The Grand Impostor EXAMINED OR The Life Tryal and Examination OF JAMES NAYLER The Seduced and Seducing QUAKER WITH The Manner of his Riding into BRISTOL Whereunto is added The Sentence passed upon him by the High Court of Parliament JOH. 19.7 We have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God LONDON Printed for Henry Brome at the Hand in S. Paul's Church-yard 1657. To the READER Courteous Reader I Do here give thee an account of what passed betweene James Nayler and his Judges as thinking it a part of my duty towards God and man that thereby thou mayst see and know there is but one onely God and one onely Jesus which is the Christ who was crucified by the Jews at Jerusalem Which whosoever denies let him be accursed It hath been the Custome in former times to Immure Stone or other wayes punish with Death such as did falsly stile themselves the onely Sons of the most High God As thou mayest see in that faithful Chronologer John Speed who affirmeth that in the Reign of King HENRY the third there appeared a Grand Impostor somewhat in wickedness resembling this of whom we are to treat this Man or rather Devil thinking himself to be some-body boasted himself to be no-body in the eyes of the World but as being sent from Heaven And having a grave and impudent aspect pretended himself to be no less then the Saviour of Mankinde And to strike a belief into the easily-seduced People he had wounded his Hands and Feet and Side Affirming these to be the Wounds which the Jews had given him at JERUSALEM For which blasphemous and horrid Doctrine he was sentenced to be starved to death between the Walls of a strong Prison Where he and his Doctrine died Even So let all thine enemies perish O Lord Thou wilt in his Examination discover some difference to be between him and George Fox but I suppose they are again reconciled I shall not trouble thee with all the many Letters which were conveyed from him to others or from them to him lest I make my Relation swell too big I shall onely give thee one or two of the chiefest Out of which if thou canst pick but a little sence and less truth thou canst do more then Thy loving friend Decemb. 16 1656. James Naylors Examination READER THinking it a very good foundation to my building to give you the manner of his progresse before you come to his confession or before his blasphemie aspires to the stoole of Repentance I shall thus begin James Naylor of Wakefield in the County of Yorke a deluded and deluding Quaker and Imposter rode October last through a Village called Bedminster about a mile from Bristol accompanied with six more one whereof was a young man whose head was bare leading his horse by the bridle and another uncovered before him thorow the durty way in which the Carts and Horses and none else usually goe And with them two men on horseback with each of them a woman behind him and one woman walking on the better way or path In this posture did they march and in such a case that one George Witherley noting their condition asked them to come in the better rode adding that God expected no such extremity but they continued on their way not answering in any other notes but what were musicall singing Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabbath c. Thus continued they till by their wandring they came to the Almsehouse within the Suburbs of Bristol where one of the women alighted and she with the other of her own sex lovingly marcht on each side of Naylor's Horse This Witherley saith he supposes they could not be lesse deep in the muddy way then to the knees and he saith they sang but sometimes with such a buzzing mel-ODIOVS noyse that he could not understand what it was This the said Witherley gave in upon his oath Thus did they reach Ratcliff-gate with Timothy Wedlock of Devon bare-headed and Martha Symonds with the bridle on one side and Hannah Stranger on the oher side of the Horse this Martha Simonds is the wife of Thomas Simonds of London Book-binder and Hannah Stranger is the Wife of John Stranger of London Combmaker who sung Holy holy holy Lord God of Israel Thus did he ride to the high Crosse in Bristol and after that to the White-hart in Broadstreet vvhere there lies two eminent Quakers by name Dennis Hollister and Henry Row of vvhich the Magistrates hearing they vvere apprehended and committed to prison Long it had not been after their consinement in the Goale at Exeter from whence passing through Wells and Glassenbury this party bestrewed the vvay vvith their garments But to be short they were searcht and Letters were found about them infinitely filled vvith profane non-sensicall language vvhich Letters I shall not trouble you with onely some of the chiefe lest your patience should be too much cloyd We shall hast now to their axaminations and because Naylor vvas the chiefe actor 't is fit he have the preheminence of leading the vvay in their Examinations we shall therefore give you a full account of vvhat passed betvven the Magistrate and him vvhich take as followeth He entred the Court with a confident resolution his Hat on which he offered not to take off but without using any civil respect to any one he Answered in this manner to these following questions The Examination of James Naylor and others BEing asked his name or whether he was not called James Naylor he replied The men of this world call