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A61464	A call from death to life and out of the dark wayes and worships of the world where the seed is held in bondage under the merchants of Babylon / written by Marmaduke Stephenson, who (together with ... William Robinson) hath (since the writing hereof) suffered death, for bearing witnesse to the same truth amongst the professors of Bostons jurisdiction in New England ; with a true copy of two letters, which they writ to the Lords people a little before their death ; and also the true copy of a letter ... from a friend in New England, which gives a brief relation of the manner of their martyrdom, with some of the words which they exprest at the time of their suffering.	Stephenson, Marmaduke, d. 1659.; Pearson, Peter, 17th cent.; Robinson, William, d. 1659.; Dyer, Mary, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5466; ESTC R16756	29,922	32

often break me in pieces and often melt me into tears when he rises in his strength within me Oh! I am overwhelmed with it Oh! feel my dear heart how strong and mighty the Lord God is with me Oh! though thousands of the Philistins doth compass me round yet surely the God who is with me will work by me for truely I see them all before me as a Potters vessel which the Lord God will with his hand dash in pieces dear heart I am present with thee in the spirit and heavenly life and if the Lord permit we shall behold one another in the outward man to the comfort and joy of the spirit my dearly beloved on next fifth day we intend if the Lord will to come to Boston with several Friends with us which was so done Thy dear Brother in the Heavenly life and Spirit of Truth W. R. This was written by William Robinson to the Court of Boston ON the 8th day of the 4th Month 1659. in the after part of the day in travelling betwixt Newport on Rhode Island and Daniel Goulds house with my dear Brother Christopher Holder the Word of the Lord came expresly to me which did fill me immediately with life and power and heavenly love by which he constrained me and commanded me to pass to the Town of Boston my life to lay down in his Will for the accomplishing of his service that he had there to perform at the day appointed to which heavenly voice I presently yielded obedience not questioning the Lord how he would bring the thing to pass being I was a Child and obedience was demanded of me by the Lord who filled me with living strength and power from his Heavenly presence which at that time did mightily over-shadow me 〈◊〉 my life did say Amen to what the Lord required of me 〈…〉 commanded me to do and willingly was I given up from that time to this day the will of the Lord to do and perform whatever becomes of my body for the Lord hath said unto me My Soul shall rest in Eternal Peace and my life shall enter into rest for being obedient to the God of my life I being a Child and durst not question the Lord in the least but rather willing to lay down my life then to bring dishonour to the Lord and as the Lord made me willing dealing gently and kindly with me as a tender Father towards a faithful Child whom he dearly loves so the Lord did deal with me in Ministring of his life unto me which gave and gives me strength to perform what the Lord hath required of me and still as I did and do stand in need he ministred and ministreth more strength and vertue and heavenly power and wisdom whereby I was and am made strong in God not fearing what man shall be suffered to do unto me being filled with heavenly courage which is meekness and innocency for the cause is the Lords that we go in and the Battel is the Lords and thus saith the Lord of Hosts the mighty and terrible God not by strength nor by might nor by power of man but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts I will perform what my mouth hath spoken through my servants whom I have chosen mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth Friends the God of my life and the God of the whole earth did lay this thing upon me for which I now suffer bonds near to death he by his Almighty power and Everlasting love constrained me and laid this thing upon me and truly I could not deny the Lord much less resist the Holy One of Israel Therefore all who are ignorant of the motion of the Lord in the inward parts be not hasty in judging in this matter before you hear the truth of the matter least you speak evil of the things you know not for of a truth the Lord God of Heaven and Earth commanded me by his Spirit and spoke unto me by his Son whom he hath made Heir of all things and in his life I live and in it I shall depart this earthly Tabernacle if unmerciful men be suffered to take it from me and herein I rejoice that the Lord is with me the antient of dayes the life of the Suffering Seed for which I am freely given up and singly do stand in the Will of God for to me to live is Christ but to dye is gain And truly I have a great desire and will to dye herein knowing that the Lord is with me whatever ignorant men shall be able to say against me for the witness of the Spirit I have received and the presence of the Lord and his Heavenly life doth accompany me so that I can say in truth and from an upright heart Blessed be the Lord the God of my life who hath counted me worthy and called me hereunto to bear my Testimony against ungodly and unrighteous men who seek to take away the life of the righteous without a cause as the Rulers of the Mathathusets bay doth intend if the Lord stop them not from their intent Oh! hear ye Rulers and give ear and listen all ye that have any hand herein to put the innocent to death for in the Name and Fear and Dread of the Lord God I here declare the cause of my staying here amongst you and continuing in your jurisdiction after there was a sentence of banishment upon death as you said pronounced against me without a just cause as you all well know that we who were banished committed nothing worthy of banishment nor of any punishment much less banishment upon death And now ye Rulers you do intend to put me to death with my companion unto whom the Word of the Lord God came unto him saying Go to Boston with thy Brother William Robinson unto which Command he was obedient who had said unto him He had a great work for him to do which thing is now seen and the Lord is now a doing of it and it is in obedience to the Lord the God of the whole earth that we continued amongst you and that we came to the Town of Boston again in obedience to the Lord the Creator of Heaven and Earth in whose hand your breath is And will you put us to death for obeying the Lord the God of the whole earth Well if you do this act and put us to death know this and be it known unto you all ye Rulers and People of this Jurisdiction that whosoever hath a hand herein will be guilty of innocent blood and not onely upon your selves w●ll ye bring innocent blood but upon this Town and the Inhabitants thereof and every where within your Jurisdiction that had the least hand therein therefore be instructed ye Rulers of this land and take warning betimes and learn wisdom before it be hid from your eyes Written by one who feareth the Lord who is by ignorant people called a Quaker and unto such am only known by the name William Robinson

