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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60091	A Short relation concerning the life and death of that man of God, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, William Simpson, who laid down his body in the island of Barbadoes the eight day of the twelfth month, M DC LXX	Fortescue, William.; Hooton, Oliver.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hooton, Elizabeth, ca. 1600-1672.; Simpson, William, 1627?-1671. Going naked a signe.	1671 (1671)	Wing S3618; ESTC R10632	9,466	16

us to understand the same saying It lyes very hard upon me it is fixed in me relating the thing that he had seen and I observed that the pangs of Death seized on him at that instant which might be about the eleventh hour and being desired to keep his bed because moving of him caused him to faint he gave us an innocent look like a Babe as he was lying still submitting to what we said whose innocent looks and behaviour caused tears from some which he beholding was trobled speaking to us tenderly that we should not be grieved c. And towards evening he grew so weak that he spake very inwardly so that we could scarcely hear him and after that manner he spake much of and to the Lord praising him wonderfully but with a very low voice And after a while we perceived that he did not know us saying Friends be noble and do not hinder me in my Passage for I am an innocent man And being asked whither he would go he said I must pass away And by what else he spake at that time we surely know That his heart was wholly fixed upon the Lord For had any evil been in him something of it would have shewed it self at such a time yet this holy Man of God did not neither spake he at any time any word unbecoming the Truth which he once more powerfully preached Between the sixth and seventh hour he lay very still and silent and one came there who hath been invited to Meetings but never came and taking him by the hand asked him how he did who answered I am a very sick man And looking towards the man William Simpson was on a suddain endewed with the Power and Spirit of the Lord by which he marvelously preached the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ about a quarter of an hour sweetly praising and magnifying the Lord which was so contrary to our expectations that it caused great amazement with trembling and tears who held forth powerfully the Doctrine of Perfection and freedom from sin on this side the Grave and that Friends should be valiant for the Truth upon Earth and that they should not again be entangled with the Yoak of Bondage which brings Imperfections but to stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ had made us free that every Bond and Yoak may be broken that that which is pure of the Lord God might go free in all that God might be glorified and honoured and we preserved in the day of tryal which must come upon all flesh and so to grow from grace to grace and from strength to strength and from one degree of holiness unto another that a daily growth may be witnessed in all further saying Oh Friends It is the Life that the Lord looks at for he that hath the Son hath Life and he that hath not the Son hath not Life Examine your selves no Son no Life without the Son without Life c. And thus he Declared wonderfully and often glorifying and praysing the Lord after this manner Oh all that is within me praise and magnifie the Lord God who is worthy for ever and ever of all Glory and everlasting Prayses to the God of my Life who is only worthy and lives over all is above all God blessed for ever Amen And after this sort did he often ascribe living praises to the God of his Life c. And in his Declaration he said That what he had spoken was laid upon his Spirit by the Lord so to do c. When he had spoke a word not plain he repeated it again and so went forward until he had finished his Last Testimony with supplication Continuing sensible unto the last Richard Clarke asked him If he knew him and William answered That he could not tell But when he told him his Name was Richard Clarke the Candle being brought near William wrung him hard by the hand and spake no more And about the tenth hour of the Night he departed this Life like a Lamb and the next Day his Body was carried to the Bridge-Town it being General Meeting day nigh which he was buried in a Garden belonging to Richard Forstal being honourably accompanied thither with several hundreds of Friends This Relation I hope will give content to his Son who I have heard him speak off and all Friends who may enquire after him for as he lived so he died Preaching the Word of the Lord in the Demonstration of the Spirit and Power and many Seals are in this Island confirming the Gospel that hath been ministred by him and his Fellow-Labourer And as for the Sufferings of this Just Man William Simpson his being often in Perils by his own Country-men who honour not their Prophets Whipt Stockt Stoned and Imprisoned Such Bonds and Tribulations have attended him yea as much as any man most Towns and Cities bear record for him in England and Scotland He hath been a Man of Sorrows and acquainted with Grief and was made perfect through Sufferings who is ceased from his Labours and is entred into his Rest. Written in Barbados the 10th of the 12th Month 1670. By one of the least of the Flock of Christ whose Name is William Fortescue Here are a few Lines more concerning our dear Friend and Brother WILLIAM SIMPSON The Righteous perish and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away and none consider that the Righteous are taken away from the evil to come Isa 57. 1. THE glorious day of God everlasting is dawned and the light of his excellency hath shined by the glory of his heavenly virtue through the thick clouds of darkness which hath long been as a Vail over the hearts of the people of the Nations during which time the world was as a Wilderness that was untilled and brought forth Thistles Thorns and Briars in stead of Corn Wine and Oyl but since it hath been the good pleasure of the Lord of the whole earth to manifest the glory of his Spirit of burning by the operation of Life which appeareth through the Light to burn up the Briars and Thorns and to sow his good Seed He hath sent forth painful Labourers to gather the Harvest of the Earth for his Seed hath long been sown in the heart of Man and how can he expect any thing now but fruits and he hath sent his Servants into many Nations Kingdoms and Countries some whereof have been raised from Death to Life by the Ministration of the glorious Gospel and have brought fruits to the praise and glory of God Almighty Now those whom the Lord hath been pleased so to send forth he hath not sent them empty nor without the enjoyment of his heavenly presence but hath endued them with the operation of the power of his Divine Spirit even the Spirit of Wisdom and Vnderstanding of Righteousness and true judgement And among the many Regions Kingdoms and Countrys the Lord hath been pleased to visit this Island of Barbados whereunto

