Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events. Baring-Gould Sabine

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СКАЧАТЬ "By Him who hath sent the Spirit of His Son in me to try, not as to carnal matters, but belonging to the kingdom of God, by the indwelling of the Father and the Son, to judge all spirits, to be guided by none."

      Q. "Is not the written Word of God the guide?"

      A. "The written Word declares of it, and what is not according to that is not true."

      Q. "Who is thy mother? or whether or no is she a virgin?"

      A. "Nay, according to the natural birth."

      Q. "Who is thy mother according to thy spiritual birth?"

      A. "No carnal creature."

      Q. "Who, then?"

      He returned no answer.

      Q. "Art thou the everlasting Son of God?"

      A. "When God is manifest in the flesh there is the everlasting Son; and I do witness God in the flesh. I am the Son of God, and the Son of God is but one."

      Q. "Art thou the everlasting Son of God, the King of Righteousness?"

      A. "I am; and the everlasting righteousness is wrought in me; if ye were acquainted with the Father ye would also be acquainted with me."

      Q. "Do any kiss thy feet?"

      A. "It might be they did, but I minded them not."

      Q. "How dost thou provide for a livelihood?"

      A. "As do the lilies, without care, being maintained of my Father."

       Q. "What business hast thou at Bristol, or that way?"

      A. "I was guided and directed by my Father."

      Q. "Where were you born?"

      A. "At Arderslow, in Yorkshire."

      Q. "Where lives thy wife?"

      A. "She whom thou callest my wife lives in Wakefield."

      Q. "Why dost thou not live with her?"

      A. "I did till I was called to the army."

      Q. "Under whose command didst thou serve in the army?"

      A. "First under him they call Lord Fairfax."

      Q. "Who then?"

      A. "Afterwards with that man called Colonel Lambert. And then I went into Scotland, where I was quartermaster, and returned sick to my earthly habitation."

      Q. "What wentest thou for to Exeter?"

      A. "I went to Launceston to see the Brethren."

      Q. "What estate hast thou?"

      A. "Take no care for that."

      Q. "Wherefore camest thou in such an unusual posture as two women leading thy horse; others saying, 'Holy, holy, holy!' &c., with another before thee bareheaded, knee-deep in the highway mud, when thou mightest have gone on the causey; and at such a time that, it raining, thy companions received the rain at their necks, and vented it at their hose and breeches?"

      A. "It tended to my Father's praise and glory; and I ought not to slight anything which the Spirit of the Lord moves."

      Q. "Wherefore didst thou call Marthy Symonds 'Mother,' as George Fox affirms?"

      A. "George Fox is a liar and a firebrand of hell; for neither I, nor any with me, called her so."

      Q. "Thou hast a wife at this time?"

       A. "A woman I have, who by the world is called my wife, and some children I have, which according to the flesh are mine."

Martha Symonds' Examination

      "She contendeth she knew James Naylor formerly, for he is now no more James Naylor, but refined to a more excellent substance; and so she saith she came with him from Eccles to Bristol."

      Q. "What made thee lead his horse into Bristol, and cry, 'Holy, holy, holy!' and to spread thy garment before him?"

      A. "I was forced thereto by the power of the Lord."

      Q. "Whether didst thou kneel before him?"

      A. "I was forced thereto by the power of love."

      Q. "Dost thou own him to be the Prince of Peace?"

      A. "He is a perfect man; and he that is a perfect man is the Prince of Peace."

      Q. "Hast thou a husband?"

      A. "I have a man which thou callest my husband."

      Q. "What made thee leave him, and to follow James Naylor?"

      A. "It is our life to praise the Lord, and the Lord my strength is manifest in James Naylor."

      Q. "Oughtest thou to worship James Naylor upon thy knees?"

      A. "Yea, I ought so to do."

      Hannah Stranger, Thomas Stranger, and Timothy Wedlock were next examined. It is not necessary to reproduce their interrogations; they much resemble what has been given above.

      Dorcas Erbury was next called. She was widow of William Erbury, once a minister.

       Q. "Where dost thou live?"

      A. "With Margaret Thomas."

      Q. "Wherefore dost thou sing, 'Holy, holy, holy'?"

      A. "I did not at that time; but those that sang did it discharging of their duty."

      Q. "Dost thou own him to be the Holy One of Israel?"

      A. "I do, and with my blood will seal it."

      Q. "And dost thou own him for the Son of God?"

      A. "He is the only begotten son of God."

      Q. "Wherefore didst thou pull off his stockings, and lay thy clothes beneath his feet?"

      A. "He is worthy of it, for he is the Holy One of Israel."

      Q. "Christ raised those that had been dead; so did not he?"

      A. "He raised me."

      Q. "In what manner?"

      A. "He laid his hand on my head after I had been dead two days, and said, 'Dorcas, arise!' and I arose, and live, as thou seest."

      Q. "Where did he this?"

      A. "At the gaol in Exeter."

      Q. "What witness hast thou for this?"

      A. "My mother, who СКАЧАТЬ