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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86665	The immediate call to the ministry of the Gospel, witnessed by the spirit: vvith a true declaration of the persecution and suffering of Richard Hubberthorne, James Parnell, Ann Blayling, by Will. Pickering, who is Mayor of Cambridge. Also an answer to divers letters and mittimusses, against the said prisoners, answered; by them who are sufferers for the truth, and for the testimony of Jesus, Richard Hubberthorn, James Parnell.	Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.; Parnell, James, 1637?-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing H3225; Thomason E812_13; ESTC R207636	16,317	15

THE IMMEDIATE CALL To the Ministery of the GOSPEL witnessed by the SPIRIT VVith a true Declaration of the persecution and suffering of Richard Hubberthorne James Parnell Ann Blaying by Will Pickering who is Mayor of CAMBRIDGE Also an Answer to divers Letters and Mittimusses against the said Prisoners answered By them who are sufferers for the truth and for the testimony of JESUS RICHARD HUBBERTHORN JAMES PARNELL LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1654. The immediate Call to the Ministery of the Gospel witnessed by the Spirit WIth a true Declaration of the persecution and suffering for the Gospel under the tyranny of the Mayor of Cambridge which Gospel of Jesus Christ whereever it was made manifest the testimony of it was ever sealed with bloud persecution and sufferings and it is the same now working the same effect and bearing the same seal as is witnessed And also an answer to several false reproaches given forth in writing in three Letters under the hand of Will Pickering Mayor of Cambridge which herein is discovered and laid open that so the truth may be cleared and all Magistrates Priests and People may discern truth from scandals and that all simple hearts and minds may be informed to receive the truth freely without stumbling at reproaches through which the Prophets and Apostles and Servants of Jesus Christ did bear witnesse to the truth Isai. 51. 7. Heb. 11. 26. esteeming the reproaches of Christ greater riches than the pleasures of the world and the Apostles were to goe forth to him without the Camp bearing his reproach Heb. 13. 13. If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon you 1 Pet. 4. 14. From one whom the Lord by his eternal Spirit hath called to bear witnesse to his Truth and to his Word and Gospel made manifest in me by the revelation of Jesus Christ whose life and conversation hath been blamelesse in the world whom no outward Law did ever take hold upon for evill doing but was strict and zealous in an outward profession of God and Christ exceeding many in wisdome and knowledge in the letter of the Scripture and had a form of godlinesse but the power of it I was ignorant of and was a stranger to the life of God which the Saints lived in which spoke forth the Scripture according to their measure and the Word of God which the Saints spoke from I was ignorant of though I knew the letter and was a Minister of the letter before I knew the power of the Word of God but when the living powerful Word of God was made manifest in me by his mighty power then I was made silent from speaking any thing of God from that knowledge and wisdom which was natural and did arise out of the earth in which stood my zeal and profession and form of godlinesse which was all without in words and outward appearance and outward righteousnesse and outward holinesse the earthly nature standing which all outward profession and forms lodge in but when the Word of God by his mighty power was made manifest within me spoken from his own mouth which word was in my heart as a fire which did burn up corruption and uncleannesse and work out the defiled nature and by it was all the powers of the earth brought down and the earth it self shaken by it the deviss were made to tremble and were cast out and in that day did the keepers of the house tremble and the strong man cry bitterly and the just Judgements of God did fall upon that nature I lived in and the terrors and wrath of the Lord took hold upon me till the flesh was wasted off the bones that I could number my bones day and night the terrors of the Lord was upon me revealed from heaven against all unrighteousnesse against all my own rightcousnesse and all my familiars and acquaintaince stood afarre off me for I was a wonder to all them who lived in that nature that I had lived in for they knew not the judgements of God against sin which then was upon me because of disobedience to the light which did make manifest sin and evill but hearing the Word of the Lord in power spoken within me did confound all my wisdome and knowledge and made me to be a fool to the wisdome of the world and to deny the wisdome and to deny my self and my own will and by this Word was I called to come out of my own country kindred and fathers house to doe the Lords work in obedience to his command and to stand in his will out of my own will for I knew the voice of God which called me and for this cause did I leave father and mother lands and living earthly honour and earthly riches which I had and might have lived in if I had been disobedient to the command of God but the Lord