he hath sent his Servants time after time endued with the Powe● of his Spirit to convince its inhabitants of the evil of their wayes and many thereby are gathered into the way of Gods Covenant of Life and peace Everlastingly blessed be the Name of the Lord who hath remembred us in these remote parts of the Earth and amongst the many that he hath sent he hath sent two of his faithful Servants with the Ministry of his Everlasting Gospel whose Integrity and Innocency hath appeared in the likeness and Image of God Almighty to the convincing of many of the way of Gods Truth whereby the most High hath been pleased to enlarge the Assemblies of his People by drawing nearer unto himself those that were afar off for the gathering of whom the Lord of Heaven and Earth hath made the two aforesaid his fathful Servants viz. William Sympson and John Burneyat very instrumental in his hand to declare the light of the eternal Day in the demonstration of the Spirit of Love and tendrness who faithfully have dealt plainly with all People without respect of Persons as the Lord commanded them and they have not been as Idle-labourers in the Vineyard but they have been willing to spend and to be spent for the advancing and exalting of the Power and Truth of the most High God in the hearts of men Now that which caused me more particularly to write this unto you to whose hands soever it may come is somewhat to signifie something concerning that Renouned Servant of the Lord and Faithful Follower of the Lamb William Simpson who hath walked in faithfulness unto God and followed the Lamb through many Tribulations and washed his Robes and made them white in his blood and hath not loved his Life unto Death but hath fought the good fight and by Faith hath overcome and hath run the race that was set before him and hath finished his course and hath obtained a Crown of Life and Glory and is set down in the Kingdom of Heaven in the place of Everlasting Rest with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and with the Saints of the most High for ever And truly Friends I cannot but give Testimony that he was an Innocent Man as himself also said when he was near his last breath I have sometimes known him in our native Country and then did his Life sound forth his Innocency and having been here more than four Months the same state of Innocency was found in him even unto the day that it pleased the Lord to take him from amongst us to reign with him in Eternity And as the Lord alone had made him a Preacher of his Word in the way of Righteousness in the time of his Life as men of a right understanding can sufficiently evidence so likewise in the same hour of his Death he did wonde●fully declare of the great work of the Lord and of his compassion to all People and having concluded said That what he had said was laid upon him from the Lord. And he said unto those that were with him That he was an Innocent Man and desired them not to be troubled but to let him go And now he is entred into everlasting Rest in a Heavenly habitation having laid down his Head in Everlasting Peace in the glorious State of Eternity where he doth rest from his Labours and his Works do follow him beyond the reach of all the Tyrants of the Earth who can never come there except they repent But their day will assuredly have an end and they must come to Judgment before the Lord and then let the stout-hearted amongst them stand up in the might of his strength and gird up his Loyns like a Man and contend with the Almighty if he be able to answer him when he calls to an account for the deeds done in the Body And where is he that knows his latter-end or whether this may be his last day here or nay as the two aforesaid faithful Servants of the Lord have many times reminded all People here to remember their latter end and to strive to make their Calling and Election sure with the Lord and not to grieve the good Spirit of the Lord by following vanity and excess of Ryot or whatsoever would hinder their passage to the Kingdom of Heaven where Life and Salvation is attained where the Soul of our d●ar Brother aforesaid doth rest in Peace and Glory for ever as I do assuredly know by c●rtain and infallible Testimonies I was with him sometimes in the time of his being sick and weak and the night before his departure was with him all night when his Spirit rejoyced in the Lord and his Soul did behold the Salvation of God then could he not forbear to sing praises to his Maker as did evidently appear at sundry times and his faithful Companion and fellow-Labourer in the Ministry of the Gospel of Salvation viz. John Burneyat was also with him almost all the time of his being sick and although he could not but mourn with us at the parting with so dear and faithful a Friend and Companion yet we could not but also rejoyce with him to behold the Excellency of the Glory which he to wit the Soul of our dear Brother entered into when the Mortal was put off to enter with Immortality into the joyful place of Felicity and Heavenly Consolation with the Spirits of Just men and Angels in the Heavenly Jerusalem there to reign with the highest for ever Where now thy Soul doth rest in quiet peace Since that thy Labours here on Earth did cease By Faith in Christ thou hast obtaind a Crown Transcending glory of the Worlds renown For thee in Heaven is prepard a Throne To live for ever with our King alone In Life thou wast obedient unto him And hast obtaind a Royal Diadem The Cross thou didst embrace despise the shame And preach'st the the Gospel in his Holy Name When in thy Native Country wast a Sign To preach Red●mption unto Jacobs Line For all the proud and lofty Ones shall say That a true Prophet warned them that day And happy they if they in peace had known Gods Word through thee proclaimd from him alon For that in Life thou didst the Truth maintain Through Death a Crown of Life thou dost obtain Thou dearly love'st the way of Lifes infusion And lived'st therein unto thy last conclusion Th●n to the Throne of Life thou didst ascend Where Life Eternal never shall have end W●itten in Barbados the 16th of the 12th Month 1670 by Oliver Hooton This William Simpson who was a faithful Servant and Prophet of the Lord to the Nations in which he went through great Tribulations and Sufferings who went into many Steple-Houses and declared against their false Worships and was often Imprisoned for the Truth and under-went cruel and hard Sufferings by the Goalers He went three years Naked and in Sackcloth in the days of Oliver and his Parliament as a Sign to them and to the Priests shewing