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to·
the
Chief
of
Sinners~
14; :
might
be made
-~f
noi1e._effetf,fo
there
wa~
ad- ·
dedf·hereto
a
long
and
tedious Imprifonment, .; .
that '
there
by
I
might-
be
fr,igllted·
frotn
my ·
Se'rvice
fof:Chrift;, and
the
Wor.Id-
terrifie4, ...
an~,
fTiade
afraid.
to.he.ar.-
- ~he
preach,- of which ·.
I fl1'3ll
in
the
n~x-t p~ace
give
you a -.
briei
r ·
account. · · ·
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A brief
.Accqnnt
of tb·eAuthorJ lmprifonmept;,.:.
3'9·H·
Aving .made
Profe~on·
of:
the "·~
. Glonous
·-. Gofpe~ ·
of :
Chrtft
a -
1
•
long
tin1e;
and preached the
faine
·about five ·
years ;
l
was,
appre~1end.e.a
at ,a
~Meeting
of. :
~
.
good
People
in
th~
Country :.(
among
'\Vhom:1
had
they
let
rii·e
alon~,
1f!lo:uld
~ave
preach- ·
ed that
day; .
but
they
took
me-away
from
~
amongft
them'):-a
nd
ha.d.:me
before
a
Ju·fiice
; -.
~~
w·ho
aftef
l
h~d ~ffer~d· fecurity
.fpr·my
~ppea-·
.
ring at
th~ex~ ~effions,
yet
~o.m~itted
-me ·
bec1ufe mY,
Sureties
would' not content . to
h•A·
bound, thatJ
fhould
prea-c~ ~o·. ~ore,
.t<>
the ·
eo le.
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.
·. ··· :320.·
Atthe
Seffions
after, -I
\vas ·Iri':diC\:ed
i
·for .an Uphoulder
and Maintainer
:of
Un~
'lawful Affem
hlies
and Con-ventitles1·
and
for
not
Conformin·g· to the Nation_al.
Worfhip
of
the Church
of.England;and
after.Jome . Cenfe~. r:en~e., ~her~
with.the
Jufrices,they,
~~king
n1y ·
.pla4IJ.·
deahng
wtth
them
fgr:
a
Confeffi~n,
as
they
tern1ed
it,
of
the1ndiftment
1 '
;did Sentence :
me.__
to
- perpe~ual
bani/!Jment-,
; ~er.~tu[e.,
1
·.refufed
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