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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65443	A vindication of Anne Wentworth tending to the better preparing of all people for her larger testimony, which is making ready for publick view. Published according to the will of God, and direction of charity. By Anne Wentworth. To which is annexed a letter written by an eminent Christian, concerning the said Anne Wentworth, and directed to the several congregations of the Anabaptists, and their respective pastors. As also a song of tryumph by the said Anne Wentworth, a daughter of Sion, newly delivered from the captivity of Babylon, &c.	Wentworth, Anne.	1677 (1677)	Wing W1356; ESTC R219445	15,970	25

spoken by the Holy Ghost to the Apostle James restrain you 1 James 26. If any man among you seems to be religious and bridle not his Tongue but deceiveth his own heart that mans Religion is vain You may sooner hinder the Sun from shining then the truth of God from displaying it self in such manner and by such instruments as he is pleased to chuse who is the Holy one of Israel who will not suffer himself to be limited by man the great God hath put the word of truth in her mouth and dare you forbid her to declare it can your scorn and contempt of the weak instrument frustrate the purposes and Counsels of God no his foolishness is wiser then your imaginary wisdom and his weakness stronger then all your conjoyned power Can you prove that God hath not spoken to her and by her No you dare not produce that Book of hers in yours custody you too well know it would demonstrate her to be in the Truth and your selves shameless Lyars Pray consider if one of your Preachers should be silenced you would presently cry out of Persecution and dare you attempt to silence the Word of God whose sound is gone forth to the ends of the Earth Take heed of resisting deriding a Message sent from Heaven though by a weak Instrument lest you be found guilty of Blasphemies against the Spirit of God but rather to day while you hear his Voice harden not your hearts lest he swear in his wrath that you shall never enter into his Rest It is heard and received by such who love the Truth and submit to the Power of it but if you persist in your Rebellion against it you will find and feel to your cost that Truth is stronger than all Consider these-things Brethren and the Lord give you understanding to judge aright The 5th of the 10th Month 1677. The Lord Awaked me in the Night-Season and by his Spirit taught me thus in Verse and made me Sing unto him a Triumphant Victorious Song over my Enemies with a command from God to send it forth into the World to be answered by the same Spirit of Love Meekness Gentleness Goodness Plainness Lamb-like lowly and Humble for such is the Spirit of Gods Teachings Let us be followers of our Head Christ Jesus as dear Children whom we have for our Example Ephes 5. 1 2. For he that overcometh shall Inherit all things and I will be his God and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters The Promise belongs either to Sons or Daughters walking in the Truth Revel 21. 7. I Am commanded by the King of Kings to send this in the same manner and method he taught it me Let none despise the Spirits teaching quench not the Spirit despise not Prophesie There hath been too much despising and disdaining of me already I pray God forgive them for all their hard speeches and cruel usage of me for they have done they know not what The Lord help us to remember our Creator in the days of our youth and declining years for when we have done all we can to please our selves yet the end of all is death for pride passion self-will bitterness wrath envy malice will yield no comfort at the Judgment Seat where we must give an account of all the deeds done in the flesh whether they be good or evil Eccles 12. 14. Who hath believed our report hath been the cry of old and to whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed Esa 53. 1. For they have not at all obeyed the Gospel Rom. 10. 16. To England sweet my Native soyl This summons now I send Her speedy answer I require Before this Year doth end In four and twenty years Declare What evil have I done VVhat all this time they have against My Conversation VVhat cause gave I to make your wrath So hot to burn at me Speak as you 'l answer it to God And let all hear and see In Coffee-House and Ale-House now VVhy do you me Defame VVhy doth your Church a Heathen me And Publican proclaim Speak out and spare not what 's my sin Speak truth in his presence Else God a bitter Cup will give You as your recompence If he who judgeth Heaven and Earth Disowneth what you have done Then to curb you and set me free He 's now most surely come You 'l punish me and think for me No Prison is too ill But whether you or I offend most he determine will I 'm falsly slandered and opprest By men that have no Love But I commit my cause to him who sees and sits above And from his Sanctuary looks and roars out of Sion To shew my Foes he is my God and I his little one He sees my griefs so great the weight I can no longer bear That now he comes to be my Judge The Innocent to clear To restifie he is my Spouse and Husband of my Soul Whom I must serve and keep his Laws though proud men would controul I give no other cause but in the Worship of my God If clean from sin I 'm in his sight my Foes will feel his