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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94794	A legacy for saints; being several experiences of the dealings of God with Anna Trapnel, in, and after her conversion, (written some years since with her own hand) and new coming to the sight of some friends, they have judged them worthy of publike view; together with some letters of a latter date, sent to the congregation with whom she walks in the fellowship of the Gospel, and to some other friends.	Trapnel, Anna.; Proud, John, fl. 1654.; Ingold, Caleb.	1654 (1654)	Wing T2032; Thomason E806_1; ESTC R207169	57,632	72

praised and was gone I was troubled that he did not more question me and bring arguments against me for trial I know true gold is made more manifest by the touchstone and it is more purified in the Furnace and appears from dross But to tell you of the second coming of this Embassador of Christ now I beheld the Spirit of God moving in him to speak in a soul-searching manner though he told me I might be deluded and also telling me that many had been deluded and he therefore Exhorted me to have a care that I believed upon good grounds and told me I might make use of the means and partake of the creatures and to look up to God to give me sleep many Exhortations and Examinations he used to me which I much rejoyced in for my faith was the more confirmed and while I was upon the Tryal God came in with a mighty strength telling me that I was not deluded but he would raise me without means by his mighty power as he did Lazarus out of the grave at my first sickening I did use the means I took things but they did me no good I was the more tortured and felt my self the worse because God came not in the means it took no Effect God had a further work to shew to his people And the Lord bid me tell these things in Gath and publish them in Ashkelon fear not saith God to tell it to the greatest Monarch of the world if thou beest called to it For I thy God am with thee And I saith the Lord will strengthen thee in all difficulties that thou shalt meet withall But now I shall tell you Saints how God presented himself to me in many similitudes which I never heard mentioned before by any they were brought immediately from God and Scripture presented that I never took notice of before and God sweetly interpreted them to my spirit God first filled me with contemplation about the Trinity which was sweeter then the hony and the honycomb to my spiritual pallat it came in such a Majesty to me that I am not able to set it forth it swallowed up my spirits But in desiring to declare it to the Saints this similitude of a Tree was set before me God the root his Son Christ the Tree the Spirit the Sap and as the Root and Tree and Sap are but one in a natural sence for the Sap and Tree looked on in the Root there is but one substance which lies hid till such time as it puts forth it self in a Tree and then the Tree appears but it is covered with a Bark or Rinde and the Sap is discovered running from the Root through the Tree into the Branches which Sap is not so discovered as when the bark is peeled off the Tree yet then it cannot be discerned in the nature of it So the Father Son and Spirit are one in that glorious essential incomprehensible Being making themselves forth in thee 3 Joh. 5.7 God lies hid in the Root man is not capable to know what he is no more then man is capable to know what sweetness is in the Root of a Tree while it lies hid till it appear in the Tree and Sap so when this one God appears in the Tree the Lord Jesus then his sweetness begins to break forth and is made forth more by the Sap the Spirit But I desired the Lord to shew me this similitude by Scripture in which he opened the Trinity by way of Root Tree and Sap God is said to be love and he that dwelleth in God dwelleth in love So that from this God appeared as the Root of mans happiness being infolded in the first person in Trinity from Eternity by this Root which the Scripture calls love the first glorious person in Trinity appearing in the second person the Tree But how is he called a Tree in Scripture It was presently presented before me that he was that Tree spoken of in Paradise that Tree of life Gen. 2. But how may the spirit be called sap from Scripture Thus it is called a holy anoynting it is compared to Oyle To the Oyntment Psal 133.2 which was upon Arons head and ran down upon his beard and so to the skirts of his garment And from the word Oyl or Oyntment so the third glorious person in Trinity is likened unto sap and thus it appeared to me that as the sap runs from the Root through the Tree into the branches so the Spirit the holy Oyle runs from out of the Root which is the Father through the Tree which is the Son into the Branches For so the Saints are called in Scripture Branches of the Vine Christ Jesus and as the Sap drops into the branches and twigs of a Tree which causes them to live and appear green and the efficacy of this Sap produces fruit it is very Vertual it descends of its vertue into the leavs which else would wither as for instance in the fall of the leaf when the Sap returns into the Root the leaves wither and fail And as there is a Vertual Union of the Root Tree and Sap and Branches and Fruit and Leaves so there is a glorious Union and Congruity that the Saints have in the holy Trinity their life is in the Root and it appears in the Tree and manifested by the Sap to the Branches the Elect appear dead till the Spirit which is the sap quickneth them and no fruit is brought forth though they may have a profession yet it is but as dead leaves which falls and crumbles to dust So that from the spirit slows sweet waters it produces sound fruit it makes also professors green and lively and as when the bark is pilled of the Tree the Sap is more discerned so when the humanity of Christ is taken from the Saints view then the spirit was more discerned Therefore says Christ it is expedient that I go away that so you may have a fuller sight of the Spirit He that believes as the Scripture hath said Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters this spake he of the spirit which those should receive that believed that was not yet given because Christ was not yet glorified this Scripture appeared very glorious to me and I set the efficacy of it on my spirits and God told me that the time was not yet far off ere he would pour out his Spirit upon his Children and take away that skin of formality that hath lain so long upon their sights and that drowsiness or sleepiness of spirit that hath seized upon them and baptize them with the holy Spirit which should break forth as fire among them so that they shall be filled with the Song of the Lamb and they shall behold their King of Salem which is King of peace riding on his white horse of Triumph Conquering and to Conquer The Saints shall overcome by the Lamb by the word of his testimony Thus mightily God came into my spirits which was

