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A26640	A short testimony concerning that faithful servant of the Lord, Thomas Aldam of Warnsworth in the county of York who in patience and tribulation was a follower of the Lamb, finished his course in the truth, and departed this life in the fourth month in the year 1660 : something also concerning Mary his wife, and also concerning Margaret Kellam, and Joan Kellam, his two sisters : with a few words in exhortation to such as are the children of believing parents, or are more lately com'd to be convinced of the truth / given forth in the sense of the great love of God, which hath visited his people in this our age and day, by Thomas Aldam, son to the abovesaid Thomas Aldam.	Aldam, Thomas, 1649-1723.	1690 (1690)	Wing A894D; ESTC R36721	9,885	12

Work which the Lord had for them to do She departed this Life in the Year 1681. And now in the remembrance of these and many other Faithful Servants of the Lord who have obtained a good report through that precious Faith which was once delivered to the Saints for which they in their day earnestly contended and suffered many and great hardships in the openings of Life I find at this time a few Words springing up in my Heart by way of Exhortation to such as are the Children of Believing Parents or are more lately com'd to be convinced of the Truth that they may all prize the Day of their Visitation and make a good use of the Mercies which the Lord hath bestowed upon them that they may keep the Foot-steps of the Flock of God and take such for Examples as walk in that pure and strait way into which the Lord at the first brought these and many other of his People and that none may slight undervalue or let fall the Testimonies of Truth which have been born by such as God at first visited amongst us considering what great hardships and sufferings they passed thorow who bore the heat of the Day through these things many of them hazarding their Lives Liberties and Estates in bearing Testimony to the day of the Lord and the coming of his Christ against such as would have kept the People of God in Bondage and not have suffered them to have gone free to serve him but as the Lord in those days did appear wonderfully with his People in giving them Dominion and Victory over their Adversaries through patient Suffering Now let it be the care of us who are a Succeeding Generation to them and comes to enter to the fruits of their Labours Exercises and Travels that we may ever in Humility dwell before the Lord and keep that which is commited to our trust standing fast to that Liberty wherewithal Christ hath made his followers free and beware of being intangled any more with the Yoke of Bondage keeping out of the Spirit of this World and the Customs and Fashions therein with the Friendship thereof which is enmity with God which whilst some have lookt at and gone after they have lost the right way of the Lord. and have let fall the Testimonies which their Fathers and near Friends have passed through such great things for and as much as in them lies would make their Sufferings and Travels of no effect When I take a view of the sad estate of such my Soul cannot but mourn over them desiring that all such to whom there is yet a day of Visitation continued may speedily return to the Lord that if happily they may find Mercy with him and again put their hands to Gods Plow taking Christs Yoak upon them which is easie and his burden which is light and learn of him who is meek and low in Spirit that they may find rest to their Souls but if they will not turn at his reproof but still revolt more and more going on in their backsliding ways this let them know that the Day of the Lord will overtake them in which he will require his own from them and it will be more tollerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Judgment than for them But all you whose Faces are still Sion ward and it is in your Hearts to keep the word of Gods Patience and the Testimonies of Jesus be ye comforted in the Lord and let your Souls with mine Bless and Magnifie his Name that he was pleased in his unspeakable Love to visit our Families and Fathers Houses in that great and notable Day of the breaking forth of his Glory and thereby hath stained and removed from amongst the remnant of his People the Beauty and Glory of this World so that now to them there is nothing to be compared with his Love which is not enjoy'd but as we keep his Commandments Oh now let us priue our time and make our calling and election sure and wait to know an increase in the increase of God for this is a day wherein the Lord is looking for Fruits and every Tree which doth not bring forth good Fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the Fire and therefore all keep to the pure Spirit of God in your own Hearts which is that Teacher that cannot be removed into a corner and as you are here found waiting you will be made wise to Salvation and the Lord will seal up his Laws and bind up his Testimonies yet more and more unto your Souls and you will be kept and preserved in a due regard to his Honour following the Footsteps of Christs Flock and so you will come to know the Shepherds Tents where you may all sit under your own Vine and under your own Fig-tree where none can make you afraid your Bread will be sure and your Water will not fail the munition of Rocks will be your Defence and the Lord God Omnipotent coming to take the Dominion in your Hearts to himself you will feel that joy which is unspeakable and full of Glory and this is the Lord making his Babes and little ones in a measure witnesses of so that they can say their lot is fallen in a good Land and their beloved is the chiefest of ten thousands their redeemer is the holy one of Israel their God is the God of the whole Earth Blessed and Magnified be his Name for ever and evermore He it is that hath set bounds to the Sea that the swelling Waves thereof should not surmount their Banks and a Hair of the Heads of his Servants shall not fall to the Ground without his Divine Providence and therefore let us all be encouraged to be stedfast in the Faith and never to be moved from the hope of the Gospel keeping up our Testimonies in our several places to the Truth as it is in Jesus then will the Lord our God still take pleasure in us and honour us with his loving Presence making us instruments in his hand for the shewing forth of his Praises And that thus it may please the Lord to pour yet more abundantly of the Spirit of Wisdom and Holy Understanding upon his Sons and Daughters his Handmaids and Servants that hereby they may be preserved as lights in their several stations where God hath placed them with well doing putting to silence the ignorance of foolish men is the desire of him who is as one of the least amongst Gods People yet in some measure hath obtained Favour and Mercy from the Lord to bear Testimony of his goodness and to his unchangeable Truth for which my Soul is truly Thankful and ascribed unto him the Glory who over all is worthy of the same for ever and for evermore Written the 20th of the 9th Month 1689. Thomas Aldam FINIS

