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« &ef > t concerning episcopacy , accordwig to his own judgment in that manner , which he knew to be against it , representing to him the great and important service he
would thereby do to the church of God , the archbishop answered that if he should do as Mr . B . proposed , he should ruin himself and family , having a child and many debts . ' * Of this story Ludlow
u was assured by one who had his information from Mr . Bernard" himself * The general ' s application of the anecdote reads $ 1 ^ y ery serious lecture to all suciH
mala JSde . Churchmen , who , if the allusion were not too homely ^ might be compared to boatmen , looking one way , and rowing another . Ludlovr was a brave soldier and an
honest man * even in the judgment of his enemies . The royalists desired his political conversion , and hoped th&t a conference with archbishop Usher might effect it . The conference was declined by Ludlow , <* For this reason , "
s&ys fee 9 ** because those argu - ments which could not prevail with uae ^ when used by others , Were not likely to be of more effi-C&cy from him * who , in a business of such concernment , had
been diverted from the discharge of hxs duty by such low and sordid considerations / 1 I ought to $ sk your excise for this digression , 4 s ypu will probably judge the following extract alone quite long enough for one of your articles . c TJiere was one John Fox , living about Nottingham , who had tio more learning than enabled him to wtite land read . This man was
possessed with a devil , who would ^ iojiently t ^ ro w him down , and t ^ ke ayray the use of every me mber of his biody , which was turned as Mack as pitch in jthpse fibs ,
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Account of " Master Rothwtll" the Exorcist . ) 3 t
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and then speak with an audible voice in him , which seemed sometimes to be heard out of his belly , sometimes out of his throat , and sometimes out of his mouth , bis lips not moving . He lay thus ( if t mistake not ) some years : many prayers were put up to God for him and great resort , especially of godly ministers , to him . Amongst the rest . Master Bernard * of Batcomb , then' of Worksop ; and Master Langley , of Truswell , betwixt whom arid John Fox ^ I hav e $ een divers passages jp writing ; §* £ relating by pen his temptations .
arid they giving answers when he was stricken dumb . As Master Rothwell was riding to see him , the devil told all that were in the house , yonder comes Rothwell , but I will make a fool of him before he goes ; the people looked forth , and s ^ w him coming about a quarter of a mile from the house . As soon as he entered the room , the devil said , now Rothwell is come ; and , as some say , spake thus : —Rothwell , thou sayest there is no possession ; what thinkest thou now ? Here is a man opens not his lips , and yet h * speaketh and , after a while , he further said : Devil . Say nothing to me of this man . for I tell thee he is
damned ; and he added thereto many fearful blasphemies . Rothwell . Thou art a liar , and the father of lies ; nor art thou so well acquainted with the mind of God concerning this itiaii , which makes thee thus to tbrtnertt him ; therefore , ! believe the ^ hot , 1 bfelieva he shall be saved by Jesds Christ * Devil . He is a miitfherefly and thou knowest no murtlxet ^ f tnust come into heaven . Rothtoell . Thou liestagaiif ; for * David murdeired , arid ii m heaven >
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/11/
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