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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61464	A call from death to life and out of the dark wayes and worships of the world where the seed is held in bondage under the merchants of Babylon / written by Marmaduke Stephenson, who (together with ... William Robinson) hath (since the writing hereof) suffered death, for bearing witnesse to the same truth amongst the professors of Bostons jurisdiction in New England ; with a true copy of two letters, which they writ to the Lords people a little before their death ; and also the true copy of a letter ... from a friend in New England, which gives a brief relation of the manner of their martyrdom, with some of the words which they exprest at the time of their suffering.	Stephenson, Marmaduke, d. 1659.; Pearson, Peter, 17th cent.; Robinson, William, d. 1659.; Dyer, Mary, d. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5466; ESTC R16756	29,922	32

often break me in pieces and often melt me into tears when he rises in his strength within me Oh! I am overwhelmed with it Oh! feel my dear heart how strong and mighty the Lord God is with me Oh! though thousands of the Philistins doth compass me round yet surely the God who is with me will work by me for truely I see them all before me as a Potters vessel which the Lord God will with his hand dash in pieces dear heart I am present with thee in the spirit and heavenly life and if the Lord permit we shall behold one another in the outward man to the comfort and joy of the spirit my dearly beloved on next fifth day we intend if the Lord will to come to Boston with several Friends with us which was so done Thy dear Brother in the Heavenly life and Spirit of Truth W. R. This was written by William Robinson to the Court of Boston ON the 8th day of the 4th Month 1659. in the after part of the day in travelling betwixt Newport on Rhode Island and Daniel Goulds house with my dear Brother Christopher Holder the Word of the Lord came expresly to me which did fill me immediately with life and power and heavenly love by which he constrained me and commanded me to pass to the Town of Boston my life to lay down in his Will for the accomplishing of his service that he had there to perform at the day appointed to which heavenly voice I presently yielded obedience not questioning the Lord how he would bring the thing to pass being I was a Child and obedience was demanded of me by the Lord who filled me with living strength and power from his Heavenly presence which at that time did mightily over-shadow me 〈◊〉 my life did say Amen to what the Lord required of me 〈…〉 commanded me to do and willingly was I given up from that time to this day the will of the Lord to do and perform whatever becomes of my body for the Lord hath said unto me My Soul shall rest in Eternal Peace and my life shall enter into rest for being obedient to the God of my life I being a Child and durst not question the Lord in the least but rather willing to lay down my life then to bring dishonour to the Lord and as the Lord made me willing dealing gently and kindly with me as a tender Father towards a faithful Child whom he dearly loves so the Lord did deal with me in Ministring of his life unto me which gave and gives me strength to perform what the Lord hath required of me and still as I did and do stand in need he ministred and ministreth more strength and vertue and heavenly power and wisdom whereby I was and am made strong in God not fearing what man shall be suffered to do unto me being filled with heavenly courage which is meekness and innocency for the cause is the Lords that we go in and the Battel is the Lords and thus saith the Lord of Hosts the mighty and terrible God not by strength nor by might nor by power of man but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts I will perform what my mouth hath spoken through my servants whom I have chosen mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth Friends the God of my life and the God of the whole earth did lay this thing upon me for which I now suffer bonds near to death he by his Almighty power and Everlasting love constrained me and laid this thing upon me and truly I could not deny the Lord much less resist the Holy One of Israel Therefore all who are ignorant of the motion of the Lord in the inward parts be not hasty in judging in this matter before you hear the truth of the matter least you speak evil of the things you know not for of a truth the Lord God of Heaven and Earth commanded me by his Spirit and spoke unto me by his Son whom he hath made Heir of all things and in his life I live and in it I shall depart this earthly Tabernacle if unmerciful men be suffered to take it from me and herein I rejoice that the Lord is with me the antient of dayes the life of the Suffering Seed for which I am freely given up and singly do stand in the Will of God for to me to live is Christ but to dye is gain And truly I have a great desire and will to dye herein knowing