me James Naylor hhy Q Art not thou the man that rid on horseback into Bristol a woman leading thy horse and others singing before thee Holy holy holy Hosannah c. A. I did ride into a Town but what its name was I know not and by the Spirit a woman was commanded to hold my horses bridle and some there were that cast down cloathes and sang praises to the Lord such songs as the Lord put into their hearts and its like it might be the Song of Holy holy holy c. Q. Whether or no didst thou reprove those women A. Nay but I bad them take heed that they sang nothing but what they were moved to of the Lord Q. Dost thou own this Letter whereupon a Letter vvas shewed him which Hannah Stranger sent unto thee A. Yea I do own that Letter Q. Art thou according to that Letter the fairest of ten thousand A. As to the visible I deny any such attribute to be due unto me but if as to that which the Father has begotten in me I shall own it But now Reader before I passe further I hold it not impertient to deliver you the vvords of the same Letter with another vvhich were these A Letter to James Naylor at Exeter by Hannah Stranger J. N. IN the pure feare and power of God my soule salutes thee Thou everlasting son of righteousnesse and Prince of
peace oh how my soule travelleth to see this day which Abraham did and was glad and so shall all that are of faithfull Abraham O suffer me to speake what the Lord hath moved There is one temptation neere the like unto the first and is like the wisdome of God but it is not and therefore it must be destroyed Oh it desileth and hateth the innocent I beseech thee wait my soule travelleth to see a pure Image brought forth and the enemy strive to destroy it that he may keep me alwaies sorrowing and ever seeking and never satisfied nor never rejoycing But he in whom I have believed will shortly tread satan under our feet and then shalt thou and thine return to Zion with everlasting rejoycings and praises But till then better is the house of mourning then rejoycing for he that was made a perfect example when he had fasted the appointed time of his father vvas tempted to eate and to shew a miracle to prove himselfe to be the Sonne of God But man lives not by bread said he and now no more by that vvisdom shall he live on vvhich he hath long fed as on bread and as his food hath been so must his fast be and then at the end temptation to as low a thing as a stone that if it vvere possible the humility and the miracles vvould deceive the elect innocent and righteous branch of holiness But be his vvils never so many the time comes he shall leave thee for he is faithfull vvho hath promised he vvill not leave the Throne of David vvithout a man to sit thereon vvhich shall judge the poore vvith righteousnesse and the World vvith equity This shall shortly come to passe and then shall the vision speak and not lie O let innocency be thy beloved and righteousnesse thy Spouse that thy fathers lambs may rejoyce in thy pure and cleare unspotted image of holinesse and purity vvhich my soul believeth I shall see and so in the faith rest I am in patience vvait and the power vvill preserve from subtilty though under never so zealous a pretence of innocent vvisdom it be yet shall the Lord not suffer his holy one to see corruption nor his soule to lie in Hell but will cause the mountain to melt at his presence and the little hills to bring him peace O I am ready to fear as a servant and to obey as a child If I have spoken words too high love hath constrained me which is as strong as death and with the same spirit cover them as they are spoken with and then shall the spirit of David be witnessed who refused not words though from his servants mouth if they were in the fear I am his servant and he my Master whom I love and fear and trust I shall do unto the end Hannah Stranger From London 16. day of the 7th month Hereafter followeth the Letter wherein John Stranger calleth James Naylor Jesus Another from the same OH thou fairest of ten thousand thou onely begotten Son of God how my heart panteth after thee O stay me with flagons and comfort me with Wine My well beloved thou art like a Roe or young Hart upon the mountains of Spices where thy beloved Spouse hath long been calling thee to come away but hath been but lately heard of thee Now it lies something upon me that thou mindst to see her for the spirit and power of God is with her And there is given to her much of excellent and innocent wisedome arissen and arising in her which will make all the honest-hearted to praise the Lord alone and no more set up self And therefore let not my Lord and Master have any jealousie again of her for she is highly beloved of the Lord and that shall all see who come to know the Lord And now he doth blesse them that blesse his and curse them that curse his for this hath the Lord shewed me That her portion is exceeding large in the Lord and as her sorrow hath been much so shall her joy be much more which rejoyceth my heart to see her walke so valiantly and faithfully in the work of the Lord in this time of so great tryals as hath been laid upon her especially And I am Hannah Stranger The Postscript Remember my dear love to thy Master Thy name is no more to be called James but Jesus John Stranger This John Stranger is Husband to this Hannah Stranger and this was added as a Postscript by him to