An epistle of love and good advice to my old friends & fellow-sufferers in the late times, the old royalists and their posterity and to all others that have any sincere desires towards God.
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             An epistle of love and good advice to my old friends & fellow-sufferers in the late times, the old royalists and their posterity and to all others that have any sincere desires towards God.
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           AN
           Epistle
           of
           Love
           AND
           Good
           Advice
           To
           my
           Old
           Friends
           &
           Fellow-Sufferers
           in
           the
           Late
           TIMES
           ,
           
             The
             Old
             Royalists
          
           And
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           And
           to
           all
           others
           that
           have
           any
           sincere
           Desires
           towards
           GOD.
           
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Man
           sent
           from
           God
           ,
           whose
           Name
           was
           John
           ,
           the
           same
           came
           to
           be
           a
           witness
           ,
           to
           hear
           witness
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           
             John
             1.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Friends
                 ;
              
            
             
               ALL
               you
               that
               lay
               under
               the
               Lash
               of
               the
               late
               Times
               ,
               I
               cannot
               forget
               our
               Sufferings
               ,
               nor
               the
               Mercies
               of
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               must
               needs
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               to
               be
               weighty
               and
               serious
               in
               improving
               your
               Deliverance
               to
               better
               ends
               ,
               than
               many
               of
               you
               have
               done
               hitherto
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               come
               to
               know
               the
               things
               belonging
               to
               
               your
               Peace
               ,
               
                 before
                 they
                 be
                 hidden
                 from
                 your
                 Eyes
                 ,
              
               that
               whatsoever
               happen
               ye
               may
               be
               fitted
               and
               prepared
               for
               it
               ,
               so
               that
               ye
               may
               escape
               the
               Snares
               of
               the
               old
               Enemy
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               who
               is
               profound
               in
               Subtilty
               ,
               and
               hath
               his
               Agents
               about
               in
               all
               places
               to
               promote
               his
               Kingdom
               of
               Darkness
               ,
               and
               Delusions
               ,
               which
               are
               discovered
               only
               by
               the
               
                 true
                 Light
                 ,
                 that
                 enlightneth
                 every
                 man
                 that
                 cometh
                 into
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 which
                 shineth
                 into
                 the
                 Heart
                 of
                 man
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 the
                 Knowledge
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               
               for
               as
               the
               outward
               Sun
               in
               the
               Firmament
               is
               not
               to
               be
               seen
               but
               by
               its
               own
               Light
               that
               shines
               from
               it
               ,
               so
               God
               that
               is
               a
               supernatural
               inward
               Light
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               seen
               or
               known
               but
               by
               his
               own
               Light
               ,
               that
               shines
               into
               the
               dark
               Heart
               of
               Man
               ,
               that
               is
               gone
               out
               from
               him
               into
               the
               fallen
               state
               ;
               and
               as
               you
               do
               watch
               and
               wait
               for
               this
               Light
               you
               will
               see
               your
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               fenced
               from
               the
               Power
               of
               this
               crooked
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               his
               jealous
               Whisperings
               ,
               and
               detracting
               Insinuations
               ,
               that
               have
               made
               all
               the
               Broyls
               in
               this
               Nation
               from
               time
               to
               time
               to
               this
               very
               day
               ,
               and
               mostly
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             
               Happy
               had
               it
               been
               for
               this
               Nation
               ,
               if
               Religion
               (
               so
               often
               pretended
               to
               )
               had
               been
               real
               ,
               without
               any
               mixture
               of
               mans
               Invention
               ;
               but
               God
               that
               saw
               that
               Men
               were
               not
               fitted
               and
               prepared
               for
               it
               ,
               through
               their
               own
               neglect
               and
               carelesness
               ,
               in
               not
               being
               faithful
               to
               what
               they
               knew
               was
               their
               Duty
               towards
               him
               and
               their
               Neighbours
               ,
               upon
               this
               account
               hath
               the
               Lord
               with-held
               this
               great
               Blessing
               from
               many
               of
               the
               great
               Pretenders
               and
               Sticklers
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               as
               well
               as
               others
               ,
               so
               as
               they
               have
               missed
               of
               the
               real
               and
               Spiritual
               Knowledge
               of
               this
               Ministration
               of
               the
               
                 glorious
                 Gospel
              
               of
               our
               Lord
               &
               
                 Saviour
                 Iesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 Peace
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 Good
                 Will
                 towards
                 men
              