that the Lord is with me whatever ignorant men shall be able to say against me for the witness of the Spirit I have received and the presence of the Lord and his Heavenly life doth accompany me so that I can say in truth and from an upright heart Blessed be the Lord the God of my life who hath counted me worthy and called me hereunto to bear my Testimony against ungodly and unrighteous men who seek to take away the life of the righteous without a cause as the Rulers of the Mathathusets bay doth intend if the Lord stop them not from their intent Oh! hear ye Rulers and give ear and listen all ye that have any hand herein to put the innocent to death for in the Name and Fear and Dread of the Lord God I here declare the cause of my staying here amongst you and continuing in your jurisdiction after there was a sentence of banishment upon death as you said pronounced against me without a just cause as you all well know that we who were banished committed nothing worthy of banishment nor of any punishment much less banishment upon death And now ye Rulers you do intend to put me to death with my companion unto whom the Word of the Lord God came unto him saying Go to Boston with thy Brother William Robinson unto which Command he was obedient who had said unto him He had a great work for him to do which thing is now seen and the Lord is now a doing of it and it is in obedience to the Lord the God of the whole earth that we continued amongst you and that we came to the Town of Boston again in obedience to the Lord the Creator of Heaven and Earth in whose hand your breath is And will you put us to death for obeying the Lord the God of the whole earth Well if you do this act and put us to death know this and be it known unto you all ye Rulers and People of this Jurisdiction that whosoever hath a hand herein will be guilty of innocent blood and not onely upon your selves w●ll ye bring innocent blood but upon this Town and the Inhabitants thereof and every where within your Jurisdiction that had the least hand therein therefore be instructed ye Rulers of this land and take warning betimes and learn wisdom before it be hid from your eyes Written by one who feareth the Lord who is by ignorant people called a Quaker and unto such am only known by the name William Robinson

end of all such that depart from the living God Oh! is not the unclean spirit entered into them again and become worse then he was before so none rejoyce at the hearing of those that turnes from the truth which they were once in for verily it will not ease you of your misery and torment which will come upon you if you go on in sin and dispise the day of your visitation So to you all I have cleared my conscience in the sight of God From a Friend of the Truth and a s●ferer for the Seeds sake which is ke●pt in Bondage under Pharaoh and his Task-masters my Name in the fl●sh is Marmaduke Stephenson Written in the Common Goal of Boston in New England in America in the beginning of the seventh Moneth 1659. These are Copies of Letters sent from William Robinson and Marmaduke Stephenson after they were Banished unto Christopher Holder a Prisoner in Boston Common Prison Christopher Holder O My dearly beloved of my Father my Soul and Life salutes thee for thou art dear to me in the love which changeth not but doth indure for ever am I one with thee in the Life and Power of Truth where we are joyned together as members of his Body who is our Head and our preserver night and day where we are kept safe under the shaddow of h●s Wings where we feed together in the green pastures by the pleasant springs where thou may feel me my beloved one at the livin● Fo●ntain which doth refresh the whole City of our God where we are daily re●reshed together in the banqueting House where we do receive ●tr●ngth and nourishment from him who is our Life and fi●● us with his l●ving vertue day by day which is as precious Oynment powred forth giving a pleasant smell and is pleasant to behold for it hath ravished whereby we are constrained to leave all to follow it who gathers our hearts in one where I am joyn●d and sealed with thee in the Covenant of Life where we shall or ever rema●●e in the bo●om of t●e Father after our Testimonies are finish●d then shall w● lay d●wn our head● in peace with all the Faithful ev●n so the Lord k●ep us as witn●sses of his Truth that so we may be armed with his P●wer and 〈◊〉 in the hour of T●mptation and in the day of tryal to s●pport ●s and bear us ●p in his armes that so he may be hono●red by us who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all Glory and Honour to whom it doth bel●ng now and forever Amen So with my love to thee I rest who am thy dear brother in the Truth Marmaduke Stephenson C. Holder DEarly beloved Brother whom my Soul dearly loves and my Spirit and Life doth dearly embrace in Gods Love and Life Power and Truth thou may feel me with thee in the armes of the Lord where we are kept who is our Strength and the portion o●our Cup for ever God knows how my life doth