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The Grand impostor examined, or, The life, tryal and examination of James Nayler the seduced and seducing Quaker : with the manner of his riding into Bristol.
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Wing N283; ESTC R26866
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of God A. Where God is manifest in the flesh there is the everlasting Son and I do witness God in the flesh I am the Son of God and the Son of God is but one Q. Art thou the Prince of peace A. The Prince of everlasting peace is begotten in me Q. Why dost thou not reprove those that give thee these attributes A. I have said nothing unto them but such things are written Q. Is thy name Jesus A. Here he was silent Q. For what space of time hast thou been so called A. And here Q. Is there no other Jesus besides thee A. These questions he forbore either to confirm or to contradict them Q. Art thou the everlasting Son of God the King of righteousness A. I am and the everlasting righteousness is wrought in me if ye were acquainted with the Father ye would also be acquainted with me Q. Did any kisse thy feet A. It might be they did but I minded them not Q. When thou wast called the King of Israel didst thou not answer thou sayest it A. Yea. Q. How dost thou provide for a lively hood A. As do the Lillies without care being maintained by my father Q. Who dost thou call thy Father A. He whom thou callest God Q. What businesse hadst thou at Bristoll or that way A. I was guided and directed by my father Q. Why wast thou called a Judge to try cause of Israel A. Here he answered nothing Q. Are any of these sayings blasphemy or not A. What is received of the Lord is truth Q. VVhose Letter was that which was writ to thee signed T. S. A. It was sent me to Exeter Gaol by one the world calls Tho. Symonds Q. Didst thou not say if ye had known me ye had known the father A. Yea for the father is my life Q. VVhere wert thou born A. At Anderslow in Yorkshire Q. VVhere lives thy wife A. She whom thou callest my wife lives in Wakefield Q. VVhy dost thou not live with her A. I did till I was called to the Army Q. Vnder whose command didst thou serve in the Army A. First under him they call Lord Fairfax Q. Who then A. Afterwards under that man called Col. Lambert and then I went into Scotland where I was a Quartermaster and returned sick to my earthly habitation and was called into the North Q. What wentst thou for to Exceter A. I was to Lawson to see the brethren Q. What estate hast thou A. I take no care for that Q. Doth God in an extraordinary manner sustain thee without any corporal food A. Man doth not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Father the same life is mine that is in the Father but not in the same measure Q. How art thou cloathed A. I know not Q. Dost thou live without bread A. As long as my heavenly Father will I have tasted of that bread of which he that eateth shall never die Qu. How long hast thou lived without any corporal sustenance having perfect health A. Some fifteen or sixteen days sustained without any other food except the Word of God Q. Was Dorcas Erbury dead two days in Exceter and didst thou raise her A. I can do nothing of my self the Scripture beareth witness to the power in me which is everlasting it is the same power we read of in the Scripture The Lord hath made me a signe of his coming and that honour that belongeth to Christ Jesus in whom I am revealed may be given to him as when on earth at Jerusalem according to the measure Q. Art thou the unspotted Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world A. Were I not a lamb wolves would not seek to devour me Q. Art thou not guilty of horrid blasphemy by thy own words A. Who made thee a Judge over them Q. Wherefore camest thou in such an unusual posture as two women leading thy horse others singing Holy holy c. with another before thee bare-headed knee-deep in the high-way-mud when thou mightst have gone in the Causey and at such a time that it raining thy companions received the rain at their necks and vented it at their hose and breeches A. It tended to my Fathers praise and glory and I ought not to slight any thing which the Spirit of the Lord moves Q. Dost thou think the Spirit of the Lord moved or commanded them A. Yea. Q. Whom meant they by Holy holy holy c A. Let them answer for themselves they are at age Q. Did not some spread their cloathes on the ground before thee when thou ridst thorow Glastenbury and Wells A. I think they did Q. Wherefore didst thou call Martha Simonds another as George Fox affirms A. George Fox is a lyer and a fire-brand of hell for neither I nor any with me called her so Q. Thou hast a wife at this time A. A woman I have whom by the world is called my wife and some children I have which according to the flesh are mine Q. Those books which thou hast writ wilt thou maintain them and affirm what is therein A. Yea with my dearest blood MARTHA SIMONDS Her EXAMINATION She confesseth She knew James Nayler formerly for he is now no more James Nayler but refined to a more excellent substance and so she saith she came with him from Bristol to Exceter Q. WHat made thee lead his Horse into Bristol and sing Holy holy holy c. and to spread thy garments before him A. I was forced thereto by the power of the Lord Q. He is stiled in Hannah Strangers Letter the fairest of ten thousand the hope of Israel and the onely begotten Son of God dost thou so esteem him A. That James Nayler of whom thou speakest is buried in me and he hath promised to come again Q. Dost thou like of that Attribute as given to him A. I cannot tell I judge them not Q. Whether didst thou kneel before him A. What I did was in obedience to a power above Q. Dost thou own him to be the Prince of Peace A. He is a perfect man and he that is a perfect man is the Prince of Peace Q. Hast thou a Husband A. I have a Man which thou callest my Husband Q. What made thee to leave him and to follow James Nayler in such a manner A. It is our life to praise the Lord and the Lord my strength who filleth heaven and earth is manifest in James Nayler Q. Oughtest thou to worship James Nayler as thou didst upon thy knees A. Yea I ought so to do Q. Why oughtest thou so to do A. He is the Son of Righteousness and the new Man within him is the Everlasting Son of Righteousness and James Nayler will be Jesus when the new life is born in him Q. By what name callest thou him A. Lord Q. Why dost thou call him Lord A. Because he is Prince of Peace and Lord of Righteousness Q. What reason canst thou shew for thy calling
