Upon the 28th day of the month called July 1670 I being required by the Lord to pack up all the books of what kind or sort soever that I had ... / [by] J. Pennyman. Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. 1670 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54277 Wing P1424 ESTC R30098 11244090 ocm 11244090 47080 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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I being required by the Lord , to pack up all the Books , of what kind or sort soever that I had , with an intention to have had them carried to a Friends of mine in Cornhill , near the Exchange ; it was so ordered , That as I was going through the said Exchange , it was with me to sit down and rest me , and accordingly ordered the two Porters to rest themselves ; the one of them had two great Bags full of Books , and the other had one Bag filled much with old News-Books , especially at the top ; for I saw no other in it , when I opened it ; which I did there , having ordered one of the said Porters to carry a little parcel to my said Friends , ( where I purposed to have carried the said Books ) and desired him to bring me a Candle ; against which time I had taken out two or three waste papers in my hand , and withal bid one of the Porters bring that Bag after me ; so going to the middle of the Exchange , ( I bid the Porter pour out the Books ) and having put fire to the papers in my hand , with two or three of those News-Books , the man that was sweeping the Exchange was ordered to put it out , there being ( so near as I could judge ) not the quantity of a quarter of a sheet of paper burnt . Now whereas it is imagined , and said , that I would have burned all those Books , I have this to say , That if they would have given me a Candle to have burned all , or any one of them there more then what was already done , I would not ; I say , I should not have done it to have gained the Treasures of the whole World. This is a faithful and true Saying ; He that can receive it , let him . This following being a Copy of a Letter , which I writ to a Kinsman , who I heard had been the occasion of putting one in Prison for the Testimony of his Conscience towards God , I am willing it should be thus published for the satisfaction of all such that desire to know the truth in this matter . Cozen , I Understand that thou hast been instrumental to put one Abraham Bonnyfield in Prison , for the testimony of his Conscience towards God ; the which if he should violate , yea , I say , if he should violate in the least , it had been better for him he had never been born : Now if the case be so , what will become of thee , and all such as thou art , who as much as in you lies , endeavour to force men to violate the Law of the Living God , written and implanted in the heart ? O take heed , and turn to the Lord before it be too late , and the things belonging to thy everlasting peace be bid from thy eyes ; for yet a little while , and the Voice shall be , He that is filthy , let him be filthy still . O! whilst it is called to day , take heed , for the day of visitation ( from the Lord ) is come ; blessed and happy , yea for ever happy will they be that can receive it . Yea , the day is come , that many that have been first , shall be last ; and many that are last , shall be first . I am now a Prisoner in the Prison at Bishops-gate ; and the rumor is , That I would have burned the Bible , &c. Concerning which , I have this to say , That rather than I would burn that Book , ( or the least Leaf thereof that might be serviceable ) I should rather chuse , had I as many lives to lose as I have hairs on my head , yea , and every life to be taken from me by the exquisite torment that the wit ( and wickedness ) of man could invent ; I say , rather than wilfully ( or by the command of any mortal ) burn that Book , I should rather chuse to be sacrificed in the said torments . To the testimony and truth of which , I do here subscribe my self , J. PENNYMAN , Who am thy Real and True Friend . The 30th of the month , called July , 1670.