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A90861	Innocencie appearing, through the dark mists of pretended guilt. Or, A full and true narration of the unjust and illegal proceedings of the commissioners of Berks, (for ejecting scandalous and insufficient ministers) against John Pordage of Bradfield in the same county. In which he is justly vindicated from the unjust and horrid aspersions of blasphemy, divelism or necromancie, scandal in his life, and all things else falsly objected against him by his enemies. Published for the clearing of truth, and the detecting of malice and subtilty, and for the prevention of all mispprehensions that may be caused by any scandalous pamphlets, and false relations of the proceedings in his case. As likewise for the information of all sober-minded Christians touching his judgement in many things of high concernment, and particularly concerning chastity, virginity, apparitions of spirits, visions, communion with the holy angels, the invisible worlds, magistracy, &c. / Written by the said John Pordage.	Pordage, John, 1607-1681.	1655 (1655)	Wing P2967; Thomason E1068_7; ESTC R210422	152,492	125

single eye of thy glory All things within and without stand naked and unvailed before thee being more then transparent to thy all-discerning sight I therefore appeal from mans day Iudgement and condemning Sentence to thy day Iudgement and acquitting voice from mans dark erroneous sight to thy penetrating clear all-seeing eye Thou knowest I am not guilty of these Blasphemies and horrid things laid to my charge Thou knowest that my solemn protestation is from the sincerity of my heart Thou knowest that it never entred into the intention of my soul to deny the holy Trinity or the Godhead of Christ whom I own to be God coequal and coeternal with the Father Thou knowest I am not guilty of holding that Christ was not perfect or that his righteousness is not a fruitfull powerfull everlasting righteousness or that his bloud is not cleansing meriting reconciling bloud Thou seest how my innocency in reference to these things is overshadowed with the dark clouds of false aspersions and undue accusations Othou bright Eye of Divine Glory dost not thou see and behold the innocent sufferings of my person name Estate and Family for thy sake Dost not thou know that I have been oft cast into the Den of Lyons and into the fiery Furnace of wrath and envy for thy names sake O gracious God how oft have I been reviled numbred amongst transgressors made as a scorn and odium amongst men looked upon as the off-scouring of the earth and now at last civilly put to death cast out of their Synagogues and by unjust entence ejected out of that Estate which was thy gift and all this for thy truth and life O blessed Majestie dost not thou behold the naked simplicity and simple innocency of thy servants spirit who to the utmost of his power resigns up his body soul and spirit to follow the righteous Law of Sanctity Purity and Virginity through the mortification of the sences the crucifying of the old man and the casting away of the body of sin in conformity to the cross death and resurrection of Christ that so at length by the supply and vertue of thy spirit there might be an actual conquest attained over sin hel and death O thou Eye of Eternity thou beholdest my will resigned to thine without moving this way or that as to the permanency of or freedom from these sufferings O my God thou knowest I can neither desire the continuing censures and condemnation of the world nor the justification of my person and thy cause from the mouthes of the just though in pure obedience to thy will calling me to it I have addressed my self to the higher Powers that they might be left inexcusable and have by writing exhibited the innocency of that life imbodied in flesh which by the envy and subtilty of Satan hath been so much levelled at and over-clouded by the mists and arrows of wrath and darkness And now I stand resigned in obedience to thy will the true rule of righteousness to continue a publick signe and witness-bearer of Christs sufferings and to be made yet more vile and contemptible for his sake who enduring the Cross and despising the shame now sits enthroned at thy own right hand O omniscient Majestie thou knowest we are neither the better nor the worse for the justification or condemnation of our fellow-creatures there is no satisfaction in man or the things of man therefore the spirit of thy servant flyes to thee like a dove into the true Ark of rest to be caught up into thy eye and to be taken into thy heart and bosom-love for in such union oft lies union of hearts union of wils and union of spirits there is satisfaction only O how my soul groans after this union with thee and presential enjoyment of thee O my God even to feed continually on the tree of life to live in the day and light of thy glory to see and behold the beauties of thy inmost holy habitation to eat yea to banquet on Christs flesh and to drink and that abundantly of his holy bloud to be replenished and drencht throughout with the wine and oyle of the holy Ghost for the full enjoyment of which thy servant shall continually wait upon thee retiring from the broken Cisterns of the Creature to thee the Fountain of all good to whom with thy eternal Son and holy Spirit be rendred of Saints Angels and all creatures glory praise and Halleluiahs for ever Now I have run through the substantials of my Appendix in which I have exhibited the reasons grounds and issue of my appeal the last of which hath been a denial of affording me a re-hearing whence I am forced to appeal to the just Judge of heaven and earth who will certainly render to every one according to his works even reward and honour to the innocent but judgement and disgrace to the guilty and though my adversaries may yet proceed to add iniquity to iniquity