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spirit_n	call_v	holy_a	truth_n	5,344	5	5.4503	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60892	A general testimony to and for the everlasting truth of God partly intended for my relations and neighbours, that have known me from my childhood in Wishaw & Sutton : wherein there is a short relation of my manner of convincement : and also, some few of the sufferings which were inflicted upon me by some of the said inhabitants, for my faithful testimony, which I have born for God and his blessed truth.	Sommerland, Richard, d. 1730.	1678 (1678)	Wing S4661; ESTC R32705	5,632	10

Flesh and so because he could not fee a Proctor in the Court or so they proceeded against him so got him into Prison where he remained betwixt Nine or Ten Years In one Year of which the said Priest took away one Load of Hay out of a Meadow where there was but three and out of another Meadow where there was but one Load of his he took all Also the said Richard the space of about eight Years after he was first put in Prison as aforesaid having some Liberty to come to his outward Being and being about the Town's-Business with his Neighbours was Sworn against by four men for being at a Meeting at Badgely about five Miles off and fined 9l 5s Whereas the Men of the Neighbourhood could testifie He was with them that day about Business as afore-said and the aforesaid four Swearers were all Forsworn O sad to be considered of Also the said Richard Sommerland for suffering the People of the Lord called Quakers to have a Meeting at his House about the 12th day of the Moneth called August 1677. to worship in Spirit and in Truth as their holy Custom is was fined 20l. for which they took Goods at several times from him worth 33l At one time they took away four Heifers and upon another day they took two Mares one Tumbrel one pair of Gears two pair of Hollmes two Collors three Bridles one Belly-band thirty Cheeses two Sacks and about three Strikes of Mown Corn one good Feather-bed one Coverlet one Rug one Blanket three Pillow-bears three Flaxen Sheets one Flaxen Table-Cloth one Towell sixteen Napkins and the same Night they came again even in the Night like Robbers and took away three Weaning-Calves two Swine two Weaning-Coults And it is to be noted That the Ground of this grievious Persecution at this time was because some that were Naturally related to these Informers and Persecutors were Convinced of Gods blessed Truth amongst us at this time so mightily doth the Devil Rage against God's Work in all Generations Also it is to be noted That after a certain time that they had all these Goods in their Custody and made Money of most of them they sent some of them back again yet of so little Value that what remained in their Hands which they sold was worth 26l for the Fine of 20l. Another chief cause of this great Suffering was the Endeared Love of my Heart to the Well-being of the Souls of my Relations and Friends it being upon me to invite several of them to a Meeting to the Marriage of my Daughter at which Meeting it pleased the Lord to touch and to open some of their Hearts as he did in former dayes the Heart of Lidea and gave them an inward Sense of his blessed Truth at which the Devil was Angry and stirred up his Instruments to persecute me and others of God's People and what was in former dayes spoken of came to be sulfilled That the Father should be against Son Son against Father and Brother against Brother and that upon this occasion my half Brother who was Brother unto me by Mother not by Father was at the Meeting where one of his Daughters with several others were Convinced of the Eternal Truth of God at which my said Brother was so filled that he brake the bands of Natural Affection as well as Christianity and the royal Law of God which is To do unto all as they would be done by and turned Informer against me others and that which aggravates the thing almost beyond any parrallel is that my aforesaid Brother did not only Inform against me but against his own Daughter and against his Daughter in Law his Son's Wife who in her Faithfulness doth remain unto this Day notwithstanding the many Hardships and Tryals she hath undergone for the Truth 's sake of which our God in his Love hath made his a Partaker notwithstanding she hath been nail'd up close from a Meeting who were both Fined upon his and his Son in Law 's Information Also it is to be noted That upon my Knowledge that my said Brother was to turn Informer to get