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A63061	Anna Trapnel's report and plea, or, A narrative of her journey into Cornwal the occasion of it, the Lord's encouragements to it, and signal presence with her in it, proclaiming the rage and strivings of the people against the comings forth of the Lord Jesus to reign ... whereto is annexed a defiance against all the reproachful, vile, horrid ... reports raised out of the bottomless pit against her ... / commended for the justification of the truth, and satisfaction of all men, from her own hand.	Trapnel, Anna.	1654 (1654)	Wing T2033; ESTC R32888	61,316	74

that they might be of one heart and one minde and that knowledge might cover the earth as water the sea and that Jew and Gentile-fulness might be brought in and the Kingdom restored to this old Israel which was the first married Wife as it 's recorded in Scripture And that Judges and Rulers might be as at the beginning as Moses and Joshua and as Samuel and Gideon and other faithful ones as is made mention of in Scripture And I besought the Lord for these things and for the reign of Christ in and by which these things should be brought forth and for this every one professing the Lord ought to pray And thus I spent the second day and it was very sweet to me and fitted me for what I was to suffer in those parts And after that second day my heart was carried on very chearfully in the apprehensions of the Lords presence still with me and I had a great deal of tenderness from my friends I went down with who were as a tender Father and Mother to me at all times and in suffering their tenderness and care of me exceeded it abounded as my sufferings abounded and many that were at the first strange in their carriages to me after I had been there a while they were very loving to me and I had great kindness from the whole family where I abode till the wills of men fetcht me away with their Souldiers Further I shall give people to know that after I had been a week and a few dayes there I was desired to go to Truro to hear the Lecture that was kept there every third day so I did and that morming before we went there came a Letter which after we had prayed was read wherein a Gentleman at Truro invited Captain Langdon and his Wife and my self to his house the which invitation we looked upon as answer of prayer it coming so suitable to those requests put up to the Lord that morning And we went to Truro and heard the Sermon and that day there preacht one Mr. Allen a young man who spake of many things from the I verse of the 8 of the Romans And when the Sermon was ended we went home with Mrs. Hill to dinner her husband having invited us by writing the which I mentioned And after dinner there came many to see me some out of good-will and love to what they had heard was of God in me and others came to gaze and others to catch at my words so as to reproach me but the Lord taught me how to speak before them all as in the presence of the great God I spake who is my Father who alwaies shewed me kindness and did then before those several sorts of people I seeing many come into the room and Mr. Powel a Teacher in those parts came in with his Wife and another woman so that being there I thought to be silent but some desiring to have me speak I said I was loth to speak before that critical-pated man who would take my words and put his own sence upon them and so insnare me and it proved according as I said but when I had sat a while and saw so great a room full of people who desired I should give an account for their edification and satisfactions what God had done for my soul there having gone such a rumour abroad concerning me some saying one thing and some another it was therefore thought convenient to speak something among that great company of people that was come to my friends house and the Lord bringing that word also which is recorded by the Apostle 1 Pet. 3.15 which is to be ready to give an account at all times when required of the hope that is in me And I being desired to speak I thought it my duty though at the first I refused and when I began to speak I said to Captain Langdon who was then discoursing with that Mr. Power I mentioned I said I remember a word from Mr. Bridges of Yarmouth which was That we must still either be doing or receiving good And said I here is neither of these among us and I repeated a word I told them Mr. Greenhil once said to one whom he desired with many of that Congregation then present who desired experiences to be imparted to them using that word of David's who said Come you that fear God and I will tell you what God hath done for my soul and then I took up Paul's speech he used before Agrippa having been falsly accused by many he declares the manner of his life from his youth Acts 26. And so to others he said How he had walked in all good conscience before the Lord unto that day he then spoke it Acts 23. I used these words of the Apostle and said This was his practice when false rumours had gone concerning him and being that people had reported many things which were very contrary concerning me I thought it requisite to acquaint them there present with the Lords dealings concerning me from my Childhood And I told them the first conviction I had at nine yeers old and how I remained under a formal work and then how I was brought into a despairing condition and was so a while and then I told them the Work of Free-grace on me and the Testimony of the Spirit bearing witness to my Spirit that I was in union with the Father Son and Spirit and I told them of my desertions and temptations and of Satans many cunning wiles and of freedom many times therefrom and I related my fit of sickness which was cured in believing that I had eight yeers ago and I related the time and manner of my coming into Church order and likewise I told them the first bringing of my Spirit into this extraordinary praying and singing and visions was six weeks before Dunbar-fight in Scotland which was a beginning three yeers before but did not so much appear to the view of others and I told them how I prayed against this publick-spiritedness and how the Lord silenced me from those words in 1 Cor. 1.27 28. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are wights and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen yea and things that are not to bring to nought things that are I could be contented to be made use of under these terms as a fool and base and despised and as a thing that is not The Lord knows I then stooped to his will to do with me as he pleased when he set home this Scripture to my soul And this I told them and a great deal more largely then I will relate for brevities sake I gave a Relation of my horrible fit I was in a yeer ago and Sarans tyranny over me in that time and the great freedom the Lord afforded me after that storm and the

