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             A lamentation over England and faithful warning to the inhabitants thereof by William Bingley.
             Bingley, William, 1651-1715.
          
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             Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle,
             London :
             1682.
          
           
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           A
           Lamentation
           OVER
           ENGLAND
           AND
           Faithful
           Warning
           To
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Bingley
          
           .
        
         
           
             Amos
             8.
             10.
             
          
           And
           I
           will
           turn
           your
           Feasts
           into
           Mourning
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           Songs
           into
           Lamentation
           ;
           I
           will
           bring
           up
           Sack-cloth
           upon
           all
           Loyns
           ,
           and
           Baldness
           upon
           every
           Head
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           make
           it
           as
           the
           Mourning
           of
           an
           only
           Son
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           thereof
           as
           a
           Bitter
           Day
           .
        
         
           
             Jer.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           To
           whom
           shall
           I
           speak
           and
           give
           Warning
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           hear
           ?
           Behold
           ,
           their
           Ear
           is
           Vncircumcised
           ,
           and
           they
           cannot
           hearken
           ;
           behold
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           unto
           them
           a
           Reproach
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           delight
           in
           it
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Andrew
             Sowle
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Crooked-Billet
           in
           Holloway-Lane
           in
           Shoreditch
           ,
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             FIrst
             ,
             A
          
           Lamentation
           over
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominions
           thereunto
           belonging
           ,
           with
           a
           faithful
           Warning
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           to
           cease
           from
           the
           evil
           of
           their
           Doings
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           unto
           the
           Lord
           by
           speedy
           Repentance
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           escape
           the
           dreadful
           Judgments
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           which
           are
           threatned
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           executed
           upon
           them
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Crying
           Sins
           that
           do
           abound
           in
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           A
           Warning
           to
           the
           Rulers
           and
           Magistrates
           (
           in
           particular
           )
           to
           leave
           off
           persecuting
           and
           afflicting
           the
           Innocent
           ;
           and
           to
           amend
           their
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           Justice
           and
           execute
           true
           Judgment
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           lest
           God
           plead
           with
           them
           in
           his
           Anger
           ,
           and
           consume
           them
           in
           his
           sore
           Displeasure
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           An
           Expostulation
           with
           the
           Clergy
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Dominions
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           discovered
           not
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Steps
           ,
           Lives
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Prophets
           of
           God
           ,
           true
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           of
           Antichrist
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           A
           Warning
           to
           those
           among
           them
           ,
           whose
           Day
           of
           Mercy
           is
           not
           over
           ,
           to
           Repent
           of
           these
           their
           Wicked
           and
           Antichristian
           Practices
           ,
           whereby
           they
           deceive
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Lord
           will
           make
           them
           a
           Hissing
           and
           a
           Reproach
           to
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           their
           Memorial
           a
           Stink
           to
           Generations
           to
           come
           ,
           &c.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             A
             Lamentation
             over
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             .
          
           
             OH
             
               England
               !
               England
            
             !
             the
             Land
             of
             my
             Nativity
             ,
             for
             whom
             my
             Soul
             hath
             often
             mourned
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             time
             mourns
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             my
             Spirit
             is
             grieved
             within
             me
             ,
             to
             behold
             so
             much
             
               Wickedness
               ,
               Vngodliness
               ,
               Oppression
            
             ,
             and
             Abomination
             as
             at
             this
             day
             abounds
             in
             thee
             !
             A
             Nation
             to
             whom
             God
             Almighty
             hath
             signally
             appeared
             ,
             and
             been
             at
             work
             in
             by
             his
             mighty
             Arm
             and
             divine
             Power
             ;
             and
             the
             proffers
             of
             Love
             and
             Mercy
             from
             the
             God
             of
             Mercies
             have
             been
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             long
             waited
             to
             be
             gracious
             and
             merciful
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             hath
             extended
             one
             Visitation
             after
             another
             unto
             thee
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             a
             time
             sought
             thy
             Inhabitants
             in
             tender
             yearning
             Bowels
             of
             Love.
             
          
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             all
             these
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             tender
             Dealings
             of
             the
             Lord
             with
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             ,
             how
             have
             you
             continued
             in
             your
             Sins
             and
             Transgressions
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             hath
             thus
             sought
             your
             return
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             mercy
             on
             you
             !
             And
             when
             Intreatings
             and
             yearning
             Bowels
             would
             not
             draw
             nor
             prevail
             upon
             you
             (
             to
             restrain
             you
             from
             your
             evil
             courses
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             you
             to
             Amendment
             of
             Life
             )
             he
             hath
             threatned
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             also
             many
             times
             executed
             it
             upon
             thy
             Inhabitants
             ,
             O
             England
             !
             and
             hath
             shewed
             his
             Displeasure
             against
             you
             many
             a
             time
             :
             But
             neither
             Mercy
             nor
             Judgment
             ,
             Smiles
             nor
             Threats
             have
             taken
             place
             among
             many
             of
             thy
             Rebellious
             and
             Gain-saying
             Inhabitants
             .
             For
             though
             the
             Lord
             hath
             often
             intreated
             ,
             and
             his
             Arm
             of
             everlasting
             Mercies
             have
             been
             stretched
             out
             to
             you
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             to
             Israel
             of
             Old
             ;
             and
             as
             they
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             gathered
             them
             ,
             even
             so
             have
             you
             refused
             to
             hearken
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             
               Forsake
               the
               Evil
               of
               your
               
               Wayes
               ,
            
             and
             to
             turn
             to
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             saved
             you
             from
             the
             Wrath
             and
             fierce
             Vengeance
             that
             is
             coming
             upon
             the
             Rebellious
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             he
             hath
             pleaded
             with
             you
             in
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             hath
             manifested
             his
             Displeasure
             and
             Wrath
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             thy
             Inhabitants
             ,
             (
             though
             alwayes
             mixed
             with
             Mercy
             )
             and
             shewed
             them
             that
             he
             can
             do
             whatsoever
             he
             will
             ;
             For
             who
             can
             withstand
             him
             in
             his
             great
             Power
             ?
             seeing
             the
             Nations
             are
             but
             as
             the
             drop
             of
             a
             Bucket
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             small
             Dust
             in
             the
             Ballance
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             overturned
             on
             one
             Hand
             ,
             and
             overturned
             on
             the
             other
             Hand
             ,
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             many
             of
             you
             who
             are
             yet
             alive
             ;
             and
             hath
             brought
             down
             the
             Mighty
             from
             their
             Seats
             (
             who
             exalted
             themselves
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Innocent
             )
             and
             hath
             exalted
             them
             of
             low
             degree
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             did
             not
             answer
             the
             End
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Lord
             God
             appeared
             on
             their
             behalf
             ,
             but
             rebelled
             against
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             who
             had
             scattered
             their
             Enemies
             before
             them
             ,
             the
             Hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             also
             turned
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             confounded
             them
             ,
             and
             broke
             and
             scattered
             them
             ,
             and
             hath
             blown
             them
             away
             with
             the
             Breath
             of
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             as
             the
             Chaff
             of
             the
             Summer-threshing-Floor
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             all
             these
             Revolutions
             and
             Overturnings
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             brought
             to
             pass
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             his
             pleadings
             with
             you
             in
             Judgment
             ,
             time
             after
             time
             with
             Sword
             ,
             with
             Pestilence
             and
             Fire
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             dreadful
             Judgments
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             both
             threatned
             and
             executed
             in
             a
             dreadful
             manner
             ;
             yet
             have
             not
             many
             of
             thy
             Inhabitants
             bowed
             themselves
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             thus
             appeared
             ,
             nor
             feared
             before
             this
             dreadful
             God
             ,
             
               who
               will
               be
               revealed
               in
               flames
               of
               Fire
               ,
               taking
               Vengeance
               on
               the
               Rebellious
               and
               Gain-sayers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               his
               Son
            
             ;
             but
             have
             grieved
             and
             provoked
             him
             by
             your
             Wickedness
             and
             Ungodliness
             from
             day
             to
             day
             .
          
           
             
               And
               when
               the
               Lord
               hath
               sent
               his
            
             Servants
             and
             Messengers
             
               to
               you
               ,
               who
               have
               faithfully
            
             reproved
             Sin
             in
             the
             Gate
             ,
             
               and
               where-ever
               it
               appeared
               ;
               and
               have
               cryed
               unto
               you
               ,
            
             To
             break
             off
             from
             your
             Sins
             and
             Transgressions
             by
             true
             Repentance
             and
             Godly
             Sorrow
             ,
             for
             your
             Sins
             ,
             and
             to
             Amend
             your
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             and
             to
             turn
             to
             God
             with
             all
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             away
             the
             Evil
             of
             your
             doings
             
             from
             before
             the
             Eyes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             cease
             to
             do
             Evil
             ,
             and
             learn
             to
             do
             Well
             ;
             that
             so
             the
             Lord
             
               (
               according
               to
               his
               Promise
            
             )
             might
             have
             blotted
             out
             your
             Sins
             ,
             and
             remembred
             your
             Transgressions
             no
             more
             ,
             that
             Rest
             and
             Peace
             with
             the
             everlasting
             God
             might
             have
             been
             known
             to
             your
             immortal
             Souls
             forever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             these
             Labours
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             yearning
             Bowels
             ,
             with
             which
             you
             have
             been
             sought
             both
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             his
             Servants
             (
             who
             have
             risen
             early
             ,
             and
             travelled
             with
             their
             Lives
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             &
             have
             earnestly
             desired
             your
             turning
             to
             the
             Lord
             )
             have
             been
             slighted
             ,
             and
             set
             at
             nought
             by
             you
             :
             Neither
             have
             you
             turned
             from
             the
             Evil
             of
             your
             wayes
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             like
             Jerusalem
             of
             Old
             ,
             (
             whom
             the
             Lord
             would
             have
             gathered
             )
             have
             rejected
             the
             Reproofs
             of
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             in
             your selves
             ,
             and
             are
             doing
             Despight
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             ,
             by
             which
             you
             should
             have
             been
             both
             sanctified
             ,
             and
             also
             sealed
             to
             the
             Day
             of
             Redemption
             ;
             and
             also
             rejecting
             the
             Instructions
             ,
             Reproofs
             and
             Warnings
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             faithful
             Servants
             of
             the
             Lord
             have
             been
             sounded
             in
             your
             Ears
             ;
             Instead
             of
             hearkening
             thereunto
             ,
             you
             have
             evilly
             intreated
             them
             with
             
               Whipping
               ,
               Stocking
               ,
               Stoning
               ,
               spoiling
               of
               their
               Goods
               ,
            
             to
             the
             Ruining
             of
             many
             Families
             ,
             Imprisoning
             some
             to
             Death
             ,
             and
             Banishing
             others
             ;
             with
             many
             other
             gross
             and
             horrid
             Abuses
             ,
             wherewith
             you
             have
             entreated
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             Cause
             than
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             their
             Consciences
             towards
             God
             ,
             and
             reproving
             you
             for
             your
             Sins
             ,
             and
             crying
             to
             you
             for
             Amendment
             of
             Life
             ;
             which
             bespeaks
             you
             to
             be
             a
             People
             that
             hate
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             love
             Iniquity
             ,
             chusing
             your
             own
             Vanities
             ,
             and
             slighting
             the
             Tender
             Mercies
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             treasuring
             up
             to
             your selves
             Wrath
             against
             the
             Day
             of
             Wrath
             ;
             and
             so
             are
             bringing
             swift
             Destruction
             and
             Misery
             upon
             your selves
             .
             Oh!
             My
             Soul
             mourns
             in
             the
             sight
             and
             sence
             of
             that
             
               dreadful
               Day
            
             which
             is
             coming
             upon
             you
             ,
             for
             your
             Transgressions
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             thus
             abusing
             and
             shamefully
             entreating
             them
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             sent
             unto
             you
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             sought
             nothing
             but
             the
             good
             and
             everlasting
             Peace
             of
             your
             immortal
             Souls
             .
          
