Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	trinity_n	7,211	5	10.1332	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51699	A cloud of witnesses, or, The sufferers mirrour made up of the swanlike-songs, and other choice passages of several martyrs and confessors to the sixteenth century, in their treatises, speeches, letters, prayers, &c. in their prisons, or exiles, at the bar, or stake, &c. / collected out of the ecclesiastical histories of Eusebius, Fox, Fuller, Petrie, Scotland, and Mr. Samuel Ward's Life of faith in death, &c. and alphabetically disposed by T.M., M.A.; Cloud of witnesses. Part 1	Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30.; Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1665 (1665)	Wing M329; ESTC R21709	379,698	602

a thousand deaths if need were Some perswading him to deny Christ with his tongue and to keep his Conscience to himself My tongue said he which by the goodness of God I have cannot be brought to deny the Author and giver of it for with the heart we believe unto righteousness and with the mouth we confess unto salvation Gorgius When the Tyrant offered Gorgius promotion Have ye any thing said he equal to or more worthy then the Kingdome of Heaven Gonzalve Mr. Iohn Gonzalve a famous Preacher in Sevil was often observed in all his Sermons to aime at this mark To deliver mens minds from that blind conceit of meriting by works that so way might be made for justification onely by saith in Christ Jesus and deeply to ingraft in them the knowledge of the sole merit of his plenary satisfaction When he was led to the place of his Martyrdome he never shewed the least sign of his being dismay'd but contrariwise with great constancy and courage of heart standing above all the people to whom he had formerly preached and delivered the pattern of sound doctrine he began with a loud voice to recite the Psalm which begins thus O Lord my Rock be not thou silent to me c. He changed not his countenance upon the Scaffold though they had gagged him there because he comforted and freely exhorted one of his Sisters to be constant When the time was come that those which should be burned were brought to the place of Execution they were every one commanded to recite the Articles of their belief which they willingly did but when they came to the Article I believe the holy Catholick Church they were bid to adde the word Romane but they were silent Then did the Monks and Friers importune Gonzalve's Sisters c. to repeat the word Romane who answered They would if they might hear Gonzalve pronounce it He being ungagged the first word he spake was That they should be of good courage and not to adde one word more then what they had recited Grange The Bishop of Arres telling Mr. Peregrine de la Grange that he was sorry to see him in that condition in Prison Sir said he as for the base estate in which you now see me God hath so comforted me therein with his grace that I do without any great difficulty patiently suffer what he hath pleased to lay upon me yea I praise and bless his Name that he hath ballanced the weight of my afflictions according to the strength which he hath given me so as I sink not under the burden for as my sufferings in Christ abound he causeth his consolations by Christ to abound in me also It is usual said the Bishop with such as you are to glory in this kind of speech for as soon as any afflictions do befall you you by and by stile them the sufferings of Christ and if any of you be put to death then it is for Gods truth but when things are laid to the touchstone the matter is nothing so nor so Sir said Mr. Grange if your meaning be of such as have died for the Doctrine for which I am bound with this Chain and thus fettered with Irons I doubt not but they have given such a reason of their Faith that whosoever shall read their Answers and weigh the same without partiality must needs judge as we do And for my own part I am ready to make it good That the Doctrine I now hold and teach is according to godliness taken out of the pure Fountains of the holy Scriptures without adding thereto diminishing or varying any way therefrom We read said the Bishop that in all times men have been wont to shelter themselves under the title of Gods Word even the old Hereticks c. I am not ignorant hereof said Mr. Grange in regard that Satan knows how to transform himself into an Angel of light thereby to establish his delusions causing darkness to be taken for light But the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of truth hath in such wise discovered his juglings that none are deluded thereby but those who at noon day close their eyes that they may not behold the light Do you think said the Bishop that the Holy Ghost hath given you such an illumination that the truth should onely be revealed to you and to none other God forbid Sir said Mr. Grange I should have any such thought I am not of the mind of those Dreamers who brag of their having particular Revelations of the Holy Spirit but I speak of an ordinary and general Revelation such as is taught us out of the Bible c. I am neither Calvinist nor Papist I am a Christian and what I hold concerning Religion is taken out of Christs Doctrine who is the onely Doctor of his Church What Calvin hath taught conformable to the Word of God I am of the same mind with him And whereas you call your Religion the Old Religion and ours the New it troubles me not at all since the Father of Lies hath long since