               ;
               
               this
               is
               truly
               preached
               by
               some
               ,
               both
               in
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               Lives
               and
               Conversations
               in
               this
               day
               spring
               of
               divine
               Light
               and
               Love
               ,
               which
               hath
               appeared
               in
               a
               large
               measure
               to
               all
               those
               that
               have
               been
               faithful
               to
               what
               they
               knew
               of
               God
               in
               their
               own
               Hearts
               and
               Consciences
               ,
               whose
               Hearts
               are
               tender
               ,
               and
               brought
               low
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               have
               given
               up
               all
               their
               Concerns
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               can
               part
               with
               all
               for
               him
               :
               These
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               are
               the
               Plants
               of
               Renown
               ,
               and
               no
               others
               ,
               neither
               can
               any
               come
               to
               be
               grafted
               into
               this
               Stock
               by
               any
               outward
               Rule
               or
               Observation
               of
               mans
               contrivance
               ;
               the
               divine
               Vertue
               must
               be
               in
               our selves
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               Man
               to
               put
               it
               into
               us
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               in
               our
               own
               Hearts
               ,
               that
               inward
               Principle
               that
               leads
               to
               the
               divine
               Life
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               
                 blessed
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 that
                 bringeth
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 appeared
                 to
                 all
                 men
                 ,
              
               as
               saith
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               are
               taught
               by
               it
               ,
               they
               do
               
                 deny
                 all
                 Ungodliness
                 and
                 worldly
                 Lusts
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 live
                 Soberly
                 ,
                 Godlily
                 and
                 Righteously
                 in
                 this
                 present
                 World
              
               ;
               
               these
               are
               they
               that
               are
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               Vanities
               and
               Deceits
               thereof
               ,
               and
               have
               received
               the
               Anointing
               that
               teacheth
               them
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               so
               as
               they
               need
               no
               man
               to
               teach
               them
               .
               
               But
               how
               this
               will
               relish
               with
               those
               that
               keep
               People
               alwayes
               in
               teaching
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               alwayes
               be
               paying
               them
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               neither
               am
               I
               concerned
               for
               that
               ;
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               in
               our
               own
               Hearts
               is
               not
               to
               be
               denyed
               nor
               concealed
               ;
               this
               Gift
               is
               given
               to
               all
               mankind
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               Rebellious
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               may
               dwell
               amongst
               them
               ,
               as
               saith
               the
               Psalmist
               ;
               
               it
               shows
               to
               man
               his
               Rebellion
               against
               God
               ,
               and
               exhorts
               him
               to
               come
               out
               of
               it
               ;
               it
               teacheth
               Humility
               of
               Mind
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Moral
               ,
               Heroick
               and
               Divine
               Vertues
               ;
               This
               Light
               ,
               Power
               and
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               God
               is
               tendred
               to
               all
               mankind
               ,
               as
               well
               Women
               as
               Men
               ,
               if
               
               they
               do
               wait
               in
               Faith
               and
               Patience
               to
               receive
               it
               ;
               this
               may
               be
               easily
               proved
               ,
               first
               by
               the
               believing
               Woman
               of
               Samaria
               ,
               that
               carried
               the
               Tidings
               of
               the
               Messiah
               to
               the
               Samaritans
               ,
               whereby
               many
               of
               them
               were
               converted
               :
               And
               also
               after
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               he
               appeared
               first
               to
               two
               Women
               ,
               and
               sent
               them
               to
               carry
               the
               Glad-tidings
               of
               his
               Resurrection
               to
               his
               Disciples
               .
               
