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An account of the travels, sufferings and persecutions of Barbara Blaugdone Given forth as a testimony to the Lord's power, and for the encouragement of Friends.
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Blaugdone, Barbara, 1608 or 9-1704.
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Wing A410; ESTC R222545
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An Account OF THE TRAVELS Sufferings Persecutions OF Barbara Blaugdone Given forth as a Testimony to the Lord's Power and for the Encouragement of Friends Printed and Sold by T. S. at the Crooked-Billet in Holywell-Lane Shoreditch 1691. An Account of the Travels Sufferings and Persecutions of B. B. c. IN my Youth and Tender Years I feared the Lord and was afraid to offend him and was zealous and diligent in the Profession I was in and sought the Lord earnestly although I knew not where to find him until I was directed by Friends that came from the North John Audland and John Camm by Name whose Behaviour and Deportments were such that it preached before ever they opened their Mouths and it was then revealed to me That they had the Everlasting Gospel to Preach in this City And when they did open their Mouths I was made to bless God that I had lived to hear the everlasting Gospel preached and they directed my Mind unto the Light of Christ therein to wait which I was diligent to do and found the Vertue of it and as the Evil was made manifest I departed from it and willingly took up the Cross and yielded Obedience unto it in plainness of Speech and in my Habit the People were so offended with it when I went into their Publick Places and Steeple-houses to speak that they took away their Children from me so that I lost almost all my Imployment and they kept me in Prison a quarter of a Year at a time And great was my Sufferings in that Day but the Lord so filled me with his Power that I was preserved through it all And the Diligent and Faithful did prosper then and so they do now And therefore my Counsel to Friends is that they keep in God's Power for there is no other way to be preserved nor to receive Life and Salvation it s my Testimony for God For whosoever shuns the Cross and goes out of the Power they lose their way and dishonour God but whosoever keep in the Faith and abide in the Power they are in Safety I have had living Experience of it therefore I mention it and it has been with me a pretty while to publish it for the benefit of those that are passing through and are yet to pass through the Sufferings and therefore do I declare my Experience And so dear Friends the Cross is the Way to the Crown of Life and to the Crown of Glory and they that continue Faithful and Obedient they obtain the Eternal Crown which they that are disobedient lose I speak my Experience of the Dealings of the Lord with me in my Travels and passings through my Spiritual Journey for the benefit of those that Travel rightly after And I can speak it to the glory of God he never moved me to any thing but that he gave me Power to perform it and made it effectual although I past through much Exercise in the performance of it And the Power of God wrought in me long before I knew what it was and when Friends came that my understanding was opened I soon took up the Cross and came into the Obedience and the Lord cleansed me by his Power and made me a fit Vessel for his Use And when I had laboured pretty much at home he called me forth to labour abroad and I stood so in the dread awe and fear of the Lord that his Spirit strove much with me before I could open my Mouth and the Word of the Lord came unto me in a Meeting That the Lord would have War with Amalek from Generation to Generation And the Power and Spirit of the Lord was so strong in me that it set me upon my Feet and constrained me to speak the words for I was never hasty nor forward And then the Lord caused me to abstain from all Flesh Wine and Beer whatsoever and I drank only Water for the space of a whole Year and in that time the Lord caused me to grow and to prosper in the Truth And then I was made to go and to call the People forth from among the dumb Idols and suffered much Imprisonment for it but yet I was made to go till the Lord gave me dominion so that I could go into their Places and say what I had to say and come forth again quietly And as Mary Prince and I was coming Arm in Arm from a Meeting that was at George Bishop's House there was a Rude Man came and abused us and struck off Mary Prince her Hat and run some sharp Knife or Instrument through all my Clothes into the side of my Belly which if it had gone but a little farther it might have killed me but my Soul was so in love with the Truth that I could have given up my Life for it at that day And then I was moved to go to Marlborough to the Market-place and Steeple-house where I had pretty much Service where they put me in Prison for six Weeks where I Fasted six Days and six Nights and neither eat Bread nor drank Water nor no earthly thing then I came to a feeding upon the Word and had experience that man doth not live by Bread alone but by every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of the Lord. And when I was released I went to Isaac Burges the man that committed me and discoursed with him and he was really Convinced of the Truth but could not take up the Cross but was afterwards very loving to Friends and stood by them upon all occasions and never Persecuted a Friend any more and when he came unto this City he came unto my House to see me and confest That he could not take up the Cross although he knew it was the Truth And a while after I was made to go into Devonshire to Molton and Bastable and Bediford where I had a Prison in all those Places and I went to the Earl of Bathes where I had formerly spent much time in Vanity to call unto them to come out of their Vanity and I asked to speak with the Countess and they refused to let me in but one of the Servants that knew me bid me go to the Back-Door and their Lady would come forth that way to go into the Garden and they sent forth a great Wolf-Dog upon me which came fiercely at me to devour me and just as he came unto me the Power of the Lord smote the Dog so that he whined and ran in crying and very Lame so that I saw clearly the Hand of the Lord in it for my preservation blessed be his Name and then the Lady came forth and stood still and heard me all that I had to say unto her and when I had done she gave me Thanks but never asked me to go into her House although I had eat and drank at her Table and lodged there many a time And then I was moved to go to Great-Torrington in Devonshire unto the Steeple-house there where