his Wives Letter as is acknowledged Remember my love to those friends withthee The seventeenth day of the eighth month superscribed this to the hands of James Naylor We shall now return to his examination Q. Art thou the only Son of God A. I am the Son of God but I have many Brethren Q. Have any called thee by the name of Jesus A. Not as unto the visible but as Jesus the Christ that is in me Q. Dost thou own the name of the King of Israel A. Not as a creature but if they give it Christ within I own it and have a Kingdom but not of this world my Kingdome is of another world of which thou watst not Q. Whether or no art thou the Prophet of the most high A. Thou hast said I am a Prophet Q. Dost thou own that attribute the Judge of Israel A. The Judge is but one and is witnessed in me and is the Christ there must not be any joyned with him if they speak of the spirit in me I own it only as God is manifest in the flesh according as God dwelleth in me and judgeth there himself Q. By whom wert thou sent A. By him who hath sent the spirit of his Son in me to try not as to carnal matters but belonging to the Kingdome of God by the indwelling of the Father and the Son the judge of all spirits to be guided by none Q. Is not the written word of God the guide A. The written word declares of it and what is not according to that is not true Q. Whether art thou more sent then others or whether others be not sent in that measure A. As to that I have nothing at present given me of my Father to answer Q. Was your birth mortal or immortal A. Not according to the Natural birth but according to the Spiritual birth born of the immortal seed Q. Wert thou ever called the Lambe of God A. I look not back to things behind but there might be some such thing in the letter I am a lamb and have sought it long before I could witnesse it Q. Who is thy mother or whether or no is she a virgin A. Nay according to the naturall birth Q. Who is thy mother according to thy spirituall birth A. No carnall creature Q. Who â—â—…n A. To this he refused to answer Q. Is the hope of Israel in thee A. The hope is in Christ and as Christ is in me so far the hope of Israel stands Christ is in me
a Petition concerning James Nayler the effect of which was that the sentence might not be wholly executed at the time appointed by reason of some distemper in his body whereupon it was ordered that he should stand in the Pillory at the old Exchange on the Saturday following to suffer the rest of his punishment which should before have been inflicted On the 24 of the same month the aforesaid Robert Rich presented a Petition the effect of which was that he himself might suffer the rest of the punishment which was to be inflicted on James Nayler but that not being granted James Nayler was Decemb. 27. conveyed to the Exchange where according to former order the residue of his punishment was executed Being mounted the Pillory Robert Rich accompanied him with comfortable words kisses and stroakings on his face until the remainder of Justice was executed Nayler having stood till two of the clock he was let out the Executioner then addressing himself in order to what followed he took a cap and put it on the head of James Nayler below his eyes which cap Robert Rich hastily snatched from him and put it on below his nose then the Executioner having bound his arms with cords to the Pillory he bad him put forth his Tongue which he freely did and the Executioner with an Iron about the bigness of a Quill bored the same and by order from the Sheriff held it in a small space to the end the Beholders might see and bear witness that the sentence was truely executed then having took it out he marked him in the forehead with a B. at the which he not so much as stirred but having been marked he took the Executioner in his arms and hugged him and Robert Rich through his ardent affection licked the wound on his forehead The superscription over his head was For HORRID BLASPHEMY GRAND IMPOSTURE and SEDUCING OF THE PEOPLE which inscription Robert Rich endeavoured to smother by clapping another over it which was THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS Thus having given you an account concerning him I shall now proceed to the examination of his accomplices which take in order MARTHA SIMONDS Her Examination She confesseth she knew James Nayler formerly for he is now no more Iames Nayler but resined to a more excellent substance and so she saith she came with him from Bristol to Exceter Q. VVHat made thee lead his Horse into Bristol and sing Holy holy holy c. and to spread thy garments before him A. I was forced thereto by the power of the Lord Q. He is styled in Hannah Strangers Letter the fairest of ten thousand the hope of Israel and the onely begotten son of God Dost thou so esteem him A. That James Nayler of whom thou speakest is buried in me and he hath promised to come again Q. Dost thou like of that attribute as given to him A. I cannot tell I judge them not Q. Whether didst thou kneel before him A. What I did was in obedience to a power above Q. Dost thou own him to be the Prince of Peace A. He is a perfect man and he that is a perfect man is the Prince of Peace Q. Hast thou a husband A. I have a man which thou callest my Husband Q. What caused thee to sing before James Nayler in such a manner A. It is our life to praise