Launse I should have told you how I said to him If he would know what the ordinary impulse of Spirit was that I had to bring me into that country I would tell him so I related the Scriptures as that in the Psalmes and in the Prophet Isaiah how the presence and Spirit of the Lord should be with me and he would uphold me and strengthen me with the right hand of his righteousness he answered Such impulse was common they hoped they had that they were not ignorant of such impulse of Spirit much to this effect was spoken I seeing they were very willing to be gone I said Have you done with me answer was I might now go away but I said Pray what is it to break the good behaviour you have bound me over to I know not what you may make a breaking of it is it a breaking the good behaviour to pray and sing Justice travel said No so I did it at the habitation where I abode It 's well said I you will give leave it shall be anywhere I said I will leave one word with you and that is this A time will come when you and I shall appear before the great Judge of the tribunal seat of the most High and then I think you will hardly be able to give an account for this days work before the Lord at that day of true judgement said Tregegle Take you no care for us So they were willing to have no more discourse with me And as I went in the croud many strangers were very loving and careful to help me out of the croud and the rude multitude said Sure this woman is no witch for she speaks many good word which the witches could not And thus the Lord made the rude rabble to justifie his appearance for in all that was said by me I was nothing the Lord put all in my mouth and told me what I should say and that from the written word he put it in my memory and mouth so that I will have nothing ascribed to me but all honor and praise given to him whose right it is even to Jehovah who is the King that lives for ever I have left our some things that I thought were not so material to be written and what I have written of this it 's to declare as much as is convenient to take off those falsities and contrary reports that are abroad concerning my sufferings some making it worse then it was and some saying It was little or nothing Now to inform all peoples judgements I have thought it meet to offer this relation to the worlds view and with as much covering as I can of Saints weaknesses herein praying the Lord to forgive them and as for the Lords enemies that he would confound them but as for my enemies I still pray I now shall declare how God shewed me kindnesse further I rode home with my friends to Tregasow that day rejoycing that I was counted worthy to be so reproachfully dealt by for speaking in the Lord Christs behalf in prayer and praises and I remained very chearfull continuing in prayer and Thanksgiving and many spirituall songs unto the Lord but about ten dayes after the Souldiers of the Fox came to take me and the day before they come it being the first day of the the week I went to hear Mr. Frances who preached hard by where I abode one whom the Clergy would fain have had to have spoke against me but he said he would not they then called him my disciple and laughed and jeered at him when he came among them on their Lecture dayes They used to meet at an Ordinary where many of the Clergy and others dined together while I was in these parts the Clergy and others made me their Table and Pulpit talk and would have had Mr. Frances to have done as they did but he refused and hath since I hear left the place where he preached when I was in those parts But I return where I left in telling you how I was the day before that the Souldiers came for me I was very heavy in my spirit as I sat at dinner with my friends and I was very ready to shed tears and being loath my friends should see me I held from weeping as much as I could for I thought they would think that I took something unkindly but truly I could not for I had as much love from every one in the Family as could be desired but I was very sad and I rose from the Table where I dined and went and took my Bible wherein the Lord refreshed me and in the afternoon I went to hear and came home and went into the garden to walk alone and Captain Langdon coming into the Garden I discoursed a while with him and I said sure my London friends pray me up to London and when I come there I will write of Cornwell Cornhell in the West He said you might have suffered at London but not as here said I for here they deal very uncivilly and unchristian like by me well said I the Lord send me to London for I shall count it a great mercy to see their faces again I had said a Bridewell among them shall be sweet to me and so the Lord made it I that night was perswaded my work was done in Cornwall and that I should erelong see London yet being I was bound over to the Sessions which was not to be till August so that I was to have carried many weeks by the Justices order but they could not bear so much praving so long a time to be in their parts therefore they hasted their Letters to the Councell at White Hall to send their order down for me having a Governours Troop so near to agitate their businesse And the Governours was afraid of his Souldiers he commands them to their Colours and Ensign Raundle he must be cast out of his place for inviting his old friend Captain Longdon and his wife and his mother and me to come with them to his house And the Souldiers were charged to keep me out of Tregny that is three miles from Tregasow where a poore tempted soul was that would fain have entertained me at her House and this work the Fox made in his fortified places but the poore who are rich in faith prayed for me in those parts and some I never saw about ten miles from the place where I was who hearing of my trouble improved their interest with the Lord for me their faith and prayer did me more good than all the gold or filver or favours of great men could have done me I shall relate now further concerning that night before the Souldiers took me I saw in my sleep Souldiers come to take me and I rode towards London with them very joyfully and in the morning I made me ready and went down stairs and there was a friend came to see Captain Langdon so I went up into my Chamber to write to London and