               The
               Apostle
               Peter
               in
               the
               Acts
               
               preached
               out
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Ioel
               ,
               to
               those
               People
               that
               said
               the
               Apostles
               were
               drunk
               with
               new
               Wine
               ,
               and
               shewed
               them
               their
               mistake
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               not
               drunk
               as
               they
               supposed
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               that
               which
               was
               spoken
               of
               by
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 That
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 pass
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 dayes
                 ,
              
               (
               saith
               God
               )
               
                 that
                 I
                 will
                 pour
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Spirit
                 upon
                 all
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 your
                 Sons
                 and
                 your
                 Daughters
                 shall
                 prophesie
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 my
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 my
                 Hand-maids
                 will
                 I
                 pour
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 prophesie
                 :
              
               This
               hath
               confirmed
               that
               saying
               of
               the
               Apostle
               
                 Paul
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 neither
              
               Jew
               nor
               Greek
               ,
               
                 Bond
                 nor
                 Free
                 ,
                 Male
                 nor
                 Female
                 ,
                 but
                 are
                 all
                 one
                 in
                 Christ
                 :
              
               
               And
               the
               same
               Apostle
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Epistles
               to
               the
               Corinthians
               .
               
               speaks
               concerning
               Womens
               Service
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               both
               of
               Praying
               and
               Prophecying
               ;
               and
               in
               some
               other
               places
               in
               the
               Scripture
               
               he
               forbids
               some
               Womens
               teaching
               and
               usurping
               Authority
               over
               the
               Man
               ;
               all
               which
               do
               no
               ways
               obstruct
               nor
               contradict
               what
               is
               formerly
               declared
               concerning
               such
               Women
               as
               have
               received
               Power
               from
               God
               to
               Pray
               ,
               Prophecy
               or
               declare
               the
               Glad-tidings
               of
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Glorious
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               Jesus
               :
               Much
               more
               might
               be
               said
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               which
               I
               do
               forbear
               ,
               this
               being
               sufficient
               .
               The
               Protestant
               -
               Religion
               forbids
               expounding
               one
               place
               of
               Scripture
               to
               make
               it
               repugnant
               to
               another
               ;
               see
               that
               remarkable
               Article
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               called
               the
               
               
                 Twentieth
                 Article
              
               :
               It
               is
               the
               Subtilty
               of
               the
               Serpent
               to
               expound
               one
               place
               of
               Scripture
               to
               make
               it
               repugnant
               to
               another
               ,
               to
               uphold
               such
               Formalities
               as
               he
               can
               creep
               into
               ;
               although
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               Truth
               be
               all
               an
               equal
               Truth
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               not
               all
               of
               an
               equal
               weight
               ,
               the
               Substance
               declared
               therein
               is
               of
               more
               weight
               than
               the
               Forms
               and
               Circumstances
               thereof
               .
               Our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               the
               God
               of
               glory
               ,
               hath
               visited
               People
               under
               several
               Forms
               ,
               and
               hath
               left
               them
               again
               desolate
               and
               empty
               of
               his
               presence
               ;
               when
               their
               Forms
               come
               once
               to
               be
               admired
               or
               adored
               ,
               then
               they
               are
               no
               better
               than
               an
               Idol
               ,
               and
               a
               cover
               for
               Hypocrites
               .
               Also
               ,
               this
               I
               have
               seen
               in
               my
               time
               of
               understanding
               things
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               which
               is
               above
               forty
               Years
               ,
               although
               the
               Lord
               Christ
               hath
               appeared
               to
               People
               in
               several
               Forms
               ,
               yet
               he
               dyed
               to
               end
               Shadows
               and
               Typical
               Forms
               ;
               our
               great
               concerns
               are
               to
               be
               conformable
               to
               his
               Death
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               partakers
               of
               his
               Resurrection
               ;
               It
               is
               usual
               with
               the
               Serpent
               to
               creep
               into
               Forms
               ,
               but
               he
               cannot
               creep
               into
               this
               true
               Conformity
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Harbour
               for
               him
               in
               the
               Cross
               ,
               he
               is
               not
               willing
               that
               any
               should
               take
               up
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               become
               a
               true
               Disciple
               of
               Christ
               Jesus
               :
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Seed
                 of
                 the
                 Woman
                 ,
                 that
                 bruises
                 the
                 Serpents
                 Head
              
               ;
               
               (
               I
               pray
               mark
               that
               )
               for
               wheresoever
               this
               Seed
               is
               sown
               ,
               either
               in
               Man
               or
               Woman
               ,
               that
               is
               
                 sown
                 upon
                 the
                 good
                 Ground
              
               ,
               
               it
               will
               bring
               forth
               its
               Increase
               ,
               according
               as
               is
               declared
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               Truth
               ,
               and
               is
               there
               called
               
                 the
                 least
                 of
                 Seeds
              
               ,
               and
               is
               
                 the
                 Day
                 of
                 small
                 things
              