the Lord and the Lord my strength who filleth heaven and earth is manifest in James Nayler Q. Oughtest thou to worship James Nayler as thou didst upon thy knee A. Yea I ought so to do Q. Why oughtest thou so to do A. He is the son of Righteousness and the new man within him is the everlasting son of Righteousness and James Nayler will be Jesus when the new life is born in him Q. By what Name callest thou him A. Lord Q. Why dost thou call him Lord A. Because he is Prince of Peace and Lord of Righteousness Q. What reason canst thou shâ—w for thy calling him King of Israel A. He is anointed Q. Who hath anointed him A. A Prophet Q. What Prophet was that A. I will not tell thee Q. Thou confessest that thou didst spread thy cloaths A. Yea I did Q. Tell me Doth that spirit of Jesus which thou â—ayest is in Nayler make him a sufficient Jesus to oâ—…ers A. I tell thee there is a seed born in him which above all men I shall and every one ought to honour Q. Is he king of Israel as thy Husband saith A. If he saith so they testimony is double HANNAH STRANGER her Examination She saith She came from Bristol to Excester with Iames Nayler and that she flang her Handkerchief before him because commanded so of the Lord and that she sung Holy c. and that the Lord is risen in him Q. WHerefore didst thou sing before James Nayler A. I must not be mute when I am commanded of the Lord Q. Wherefore didst thou sing before him A. My conscience tells me I have not offended any Law Q. Was that Letter thine and didst thou spread thy garments before him A. Yea and my blood will maintain it Q. Dost thou own him for the Prince of Peace A. Yea he is so Q. What dost thou call his Name A. It hath been said already I have told of his Name Q. Dost thou not know it to be blasphemy to give him such and such attributes A. If I have offended any Law c. Q. Didst thou send him that Letter wherein he was called the Son of God A. Yea I do own the whole Letter Q. Didst thou call him Jesus A. She would not answer Q. Didst thou kiss his feet A. Yea. THOMAS STRANGER His EXAMINATION HE owneth the Postscript of the Letter in which he calleth James Nayler Iesus but could not be got to answer any more questions any further than If I have offended any Law c. Hee confessed hee called James Nayler Iesus and saith he was thereto moved of the Lord TIMOTHY WEDLOCK his Examination Q. DOst thou own James Nayler to be the onely Son of God A. I do own him to be the Son of God Q. Wherefore didst thou and the rest sing before him Holy holy holy Lord God of Israel A. I do own the songs of Sion Q. Thou wilt go through a great rain bare-headed why then wilt thou not be uncovered to a Magistrate A. What I did was as the Lord commanded Q. What is your opinion concerning Religion A. I own no Opinions nor any Judgements Q. Wherefore didst thou honour him in Towns and not elsewhere A. We did as well in commons but in both as the Spirit of the Lord directed us Q. Wherefore didst thou kneel before him A. The Truth made us DORCAS ERBVRY her Examination Q. WHere dost thou live A. With Margaret Thomas Q. Wherefore didst thou sing Holy c. A. I did not at that time but those that sang did it in discharging their duty Q. Dost thou own him that rode on horse back
the hope of glory Q. What more hope is there in thee then in others A. None can know but them of Israel and Israel must give an account Q. Art thou the everlasting Son of God A. Where God is manifest in the flesh there is the everlasting Son and I do witness God in the flesh I am the Son of God and the Son of God is but one Q. Art thou the Prince of peace A. The Prince of everlasting peace is begotten in me Q. Why dost thou not reprove those that give thee these attributes A. I have said nothing unto them but such things are written Q. Is thy name Jesus A. Here he was silent Q. For what space of time hast thou been so called A. And here Q. i th ere no other Jesus besides thee A. These questions he forbore either to affirm or to contradict Q. Art thou the everlasting Son of God the King of righteousness A. I am and the everlasting righteousness is wrought in me if ye were acquainted with the Father ye would also be acquainted with me Q. Did any kisse thy feet A. It might be they did but I minded them not Q. When thou wast called the King of Israel didst thou not answer thou sayest it A. Yea. Q. How dost thou provide for a livelihood A. As do the Lillies without care being maintained by my father Q. Who dost thou call thy Father A. He whom thou callest God Q. What businesse hadst thou at Bristoll or that way A. I was guided and directed by my father Q. Why wast thou called a Judge to try the cause of Israel A. Here be answered nothing Q. Are any of these sayings blasphemy or not A. What is received of the Lord is truth Q. VVhose Letter was that which was writ to thee signed T.S. A. It was sent me to Exeter Gaol by one the world calls Tho. Symonds Q. Didst thou not say it ye had known me ye had known the father A. Yea for the father is my life Q. VVhere wert thou born A. At Anderslow in Yorkshire Q. VVhere lives thy wife A. She whom thou callest my wife lives in Wakefield Q. VVhy dost thou not live with her A. I did till I was called to the Army Q. Vnder whose Command didst thou serve in the Army A. First under him they call Lord Fairfax Q. Who then A. Afterwards under that man called