For the preachers and leaders of the people called Quakers ... the Lord, whose ambassador I am, both sent me hither at this time; and His message to you is this : that your long prayers, as well as your long preachinge, are an abomination unto Him / John Pennyman. Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. 1678 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A54256 Wing P1406 ESTC R33363 13282168 ocm 13282168 98763 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Society of Friends -- England -- Controversial literature. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion FOR THE PREACHERS and LEADERS of the People called QUAKERS . YOUR Day into Darkness is turned ; the Sun is gone down over you : You have had a large Day and Power given you , to have done the Will of GOD ; but you have abused the Power , and slighted your Day , and have refused to do the LORD's Work , and have sought your Selves , and not the LORD ; Therefore in Justice and Righteousness is the Day , wherein you might have wrought for GOD , taken from you , and the thick Dark Night of Confusion is come upon you , wherein you are groping , and stumbling , and cannot work : The DECREE is gone out , and sealed against you ; and it cannot be recalled . You are not the Men ( as ye stand ) in whom GOD will appear to work Deliverance for His People , ( and yet Deliverance shall come [ but not according to Mans expectation ] ) ; but as for You , ye have rejected the Counsel of the LORD , and grieved His Spirit , and He hath long born you ; yea , You are departed from the LORD , and His Presence is departed from You : Indeed He hath hewed with You , ( and if you had been faithful to the End , He would have honoured and prospered You , and have been your sufficient Reward ) : Ye were His AX , but you have boasted your selves against Him : Therefore as you have hewed and broken others , even so must You be bewed and broken . O ye Treacherous , Wilful , Proud , Self-seeking People ! who have despised the Counsel of the LORD , and would not take warning , though He hath sent His Servants among you , some of whom you have dispitefully used ; What will ye do now ? Whom will you now flee unto for help ? Seeing you are departed from the LORD , [ and are now rending and tearing , biting and devouring one another , for proud Ambitious , Self-ends . ( Mark ! ) If you would now build again the thing that you once destroyed , that shall not be able to hide , or shelter you from the Wrath of the Lamb ; that way whereby you think to strengthen your selves , thereby shall you make your selves much weaker , and help forward your own destruction ] . Remember your End , which hastens greatly ; Breach upon Breach , Division upon Division shall there be , until HE come to Reign whose Right it is . They that trust in , or lean upon You for help , it is as if they leaned upon a broken Keed which is not able to help it self nor others . You have been made to do many good things , but you would not go through with the Work which GOD will have accomplished , and therefore are these things come upon you . Therefore tremble and dread before the LORD , Ye who have been as strong Oaks , and tall Cedars ; for now shall your Strength fail you , and you shall be weak , even as the weakest of Men : But if you would yet submit to GOD's righteous Judgments , you might come to witness your Souls saved in the DAY of the LORD ; though many are to be thrown by ( because of grievous Backslidings ) as not counted worthy to be the LORD's Workmen . There is a small Remnant yet among you ( for whom my Soul breaths ) who may be winnowed out ; and if they will own the Judgments of the LORD , and truly and throughly deny themselves , and follow His Leadings , He will heal their Backslidings ; but they that will continue with you in your Sins , shall partake with you of your Iudgments . The foregoing Words ( excepting the Title ) were writ [ by another ] to the former Rulers [ 1659 ] upon whom they were fulfilled ; and so as certainly shall they be fulfilled upon you . J. P. These following [ Sentences ] I delivered at your Meetings , which being of concern to you all , I am likewise here to Publish . 1. Behold ! You Master-Builders , the LORD's Message to you is this ; That He hath wrought , and is working a Work in this your Day , which you cannot , which you will not believe , although it were declared unto you . 2. Jezebel , Jezebel that Harlot , although she appear never so Beautiful , or never so much Painted , yet , I say , the LORD hath made her Manifest . 3. The LORD , whose Ambassador I am , hath sent me hither at this time ; and His Messge to you is this ; Thut your long Prayers , as well as your long Preachinge , are an Abomination unto Him. John Pennyman . This was printed the Year 1673. excepting the words within these Marks [ ] . And now reprinted this Month called February , 1677 / 8. for further Service .