           
             But
             none
             of
             these
             things
             have
             prevailed
             upon
             many
             of
             thy
             Inhabitants
             ,
             O
             England
             !
             to
             soften
             your
             hard
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             to
             tender
             them
             before
             the
             Lord.
             For
             instead
             of
             ceasing
             from
             your
             
             Sins
             and
             Abominations
             (
             which
             abound
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             )
             by
             true
             Repentance
             and
             Amendment
             of
             your
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             and
             turning
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             cryed
             to
             you
             many
             a
             time
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Turn
               you
               ,
               turn
               you
               ,
               why
               will
               you
               dye
               ?
            
             (
             as
             he
             did
             to
             Israel
             of
             old
             )
             but
             you
             have
             stopped
             your
             Ears
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             who
             were
             compared
             to
             the
             
               deaf
               Adder
               that
               would
               not
               hear
               the
               Voice
               of
               the
               Charmer
               ,
               charming
               never
               so
               wisely
            
             ;
             and
             so
             continuing
             still
             in
             your
             Abominations
             (
             which
             the
             Lord
             would
             have
             gathered
             you
             from
             ,
             had
             you
             obey'd
             his
             Voice
             )
             manifold
             Sins
             and
             Wickedness
             encrease
             amongst
             you
             ,
             as
             
               Swearing
               ,
               Cursing
               ,
               Damning
               ,
               Revelling
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Whoredoms
            
             and
             Murders
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             gross
             and
             shameful
             Impieties
             ;
             yea
             ,
             almost
             all
             manner
             of
             Wickedness
             ,
             Rebellion
             and
             Treachery
             ,
             both
             against
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             abounds
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             ,
             for
             which
             God
             will
             bring
             Judgment
             &
             Sorrow
             upon
             you
             ,
             yea
             ,
             such
             Sorrow
             as
             shall
             never
             have
             an
             end
             ,
             except
             you
             speedily
             Repent
             .
          
           
             And
             those
             that
             can
             act
             these
             horrid
             Wickednesses
             and
             crying
             Sins
             (
             which
             indeed
             make
             the
             Land
             Mourn
             )
             without
             fear
             or
             shame
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             did
             not
             consider
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             who
             will
             punish
             for
             them
             ,
             are
             they
             not
             most
             esteemed
             and
             set
             up
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             now
             a
             days
             ?
             and
             so
             that
             is
             seen
             to
             increase
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             ENGLAND
             (
             to
             the
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             of
             the
             hearts
             of
             many
             )
             which
             the
             Prophet
             saw
             ,
             and
             concerning
             which
             he
             cryed
             out
             of
             old
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               The
               Proud
               are
               counted
               Happy
               ,
               yea
               ,
               they
               that
               work
               Wickedness
               are
               even
               set
               up
               ,
               and
               they
               that
               tempt
               God
               are
               even
               delivered
               ,
            
             Mal.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             But
             let
             all
             such
             know
             ,
             who
             are
             guilty
             of
             these
             Evils
             ,
             your
             everlasting
             Thraldom
             and
             eternal
             Misery
             is
             coming
             on
             ,
             and
             will
             overtake
             you
             ,
             (
             if
             ye
             speedily
             Repent
             not
             )
             out
             of
             which
             you
             shall
             never
             be
             delivered
             .
          
           
             And
             such
             as
             cannot
             run
             with
             the
             Multitude
             into
             those
             Evils
             and
             Abominations
             which
             provoke
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             to
             Anger
             ,
             but
             live
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             Life
             becoming
             Christianity
             ,
             as
             knowing
             they
             must
             give
             an
             Account
             (
             and
             so
             must
             all
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             men
             )
             to
             God
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             ,
             both
             quick
             and
             dead
             ,
             and
             must
             receive
             a
             Reward
             at
             his
             hand
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Doings
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             good
             or
             evil
             ,
             and
             so
             cannot
             rush
             into
             Iniquity
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Horse
             
             rusheth
             into
             Battel
             ,
             are
             become
             a
             Prey
             to
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             and
             as
             objects
             of
             Scorn
             and
             Derision
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             Wicked
             and
             the
             Ungodly
             execute
             their
             Cruelty
             and
             grievous
             Oppression
             ;
             yea
             ,
             Godliness
             and
             Piety
             is
             so
             little
             regarded
             amongst
             many
             who
             profess
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             a
             sober
             Life
             and
             a
             godly
             Conversation
             is
             become
             a
             Derision
             ;
             its
             Crime
             enough
             now
             a
             days
             among
             many
             ,
             for
             a
             man
             to
             have
             a
             civil
             Carriage
             and
             a
             sober
             Behaviour
             (
             and
             to
             walk
             as
             one
             who
             fears
             the
             Lord
             )
             to
             be
             scoffed
             at
             and
             vilified
             with
             reproachful
             Names
             ,
             as
             he
             passeth
             through
             Town
             or
             City
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             Wickedness
             and
             Debauchery
             ,
             Looseness
             and
             Prophanness
             is
             encouraged
             and
             abounds
             ,
             Virtue
             and
             Sobriety
             are
             discouraged
             and
             decryed
             among
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             ENGLAND
             .
             For
             we
             see
             many
             of
             you
             are
             living
             and
             spending
             your
             days
             here
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             in
             those
             things
             which
             are
             so
             contrary
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             Purity
             and
             Holiness
             (
             without
             which
             none
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             )
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             such
             thing
             to
             be
             known
             or
             minded
             by
             you
             :
             And
             all
             those
             holy
             Admonitions
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             threatnings
             of
             Punishment
             and
             eternal
             Sorrow
             to
             the
             Wicked
             and
             Ungodly
             ,
             which
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             full
             of
             (
             if
             timely
             Repentance
             be
             not
             known
             )
             are
             slighted
             and
             disregarded
             by
             you
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             should
             never
             be
             fulfilled
             nor
             executed
             upon
             you
             .
          
           
             And
             these
             are
             the
             Practices
             that
             have
             been
             and
             yet
             are
             found
             amongst
             you
             ,
             encouraged
             and
             upheld
             by
             you
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             against
             an
             innocent
             and
             harmless
             People
             ,
             whom
             God
             Almighty
             hath
             gathered
             and
             chosen
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             Ways
             and
             Abominations
             thereof
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             peculiar
             People
             to
             himself
             ,
             zealous
             of
             good
             Works
             ,
             who
             have
             always
             sought
             the
             good
             and
             peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             abounding
             of
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             therein
             ,
             and
             have
             often
             entreated
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             supplicated
             God
             on
             your
             behalf
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               not
               break
               in
               upon
               you
               ,
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
            
             ENGLAND
             ,
             
               by
               his
               fierce
               Wrath
               and
               sore
               Displeasure
               ,
            
             lest
             he
             should
             consume
             you
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             for
             your
             Sins
             and
             Transgressions
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             hath
             tendred
             Salvation
             ,
             but
             you
             refused
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             have
             laboured
             faithfully
             among
             you
             ,
             to
             turn
             you
             from
             Darkness
             to
             the
             Light
             of
             Christ
             (
             which
             now
             shines
             ,
             blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             forever
             )
             and
             from
             Satans
             Power
             (
             by
             which
             you
             
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             captivated
             and
             prevailed
             upon
             to
             work
             Iniquity
             with
             greediness
             )
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             Redeemed
             out
             of
             that
             Slavery
             and
             Captivity
             ,
             into
             the
             glorious
             Liberty
             and
             Freedom
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ,
             had
             there
             been
             Obedience
             and
             Subjection
             yielded
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             also
             hath
             been
             slighted
             and
             set
             at
             nought
             by
             many
             of
             you
             :
             And
             those
             who
             have
             thus
             laboured
             and
             travelled
             among
             you
             for
             your
             good
             ,
             you
             have
             rewarded
             with
             
               Stocking
               ,
               Stoning
            
             and
             Imprisonments
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             gross
             and
             horrid
             Abuses
             ,
             as
             Jerusalem
             did
             of
             Old
             them
             that
             were
             sent
             to
             her
             :
             And
             instead
             of
             turning
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
               the
               true
               Light
               ,
               that
               enlightens
               every
               man
               that
               cometh
               into
               the
               World
               ,
            
             John
             19.
             
             You
             have
             made
             a
             scorn
             and
             a
             derision
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             loved
             Darkness
             rather
             than
             the
             Light
             ,
             (
             which
             manifests
             to
             you
             the
             Wickedness
             of
             your
             Evil
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             the
             Abominations
             that
             have
             lodged
             there
             )
             because
             there
             Deeds
             are
             Evil
             ,
             John
             3.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             And
             so
             have
             hated
             the
             blessed
             Light
             that
             doth
             reprove
             for
             Sin
             ,
             loving
             your
             Sins
             ,
             for
             which
             you
             have
             been
             reproved
             ,
             better
             than
             the
             Light
             who
             hath
             reproved
             you
             .
          
           
             
               And
               so
               have
               manifested
               your selves
               to
               be
               such
               as
               the
               Apostle
               spoke
               of
               ,
            
             Lovers
             of
             your
             own
             Pleasures
             ,
             Proud
             ,
             Blasphemers
             ,
             disobedient
             to
             Parents
             ,
             Vnthankful
             ,
             Vnholy
             ,
             without
             natural
             Affection
             ,
             Truce-breakers
             ,
             false
             Accusers
             ,
             Incontient
             ,
             Fierce
             ,
             Despisers
             of
             those
             that
             are
             good
             ,
             Treacherous
             ,
             Heady
             ,
             High-minded
             ,
             lovers
             of
             Pleasure
             more
             than
             lovers
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             these
             Evils
             above-mentioned
             ,
             you
             are
             satisfying
             your
             own
             Hearts
             Lusts
             ,
             living
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             Voluptuousness
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             vain
             Glory
             ,
             and
             forgetfulness
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             guilty
             of
             those
             Sins
             which
             Israel
             of
             Old
             were
             guilty
             of
             ,
             
               who
               sate
               down
            
             (
             in
             forgetfulness
             of
             God
             )
             
               to
               Eat
               and
               to
               Drink
               ,
               and
               rose
               up
               to
               Play
               ,
            
             Exod.
             32.
             6.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             State
             of
             too
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             ,
             both
             Priests
             and
             People
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Wrath
             of
             Almighty
             God
             is
             kindled
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             his
             sore
             Displeasure
             is
             nigh
             to
             break
             forth
             upon
             you
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             will
             trample
             you
             under
             his
             Feet
             ,
             and
             appoint
             you
             your
             portion
             in
             the
             Lake
             of
             Perdition
             forever
             ,
             if
             you
             Repent
             not
             ,
             and
             that
             speedily
             .
          