Col. Lambert and then I went into Scotland where I was a Quartermaster and returned sick to my earthly habitation and was called into the North Q. What wentst thou for to Exceter A. I was sent to Lawson to see the brethren Q. What estate hast thou A. I take no care for that Q. Doth God in an extraordinary manner sustain thee without any corporal food A. Man doth not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Father the same life is mine that is in the Father but not in the same measure Q. How art thou cloathed A. I know not Q. Dost thou live without bread A. As long as my heavenly Father will I have tasted of that bread of which he that eateth shall never die Qu. How long hast thou lived without any corporal sustenance having perfect health A. Some fifteen or fixteen days sustained without any other food except the Word of God Q. was Dorcas Erbury dead two days in Exceter and didst thou raise her A. I can do nothing of my self the Scripture beareth witness to the power in me which is everlasting it is the same power we read of in the Scripture The Lord hath made me a signe of his coming and that honour that belongeth to Christ Jesus in whom I am revealed may be given to him as when on earth at Jerusalem according to the measure Q. Art thou the unspotted Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world A. Were I not a lamb wolves would not seek to devour me Q. Art thou not guilty of horrid blasphemy by thy own words A. Who made thee a Judge over them Q. Wherefore camest thou in such an unusual posture as two women leading thy horse others singing Holy holy c. with another before thee bare-headed knee-deep in the high-way-mud when thou mightst have gone in the Causey and at such a time that it raining thy companions received the rain at their necks and vented it at their hose and breeches A. It tended to my Fathers praise and glory and I ought not to slight any thing which the Spirit of the Lord moves Q. Dost thou think the Spirit of the Lord moved or commanded them A. Yea. Q. Whom mean they by holy holy holy c. A. Let them answer for themselves they are at age Q. Did not some spread their cloaths on the ground before thee when thou ridst thorow Glanstenbury and Wells A. I think they did Q. Wherefore didst thou call Martha Simons mother as George Fox affirms A. George Fox is a lyer and a firebrand of hell for neither I nor any with me called her so Q. Thou hast a wife at this time A. A woman I have whom by the world is called my wife and some children I have which according to the flesh are mine Q. Those books which thou hast writ wilt thou maintain them and affirm what is therein A. Yea with my dearest blood The Sentence which it pleased the high Court of Parliament to pronounce against James Nayler THat he stand in the Pillory on Thursday being Decemb 18. 1656. in the new Palace at Westminster for two hours and then by the Hangman to be whipped from Westminster to the Old Exchange London and there also to stand in the Pillory two hours on Saturday next between Eleven and one with an Inscription fastned to him relating his Crimes and at the old Exchange to have his tongue bored thorow with an Hot-iron and in the forehead stigmatized with B and that he be conveyed thorow Bristol with his face towards the horses tail and there likewise whipped and after returned to London to remain a prisoner in Bridewel during the pleasure of the honourable Parliament ACcording to the sentence pronounced he was whipped from Westminster to the Old Exchange and from thence conveyed to Newgate where the next day there came unto him one Robert Rich so called who when he was approaching neer him sang but what it was I know not but when he saw James Nayler he saluted him by bowing to him and having asked whether he had prayed for him James answered Yea he had Whereupon this Rich took him round the middle stroaked his face and kissed him And having took his leave of James Nayler he descended the stairs saying Oh ye hard hearted people and unbelieving Generation will ye not believe although ye see such wonders signs and miracles wrought before ye Another came to him and said unto him thus James none will venture to come and see thee but Paul Nicodemus and I. ON Decemb. 20. was presented
to be the Holy One of Israel A. Yea I do and with my blood will seal it Q. And dost thou own him for the Son of God A. He is the onely begotten Son of God Q. Wherefore didst thou pull off his stockings and lay thy clothes beneath his feet A. He is worthy of it for he is the holy Lord of Israel Q. Knowest thou no other Jesus the onely begotten Son of God A. I know no other Saviour Q. Dost thou believe in James Nayler A. Yea in him whom thou callest so I do Q. By what name dost thou call him A. The Son of God but I am to serve him and to call him Lord and Master Q. Jesus was crucified but this man you call the Son of God is alive A. He hath shook off his carnal body Q. Why what Body hath he then A. Say not the Scriptures Thy natural body I will change and it shall be spiritual Q. Hath a spirit flesh and bones A. His flesh and bones are new Q. Christ raised those that had been dead so did not he A. He raised me Q. In what manner A. He laid his hand on my head after I had been dead two days and said Dorcas arise and I arose and live as thou seest Q. Where did he this A. At the Goal in