               ,
               which
               many
               have
               despised
               ,
               for
               that
               which
               
                 they
                 have
                 accounted
                 to
                 be
                 greater
                 Injoyments
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 but
                 as
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               
               which
               the
               Devil
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               the
               World
               hath
               shown
               them
               ,
               who
               tempts
               Man
               and
               Woman
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               our
               Saviour
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               his
               Flesh
               ,
               when
               he
               shewed
               him
               
               all
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               glory
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               as
               these
               pretended
               Gifts
               of
               the
               god
               of
               the
               World
               are
               received
               ,
               they
               blind
               the
               mind
               of
               Man
               and
               Woman
               ,
               
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 believe
                 in
                 the
                 Light
                 of
                 the
                 glorious
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               who
               is
               
                 the
                 Image
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 shine
                 into
                 them
              
               ;
               this
               is
               that
               inward
               Principle
               of
               the
               divine
               Light
               and
               Life
               ,
               which
               is
               given
               of
               God
               to
               man
               and
               woman
               to
               be
               their
               Guide
               ,
               to
               bring
               them
               out
               of
               their
               fallen
               state
               ,
               that
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Devil
               may
               be
               destroyed
               in
               them
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 Pride
                 ,
                 Vain
                 Glory
                 ,
                 Covetous
                 Minds
              
               and
               Corrupt
               
               
                 Manners
                 ,
                 feigned
              
               and
               
                 contrived
                 Religion
              
               ,
               which
               is
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               all
               which
               this
               Nation
               is
               much
               poysoned
               withal
               .
            
             
               And
               further
               ,
               I
               shall
               add
               this
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               is
               opening
               the
               Store-house
               of
               his
               divine
               Treasures
               of
               Wisdom
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               to
               all
               those
               that
               do
               sincerely
               wait
               in
               silence
               ,
               that
               their
               Minds
               may
               be
               made
               empty
               of
               all
               Imagination
               ,
               whereby
               they
               may
               be
               fitted
               and
               prepared
               to
               receive
               that
               inward
               Principle
               of
               Gods
               love
               to
               mankind
               ,
               in
               all
               Humility
               and
               Resignation
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               his
               divine
               Power
               and
               precious
               Grace
               may
               be
               their
               Teacher
               ,
               to
               lead
               them
               out
               of
               their
               outward
               Observations
               into
               that
               inward
               Principle
               of
               the
               divine
               Life
               ,
               whereby
               all
               Gods
               Children
               do
               govern
               their
               Actions
               ;
               O
               that
               ye
               may
               all
               come
               to
               this
               ,
               
                 to
                 dwell
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 with
                 you
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               written
               by
               that
               Evangelical
               Prophet
               Isaiah
               ,
               
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 high
                 and
                 holy
                 One
                 that
                 inhabits
                 Eternity
                 ,
                 whose
                 Name
                 is
                 Holy
                 ,
                 I
                 dwell
                 in
                 that
                 High
                 and
                 Holy
                 Place
                 ,
                 with
                 him
                 also
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 Contrite
                 and
                 Humble
                 Spirit
                 ,
              
               To
               revive
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Humble
               ,
               and
               to
               revive
               the
               Heart
               of
               the
               Concrite
               One
               ,
               this
               is
               that
               that
               all
               will
               desire
               at
               one
               time
               or
               other
               ,
               and
               
                 That
                 they
                 may
                 dye
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 Righteous
                 also
              
               ;
               Ay!
               but
               this
               will
               not
               serve
               your
               turns
               ,
               you
               must
               come
               
                 to
                 live
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 the
                 Righteous
                 first
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 To
                 
                 order
                 your
                 Conversations
                 aright
                 ,
              
               and
               then
               
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 the
                 Salvation
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               and
               ye
               will
               then
               see
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               Lusts
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               the
               Lusts
               of
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               the
               Pride
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               is
               contrary
               to
               God
               ;
               By
               the
               work
               of
               God
               in
               your
               own
               Hearts
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               inward
               and
               spiritual
               Grace
               ,
               Sin
               will
               be
               mortified
               in
               you
               ,
               and
               ye
               will
               be
               brought
               into
               a
               serious
               Consideration
               and
               heavenly
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Beauty
               and
               Glory
               of
               a
               Coelestial
               Life
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               be
               fixed
               Stars
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               forever
               .
               