A SHORT TESTIMONY Concerning that Faithful Servant of the Lord Thomas Aldam OF WARNSWORTH in the County of YORK WHO In Patience and Tribulation was a Follower of the Lamb finished his Course in the Truth and departed this Life in the Fourth Month in the Year 1660. Something also concerning Mary his Wife and also concerning Margaret Kellam and Ioan Kellam his two Sisters With a few Words in Exhortation to such as are the Children of believing Parents or are more lately com'd to be convinced of the Truth Given forth in the Sense of the great Love of God which hath visited his People in this our Age and Day By Thomas Aldam Son to the abovesaid Thomas Aldam Say ye to the Righteous that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings Wo unto the Wicked it shall be ill with them for the reward of his hands shall be given him Isa 3.10 11. The memory of the just is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot Prov. 10.7 LONDON 〈…〉 G. F's Testimony concerning Tho. Aldam NOW concerning this Friend and Brother in Christ Jesus Thomas Aldam which his Son a hopeful Young Man hath given a short Breviat of his Sufferings Imprisonments and Spoiling of Goods and Beatings Indeed his Sufferings were very many for he often jeopardiz'd his Life with me for the Name of Christ and his precious Truths sake and underwent a great deal of Sufferings and Imprisonments by the Covetous Hireling Priests who are out of the Doctrin and Command of Christ who saith freely you have received freely give which he was moved to declare against But while he put in the Priests mouth of his own Parish he preacht Peace to him but when he could not he prepared War against him as you may see in his Sons Relation as also did the Impropriator And when the Lord moved him to reprove Sin in the Gates and in the Markets Fairs and Steeple-houses then he was made a prey upon then he found the best of the outward Professors as a Bryer and the most upright of them sharper than a Thorny Hedge but their Visitation came upon them and their Perplexity was fulfilled upon them from the Lord which they were warned of beforehand and greatly was he Exercised with the Justices at the Sessions and Judges at the Assizes and Oliver Cromwell warning them all that they might do Justice and of the grea● day of the Lord that was coming upon them and not to Imprison Persecute and spoil the Goods of Gods People but to set them at Liberty but many were hardened and would not till K. Charles the II. came in and then many o● them were turned out of their places Priests and Justices 'T is almost hard to be uttered what Sufferings of all sorts by Professors Priest and Profane this Servant of the Lord went through for the Name of Christ but the Lord with his Eternal Arm and Power upheld him over all and carryed him through all so that he died in the Lord and Blessed are all they that die in the Lord for they cease from their Labors and their Works follow them and he that Believeth though he was Dead yet shall he Live and he that Liveth and Believeth shall not Die And several Years did this Tho. Aldam labor in the Gospel of Christ and Preacht it freely and called others both small and great to come and tast how good Gods word was and take of the Waters of Life freely without Mony and without Price and strove and laboured to keep the Everlasting Gospel of Christ without charge and that was it that made the Covetous Hireling Priests and them that held them up in such a rage against this Servant of Christ who said freely ye have received freely give and Christs Servants did not Imprison nor Spoil the Goods of any but such kept and keep the Testimony of Jesus that he sends to declare his free Grace and Gospel and Love him and keep his Commandments G. F And as I said before my Father was much Exercised in going to bear Testimony to the Truth and against such as Preached for Hire so I shall here give some accompt of several Steeple-houses which he was at to bear Testimony to the Truth after he was set at liberty from his Imprisonment Upon the first day in the Assize time he went into York-minster and standing near unto the Priest with his Face towards him there was he they called Lord Mayor Judge Parker Judge Newdigate and many Country Justices all placed in Seats before whom he stood as a wonder to many during the time of the Priests Preaching and Praying there was one rude man that pressed to have pulled his Hat off his Head another who was Noting down the Sermon nipt him by the Arms and puncht him with his Feet whilst he wept to see the great Superstition and Abomination brought forth in that place which he stood a Witness against whose Spirit was grieved and after the Priest had done he spoke to some of the Heady and High-minded ones as also to others of the under sort who had in times past smitten him in that place and then he passed away thorow the Streets with the Judges to the place were they ought to do Justice and was preserved from the rude multitude Another time for Speaking in the Steeple-house of Warnsworth he was haled out by the Constable and him called Church warden Another time he went into the Steeple-house at Hatfield and there spoke of the things of God but the rude multitude haled him forth and smote him He also went to the Steeple-houses at Wickersley and Edlington and for declaring the Truth there was by the rude People scoffed mocked and reproached but there were some sober minded People in whom much moderation did appear Another time he went into Tickhill Steeple-house and spoke of the things of God but the Priests Flock put him forth and smote him and spit in his Face Mark well what Spirit they were of that thus intreated the Servant of the Lord. Another time he went into the Steeple-house at Bawtry and Speaking in that place after the Priest had done his Sermon of the things of God revealed unto him he was by some of the rude multitude smitten with their Fists and punched with their Feet Another time he going into Doncaster Steeple-house and declaring the Truth he was haled forth by the rude People and not suffered to stay within that place although those called Church-wardens of that place had Three several times distrained his Goods for upholding that House Oh what Iniustice Another time he going into Thorne Steeple-house stood before the Priest Jo. Haworth who commanded the Constable to take out that rude uncivil fellow which came so uncivilly in and made a disturbance the Constable being of a noble Spirit answered he disturbeth no man nor doth any man harm so when the Priest had done his Sermon he Spoke and bore Testimony of