           
             Oh
             
               England
               !
               England
            
             !
             How
             many
             Warnings
             have
             thy
             Inhabitants
             had
             ?
             And
             how
             long
             hath
             the
             Lord
             strove
             with
             you
             ?
             
             both
             by
             his
             Servants
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             the
             many
             signal
             Tokens
             that
             have
             appeared
             of
             his
             displeasure
             amongst
             you
             ?
             Yet
             none
             of
             those
             things
             have
             prevailed
             upon
             you
             to
             turn
             from
             the
             Evil
             of
             your
             wayes
             ;
             but
             you
             have
             hardened
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             stiffened
             your
             Necks
             in
             your
             Wickedness
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             God
             (
             though
             he
             has
             long
             waited
             to
             be
             gracious
             to
             you
             )
             for
             which
             God
             will
             bring
             everlasting
             Misery
             and
             Sorrow
             upon
             you
             ,
             if
             ye
             continue
             in
             these
             Evils
             which
             have
             abounded
             ,
             and
             yet
             abound
             among
             you
             .
          
           
             For
             although
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             expresly
             ,
             
               Know
               you
               not
               that
               the
               Vnrighteous
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ?
               Be
               not
               deceived
               ,
               neither
               Fornicators
               ,
               nor
               Idolaters
               ,
               nor
               Drunkards
               ,
               nor
               Revilers
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               shall
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             And
             notwithstanding
             these
             Testimonies
             which
             are
             certainly
             true
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             fulfilled
             upon
             all
             the
             Ungodly
             :
             How
             many
             are
             living
             in
             these
             very
             Evils
             !
             as
             
               Whoredoms
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Revilings
            
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             crying
             Sins
             ,
             which
             are
             expresly
             forbidden
             ;
             yet
             you
             continue
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             all
             those
             Judgments
             and
             Torments
             threatned
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             Truth
             against
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             were
             but
             meer
             Fictions
             .
             And
             so
             you
             go
             on
             in
             your
             Wickedness
             and
             Ungodliness
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             neither
             Punishment
             nor
             Torment
             to
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             and
             as
             if
             there
             were
             neither
             God
             nor
             Devil
             ,
             Heaven
             nor
             Hell.
             
          
           
             But
             let
             all
             such
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             dreadful
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             that
             rained
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             upon
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             of
             Old
             ,
             that
             punished
             the
             Wicked
             in
             every
             Age
             ,
             (
             who
             hath
             promised
             ,
             and
             will
             perform
             it
             )
             though
             the
             Wicked
             joyn
             Hand
             in
             Hand
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             go
             unpunished
             ;
             but
             he
             will
             render
             the
             Recompence
             and
             Reward
             of
             your
             own
             doings
             into
             your
             Bosoms
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             do
             not
             turn
             to
             him
             while
             he
             strives
             with
             you
             ,
             ye
             shall
             feel
             the
             weight
             of
             his
             avenging
             Hand
             and
             Iron
             Rod
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             will
             dash
             the
             Rebellious
             Nations
             to
             pieces
             like
             a
             Potters
             Vessel
             .
             And
             now
             my
             Soul
             desires
             that
             you
             may
             turn
             from
             your
             Evil
             Courses
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             continue
             in
             your
             Exaltedness
             of
             mind
             and
             heart
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             Wickedness
             and
             Ungodliness
             ,
             lest
             you
             be
             brought
             down
             and
             turned
             into
             Hell
             ,
             with
             all
             Nations
             that
             forget
             God
             ,
             Psal
             .
             9.
             17.
             to
             be
             tormented
             with
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             forever
             and
             evermore
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             Lord
             hath
             often
             waited
             to
             be
             gracious
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             hath
             born
             with
             you
             ,
             though
             you
             have
             greatly
             provoked
             him
             ,
             yet
             his
             Patience
             has
             lasted
             long
             ;
             and
             he
             hath
             held
             forth
             a
             Hand
             of
             love
             to
             many
             ,
             who
             have
             taken
             no
             notice
             of
             it
             :
             But
             now
             his
             Patience
             is
             almost
             worn
             out
             ,
             and
             his
             long
             suffering
             well
             nigh
             come
             to
             an
             End
             ;
             yea
             ,
             I
             am
             afraid
             it
             s
             come
             to
             an
             end
             already
             to
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             his
             Indignation
             is
             kindled
             ,
             and
             burns
             hot
             against
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             refused
             to
             hearken
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             hath
             called
             you
             time
             after
             time
             ,
             and
             is
             nigh
             to
             break
             forth
             like
             a
             devouring
             Fire
             ;
             and
             before
             him
             the
             Wicked
             shall
             be
             as
             Hay
             ,
             and
             as
             Stubble
             :
             whom
             God
             will
             consume
             ,
             and
             will
             leave
             them
             neither
             Root
             nor
             Branch
             .
          
           
             For
             behold
             ,
             the
             Cry
             of
             your
             Iniquities
             hath
             reached
             unto
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             your
             Sins
             have
             come
             up
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             into
             remembrance
             with
             our
             God
             ;
             and
             the
             Day
             wherein
             he
             will
             ease
             him
             of
             his
             Adversaries
             ,
             and
             avenge
             him
             of
             his
             Enemies
             maketh
             haste
             ,
             wherein
             he
             will
             pour
             out
             his
             Wrath
             ,
             Indignation
             and
             Judgment
             upon
             you
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             England
             (
             that
             continue
             in
             your
             Gain-saying
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             God
             )
             without
             any
             mixture
             of
             Mercy
             .
          
           
             Oh!
             you
             my
             native
             Country
             Men
             and
             People
             of
             England
             (
             in
             general
             )
             for
             whom
             a
             travail
             is
             upon
             my
             Spirit
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             many
             a
             time
             ,
             that
             you
             might
             be
             prevailed
             upon
             (
             whose
             Day
             of
             Mercy
             is
             not
             yet
             ended
             and
             over
             ,
             whom
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             and
             the
             Night
             is
             not
             yet
             wholly
             spread
             )
             to
             consider
             your
             latter
             end
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             too
             late
             ;
             and
             to
             turn
             from
             your
             Sins
             and
             Transgressions
             ,
             your
             Haughtiness
             ,
             Pride
             and
             vain
             Glory
             ,
             and
             your
             abusing
             your selves
             with
             those
             things
             which
             God
             hath
             extended
             as
             Mercies
             unto
             you
             ,
             viz.
             your
             wasting
             ,
             abusing
             and
             spending
             the
             good
             Creatures
             of
             God
             to
             satisfie
             your
             Lusts
             ,
             which
             hath
             highly
             displeased
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             provoked
             him
             to
             Anger
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             you
             may
             all
             come
             to
             learn
             that
             blessed
             Lesson
             ,
             which
             the
             holy
             men
             of
             Old
             learned
             ,
             who
             were
             taught
             by
             the
             Grace
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             
               (
               a
               measure
               whereof
               is
               given
               to
               every
               man
               to
               profit
               withal
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             7.
             
             )
             which
             was
             ,
             
               That
               denying
               Vngodliness
               ,
               and
               worldly
               Lusts
               ,
               they
               might
               live
               Soberly
               ,
               Righteously
               and
               Godlily
               in
               the
               present
               evil
               World
               ,
            
             Tit.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Which
             all
             that
             ever
             come
             to
             inherit
             Rest
             and
             Peace
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             habitation
             in
             his
             holy
             
             Kingdom
             of
             everlasting
             Joy
             ,
             must
             be
             found
             living
             in
             ,
             and
             to
             cry
             to
             God
             in
             a
             sence
             of
             your
             Miserable
             state
             and
             Deplorable
             Condition
             ,
             while
             the
             Ear
             of
             his
             tender
             Mercy
             is
             open
             to
             hear
             you
             ,
             lest
             such
             a
             Day
             come
             upon
             and
             overtake
             you
             ,
             as
             was
             threatned
             to
             a
             People
             of
             Old
             ,
             
               wherein
               you
               may
               Cry
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               will
               not
               hear
               you
            
             ;
             (
             because
             you
             have
             not
             hearkened
             to
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             called
             )
             
               you
               may
               Call
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               not
               Answer
               ;
               but
               will
               laugh
               at
               your
               Calamity
               ,
               and
               mock
               when
               your
               Fear
               cometh
               .
            
          
           
             But
             that
             this
             Day
             may
             never
             overtake
             you
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Visitation
             of
             God
             is
             yet
             continued
             ,
             is
             the
             hearty
             Desire
             and
             Prayer
             of
             my
             Soul
             to
             God
             for
             you
             :
             Therefore
             turn
             to
             God
             with
             all
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             while
             his
             Arms
             of
             tender
             Mercy
             are
             open
             to
             receive
             you
             ;
             and
             triffle
             not
             away
             your
             precious
             time
             that
             yet
             remains
             ,
             lest
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             you
             bring
             the
             sentence
             of
             an
             eternal
             Exclusion
             upon
             your selves
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             joy
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             forever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             Oh
             that
             a
             true
             Desire
             were
             begotten
             in
             all
             your
             Hearts
             and
             Minds
             ,
             to
             come
             to
             that
             blessed
             Fountain
             of
             God's
             free
             Love
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             opened
             for
             all
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             come
             to
             it
             ,
             the
             Virtue
             whereof
             purgeth
             the
             Souls
             of
             all
             that
             wash
             in
             it
             ,
             from
             Sin
             and
             Uncleanness
             ,
             and
             so
             sprinkles
             the
             Conscience
             from
             death
             ,
             and
             dead
             works
             ,
             to
             serve
             the
             living
             God
             in
             newness
             and
             purity
             of
             a
             Holy
             Life
             .
          
           
             
               And
               now
               ,
               Oh
               that
               you
               all
               may
               be
               willing
               to
               take
               that
               good
               Counsel
               ,
               which
               was
               given
               by
               the
               Lord
               to
               a
               People
               of
               Old
               ,
               when
               he
               said
               by
               the
               Mouth
               of
               his
               Prophet
               ,
            
             Wash
             you
             ,
             make
             you
             clean
             ,
             put
             away
             from
             before
             me
             the
             Evil
             of
             your
             doings
             ;
             cease
             to
             do
             Evil
             ,
             and
             learn
             to
             do
             Well
             ;
             seek
             Judgment
             ,
             relieve
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             judge
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             plead
             for
             the
             Widdow
             :
             Come
             now
             ,
             let
             us
             reason
             together
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
             though
             your
             Sins
             be
             as
             Scarlet
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             as
             white
             as
             Snow
             ;
             though
             they
             be
             red
             as
             Crimson
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             as
             Wool
             :
             If
             you
             be
             willing
             and
             obedient
             ,
             you
             shall
             eat
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             &c.
             Isa
             .
             1.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             precious
             Promises
             of
             God
             to
             all
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             forsake
             the
             Evil
             of
             their
             doings
             ,
             and
             to
             turn
             to
             him
             with
             all
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             who
             desires
             not
             the
             death
             (
             or
             destruction
             )
             of
             any
             ,
             but
             rather
             that
             they
             may
             Repent
             ,
             and
             live
             .
          
