6o2 The Examination of William Thorp. His Belief before the Archbijhop. ~~-~cr:~~h3~~::~ht~~~i g~~tnr~~~l~l ~~eh~~~~ ~:;o~~a~~thrc~:o~~ld ofl ~fic~:~l~a;i~~~~ ~~7~~\;!:t {~~~-~-} rmndmcnts, and for thrir patient futftring of w~atfocvcr Chnft was Born of this mort Bldfed V1rgm, wi!~t any adverfity that comtth to the~, hope furc!y _in h1s mercy, ~in or breakil~g ?f. thcCioificr of ha Womb and Without purpofmgtofu.ndcontinually tnpcrfcdcha~Jry:, F~th?fe hlthof hcry1rgnury. Men aud Women dread not fo the adverlincs of thiS life, And I bc!Jcve, th~t Chrifi our Saviour was Circumdkd thatthcywillfcar (afterthcirrunningandthcirpower) to intheEighthdayafu:r his Birch, infultillingoftheLaw, knowledge prudently the truth of <?ods Word~ when, and his name was called 'jt{rll, which was (o c:~lkd of the whrre, and to whom they think thc:Lr kno~kdgmg may the An~\, before that he was conceived in the Womb of profit Ye:~, and though therefore ptrfccuu.on come ~o Mary htSM?thtr. them in one wife or another, Certc:s they p3nently take tt, And 1believe. thatChrill, as he was about xxx. years knowing their converfacion to be in He:~ven. It is a.n high old, . was Bapufed in .the Flood of JordiVIt of John ~:~j~~it~1tili=lit~eg~t'H~~e~,~0t~t~~v(u~~~il:.~~{ ~~~ :~~~ ~~!ei:~~e ~;~:te: ~~ic~~:J11r~~~}~~~~ pc:rfecutionin fofhort ti.meas LSthe term of th1slik. For faym~,;: Thm art my wtlbt!ovtJSon, m rhtt la77JfiJ1 lo, this Heavenly Hemage and endlelS reward, is the pltaftd. . . Lord God himfelf, which is the bc:fi thing d11t may be. And I beil~ve that Chrifl was mo,·~d thm by the Holy T his fentencc: witLteffeth the Lord God himfelf, wherrns Gholl to ~o 11110 t.he Defart,. and tl~ttr he fafl.ed 40· dl)'li he faid to .Abraham, J am thy mced: And as tl;e Lord an~ 40. mghts Without bod_1ly ~eat and Dnnk. And [ {aid, he was and is the mm:l of Abraham, (o he IS of all bel1eve that by and by aft~r tins fallmg, ~hen the manhood other hisSaims. This moft bldftd and beft meed, he o~ C?I hungred, the F1end came tol.um, :m~ tempt~d fr:t(~~ hfsa~~~~ ~o~~a~~~~\i~~~~eouU: ~~oofl~~ ~:~~h~~~~~~~~1Ch:~,~~;~~~l.~nF:~:11~~~ict~ Chrift to redwn us with his moft prtcious Heart Blood. flood lum. And rhm Without tarrymg Jcf115 began to Amen. Preach, and to 6y unto the people ; Do ye. perunce, foe theRealmof Heavenisnowathand. l belle.vethatCluillinallhistimeherelivedmofiholily, The Ex.tmin.tti;1~t;;:;~i ffi~hor p, Ptnntd ~h;t~~~~~~~:~'~:~r~~:~ :~e~v:~tcu;Iy~r~~~~ !e~~ »' and defpL~IIlgs. . ~~~·::~: .. K ~~~:~~~~, ~,~~,~~::~~~~~~~h~'tfi ~~''s~~~;~: £i~%·~~:i:~:~~;,;::~~r~~Ftf~}:~~;~;~~; ;T;.f.:~ ~ti;; c;~o~'bri~ i1~1~i~~nyi~rch0: ~~~1e~fds~t~~J~ f1Li~dru~:~~;h!1; ~;~~i~~~!~'~1;r~~~~~Y~f ;:1Ld ~~ i:1~ •· ~~;.b- =~~~%~~~~~ ;:~~~er:'cl1~1 ~fu~=~t~~~h~~d~v~~n~h:; ~1~i~~~r~o;~e~ :~~~~tm;~;~1~~~~~1d~it ~~~~h~Yf~~~h~! 1came ro h1m, he flood iLl a great Chamber and much he !hewed to them, ufe themfelvtS, and teach and compcople about hi~: and when that hcfawme, hew~ufatl munefonh to o.ther Men and \~omen this mofl wor· into a Clofet, b.tdding all fecular Men that followed hun ~o 01ipful a1~d hohcft Saa:ament , m mindfulnefs of his go forth from hnn foon, fo that no man 'ons left thc~t . m hoheft livmg, and of Ius moft true Preaching, and of that Clofet btl[ the Archbi!hop himfelf: and a Phyhtl~n his wiltUI and patient fuffcring of the mofl painful ~!