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<NAME>Jonathan Blaney</NAME>
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<HEAD>A True Te&s;timony OF OBEDIENCE TO THE Heavenly Call, For which I &s;uffer the lo&s;s of all things, that I may be found in obedience to him who hath called me.</HEAD>
<P>A Servant of the Lord, and a Pri&s;oner for the Te&s;timo|ny of Je&s;us, whom he hath called by his grace to deny the world, and am made partaker of his &s;uffer|ings, being in outward bonds (by the deceit) in <HI>We&s;t-Che&s;ter,</HI> and of his free-will hath given me not only to beleeve, but to &s;uffer for his Name &s;ake, who hath called me out of my own Country, and from my fathers hou&s;e, and to go in obedience to his Command whither&s;oever he &s;hall call me: while I was young I girded my &s;elf, and went whither I would, and then I yielded obedience to my own will and to the will of man, and was a man-plea&s;er, but the Will of God I knew not, neither was obedient to his Commands; but when the Lord was plea&s;ed to reveal his Son in me, and
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make known his Will unto me, to enlighten me with his true Light which hath enlightened every one that cometh into the world, and by it let me &s;ee my &s;elf to be a &s;trrnger to him, and knew him not, though I was grown mighty in the <HI>Egyptians</HI> wi&s;dom, and was in love with the world, and in the favour of men, and in a profe&s;&s;ion and words of mans wi&s;dom exceeded others, being in a form of godline&s;s, but was ignorant of his Power and his Word; but when his Power was made mani|fe&s;t, and his Word &s;poken within me, which Word was in my heart, and was as a fire or a hammer, and this Word being made manife&s;t within me, and my Con&s;cience being awakened by the light of God, which did convince me of &s;in, and did te&s;tifie again&s;t all my words and actions, and that ju&s;t Judg|ments of God were revealed from Heaven again&s;t that nature I lived in, and the Trumpet of the Lord was &s;ounded within me, and the Earth did tremble, and the vials of the wrath of the Almighty was poured down upon me, and the powers of the Earth were terribly &s;haken, the foundation of wi&s;dom and earthly knowledg was &s;haken, and the Judgments of God were upon the outward man till my fle&s;h was wa&s;ted off my bones, and the bones &s;mote one again&s;t another, and I knew the Lord to be terrible, and his Word powerful, in burning up and hammering down the lu&s;tful nature I lived in, in plea&s;ure and wantonne&s;s, in pride and fulne&s;s, which the Word of the Lord was declared again&s;t, and this Word I witne&s;s &s;poken from the Lords own Power within me, which made my fle&s;h and bones to tremble exceedingly, and did cau&s;e pain in all my loyns, and palene&s;s of face, my comline&s;s was turned into cor|ruption, and my joy into lamentation, and I was brought to the bed of &s;orrows, where I cryed out in the bitterne&s;s of my &s;pirit, and I had no ea&s;e nor re&s;t, day nor night, for the hearing of the ear which I did hear, and the &s;ight of mine eyes which I did &s;ee; I heard the &s;ound of the Trumpet, the Alarum of War within me, terrors, wo, mi&s;ery and de&s;truction was upon me, in my trouble I cryed in the evening would God it were morning, and in the morning would God it were evening; and the terrors of the Almighty being upon me, my Acquaint|ance
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and familiars &s;tood afar off me, for they knew not the power of the Lord, nor the Judgments of my God, which I do witne&s;s to be revealed and made manife&s;t in me; and the Lord rai&s;ed up in me a love to his Word, by which all the powers of the Earth did tremble, and the Earth it &s;elf was &s;haken by it, and by this Word was I called to go and declare it, as I had received it from the Lord; to tho&s;e who lived in the &s;ame heatheni&s;h nature, without the knowledge of God, and to declare the Judgments of God again&s;t &s;in and ungodline&s;s, as they were made manife&s;t in me: and by this Word was I call|ed to for&s;ake father and mother, lands and living to go in obedience to the Lord, who commanded me not to take thought what I &s;hould eat, or what I &s;hould drink, or where|with I &s;hould be cloathed; but ca&s;t my care upon him, and this I witne&s;s the Lords care, and tho&s;e whom the Lord calls into his Work and who labor in his Vineyard need not to com|plain to the wold for want, and for yeilding obedience to the Lord and his Commands, and not giving obedience to the corrupt will of man: who commands me contrary to what the Lord hath commanded: do I &s;uffer under the per&s;ecution of tho&s;e who are &s;et in the place of Rulers, and Magi&s;trates profe&s;&s;ing them&s;elves to be Mini&s;ters of the Law of England and to act Ju&s;tice according to that Law, and do bear the names of Major Ju&s;tices of peace, and Magi&s;trates, and &s;ay they act according to the Law of the Nation