flow forth unto thee from the River of our God which dayly runs through us wherewith we are dayly refreshed and whereby our strength is daily renewed for surely the Lord is with us and who shall be able to stand against us Dear heart in the sweet and pleasant habitation of our God in the Mansion House of my Father and thy Father feel me with thee for surely we have all one God to our Lord who is our King and our Law-given for truly out of one Womb have we all come and at one Fountain do we all drink and are daily nourished Dear heart where thou may feel me with thee in the life where we are sealed together for evermore Oh! my dear beloved my soul doth greatly love thee Oh! I cannot expresse it but thou may feel it in the Covenant of everlasting love where we are united by the Spirit of Truth Holinesse in the Power and Heavenly Peace of God feel me with thee where neither length of time nor distance of place can seperate us nay all the powers nor strength of darknesse it cannot break it in the same life and love and Authority of God the Lord for ever keep us and grant that it may be with us for evermore Amen Which I know the Lord God will perform even so be it saith my Soul Dear heart the remembrance of thee doth ravish my soul and by it is my heart filled with pure love and joy Oh! the Lord God knows how greatly I long to see thy face but dear heart I have not yet freedom in the Lord to accomplish it for I see some service I have to fulfil before I come to Boston if the Enemie hinder not for truly hitherto I have seen the Hand of the Lord greatly with us William Robinson DEar Brother my spirit and life dearly Salutes thee feel my love in thy own bosom how my life issues forth unto thee wherein I am bound up with thee in the bowels and love of God sealed with thee in the Eternal Covenant in the life and power of the Lord Iesus wherewith we are covered and where we feel each other in the Heavenly Life and Kingdom of our Lord Iesus Christ dear heart feel how near I am unto thee in the quiet and peaceable Union and Habitation of our God where we cannot forget one the other where we are sealed together in the fear and Dominion of God Dear heart the Lord knowes how greatly I long and desire to see thy Face and I know the Lord will grant it dear heart we were and are gladly received here and the seed hath been reached in many and the life hath answered to us in many we have had two fine meetings Thy dear Brother William Robinson The 15th 7th Moneth 1659. DEarly beloved unto whom I am united in the Spirit of Truth Love and Everlasting Peace where I believe our dwelling shall be for ever in Heavenly joy and true Peace in our Fathers Kingdom where we rejoice together and sweetly enjoy one anothers presence under our Fathers Banner in heavenly Paradice where we meet each other in our Father love in the Unity and Life of Christ Jesus where my dearly beloved I am with thee dear heart thou maist feel me and see how I am united unto thee W. R. The 26th of the 7th Month 1659. C. H. MY dearly beloved my life is often refreshed by thee the remembrance of thee is like the new Wine whereby my spirit and soul is refreshed and like the Oyl wherewith we are annointed even bread in time of need and water in time of thirst Oh! what shall I say unto thee I am overcome with thy life and ravished with thy beauty and thy love doth often melt in me and I am broken with the remembrance of thee Oh! that thou didst but know it how full I am of the Fathers love Oh! dear heart bear part with me of what I bear until I see thy face surely the Power of the Lord that is with me and upon me doth

an eye of pity and called me home to himself out of the far Country where I was feeding on the husks with the swine into the banqueting-house where my soul is refreshed nourished and fed with the hidden Manna and bread of Life which is prepared for the hungry and feeble-minded to feed upon So all dear people turn in your minds and read within I speak not to the thing without for all they that go from the Lord they go into the strange land into the far Country and all such are Adulterers that spends their portion upon Harlots and hides their talent in the earth which was given them to profit withal and all such are wanderers and vagabonds which have not a habitation in the Lord in Cains nature and though they may be builders of Cities as Cain was yet being from God as he was they are strangers and wanderers being seperated from the Lord who hath prepared a rest for his People where they are safe and feeds together in the good land where they are at home with their Maker who fills Heaven and Earth with his presence glory unto his Name for ever more So all People turn home into your own tents that you may see where you are and what you are feeding upon and wander no longer abroad with your minds in the earth after that which will perish and come to an end where the moth rust doth corrupt and thieves break through and steal and deprive you of your substance that you have gathered together by