            
             
               All
               you
               that
               are
               like
               the
               
                 Noble
                 Bereans
              
               ,
               that
               are
               diligent
               Inquirers
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               you
               to
               search
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               see
               if
               these
               things
               be
               not
               true
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               written
               in
               true
               Love
               to
               all
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               to
               awaken
               those
               that
               are
               asleep
               in
               their
               mistaken
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               led
               away
               by
               the
               dreaming
               Conceits
               of
               Imagination
               :
               These
               are
               they
               that
               have
               taken
               up
               a
               Religion
               upon
               Trust
               ,
               upon
               the
               Credit
               and
               Relation
               of
               the
               Sons
               of
               Tradition
               ,
               whose
               
                 Faith
                 ,
                 Doctrine
              
               and
               Discipline
               are
               the
               
                 Commandments
                 of
                 Men
              
               ,
               making
               a
               Money-Trade
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Persecuting
               such
               as
               do
               not
               conform
               to
               it
               :
               Some
               of
               these
               have
               publickly
               declared
               themselves
               to
               be
               neither
               Papists
               nor
               Protestants
               ,
               but
               true
               Sons
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               .
               I
               desire
               you
               in
               all
               love
               ,
               to
               examine
               how
               far
               she
               is
               degenerate
               from
               her
               first
               Principle
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               easily
               discovered
               ,
               if
               you
               understand
               Bishop
               
                 Iewel
                 's
                 Apology
                 for
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               also
               the
               Principle
               and
               Practices
               of
               both
               these
               and
               the
               late
               Times
               ,
               which
               differ
               not
               much
               in
               the
               ground
               .
               I
               have
               no
               Enmity
               in
               my
               Heart
               against
               any
               Person
               or
               People
               ,
               but
               desire
               the
               good
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               and
               that
               ye
               may
               be
               truly
               informed
               ,
               and
               also
               to
               remember
               this
               Saying
               of
               the
               Wise
               Man
               ,
               
                 Faithful
                 are
                 the
                 Wounds
                 of
                 a
                 Friend
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Kisses
                 of
                 an
                 Enemy
                 
                 are
                 deceitful
                 .
              
               
               My
               aim
               is
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               understand
               me
               as
               I
               am
               ,
               and
               not
               otherwise
               ,
               not
               accounting
               me
               Worldly
               Wise
               ,
               but
               honest
               ,
               in
               dealing
               so
               plainly
               with
               you
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               when
               the
               Ruin
               of
               the
               Dissenters
               from
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               is
               threatned
               ,
               I
               my self
               being
               one
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               also
               that
               the
               Projectors
               of
               Self-Interest
               amongst
               you
               have
               gotten
               more
               Power
               to
               destroy
               ,
               than
               Honesty
               to
               preserve
               our
               Protestant-Interest
               .
               But
               to
               return
               to
               my
               purpose
               ,
               which
               only
               concerns
               the
               ground
               of
               
                 True
                 Religion
              
               ;
               The
               
                 Faith
                 unfeigned
              
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               
                 Gift
                 of
                 God
              
               only
               ,
               and
               not
               at
               mans
               disposing
               ,
               this
               was
               confessed
               by
               the
               Apostle
               Paul
               ,
               when
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 Not
                 for
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 Dominion
                 over
                 your
                 Faith
                 ,
                 
                 but
                 as
                 Helpers
                 of
                 your
                 Ioy
                 ;
                 for
                 by
                 Faith
                 you
                 stand
                 ;
                 True
                 Faith
                 being
                 the
                 substnce
                 of
                 things
                 hoped
                 for
                 ,
                 the
                 Evidence
                 of
                 things
                 not
                 seen
                 ;
                 
                 it
                 comes
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 leads
                 up
                 to
                 God
                 again
                 ,
              