Rod. The same measure of wrath which they do pour forth upon me According to his word he 'l pour On them as they will see They can't excuse themselves before God for what they have done They hate me ' cause I in Gods word and ways of Truth do run Full eighteen years with grief consum'd and to the Grave bow'd down Because the Lord have rais'd me up to make his power known And bad me shew his wonderous works and glorifie his Name This only nothing else but this a great offence became They rage they Persecute to Death a Woman weak and wan For giving all glory unto God and not to wretched man Now Country-men if I the Truth do not make to appear Disprove me plainly if you can Before the next New Year For after that great wrath expect which on those will burn as fuel Who to their fellow creature were Not merciful but cruel And have no Love to God his way His Truth and holy word But only love themselves as he hath seen and much abhor'd For taking up this heavy Cross to follow the Lord my God Wormwood and gall they give and scourge me with their sharpest Rod. O God arise make hast to judge between my Foes and me O stop their mouths clear me and let not guilty ones go free Now strike at Babylon thou said'st This year thou would'st begin To pour thy Plagues on that great Whore Babylon for her Sin Give Testimony speak aloud O Lord and make them hear To let them know I speak from God And only him do fear Thou knowest O Lord I have no end Doing and suffering this But that thy will obeying I May gain Eternal bliss If King and subjects cannot me disprove in what I say If truth I speak O Lord let them Not take my life away That will not quench the wrath denounc'd For what 's already done Nor can prevent the pouring sorth That wrath which is begun What he hath purpos'd and decreed on Babylon to do Shall suddenly in one day come Her Judgment Plagues and wo. As he revealed hath unto his faithful Servant John Such as ne're was nor e're again the world shall fall upon That for my Native soyl and folks I now could weep and mourn Though they unkind to me no thanks But Grief and Scorn return Only some of the little flock Of Christ I late have seen VVho have to me distrest and left Alone a comfort been Blest be his power who helpt and faith He will my sorrows end I hope he will my foes convince That they their lives may mend Take me O Lord from strife of Tongues as thou hast promis'd me Give rest and peace if so thou please O take me home to thee Let me no longer bear this Yoak And in this vile world stay Think on thy promise Lord and free me before New-Years Day The Ninth of the same month the Lord taught me this Song in the Night IF all Men can't disprove what by me God hath said Then with all England it will be very sad VVhat ye do do quickly before New-Years Day Least after that all your lives be swept away Wo wo to England for what she hath done For woes upon England will certainly come Because she doth not love God with all her heart Nor 〈◊〉 up her self to take his Childrens part Shall I yet doubt when God upholds me then Fear mortal Men who ' ve done the worst they can No lift up thy Head and now rejoyce That God for thee made such a choice A. W. My Maker is my Husband the Holy one of Israel my Redeemer the Eternal ever living God my Father in obedience to his reveiled will do I suffer in obeying his strict commands I offend their are several of his Children that are sufferers with me and are not ashamed of me in my bonds which are for doing the will of Christ Now as they have owned me so God will own them and bless them but for such as are ashamed of me under my reproaches for Christ they in time may be more ashamed for their Neglect in not owning me in the work of the Lord. O my God fulfil thy word and deliver me for thou knowest I have suffered as much Tiranny and Cruelty under a formal profession of Religion as I could have done amongst Turks Heathens and Infidels and if so then what need is it that my Country-men should so highly scorn me as they do for if I live to see New-Years Day over I shall be able to speak to them and ask them how they do and rejoyce when they will have cause to mourn and I now know my friends from my foes and if I out of this world be taken it will be my greater mercy to be singing Halauajah in Heaven FINIS

flood of scorn contempt bitter railing false accusations scandalous papers and lying Pamphlets upon them by whom they have been poured out against me The Lord frustreth the tokens of the Liars and maketh Diviners mad he turneth wise men backwards and maketh their knowledge foolish but he confirmeth the word of his servant and performeth the Counsel of his Messengers Isa 44. And now in this Faith and assurance I do shut up this my Vindication and preparitory Testimony Declaring unto all people whom it may concern That it is the Lord has mooved me and his Spirit which has stirred me up My heavenly Bridegroom is come and has given me courage with an humble boldness and holy confidence to speak the truth in all faithfulness and to fear no man but God alone in whose strength I stand to encounter with all discouragements from my own understanding will affections former thoughts and principles within and with all opposition from difficulties dangers temptations of friends and conspiracies of enemies without I am sensible any of these things would be too strong for me a worm of no might or