forged the same to disgrace the Truth c. In his dispute with the Bishop concerning the Real Presence c. We may see what holy boldness mixed with meekness the Lord had endued this holy Servant of his with When the Provost gave him and Monsieur de Br●z of whom before notice that they should die that day they magnified God for his goodness and gave the Provost thanks for the good news which he had brought them Monsieur la Grange going to the rest of the Prisoners said I am this day to die for the Truth and then the heavenly inheritance is prepared for me My name is written in the Book of Life never to be blotted out because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance He called for a Brush to brush his Hat and Cloak causing his Shoos to be blacked for now said he I am bidden to the marriage of the Lamb where I am to feast with him for ever and ever Being askt Whether he meant to suffer with those Shackles on his heels I would I might said he yea and that they would bury them with me to that they might manifest the inhumanity of my adversaries He told his friends he felt such joy of the Holy Ghost in his heart that he could not with tongue express adding that God shewed him a thousand times more favour by taking him after this manner out of this transitory life then if he had let him die in his bed by sickness for now I shall die said he enjoying the benefit of all the powers of my soul praying the Lord to have mercy on me Monsieur la Grange and de Brez were sentenced to be hang'd for administring the Lords Supper against an express charge by the King given them to the contrary When la Grange was upon the Ladder he protested with a loud voice that he died onely

was damb'd and his Child both Iudge you no farther said he then ye may by the Scritures How can your Child being an Infant said Harpsfield believe The deliverance of it said Hankes from sin standeth in the faith of his Parents Saint Paul saying Else were your Children unclean To trust to any said Bonner we bid you not but to pray to them we bid you They that list said Hankes receive your Doctrine You teach me that I should not believe nor trust in any but to call on them and Saint Paul saith How shall I call on him on whom I believe not Bonner calling him fool he said A Bishop must be blameless or faultless sober discreet no chider nor given to anger Mr. Hankes telling Bonner That Christ saith These tokens shall follow them that believe in me They shall speak with new tongues c●st out Devils and if any drink deadly poyson it shall not hurt them Bonner ask'd him With what new tongues do ye speak Forsooth said Hankes where before I came to the knowledge of Gods Word I was a foul Blasphemer and filthy talker Since I came to the knowledge thereof I have praised God with the s●me tongue and is not this a new tongue How do you said Bonner cast out Devils Christ said Hankes did c●st them out by his Word and he hath left the same Word that whosoever doth credit and believe it shall c●st out Devils Did you said Bonner ever drink deadly poyson Yea forsooth thee I have said Hankes for I have drunk of the p●stilent Traditions and Ceremonies of the Bishop of Rome Bonner threatning that he should be burnt for an Heretick Where prove ye said Hankes that Christ or his Apostles did kill any man for his faith Did not Paul said B. excommunicate Yes my Lord said H. but there is a great difference between excommunication and burning If you will have us grant you to be of God then shew mercy for that God requireth An old Bishop perswading him to learn of his Elders to bear somewhat I will bear with nothing said he that is contrary to the Word of God Fecknam charging him for building his Faith on Latimer ●ranmer Ridley c. I build my Faith said he upon no man and that ye well know for if those men and as many more as they be should recant and deny that they have said or done yet will I stand to it and by this shall ye know that I build my Faith upon no man Chadsey asking him What he said of the Bishop of Rome From him said he and all his detestable enormities good Lord deliver us Bonner saying You speak of Idols and you know not what they mean God hath taught us what they be said Hankes for whatsoever is made graven or devised by mans hand contrary to Gods Word the same is an Idol Chadsey telling him It was pity he should live In this case said he I desire not to live but rather to die I wou●d my part might be to morrow Bonner threatning to send him to Newgate My Lord said he you can do me no better p●easure Bonner telling the Keeper His Prisoner would not go to the Sermon Yes my Lord said he I pray you let me go and that that is good I will receive and the rest I will leave behind me Bonner asking after his imprisonment Whether he was the same man he was before he answered I am no Changeling nor none will be Miles Huggard asking him Where he proved that Infants were to be baptized Go teach all Nations said he baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Sir here is none excepted Bonner threatning him again Ye shall do no more said he then God shall give you leave As for your cursings railings and blasphemings I care not for them for I know the moths and worms shall eat you as they eat cloth or wooll His examination he writ himself and subscribed it T.H. Who desireth all faithful men and Brethren to pray unto God to strengthen me in his Truth unto the end Pray pray pray gentle Brethren pray Bonner advising him at his publick examination