               and
               hath
               nothing
               of
               mans
               contrivance
               in
               it
               :
               Therefore
               let
               all
               cease
               from
               imposing
               Faith
               and
               Worship
               towards
               God
               upon
               his
               People
               ,
               and
               let
               God
               alone
               to
               be
               King
               and
               Law-giver
               in
               mens
               Consciences
               ,
               in
               matters
               of
               Faith
               and
               Worship
               towards
               him
               ,
               unto
               whom
               alone
               it
               belongeth
               ,
               whose
               right
               it
               is
               to
               reign
               there
               in
               the
               heavenly
               Dominion
               ,
               which
               gives
               Victory
               over
               Death
               ,
               Hell
               and
               the
               Grave
               ;
               they
               that
               do
               otherways
               ,
               do
               but
               lead
               men
               out
               from
               God
               ,
               into
               Man's
               Contrivances
               ,
               from
               that
               inward
               Principle
               of
               the
               divine
               Life
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               put
               in
               their
               Hearts
               and
               Consciences
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               Guide
               of
               all
               Mankind
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               only
               Infallible
               Way
               for
               them
               to
               trust
               to
               ;
               for
               this
               brings
               them
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Pride
                 ,
                 Vanity
              
               and
               
                 Deceits
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               the
               other
               keeps
               them
               in
               them
               ;
               so
               that
               few
               of
               them
               come
               to
               the
               true
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               continue
               in
               following
               the
               Devices
               and
               Desires
               of
               their
               own
               hearts
               ,
               
                 offending
                 Gods
                 holy
                 Laws
                 until
              
               they
               lay
               down
               their
               heads
               in
               everlasting
               
               Sorrow
               .
               And
               thus
               is
               the
               Creation
               of
               God
               destroyed
               ,
               by
               the
               craft
               and
               subtilty
               of
               those
               blind
               Guides
               that
               see
               not
               beyond
               their
               own
               worldly
               Interest
               and
               profit
               ;
               but
               if
               men
               would
               have
               
                 regard
                 to
                 the
                 Commandments
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 make
                 them
                 wiser
                 than
                 their
                 Teachers
                 ,
              
               that
               have
               been
               the
               chief
               cause
               of
               sowing
               Discord
               between
               the
               King
               and
               People
               ,
               and
               between
               one
               sort
               of
               People
               and
               another
               ,
               which
               have
               strengthened
               both
               Faction
               and
               Atheism
               ,
               and
               will
               do
               more
               and
               more
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               not
               prevented
               .
               
            
             
               Let
               these
               things
               be
               weighed
               in
               a
               sincere
               humble
               Mind
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               true
               Ballance
               ,
               left
               any
               be
               deceived
               by
               the
               false
               Weights
               and
               Measures
               of
               those
               that
               make
               a
               Trade
               of
               Religion
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Buyers
               and
               Sellers
               of
               the
               Souls
               of
               men
               ;
               these
               have
               been
               the
               chief
               cause
               that
               Hell
               hath
               enlarged
               it self
               abundantly
               of
               late
               years
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               Grief
               of
               all
               sincere
               true
               Christians
               ;
               for
               since
               this
               Day-spring
               of
               divine
               Light
               and
               Love
               that
               hath
               appeared
               so
               effectually
               to
               all
               those
               that
               have
               waited
               in
               Faith
               and
               Patience
               to
               be
               Partakers
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               old
               Enemy
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               great
               Accuser
               of
               God's
               People
               in
               all
               Ages
               ,
               hath
               raged
               more
               abundantly
               ,
               seeking
               by
               Persecution
               ,
               Slanders
               ,
               and
               Reproaching
               the
               Children
               of
               Light
               ,
               to
               remove
               all
               that
               may
               obstruct
               his
               Kingdom
               of
               Darkness
               and
               Delusions
               ;
               but
               the
               Lord
               God
               Everlasting
               will
               more
               and
               more
               break
               forth
               by
               his
               Almighty
               Power
               to
               blast
               the
               Expectations
               of
               all
               those
               his
               Agents
               &
               Instruments
               ,
               that
               have
               strengthened
               man
               in
               his
               Wickedness
               ,
               to
               prevent
               or
               hinder
               the
               Prosperity
               of
               Peace
               and
               Truth
               in
               this
               Land
               of
               our
               Nativity
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               Professors
               of
               Religion
               ,
               or
               Prophane
               loose
               Persons
               .
            
             
               O
               Eternal
               Powerful
               Lord
               God!
               hasten
               this
               thy
               Work
               ,
               that
               all
               Mankind
               may
               fear
               and
               tremble
               before
               thee
               :
               Then
               shall
               the
               
               works
               of
               Darkness
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               thy
               holy
               Power
               will
               be
               adored
               more
               abundantly
               in
               the
               Hearts
               and
               Consciences
               of
               the
               Sons
               and
               Daughters
               of
               Men
               ,
               to
               thy
               Everlasting
               Praise
               and
               Glory
               for
               evermore
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               
                 Written
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1683.
                 
