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A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near…A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere…
A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friars London Herein is the history of the surprisal and admirable escape of the said penitent.A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friers London Herein is the history of the surprizall and admirable escape of the said penitent.
London: printed by George Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1639London: printed by George Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1639
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1This Penitent here before you, Vincent Jukes by name, is an English man, borne in Shropshire, and in the seventeenth year of his age was bound apprentice to a Cooke in Ratlife of this Parish. After two years service, his master set him forth to Sea in a Cooks place in the Adventure for Greenland. Thither they had a prosperous voyage, and returned safe within five months. *The year following he was set forth again (as before) for Genoway. In this voyage they were set upon by Turkish pirates, and after a dangerous sight, wherein seven were slain and about twenty more wounded and maimed, he with three and thirty more were carried to Argier, where, within four days after their arrival, they were sold for slaves in the Market place. Of that company many died, four were ransomed, and seven there still abide in slavery. It is a custom there that their King have his choice of every eighth person to be sold. And it so fell out that ⟨p. 3⟩this man was one of the eight. The King therefore had him for his slave, and after two months passed him over to his brother; by whom he was sold to a Negro. That Negro used him most cruelly: and by daily threatenings and sore beatings forced him to renounce his Christian Religion, deny Christ, acknowledge Mahomet to be a great Prophet, and in testimony thereof to be circumcised and to conform himself to the Turkish rites, and attire. All these things thus accomplished, the Negro sold him to a Grecian, who was also a Mahometan. This Grecian put him for a Soldier into a Turkish ship, which went forth upon spoil. In that ship were two English Christians and a Fleming Circumcised as himself, with twenty native Turks. The two Christians and two Renegadoes being together in the steerage, espied five of the Turks alone together below board: and thereupon consulted to take that opportunity •f freeing themselves from slavery, or spending their lives in the attempt thereof. ⟨p. 4⟩Thus on a sudden they fly upon those five Turks, who suspected no such matter, and with their knives, having no other weapons, stabbed them. This done, they seized upon the muskets, swords and other weapons which were in that room, and therewith killed five more of the Turks that came one after another to see what the tumult might be about: and they wounded and maimed five more.