and pre&s;ent Go|verment, but they are &s;een to be in the generation of tho&s;e who were ever per&s;ecutors of the righteous Seed, where ever it is brought forth: and the Servants of the Lord in all ages were ever per&s;ecuted by that generation, profe&s;&s;ing to be Mini&s;ters of Ju&s;tice; but that which is acted is cruelty per&s;ecution and Inju&s;tice, and the Righteous &s;uffer, which the Law was not for; but for the Lawle&s;s and di&s;obedient, and was added be|cau&s;e of tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion: The Righteous Law of God was made to be afflicted upon Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors and breakers of the Law; but the unrighteous Law of men is afflicted upon the Righteous who walk blamele&s;s, and are proved no Tran&s;gre&s;|&s;ors: but in Obedience to the Lord, do witne&s;s a good conver|&s;ation
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towards God and towards men, our con&s;ciences bearing us witne&s;s in the &s;ight of God, and tho&s;e who are Rulers of the City and rulers of the &s;inogogue under which I &s;uffer impri&s;on|ment, Say, this is their law that if I will go home into my own country and to my fathers hou&s;e, and &s;tay there, and depart this City, I may be free upon this accompt, el&s;e I &s;hall remain in pri&s;on, and this is contrary to the command of the Lord, for he hath commanded me out of my own country and from my fathers hou&s;e, but my own country, dwelling and fathers hou&s;e, the world knows not, that which I am called from they know the natural man knows that which is natural, and this is con|trary to the law of the nation, for the law of the nation doth not confine any to &s;tay at one place, nor to be kept from any one city, being proved no tran&s;gre&s;&s;or, nor breaker of the law, but I &s;eek a countrey and a City who&s;e builder and maker is God, and truly if I had been mindfull of the country I came forth&punc; and did love the plea&s;ures, delights and fle&s;h pots of Egyp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> which I am called from I might have had opportunitie to have returned thither but in obedience to the Lord I had rather &s;uffer affliction with the people of God, then enjoy the plea&s;ures of Egypt, and you who &s;ay I have no lawfull calling, I doe wit|ne&s;&s;e the &s;ame Word of God the true prophets of the Lord was commanded by to declare again&s;t all &s;in and ungodline&s;&s;e, by the &s;ame Word doe I declare again&s;t it where I am command|ed of the Lord and am called out of the &s;ame calling that they were, into the &s;ame work of the Lord which they were, and &s;o I do witne&s;&s;e the te&s;timony of my bretheren the prophets that went before me, who hath left an example in record of &s;uffer|ing affliction and of patience, and we count them happie which endure. <HI>Eli&s;ha</HI> was a plough-man, and when the Word of the Lord came to him, he left the plough and obeyed the Word of the Lord, and his call was lawful.</P>
<P><HI>Amos</HI> was a herdman, and a gatherer of Sicamore fruit, and the Lord took him as he was following the flock, and the Lord &s;aid unto him, Go Prophecy unto my people <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> and he obeyed the Word of the Lord and Prophe&s;ied in the Kings Chappel, and in the Kings Court, and his calling was lawful,
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and I do witne&s;s the &s;ame Call, who was a Husbandman and had a Vineyard and gathered fruit, till the Word of the Lord came and called me from it, and he turned my mind within, and enlightened my under&s;tanding, and opened the Creation to me, and let me &s;ee the Vineyard without was but a figure, and that I mu&s;t come into his Vineyard to labor in his Work: and gathering fruit without was but a figure; for there is fruit within to be gathered; a po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion without was but a figure, there was a Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and an Inheritance to be enjoyed with|in, and that figures mu&s;t pa&s;s away to come to the Everla&s;ting Inheritance, which is within, which never fades away: out of time, into that which is Eternal: and for this cau&s;e, and by this Word did I for&s;ake Father, and Mother, Lands, and Livings, Hou&s;e and Vineyard, to follow Je&s;us Chri&s;t and do what &s;o ever he commands me, and this Call I witne&s;s to be Lawful, and the Word of the Lord is gone forth to command Sons and Daughters to Prophe&s;ie in his Name, and they have no other Call, and they go as they are commanded, as ever the true Prophets of the Lord did, if it be to the Kings Chappel, or to the Kings Pallace, or to the Synagogues, or into the Cities or the Markets to declare again&s;t &s;in and iniquity, and where they &s;ee the people given to Idolatry and prophanene&s;s, their &s;pirit being rai&s;ed up by the power of the Lord, and by the Word of the Lord do they declare again&s;t it, and they have no other Call but the Word of the Lord, and they have a Cloud of Witne&s;&s;es, for all the Prophets of the Lord &s;poke from this Word, and for &s;peaking the Word of the Lord as they were commanded were per&s;ecuted, impri&s;oned, and put in dungeons, and were made a deri&s;ion dayly to all that were about them, as <HI>Jeremiah</HI> was, and was &s;mitten and put in the &s;tocks, <HI>Jer.