even to justifie by writing what they have most unjustly acted against me yet I shall have much peace in my conscience in what I have here done to shew impartially the truth of things however the prejudiced world steere their judgement of me which cannot but be very hard and injurious if they believe that late Named M. L. Register c. Though t is certain he never made the Pamphlet nor Epistle to it Pamphletier who reckons me guilty of Sorcery uncleanness blasphemy c. as though they had been proved against me referring the Reader to the whole proceedings which as he saies are shortly to be made publick Now if we may judge of these by their Praecursor I can expect nothing but such a misrepresenting of the proceedings as M. Ford produced before sentence and to be condemned for what I was accused of and for the horrid things exhibited against me which was the rule of the Commissioners proceedings as the Author of the Praecursor in page 5. expresseth in these words Who were to proceed secundum allegata exhibita as really they did for they gave sentence according to the crimes alleadged and exhibited against me not secundum probata or things legally proved and really by the false reports of some of the Commissioners since And by the bitterness and untruths of the Author of the Praecursor sentence concerning what hath been proved against me I cannot expect any thing better then to be represented guilty of blasphemy sorcery uncleanness Rantism and all things that may seem to make me vile and contemptible and worthy of death or See the Praecursor page 1. in the last notes upon the Epistle and pag. 3 at the latter part banishment But in reference to this I desire only the Reader seriously to weigh the proofs on both sides which have faithfully been transcribed by me from the Depositions together with those other evidences I produced to clear things which the Court would not admit of though in equity they ought to have done it I say I desire these may be seriously weighed together because it is unsuitable to that devoted silent life and way I desire to live in to make rejoinders and frame replies by way of contest and dispute being willing rather to enjoy my God in the retired silence of abstract contemplation and to lie under the reproaches sladers revilings and passionate censures of my adversaries then trouble my spirit with any more things of this nature especially in this time when Christ is entring into a severe Judgement with all Isa 66. 16. Isa 65. 18. flesh and making way for his coming in power and glory to make all things new and cause old things to be no more e remembred JOHN PORDAGE FINIS Reader Whereas by the sides of most Articles in the third Charge it is wrote not proved at all the sense is That nothing was said at all to prove them And further know that my affairs not permitting me to attend the Printing many faults have escaped the most considerable of which thou maist here take notice of ERRATA PAg. 5 r. Punietur l. 15 16. a fine for Government r. Parliament and for Parliament r. Government p. 7. l. 9. dele his l. 5 9. a fine r. Pendarvis p. 11. l. 12. r. the want p. 26. l. 2. r. chap. 3. l. 3. r. Rev. 12. p. 27. l. 8. a fine r. As it is here stated p. 30. l. 1. dele when p. 33. l. 11. for returned r. retired p. 36. r. further time p. 41. in marg d for is r. 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tincture besides that quickning vertue which by them was communicated and insinuated into the spirits of our outward bodies which like a Cordial had been able to have renewed the strength of our languishing nature 4. Our sense or faculty of tasting was very pleasantly entertained with those invisible dews which were sweeter then hony or the hony-comb and therefore deserve to be called the Dews of Heaven with which instead of food we were many times wonderfully refreshed 5. In relation to the sense of spiritual contaction that was also delighted with its heavenly objects for none can utter that pleasing impression which the burning tincture of this Light World afforded us coming like a hot cordial into the center of our spirits being sensibly felt in the inward parts so as to cause much joy and heavenly pleasure which penetrated thorow our souls giving us occasion to bless praise and magnifie the Lord. Thus for the space of three weeks or a month were we exercised inwardly and outwardly thorow that great conflict which was betwixt those two worlds and their inhabitants the dark world sometimes afflicting us with dreadful shapes abominable smells loathsom tastes with other operations of the evil Angels The light world at other times opening and relieving us with odoriferous perfumes most sweet dews glorious visions and Angelical harmony which the Lord favoured us with to shevv his extraordinary love in thus succouring us in extraordinary exercises and tryals Thus much for those tvvo internal vvorlds spread throughout the visible vvorld in vvhich the evil and good Angels are more immediately then in this visible air to vvhich they cannot be commensurate by reason of their spiritual natures each of them abiding in their distinct principle the one sort being in joy the other being in torment the one in light the other in darkness according to the Scripture But besides these tvvo vvorlds vve had an opening of the eternal vvorld called in Scripture the k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb 2. 5. vvorld to come from the futurity of its full and clear manifestation and a precursory entrance l 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 10. 19. into the most holy place by a divine transportation into the glory of the Majesty agreeable to that of John 17. 24. Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me c. Here vvere seen heard and selt the unutterable misteries of that kingdom which are not yet to be m 2 Cor. 12. 