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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30713	The Lords free prisoner	Bampfield, Francis, 1615 or 16-1683.	1683 (1683)	Wing B626; ESTC R22837	7,348	4

THE Lords Free Prisoner MUch honoured and beloved in our Lord having been often put upon it by one friend and another to give an account by word of mouth of the case of my present consinement in Newgate-Prison that when you hear a true Narration of the matter of fact you may be the better able to judge of the matter of right I therefore give this short History of the Sum and Substance of my former and present Cross for Christ which I through Grace and Mercy obtained from my Lord do take up and bear for him thus following him to fulfil after him This letter is a Word-Apologie under Patient-suffering For a faithful Testimony or a necessary Vindication and a just Defence of F. B. As to his Cases of suffering Several Imprisonments the cause of those sufferings his call to them his carriage under them to the honour of his Lord to the furtherance of the Gospel and for the wiping off of several injurious Aspersions and false Charges which have been unjustly and wrongfully cast upon him What my Call has been to the Ministerial Office I have elsewhere published I am a Minister of Christ sent forth by him to bring in an open Testimony for him for the glory of the latter day I have for these last twenty years especially or more been honour'd with several imprisonments for the cause and sake of Christ of the Gospel and of Righteousness to pass by some of them which were but short for some few days I was eight years and three quarters of a ninth year under confinement at Dorchester Prison in Dorsetshire for Preaching Praying Reading and opening and applying the Scriptures and of singing Hymns and such like parts of my office and for not Conforming to the corruption of the times in the matters of worship during which time I had wonderful experiences of the wisdom power loving kindness of Jehovah Elohim and many other Covenant favours in special unto me in healing stre ngthning conforting teaching inlightning in a peculiar manner and in divers ways of spirit illuminations whereof I have elsewhere given an account Upon my discharge from that confinement without paying one penny of that Fine which was laid upon me I went on with my Mninisterial Office and work as before here and there as I had opportunity and a call but I was quickly apprehended again and imprisoned at Salisbury in Wiltshire for about eighteen weeks which filled up my Ten days of Tribulation in the Lètter of it aday for an year wherein I greatly rejoyce it was for the same cause as is before mentioned after that Term of weeks I had my discharge from that confinement without paying one farthing of the Fine or Mulct How much to be admired the appearings of Jehovah Aelohim my Adonai were in a very signal way and manner for me and against many of my Adversaries in his just judgments upon and against them were worthy of an Historical Narration but I would keep within the compass of one Sheet Upon my release I came to this City London for the further filling up of my Testimony in and near it At Bethenal-Green my labours were neither unacceptable nor unprositable where with some who desired it I had Providential Communion for some time After a while my Residence was more in the City and Subburbs having gathered a people unto Christ who submitted unto Believers Baptism we passed solemnly into a Gospel way of Church-state and Relation and full Communion founded on these two great Principles owning professing of Jesus Christ to be the one and the only Lord over our Consciences and Law-giver to our Souls and of the holy Scriptures of Truth being our one and our only Rule of Faith Worship and Life And thus my liberty in preaching of the Gospel continued for that very self same just proportion of time as my former confinements lasted that is to say full nine years and some part of a tenth and this in direct answer to That word seasonably suiteably brought in upon the hearts of my self and of my yoak-fellow several years since Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted vs and the years wherein we have seen evil About two years and a half since my self and the friends in Gospel-fellowship with me were to seek of a convenient Meeting-place for open worship where all whose hearts were made willing might have liberty to come to joyn with us in the spiritual glorious heavenly duties of the new Testament Administration of Grace for I was always for Christ's open house-keeping since I hadinner aequaintance with him There were three places which particularly had in our eye one at Great Morefields a second at Spittle-fields a third at Pinners-hall upon debate in Christian friendliness and love and not being all of one mind concerning any one of these three places at last as soon as proposed we laid aside all our own prudential determinings of this matter † Natural decencie and Gospel-order resolving and determining all our Cases and the prudence of believers consisting in this to find out know choose and acquiesce in the determination of the Alwise Sovereign Supreme will of our Lord according to his word in the way of his providence and we after we had sought the Facès of Aelohim to choose for us did refer and deliver the determining of it wholy unto him accordingly the lots were given forth a several one for each of the three forementioned places one for Great More-fields where I then lived a second for Spittle-fields whither a little after I removed a third for Pinners-Hall and a forth for elsewhere we not being to limit the All-free Agent the Faithful Creator the Gracious Redeemer the Providential Governour to some one of these three for we knew not till he gave forth the express signification of his mind and will whether any one of these three must be the place or he would design us elsewhere having agreed upon one to draw the lot we all looked up to the God of Heaven expecting his Allotment the lot opened speak Pinners-Hall to be the place of our solemn Assembling for instituted worship Upon this we rejoyced and all our Spirits as one united Spirit ran together with Christ's Spirit in our thoughts and meditations into that place choosing over Christs choice sweetly delighting and contentfully acquiescing in that place resolving there to be whilst we had an open door there this the rather because our Lord Jusus Christ had so far honoured us as to intrust us with one of the most open noted places in all London where to be finishing of our witness for Christ and for the Truths and Duties of the present Age and Day Having agreed with the owner for the liberty of that place we forthwith on the next Seventh-day-Sabbath entered that place of Meeting I was directed unto that Scripture which doth speak of Christ's bearing the Glory and wearing the Crowns