Exceter Q. What witness hast thou for this A. My Mother who was present Q. His power being so much wherefore opened he not the Prison-doors and escaped A. The doors shall open when the Lords work is done Q. What apostles hath he A. They are scattered but some are here Q. Jesus Christ doth sit at the right hand of the Father where the world shall be judged by him A. He whom thou callest Nayler shall sit at the right hand of the Father and shall judge the world with equity Here followeth a Relation concerning one of his Companions ONe of James Naylers Disciples having attained to some knowledge in the French-tongue went over into France to a City called Burdeaux where entring into a Congregation of the Protestants he began after his wonted manner here in England to cry out in the open Congregation against the Minister calling him conjurer lyer impostor deceiver and the elders and people being astonished at the novelty and reputing him a mad-man came and told him that they had laws in France to protect the Congregations either of Papists or Protestants from any disturbance and thrust him forth of their Church Vpon which he went into the Church-yard and upon a stone continued his discourse which drew the whole Congregation out of the Church after him and caused the Minister to give over and the elders coming again to him told him that he being a stranger they were willing to favour him but seeing he did continue his disturbance they would commit him to justice he told them Justice was never in that place until his appearance Vpon that they took him away to the Governour where being brought with his hat on he asked the Governour what he was who told him he was the Governour of that place under the King of France he said that he would not answer him as Governour his Government being carnal and a certain Bishop being with the Governour who was a Papist desiring that he might question him and demanding what he was he told him he was an English-man and sent of the Lord to prepare his way he demanded of the Bishop what he was who told him he was a Bishop whereupon he replied That against him he was sent who was one of the Locusts that was sent forth of the bottomless pit and that the weapons he had with him was fitted to destroy him and the whole Kingdom of Antichrist who was held in darkness and blindness and that he was to pour out Vials of the Fathers Wrath upon him The Governour perceiving several of the People to be infected with his Doctrine demanded if there was any ship ready to sail for England which being informed of he therein shipt him being not willing to use extremity to a stranger but caused some six or seven who had been infected with his Doctrine to be whipped through the streets A Relation concerning some others of the same Tribe SEven or eight others went over in a vessel to New-England where being arrived they began to spread themselves but the Governor having notice caused them to be clap'd up close in a Castle and would not suffer any to come to see them under penaltie of five pounds in the mean time he sent for the Master of the ship that brought them and commanded him immediately to carry them back into old England which he refusing was also clapt up close prisoner until he consented and took them aboard again at their departure they shook off the dust off their feet as a testimony against that place Now Reader I shall close up all with a word or two of the Life and Actions of James Nayler HE is a man of so erroneous and unsanctified a Disposition that it is hard to say whether heresie or impudencie beareth the greater rule in him as will appear First in what he testifieth before sufficient witnesses see the brief Relation of the Northern Quakers pag. 22 that he was as holy just and good as God himself And Secondly That he in a Letter to one in Lancaster expresly saith That he that expected to be saved by Jesus Christ that died at Jerusalem shall be deceived see Mr. Billingsly's Defence of the Scriptures pag. 16 The Perfect Pharisee pag. 8. And so said another of that Sect he was not such a fool as to hope to be saved by Jesus Christ that died at Jerusalem sixteen hundred years ago See Mr. Farmer's Mysterie of Godliness and ungodliness Thus they glory in their ignorance and count that foolishness which is the true Wisdom Thirdly in a letter I had in my possession but now lent to a friend subscribed by the Pastor and other members of that Congregation in the North whereof Nayler once was a member till for his apostacy he was excommunicated It is offered to be proved and by them testified to be true that one Mris. Roper her husband being gon on some occasion from her a long voyage this Nayler frequented her company was seen to dandle her upon his knee and kiss her lasciviously and in that time of his society with her she was brought to bed with a child when her husband had been absent seven and fourty weeks to a day from her and on a time he was seen to dance her in a private room and having kist her very often she took occasion to say Now James what would the world say if they should see us in this posture to which he said somewhat but he was so low that it could not be heard This was objected against him but he denied to answer it before the said Church alledging that he would not speak to them that spoke not immediately by the Spirit Fourthly