              
               
                 Anne
                 Docwra
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               THe
               Mystery
               of
               God's
               Love
               to
               all
            
             
               Is
               Light
               within
               :
               Now
               since
               the
               Fall
               ,
            
             
               Vain
               man
               ,
               that
               's
               rock't
               asleep
               in
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Sees
               not
               the
               Day-Star
               coming
               in
               .
               
            
             
               The
               fond
               Desires
               of
               Vain
               Delight
            
             
               Brings
               Sorrow
               and
               Eternal
               Night
               .
            
          
           
             
               Awake
               ,
               Awake
               ,
               come
               to
               the
               Light
               ,
               
            
             
               Which
               shews
               thy
               Deeds
               that
               are
               not
               Right
               :
            
             
               Why
               shouldst
               thou
               sleep
               the
               Sleep
               of
               Death
               !
            
             
               And
               lie
               in
               Sorrow
               down
               Beneath
               ,
            
             
               When
               Light
               is
               given
               thee
               for
               thy
               Guide
               ,
            
             
               To
               bring
               thee
               from
               thy
               Life
               of
               Pride
               ?
            
             
               The
               humble
               lowly
               Truth
               invite
            
             
               All
               men
               to
               stoop
               ,
               to
               it
               unite
               ,
            
             
               That
               thou
               mayst
               know
               a
               Resting-place
            
             
               With
               God
               ,
               that
               will
               the
               Proud
               debase
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Testimony
               of
               God's
               Love
               ,
               
            
             
               The
               Light
               descending
               from
               above
               ,
            
             
               That
               shines
               into
               the
               Hearts
               of
               all
               ,
            
             
               For
               to
               Redeem
               out
               of
               the
               Fall
               ;
            
             
               It
               shews
               to
               man
               ,
               how
               to
               begin
            
             
               The
               Work
               of
               God
               that
               Conquors
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Discovering
               Vice
               and
               Vertue
               clear
               ,
            
             
               To
               all
               that
               will
               to
               it
               adhere
               ,
            
             
             
               That
               ev'ry
               man
               may
               see
               his
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Ev'n
               by
               the
               Light
               that
               shines
               within
               ;
            
             
               Which
               shews
               to
               ev'ry
               one
               ,
               his
               Deeds
            
             
               Spring
               from
               the
               good
               or
               evil
               Seeds
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Light
               is
               for
               the
               Righteous
               sown
               ,
               
            
             
               The
               Iust
               mans
               Path
               ,
               where
               God
               is
               known
               :
            
             
               Sons
               of
               Corruption
               come
               not
               there
               .
               
            
             
               No
               Vipers
               in
               this
               Path
               appear
               .
            
             
               This
               troublesom
               Insect
               that
               Aspires
               ,
            
             
               To
               Rob
               man
               of
               his
               good
               Desires
            
             
               To
               Iustice
               ,
               Mercy
               ,
               Love
               and
               Peace
               ,
            
             
               That
               no
               true
               Vertue
               may
               increase
               ;
            
             
               Their
               Sun
               will
               set
               ,
               and
               Storms
               will
               come
               ,
            
             
               A
               Bed
               of
               Sorrow
               is
               their
               Doome
               ,
            
             
               Though
               in
               the
               Sun
               these
               Vipers
               play
               ,
            
             
               And
               think
               not
               of
               a
               Reckoning
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               Awake
               ,
               my
               Friends
               ,
               come
               and
               behold
               ,
            
             
               This
               Light
               divine
               will
               not
               be
               sold
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               bought
               for
               Money
               ,
               't
               is
               too
               dear
            
             
               And
               pretious
               ,
               as
               it
               does
               appear
               .
            