called me forth by his mighty power to bear witnesse to him in the world and to declare and preach forth the Gospel of the Son of God according to my measure as it was made manifest within me and by his Word to declare against all sin and iniquity and unrighteousness of men and in obedience to him who called me did I goe as I was moved by his eternal Spirit into severall parts of this Nation Townes and Cities and Countries in the North and West part of England and Wales bearing testimony to the truth and in some parts sealing the testimony with my bloud and by imprisonments in persecution in perils often under tryals of cruel mockings scourgings and revilings enduring the contradiction of sinners and doe not account my life dear unto my self that I may render to the Lord a good accompt of my faithfulnesse in obedience to him who hath called me into his work and vineyard and this is all the wages that the Ministers of the Gospel receive from the world being accounted as deceivers yet true as having nothing yet possessing all things as poor yet making many rich The servant is not greater than his Lord John 15. 20. who hath suffered the same things and hath left a good example and if it be the will of God that we suffer with him in the obedience to him are we made willing not onely unto bonds but unto death who doe now bear his reproach and by the Spirit of the Lord was I moved in obedience to him to come to this Town where some did receive the testimony of the truth where I stayed certain dayes and we had certain meetings publickly from house to house and the hands of the persecutors was then bound by the mighty power of God and they limited from acting the persecution which was in their hearts which now they have acted so farre as their power doth reach but the Sea must keep its bounds and cannot break them Then I passed forth of the Town as I

hath no profit by him but is in the state of reprobation as the Scripture witnesseth 2 Cor 12. 5 Object 9. That she said they that have the Spirit cannot fall into sicknesse diseases distempers of the body Reply Here again thou art taken with a lie in thy mouth for what she said as concerning this was concerning her own condition since she witnessed the Spirit of the Lord Object 10. That she doth not seek to lead men to the Scripture but from them Reply This is false for they who witnesse the life of the Scripture cannot deny the Scripture for it is their own but thou and such swinish natures as thou must be shut out of the Scripture who takes to talk of or to make a trade of and are ignorant of the life and would destroy the life who have the form but deny the power 2 Tim. 3. 5. such must be shut out of the Scripture for what should swine doe with pearles Mat. 7. 6. whose life is in husks and there thou feeds and all who have the letter and wants the life Object 11. That she said no man ought to swear before a Magistrate and that no Magistrate ordained of God will cause men to swear and thou brings the old Covenant to maintain swearing Gen. 24. 3. Reply Hear every way thou Serpent pleads for thy life which is sin but Christ the new Covenant who is the end of the old Covenant said that it had been said in the old time thoushalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oath Mat. 5 33 34. but I say swear not at all yet the devill in thee runs into the old Covenant to maintain swearing and so would have Scripture to maintain his Kingdome but the day hath made him manifest and those who puts any to swear are still in the old Covenant for in the new Covenant no swearer can come Object 12. That she said men ought not to pray and that I my self ought not to pray Reply Even now thou wast pleading for swearing and now thou art pleading for praying but the prayer of the wicked are abominable Prov. 15. 8. and thou who art a drunkard art wicked and hath nothing to pray but Cains generation murdering the righteous whose Sacrifices the Lord will not accept but he that can witness Christ risen can pray Object 13. That the Scripture doth not trie the Spirit Reply The Spirit was before the letter was and thou hast the letter but canst not trie the Spirit but those who have the Spirit of the Lord have tried thy spirit without the letter and hath found it to be the Spirit of the devill who hath ever reviled and persecuted the truth of God which calleth the doctrine of Christ damnable doctrine And thou sayest thou wilt justifie that all these her sayings are false and will be ready to maintain them by this power Reply I doe testifie and witnesse by the Spirit of the Lord that thou art a naturall carnall man and knowes not the things of God 1 Cor. 2 14. therefore thou Serpent be silent and talk nor meddle not with the things least he come with a bigger power then thine and cut the asunder and cast thee into the lake that burneth then shalt thou know what thou hast done and all who plot and lay their heads together devising how to shed the innocent bloud it were better for them they had never been born Mat. 23 35 for upon that generation shall come all the righteous Abel even untill now and this I witnesse by the Spirit of the Lord who am chosen out of the world to be a faithfull witnesse for the truth of God against all who doe oppose it JAMES PARNELL A Prisoner for the testimony of JESUS at Cambridge