A LOOKJNG-GLAS FOR sectaries Or true news from NEVBERY Being the Relation of the Neubery ANNABAPTJSTS whereof three were to be carried into Heaven, but failed in their journey.  
LONDON. Printed for M. S. Anno Dom. 1647.   

news FROM NEWBVRY  
THis October last past at newberry in berkshire, divers Anabaptists of the Brotherhood and Sisters having increased, and growing to a height, and distempring others that were not of their sect, and after their way, they grew to that height of holiness, as they conceived, none to be like them, and that they had rapture in the Spirit, and that they had gotten such new lights and Revelations, and such heavenly Jnspirations, that they were so exceedingly enlightened as they presumed to dive into the secrets of the almighty God, and in such a mystical way as J think't were blasphemy to name nay, some of these holy Sisters being as they said so much illuminated and inspired with divine revelations, took upon them to be wrapped up in the Spirit, and to see and know such Glorious things that could not be imagined, and were so possessed with the Spirit; that they had thoughts unexpressible, so that the one of them had such strange Gestures, Postures and Fits, much like Convultion fits, and was observed when some came to visit her, that then she fell into these strange Gestures, and in so uncoth a manner, that as if the devil himself( which J believe was in her) had been there, she could not have mo●● cunningly carried on the design, for shee was a school mistris, and had learned of the devil her tutor, to deceive, and it was observed when any came to see her, she would begin to heave up her breast and stomach, and act these strange Gesture, and postures, and speak such strange words, and tell them she saw Glorious things, and that she saw such a brother in the Spirit, and such a Sister, and that she should not die but be taken up into heaven such a saturday, and another Sister should the week following be also taken up; and such and such were in the state of salvation, and lived the life of saints, and in the height of her fits would personat & name such as were of her sect to be holy, & to that effect; name such Sisters as pertaked of the riches of Grace, & such as had given the glorious new lights, & were full of the spirit of( Lying and dissembling) truth, and who were the Elect and chosen of God, and then again declareth that she was to be taken away either in a Cloud or Chariot, and that death had no power of her, for she was to be carried quick into heaven such a night, and of her confidence drew othem to be of her mind, & that week shee with some of her sisters went abroad to take her leave of the Brothers & sisters, & wept and kissed them, took her leave for her great journey to Heaven, which she was so sure, that she put of all her scholars, for she taught children, & gave away all her worst clothes, because she would go to Heaven clean, & neat, the saturday was set, & at night the house where she was, all her Sisters met of the Anabaptist crew, to accompany her where were prayer, heavenly speeches and weeping eyes, not few to take their leave & to see her assends to Glory the House two full out into the Backside were carried the stool, Chayer, and frames, all the people follow, not less then three or four hundred to see this she saint carried up to heaven, and happy was that sister that could get nearest, for one got hold of her Coat to be carried away, at which some were offended that should hinder such a journey:  
It was a Moon-shine night, and were such a joyful night to these Saints as they professed, & they cry out, the Glorious things of that bright night would bring forth, none were able to express, for God was sending out his angel to wait on her, and they saw him coming in the Clouds, ( But all the rest saw no such thing) stil saying he comes he comes, and a dark airy Cloud came under the moon, which did Eclipse the light of the moon, and then they try behold he comes in the clouds, but that vanishing, and the Shee Saint not being taken away, shee begins after a pause to expostulate that God would appear to vindicate his honor and power, to make good her Revelations, and in such mannor as it becomes not my Pen to writ, and then they perceived a far of coming a flock of wild goose, which at first they knew not to be so, at which they cry he comes, he comes; in Glory, and all hold up their hands of that Sect, and out went their cries, he comes, he is come, he's come, and she stands ready up to be carried, and a young Sister cries hold, to accend with her, and such joy as might be, but the flock of wild goose fly away, and left their sister and all her goose to learn more wit, and so their own Boyes and girls deriding them, and the ancient men and women pitying their silly foolish carriages, and the delusions of them by the devil, wished they might learn more wit, and so left them to steal home in the Clouds, and for the other two sisters which were to be carried away, I heard that Goodwife Blisset, a sister, was carried suddenly after to a Church 7. miles further, but either by a horse or on her own legs, but not in clouds, & because some be ve●y sorrowful and r●●e●●, and do now believe, it was the Dive●s ●●●●●ties to delude them, I shall not express their names, But if any misdout of this truth, let them speak with any Newbury people, and then they shall find I have written truth.   

READER, thou hast here the truth of the newberry Anabaptists, but brief and short, in a plain style, written by one that is not a writer of Books, I must confess it should have come out much more larger and better compiled, but those who had promised to do it, and were spectators at the beginning, and ending of these delusions, pitying their neighbors silliness in being so misled, and seing a hearty sorrow in them for their Errors, have been a means that the Story is not more fuly set out, So I rest,  
M. S.   
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