4. Where it s said that in Paradise Paul heard 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Things or words not to be worded or uttered which it is not lawful for a man to speak divulged in regard of the pride ignorance prejudice and envy of many in the world being reserved for those humble gracious spirits which are waiting in silence for the second coming of the Son of Man Part. 3. But now it is time to come to the third particular which was the effects and impressions left upon our spirits by these wonderful exercises and manifestations After this we began more cleerly to see that straight and narrow way which leads to Life Eternal which we call the Virgin life or the life of purity and righteousness in its perfection being the life of fixed love In any thing short of which The perfection of the Virgin life cannot consist So that meerly to abstain from the concupiscible lustings of Venus under the spirit of this great world is but the life of outward Chastity and but a particular branch of the other For the Virgin life is not attained till the Will of the soul is brought through death to be so passive as to will desire and act nothing but what the Essential essence of love wills moves and acts thorow it for till then the soul cannot be a pure Virgin nor live without all desire lust and imagination which must all cease before the pure life of God can come to be all in all 2. This life of Virginity was placed fore-right as to the inward eye of the minde being that mark of persecution at which we were to aym in our pressing toward the Resurrection of the dead To this Wisdom that eternal virgin Prov. 8. 20. 23. as a leading star invited us calling to follow her in the way of Circumcision Resignation and the Cross in the way of total self-denyal and forsaking of all for her sake in the way of annihilation and conformity to Christs death By which we saw undoubtedly we should come to Christs Resurrection Ascension Glorification and Fixation in the love of the Holy Ghost the third and last dispensation Here we cleerly saw the danger of looking back to the external world and of putting out our imaginations into the inward world or the kingdom of the Dragon or of resting in the openings and delights of the inward light world For by turning back into the delights of the senses we saw the soul would become beastial by turning to the left hand and imagining into the kingdom of the Dragon in awakening the fire of wrath and subtilty divelish and dangerously wicked by turning to the right hand in imagining into and taking too much complacency in the visions illuminations tinctures and Enthusiasms of the light world we saw the soul might become elevated into self-conceit and tinctured with pride and be in danger of neglecting that death of the Cross which is the onely safe path into eternal rest and Fixation Here then we were shewed that the way which lead up to the virginessence The new Jerusalem was strait and narrow as upon the breadth of an hair so that we were to turn no way either on the right or left hand but stand without lust with our eys fixed upon the Being of love pressing forward after fixation in the external house of God there to become immoveable pillars no more to go out but there always to bear the name of God and the name of the City of God which is the new Jerusalem And now for the space of this four years ever since the time of these great manifestations we by the Grace of God have enjoyed the exercise of our spiritual senses which never since have been shut neither ever will be except thorow voluntary transgression and disobedience we apostatise and run back into the earthly nature or turn aside to center in something short of the pure life of virginity which calls us from the external thorow the internal into the Eternal world which is that kingdom prepared for us from the beginning of the world 3. But thirdly after the extraordinary time of Grace and Mercy to us we enjoyed not onely a clear leading convicting light upon our understandings but likewise received from the Lord a stamp and strong impression of power moving our Wills to follow this light through the death of all things to come up into the perfect life and image of

of the darkness of this world Eph. 6. 1● world and their subjects which presented themselves as passing before our eys in state and pomp all the mighty ones appearing to be drawn in dark ayery clouds Chariots with six or at least four beasts to every one besides every figured similitude of a Coach was attended with many inferior spirits as servants to the Princes But concerning the shapes and figures of the spirits you must know they were very monstrous terrible and affrighting to the outward man Those that drew the clowdy Coaches appearing in the shapes of Lions Dragons Elephants Tygers Bears and such like terrible beasts besides the Princes and those that attended them though all in the shapes of men yet represented themselves monstrously mishapen as with ears like those of Cats cloven feet ugly legs and bodies eys fiery sharp and piercing Now besides these appearances within the sperits made some wonderful impressions upon visible bodies without as figures of men and beasts upon the glass-windows and the Cealings of the house some of which yet remain But what was most remarkable was the whole visible world represented by the spirits upon the Bricks of a Chimney in the form of two half-Globes as in the Maps after which upon other Bricks of the same same Chimney was figured a Coach and four horses with persons in it and a footman attending all seeming to be in motion with many other such images which were wonderfull exactly done Now fearing lest there might be any danger in these Images thorow unknown Conjuration and false Magick we endeavoured to wash them out with wet cloaths but could not finding them ingraven in the substance of