Beam; thofe condemned Men had great Refpect for us, because we gave them many times Victuals and Money.

21.

Also we gave feven Prisoners, at one time, Twelve Pence a piece, fo that we found Favour in their Eyes for the Loves fake.

22, There was one Prifoner that begged at the Grate, and when he was Drunk, he would trouble John Reeve to Blefs him; fo one Day, when he was very Drunk, he broke into John Reeve, and kneeled down upon his Knees before him, and held his Hands together and faid, for Jefus Chrift fake Jobn Reeve blefs me, for I am a wicked Sinner.

23. And John went from him, and prayed him to be quiet, but he was fo much the more earneft for him to bless him.

24. He was fo troublesome to John Reeve, that he could not tell how to be delivered from him; 'till one of them that lay in our Room came and pulled him out by Head and Shoulders, and turned him down Stairs.

25. Those convicted and condemned Men were made under Keepers, which did help the upper Keeper to fhut up the Prifoners every Night. These were the Preservers of us from the Violence of the Prifoners all the while we were in Newgate.

26. And while we were in Newgate, John Reeve wrote a Letter to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Fooke, who committed us to Prifon: And one Jeremiah Mount, a Friend to us, got it Printed, at his own Charge, against the Day of Tryal.

27. There was in it, the Sentance of Damnation upon the Lord Mayor; and they were given to the Recorder Steele, and feveral other Officers in the Court. That Letter was Printed in the Year 1653; and in the third Year of our Commiffion.

28. There is many Believers of this Commiffion of the Spirit that hath them Letters in Print at this Day; but none will part with them at any Rate, not now.

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CHA P. IV.

Of the two Witnesses being brought to their Tryal. How John Reeve would not fuffer the Mayor, a Damn'd Man, to speak; How the Jury brought them in Guilty; And of the Recorder's Sentance upon them. And of leveral other Iransactions.

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ND when the Day of Tryal came, we were brought before the Court, and the Accufers ftood all Five before us; but the Court afked the Accufers not one Queftion, neither did the Accufers fpeak one Word before the Court.

2. But when the Lord Mayor, the chief Judge of that Court, began to fpeak against us,

3. John Reeve faid, with a loud Voice, That he would not hear a Damn'd Man fpeak, neither will anfwer to any thing: But, Mr. Recorder, we will hear you.

4. So the Lord Mayor fat down, and faid never a Word

more.

5. Then John Reeve called to the Recorder for our Examination before the Lord Mayor, for that will fhew all things, and that we will stand to.

6. But there was no Examination could be produced by the Lord Mayor, notwithstanding John Reve called for it three Times, but they gave no Anfwer at all; therefore no need for the Witneffes to accuse us, for the Examination anfwered to all that the Accufers could fay against us.

7. But the Court waved them, and tryed us only by that Book John Reeve first Printed; in which Book Chrift is proved to be the only God; fo they judged it Blafphemy to deny the Trinity of Perfons.

8. Therefore the Recorder afked John Reeve what Father it was that Chrift prayed unto in his Agony?

9. John

9. John Reeve anfwered and faid, It was to his reprefentative Power in Mofes and Elias, that he prayed unto; as you may fee, faid he, when he said Eli, Eli, Lama Sabacthany; my God, my God, why baft thou forsaken me? You may fee that the Jews knew the Hebrew Language, for the Jews faid he called for Elias, Let him come and fave him if he will have him.

IO. So that it is clear, that Chrift prayed in his Agony, to This reprefentative Power in Elias.

11. Then faid the Recorder, Mr. Reeve, Mr. Reeve, You have spoke enough; let Aaron speak.

12. Said John Reeve, Scoff on Mr. Recorder.

13. Truly Friend, faid the Recorder, I do not scoff.

14. Then faid I, I can fay no more to that one Question, than he hath faid before, but if you have any thing else to afk, I will answer you.

15. But he afked never a Question more, nor fpake a Word more, because the Examination which they would not produce in the open Court, had fully anfwered to all things they could object against us.

