A85315:314
Stablishing against shaking
Stablishing against shaking: or, A discovery of the Prince of Darkness (scarcely) transformed into an angel of light, powerfully now working in the deluded people called, Quakers: with a sober answer to their railings against ministers for receiving maintenance from their people. Being the substance of one sermon preached Feb. 17. 1655. at Shalford in Essex. / By Giles Firmin (pastor of the church there) upon occasion of the Quakers troubling those parts.Stablishing against shaking: or, A discovery of the Prince of Darknesse (scarcely) transformed into an angel of light, powerfully now working in the deluded people called, Quakers: with a sober answer to their railings against ministers for receiving maintenance from their people. Being the substance of one sermon preached Feb. 17. 1655. at Shalford in Essex. / By Giles Firmin (pastour of the church there) upon occasion of the Quakers troubling those parts.
London: printed by J.G. for Nathanael Webb, 1656
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A Minister now in Essex gave this Narration to a friend of mine, written with his own hand, and his name to it; the Copy is true that I here offer to the Reader.
A Minister now in Essex gave this Narration to a friend of mine, written with his own hand, and his name to it; the Copie is true that I here offer to the Reader.
The 8th Month, 19th day. 1654.
The 8th Moneth, 19th day. 1654.
AT the earnest desire of some friends, I went with John Ward and Anthony Hunter to a meeting of the deluded souls called Quakers, at John Hunters of Benfield-side in the County of Durham, where we found about twenty persons sitting all silent: after we had sate awhile (all being mute) the Lord moved me to arise, and call upon his name by prayer. I was no sooner up, but my legs trembled greatly, so that it was some difficulty to stand: but after I had prayed a short space the trembling ceased: while I prayed to GOD as a Creator, there was but little disturbance, but when I cried in the name of JESUS CHRIST my Mediator, God in my nature, now in the highest glory appearing and interceding for his Saints, then the Devil roared in the deceived souls in most strange and dreadful manner, some howling, some screeking, yelling, roaring, and some had a strange confused kind of humming, singing noise.
AT the earnest desire of some friends, I went with John Ward and Anthony Hunter to a meeting of the deluded souls called Quakers, at John Hunters of Benfield-side in the County of Durham, where we found about twenty persons sitting all silent: after we had sate awhile (all being mute) the Lord moved me to arise, and call upon his name by prayer. I was no sooner up, but my leggs trembled greatly, so that it was some difficulty to stand: but after I had prayed a short space the trembling ceased: while I prayed to GOD as a Creatour, there was but little disturbance, but when I cryed in the name of JESUS CHRIST my Mediatour, God in my nature, now in the highest glory appearing and interceding for his Saints, then the Devil roared in the deceived soules in most strange and dreadfull manner, some howling, some screeking, yelling, roaring, and some had a strange confused kinde of humming, singing noise.