him King of Israel A. He as so anointed Q. Who hath anoynted him A. A Prophet Q. What Prophet was that A. I will not tell thee Q. Thou confessest that thou didst spread thy cloaths A. Yea I did Q. Tell me Doth that Spirit of Jesus which thou sayest is in Nayler make him a sufficient Jesus to others A. I tell thee there is a seed born in him which above all men I shall and every one ought to honour Q. Is he King of Israel as thy Husband saith A. If he saith so thy testimony is double Hanna Stranger her Examination She saith She came from Bristol to Exeter with James Nayler and that she flang her Handkerchief before him because commanded so of the Lord and that she sung Holy c. and that the Lord is risen in him Q. VVHerefore didst thou sing before James Nayler A. I must not be mute when I am commanded of the Lord Q. Wherefore didst thou sinḡ to him A. My conscience tells me I have not offended any Law Q. Was that Letter thine and didst thou spread thy garments before him A. Yea and my blood will maintain it Q. Dost thou own him for the Prince of Peace A. Yea he is so Q. What dost thou call his Name A. It hath been said already I have told of his Name Q. Dost thou not know it to be blasphemy to give him such and such attributes A. If I have offended any Law c. Q. Didst thou send him that Letter wherein he was called the Son of God A. Yea I do own the whole Letter Q. Didst thou call him Jesus A. She would not answer Q. Didst thou kiss his feet A. Yea. THOMAS STRANGER his Examination HE owneth the Postscript of the Letter in which he calleth James Nayler Jesus but could not be got to answer to any more Questions any further than If I have offended any Law He confesseth he called James Nayler Jesus and saith he was thereto moved of the Lord TIMOTHY WEDLOCK His EXAMINATION Q. DOst thou own James Nayler to be the onely Son of God A. I do own him to be the Son of God Q. Wherefore didst thou and the rest sing before him Holy holy holy Lord God of Israel A. I do own the Songs of Sion Q. Thou wilt go through a great rain bare-headed why then wilt thou not be uncovered to a Magistrate A. What I did was as the Lord commanded Q. What is your opinion concerning Religion A. I own no Opinions nor any Judgements Q. Wherefore didst thou honour him in Towns and not elsewhere A. We did as well in Commons but in both as the Spirit of the Lord directed us Q. Wherefore didst thou kneel before him A. The Truth Dorcas Erbury the Widow of William Erbury once a Minister but a seducing Quaker her Examination Q. WHere dost thou live A. With Margaret Thomas Q. Wherefore didst thou sing Holy c A. I did not at that time but those that sang did it in discharging of their duty Q. Dost thou own him that rode on horse-back to be the holy one of Israel A. Yea I do and with my blood will seal it Q. And dost thou own him for the Son of God A. He is the onely begotten Son of God Q. Wherefore didst thou pull off his stockings and lay thy cloaths beneath his feet A. He is worthy of it for he is the holy Lord of Israel Q. Knowest thou no other Jesus the onely begotten Son of God A. I know no other Saviour Qu. Dost thou believe in James Nayler A. Yea in him whom thou callest so I do Q By what name dost thou use to call him A. The Son of God but I am to serve him and to call him Lord and Master Q. Jesus was crucified but this man you call the Son of God is alive A. He hath shook off his carnal body Q. Why what body hath he then A. Say not the Scriptures Thy natural body I will change and it shall be spiritual Q. Hath a spirit flesh and bones A. His flesh and bones are new Q. Christ raised those that had been dead so did not he A. He raised me Q. In what manner A. He laid his hand on my head after I had been dead two days and said Dorcas arise and I arose and live as thou seest Q. Where did he this A. At the Goal in Exceter Q. What witness hast thou for this A. My mother who was present Q. His power being so much wherefore opened he not the prison-doors and escaped A. The doors shall open when the Lords work is done Q. What Apostles hath he A. They are scattered but some are here Q. Jesus Christ doth sit at the right hand of the Father where the World shall be judged by him A. He whom thou callest Nayler shall sit at the right hand of the Father and shall judge the world with equity Here followeth a Relation concerning one of his Companions ONE of James Naylers Disciples having attained to some knowledge in the French-tongue went over into France to a City called Burdeaux where entring into a Congregation of the Protestants he began after his wonted manner here in England to cry out in the open Congregation against the Minister calling him conjurer lyer impostor deceiver and the elders and people being astonished at the novelty and reputing him a mad-man came and told him that they had laws in France to protect the Congregations either of Papists or Protestants from any disturbance and thrust him forth of their Church Vpon which he went into the Church-yard and upon a stone continued his discourse which drew the whole Congregation out of the Church after him and caused the Minister to give over and the elders coming again to him told him that he being a stranger they were willing to favour him but seeing he did continue his disturbance they would commit him to justice he told them Justice was never in that place until his appearance Vpon that they took him a way to the Governour where being brought with his hat on he asked the Governour what he was who told him he was the Governour of that place under the King of France he said that he would not answer him as Governour his Government being carnal and a certain Bishop being with the Governour who was a Papist desiring that he might question him and demanding what he was he told him he was an English-man and sent of the Lord to prepare his way he demanded of the Bishop what he was who told him he was a Bishop whereupon he replied that against him he was sent who was one of the locusts that was sent forth of the bottomless pit and that the wepons he had with him was fitted to destroy him and the whole kingdom of Antichrist who was held in darkness and blindness and that he was to pour out Vials of the fathers wrath upon him The Governor of Burdeaux perceving several of the people to be infected with his Doctrine