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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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it being made known to me I went to the Master and told him what his Men had designed to do and told him that if he did suffer them to do it my Blood would be required at his Hands So he charged them not to meddle with me And afterwards we were in a Storm upon a First Day and I was moved to go upon Deck and speak among them and Pray for them and they were all made very quiet and said They were more beholding to me then they were to their Priest because I did Pray for them and he could not open his Mouth to say any thing amongst them We were six Days and six Nights at Sea and the Master himself did not know where he was nor which way he was going until we were put into the Harbour at Dublin and although we had abundance of very Stormy Weather yet we sustained no manner of loss nor dammage so that the Master said He could never say before that he was in so much foul Weather and received no hurt And we were put into Dublin the very same day that Francis Howgill and Edward Burrough were Banisht from thence And then I saw my Service there and was moved to go to the Deputy and when I came there the People said their was no speaking with him for me for did I not know that he had Banisht two of our Friends out of the Nation but yesterday But in the Faith I went and the Power of the Lord had great weight upon me and I met with the Secretary and I desired him to help me to the Speech of the Deputy And he answered me That he did think he could not And I told him if he would be so civil as to go up and tell the Deputy that there was a Woman below that would speak with him and then if he refused I was answered So he went up and their came a Man to fetch me up into the with-drawing Room and after I had been there a while their came a Man out of the Deputy's Chamber and they all stood bare-headed before him because they knew I never saw the Deputy but I had a sence it was a Priest and there was almost a whole Room full of People and they askt me Why did not I do my Message to their Lord. And I answered When I do see your Lord then I shall do my Message to him So in a little while he came forth and sate down on a Couch and I stood up and spake to him that which the Lord did give me to speak and bid him beware that he was not found fighting against God in opposing the Truth and Persecuting the Innocent but be like Wise Gamaliel To let it alone and if it be of God it will stand but if it be of Man it will fall and the Enmity did not lie so much in himself as he was stirred up to it by Evil Magistrates and bad Priests and that God's People are as dear to him now as ever and they that toucht them toucht the Apple of his Eye But in his Name and by his Power their was much hurt done to the People of God all the Nation over and it would lie heavy upon him at the last and that the Teachers of the People did cause them to Err and he knew the Priests portion and when I toucht upon that he would say There 's for you Mr Harrison to the Priest that stood there And the Power and Presence of the Lord was so with me that it made the Man to be much concerned And when I had done he asked the Priest What he had to say to that which I spake And the Priest said It was all very true and very good and he had nothing to say against it if we did speak as we meant Then I told the Priest that the Spirit of God was true and did speak as it meant and meant as it spoke but men of Corrupt Minds did pervert the Scriptures by putting their own Imaginations and Conceivings and Apprehensions upon it and so did deceive the People but holy men of God spake the Scriptures and gave them forth as they were Inspired by the Holy Ghost and they are of no private Interpretation but none understood them but those that read them by the same Spirit that gave them forth So I returned to my Lodging which was at one Captain Rich his House and he came home and said That the Deputy was so Sad and Melancholly after I had beed with him that he would not come forth to Bowls nor no Pastime at all This my Service for God was great and he made it to prosper And then I went to Corke where my Motion was at first and great were my Sufferings there for I had a Prison almost where-ever I came and I was made to call to my Relations and Acquaintance by the Word of the Lord and was made to follow them into several Steeple-houses and great were my Sufferings amongst them but where-ever the Lord opened my Mouth there were some that received me and would plead my Cause against my Persecutors and I was in Jeopardy of my Life several times but the Lord prevented it And I was made to speak in a Market-place and there was a Butcher swore he would cleave my Head in twain and had his Cleaver up ready to do it but their came a Woman behind him and caught back his Arms and staid them till the Souldiers came and rescued me And those that were my former Acquaintance with whom I had formerly been very conversant and spent much time and lodged at their Houses several times even those now were afraid of me and would not come near me but the dread of God was upon me and it made some of them to Tremble and some said I was a Witch and when I would go to their Houses to reprove them they were so mad that they would run away and then their Servants would come and hale me out and when I would go to sit down they would drag me along upon the Stones and hale me out and shut the Doors So I came to witness that a Prophet is not without Honour save in his own Country So when I found my self pretty clear there I returned home to Bristoll And in a while after I was moved to go for Ireland again and then I was in great Perils by Sea where I saw the Wonders of the Lord in the Deep and there was one man Friend and one woman Friend then in the Ship besides me and the Ship was broken near Dungarvan and it foundred in the Sea something near the Shore and we were all like to be cast away and I was ordered of the Lord to stay in the Ship until they were all gone out of her and the Master and the Passengers got into the Boat all save one Man and one Woman which were cast away and they got to Shore and stood there to see what would become of me who
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