to speak advisedly for he stood upon life and death Well said he I will willingly receive what shall be put unto me My Lord as you be my friend in causing these my sayings to be written so do you cause them to be read and yet I will never go from them Being exhorted to return again to the bosome of the Mother Church No my Lord said he that will I not for if I had an hundred bodies I would suffer them all to be t●rn in pieces rather then I will abjure or reca●t Some of his Friends being not a little confirmen by his example and discourses yet being somewhat afraid of so sharp a punishment desired him a little before his death that in the midst of the flame he would shew some token if he could whereby they might be more certain whether the pain of burning were so great that a man might not therein keep his mind quiet and patient Whereupon it was agreed between them that if the rage of the pain were tolerable then he should lift up his hands above his head towards Heaven before he gave up the ghost Accordingly when he had continued long in the fire his speech taken away his skin drawn together his fingers consumed so that all concluded he was dead contrary to all expectation he reached up his hands burning on a light fire over his head to the living God and with great rejoycing as it seemed clapped them three times together He was burned to ashes Iune 10. 1555. In his Letter to the Congregation The holy Spirit conduct and lead you all in all your doings that you may alwayes direct your deeds according to his holy Word that when he shall appear to reward every man according to his works ye may as obedient children be found watching ready to enter into his everlasting Kingdome with your Lamps burning and not be ashamed of this life which God hath lent you c. All flesh saith the Prophet is gr●ss and all his glory as the flower of the field which for a season sheweth her beauty and as soon as the Lord blowe●h upon it it withereth away and departeth Here we are as Pilgrims and Strangers following the footsteps of Moses among many unspeakable dangers c. in danger of that dreadful Dragon and his sinful seed to be tempted devoured and tormented who ceaseth not behind every Bush to lay a ba●t c. casting abroad his Apples in all places times and seasons to see if Adam will be allured and enticed to leave the living God and his most holy commandment c. promising the world at will to all that will fall down and for a mess of pottage sell and set at naught the everlasting Kingdome of Heaven Therefore I am bold in bonds as

Lands and life then farewell Suit farewell Lands farewell Children farewell Friends yea and farewell Life too and in respect of the true honour of the everliving God farewell all At the place of her Execution she exhorted all women to be strong and constant for said she ye were redeemed with as dear a price as men for although ye were made of the rib of the man yet be you all of his flesh so that also in the case and trial of your faith towards God ye ought to be as strong Mr. Ward calleth her Iulitta and records her Speech thus We women received not onely flesh from men but are bone of their bone and therefore ought to be as strong in Christs Cause Mr. Fox out of Basil tells the Story thus That when the Judge passed Sentence against Iulitta she said Farewell riches and welcome poverty farewell life and welcome death All that I have if it were a thousand times more would I rather lose then speak one wicked and blasphemous word against God my Creatour I yield thee most hearty thanks O my God for this grace that I can contemn and despise this frail and transitory world esteeming Christian Profession above all treasures Afterwards when any Question was demanded her Answer was I am the Servant of Jesus Christ. At the Stake she said to the women beholding her Stick not O Sisters to labour and travel after true pie●y and godliness Cease to accuse the frailty of feminine Nature What are not we created of the same matter that men are yea after Gods Image and Similitude are we made as lively as they Not flesh onely did God use in the Creation of the woman in sign and token of her infirmity and weakness but bone of bones is she in token that she must be strong in the true and living God all falshoods forsaken constant in faith all infidelity renounced patient in adversity all worldly ease refused Wax weary my dear Sisters of your lives led in darkness and be in love with my Christ my God my Redeemer my Comforter which is the true light of the world Perswade your selves or rather the Spirit of the living God perswade you that there is a world to come wherein the Worshippers of Idols and Devils shall be tormented perpetually and the Servants of the High God be crowned eternally Iusberg Brethren said Iustus Iusberg you see that my end approacheth which howsoever I fear as a man burdened with the body of sin yet am I resolved as a Christian joyfully to endure it being assured that all my sins are fastened to the Cross of Christ. Iuventius Chrysostome in an Oration on Iuventius and Maximus two Martyrs brings in this objection of the Persecutours against them Do not you see others of your rank do thus and them answering thus for this very reason we will manfully stand and offer our selves as a sacrifice for the breach that they have made K. Kennedy Alexander Kennedy who passed not eighteen years of age when he was presented before his bloody Butcherers at first was faint and gladly would have