In the yeare 59. in the fourth month, the last day of the month being the 5th day of the week Eccles, Solomon, 1618-1683. 1659 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2014-11 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). B21541 Wing E128 99827829 99827829 207628

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In the yeare 59. in the fourth Month, the laſt day of the Month being the 5th day of the Week.

THE preſence of the Lord God was felt within me, and in his light he let me ſee what his pleaſure was with me; it was clearly ſhew'd me that I ſhould goe to the Steeplehouſe in Alderman-bury the firſt day of the week then following, and take with me ſomething to work, and doe it in the Pulpit at their ſinging time.

〈◊〉 which ſight I found much unwillingneſſe in my ſelfe, yet ſitting ſtill with trembling, there came upon me a very great weight preſſing me to obedience; yea a heavy burthen was felt, till I had conſented to obey; I felt the weight to increaſe, oh how hard my unwilling will was to yeild, but the Lord ſtrengthened me, and having conſented, I found a little eaſe, yea I did reſolve in the power of the Lord to goe on: I purpoſed to carry with me a Pocket to ſow.

So the firſt day morning being the 3d day of the 5th month after the 8th hour one of the Doers being open, I paſſed in, thinking to get into the Pulpit to hide my ſelfe there till their ſinging time, and then get up and work; The Sexton ſpying me, took me by the arme, ſaid friend we doe not open yet, for it was their Communion day as they call: but the time I was in, I found that the Galleries were higher then the Pulpit, and I ſhould have been diſcovered before their ſong began; I ſee the Clark giving Tickets: ſoe about the 9th hour their Dores were opened, I paſſed in as one of their owne crowd, the throng came in very faſt, I gat into one of the Galleries to ſpye if poſſible to get in the Pulpit ſome way, but I found none at that time, ſo they began to read, and I came downe, and finding no way to get into the Pulpit, I came to the Table that is prepared for that troop, I thought to get upon the Table to worke, but the Table was ſet round with young men, and when they began their ſong, they laid on their hats upon the Table, ſo I ſtanding ſtill waiting on the Lord, having a great mind to doe the Lords work; their ſong being up, my hat offended them, they took it off, and caſt it away, and one of the young men gave it me again, I put it on, and it offended again, in ſo much that Piercefall did perceive me, who came violently, and tooke my hat off to flng it away, but I held it, then he tooke me by the hair of the head, and drag'd me out, and as one of their own company teſtified to his face that he ſtroke me, but I cannot ſay that, but a luſty red hair'd man did ſtrike me, I ſuppoſed him to be an officer in that hatefull place, but Piercefall after he had drag'd me out by the haire, ſaid Sarrah doe you not know William Duike, I ſaid nay, for I did not know him; Sorrah ſaid he, I put him in priſon, and finde him ten pound, and you muſt be ſerved ſo to, and ſo charg'd the Conſtable with me, and went himſelfe in again, and received the Sacrament for all this.

The Conſtable told me that I might goe away if I would, but in againe I muſt not. So I ſtood a while and finding in my ſelfe no conſtraint, I paſſed away towards More fields finding a little eaſe from the weight of the burden, being faithfull to what might be done at that time: but the 6th day of the weeke being the 8th day of the moneth ſitting at worke in my Shop but not on the Shop-board, the burden of the Lord came upon me, and the light making manifeſt the ſame thing that was not yet done, muſt be done, and the Lord would not diſcharge me, but laid a neceſſity upon me. I beholding this with trembling and feare; I did reſolve in the power of the Lord not to eat nor drink, till I had performed the Lords requiring. So having purpoſed in heart, I greatly deſired the Lords aſſiſtance; and it was ſhewed me how to doe it, and the Lord made way for me.

So the firſt day of the week being the 10th day of the 5th moneth, I waited opportunity till the ſinging time began, which when I heard, I paſſed in, but being fearefull to he taken with the hat againe; and ſo looſe my maine buſineſſe, for the Lord: I ſtept out againe, but ſtaid not, I came in againe; I lookt towards the Pulpit and ſpyed the pue dore open, that the Preiſt might p • ſſe up the Pulpit. So I waited thinking that Edmund Calomy would goe up the Pulpit, I intended to get in before him; for thought I that boy that ſits upon the ſtairs will open the Pulpit dore for the Prieſt, and I'le get in before, but no Prieſt came, whereupon in the power of the Lord; I fixed my eye upon the Pulpit, and I ſpyed and iron hooke, and I paſſed through the pue up the ſtairs, and unhookt the dore, and pull'd twice and gat it open, and I ſat my ſelfe down upon the Cuſhin, and my feet upon the ſeate where the Prieſt when he hath told out his lyes doth ſit downe, and having my work ready, I pull'd one or two ſtitches. The people loſt their ſong, and ſome cried pull him downe, ſome breake his neck downe, and a luſty fellow came up and did intend to doe me a miſchiefe, and rang my neck as if he would have rung it in two. Soe I let goe my hold and he flang me downe ſtairs; but the Lord preſerved me, and I felt no hurt; for having done that which the Lord required me to doe I was full of peace; and it had been little to me if they had there taken away or kil'd the body. For I was full of joy, and they were full of wroth and madneſſe; ſo they tore my Coat off and my hat, and draged me out, and one took me by the haire and flung me upon the ground, and ſome that was without ſaid why do you uſe the man ſo, but I gat up again, then they draged me quite out into the ſtreet, and there held me, and while they held me, one came, and gave me a violent kick on the ſhins, and ſaid he could find in his heart to knock me down, he made my ſhin bleed, and another kickt me on the other ſhin, but did not much hurt, another ſaid that I had beene ſome notorious ſinner heretoſore and now came to doe ſomething that might merit, Preſently the Church-warden as they call him, came out, and he and the Belltoler carried me away to the Counter till their Sermon was ended, as they call it, then they carried me away to Pauls Yard to ſtay for the Mayor, but the Sargent ſaid he would carry me away to the Mayors Houſe and there ſtay me till he came in; ſo he did: And all the way through Paternoſter-Row as I went, the boys kickt my heels, ſo then the Mayor came in, and they told him that I was at work in the Pulpit; then ſaid he to me, Wherefore did you work there? I ſaid in obedience to the Lords commandement: he ſaid, It was a falſe Spirit, and ſaid he, Where are your ſureties? I ſaid The Lord was my ſurety; he ſaid, The Lord would not beare me out in this thing: ſaid he to them, Carry him againe to the Counter: So they carried me back agine, and there I was till the third day.

Now let all ſober people judge whither I did this thing out of envy againſt either Prieſt or People.

Yea farther I ſay, the Lord God lay it not to their charge, who have ſaid that I did it in malice, diviliſhneſſe, and envy; it is the deſire of my ſoul that they might be ſaved.

And ſo do write my name being a Priſoner for the Teſtimony of the Lord in the Common Goal in Newgate London: Committed the 15th. of the 5th. Moneth 59. Solomon Eccles. FINIS.

LONDON: Printed for M. W. in the 6th Month, 1659.