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A50567	A true relation of the former faithful and long service with the present most unjust imprisonment of Anthony Mellidge, sometime called a captain; now in scorn called a Quaker.	Mellidge, Anthony.	1656 (1656)	Wing M1648; ESTC R217798	8,459	10

of the Lord was upon me yet I walked in the vanity of my mind and was not obedient to the Commands of Christ who saith I am the Light learn of me but I followed still the teachings of men but I did not profit at all by them At length I was called forth from among them called Baptists whom I had followed for a time to hear those people whom the world calleth Quakers and the first time I heard them that of God in me did witness that they were the people of God yet I could not joyn with them for I was then out of their life but I went to comprehend it in my wisdom and so I lost my own condition again and then I followed the Baptize again and afterwards I heard more of those called Quakers and then I was really convinced that they were the Ministers of Jesus Christ that did walk in the ways of God and in the Commands of Christ and that their Ministers was to turn peoples minds from darkness to Light and from the power of Satan to God according to that in Act. 26. Verse 18. Yet afterwards I was going to hear the Baptize again and as I was in the way somthing in me ●●●d me I was seeking the living among the dead so to it then I hearkned and returned back and sat in silence most part of that day with some of the people of God who were waiting upon the Lord in a silent meeting then I was under some judgment for some time after for my former disobedience and many times wept much in secret and then my former acquaintance who lived in the vanity of their minds would be pittying of me And somtime after I was released out of the Ship that I had served the Common-wealth in almost three years then I went to London for my pay but then those who formerly would have preferred me to honour would take little notice of me because I could not respect persons After all this I came to Lyme where my outward being was then and is where I found the love of but few in the Town because I could not respect persons and I went but seldom out of the house of my abode unless it were somtimes about my occasions And after this I went to visit Friends that were imprisoned at Exon and there was the Captain and others of the Brist man of War which I had formerly taken his name was George God who knew me as I was passing along in the prison and came in a rage and beat and kicked me so that some of my blood was spilt by it and he was not restrained by the keeper until he had had his wil of me for I was brought to stand still and not in the least to resist yet there was somthing in my will which vvould then have sought for revenge but that vvhich is pure of God in my conscience said vengeance is mine I vvil repay and to that I vvas obedient Aftervvards vvhen I vvas at Lyme at my outvvard habitation one of my Friends vvho is called Humphrey Smith whom I had visited at the prison in Exon there he vvas kept some four vveeks by Mayor Blakemore after an order vvas come into his hand from the Protector and his Counsel for the releasing of him and the rest he being at last released came to visit me upon the thirteenth day of the tvvelfth Month vvho was intended also to pass unto Pool back again nigh unto the place of my natural birth vvhere she doth inhabit that is my Mother according to the flesh whom it hath layn upon me somtime before to go to visit both she that is a Widovv and the Fatherless So I having such an opportunity to Travel a Foot vvith that Friend Humphrey Smith on the morrovv vve past on not knovving or intending any other but that he might in his freedom pass vvith me by my Mother I might pass with him to Pool and so back to my habitation again within seven or eight dayes the journey being not much above thirty six miles for Lime and Corf is both in the County of Dorset But when we came to visit the Widow and Fatherless the Priest and Rulers made insurrection against us being moved with envy against the Lambs of Christ as their fore Fathers were Acts 5.17 For we coming into that Town called Corf and so presently into my Mothers house in the latter part of the day and we went not that night into any other house neither did we walk the streets which if we had were free but remained in the house and in the evening some came to see me it being the place of my former acquaintance when I used the customs of the people that are vain Jer. 10.3 So that it is like there might be some six or seven more then us and them of the house who being all quiet my Friend Humphrey Smith was moved of the Lord to speak unto them who heard with patience the words of Truth and were all very peaceable until the Priest and Mayor and the Bayliff as they are called came in and disturbed us who were in the fear of the Lord contrary to their own Law read the Instrument of the Government about the 37. Article For as Humphrey Smith was speaking the word of God with boldness the Priest came in like a Sorcerer making signes with his fingers in a scoffing manner and Richard Jones who is called the Bayliff spake hastily in a rage without the fear of God unto Humphrey Smith as he was speaking and also with his harsh word he pluckt Humphrey Smith with violence as though he thought thereby to fright him and so at last forced him to stop then the Priest examined Smith by what Authority he did these things after that manner the Priests Scribes and Elders came to Christ Luke 20.1 And the Priests vvere still some of the formost in persecuting formerly as they are also novv in England Novv the Priest being desired by H. S yet vvould not let him have liberty to ansvver the Question but vvent on in many vvords from the first vvisdom among vvhich vvords he confessed that H. S. had spoken the very vvords of the Holy Ghost and being spoke to again to give liberty to ansvver the Question he said he vvould speak but one vvord more and vvhen he still continued in many vain vvords I then charged him to be a Lyer in speaking so many vvords vvhen he said he vvould speak but one vvord more then the Priest Nicholas Gibbens vvho is called Doctor Gibbens said one might speak that which is not true and yet not be a Lyer mark that so vvith his many vain vvords and light carriage he caused the people to laugh and began to be uncivil being himself in the same nature of the false Prophets of old vvho caused the people to Erre by their lyes and by their lightness Jer. 23.32 so after there had been some stir in vvords among the people by