do his work and service for it was pleasing to them thus hath the Devils work been done for a long time together and the Lords work neglected which should have been done Thus have men and women been growing as trees of unrighteousnesse bringing forth fruit to the unrighteous one the prince of darknesse which hath long re●gned and had possession in the heart of man So all dear people consider well of your conditions that you may see what Trees you are and to whom you bring forth fruit and this concerns you all to know from the least of you to the greatest for the Lord is no respecter of persons but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousnesse is accepted of him who is our hiding Place and Rock of sure defence for us to flie unto where we are kept safe in the hollow of his hand So dear neighbours and People consider that you have long been labouring for the meat that must perish come to an end now it stands you all in hand to seek after the living Bread and hidden Manna that comes down from above and is given to feed the Hungry and strengthen the feeble minded and verily it is so in love and plainnesse to you do I speak that you who can live without this living Bread your Souls lies in Death still and the witnesse lies slain in Sodom and Egypt in you and the Seed lies covered under the Clods of the Earth in you and unlesse it arise and live in you you cannot be saved nor enter into the land of Rest which is prepared for the Faithful who are regenerate and born again of the Holy Seed which shall inherit the blessing the Son of God which is Heire of the Promise and in him is our life hid with God from the vulturous eye and venemous Beast and from the Lord are we refreshed day by day So dear People let the witnesse of God arise and be awakened in you all that the seed may come forth from under the Clods of your hard and stony hearts that so the prisoner may be set at liberty which long hath been oppressed and for the sake of it in you am I constrained to write unto you not knowing whether I may see your faces in the flesh any more yea or nay Oh! that you would lay these things to heart which I in love have written to you not knowing how soon your breath may be stopt and your life taken from you and as Death leaves you so must you appear before the Lord and be judged according to your doings So dear hearts do not sleight the day of your visitation nor the tenders of Gods love which is yet held forth to you least you be taken away in your sins and die in your iniquities and then I know your portion will be sad Therefore do I warn you in Bowels of tender love and in pity to the Captive in you that you run no longer in your former vanities in spending your time out of the fear of God for all they that live out of the fear of God do not feel his presence nor enjoy his blessing So all hearken to the Counsel of God and be attentive to his Voice and lend your ear to his Call while he is knocking at the door of your hearts Oh! do not resist him but let him in that he may take possession whose right it is for verily if you resist him when he calls upon you and will not lend your ears to his Counsel nor give ear to his Words a day of trouble and perplexity of Spirit will assuredly come upon you then will you call upon the Lord but he will not hear you but will hide his face from you even so will it be with you at that day because the Lord called and you would not hear him so when you call upon him he wil not hear you And this from the Lord God I declare unto you that if you perish your destruction is of your selves and the Lord will be cleare of your blood in the day of your account So dear people let the patience and forbearance of our God towards you lead you to repentance now no longer go on in sin against that of God in your Consciences but all stoop down to the witnesse of God in you that the Seed may arise to live in you for the blessing is upon England for the Seeds sake which God hath raised and it is growing and the vertue of it is spreading over the Nations and the Kingdom of Christ begins to flourish in the Earth but this I say unto you that unlesse you feel the Seed of God to arise and live in you you cannot inherit the blessing for the blessing is to the Seed the Plant of Gods Renown which he hath regard unto for it is of his Nature and Image and proceeds from him who is meek and lowly and easie to be entreated by the upright for his ear is open to their cry who hungers and thirsts after his presence to refresh their Souls So dear people lie no longer in Death but come out of the Grave of Carnal security wherein you lie that your Souls may live then will you prize with me the love and presence of the Lord above all things But unlesse that be restored to life in you which lies in Death you cannot prize the love of God for you do not feel his presence and this you know by experience that a dead Child is not sencsible of want neither doth it hunger after the breast but a living Child that is born into the World is soon sencible of want and in it is a hunger raised after the milk which comes from the breast to refresh it withal for it cannot live without it or some other food like unto it and this is a true figure to you and all and thorow it you may read your selves and how your conditions are every one in particular that so you may no longer be deceived nor rest in a false hope which will faile you and even so it is with you all who never found a true hunger raised after the Lord and after his Presence to refresh your Souls but you who can live content and rest satisfied without nourishment from him you are as a dead Child which feels no hunger nor want and this is the truth to you all the Lord revive your sences and quicken your understandings that you may be sencible how your conditions are which is the desire of my Soul that so you may not perish in your gain-sayings and for this very end is this written to you as I was moved of the Lord in bowels of compassion to you knowing that you are where I once was in the perishing state like the Prodigal from the Fathers House in the far Country feeding upon the husks with the swine and this was my state and condition for many years but in the time appointed the Lord looked upon me with