16. But commanded us to withdraw, and the Jury laid their Heads a little together, and brought us in guilty of Blafphemy, and execrable Opinions.

17..So the Recorder gave Sentance upon us, that we fhould be fent to Old Bridewell, and be kept Prifoners there for fix Months, without Bail or Main-Prize.

18. So there we remained full fix Months.

19. And while we were Prifoners in Old Bridewell, Jeremiah Mount got that Epiftle to the Minifters Printed, which are yet to be feen, and will be to the end of the World by fome.

20. After this, while we were Prifoners there, we wrote a Remonftrance of all the Tranfactions that had paffed, that was remarkable, from the Day of our Commiffion 1651, to this our time of being committed Prifoners in Old Bridewell

And this Remonftrance was directed to General

Cromwell,

Cromwell, and Jeremiah Mount got that Printed at his own Charge alfo. This Remonftrance is yet to be feen with fome, and will remain in the Hands of fome to the end of the World.

22. This Jeremiah Mount was a great Friend to us in the time of our Imprisonment, and fo was John Brunte and his Wife, and one Richard Ruffell. There was very few Believers of us at that time; this was in the Year 1653. It was a Year of great and many Troubles to us both, but efpecially to me.

23. And about the Month of April, in the Year 1654, after our feven Months Imprifonment we came forth of Prison.

24. And after this John Reeve wrote Letters to feveral Men; as to Efquire Penington, William Sedgwick, Minifter, and to the Earl of Pembrooke.

25. And fome of them fent Anfwers to him again, but none of thefe Letters are in Print.

26. Alfo John wrote that fpiritual and heavenly Treatife, Intituled, A Divine Looking-Glass, and he got it Printed in the Year 1656. Jeremiah Mount was at the greatest part of that Charge.

27. But the Printer being knavish and covetous, quite fpoiled it in the Prefs; he hudled it up fo close together, for want of more Paper, that no-body had any Delight to read it through, so that it never yielded the Money it coft Printing.

Of John Reeve's travelling to Maidftone in Kent, where be met with Enemies, and gave them the Sentance; upon which they got a Warrant against him. Of the Notice be bad and departed. Of his Treatife, called, Joyful News from Heaven. After the Writing of which be Died.

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FTER this, John Reeve went to Maidstone in Kent, to fee fome Friends there.

2. There

Time.

There was but four Believers in that Country, at that

3. And he going to vifit them, having never been in that Country before, after he had been three Days there, he met. with Enemies enough.

4. But they falling in Difcourfe with him, they defpifed his Doctrine and Commiffion; fo he gave Sentance of Damnation to Eternity, upon one or two of them..

5. And they ftir'd up others to perfecute him, fo they got a Conftable to apprehend him, but having Notice of it, he departed out of thofe Coafts in hafte, and over-heated his Blood, with travelling to the Water-fide, which was fixteen Miles; and he went upon the Water at Gravefend, at Night, when he was all in a Sweat, and cooled himself too soon.

6. So he furfeited his Blood, and drove him into a Confumption, which killed him: He lived almoft two Years afterwards, but in a fick, wafting Condition.

7. That furfeit he got then, was abfolutely the cause of his Death, elfe he might have lived many Years longer.

8. Yet, notwithstanding his Sickness, he wrote that excellent piece, a Book called, Joyful News from Heaven; or, The Mortality of the Soul.

9. This he did in the time of his Sicknefs; and just as it was in the Prefs, to be Printed, he saw the first Sheet Printed, but his Eyes were dim that he could not fee the Print, not to read, for he Died in two Days after.

10. There was at that time, three Sifters that were true Believers, which he did oft refort unto; the one was Mrs. Frances the eldeft; the fecond Mrs. Roberts; the third Mrs. Boner.

11. This Mrs. Frances clofed up his Eyes; for he faid anto her, Frances, close up mine Eyes, left my Enemies fay, I Died a ftaring Prophet.

12. And she did fo, and he gave up the Ghoft, and said not one Word more..

13. And