</HI> 20. 2. and <HI>Daniel</HI> was ca&s;t into the Lions den for declaring the Word of the Lord, <HI>Dan.</HI> 6. 16. <HI>Amos</HI> was commanded not to prophecy any more in the Kings Chappel, <HI>Amos</HI> 7. 13. and the Apo&s;tles were impri&s;oned, beaten, &s;courged and per&s;ecuted from City to City, and &s;traitly commanded to &s;peak no more in that Name; and for declaring this Word of the Lord did all the Prophets, Apo|&s;tles, and holy men of God &s;uffer; and the Word of the Lord
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is the &s;ame now, and the Per&s;ecutors the &s;ame; and tho&s;e who are &s;ent of the Lord now, and called out of their own Country, as they were then, to declare his Word again&s;t your &s;in and un|godline&s;s which you live in, Magi&s;trates, Prie&s;ts and people, you call them wanderers and vagrant per&s;ons, who have no lawful Calling: What would you &s;ay by him who &s;aid, <HI>The Foxes have holes, and the birds of the ayre have ne&s;ts, but the Son of man hath no where to lay his head, Luke</HI> 9. 58. and the <HI>Jews</HI> &s;ayd, <HI>This fellow we know not from whence he is, Ioh.</HI> 9. 29. you may &s;ay <HI>Paul</HI> was a wandring per&s;on, who had no certain dwelling place, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 4. 11. and tho&s;e <HI>who wandered about in Sheep skins, and Goat skins, being afflicted and tormented, of whom the world was not worthy:</HI> they had tryals of cruel mockings, &s;courgings and Impri&s;on|ments: they were &s;toned, hewn a&s;under and di&s;pightfully u&s;ed, <HI>Heb.</HI> 11. 36. 37. and you &s;hew your &s;elves to be in the &s;ame generation, mocking, &s;courging tho&s;e whom ye are not worthy to receive&punc; but all you dear ones, Servants of the living God, <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed are you when men &s;hall revile you and &s;peak all manner of evil against you fal&s;ly for my &s;ake, re|joyce and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Hea|ven; for &s;o per&s;ecuted they the Prophets that were before you, Mat.</HI> 5. 11. 12. you are in the &s;ame nature and genera|tion of tho&s;e who &s;aid unto Chri&s;t, <HI>depart out of our coa&s;ts,</HI> and &s;aith Chri&s;t, <HI>As they have done unto me, &s;o &s;hall they do unto you:</HI> and now I witne&s;s the &s;ame things to be fulfilled: do not you &s;ay as they did, <HI>Depart out of our Citty, and teach in thy own Country,</HI> and the &s;ame generation called <HI>Paul a pe&s;tulous fellow, a mover of &s;edition:</HI> and the Apo&s;tles would turn the world up-&s;ide down, and the <HI>Jews</HI> &s;aid they had a Law, <HI>That if any confe&s;t that he was the Son of God he &s;hould dye:</HI> and they &s;aid, <HI>Chri&s;t was a Bla&s;phemer;</HI> and Chri&s;t was crucified and the Apo&s;tles per&s;ecuted by them, and all under pretence of Bla&s;phemy, Here&s;ie and Sedition: and as it was then, &s;o it is now, for they who come to witne&s;s Je&s;us Chri&s;t come in the fle&s;h, and both &s;ons and daughters, who come to witne&s;s the promi&s;e of the Father
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fulfilled in them, as he hath &s;aid, <HI>I will pour Out my Spirit upon all fle&s;h, and your &s;Ins and your daughters &s;hall prophecy;</HI> and they who come to witne&s;s this fulfilled, you &s;ay they are Bla&s;|phemers, and not worthy to live in the Nation; and all tho&s;e who will not lye and &s;wear, and u&s;e deceit, but yea and nay, &s;uch a one cannot have trading in your Markets; for none can buy nor &s;ell who hath not the mark of the Bea&s;t upon him; but he who loveth and telleth a lye hath the mo&s;t priviledg and advantage among you: O wicked and adulterous generat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">on, thy wo and mi&s;ery is coming upon thee, for the Lord is appear|ing, who is come and coming to clean&s;e the Land of evil doers.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>This I was moved to declare from the Spirit of my Father dwelling in me as a te&s;timony of his eternal Love and Power made manife&s;t in me; and all who come to know the Power of God which is but one, do witne&s;s me; and all who de&s;pi&s;e the Power of the Lord, this is for a testimony again&s;t them from the Lord</DATELINE> <SIGNED>by his &s;ervant, who is a Pri&s;oner for the Truths &s;ake, who&s;e earthly name is Richard Hubberthorn.</SIGNED> <DATELINE>Che&s;ter, <DATE>the 12 day of the 12 Month, called <HI>Februa.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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