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truth_n	devil_n	father_n	lie_n	3,415	5	9.0726	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33332	The lives of two and twenty English divines eminent in their generations for learning, piety, and painfulnesse in the work of the ministry, and for their sufferings in the cause of Christ : whereunto are annexed the lives of Gaspar Coligni, that famous admirall of France, slain in the Parisian massacre, and of Joane Queen of Navarr, who died a little before / by Samuel Clarke ...	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1660 (1660)	Wing C4540; ESTC R36026	335,009	323

hang him Then he was brought to Sir Ralph Hopton who spake to him thus Master Balsom I little thought one day that you should have been my Prisoner and I cannot but wonder that such men as you should be engaged in a rebellion against the King To whom he replyed Sir I cannot but wonder that such men as you should call this rebellion Sir Ralph desired him to give him an account of the grounds upon which he and his party proceeded promising him that he should not suffer for any thing that he spake to him After about half an hours discourse he committed him to his own Marshall with this charge Keep this man safe but use him well The Marshall received him and after some little rough entertainment upon his entrance into his house he at length used him with great seeming respect Long he had not been there but a Gentlewoman came to him with a pottle of Sack urging him to preach a Recantation Sermon the next morning before the Lords promising that if he would so do the King would make him a Doctor He replyed Sure you do but mock me for should I preach upon such short warning the Lords would never hear such extempore stuff but if you be in good earnest and would make me a Doctor indeed then let me have the same Law ye use to give your Doctors viz. a quarter of a years time to make a Sermon and by that time you may know more of my mind The next morning an Order was brought for the conveying of him to Oxford whither he was accordingly carried He lighted first at the Blewbore whither they brought a company of the Queens followers who with much fury oftentimes swore that he should not go alive out of the room But the Musqueteers who were set as a guard upon him desired them to be quiet telling them that he was their Prisoner and should not suffer there but they would suffer with him Thence he was conveyed to the Castle where after two or three daies abode he enjoyed the same liberty with other Prisoners And a while after he set up an Exposition Lecture in the prison twice a day To which not only the Prisoners and some of the Souldiers but divers Courtiers and many out of the town often came Being prohibited once or twice to go on in this Exercise he answered if ye are weary of me I am not willing to trouble you any longer ye may turn me out of your doors when you will but while I have a tongue to speak and people to speak to I will not hold my peace After some moneths of imprisonment he was released by exchange As he was departing thence some Courtiers and others that had formerly shewed him some favour perswaded him to close with their party and to stay with them He utterly refusing divers of them accompanied him out of town and as they were parting one of them said Sir If any of us should fall into your hands we should desire no better entertainment then you have had amongst us He replyed Gentlemen I could wish that ten thousand of you might fall into our hands within this moneth that you might see how kindly we would deal with you Thence he was sent for by the Lord Generall Essex to be Chaplain in his Army with whom he continued during his command Then he went to Barwick where he was received with great affection of the people and saw in a short time great successe of his labours in the Ministry During his abode there two things were very remarkeable One whereas there was a Child that had been strangely visited with such a weaknesse as neither Physicians or Divines could guesse at the cause or find out the cure Hereupon Master Balsom moved some Christians there to seek God with him by Fasting and Prayer which accordingly they did and obtained a suddain and extraordinary answer For as the Mother of the Child came home from the Exercise her Child met her and told her she was very well who before had kept her bed of a long time The other thing remarkable was this A Scottish Lord by name the Lord of Granson took up his habitation for a time in Barwick and brought with him his Family In which amongst others was the Steward of his house formerly reputed a godly man who was very much afflicted in mind Master Balsom came to visit him and administred some comfort to him for that time But two or three daies after he being sorely afflicted again Master Balsom was sent for who finding him very much weakned and worn out by the violence of temptation began to speak comfortably to him But perceiving that no words of comfort would fasten on him he whispered to him in his ear to this purpose I doubt there is something within that you should do well to discover Whereupon immediately the mans tongue swelled out of his mouth insomuch that he was not able to speak Master Balsom continued speaking to him till at length to the astonishment of those in the room being many and some of them persons of quality a shrill voice was heard as from out of his throat having not any use of his tongue to this purpose What dost thou talking to him of Promises and free grace He is mine Master Balsom apprehending it to be the voice of the Devil replyed No Satan thou dost not know any man to be thine while there is life in him But this is a notorious wicked wretch and therefore is mine The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin If God would let me loose upon you I should find enough in the best of you to make you all mine But thou art bound Satan And so turning himself to the people with a smiling countenance he said What a gracious God have we that suffers not Satan to have his will upon us Then the Devil began to curse and swear and blaspheme the Trinity in a most fearfull and horrible manner The Lord rebuke thee But this man is mine for he hath given himself to me and sealed it with his blood I do not believe that the father of lies speaketh truth and I do believe how confident soever thou art that thou wilt lose thy hold before to morrow morning The Devil continued to curse and swear further saying How canst thou endure to hear thy God blasphemed I will never give over blaspheming so long as thou stayest in the room I will pray for him Wilt thou pray for a man that is damned I will go home and pray for him and get all the force I can in the town to joyn with me After this there being no more voice heard Mr. Balsom went home about eleven a clock at night where he found in his house divers Christians which he intended to have sent for waiting for him and upon the sight of them he