           
             
               And
               again
               ,
               the
               good
               Counsel
               and
               Advice
               of
               the
               holy
               Apostle
               ought
               to
               be
               minded
               and
               observed
               by
               you
               all
               ,
               which
               is
               on
               this
               wise
               ,
            
             
             Cleanse
             your
             Hands
             ye
             Sinners
             ,
             purifie
             your
             Hearts
             ye
             Double-minded
             ;
             be
             Afflicted
             ,
             and
             Mourn
             ,
             and
             Weep
             ;
             Let
             your
             Laughter
             be
             turned
             into
             Mourning
             ,
             and
             your
             Joy
             into
             Heaviness
             :
             Humble
             your selves
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             lift
             you
             up
             ,
             James
             4.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             And
             unless
             you
             thus
             humble
             your selves
             under
             the
             mighty
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             turn
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             forsake
             your
             sinful
             Wayes
             and
             evil
             Courses
             ,
             and
             wait
             to
             know
             a
             being
             washed
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             (
             which
             cleanseth
             from
             all
             Sin
             )
             that
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             God's
             free
             and
             great
             Love
             opened
             unto
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             you
             can
             never
             come
             to
             have
             a
             place
             in
             the
             Rest
             which
             God
             hath
             prepared
             ,
             nor
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             of
             eternal
             Glory
             ,
             which
             remains
             sure
             to
             the
             Righteous
             forever
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Lord
             knows
             (
             who
             searches
             the
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             tryeth
             the
             Reigns
             of
             all
             ,
             from
             whose
             all-seeing
             Eye
             nothing
             can
             be
             hid
             )
             that
             I
             labour
             for
             ,
             and
             seek
             nothing
             more
             ,
             than
             your
             turning
             to
             the
             Lord
             with
             broken
             ,
             tender
             and
             penitent
             Hearts
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             find
             Mercy
             with
             God
             to
             your
             immortal
             Souls
             ;
             and
             that
             while
             you
             have
             dayes
             here
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             you
             may
             so
             live
             in
             his
             Fear
             ,
             Wisdom
             and
             Counsel
             ,
             as
             that
             when-ever
             your
             latter
             end
             cometh
             ,
             and
             Death
             looks
             you
             in
             the
             Face
             ,
             and
             summons
             you
             before
             the
             righteous
             Judge
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             you
             may
             lay
             down
             your
             Heads
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             your
             Graves
             in
             Peace
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             full
             assurance
             of
             a
             Habitation
             in
             that
             Eternal
             Joy
             ,
             where
             no
             Sorrow
             nor
             Sighing
             shall
             ever
             come
             .
          
           
             
               These
               are
               the
               Desires
               and
               earnest
               Breathings
               of
               him
               ,
               whose
               Soul
               hath
               often
               been
               wounded
               ,
               and
               his
               Spirit
               grieved
               ,
               in
               the
               hearing
               and
               beholding
               the
               Wickedness
               and
               Abominations
               which
               have
               abounded
               ,
               and
               yet
               do
               abound
               amongst
               many
               unto
               this
               very
               day
               ;
               and
               also
               hath
               mourned
               ,
               and
               been
               bowed
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               in
               the
               sight
               and
               sence
               of
               that
               dreadful
               Day
               ,
               which
               will
               certainly
               overtake
               and
               come
               upon
               all
               those
               ,
               who
               continue
               in
               their
               Wickedness
               and
               Rebellion
               against
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               W.
               B.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             VVarning
             to
             the
             Rulers
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ANd
             now
             all
             ye
             
               Rulers
               ,
               Magistrates
            
             ,
             and
             Men
             in
             Authority
             in
             ENGLAND
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             ,
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             (
             in
             whom
             Power
             and
             Authority
             remains
             forever
             ,
             
               To
               pull
               down
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               whomsoever
               he
               pleaseth
               )
            
             is
             highly
             displeased
             with
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             (
             not
             exempting
             the
             Wicked
             and
             Oppressive
             Rulers
             through
             the
             whole
             World
             )
             because
             you
             have
             not
             feared
             before
             his
             eternal
             Power
             and
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Life
             ,
             Breath
             and
             Beeing
             of
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             every
             living
             Creature
             is
             continued
             ,
             who
             can
             take
             it
             away
             ,
             and
             bring
             the
             highest
             and
             loftiest
             of
             Mortal
             Men
             to
             the
             Dust
             (
             from
             whence
             they
             come
             )
             at
             his
             Pleasure
             .
          
           
             Neither
             have
             you
             waited
             to
             receive
             Wisdom
             and
             Counsel
             from
             him
             ,
             the
             great
             Counsellour
             ,
             to
             act
             and
             to
             discharge
             your selves
             as
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             in
             so
             great
             Affairs
             and
             weighty
             Concerns
             as
             you
             have
             undertaken
             ;
             which
             if
             you
             had
             done
             ,
             ye
             would
             have
             encouraged
             Virtue
             and
             Righteousness
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             punished
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             ,
             where-ever
             it
             appeared
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             a
             Terror
             to
             Evil-doers
             ,
             and
             a
             Praise
             to
             them
             that
             were
             found
             doing
             Well
             ;
             and
             so
             would
             have
             eased
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             by
             breaking
             the
             Bonds
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             executed
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             thereby
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             Purity
             and
             Righteousness
             would
             have
             been
             exalted
             among
             you
             ;
             and
             this
             would
             have
             brought
             Peace
             and
             lasting
             Satisfaction
             into
             your
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             Joy
             and
             Tranquillity
             to
             the
             Nation
             in
             general
             .
          
           
             But
             have
             not
             many
             of
             you
             done
             and
             acted
             to
             the
             contrary
             ?
             For
             instead
             of
             punishing
             Debauchery
             and
             Wickedness
             ,
             viz.
             
               Swearing
               ,
               Cursing
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Whoredoms
               ,
               Looseness
            
             and
             
             Prophanness
             in
             others
             ,
             (
             which
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             been
             good
             Examples
             of
             Purity
             and
             Holiness
             in
             your
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             to
             all
             )
             are
             not
             many
             of
             you
             your selves
             living
             and
             taking
             delight
             and
             pleasure
             in
             the
             above-mentioned
             Evils
             ,
             and
             gross
             Abominations
             ?
             for
             which
             God
             ,
             the
             righteous
             Judge
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             (
             who
             will
             not
             be
             byassed
             with
             Rewards
             )
             will
             punish
             with
             everlasting
             Pain
             ,
             and
             eternal
             Flames
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             a
             continuing
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             by
             your
             bad
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             (
             others
             having
             taken
             you
             for
             Examples
             )
             have
             you
             not
             encouraged
             them
             in
             their
             Wickedness
             ?
             Is
             not
             that
             the
             cause
             which
             maketh
             Ungodliness
             abound
             ?
             as
             it
             doth
             among
             many
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             to
             the
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             of
             many
             ,
             who
             have
             truly
             desired
             to
             see
             the
             Current
             of
             Iniquity
             stopt
             .
          
           
             And
             whether
             have
             you
             set
             up
             Judgment
             and
             Justice
             as
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ?
             Or
             executed
             it
             upon
             the
             Transgressors
             ,
             or
             eased
             the
             Oppressed
             ,
             or
             broken
             the
             Bonds
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             a
             Terror
             to
             the
             Evil-doers
             ,
             and
             Encouragers
             of
             them
             that
             do
             Well
             ?
          
           
             
               But
               have
               not
               many
               of
               you
               punished
               and
               oppressed
               the
               Innocent
               ,
               and
               have
               executed
               your
               Cruelty
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               have
               let
               the
               Transgressors
               and
               the
               Wicked
               go
               free
               ?
               And
               So
               are
               not
               Such
               found
               in
               the
               Steps
               of
               those
               against
               whom
               the
               Prophet
               of
               the
               Lord
               cryed
               out
               of
               old
               ,
               Saying
            
             ;
             Your
             Hands
             are
             defiled
             with
             Blood
             ,
             your
             Fingers
             with
             Iniquity
             ,
             your
             Lips
             have
             spoken
             Lyes
             ,
             your
             Tongues
             muttred
             Perverseness
             ;
             none
             calleth
             for
             Justice
             ,
             nor
             any
             pleadeth
             for
             Truth
             :
             They
             trust
             in
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             speak
             Lyes
             ;
             They
             conceive
             Mischief
             ,
             and
             bring
             forth
             Iniquity
             ;
             Their
             works
             are
             works
             of
             Iniquity
             ;
             The
             act
             of
             Violence
             is
             in
             their
             hands
             ;
             Their
             feet
             run
             to
             Evil
             ;
             They
             make
             haste
             to
             shed
             Innocent
             Blood
             ;
             Wasting
             and
             Destruction
             are
             in
             their
             Paths
             ;
             The
             way
             of
             Peace
             they
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             Judgment
             in
             their
             goings
             ;
             They
             have
             made
             them
             Crooked
             Paths
             ,
             whosoever
             goeth
             therein
             ,
             shall
             not
             know
             Peace
             ;
             and
             Judgment
             is
             turned
             away
             backward
             ,
             and
             Justice
             standeth
             a
             far
             off
             ;
             for
             Truth
             is
             fallen
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             and
             Equity
             cannot
             enter
             ;
             yea
             ,
             Truth
             falleth
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             departeth
             from
             evil
             maketh
             himself
             a
             Prey
             ;
             And
             the
             Lord
             saw
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             displeased
             him
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Judgment
             ,
             Isa
             .
             59.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             &
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             many
             or
             most
             of
             these
             Wickednesses
             been
             acted
             
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             the
             Rulers
             &
             Magistrates
             of
             ENGLAND
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             ?
             And
             have
             not
             many
             devised
             Mischief
             and
             Oppression
             against
             an
             Innocent
             People
             ,
             that
             have
             done
             no
             wrong
             nor
             harm
             to
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             Nation
             in
             general
             ;
             but
             have
             sought
             the
             good
             and
             everlasting
             Wellfare
             of
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             Men
             every
             where
             ?
             And
             have
             not
             cruel
             Laws
             been
             made
             against
             them
             ?
             And
             have
             they
             not
             been
             (
             with
             many
             other
             Laws
             which
             were
             never
             made
             or
             intended
             against
             us
             )
             executed
             upon
             us
             ,
             with
             Cruelty
             and
             Severity
             (
             though
             the
             breach
             of
             no
             just
             Law
             can
             be
             charged
             upon
             us
             )
             to
             the
             Ruin
             ,
             Spoiling
             and
             exposing
             many
             Families
             to
             Poverty
             ,
             which
             were
             capable
             of
             relieving
             and
             assisting
             others
             ?
             And
             are
             not
             these
             Cruelties
             and
             Unrighteous
             Practices
             upheld
             and
             continued
             ?
             So
             that
             at
             this
             very
             day
             ,
             many
             undergo
             great
             Hardships
             ,
             Abuses
             and
             cruel
             Usages
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             Cause
             that
             can
             justly
             be
             laid
             to
             their
             Charge
             ,
             than
             for
             keeping
             their
             Consciences
             clear
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             Worshipping
             him
             according
             to
             his
             holy
             Requirings
             ,
             and
             for
             reproving
             sin
             in
             the
             Gate
             ,
             and
             crying
             to
             People
             ,
             
