shall indeede goe to the diuel their father and with him inherite hell fyer prepared for the diuel his angels Furthermore in obseruing the nature of the diuel we are to consider how he standeth affected towards men how in his nature he is who ly carryed to hate man for when he hath lost him he is not at quye● vntil he he haue recouered him if it be possible to torment him and to destroy him Now who that is wise will not be afraid to fall into the handes of such as one or rather of god whose executioner the diuel is If the diuel deale thus with man being sent forth of god to chastice him for his amendment How wil he intreat him when be shall fall vpō him to execute the vengeance to come that is the punishment which in iustice is due vnto man and answerable to all the dishonor he hath donne vpon earth to the lord of glory If in the former case he cause such crying gnashing of teeth and tormenting as we haue heard what crying what gnashing of teeth what tormenting shall there bee in the latter Thus we see what an agrement there is betwixt the word worke of god as comming both from the same author and tendinge to the same end euen to make men afraid to fall into the hands of the liu●go God They both teach the same thing the one more obscurely the other more plainly VVhy now will not wee rather take forth this and such like lessons out of this work and so make our vse profit therof then impugne and deny the worke as many of vs doe when the lord knowing mans dulnes and backwardnes to learne shall in regard thereof be content to instruct him not only by his word but also by his worke which sometime preuayleth a little with man when his word will not and that man is so farr from being taught and instructed thereby that he reiecteth such kind of instruction wil the lorde or can he possibly take that in good part Seauenthly it serueth excellently to confound our athiests whose say not only with the foole in their hart that there is no god but go somwhat further affirming with their blasphemous mouthes out of that vnspeakable folly and brvtishnes of theirs as Kinge Pharaoh their praedecessor did who is the lorde that I should obey him These lusty gallāts who will haue no heauen nor hell no god nor diuel what say they to this work of that god whome they deny That there is a diuel howe can they deny it seing the worke and effects of the diuell in and vpon the bodye of Somers to let the 7. in Lancashire and other goe the running lumpes his supernaturall strength knowledge wayght in his body and members thereof his speaking without the instrumentes of speach throwing into the fyer without beinge burnt his lying as dead could as yee his face and hands blacke no breath comming frō him and thus sometime by the space of an houre with many more of this kynde will infore them to confesse the worke of the diuel and by consequent that there is a diuell considering that these things can not posibly come either from nature or be donne by art and that som cause of these effects there must needes bee when they haue donne what they can except they will leaue this matter vndecided wherevnto the diuel and the corruption of their nature will be ready to perswad them they must in the ende say will they nill they and others also with them that the said strange accidents and ympossible to be donne by man came and were donne by the dyuel there being no other cause to be found and that Somers therein was a mere patient For to deny the matter of fact that these things were done or rather suffered by Somers is plaine englishe to say that the 17 persons which haue deposed the same are periuered and not only they but about 13 more deposed after in the whole about 30 wherof 7 be preachers the which if some shamles body shoulde not spare to affirme yet that wil not helpe seeinge there are hundreds more redy to auouche the same vpon there othes and to be so for sworne as are the former remember also that I deliuered to the commissioners a bill of about 60 Persons who were redy to be deposed A●udicient number I thinke for the prouinge of any cause concerninge eyther God or man yf inoughe haue not witnessed this matter vpon their oathes there are yet good store remaininge yf they were but called therevnto and in the meane season som credit would be giuen to the bare affirmation of christians or els it goeth amisse with all our historiographers and there bookes yt is then a most shamfull odious thing for man to call the matter of facte into question espetially consyderige the same hath ben done in our own land in the midst of vs so as we need not goe beyonde the seaes for full inquirie into it the circumstances therof as time place persons possessed others dealing in ther dispossession and priuat christians witnessinge the same the commissioners also at Nottīgham with whom or som of them who list when he please may conferr which are able to constraine a man to receiue this for a truth-yf reason can preuaile with him neither do I doubte but that other nations and kingdoms about vs. wil not only giue credite to the mater of facte when they shall heare therof and that the same hath ben witnessed vpon the othes of so many