the Bricks which indeed might have continued till this day had not our fear and suspicion of witchcraft and some evil design of the Divel against us in it caused us to deface and obliterate them with hammers Now what the divels end in the former Apparitions and these figurative representations was The Lord knows but it was certainly evil even as it was against Christ when he shewed him in vision the kingdoms and glory of the world to make him fall down and worship him but Gods end in permitting it was very good even to bring us neerer to himself in a stronger dependance upon his eternal power and to make us more watchful against the subtilty and power of Satan as you will see afterward when I come to speak of the effects of these things in reference to our spirits But to thut up this relation of the objects we saw in this dark world I must add this That were but the eys of men opened to see the kingdom of the Dragon in this world with the multitudes of evil Angels which are everywhere tempting and ensnaring men they would be amazed and not dare to be by themselves without good Consciences and a great assurance of the love and favour of God in protecting them by the Ministration of the Holy Angels 2. As to the objects of the inward and outward smell I must let you know that vvithin the three vveeks space in vvhich these vvonders appeared at several times the evil Angels or spirits did raise up such noisom poisonous smells that both the invvard and outvvard part of those that vvere exercised vvith them became much disturbed and offended for thorovv the sympathy betvvixt the body and the soul The sulphurious hellish smells much exercised both by magical tincturation 3. In reference to the objects of taste you must knovv that sometimes both in the day and night we were exercised with the loathsom hellish tasts of sulphur brimstone foot and salt mingled together which were so loathsom to our Natures as that they were ready to cause great distempers and nauseousness in our bodies but the invisible power of Jehovah supported us beyond our own strength 4. In relation to our inward and outward g These things may be strange to those who do not know that the soul hath fivefaculties of spiritual sensation which are natural and proper to its essence touch we were much exerciced both in body and soul as to our souls we sometimes felt such strange magical wounds and piercings by the fiery darts of the devil that none can express but those that have been exercised in some measure as Job was who felt the poyson of those invenomed Arrows which came upon him by the permission of the Almighty which like the Scorpions in the Revelations sting and pierce those they touch as to our bodies we felt material impressions from the powers of darkness very noxious in themselves to our natural spirits and life but cheerfully born by invisible support and quiet submission to the Will of God h I shall not speak of the internal faculty of hearing till I come to the objects belonging to the other internal world But to Conclude by these wonderful and strange exercises we could not but have strong apprehensions and lively resemblances of the torments and miseries of Hell where sulphur fire brimstone poysonous smells darkness monstrous horrid shapes and sights are the entertainment of the imprisoned spirits But now I come to the other internal world which we may term Mundus Luminosus or the light world which with its various objects was then likewise opened to the inward Senses 1. THen I shall here set forth the objects of the inward eye which were then seen by us There appeared then to our inward sight multitudes almost innumerable of pure Angelical spirits in figurative bodies which were clear as the morning-star and transparent as Christal these were Mahanaim or the Lords host appearing all in Gen. 32. 1 2. manly forms full of Beauty and Majesty sparkling like Diamonds and sending forth a tincture like the swift rays and hot beams of the Sun which we powerfully felt to the refreshing of our souls and enlivening of our bodies Now in the beholding the multiplicity variety and beauty of these spirits with the various wonders and objects of this world clothed in the purest tincture of Light and i The Angels in Scripture appeared oft in the variety of the purest colours Dan. 10. 6. colour we could not but bless the God of heaven who by the eys of wisdom and hand of power brought forth such glorious Creatures and now shewed them in their several beauties to us in a time of tryal and temptation 2 In relation to our inward sense of hearing There were many musical sounds and voices like those which John heard upon Mount Sion then heard by us the sweetness harmony and pleasantness of which cannot be expressed nor that spiritual joy and delight which by them was infused into our souls uttered by the tongue being ready to ravish our spirits into the high praises of eternal Jehovah 3. In relation to the faculty of smelling the tongue can hardly express those Odours of Paradise and heavenly perfumes which then were smelt piercing into the very spirit with a cherishing