               To
               leave
               off
               their
               Wickedness
               ,
               Pride
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Whoredoms
               ,
               Cursing
            
             and
             Swearing
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             gross
             Abominations
             which
             abound
             too
             much
             among
             many
             ,
             both
             
               Rulers
               Priests
            
             and
             People
             ;
             for
             which
             God
             Almighty
             is
             angry
             with
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             will
             bring
             his
             
               dreadful
               Judgments
            
             on
             all
             those
             that
             continue
             therein
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Cry
             that
             hath
             run
             through
             many
             in
             this
             day
             ,
             to
             
               Rulers
               Priests
            
             and
             People
             ,
             hath
             been
             ,
             
               To
               break
               off
               from
               the
               above-mentioned
               Evils
               by
               true
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               by
               Amendment
               of
               their
               Lives
               and
               Conversations
               ,
               while
               the
               day
               of
               Mercy
               lasteth
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               fear
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               serve
               him
               in
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
            
             ;
             And
             this
             is
             that
             which
             we
             have
             sought
             or
             desired
             (
             even
             to
             see
             this
             Change
             wrought
             in
             all
             )
             in
             our
             Labours
             and
             Travails
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             have
             this
             Reward
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             Cruelty
             ,
             Spoiling
             of
             Goods
             and
             Imprisonments
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             great
             ,
             Inhumane
             and
             Unchristian-like
             Abuses
             ,
             which
             our
             innocent
             Sufferings
             for
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             unto
             this
             very
             day
             (
             which
             at
             this
             time
             is
             very
             great
             )
             may
             plainly
             shew
             ;
             Though
             alwayes
             without
             any
             Just
             cause
             given
             on
             our
             parts
             ;
             for
             none
             can
             justly
             charge
             us
             with
             Plotting
             and
             
               Contriving
               ,
               Rebellion
            
             
             or
             Insurrections
             against
             the
             KING
             or
             the
             GOVERNMENT
             or
             Peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             we
             have
             always
             sought
             the
             good
             and
             everlasting
             Happiness
             of
             all
             ,
             yea
             ,
             of
             our
             Enemies
             themselves
             ,
             though
             many
             times
             Shamefully
             abused
             by
             them
             ,
             both
             in
             Body
             and
             Goods
             ;
             and
             the
             good
             and
             wellfare
             of
             the
             Rulers
             and
             Magistrates
             of
             England
             ,
             though
             many
             of
             you
             have
             imprisoned
             many
             of
             us
             (
             time
             after
             time
             )
             some
             in
             Nasty
             Holes
             till
             Death
             ,
             and
             others
             to
             the
             Ruining
             of
             their
             Familes
             (
             as
             to
             outward
             things
             )
             because
             they
             could
             not
             wrong
             nor
             offer
             violence
             to
             their
             own
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             Authority
             hath
             been
             given
             to
             Wicked
             ,
             Ungodly
             ,
             Prophane
             ,
             and
             Unreasonable
             men
             ,
             to
             make
             Spoil
             of
             their
             ●oods
             (
             who
             were
             sure
             to
             have
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Spoil
             themselves
             )
             they
             have
             not
             only
             made
             Havock
             and
             great
             Spoil
             thereof
             ,
             but
             have
             taken
             liberty
             (
             if
             they
             had
             not
             Power
             given
             them
             )
             grosly
             to
             abuse
             their
             Bodies
             also
             ,
             by
             hailing
             and
             beating
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             all
             these
             
               Vnrighteous
               ,
               Vnjust
               Dealings
            
             and
             Proceedings
             have
             been
             patiently
             born
             (
             only
             a
             cry
             hath
             been
             in
             our
             hearts
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               open
               their
               Vnderstandings
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               see
               what
               they
               were
               doing
            
             (
             that
             so
             they
             might
             repent
             and
             ●ind
             mercy
             with
             God
             )
             without
             seeking
             Revenge
             ,
             as
             knowing
             
               Vengeance
               is
               the
               Lords
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               repay
            
             ;
             committing
             our
             Cause
             to
             God
             ,
             
               who
               will
               plead
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               innocent
               .
            
             And
             that
             this
             has
             been
             our
             Practice
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             unknown
             to
             many
             of
             you
             .
          
           
             So
             ,
             I
             desire
             you
             Magistrates
             (
             who
             have
             been
             most
             concerned
             in
             persecuting
             of
             us
             )
             may
             consider
             those
             Cruelties
             and
             Oppressions
             which
             have
             been
             inflicted
             upon
             us
             ;
             and
             how
             there
             hath
             been
             no
             just
             Cause
             on
             our
             parts
             for
             it
             :
             For
             what
             PLOTS
             have
             we
             contrived
             ?
             What
             Disturbance
             have
             we
             made
             to
             the
             Government
             ?
             Have
             we
             not
             always
             been
             an
             innocent
             ,
             suffering
             People
             ?
             Look
             back
             at
             our
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             ever
             since
             we
             were
             a
             People
             (
             in
             scorn
             )
             called
             Quakers
             ;
             and
             at
             our
             Carriage
             and
             Behaviour
             towards
             all
             men
             :
             And
             also
             ,
             take
             a
             view
             of
             your
             dealings
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             what
             hath
             been
             inflicted
             upon
             us
             ;
             and
             you
             may
             see
             whether
             we
             have
             justly
             deserved
             it
             by
             any
             Evil
             that
             we
             have
             done
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             if
             some
             look
             back
             with
             an
             impartial
             Eye
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             cause
             to
             be
             ashamed
             of
             their
             Dealings
             and
             Proceedings
             against
             us
             ,
             who
             have
             made
             us
             as
             objects
             ,
             on
             whom
             they
             
             have
             executed
             their
             Cruelty
             and
             Oppression
             .
             And
             also
             take
             a
             view
             of
             your
             doings
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             many
             of
             you
             are
             not
             found
             too
             much
             in
             the
             steps
             of
             those
             of
             old
             ,
             whom
             the
             Prophet
             of
             the
             Lord
             cryed
             out
             against
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Hear
               I
               pray
               you
               ,
               O
               Heads
               of
            
             Jacob
             ,
             
               and
               ye
               Princes
               of
               the
               House
               of
            
             Israel
             ;
             
               Is
               it
               not
               for
               you
               to
               know
               Judgment
               ?
               who
               hate
               the
               good
               and
               love
               the
               evil
               ,
               who
               pluck
               off
               their
               skins
               from
               off
               them
               ,
               and
               their
               flesh
               from
               off
               their
               Bones
               :
               Who
               also
               eat
               the
               flesh
               of
               my
               People
               and
               flay
               their
               skins
               from
               off
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               broak
               their
               Bones
               and
               chop
               them
               in
               pieces
               as
               flesh
               for
               the
               Caldron
               ,
            
             Micah
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             
               And
               the
               Judgment
               threatned
               ,
               which
               was
               just
               upon
               them
               for
               their
               Wickedness
               ,
               Cruelty
               and
               Oppression
               ,
               which
               was
               inflicted
               on
               his
               People
               by
               them
               without
               any
               bowels
               of
               mercy
               ,
               was
               on
               this
               wise
            
             ;
             Then
             shall
             they
             Cry
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             he
             will
             not
             hear
             them
             ,
             —
             he
             will
             even
             hide
             his
             face
             from
             them
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             as
             they
             behaved
             themselves
             ill
             in
             their
             doings
             ,
             vers
             .
             4.
             
             
               Again
               ,
               the
               Prophet
               saith
            
             ,
             But
             truly
             I
             am
             full
             of
             Power
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             of
             Might
             ,
             to
             declare
             unto
             Jacob
             his
             Transgressions
             ,
             and
             to
             Israel
             his
             sins
             .
             Hear
             this
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             ye
             Heads
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Jacob
             ,
             and
             ye
             Princes
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             that
             abhor
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             pervert
             all
             Equity
             ,
             that
             build
             up
             Zion
             with
             Blood
             and
             Jerusalem
             with
             Iniquity
             ;
             The
             Heads
             thereof
             judge
             for
             Reward
             ,
             and
             the
             Priests
             teach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             &c
             ,
             yet
             will
             they
             lean
             upon
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             say
             
               (
               as
               many
               are
               saying
               now
               )
            
             is
             not
             the
             Lord
             amongst
             us
             ?
             No
             Evil
             can
             come
             upon
             us
             :
             Therefore
             shall
             Zion
             for
             your
             sakes
             be
             plowed
             as
             a
             Field
             ,
             and
             Jerusalem
             shall
             become
             heaps
             ,
             and
             the
             mountain
             of
             the
             house
             as
             the
             high
             places
             of
             the
             Forrest
             ,
             vers
             .
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             Lord
             was
             angry
             with
             that
             Generation
             for
             those
             Evils
             that
             abounded
             amongst
             them
             ,
             even
             so
             is
             he
             angry
             with
             this
             Nation
             ,
             because
             Iniquity
             and
             Transgression
             abounds
             ,
             and
             love
             to
             Righteousness
             ,
             Equity
             and
             Justice
             (
             and
             to
             them
             that
             live
             therein
             )
             waxeth
             cold
             in
             many
             ,
             who
             make
             a
             Profession
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Godliness
             .
             But
             behold
             !
             the
             Lord
             hath
             looked
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             hath
             beheld
             the
             Iniquities
             of
             many
             to
             be
             of
             a
             Scarlet
             and
             Crimson
             dye
             ,
             and
             hath
             also
             beheld
             the
             great
             Oppression
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             Groanings
             of
             the
             Oppressed
             hath
             entered
             into
             his
             Ears
             ;
             And
             the
             Lord
             God
             is
             arisen
             in
             his
             mighty
             Power
             to
             
             plead
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             will
             call
             all
             to
             an
             Account
             ,
             who
             are
             guilty
             ,
             both
             for
             their
             Sins
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             also
             for
             their
             Oppressing
             of
             his
             innocent
             People
             ,
             and
             will
             render
             a
             Recompence
             of
             Reward
             into
             every
             ones
             bosom
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             doings
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             a
             WARNING
             is
             in
             my
             heart
             to
             you
             all
             ,
             whose
             day
             of
             Mercy
             is
             not
             yet
             ended
             ;
             Forsake
             your
             evil
             Courses
             ,
             break
             off
             from
             your
             Sins
             by
             true
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             fear
             before
             the
             dreadful
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             before
             whose
             Bar
             of
             divine
             Justice
             ,
             you
             must
             all
             stand
             ,
             and
             receive
             a
             Sentence
             from
             him
             the
             true
             and
             equal
             Judge
             .
             And
             cease
             from
             oppressing
             and
             persecuting
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             seek
             nothing
             more
             than
             the
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             of
             his
             great
             Name
             .
          