recanted but while the place of repentance was denied him the Spirit of God wrought in him and with a chearful countenance and a joyful voice upon his knees he said O eternal God how wonderful is that love and mercy that thou bearest unto mankind and unto me the most Caitiffe and miserable wretch above all others for even now when I would have denied thee and thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and so have cast my self into everlasting dammation Thou by thy own hand hast pulled me from the very bottom of hell and made me to feel that heavenly comfort which takes from me that ungodly fear wherewith before I was oppressed Now I defie death do what you please I praise my God I am ready Kerby Mr. Wingfield telling him the fire is hot the terrour is great the pain extreme life sweet Better it were betime to stick to mercy while there is hope of life then rashly to begin and then to s●rink He said Ah Mr. Wingfield be at my burning and you shall say there standeth a Christian Souldier in the fire for I know that fire water sword and all other things are in the hands of God and he will suffer no more to be laid upon us then he will enable us to bear When Sentence was past against him he with most humble reverence holding up his hands and bowing himself devoutly said Praised be Almighty God Kilian To such as asked Kilian a Dutch School-Master if he loved not his Wife and Children He answered Yes if all the world were gold and were mine to dispose of I would give it all to live with them though it were but in Prison yet is my soul and my Lord Christ dearer to me then all things whatsoever Knight When Stephen Knight was at the Stake he prayed O Lord Jesus Christ for whose love I leave willingly this life and desire rather the bitter death of thy Cross with the loss of all earthly things then to abide the blasphemy of thy most holy Name or to obey men in breaking thy holy Commandement Thou seest O Lord that where I might live in worldly wealth to worship a false god and honour thine enemy I chuse rather the torment of the body and the loss of this life and have counted all things but vile dust and dung that I might win thee which death is dearer unto me then thousands of gold and silver Such love O Lord hast thou laid up in my breast that I hunger for thee as the Deer that is wounded desireth the soil Send thy holy Comforter O Lord to aid comfort and strengthen this weak piece of earth which is empty of all strength of it self Thou remembrest O Lord that I am but dust and able to do nothing that is good Therefore O Lord as of thine accustomed goodness and love thou hast bidden me to this banket and accounted me worthy to drink of thine own Cup amongst thine Elect even so give me strength O Lord against this thine Element which as to my sight it is most irksome and terrible so to my mind it may at thy Commandement as an obedient Servant be sweet and pleasant that through the strength of thy holy Spirit I may pass through the rage of this fire into thy bosome according to thy promise and for this mortal receive an immortal and for this corruption put on incorruption Accept this burnt-sacrifice and offering O Lord not for the sacrifice but for thy Dear Sons sake my Saviour for whose Testimony ● offer this free-will-offering with all my heart and with all my soul. O Heavenly Father forgive me my sins as I forgive all the world O sweet Son of God my Saviour spread thy wings over me O blessed and holy Ghost through whose merciful inspiration I am come hither conduct me into everlasting life Lord into thy hands I commend my Spirit Amen

from my head Afterwards Supping in the company of the said Frier and other great Papists and having refused to kiss his hand or to pledge him and being askt why he was so unwise and uncivil in his carriage He answered Oleum eorum non demulcet sed frangit caput meum The oyle of these men doth not supple but breaketh my head Another time a little before his death reasoning stifly for the Truth Mr. Barwick then Fellow of Trinity Colledge told him Well Palmer now thou art stout and hardy in thy Opinion but if thou wert once brought to the Stake I believe thou wouldst tell me another tale I advise thee beware of the fire it is a shrewd matter to burn Truly said Palmer I have been in danger of burning once or twice and hitherto I thank God I have escaped But I judge verily it will be my end at last welcome be it by the grace of God Indeed it is an hard matter for them to burn that have the mind and soul linked to the body as a Thiefs foot is tyed in a pair of Fetters but if a man be once able through the help of Gods Spirit to separate and divide the soul from the body for him it is no more mastery to burn then for me to eat this piece of bread After he had not onely resigned up his Fellowship but left his School at Reading for Conscience sake he went to his Mother at Esham hoping to get from her some Legacies left him by his Father Her first words to him were Thou shalt have Christs curse and mine whithersoever thou goest Oh Mother said he your own curse you may give me which God knoweth I never deserved but Gods curse you cannot give me for he hath already blessed me Whereas you have cursed me I again pray God to bless you and prosper you all your life long At his Trial at Newberry Dr. Ieffery told him he would make him recant and wring peccavi out of his lying lips ere he had done with him But I know said Palmer that although of my self I be able to do nothing