Money by it it was in my Heart in the Aboundings of Love rather than he should take such a Reproachful Trade upon him which is a shame unto all sober People I say it was in my Heart to go unto him not in any Fear that I had upon me as to what he could do but to prevent or take away the Occasion that might induce him thereto and proffer him Either to lend or give him Money if he had need either then or at other times Whereupon he was filled with Wrath and Madness that he did Unnaturally abuse and strike me upon the bare Head and other places although he had no Resistance but a Willingness the Lord had wrought in me that as I was Smitten on the one Cheek to turn also the other which was then in true Exercise of Patience done blessed be the Lord. This Information being given by my said Brother-in-Law Thomas Cooke and Henry Hurst his Son-in-Law unto William Wood Warden or Chief Magistrate of the Corporation of Sutton-Cofield within Warwick-shire who upon this Information given did issue forth a Warrant to the Constable to make Distress of the Persons Goods informed against the Constable Thomas Freeman and the rest concerned in making a Distress seeming unwilling to meddle yet being threatned by the said Warden That if they did it not they must Pay the Fines themselves the said Constable Thomas Freeman and Robert Rogerson and their Co-partners hardned their Hearts and with great Eagerness persecuted and sought after their Prey and with Cruelty made Spoil and Havock of the Goods as is here inserted in Particulars as followeth These Distresses as followeth were made by the Officers of Carworth John Mayah Constable James Harbey of Minworth Head-borow in the same Parish Thomas Freeman Constable of Sutton-Cofield and Robert Rogerson Over-seer of the same Town who sought after their Prey with great Eagerness and much Cruelty Also for the aforesaid Meeting was taken from Edw. Chandeler for a Fine for himself and his Wife for 30 s. Fine was taken one Mare and a Colt worth 5 l. which they sold for 3l 19s and kept 1s for selling the Mare and returned some of the Undervalue again Also for the same two Meetings they took from John Swift of Cardworth for a Fine of 15s a Feeding-Cow worth about 55s which they sold for 44s returned him only some of that again as also keeping 1 s. for selling the Cow Also for the aforesaid Meeting and another was taken from Robert Guest of Minworth for 15 s. Fine one great Brewing-Kettle and six great Pewter-dishes which was well worth betwixt 30 40 s. Also for the two Meetings aforesaid was taken from Margaret Wolley for a Fine of 15s one Set of Curtains and Vallans one Blanket one Warming-Pan some Pewter worth about 1l 10s Also for the afore-said two Meetings was taken from Thomas Hargrave of Minworth a poor man for a Fine of 15s was taken Brass worth 1l 7s Also for the First Meeting was taken from Anne Meakings a poor Widdow in Minworth that hath four small Children and little to live upon but what she laboureth hard for was for a Fine of 5s taken one Coverlet and three Pewter-dishes Also for the same two Meetings was taken from Richard Willson of Colshil for 15s Fine Brass worth about 1l 10s Also for the first Meeting they took from Abraham Jordan of Wigginshill in the Parish of Sutton-Cofield for a Fine of 15s for himself his Wife and Son 16. Ells and a half of Tear of Hempen Cloath Also for the first Meeting before-mentioned they took from Thomas Sharrat of Wishaw for 10s Fine for himself and his Wife one great Brewing Kettle and one lesser Kettle and one Pewter-dish worth in all 26s returned only the lesser Kettle and the Pewter-dish to the value of 6s Also for the first Meeting before-mentioned they took from Jone Warde of Graves in Sutton-Parish one Kettle worth 8 or 9s for a Fine of 5s This is a True and Faithful Account in short of the Sufferings both of my Self and other Friends who have and yet may Suffer in Body and Estate for the Testimony of Truth and Sake of Christ Jesus whose Saving Health is this day known who came to save his People From their Sins as is recorded in the Scriptures And again He that departeth from Iniquity maketh himself a Prey But I would have none to stumble at the Truth or be offended thereat for it is by the God of our Salvation that they that will live Godly in Christ Jesus must suffer Persecution Wishaw in Warwick-shire the 1st Mon. 1678. This is given forth in the feeling of the Presence of the living God by one who desireth the good of all my Fellow-Creatures Richard Sommerland THE END