~~~!:' t.W:!as~~~~;~.0~~{~rn-P'er'co~r:1k~~~L~~~~~%~~ pa~~·l.bdie.vc ~hac thisChrifl our Saviour, a(tn that he connot • · were Mnuflers of the Law. And I tland1~g before them, had ordamcd tlus mofl worthy Samment of his own t~deuanl•byandbytheAr~hbifhopfaidrome; WiOram l knowwcll precious Body, went forth wilfully againft his Enemies, ..JW!on. that tll8U haft this twenty WinterS and n:ore•. Travelled and hefuffered t~em mofl patiently tohy their hands m?ft about bulily iLl the North Country, and mdiVers ot~er violently upon h1m, and to bind him, and tO lead h1m :}~~ ~~~~~~~({~· :i;;~~~~~t~~~~;~:~~~ ~~~~~~: ~~~, bi~ :i~~~h~l~mf~~~~~:et ~~~ ::,al~ ~~ ... ;~and !hrewd Will tO infell: and p:>1fon all th.is Land. But belie\'~ that ~rifi fuffcr~d moll meekly and p3t1ently his ,l!llggo. through t~c Grace of God thou art now w1thftanded and Enctrues, to dmg out wnh !harp foourges the Blood that brought mto my ward, fo that I !hall now Sequdlrr thre was between his skin and his !Mh: Yea with.cut ~ging from thine ~vil pur~fe, 3nd let thet to inv~nom cm; fhcep Chrift fufferqlthe cruel Jtun to Crown h1m With moft of myprovmcc. Nevenhclcfs, S. Paul fa1th: lf L_t may fharp thorns, and to firike him with a recd. And after, be, as much as in us ~ we .ought to have peace Wl[h all Chrifl fuffered '~ickcd ']tws to draw him vut upon the men. Tht:reforc WiU111m, 1f th~u wi lt now me.ckly and Crofs, and to naL~ him ~l~creupon Hand and FCM?t· And of,good heart, without any ~eigHL ng kn~e\ Jow.n, and hy fo through his pittfu\ naLlmg, Chrifl fhed opt wt!fully for ;:~~ ~1~:~~ ~Y:~: ~~ ~~~~t k;~~~ !~cf~~:~tfa:~~u~~ ~; ~h~~~~~i~~~~~~~: ~~~~i;~t~\~~t:h~~id~·or ~~.!!1~} Godtor;V: t correCtion, and fta~1d to mine Ordinance, and ~uli11 it his ~·a.rher, an~ fo, as he would, and when he woukl, ~!~',Yo~ ~ii~a~~~J :h~~:un~~~~ . rat~vf~ot~~~r~~~;~~1~ &r: ;;!~~~~th~~~d~;1~~!{ 0b~~fi:~e,~irfu~;~~e;~ly, ~l ;;;/~~ t~; ;;~;"'~t;:11;t~ ~;~~/!:£ tt~e!d ~~a~d, ~~::Omef~~\ra:er~i L~hi~l~~r:0 ~hbel~~~~ai~~~ Tta, ttllm. A~d l faid, I btlit'Utthlltthtrt iJ not but hertouldihedoutthisBioodandthLSWatcrforMansfalva· tmt God .Almighty, and it~ this. GoJhtat!, anJ P[ rbjs tion. And therefore he fuffered rhe Jrws to make ablin~ GoJht"tl are three Pn-f~ms, th:Jt u; tht !'athtr, tht Scn, Knight to thruft him in the heart wuh :aS~, and this 4ndrhefootb(ajfHolyG.bofl. AnJI~tliMJtthatalltbtJ! Bloodand Water thatwasinhishca.rt, Chriftwouldllied ~;h,;'t?;o{~;:a7ttif:;'ur:;;tfl~J ~:r ~J;~'}!;v:;:h;; ~f~k:do:~er::d:;c~~ a.~l~~.~~t ~ the Fa,{~ J11b, ur ~an, or 'll~llf, that ~hmga/fotht~on behe.vethatonthethirddaybythepowerof hts~head. Jotband can andw,/1 ; ~d 1n a/Jtht~rpowtr, c~tnnmg Chnfi rofeagain.fromdeathtolif~. And the Fortieth day ~:.will, tbt HolJGhojf u t'[flal ID the Ftubtr, an~ totht ~~d;~rheltl~~vfitt~~t.~r;~~~1:~;c;h~~~ Over this 1 believe. that throu~h counfd of t~LS tnoft Altn~ghry. And the F1frierh day after hLs up-going, he bkffed Trinity itl moll convc:nimt time before ordan~ed f~r fenrtohisApofiles~he Holy Ghofl,rhat he had promifed them the filvation of mankind, the fcoond ptrfon of thiS Tn· befure; and 1believe that Chrill fhall come and judge all niry was orda.intd to take the form ?( Man, tha t is, the manki~d, fome to e\•erl;Uiing peace~ aud fome to tmlafikindofman. And I believe, thatthLsfccondptrfon, our ingpaulS. Lord Jefus Chrift , w::s concei;•cd throu~h the Holy 1 And
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