yet if you and all mine enemies both bodily and ghostly should do your worst you shall not be able to bring that to pass neither shall ye prevail against Gods mighty Spirit by whom we understand the truth and speak it so boldly Ah said Ieffery are you full of the Spirit are you inspired with the Holy Ghost Sir said Palmer no man can believe but by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost therefore if I were not a Spirtual man and inspired with Gods holy Spirit I were not a true Christian. He that hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of his I perceive said Ieffery you lack no words Christ hath promised said Palmer not onely to give us store necessary but with them such force of matter as the Gates of Hell shall not be able to confound or prevail against it Christ replied Ieffery made such a promise to his Apostles I trow you will not compare with them Palmer answered with the holy Apostles I may not compare yet this promise I am certain pertaineth to all such as are appointed to defend Gods Truth against his enemies in the time of their persecution for the same Then said Ieffery it pertaineth not to thee Yes said Palmer I am right well assured that through his grace it appertaineth at this present to me as it shall appear if I may dispute with you before this Audience Thou art but a beardless Boy replied Ieffery and darest thou presume to offer disputation or to encounter with a Doctor Remember Doctor said Palmer the wind blo●e●h where is listeth c. Out of the mouth of Infants c. Thou hast hid these things from the wise c. God is not tied to 〈◊〉 wit learning place nor person and though your wit and learning be greater then mine yet your belief in the Truth and zeal to defend the time is no greater then mine The Catholick Church I believe yet not for her own sake but be-because she is holy that is to say a Church that grounds her belief upon the Word of her Spouse Christ. After Dinner Sir Richard Alridges sent for Mr. Palmer to his Lodging and by offers tempted him to recant Mr. Palmer told him that as he had in two places already recounced his livelyhood for Christs sake so he would with Gods grace be ready to surrender and yield up his life also for the same when God should send time When the Knight perceived he would by no means relent Well Palmer said he then I perceive one of us twain must be damned for we be of two Faiths and certain I am there is but one Faith that leadeth to Life and Salvation O Sir said Palmer I hope we both shall be saved How may that be said the Knight Right well Sir said Palmer for as it hath pleased our merciful Saviour according to the Gospels parable to call me at the third hour of the day even in my flowers at the age of four and twenty years even so I trust he will call you at the eleventh hour of this your old age and give you everlasting life for your portion Mr. Winchcome perswading him to take pity on the pleasant flowers of lusty youth before it be too late Sir said Palmer I long for those springing flowers that shall never fade away Brethren said Palmer to his fellow Prisoners an hour before his Execution be of good cheer in the Lord and faint not Remember the words of our Saviour Christ Matth. 5.10 11 12. We shall not end our lives in the fire but change them for a better life yea for Coles we shall receive Pearls For Gods holy Spirit certifieth our spirit that he hath even now prepared for us a sweet Supper in Heaven for his sake which suffered first for us As he arose from Prayer at the Stake two Popish Friers came behind him and exhorted him yet to recant and save his soul. Mr. Palmer answered Away away tempt me no longer away I say from me all ye that work iniquity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my tears When he was bound to the Post he said Good people pray for us that we may persevere to the end and for Christs sake beware of Popish Teachers for they deceive you When the fire was kindled and took hold of his body and the bodies of Iohn Gwin and Thomas A●kine they lifted up their hands to Heaven and quietly and cheerfully as though they had felt no smart cried Lord Iesus strengthen us Lord Iesus assist us Lord Iesus receive our souls After their three heads by force of the raging and devouring flames of the fire were fallen together in a cluster so that they were all judged already to have given up the ghost suddenly Mr. Palmer as a man awaked out of sleep moved his tongue and jaws and was heard to pronounce this

will strengthen me therein When he was told that his four Quarters should be hanged at four parts of Calice and his Head upon the Lanthern-gate Then shall I not need said he to provide for my Burial Delos Alas said Iames Delos to the Monks that called him proud Heretick here I get nothing but shame I expect indeed preferment hereafter Denley Mr. I●hn Denl●y being entreated by Bishop Bonner to recant said God save me from your Counsel In the Fire with the burning flame about him he sung a Psalm and having his face hurt with a Fagot hurled at him he left singing for a while and clapt his hands in his bleeding face and afterwards put his hands abroad and sung again till he died Dionysius Dionysius Areopagita who seeing the gener●●● Eclipse of the Sun at Christ's death said to one● Either the God of Nature now suffers or the frame of the World shall be dissolved and to another God unknown in the flesh doth suffer When he was apprehended by Sisinius the Praefect and sharply reproved