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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60091	A Short relation concerning the life and death of that man of God, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, William Simpson, who laid down his body in the island of Barbadoes the eight day of the twelfth month, M DC LXX	Fortescue, William.; Hooton, Oliver.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hooton, Elizabeth, ca. 1600-1672.; Simpson, William, 1627?-1671. Going naked a signe.	1671 (1671)	Wing S3618; ESTC R10632	9,466	16

he hath sent his Servants time after time endued with the Powe● of his Spirit to convince its inhabitants of the evil of their wayes and many thereby are gathered into the way of Gods Covenant of Life and peace Everlastingly blessed be the Name of the Lord who hath remembred us in these remote parts of the Earth and amongst the many that he hath sent he hath sent two of his faithful Servants with the Ministry of his Everlasting Gospel whose Integrity and Innocency hath appeared in the likeness and Image of God Almighty to the convincing of many of the way of Gods Truth whereby the most High hath been pleased to enlarge the Assemblies of his People by drawing nearer unto himself those that were afar off for the gathering of whom the Lord of Heaven and Earth hath made the two aforesaid his fathful Servants viz. William Sympson and John Burneyat very instrumental in his hand to declare the light of the eternal Day in the demonstration of the Spirit of Love and tendrness who faithfully have dealt plainly with all People without respect of Persons as the Lord commanded them and they have not been as Idle-labourers in the Vineyard but they have been willing to spend and to be spent for the advancing and exalting of the Power and Truth of the most High God in the hearts of men Now that which caused me more particularly to write this unto you to whose hands soever it may come is somewhat to signifie something concerning that Renouned Servant of the Lord and Faithful Follower of the Lamb William Simpson who hath walked in faithfulness unto God and followed the Lamb through many Tribulations and washed his Robes and made them white in his blood and hath not loved his Life unto Death but hath fought the good fight and by Faith hath overcome and hath run the race that was set before him and hath finished his course and hath obtained a Crown of Life and Glory and is set down in the Kingdom of Heaven in the place of Everlasting Rest with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and with the Saints of the most High for ever And truly Friends I cannot but give Testimony that he was an Innocent Man as himself also said when he was near his last breath I have sometimes known him in our native Country and then did his Life sound forth his Innocency and having been here more than four Months the same state of Innocency was found in him even unto the day that it pleased the Lord to take him from amongst us to reign with him in Eternity And as the Lord alone had made him a Preacher of his Word in the way of Righteousness in the time of his Life as men of a right understanding can sufficiently evidence so likewise in the same hour of his Death he did wonde●fully declare of the great work of the Lord and of his compassion to all People and having concluded said That what he had said was laid upon him from the Lord. And he said unto those that were with him That he was an Innocent Man and desired them not to be troubled but to let him go And now he is entred into everlasting Rest in a Heavenly habitation having laid down his Head in Everlasting Peace in the glorious State of Eternity where he doth rest from his Labours and his Works do follow him beyond the reach of all the Tyrants of the Earth who can never come there except they repent But their day will assuredly have an end and they must come to Judgment before the Lord and then let the stout-hearted amongst them stand up in the might of his strength and gird up his Loyns like a Man and contend with the Almighty if he be able to answer him when he calls to an account for the deeds done in the Body And where is he that knows his latter-end or whether this may be his last day here or nay as the two aforesaid faithful Servants of the Lord have many times reminded all People here to remember their latter end and to strive to make their Calling and Election sure with the Lord and not to grieve the good Spirit of the Lord by following vanity and excess of Ryot or whatsoever would hinder their passage to the Kingdom of Heaven where Life and Salvation is attained where the Soul of our d●ar Brother aforesaid doth rest in Peace and Glory for ever as I do assuredly know by c●rtain and infallible Testimonies I was with him sometimes in the time of his being sick and weak and the night before his departure was with him all night when his Spirit rejoyced in the Lord and his Soul did behold the Salvation of God then could he not forbear to sing praises to his Maker as did evidently appear at sundry times and his faithful Companion and fellow-Labourer in the Ministry of the Gospel of Salvation viz. John Burneyat was also with him almost all the time of his being sick and although he could not but mourn with us at the parting with so dear and faithful a Friend and Companion yet we could not but also rejoyce with him to behold the Excellency of the Glory which he to wit the Soul of our dear Brother entered into when the Mortal was put off to enter with Immortality into the joyful place of Felicity and Heavenly Consolation with the Spirits of Just men and Angels in the Heavenly Jerusalem there to reign with the highest for ever Where now thy Soul doth rest in quiet peace Since that thy Labours here on Earth did cease By Faith in Christ thou hast obtaind a Crown Transcending glory of the Worlds renown For thee in Heaven is prepard a Throne To live for ever with our King alone In Life thou wast obedient unto him And hast obtaind a Royal Diadem The Cross thou didst embrace despise the shame And preach'st the the Gospel in his Holy Name When in thy Native Country wast a Sign To preach Red●mption unto Jacobs Line For all the proud and lofty Ones shall say That a true Prophet warned them that day And happy they if they in peace had known Gods Word through thee proclaimd from him alon For that in Life thou didst the Truth maintain Through Death a Crown of Life thou dost obtain Thou dearly love'st the way of Lifes infusion And lived'st therein unto thy last conclusion Th●n to the Throne of Life thou didst ascend Where Life Eternal never shall have end W●itten in Barbados the 16th of the 12th Month 1670 by Oliver Hooton This William Simpson who was a faithful Servant and Prophet of the Lord to the Nations in which he went through great Tribulations and Sufferings who went into many Steple-Houses and declared against their false Worships and was often Imprisoned for the Truth and under-went cruel and hard Sufferings by the Goalers He went three years Naked and in Sackcloth in the days of Oliver and his Parliament as a Sign to them and to the Priests shewing