fraud and deceit which may be soon taken from you and you left desolate naked and bare therefore it stands you all in hand to seek after that which will endure for ever the Pearl of great price which doth exceed all the treasures in Aegypt for its durable and will last for ever the Rock of Ages on which the Saints was built the chief Corner Stone Elect and Precious the sure foundation of many generations the pillar and ground of Truth Christ the light the bright and morning Star the Sun of Righteousnesse which is now arisen with healing in his wings to cleanse the Lepar of his leprosie and hath caused the dumb to speak and the deaf to hear his Voice and follow him and this hath he done in this day of his power which makes the Heathen to wonder and be confounded at his appearance in his Sons and Daughters who beare his Image who are meek and lowly Lamb-like the Righteous knows him who loves his appearance but to the wicked his presence is dreadful and terrible like a Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah to consume with the Breath of his Mouth and break to pieces like a Potters vessel all the stiffe necked and strong ones who lives in the pride of their hearts and at ease in the flesh like fat Bulls of Bashan spending the Creation upon their Lusts Oh the day is at hand that all such must be as chaffe before the wind and as stubble before the fire which will consume them leave them neither root nor branch the Mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it therefore take heed what you do and follow not the multitude to do evil for they walk in the broad way which leads to destruction and to the Chambers of Death where the Souls of men and women are plunged into misery and torment and into the Pit of perdition where they cannot come out nor be loosed from their cruel bonds where they are chained and fettered fast under the powers of darknesse who is King of the bottomlesse Pit the old Dragon which goes about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom he may devour and they that are from the watch watch they are from the Rock and sure Foundation Christ the Light and Life of his People and all that are from him they are in darknesse and such are taken in the snares of the Devil who rules in the dark for there he hath his seat in the Earthly part of man which is one with him who is the unclean spirit which seeks to destroy and lay wast the Heritage of God that so his kingdom might be set up Who is a lier a murderer but now is the day come that Christ is risen to Reign as Lord and King in his People therefore doth Antichrist rage in his members because his destruction is at hand and his torment is coming upon him wherein he must have and receive a just recompence of his reward and all that joyns with him must partake of his torment for what they have done against God and his People And so dear Neighbours and People joyn with him no longer who is the Enemie of God least you be cut off from the Face of the Earth and destroyed with Leviathan that crooked Serpent which must go into everlasting burning there to remain for evermore where there is weeping and gnashing of Teeth and no comfort nor ease to be found but howling bitter lamentation night and day and this will be the portion of the wicked that live wantonly upon the Earth Oh! the day will come that they will wish they had their time to spend over again when their misery comes upon them and the darts of the Almighty striks them wounds them to the heart then will their pain be great which cannot be expressed which they must feel night and day Oh! that you would lay these things to heart and consider your latter end and this I speak in love to you all whether you will hear or forbear you shall one day know and be made to confesse what is written to you is true Therefore take heed what you do that resist and quench the motions of the Spirit of God in you when it doth arise to shew you your conditions wherein you lie for you that do resist the Lord in his way you do despite unto the Spirit of Grace So dear people young and old resist the Lord no longer in his appearance in you for you that do you slay the witnesse the Messenger of the Covenant in you and so becomes guilty of blood Therefore take heed of going on in the hardnesse of your hearts and in speaking evil of the Truth though Baalam erred from the Spirit of Truth yet it was the same then that it is now though Iudas betrayed it and Demas forsook it and embraced the World yet Truth is Truth and will stand for ever over the heads of all its enemies and here comes the Scriptures to be fulfilled for many are called but few are chosen And this hath appeared in our Generation that many have had a true taste of the love of God and of the Powers of the World to come but they are gone from it again and are turned aside into the crooked path like the Dog to his vomit and like the Sow that was washed into the mire again where they are defiled with the flesh-pots of E●ypt which they lusted after Oh! mark and behold the