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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41850	A Short account of that faithful servant of the Lord, and diligent labourer in his vineyard, George Gray, who finished his testimony, and laid down the body at Achorthies, in his native country of Scotland, the 8th day of the 12th month, 1689/90 whereunto are added two epistles written by himself in the time of his imprisonment for the truth at Aberdene.	Gray, George, d. 1689 or 90.	1692 (1692)	Wing G1623; ESTC R18552	6,447	30

A Short ACCOUNT OF That Faithful Servant of the Lord and Diligent Labourer in his Vineyard George Gray Who finished his Testimony and laid down the Body at Achorthies in his native Country of Scotland the 8th Day of the 12th Month 1689 90. Where unto are added Two Epistles written by himself in the time of his Imprisonment for the Truth at Aberdene Psal 112. 6. The Righteous shall be in Everlasting Remembrance Rev. 14. 13. Blessed are the Dead which dye in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they may Rest from their Labours and their Works do follow them London Printed and Sold by T. Sowle at the Crooked-Billet in Holywell-Lane Shoreditch 1692. THE PREFACE TO THE READER THe living Remembrance of the many Heavenly Comfortable Testimonies that were born by this Faithful Minister of the Lord George Gray and also of his Stedfastness and Patience in the great Sufferings and long Imprisonment which he Cheerfully underwent for the Truth being fresh upon the Minds of those who were experimental Witnesses of the powerfulness of his Ministry and of the Blessed success it had especially in Aberdene and the Country thereabouts where he was most frequently concerned in the Work of the Lord while in the Body It was therefore thought fit to publish these short Testimonies following as an evidence of the sweet Savor he through his Faithfulness to the Lord hath left behind him among those who in the fellowship of the Gospel were Conversant with him and also of the real esteem they bear to his Memory in the Truth Which that they may have that good effect in those who read them as to stir them up to faithfulness unto the Lord while they live in this World That so they may receive a Crown of Eternal Righteousness hereafter is the earnest desire of Alexander Seaton Patrick Livingston's TESTIMONY Concerning George Gray AS to Dear George Gray my dear Friend and Brother in the Service of the Blessed Truth and my fellow-Sufferer in Aberdene Prison He was à man whom I greatly loved for though he was a Poor Man in this World yet he was rich in Faith and though his Education was mean and low he was endued with divine Wisdom and Understanding in the things of God and a good sound and Solid Testimony he had in the Meetings of the Lords People insomuch that many Considering him in his place among Men have taken notice of the Gift he had in Delivering his Testimony with that Soundness and Weight as no Critical Enemy did ever catch him in a Word as ever I knew off and I knew him at his first coming amongst us and the Love of God in my Heart was towards him For I never found him under Blame nor ever heard of any that could Justly Blame him either in his Testimony Life or Conversation since he was restored into the Obedience of the Truth but he was of a good Report And when I heard of his being taken away from amongst us I was satisfied in my self having that Constant experience of him in his Life time that it was well with him and it came near me the Consideration of the great loss and miss Friends in those parts would have of him But I live in the Hope that the Lord will in his own time raise himself up Faithful Labourers in the room of those Worthy Men he hath been pleased to remove from us and to take to himself of late in this Island of England and Scotland and my Prayer to God is through the Son of his Love in the moving of his Holy Spirit that all who remain behind may so live and walk in Unity and Fellowship with the Lord God in the Spirit of his Son and one with another as that his Glory may shine forth thorow us all to the reaching and gathering of many more and that all who are gathered may grow up in the Spirit and Power of the Lord God Almighty That over all Heaven and Earth he may have his Honour Glory and Praise forever Amen Patrick Livingston THE TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS Of the Monthly Meeting at Aberdene Concerning George Gray AMong the many Watch-Men and Proclaimers of the blessed Morning of the Everlasting Day of our God this faithful Instrument was one who was raised up to Visit Salute and Comfort the Seed of God in this Nation of Scotland and to be as a Nursing Father unto many Babes and a Communicator of Spiritual Gifts as a Faithful Steward to the Household of God therein Especially in the Northern parts thereof where his Comfortable Labours and useful sweet Ministry mostly was and truely we can say it is fulfilled as to him that the Memorial of the Just doth flourish and remain as a fresh sweet savour with many who know the Seals of his Ministry on our Hearts and of Christ's speaking in 〈◊〉 thorow him to the refreshing watering and building up of many in the Unity of the most pretious Faith and Love which was the end of all the Gifts given by Christ Jesus as saith the Scripture And truly his Gifts for this end not onely of a large understanding in the Word of God's Wisdom that dwelt richly in him but also of utterance to express and bring forth the same abundantly and with great and clear demonstration of the Spirit were much the more remarkable that he was a mean unlettered Man except simply Reading and Writing and of a very low condition in the outward whereby his Masters Power and Spiritual Wisdom and Furniture of Gospel Ministers by which he doth immediately replenish them did shine and evidence it self the more clearly through him according to the Exhortation of the Apostle who said Let him that speaketh Speak as the Oracles of God and him that Ministers do it of the ability that God giveth him So that he being without any pretence of mixture or assistance of the acquired Learning and Sciences so much admired in the World and pretended though falsly to be the most necessary accomplishment of Gospel Ministers it hath been certainly known to some of us that very understanding Persons not of the Profession he was of have confessed their admiration at the utterance excellent matter and pertinent Conexion they observed in his Testimony whom they knew to be no learned Man as to outward Learning being very apt to Judg according to their way that the Testimonies of others among us who they knew had some of that Learning were hepled or furnished thereby but as to him they were at a stand judging it as indeed it was somewhat beyond their natural Reach Now this Gospel Ministry which he freely received was not taught of man or by man he was exceeding careful freely to give it forth for his Glory that gave it him and to make it no wise chargeable to any Yea in this he might glory in his God that his Hands ministred to his Necessities by very constant diligent hard Labour at all the intervals