           
             And
             set
             up
             Judgment
             and
             Justice
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             incourage
             Truth
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             Rod
             of
             the
             Wicked
             from
             off
             the
             back
             of
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             which
             hath
             lain
             heavy
             upon
             them
             long
             ;
             And
             punish
             Wickedness
             and
             
               Debauchery
               ,
               Swearing
            
             and
             
               Cursing
               ,
               Drunkenness
            
             and
             Whoredom
             ;
             all
             which
             abound
             to
             the
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             of
             many
             .
             You
             may
             hear
             it
             every
             day
             in
             your
             Ears
             ,
             and
             behold
             it
             with
             your
             Eyes
             ,
             not
             only
             many
             in
             Authority
             (
             who
             should
             have
             been
             better
             examples
             )
             but
             also
             the
             very
             Boys
             and
             Children
             in
             the
             Streets
             ,
             their
             Mouths
             are
             full
             of
             Cursing
             and
             Damning
             ,
             which
             is
             dreadful
             to
             think
             off
             ;
             it
             s
             grown
             so
             common
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             incouraged
             by
             the
             bad
             examples
             of
             many
             of
             those
             that
             should
             have
             been
             a
             terror
             to
             evil
             doers
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             punish
             these
             Wickednesses
             ,
             which
             run
             down
             like
             a
             flood
             ,
             and
             indeavour
             to
             stop
             the
             Current
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
             which
             at
             this
             day
             encreases
             in
             a
             dreadful
             manner
             ;
             And
             be
             good
             Examples
             your selves
             in
             Holiness
             of
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             ;
             
               Or
               else
               God
               will
               pour
               out
               Shame
               and
               everlasting
               Contempt
               upon
               you
               ,
               and
               will
               plead
               with
               you
               in
               his
               firce
               Wrath
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               sore
               Displeasure
               ;
               and
               his
               Indignation
               will
               break
               forth
               like
               devouring
               fire
               ,
               and
               ye
               shall
               be
            
             (
             who
             are
             guilty
             of
             those
             Evils
             )
             
               like
               Hay
               and
               Stubble
               before
               him
               ,
               who
               will
               consume
               you
               both
               Root
               and
               Branch
               ,
               of
               you
               Repent
               not
               ,
               and
               that
               speedily
               .
            
          
           
             And
             ,
             Oh
             that
             you
             would
             fear
             before
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             and
             dread
             his
             holy
             Name
             ,
             and
             seek
             the
             Lord
             while
             he
             may
             be
             found
             ;
             Call
             upon
             him
             while
             he
             is
             near
             ;
             Lest
             that
             day
             come
             upon
             you
             
             wherein
             you
             may
             seek
             him
             and
             he
             will
             not
             be
             found
             of
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             have
             rejected
             his
             Reproofs
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             none
             of
             his
             Counsel
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             ,
             if
             a
             day
             yet
             remain
             to
             you
             ,
             mind
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             your
             own
             Souls
             ;
             and
             the
             propagating
             of
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             more
             than
             your
             own
             
               Interest
               ,
               Friendship
            
             or
             Favour
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             your
             
               Pride
               ,
               Pomp
            
             and
             
               vain
               Glory
            
             ,
             which
             God
             will
             stain
             and
             blast
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             and
             will
             blow
             it
             away
             with
             the
             Whirlwind
             of
             his
             Wrath
             ,
             like
             the
             Chaff
             of
             the
             Summer
             threshing
             floor
             forever
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             you
             may
             have
             a
             habitation
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             eternal
             Glory
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             prepared
             as
             a
             dwelling
             place
             for
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             my
             Soul.
             
          
           
             
               Who
               am
               a
               Lover
               of
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               ,
               W.
               B.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             An
             Expostulation
             with
             the
             CLERGY
             ;
             And
             a
             WARNING
             to
             those
             among
             them
             whose
             Day
             of
             Mercy
             is
             not
             over
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ANd
             now
             ,
             all
             you
             Priests
             ,
             who
             have
             taken
             upon
             you
             to
             be
             the
             Leaders
             and
             Guiders
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             take
             the
             Care
             and
             Oversight
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             instruct
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             their
             Shepherds
             ,
             and
             to
             feed
             them
             (
             as
             you
             pretend
             )
             with
             Spiritual
             Food
             .
          
           
             The
             Controversie
             of
             the
             great
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             is
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             day
             wherein
             he
             will
             plead
             with
             you
             in
             his
             sore
             Displeasure
             ,
             makes
             haste
             upon
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             have
             neither
             fed
             the
             People
             with
             the
             Food
             you
             pretended
             ,
             nor
             taken
             such
             care
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             led
             and
             guided
             them
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Truth
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             as
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             :
             For
             have
             you
             not
             made
             the
             People
             to
             err
             by
             your
             Lyes
             ,
             and
             by
             your
             Lightness
             ?
             For
             according
             to
             what
             ye
             have
             taken
             upon
             you
             ,
             ye
             should
             have
             been
             good
             Examples
             to
             all
             ,
             in
             Holiness
             ,
             in
             Purity
             of
             Life
             and
             Conversation
             .
             You
             have
             been
             Examples
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             I
             grant
             ;
             but
             in
             what
             ?
             Hath
             it
             not
             been
             (
             with
             many
             of
             you
             )
             in
             
               Pride
               ,
               Lightness
               ,
               Prophaneness
               ,
               Covetousness
               ,
               Oppression
            
             and
             
               Debauchery
               ,
               as
               Drunkenness
               ,
               Cursing
               ,
               Swearing
            
             and
             Whoredoms
             ,
             with
             many
             great
             and
             
               Crying
               Sins
            
             ?
             Do
             not
             these
             Abominations
             abound
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             (
             upheld
             and
             encouraged
             by
             your
             bad
             Examples
             )
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             ?
             I
             shall
             leave
             to
             all
             sober
             People
             ,
             that
             observe
             your
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             to
             judge
             .
          
           
           
             And
             so
             instead
             of
             leading
             People
             in
             the
             Way
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             a
             
               pure
               Way
            
             sorever
             )
             and
             into
             Righteousness
             and
             Holiness
             (
             without
             which
             none
             can
             see
             the
             Lord
             )
             have
             you
             not
             been
             Instrumental
             (
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Enemy
             of
             all
             Righteousness
             )
             to
             lead
             them
             into
             the
             Liberty
             and
             Looseness
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             into
             Darkness
             and
             Ignorance
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             and
             Grace
             (
             which
             was
             the
             Teacher
             and
             Leader
             of
             the
             Saints
             of
             Old
             )
             by
             your
             Ungodly
             and
             Unrighteous
             Lives
             ?
             Do
             not
             your
             Practices
             bespeak
             you
             to
             be
             blind
             Guides
             ,
             leading
             the
             Blind
             (
             though
             its
             willful
             Blindness
             )
             and
             so
             have
             fallen
             together
             into
             the
             Ditch
             of
             Uncleanness
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             abounding
             of
             Wickedness
             ,
             that
             at
             this
             day
             increases
             among
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             and
             your
             Hearers
             also
             do
             plainly
             shew
             )
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             Pit
             of
             eternal
             Misery
             and
             Lake
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             Repent
             not
             )
             which
             will
             be
             your
             Portion
             at
             the
             Hand
             of
             the
             Just
             God
             ,
             who
             will
             render
             a
             Recompence
             of
             Reward
             unto
             all
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             doings
             .
          
           
             
               And
               are
               you
               not
               (
               with
               many
               of
               your
               Hearers
               )
               in
               the
               steps
               of
               those
               the
               Prophet
               of
               the
               Lord
               cryed
               out
               against
               ?
               saying
               ,
            
             A
             wonderful
             and
             a
             hurrible
             thing
             is
             committed
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             the
             Prophets
             thereof
             prophecy
             falsly
             ,
             and
             the
             Priests
             bear
             Rule
             by
             their
             Means
             ,
             and
             my
             People
             love
             to
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             And
             what
             will
             you
             do
             in
             the
             end
             thereof
             ?
             Jer.
             5.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Again
               ,
               another
               Prophet
               cryeth
               out
               in
               these
               Words
            
             ;
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             Wo
             unto
             the
             false
             Prophets
             that
             follow
             their
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             have
             seen
             nothing
             .
             Oh
             Israel
             !
             thy
             Prophets
             are
             like
             the
             Foxes
             in
             the
             Desart
             ,
             &c.
             
             They
             have
             seen
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             Lying
             Divination
             ,
             saying
             ,
             The
             Lord
             saith
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             sent
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             have
             made
             others
             to
             hope
             that
             they
             would
             confirm
             the
             Word
             :
             Have
             you
             not
             seen
             a
             vain
             Vision
             ?
             And
             have
             you
             not
             spoken
             a
             Lying
             Divination
             ?
             Whereas
             you
             say
             ,
             The
             Lord
             saith
             it
             ;
             Albeit
             I
             have
             not
             spoken
             :
             Therefore
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             Because
             you
             have
             spoken
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             seen
             Lyes
             ;
             therefore
             behold
             I
             am
             against
             you
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             and
             my
             Hand
             shall
             be
             upon
             the
             Prophets
             that
             see
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             divine
             Lyes
             ;
             They
             shall
             not
             be
             in
             the
             Assembly
             of
             my
             People
             ,
             neither
             shall
             they
             be
             written
             in
             the
             Writing
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             neither
             shall
             they
             enter
             into
             the
             Land
             of
             Israel
             ;
             and
             ye
             
             shall
             know
             that
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             because
             ,
             even
             because
             they
             have
             seduced
             my
             People
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             no
             Peace
             :
             And
             one
             built
             up
             a
             Wall
             ,
             and
             lo
             ,
             others
             daubed
             it
             with
             untempered
             Morter
             ,
             Ezek.
             13.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Again
               ,
               the
               Lord
               cryed
               out
               by
               his
               Prophet
               ,
               saying
               ,
            