A TRUE RELATION Of the former Faithful and long service WITH The present most unjust Imprisonment of ANTHONY MELLIDGE Somtime called a Captain NOW In scorn called a QUAKER WHerein is also declared how he was convinced of evil with the Light of Christ in his conscience and how he came to be obedient unto it and by it departing from evil is now become a prey and deprived of that outward liberty which he so long fought for also how he came to be Imprisoned in visiting his Mother in the flesh a Widow and the Fatherless who also inhabit in the same County of Dorset and how Humphry Smith who was with him was also sent to prison with him Hearken diligently all you whose ears have been open to mischief and are still persecuting the children of God and haling of them to prison though they have not broken any Law of God or man but live in the fear of the Lord and are obedient unto the Law of God written in the heart according to the promise of God who in obedience to the Commands of Christ dare not swear at all but are out of this swearing and deny all Swearers and Persecutors of those who in obedience to Christs Commands cannot swear And all you who do thus persecute your faith is vain and you are yet in your sins and are out of the Faith of Christ which Faith purifies the heart even as he is pure and this is the Faith which all the servants of the Lord contend for which is the Faith that respects no mans person yet are subject to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake for if he that is called a Magistrate makes an Order to go to prison they are subject to it though they have not transgressed as to this I can witness for now it is so with me as Truth will make it appear My natural birth was in Purbick in the Town of Corfe in the County of Dorset where by my Parents I was brought up until I was about the age of fifteen years in which time I was brought up by the Education of them as the people of the world bring up their children but I was kept by something in me from many grosse evils which others lived in yet I was without the fear of the Lord for iniquity did abound in me all that time Afterwards I lived sometime with a Master of a Ship who was to teach me the Art of Navigation but before I had been with him five years I was pressed into the service of King and Parliament so then I served in the Rainbow until she was paid off Afterwards some of my Friends would have preserved me to the honour of the world but then there was somthing in me which shewed me that honour would puffe me up so I was in a measure obedient and at that time refused honour About three years after I had freedom to go into the Parliaments service in a Ship called the Triumph against Prince Rubert in which Voyage I had that in me which kept me from eating any thing that I did know was stoln whilst we had other provision to eat but yet I did not know then that it was the Light of Jesus Christ for I was then in my natural condition and did not perceive this thing in me to be of God so I remained a stranger to the Covenant of promise and without God in the world In this Voyage I was a Quarter-masters Mate which was contrary to the Light in me yet I stood in my own will not resisting it in the least and so deceit ruled in me all that time That Voyage being ended I was cleared and afterwards I went in a Ship called the Liberty then under the Command of Cap. Edward Hall and in the terme of that Voyage I was put into another Ship which was taken by the same Captain who orderd me to go in her as a Masters Mate which Vessel had in her Sack and Sugar and other provisions for the Army that was at Peston Pans and Musselbrough neer Leeth in Scotland And after that Voyage was ended I was with Captain Hall again in the Straits in a Ship called the Triumph in which Voyage I had a time of sickness and some came to visit and comfort me after the manner of men but I had that then in me which told me that they were miserable comforters because they did not Administer comfort to that which lay in prison in me But yet all this while I did not know that this was the Light of Jesus Christ which lighteth every man that cometh into the world neither was I obedient unto his Commands to learn of him in all things but I learned of the wisdom of the world which brought death to me When the Wars began between England and Holland I was in a Ship called the Andrew then under the Command of Major Boorene who then loved me and would have preferred me in the service either to a Gunner or Boat swaines place but I denyed it for there was that in me that told me either of these two places would be a snare unto me yet for all this I did not then know that this which did discover it unto me was the grace of God that hath appeared unto all men which teacheth us all things Afterwards I was in two fights under the Command of Captain Nikolas Heaton in the Saphire Frigot where I was then beloved by him and he put me in the place of a Masters Mate for the space of above two years and I was in three or four fights against the French but many times I had many convictions in my conscience that I did not walk uprightly with the Lord and many times the afflicting hand of God was upon me which brought sickness yet al this while I did not consider that it was for my disobedience neither was I changed from the people of the world though I was free from many grosse sins that the world takes notice of yet I lived in the vanity of my mind as all the world do at this day and many times when I have been in foolish jesting I have felt that in me which strook me silent and yet at that time I did not know that this was the Light of Christ which condemns the world of sin but now I see that people perish for want of knowledge About the time the Wars began between England and Spain the Captain of the Saphire being sick I was then ordered by Commissioner Hatsel to Command the Saphire in the absence of Captain Heaton so I had the Command of her about fourten weeks and within four dayes after I had the Command of her I took a Brist man of War and then with it a secret pride grew up in me to see that honour was coming upon me so fast and that I was in estimation with Captains and in favour with great men of the world yet when I was at Sea many times the afflicting hand