             
               Our
               bounteous
               God
               ,
               he
               hath
               sent
               forth
            
             
               His
               Proclamation
               of
               great
               worth
               ,
               
            
             
               Which
               calls
               to
               all
               to
               come
               and
               buy
               
            
             
               Of
               him
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               Life
               deny
               ,
            
             
               Wine
               and
               Milk
               without
               Coine
               ,
            
             
               Both
               heavenly
               ,
               pure
               and
               divine
               ;
            
             
               All
               those
               that
               freely
               feed
               on
               it
               ,
            
             
               In
               heavenly
               places
               they
               shall
               sit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Anne
               Docwra
            
          
        
         
           THE
           END
        
      
       
         
         
           BOOKs
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Andrew
             Sowle
          
           at
           the
           Crooked
           Billet
           in
           Holloway-Lane
           in
           Shoreditch
           .
        
         
           NO
           Cross
           ,
           No
           Crown
           :
           Or
           a
           Discourse
           shewing
           the
           Nature
           and
           Discipline
           of
           the
           holy
           Cross
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           foolish
           Libel
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Quakers
             Opinions
          
           .
        
         
           England's
           present
           Interest
           discovered
           ,
           with
           honour
           to
           the
           Prince
           and
           safety
           to
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           An
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Churches
           of
           Jesus
           throughout
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           An
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Light.
           
        
         
           An
           Address
           to
           Protestants
           upon
           the
           present
           Conjuncture
           .
        
         
           A
           brief
           state
           and
           exmination
           of
           Liberty
           Spritual
           .
        
         
           Wisdom
           justified
           of
           her
           Children
           .
        
         
           Reason
           against
           Railing
           ,
           and
           Truth
           against
           Fiction
           .
        
         
           The
           Invalidity
           of
           I.
           F's
           Reply
           .
        
         
           Innocency
           with
           her
           open
           face
           .
        
         
           An
           Epistle
           ,
           containing
           a
           solemn
           Farewell
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           writ
           by
           
             William
             Penn.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Christian-Quaker
           and
           his
           divine
           Testimony
           vindicated
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Authorities
           ;
           in
           two
           Parts
           ,
           Writ
           By
           
             W.
             Penn
          
           and
           
             G.
             Whitehead
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Lamentation
           over
           England
           and
           faithful
           Warning
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           .
           By
           
             William
             Bingley
          
           .
        
         
           Due
           Order
           of
           Law
           and
           Iustice
           pleaded
           ,
           against
           Irregular
           and
           Arbitrary
           Proceedings
           .
           By
           
             George
             Whitehead
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Real
           Quaker
           a
           Real
           Protestant
           .
           By
           
             G.
             W.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Religious
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           People
           call'd
           Quakers
           vindicated
           .
        
         
           A
           legal
           Examination
           of
           Abuses
           of
           Law.
           Concerning
           1.
           
           
             Forcible
             Entry
          
           ;
           2.
           
           
             Imprisonment
             without
             Warrant
             ,
             how
             contrary
             to
             Law
          
           ;
           3.
           
           
             Riots
             ,
             Routs
             and
             Unlawful
             Assemblies
          
           ;
           4.
           
           
             The
             publick
             Peace
             .
             and
             Breach
             of
             it
          
           ;
           5.
           
           
             Oppression
             and
             Duress
             by
             Goals
             and
             Goalers
             ,
             and
             what
             Priviledge
             the
             Law
             allows
             to
             Prisoners
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Prisoners
           Vindication
           ,
           with
           a
           sober
           Expostulation
           and
           Reprehension
           of
           Persecutors
           .
           By
           
             Iohn
             Gratton
          
           .
        
         
           Lawson's
           Treatise
           concerning
           the
           seven
           Liberal
           Arts.
           
        
         
           Something
           in
           Answer
           to
           them
           that
           say
           ,
           the
           Quakers
           are
           no
           Christians
           .
           By
           
             G.
             F.
          
           
        
         
           Universal
           Love.
           By
           
             W.
             Smith
          
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Case
           of
           Tythes
           once
           more
           revived
           .
           By
           
             Fr.
             Howgill
          
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36213-e10
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.6
             ,
          
           
             2
             Tit.
             2
             .
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             2.
             27.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             68.
             18.
             
          
           
             John
             4.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             28.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             
             &
             14.
             34.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13.
             31.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             4.
             7.
             10.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             57.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             50.
             23.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             27.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             119.
             6
             ,
             98
             ,
             99
             ,
             100.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             5.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             John
             3.
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             2
             
             Cor.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             97.
             11.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             4.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             55.
             1.
             
          
           
             John
             7.
             37
             ,
             38
             ,
             39
             ,