             Son
             of
             man
             ,
             prophecy
             against
             the
             Prophets
             of
             Israel
             ;
             prophecy
             ,
             and
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             unto
             the
             Shepherds
             ,
             Wo
             be
             to
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             Israel
             that
             do
             feed
             themselves
             ;
             Should
             not
             the
             Shepherds
             feed
             the
             Flock
             ?
             Ye
             eat
             the
             Eat
             ,
             and
             ye
             clothe
             you
             with
             the
             Wool
             ;
             ye
             kill
             them
             that
             are
             fed
             ,
             but
             ye
             feed
             not
             the
             Flock
             :
             The
             diseased
             have
             ye
             not
             strengthened
             ,
             neither
             have
             ye
             healed
             that
             which
             was
             sick
             ,
             neither
             have
             ye
             bound
             up
             that
             which
             was
             broken
             ,
             neither
             have
             you
             brought
             again
             that
             which
             was
             driven
             away
             ,
             neitheir
             have
             ye
             sought
             that
             which
             was
             lost
             ;
             but
             with
             Force
             and
             with
             Cruelty
             have
             ye
             ruled
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
             Therefore
             ,
             O
             ye
             Shepherds
             ,
             hear
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             Behold
             I
             am
             against
             the
             Shepherds
             ,
             and
             will
             require
             the
             Flock
             at
             their
             Hands
             ,
             Ezek.
             34.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Again
               ,
               the
               Lord
               cryeth
               out
               on
               this
               wife
               by
               another
               of
               his
               Prophets
            
             ;
             For
             from
             the
             least
             of
             them
             ,
             even
             unto
             the
             greatest
             of
             them
             ,
             every
             one
             is
             given
             to
             Covetousness
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             even
             unto
             the
             Priest
             ,
             every
             one
             dealeth
             falsly
             :
             They
             have
             healed
             also
             the
             hurt
             of
             the
             Daughter
             of
             my
             People
             slightly
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             Peace
             .
             Were
             they
             ashamed
             when
             they
             had
             committed
             Abomination
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             at
             all
             ashamed
             ,
             neither
             could
             they
             blush
             ;
             therefore
             they
             shall
             fall
             among
             them
             that
             fall
             ;
             at
             the
             time
             that
             I
             shall
             visit
             them
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             cast
             down
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Jer.
             6.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             
               And
               again
               ,
               another
               of
               the
               Prophets
               of
               the
               Lord
               cryed
               out
               on
               this
               wise
            
             ;
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             concerning
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             that
             make
             my
             People
             err
             ,
             that
             bite
             with
             their
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             cry
             Peace
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             putteth
             not
             into
             their
             Mouthes
             ,
             they
             even
             prepare
             War
             against
             him
             :
             Therefore
             Night
             shall
             be
             upon
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             not
             have
             a
             Vision
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             dark
             over
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             not
             divine
             ;
             and
             the
             Sun
             shall
             go
             down
             over
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             the
             Day
             shall
             be
             dark
             over
             them
             ;
             then
             shall
             the
             Seers
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             the
             Diviners
             confounded
             :
             The
             Heads
             thereof
             judge
             for
             Reward
             ,
             and
             the
             Priests
             
             thereof
             teach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             and
             the
             Prophets
             thereof
             divine
             for
             Mon●y
             ,
             Mich.
             3.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             And
             are
             not
             you
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             of
             ENGLAND
             ,
             and
             the
             Dominions
             thereunto
             belonging
             ,
             highly
             guilty
             of
             most
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             these
             great
             Evils
             and
             Abominations
             which
             the
             false
             Prophets
             of
             Old
             were
             guilty
             of
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             true
             Prophets
             cryed
             out
             against
             them
             ?
             For
             have
             you
             not
             run
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             never
             sent
             you
             ?
             Though
             most
             of
             you
             have
             not
             run
             very
             far
             ,
             it
             hath
             but
             been
             to
             augment
             your
             Wages
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             fater
             Benefices
             :
             So
             we
             find
             that
             filthy
             Lucre
             has
             been
             your
             greatest
             inducement
             in
             your
             Runnings
             ;
             for
             it
             hath
             been
             for
             that
             many
             of
             you
             have
             run
             from
             one
             place
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             have
             taken
             upon
             you
             to
             speak
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             though
             he
             never
             gave
             you
             Commission
             so
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             therefore
             you
             have
             not
             profited
             the
             People
             at
             all
             :
             For
             notwithstanding
             all
             your
             Preaching
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             how
             does
             Iniquity
             abound
             ,
             and
             Transgression
             encrease
             amongst
             them
             ?
             Don't
             you
             hear
             with
             your
             Ears
             the
             horrible
             Crys
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             dreadful
             Cursings
             and
             Damnings
             ,
             which
             make
             the
             Land
             mourn
             ?
             Don't
             you
             see
             with
             your
             Eyes
             the
             Prophaneness
             ,
             Drunkenness
             ,
             Looseness
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             manner
             of
             Wickedness
             and
             Debauchery
             which
             encreaseth
             amongst
             many
             of
             your
             Hearers
             ?
             And
             are
             not
             many
             of
             you
             your selves
             (
             who
             should
             be
             Examples
             of
             better
             things
             )
             living
             and
             taking
             Pleasure
             therein
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             many
             who
             live
             near
             the
             Fountains
             ,
             from
             whence
             you
             spring
             ,
             and
             where
             you
             learn
             your
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             have
             too
             much
             cause
             to
             affirm
             it
             to
             your
             shame
             ,
             who
             daily
             hear
             and
             see
             to
             their
             great
             grief
             and
             sorrow
             of
             Heart
             ,
             that
             almost
             all
             manner
             of
             Ungodliness
             ,
             Debauchery
             and
             Uncleanness
             abounds
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             in
             these
             places
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             in
             these
             places
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             many
             other
             places
             where
             you
             come
             ;
             Let
             but
             People
             observe
             your
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             be
             Leaders
             and
             Teachers
             of
             others
             ,
             (
             but
             let
             all
             People
             consider
             whither
             such
             can
             lead
             them
             ;
             it
             s
             but
             into
             the
             broad
             way
             ,
             the
             end
             whereof
             is
             eternal
             Misery
             :
             Therefore
             let
             all
             People
             leave
             off
             following
             those
             Leaders
             ,
             who
             are
             such
             bad
             Examples
             to
             their
             Followers
             )
             are
             not
             highly
             
             guilty
             of
             the
             before-mentioned
             Abominations
             ;
             and
             so
             are
             not
             Examples
             of
             Righteousness
             and
             Purity
             ,
             but
             of
             Wickedness
             and
             Prophaneness
             to
             your
             Hearers
             ;
             for
             which
             the
             Anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             is
             kindled
             ,
             and
             nigh
             to
             break
             sorth
             upon
             you
             like
             a
             devouring
             Fire
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             Repent
             not
             speedily
             ,
             will
             consume
             you
             Root
             and
             Branch
             .
          
           
             And
             are
             you
             not
             bearing
             Rule
             by
             your
             Means
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             make
             the
             People
             love
             to
             have
             it
             so
             ?
             and
             by
             Force
             and
             Cruelty
             ,
             oppressing
             and
             persecuting
             those
             ,
             who
             cannot
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             own
             you
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             put
             into
             your
             Mouthes
             ,
             like
             those
             the
             true
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             cryed
             out
             against
             ?
             Read
             Isa
             .
             56.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             And
             are
             you
             not
             seeking
             your
             Gain
             from
             your
             Quarters
             ,
             and
             minding
             the
             Fleece
             more
             than
             the
             Flock
             ?
             And
             don't
             you
             Preach
             for
             Hire
             ,
             and
             Divine
             for
             Money
             ?
             Yea
             ;
             Are
             you
             not
             selling
             both
             your
             Sermons
             and
             your
             Prayers
             for
             Money
             ?
             And
             so
             are
             doing
             contrary
             to
             the
             command
             of
             Christ
             to
             his
             Ministers
             and
             Messengers
             ,
             when
             he
             sent
             them
             forth
             (
             as
             Lambs
             among
             Wolves
             )
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Glad-tidings
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             
               Freely
               you
               have
               received
               ,
               freely
               give
               .
            
             Let
             your
             Doings
             testifie
             against
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             not
             in
             the
             steps
             of
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             are
             in
             the
             steps
             of
             
               Simon
               Magus
            
             ,
             (
             or
             worse
             than
             he
             )
             who
             would
             have
             bought
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             for
             Money
             :
             But
             you
             sell
             your
             own
             Divinations
             (
             under
             a
             pretence
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             )
             for
             Money
             :
             And
             if
             his
             Practice
             was
             condemnable
             ,
             how
             can
             yours
             be
             justifiable
             ?
             So
             that
             which
             was
             said
             to
             him
             by
             the
             holy
             Apostle
             Peter
             ,
             may
             justly
             be
             said
             to
             you
             ;
             
               You
               have
               neither
               Part
               nor
               Lot
               in
               this
               matter
               ;
               for
               your
               Hearts
               are
               not
               right
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               you
               are
               seen
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Gall
               of
               Bitterness
               ,
               and
               Bond
               of
               Iniquity
               .
            
             Neither
             do
             we
             yet
             find
             or
             understand
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             yet
             repented
             of
             your
             Wickedness
             (
             so
             much
             as
             he
             did
             of
             his
             )
             for
             instead
             of
             Repenting
             ,
             are
             you
             not
             going
             on
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             obtain
             your
             Covetous
             Ends
             ,
             and
             are
             giving
             Flattering
             Titles
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             having
             mens
             Persons
             in
             Admiration
             for
             your
             own
             advantage
             &
             self-ends
             ,
             and
             are
             crying
             Peace
             to
             many
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             State
             and
             Condition
             as
             the
             Lord
             never
             spoke
             Peace
             to
             any
             in
             ?
             And
             so
             are
             manifest
             to
             be
             like
             those
             that
             cry
             
               Peace
               ,
               Peace
               ,
               when
               suddain
               Destruction
               and
               Misery
               
               is
               at
               hand
               .
            
             And
             you
             have
             fed
             your selves
             with
             the
             Fat
             ,
             and
             clothed
             your selves
             with
             the
             Wool
             ,
             and
             have
             preyed
             upon
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             by
             your
             Oppression
             and
             Cruelty
             have
             scattered
             the
             Flock
             ,
             instead
             of
             gathering
             them
             ,
             or
             turning
             them
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             become
             the
             Shepherd
             and
             Teacher
             of
             his
             People
             himself
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Promise
             of
             old
             ,
             
               That
               he
               would
               gather
               his
               Sheep
               from
               the
               Mouthes
               of
               those
               Shepherds
               that
               made
               a
               Prey
               upon
               them
               :
            
             Which
             Promise
             many
             have
             witnessed
             to
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             this
             our
             day
             ,
             blessed
             be
             his
             Name
             forever
             .
          