strength but I have renounced my self and laid down my own wisdom and will in this work and am given up to all the will of God herein standing upon my watch and having in his power put on the whole Armor of God the Shield of Faith the Brestplate of Righteousness with my Loyns girt about with truth and my feet shod with the Preparation of the Gospel of peace having taken the Helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God Praying alwaies with all prayer and suplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all Saints In this spiritual warfare and combate I am called to wrestle not only against flesh and blood but against Principalities and Powers against the Rulers of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places and must have no respect of persons because of advantage but be faithful to God and his Word sparing neither Friend nor Brother in matter of Truth nor calling good evil or evil good nor puting light for darkness or darkness for light but obeying God and not Man loving him above all keeping his Commandments and pleasing him although the whole world should be displeased Man has made my Cup very bitter and my Cross very heavy for obeying God but my God has sweetned my Cup and caused it to overflow with draughts of Love my God has made my Yoak easie and my But then light because he bears me and them he draws me and binds me with Cords to the Altar his left hand is under my Head his right Hand doth Embrace me and his Banner over me as Love I must not I will not be affraid to make my boast of my God by whose Almighty Power I have been hitherto helped and upheld or else I had perished in my afflictions When the compassion and bowels of man were shut up the tender mercies of God were opened When it was come to Mordecay's pinch Israel's distress Paul's streight God appeared My extremity was his opportunity he beheld my affliction the sorrows and Agonies of my Soul my groans my prayers my cries my appeals ascended up for a memorial before him and were had in remembrance with him And he will arise and that right speedily he will make haste and not tarry but send relief from Heaven and save me and all the poor of his Flock who heat the voice of their own Shepheard and follow him but a stranger they will not follow He will smite the Rocky heart he will convince the Consciences of men he will bring down all them that glory in appearance in face and not in heart he will make a speedy decision he will turn the stream and flood of scorn and contempt cast upon me and his poor despised ones in me he will arise to our joy and they shall be ashamed that have hated us without a cause and cast us out for his Name 's sake saying Let the Lord be glorified I have committed my way unto the Lord who judgeth righteously who will not suffer the guilty always to go undiscovered and unpunished He will take the Cup of trembling out of my hands and put it into the hands of them who have afflicted me who have said unto my Soul Bow down that we may go over and he will make their own Tongues to fall upon themselves and will measure out unto them again the measure they have meeted The Lord has said it and he will perform it The Lord will plead my cause and the cause of all his meek ones but his anger is kindled against all Formality Hypocrisie Idolatry and Prophaneness He knows the secrets of all hearts we are all open and naked in his sight there is no dissembling in his sight no mocking before him no outward Form no empty Opinion can shelter from his wrath Upon the 13. of the Twelfth Month 1673. The Lord wonderfully discovered to me the unprofitableness of the best outward forms of Religion without the Power and what a great deal of blindness injustice false accusations barbarous usage bitter and cruel zeal with all manner of wickedness has at this day taken Sanctuary in the exactest Forms according to the Letter which are without the Spirit yea in enmity against it It was the time four eminent Professors of the people called Baptists did in a most rough and severe manner come to deal with me to accuse me falsly and blindly and bitterly to rebuke me although I was then in a very weak and dangerous condition of body And I mention it here because it is a time in remembrance with the Lord and God was in that very season pleased to open mine eyes to show me where Babylon was what Spirit she was built upon and how the Lord would begin to strike at her and throw her down and then it was he called me out from her that I might escape the anger I then saw was kindled against her And however they are now justifying themselves and their proceedings against me and have condemned the Innocent yet an appeal has been made to God and accepted by him and he will search out this matter and make a true and manifest judgment of it for there is nothing hid from him and this matter is now become a publick figure Yes I am satisfied God will speedily arise and decide this controversie and he has shown me when I have been thinking his Chariot wheels move slowly that then his motion has been swiftest And that whatever seems to hinder and work against me does indeed help on and work things to a more full and perfect end And although I should be surrounded and beset on every side and left alone in the midst of all discouragements from within and without yet can I believingly call to all that fear the Lord to come and behold the