Dr Pordages house and that the people there told her her eyes were opened and she said she saw at that time the new Jerusalem to come down from heaven all of precious stones and so on according as in the Article The said Susanna told the Deponent on the said Tuesday night that the last time she was at the Drs house she saw the new Jerusalem to come This Deposition being but a meer hear-say and so no legal evidence is not of any force and so deserves not any answer down from heaven a City four square with borders and precious stones and being asked whether it was not her fancy only she answered she saw it really The Deponent saith that he asked the said Susanna whether she saw any Angels in the Drs house To which she answered no but she said the Drs daughter did see two Angels holding a Golden Crown over her head Thus have I finished this last Charge of Articles being in number 37. Of these 21 were passed by without any Depositions brought to prove them and of those Articles to which somewhat was said to prove them most part was attested but by hear-saies and reports from others as the Depositions of Mr Fowler the accuser of Mr Woodbridg Mr Tickle and John Grip clearly shew which cannot be accounted so much as concurrent testimonies being they are not any way testimonies in Law The rest were attested but by a single Witness except those of visions and apparitions which I acknowledged my self and which are no way criminous This is much cavilled against by a late railing Pamphlet being an expression in that Pa●er lately wrote by a friend of mine though as there spoken it is very true having reference to those words in the foregoing Paragraph viz. That which was of most weight was some words c. by which may be seen he respected not that of visions and the apparitions which was confessed by my self and attested by two as not of weight either by their own Law or Gods Law to prejudice me Other things she attested were witnessed by none but her self as it is there and here expressed nor under the cognizance of those Commissioners viz. Mrs Grip who in her testimony is not wholly positive though she did swear very desperately to two or three of the Articles the particulars of which are no way included in the Act of Scandalous Opinions as to their nature or time for as to the last I was so far from being accused within six months after the pretended speaking those words as it was four years before they were alleadged against me besides this woman speaking an untruth upon Oath was really perjured and had been so proved had I had just dealings from the Commissioners whence in equity her testimony is to be accounted invalid as in Law it might have been had my Witnesses been but examined who were ready to prove it Now as to that Article of Ignorance and Insufficiency I have before shewed That the Depositions of George Hastlet brought to prove it cannot in Justice and equity weigh any thing to condemn me for the reasons before expressed And now let the Reader consider whether Mr Fowler was not very rash to proclaim in the open Court at Newbery That if he did not prove the greatest part of these Articles he would be accounted a slanderer Which Title whether he deserves or not I leave to the judgement of the judicious Reader But to proceed the Depositions on both sides being ended I presented into the hands of Mr Dunch the Chairman this following Protestation to be read publiquely before the Court and the people but they privatly consulting of it would not suffer it openly to be read but suppressed it as before they did Mr Blagraves Letter My Protestation was this I John Pordage do solemnly avow and protest before the all-seeing eye of Almighty God That I do maintain hold and embrace these following Principles of Divine truth as my real and avowed judgment 1. That there is a Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence viz. The Father Son and Holy Ghost distinct from each other 2. That Christ is God coeternal coessential and coequal with the Father and therefore Jehovah 3. That Christ is a perfect Saviour and Redeemer of his Church and so more then a Type 4. That Christs righteousness is a most holy pure spotless compleat and perfect righteousness for the satisfaction of lost sinners 5. That the bloud of Christ is not only redeeming and ransoming in reference to Hel and Damnation but also purchasing in reference to salvation as having purchased an open gate and way to glorification and life eternal for purified Saints 6. That all Arts of Necromancy and black Magick all compacts with evil Spirits whether explicit or implicit direct or indirect are unlawfull being against the holy Scriptures and never looked into or practised by me but on the contrary abominated even as they are to be detested and abhorred not only by all Christians but by all mankind 7. That Polygamie and all such practises that tend to the indulgeing of the flesh are contrary to the mind of God and not to be owned by Christians I do moreover disown and reject these subsequent Positions which are contrary to the former Principles 1. As to maintain that there is no such thing as Persons in the holy Trinity 2. That Christ is not God That Christ is not Jehovah 3. That Christ was not perfect and that he is no more then a Type 4. That Christs righteousness is a poor vain empty and sapless righteousness 5. That the bloud of Christ is not meriting and redeaming bloud or that it is a poor thing to live upon the bloud of Christ 6. That is lawfull to have communion with evil Spirits or any compact with them explicit or implicit 7. That it is lawful for a man to keep company with more women then one Now this most solemn protestation I make in all humility and reverence before the Divine Majestie the omnipresent God the searcher of all hearts that from a true intention without any vail or covering as I shall answer it at the great day when the secrets of all hearts shall be revealed And now if you my Judges have not so much as a grain of faith to believe this my cordial and solemn protestation let God Angels Saints and all here present bear witness that I have left every one of you inexeusable And now having performed what I could and what I thought my self obliged to do in reference to the vindication of that pure truth I owne and live to I am as ready to receive any sentence from you whether of acquitment or ejectment as you are to deliver it Now although the Commissioners would take no notice of this solemn declaring of my Judgement yet it is of great moment as you may see by that passage in the Ordinance by which the Commissioners are to act page 613. where it