for preaching against the worship of their Gods and required to confess his errour said That they were no gods whom they worshipped but Idols the works of mens hands and that it was through meer ignorance folly and idolatry that they adored them adding that there was but one true God as he had preached After he was grievously tormented he was brought before Sisinius the second time who sentenced him to be beheaded forthwith Dyonisius told him he worshipped such Gods as would perish like D●ng upon the Earth but as for my self said he come life come death I will worship none but the God of Heaven and Earth He pray'd thus at his death O Lord God Almighty thou onely-begotten Son and Holy Spirit O Sacred Trinity which art without beginning and in whom is no division Receive the soul of thy Servant in peace who is put to death for thy Cause and Gospel He used to say That he desired these two things of God 1 That he might know the Truth himself and 2 That he might preach it as he ought to others Driver Alice Driver in her first Examination hav●ng got her Adversaries to acknowledge that a Sacrament is a sign and that it was Christ's Body his Disciples did eat the night before he was crucified Seeing it is said she a sign it cannot be the thing signified and how could it be Christ's Body that was crucified seeing his Disciples had eaten him up over night except he had two Bodies At the end of her second Examination She said Have you no more to say God be honoured You be not able to resist the Spirit of God in me a poor Woman I was an honest poor man's Daughter never brought up in the University as you have been but I have driven the Plough before my Father many a time I thank God yet notwithstanding in the defence of God's Truth and in the Cause of my Mr. Christ by his Grace I will set my foot against the foot of any of you all in the maintenance and defence of the same and if I had a thousand lives they should go for payment thereof When she was tied to the Stake and the iron Chain put about her neck O said she here is a goodly Neckerchief blessed be God for it Drowry Thomas Drowry the blind Boy to whom Bishop Hooper as he was going to the Stake after he had examined him said Ah poor Boy God hath taken from thee thy outward sight but he hath given thee another sight much more precious He that endued thy soul with the eye of Knowledge and Faith Shortly after Bishop Hooper's Martyrdome was cast into Prison Afterwards the Chancellor of Glocester asking him who taught him that Heresie that Christ's Body was not really present in the Sacrament of the Altar he said You Mr. Chancellor when in yonder Pulpit you taught us that the Sacrament was to be received spiritually by Faith and not carnally and really as the Pap●● teach But said the Chancellor Do thou as I ha●● done and thou shalt live as I do and escape bu●●ing Though you said Drowry can so easily d●●pense with your Conscience and mock God a●● the World yet will not I do so Then said t●● Chancellor I will condemn thee God's Will b●● fulfilled said Drowry E. Edward King Edward the Sixth our English I●sias being prest by Archbishop Cranmer and Bishop Ruley to permit the Lady M●ry to have Mass in he●● House after he had argued notably against i●●bid them be content for he would spend his life and all he had rather then to agree to and gra●●● that he knew certainly to be against the Truth and then fell a weeping insomuch that the Bishop wept as fast as he and the Archbishop tol● Mr. Cheek his Scholar had more Divinity in hi●● little finger then all they had in all their Bodies Elizabeth The Lady Elizabeth afterward Queen of England when she came out of the Barge at Traytor● Stairs going into the Tower said Here landed as true a Subject being a Prisoner as ever lande● at these Stairs And before thee O God I speak it having no other Friends but thee alone Her Gentleman-Usher weeping she demande● of him what he meant so uncomfortably to use her seeing she took him to be her Comfort and not to dismay her especially for that she knew her Truth to be such that no man should have cause to weep for her When the Doors of the Prison were locked and bolted upon her she called for her Book desiring God not to suffer her to build her foundation upon the Sands but upon the Rock w●ereby all blasts of blustering weather should have no power against her When she was locked up close in Prison at first she was much daunted but afterwards she brake forth into this Speech The skill of a Pilot is unknown but in a Tempest the valour of a Captain is unseen but in a Battel and the worth of a Christian doth not appear but in time of Tryal and Temptation Mr. Burrough's Mos. Self-denial pag. 31. Upon Gardeners and other Counsellors strict Examination of her she said My Lords you do sift me very narrowly but well I am assured you shall not do more to me then God hath appointed and so God forgive you all Some telling her that they were perswaded God would not suffer Sir Henry B●n●field to make her away privately Well said she God grant it be so for thou O God canst mollifie all such tyrannous hearts and disappoint all such cruel purposes and I beseech thee to hear thy Creature which am thy Servant and at thy Command trusting by thy Grace ever so to remain As she passed over the Water to Richmond going towards Windsor in their Journey to Woodstock she espied certain of her old Servants standing on the other side very desirous to see her and sent one of her men standing by unto