           
             And
             are
             you
             not
             biting
             with
             your
             Teeth
             (
             like
             the
             false
             Prophets
             of
             old
             )
             and
             crying
             Peace
             to
             them
             that
             put
             into
             your
             Mouthes
             (
             though
             never
             so
             Unchristian-like
             in
             their
             Conversations
             )
             But
             they
             that
             cannot
             for
             Conscience-sake
             put
             into
             your
             Mouthes
             ,
             to
             maintain
             your
             Pride
             ,
             High-mindedness
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             
               preparing
               War
               against
               them
            
             ?
             Let
             the
             great
             Spoil
             and
             Havock
             you
             have
             made
             of
             many
             sober
             and
             conscientious
             Peoples
             Goods
             bear
             witness
             against
             you
             :
             And
             the
             many
             Prisons
             in
             England
             and
             else-where
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             have
             imprisoned
             some
             unto
             Death
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             to
             the
             Ruining
             of
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             ,
             because
             they
             could
             not
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             pay
             you
             your
             Unjust
             and
             Unchristian
             Demands
             ,
             as
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             never
             were
             demanded
             nor
             paid
             in
             the
             primitive
             Christian
             Times
             ,
             as
             Gospel-Maintenance
             (
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             ground
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             for
             them
             to
             be
             demanded
             )
             by
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             seeing
             they
             were
             neither
             demanded
             nor
             paid
             by
             the
             Apostles
             or
             their
             Successors
             ,
             while
             they
             kept
             in
             the
             primitive
             Purity
             ;
             nor
             any
             Prescription
             given
             forth
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             that
             they
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             Tythes
             )
             should
             ever
             be
             paid
             or
             received
             by
             the
             Christians
             in
             future
             Ages
             :
             And
             also
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             denyed
             and
             testified
             against
             by
             several
             of
             the
             first
             Reformed
             Protestants
             ,
             as
             
               Walter
               Brute
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Therefore
             ,
             for
             you
             to
             demand
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             cast
             men
             into
             Prison
             for
             the
             Non-Payment
             of
             them
             ,
             manifests
             you
             to
             be
             such
             as
             the
             holy
             Apostle
             cryed
             out
             against
             ;
             
               Who
               beguile
               unstable
               Souls
               ;
               an
               heart
               they
               have
               exercised
               with
               Covetous
               Practices
               ;
               Cursed
               Children
               ,
               which
               have
               forsaken
               the
               Right
               Way
               ,
               and
               are
               gone
               astay
               ,
               following
               the
               Way
               of
            
             Balaam
             ,
             
               the
               Son
               of
            
             Bosor
             ,
             
               who
               loved
               the
               Wages
               of
               Vnrighteousness
               ,
               2
               Pet.
            
             2.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
           
             And
             these
             your
             Cruelties
             ,
             Persecutions
             and
             Oppressions
             testifie
             to
             your
             faces
             (
             and
             to
             all
             People
             that
             are
             willing
             to
             see
             you
             )
             that
             you
             are
             out
             of
             the
             Steps
             ,
             Life
             and
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Messengers
             and
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ;
             neither
             have
             you
             any
             Example
             for
             these
             your
             Wicked
             Practices
             and
             Ungodly
             Lives
             ,
             neither
             from
             the
             Priests
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             true
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             and
             Preachers
             of
             the
             holy
             Gospel
             in
             the
             primitive
             Times
             ,
             and
             in
             several
             Ages
             since
             the
             Apostles
             dayes
             ,
             but
             from
             Balaam
             ,
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             false
             Teachers
             ,
             &c.
             such
             as
             the
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             testified
             against
             .
          
           
             And
             all
             these
             your
             Practices
             of
             Oppression
             ,
             Cruelty
             and
             Persecution
             ,
             and
             your
             Unholy
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             are
             sufficient
             Evidence
             and
             Ground
             for
             us
             ,
             (
             had
             we
             no
             more
             )
             not
             to
             believe
             that
             you
             are
             the
             Ministers
             and
             Messengers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             of
             Antichrist
             ;
             for
             we
             don't
             read
             that
             ever
             the
             true
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             did
             oppress
             or
             persecute
             others
             ,
             or
             leave
             any
             President
             for
             any
             such
             Practice
             ,
             but
             the
             contrary
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             many
             times
             their
             Lots
             to
             be
             persecuted
             ,
             shamefully
             abused
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             Prison
             by
             others
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             primitive
             Times
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             almost
             in
             every
             Age
             until
             this
             very
             day
             :
             And
             so
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Apostle
             have
             been
             and
             yet
             are
             fulfilled
             (
             to
             wit
             )
             
               Yea
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               will
               live
               Godly
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               shall
               suffer
               Persecution
               ,
            
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             12.
             
             And
             it
             was
             the
             Portion
             (
             that
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             said
             ,
             that
             such
             who
             lived
             in
             and
             followed
             him
             should
             meet
             withal
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               they
               should
               be
               hated
               of
               all
               Nations
               for
               his
               Names
               sake
               :
            
             And
             that
             
               they
               should
               hale
               them
               before
               Rulers
               and
               their
               Councils
            
             ;
             And
             that
             
               they
               should
               cast
               them
               into
               Prison
               ,
               and
               Kill
               them
               .
            
             He
             did
             not
             say
             ,
             The
             Believers
             should
             cast
             their
             Enemies
             into
             Prison
             and
             persecute
             them
             ;
             but
             commanded
             ,
             
               To
               love
               their
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               to
               pray
               for
               them
               that
               despightfully
               used
               them
               ,
               and
               persecuted
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               the
               Children
               of
               their
               Father
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               who
               sends
               the
               Rain
               on
               the
               just
               and
               unjust
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             you
             have
             been
             so
             far
             from
             obeying
             Christ's
             command
             ,
             to
             love
             your
             Enemies
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             doing
             despight
             to
             those
             that
             never
             did
             you
             any
             harm
             ,
             but
             have
             sought
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             seeking
             your
             Everlasting
             Peace
             and
             Well-beeing
             ,
             both
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
             So
             that
             Persecution
             and
             Cruelty
             is
             not
             a
             Mark
             of
             true
             Believers
             ,
             that
             obey
             Christ
             ,
             neither
             of
             his
             Messengers
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             whom
             he
             sends
             forth
             to
             preach
             
             the
             Everlasting
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             a
             Mark
             of
             the
             Whore
             ,
             false
             Prophets
             and
             Antichrist
             .
             Notwithstanding
             all
             their
             fair
             Pretences
             for
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             been
             persecuting
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             drinking
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             and
             Servants
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               For
               which
               the
               Anger
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               breaking
               forth
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               arising
               in
               his
               Mighty
               Power
               to
               plead
               the
               Cause
               of
               his
               Suffering
               People
               ;
               and
               will
               give
               the
               Whore
               Blood
               to
               drink
               ,
               and
               the
               Cup
               of
               his
               Indignation
               and
               Fury
            
             (
             which
             she
             shall
             not
             escape
             )
             
               from
               his
               hand
               shall
               be
               her
               Portion
               ,
               and
               the
               Portion
               of
               all
               that
               joyn
               with
               her
               ,
               except
               they
               Repent
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             you
             are
             in
             the
             same
             Steps
             ,
             your
             own
             Practices
             ,
             in
             persecuting
             and
             oppressing
             an
             innocent
             People
             ,
             are
             Evidence
             and
             Proof
             sufficient
             against
             you
             .
             And
             therefore
             all
             you
             whose
             Day
             of
             Mercy
             is
             not
             yet
             over
             ,
             and
             are
             guilty
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             Repent
             of
             ,
             and
             cease
             from
             these
             your
             Wicked
             and
             Unchristian-like
             Practices
             of
             Cruelty
             ,
             Oppression
             and
             Persecution
             ,
             and
             also
             from
             your
             Wicked
             ,
             Unclean
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
             ,
             and
             humble
             your selves
             under
             the
             Mighty
             Hand
             of
             God
             ,
             submit
             to
             &
             lie
             under
             his
             Righteous
             Judgments
             ,
             and
             bear
             his
             Indignation
             and
             Wrath
             ,
             which
             is
             just
             upon
             you
             for
             your
             Nickedness
             ,
             Cruelty
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             Pride
             and
             Ungodliness
             ,
             which
             abound
             amongst
             many
             of
             you
             ;
             that
             thereby
             you
             may
             learn
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             to
             dread
             and
             fear
             before
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             him
             in
             Truth
             and
             Righteousness
             ,
             who
             over
             all
             is
             worthy
             to
             be
             served
             ,
             honoured
             and
             obeyed
             forever
             .
          
           
             
               And
               mind
               the
               teachings
               of
               his
               holy
               Grace
               and
               Spirit
            
             (
             a
             measure
             whereof
             is
             given
             to
             every
             man
             to
             profit
             withal
             ,
             )
             
               which
               teacheth
            
             to
             deny
             Vngodliness
             ,
             and
             worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             a
             Sober
             ,
             a
             Righteous
             and
             a
             Godly
             Life
             in
             this
             present
             evil
             World.
             
          
           
             
               And
               be
               ye
               Examples
               of
               Meekness
               and
               Lowliness
               of
               Mind
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               of
               Purity
               ,
               Righteousness
               and
               Holiness
               in
               your
               Conversations
               ,
            
             Or
             else
             the
             Dreadful
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             will
             pour
             out
             his
             Fury
             like
             Fire
             upon
             you
             ;
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             as
             Hay
             and
             as
             Stubble
             before
             his
             Fiery
             Indignation
             ,
             which
             shall
             burn
             you
             up
             ,
             and
             none
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             quench
             it
             ;
             and
             your
             Portion
             shall
             be
             with
             the
             Beast
             and
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             taken
             alive
             and
             cast
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             that
             burns
             (
             as
             with
             Brimstone
             )
             to
             be
             Tormented
             forever
             and
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             whose
             Righteous
             Soul
             has
             been
             grieved
             by
             your
             Cruelty
             and
             Oppression
             against
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             
             whose
             holy
             Name
             has
             been
             and
             yet
             is
             dishonoured
             by
             your
             Ungodly
             Lives
             ,
             
               will
               pour
               out
               Shame
               and
               Everlasting
               Contempt
               upon
               you
               ;
               and
               ye
               shall
               be
               like
               Chaff
               before
               the
               Breath
               of
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               who
               will
               drive
               you
               away
               like
               Smoak
               before
               the
               Wind
               ,
               never
               to
               be
               found
               any
               more
               :
               And
               your
               Names
               shall
               Rot
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               your
               Stink
               shall
               come
               up
               .
            
             And
             as
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             the
             Wicked
             and
             false
             Prophets
             are
             an
             evil
             Savour
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             
               so
               shall
               the
               Remembrance
               of
               you
               be
               to
               the
               Generations
               that
               are
               yet
               to
               come
               ,
               if
               ye
               Repent
               not
               speedily
               .
            
          
           
             But
             that
             you
             may
             all
             escape
             these
             Judgments
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             Eternal
             Sorrows
             (
             which
             are
             prepared
             as
             a
             Portion
             for
             the
             Wicked
             )
             in
             returning
             to
             the
             Lord
             by
             true
             Repentance
             and
             Amendment
             of
             your
             Lives
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             may
             find
             Mercy
             with
             God
             to
             your
             Immortal
             Souls
             ,
             both
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             is
             the
             Desire
             of
             him
             who
             is
             concerned
             to
             give
             forth
             this
             Testimony
             ,
             as
             a
             Warning
             to
             all
             whose
             day
             is
             not
             yet
             over
             .
          
           
             
               Who
               am
               a
               Hater
               of
               Deceit
               and
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               but
               a
               Lover
               of
               Truth
               and
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               a
               Well-wisher
               of
               the
               Souls
               of
               all
               the
               Sons
               and
               Daughters
               of
               Men
               ,
               William
               Bingley
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .