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lord_n	call_v	holy_a	spirit_n	11,843	5	5.1097	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66544	Strange and wonderful news from Italy, or, A true amd impartial relation of the travels, adventures, and martyrdome of four eminent Quakers of York-shire who in the year 1672 travelled through France, Italy, and Turkey to propagate their religion : wherein is fully and faithfully declared the deigns, endeavours, and attempts of these zealous Quakers for the conversion of the Turk and Pope : with a summary account of the event and success of the business and of all the most remarkable occurrents : as also a faithful narrative of their private discourses, conferences, and disputes which passed between these Quakers and the Pope, the Cardinal Nephew, and Cardinal Barbarini : also of their voyage to Constantinople and of their most barbarous, cruel, and bloody death by the special command of the Mufti and the Vizier Bassa / faithfully and compendiously related by Elias Wilson.	Wilson, Elias.	1673 (1673)	Wing W2891A; ESTC R26383	7,889	10

Strange and Wonderful News from ITALY OR A True and Impartial Relation of the Travels Adventures and Martyrdome of four emient Quakers of York-shire Who in the Year 1672. Travelled through France Italy and Turky to propagate their Religion Wherein is fully and faithfully declared the Designs Endeavours and Attempts of these zealous Quakers for the Conversion of the TURK and POPE With a summary account of the event and success of the business and of all the most remarkable occurrents As also a faithful Narrative of their private discourses conferences and disputes which passed between these Quakers and the Pope the Cardinal Nephew and Cardinal Barbarini ALSO Of their Voyage to Constantinople and of their most barbarous cruel and bloody death by the special command of the Mufti and the Vizier Bassa Faithfully and compendiously related by Elias Wilson Esquire who was an eye-witness to a great part of these transactions LONDON Printed by John Lock living in the Long Walk near Christ-Church Hospital over against the sign of the Drawers 1673. IT was towards the end of March in the year 1672. that John Watson William Stubbs Nathaniel Golden and Rowland Jenkins all of Yorkshire and eminently known in that County to be Leading-men among the Quakers It was I say about that time that these men said they had the spirit of Burning and the Holy Anointing in them and were called and sent by God to preach the everlasting Gospel to the Nations and Heathens And they said that the child Jesus within them had assured them of great success and that the Lord would be wonderfully with them in this Dispensation that they should break the Bread of Life to the Nations and that the Springs of Life should break forth out of their Bellies It is a wonder to fee what strange effects and boldness these Enthusiastical perswasions and Phanatical Dreams caused in these poor Men. They were now swelled with hopes and expectation of Wonders They now resolved to leave England and embark for France and begin this great work of converting Nations and Heathens Reader I do intend to give you a true and impartial account of these mens actions in Forreign parts as I have received it from their own mouths and also been fully and faithfully informed by several other Persons of known worth and integrity who were eye witnesses to the same John Watson was a Gentleman of a pretty considerable Estate and had been well educated he had spent some years at Vniversity and had also formerly been a Traveller into France Spain and Italy all which Languages he throughly understood and spake very fluently The other three were plain Country-men and knew no other language but their own but fully perswaded themselves they should have the Gift of Tongues and be indued with power from above It is not my intent to write a Journal of these mens actions for that would swell this little Pamphlet into a huge book I intend only to relate some of the most signal and most remarkable of their affairs and transactions which I heard from their own mouths when I was in Italy and which have been also related and attested by other Persons of known integrity In Easter-week they took Shipping at Dover and were soon wafted over to Calis I find not that they had any Impulse of Spirit to say or attempt any thing but that they travelled on very peaceably and quietly paying for what they had and so came to the great City Paris where they spent 2 days only and then advanced towards Lyons where they continued about a Fortnight Here it was that the tumultuous spirit began first to exert and shew it self to the French Nation On April 27 William Stubbs said he had received a command from God to speak and he signified as much to John Watson and the rest On the next day which was Sunday about 10 of the Clock in the Forenoon they went all 4 to the great Cathedral or St. Johns Church where they were celebrating high Mass as they call it about the middle of the Mass William Stubbs on a sudden climes over the ralls and goes up to the high Altar where as he was beginning his Discourse in English for as yet he had not received his Gift of Tongues the Church Officers presently lay hands on him and carry him out and commit him to Prison until the next day On Monday the Officers have him before the Magistrate who refuses to meddle in this case but causes him forthwith to be sent to the Arch-Bishop The Arch-Bishop is highly offended with him for his bold attempt and resolves to punish him with all severity imaginable he remits him to Prison and orders that the next day at 10 of the Clock in the Morning he be brought before him again On Tuesday he is strictly examined what his intentions were how he durst be so bold to commit so great a crime in so publick and confident a manner His answers were altogether impertinent and withall so insolent and sawcy that the Bishop sent him to the House of Correction where he was soundly lashed On Friday morning the Bishop ordered him to be brought before him again and seemed to be much incensed against this poor Phanatick Now the reason why his Grace was so fierce against this poor Man was because some of his Servants had malitiously suggested to him that he was set on and encouraged to offer this publick affront to their Divine Service by some of the Hugonot Ministers which was a most malitious untruth for as yet these Quakers had not had any the least correspondence or converse with any Protestant in France as they did all very soberly attest to me in Italy The Bishop was resolved to give him a full hearing and to sift the business to the bottom He asked him if he was not set on to do this irreverent action by the Hugonot Ministers He replyed no he was moved by the Spirit of God within him and that it was the Spirit of Burning and the Holy Anointing that had caused him to do what he had done And here he entred into a long discourse telling the Arch-Bishop and the Canons who were there present that the Law of God was written upon Mens hearts and that now the time was come that they should all be taught of God Now the Lords people were all to be Prophets they were all to have fresh springs arise in their hearts And that the Lord had sent him and three Friends more into these parts to break the bread of Life to the Nations to open the hidden Mysteries of Christs Kingdom to overthrow the Babylonish Practices of Rome to break the Serpents Head and wound the great Leviathan The Arch-Bishop the Canons and the whole Company were much astonished at this Mans confidence and his wild and Fanatick discourse and answers and began now to relent and to pitty this poor Man and look upon him as a mad-man and one out of his senses so