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A86015	Gilpin, John, 17th cent.	The Quakers shaken, or, A discovery of the errours of that sect by John Gilpin, of the town of Kendale in Westmoreland, who was once one of the said sect, and afterwards by Gods grace left the same ; attested by the major and pastour of Kendale, and diverse others.	1655		.xml	application/xml	6702	92	27	Hereupon I resolved to close vvith them , after vvhich time I vvas afraid to read any good Books , or hear any preaching Minister , or call to remembrance any thing vvhich I had formerly learned out of Gods Word concerning God or Christ , or mine ovvn estate , or any other subject contained in Scripture : for I vvas persvvaded by their teaching , that vvhatsoever I had learned out of Gods Word by hearing , reading , catechifing , &c. vvas but notionall , carnall , and hanging upon the Tree of Knovvledg : in vvhich condition vvhilst I abode , they affirmed me to be under the Curse , applying this expression , though very impertinently , Cursed is every one that hangeth on the Tree . Afterwards lying awake , and thinking upon the dreams and visions I had formerly been troubled with I sensibly perceived some thing ( as I imagined ) lighting on my neck , giving me a great stroak which caused much pain to me , and after that another which was lesse then the first , and so a third and fourth , each stroak being lesse then the former , and each stroke descending lower down , till it came to the middle of my back , and then I thought something entered into my body , which I perswaded my self ( from Satans instigation ) to be the Spirit of God decending upon me like a Dove and entring into me , whereupon I heard ( in my conceit ) a voice within me saying , It is day ; whereupon , looking up and perceiving it to be light , I answered , Yes : the voice replyed twice over to me , and said , as certain as it is light , so certainly shall Christ give thee light .	cache/A86015.xml	txt/A86015.txt