shaken by that foundation that shall stand for ever God will set his Mountain on the top of all Mountains there indeed shall be the munition of rocks on rocks and one glory within another Oh what varieties are in the feasts that the Saints bridegroom provides for them If they be slumbering when his feasts are ready he sounds out the golden trumpet of his spirit and causeth a great alarm to come forth from himself which immediatly awaketh the Spouse that it saith it is the voice of my beloved that saith arise and come away leave those Babylonish garments behind that thou hast as it were been wrapt in surely the filthy polluted ragged garments that hang upon the Lords Ioshuaes Zach. 3.3 4. those who are his anointed Priests shall be shaken off the white robe of Righteousness shall be their clothing although the evil one may hang his rags on Gods Priests they shall not abide because they are of a royall descent they are the Kings children rags are the clothing of such that sit on dunghils and filthy garments for such that tumble in the mire but Saints clothing is whiter then the snow in Salmon purer then the purest thing that mortall eye can behold and this spirituall part of a Saint nothing can defile though it be of never such a tainting nature I confess what ever action or word or thought hath any thing of flesh in it there is rags for flesh is altogether a garment of rags the most refined flesh is a filthy garment not becoming a Saint no garment becomes a Saint but Jesus Christ his words and actions and thoughts and motions Oh how ragged and polluted are they if their clothing be not Jesus Christ streams are full of mud that flow not from this fountain those waters are brack●sh that come not from this Conduit no water refresheth like that River the streams thereof are said to refresh the City of God Psal 46.4 this is water of life that in dying times makes lively and when weeds are burnt up and wither the plants shall sprout forth and wax green and blossom as the rose and none shall pluck them up This short word is all that we meet with of this discourse she being to this day prevented of perfecting it with that enlargement intended and desired if what hath been presented here may administer any service either to the spirit of God in her for the Justification thero● which is now under a cloud or to poor sinners or trembling Saints for the drawing or refreshing of their benighted imprisoned spirits by the discovery of the riches glory of free love and the power of the spirit thus far appearing in this handmaid of God it will increase through Christ our rejoycing and abundant thanksgiving in the Lord who is shortly putting a new song into our mouths of Glory and triumph over all things whatsoever through the approaching and appearance of Iehovah in his glory amongst us FINIS To the Church sometimes meeting at AL-HOLLOWS Dear Friends IT hath pleased the Lord to cast me at a distance from you and your precious meetings and sweet lovely spirituall desirable enjoyments which is more prized by me then my life or liberty the which is now in Jeopardy but I am through Divine strength not onely willing to be bound but to dye upon so honourable an account as I here suffer for which is onely the expressing the Lords bounty and rich grace to sinners my heart overflowing therewith I cannot hold my compassion and dear affections worketh forth towards Christs flock so strongly that the Anti-christian Clergy hearing the sound were not able to bear it and therefore because they saw so many adhere to the extraordinary things discovered by and through a weak instrument it was grievous to them and they would not admit of any discourse with me but cryed out to the Magistrate to lay bonds upon me saying we must not have the people so deluded calling me witch deluder Imposter and other vilde terms they cast on me and farther said I stirred and provoked the p●ople to Rebellion against powers though I never spake as touching them since I came into the Country any great matter so as to be questioned by any but a Clergy man one Mr. Powel a great Teacher in these parts hath taken his oath against me that he heard me repeat that vision spoken of in the book which he never did Concerning the Cows and Oxen. I never changed a word with him but he coming into a friends house where many pretious souls were met which desired me to give an account of Gods dealings with me from a child which I did and I never found such a broken self-abasing self-denying frame of spirit in me as then and though this man pretended much mildness towards me yet he hath discovered much falshood and rage and because I when brought before the Rulers said I was not guilty according to the form of the bill as it was laid together against me he said I denyed my Christ and the Spirit But I have sent you the bill for to pass your judgement of my answer whether I should not have denyed Christ if I had acknowledged guilty to all therein which I must have done had I said guilty And they have bound me to the good Behaviour then they granted me a Travers to the next Sessions which is 13. weeks hence and Captain Langdon my faithful friend I came down with he and Major Bauden they were bound for my appearance 150 l. a piece and 1200 l. these dear friends they were of the late Parliament which the Priests had no good will unto and their hatred is because their standing quivers and their fat benefices are almost at an end sure I am they are Christs greatest enemies that hath been and now is Therefore that you may be answered as touching Christs Reign beg that to be tumbled down that as rotten rafters stand in the way I am very sure the Lord will cut his work short in righteousness and by all interruptions is making way for his Dyadem of beauty to appear he will set his King up as chief Protector let men and devils do what they can Therefore my dear friends be not of a doubtful mind stand fast hold your confidence and Resolution concerning those particulars you first engaged in at the setting that blessed meeting up wherein the Lords presence hath been eminently seen and their spawn is discovered therby which we thought had been free from sting and because we own that second days meeting in joyning with your pounds a few mites therefore we are watched by professors as if we were treacherous to the State but here are a company of close walking Saints to what they know and they would be more informed concerning generation-work but warning is to speak no more in that name and many of the souldiers for coming to the place where I am are warned to their colours and an Ensign