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.
to the _Chief'
of
Sh~ners.
·
16
<'
·he was Baptized
into
the
Congregation,
and
adtnitted
a IV1ember
thereof,
viz.. ·
in
the
v~ear
y6') ,.
and
becan1e
fpeedily
a
very
zealous
Ptofe_ff~r
; but
upoi1
the Return.
of
King
Charles
to
the·
Crown
I
66o.
He was
on the twelfth of
November
taken, as
he
was
Edifying
[orne
good
People,
that were
got
together,
to
hear the Word, and ·confined
in
Bedford
Goal,for
· the
fpac~
of
fix Years,
till the
At!
of
Indulgeoce
to
Diff~nters
being
· allowed.,
he
obtained his
Freedotn,
by
the
Interceffion of fome in Truft and
Power
that took
Pity
on
his fufferings; but within
fix Years afterwards, he
was
again taken up,
'tJiz...
in the Ye1r
1666.
and
~was ·
then con–
fined for
fix: .Years
more, . when even
the ·
Goller
took fuch Pity
.of
his rigorous
Suffer–
ings ; that he did as the
'Egyptian
qoaler
did
to
7ofeph,
put
all the
care
and truft
into --.
his Hands :
Whtn
he was taken this laft time,
he
\Vas
Pre~ching
on thefe Words,
viz.,. Doft –
thott
believe
the S.on
ofGad
;
and this
lmpri–
fonnlent continued fix Years; and when
this
w:as
over,
another fhort
affiicrion, which was
an Im·prifontnent
of half -a Year fell to his
. fl1are :
during tbefe confinements, he wrote
thefe following Books;
viz...
Of
Prayer
hy
.
the
Spirtt;
The
Holy Cities
Refurreflion·
;
Grace
Abounding
;
Pilgrims
Progrcfs
-
tjl·
P.art.
In the
laft Year of his
twelve
·Years Im•
prifonment,
t~1e
PaLl:or
of
t:te Congregation
.
.
H
2J
...
at·