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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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The five Turks that remained alive unwounded were so affrighted, as they knew not what to do, but through fear ran up to the rigging: where they were threatened to be shot through if they would not yield. They yield therefore upon promise to have their lives spared; and coming down one by one were bound, as the five maimed Turks were. Thus a full conquest being got over all those Turks they sailed to S. Lucas in Spain, where the Conquerors sold the ten living Turks, the ship and all that was in her for six hundred pounds, which they divided among themselves, and had each of them an hundred and fifty pound apiece.
The five Turks that remained alive unwounded were so affrighted, as they knew not what to doe, but through feare ran up to the riggin: where they were threatned to be shot thorow if they would not yeald. They yeald therefore upon promise to have their lives spared; and comming downe one by one were bound, as the five maimed Turks were. Thus a full conquest being got over all those Turks they sailed to S. Lucas in Spaine, where the Conquerours sold the ten living Turks, the ship and all that was in her for six hundred pounds, which they devided among themselves, and had each of them an hundred and fifty pound apeece.
The Spaniards dealt fairly with the four that now professed themselves Christians: and used all the inducements they could to bring them to their Religion: Three of them were persuaded, and abode among the Spaniards. This Penitent bearing more love to his native Country and reformed Religion in which he had been brought up, refused to abide in Spain, but took his first opportunity of coming for England in the Centurion *the last of April. He had not been long in England before he put to Sea again for Greenland. In which voyage he professeth that he was much troubled night and day, and that he could not well sleep through horror of conscience for denying his Christian Faith. So soon therefore as he returned safe from Greenland to England, he went to the ancient grave Curate of Stepney, the Parish where he lived, and made known his case to him; who for the present comforted and ⟨p. 6⟩