Marmaduke Stephenson again to Prison and wrote an order to the Iaylor to discha●ge the Prison of them forthwith The Iaylor when he had taken W. Rs. great Coat from him turned them out of the Prison and after some stay in the Town according to their freedom past abroad into the Countrey within their Iurisdiction entering into great service and sounding thorow a dark cloudy Countrey which had not been broken thorow before wherein was found honest desires and divers were convinced the Power of the Lord accompanied them and with astonishment confounded their enemies before them great was their service abroad in that Iurisdiction for 4. weeks and upwards and having acquitted themselves like men upon the 13th day of the 8th moneth they returned again to Boston with six friends that did accompany them and one friend that went out of this Government and met them near Boston where they were all apprehended and had before the Governour and some of the Counsel The seven friends were all committed to prison and M. S. and W. R. were delivered to the custody of the Goalour to be kept in Chaines in a room by themselves the which was done they were shut up in a room by themselves and chaines laid upon their right legs the next week their general Court began before which they were had and sentenced to die and so returned to prison again upon the 27th day of the same month was the day appointed that they were to be executed the night before they had notice given of it then the latter part of the 27th day being the 5th day of the week after their lecture so called W. R. and M. S. were had forth of the Prison into the open street where was one James Oliver who was made C●tain over a band of armed men by information 2. hundred which were prepared to guard them to and at the place of execution with Drum● Colours and Halberds Guns Swords Picks and half-picks 〈…〉 others on Horseback to keep off the multitude of 〈…〉 〈◊〉 dear Lambs near the hinder part and the chief Marshal and the Drummer next before them the command being given to march to the place of execution W. R. spake these words saying this is your hour and the power of darknesse then the Drummer beat up his drum and after a little space ceased again Then M. Sephenson spake saying this is the day of your visitation wherein the Lord hath visited you other words past which were not clearly heard by reason of the sound of the Drum So they walked along in pure retired chearfulnesse to the place of execution triumphing in the strength of the Lamb over all the wrath of man and fury of the beast in the pure retired Heavenly dominion of the invisible God And when they were come to the Ladders foot they took their leave each of other and W. R. stept up the Ladder and spake to the People saying this is the day of your visitation wherein the Lord hath visited you this is the day the Lord is arisen in his mighty Power to be avenged on all his adversaries and the rope being about his neck as he spake the executioner bound his legs and hands and his neck cloth being tyed about his face he said now ye are made manifest so the executioner being about to turn him off the Ladder he uttered this expression saying I suffer for Christ in whom I live and for whom I die So he being turned off M. S. went up and spake to the People saying be it known unto all this day that we suffer not as evil doers but for Conscience sake then be being bound according to the former manner as the Executioner was about to turn him off the Ladder he uttered these words saying this day shall we be at rest with the Lord Thus the Faithful witnesses sealed their Testimony for the Lord against the Dragons power and blessedly departed with praises in their mouthes entering joyfully with their beloved into Everlasting Rest. Peter Pearson Written in Plimmoth Prison in New England the 6th of the 10th moneth 1659. MAry Dyer an Inhabitant in some part of that Countrey was likwise sentenced to die when these two friends were only for coming a second time to Boston to visit her imprisoned Brethren there and was carried with them to the place of Execution and after they two was executed she stept up the Ladder and had her Coats tied about her Feet and the Rope put about her neck with her 〈…〉 and as the Hangman was ready to turn her off they cryed out stop for she was reprieved and loosing her feet and bid her come down but she was not forward to comedown but stood still saying she was there willing to suffer as her Brethren did unlesse they would null their wicked Law she had no freedom to accept their reprief but they pulled her down and a day or two after carryed her out of Townby force And yet the Rulers of Boston had the impudence to affirm in their Apologie published to vindicate their barbarous proceedings against the Innocent that this Mary Dyer accepted her life promising or consenting that she would depart their Jurisdiction in few dayes and return no more thus do they make lies their refuge and add iniquity to sin THE END Here followeth a Copy of the Warrant to the Keeper of the Prison * You are by vertue hereof forthwith required to discharge the Prison of William Robinson Marmaduke Stevenson Mary Dyer and Nicholas Davis who were found by the Court and Jury by their own Confessions Words and Actions to be Quakers and had sentence pronounced against them to depart this Jurisdiction on pain of Death and that if after the 14th of this Instant September they or any of them be found within this Jurisdiction or any part thereof at their peril Dated at Boston the 12th of September 59 by Edward Rawson Secretary