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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66867	A visitation & warning is this unto all magistrates and law-makers temporal and spiritual to repent of persecution and to forsake the evil thereof that so they may obtain mercy and find a hiding-place in the day of God's wrath which is near to be revealed against all such : even from him that sitteth upon the throne and unto all his inferiour officers and people in England whatsover to him that openth and shutteth the prison-doors ... / persecution will undo this generation the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it in Humfry Wooldridge.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1662 (1662)	Wing W3304; ESTC R27623	21,355	26

Lord Chap. 17. Let them be confounded tha● p●●s●cute 〈◊〉 but let not me be confounded let them be dis●●id b●● l●● not me be dismaid bring upon them the day of evil and des●roy the● with double destruction I say these things will cry for Veng●anc● from the God of Heaven as in the dayes of old when Christ came near unto Jerusalem the conside●ation of these things caused him to weep over it saying O J●r●s●l●● J●rusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest th●● th●● are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thee This is thy state and this is thy condition O London with thy Magistrates and Rulers how often hath the Lord wa●ned you and ye would not be warned to leave off Persecuting for matters of Conscience in the Worship and Servic● of God in the dayes of your former Rulers which were many how often were they warned by the Servants of the Living God concerning this thing And now in this your Day you have been often warned both you and your King to let Conscience go free and you have made Promises and the words of your King have been we should never suffer for Conscience sake so long as we lived peaceably And again you are warned at this time both you and your King that you leave off Persecution and let the Spirit of the Lord teach the Children of the Lord how to Worship him for it is written in the Scriptures that the Spirit teacheth them how to Pray and Worship as they ought and as many as are the Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God therefore do not think or believe that such can be limited to any dead Form of Prayer or Worship set up by the Precepts and Commandments of men therefore be warned of these things and if you are not it will be your utter ruine and it is not for evil-doing nor rebellion against the Lord nor the good Laws of your King that we are killed thus all the day long and counted by you as Sheep for the slaughter but because we keep our Consciences clear in being obedient to his Living Word and Spirit which purifies our hearts that we are so used by you and because we that know the Lord are resolved though he suffer you to kill us we will not fall down to your dead Image nay it is not so much as a true Image of a true Worship nor Worship in any other way but the same which he himself shall teach us for he is a Spirit and in Spirit will be Worshipped and all they that Worship him after the Precepts and Commands of men Worship they know not what Now all this Cruelty and Persecution is done and suffered to be done that that saying might be true spoken by the Spirit in Generations past They hated me without a cause and he which is born of the Flesh persecutes him that is born of the Spirit for the enmity of the Serpents Seed is against the Seed of the f●●e Woman because it is begotten and born of God which cannot sin in bowing to that which is begotten and brought forth by the wicked one for there is a Seed begotten and a Birth brought forth by the undefiled God in England that serveth the Lord in bearing Witness as it did in all Ages and Generations against the Seed of Evil-doers And in the Persecutor is this Seed a prick Saul Saul why persecutest thou me it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks This is that Seed of the Kingdom which Christ told the persecuting Jews Luk. 17.21 was within them And this is that which Paul told the Gentiles of Rom. I. that which may be known of God is manifested within them This is a Talent given to the evil and slothful servant and a Prize in the hand of a fool he wanting an heart to improve it to the praise of the Giver This is the day of small things and the weakness of God it being compared unto a Leaven hidden and a grain of Mustard-seed not grown This is small in its beginnings yet chosen of God elect and precious A precious Stone and sure Foundation to all that have tryed believed and proved it he is precious and the head of the corner but to the wisdom of man and wise-builders such as build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity is he a stumbling stone and rock of offence at this day and had not the Lord God of Sabbaths left this Seed in fallen man even we had all been as Sodom and Gomorrah whom the Lord overthrew and repented not This is the Candle of the Lord which all ye Persecutors put under a bushel and that Light by which Job that righteous Magistrate walked through all darkness which all ye oppressors of the poor in spirit lie in This is that which did convince the persecuting Jews in themselves that Christ was a good man and Pilate also so that he notwithstanding all the cry of the multitude Crucifie crucifie him could find nothing worthy of death in him And this was it which almost perswaded King Agrippa to be a Christian And this is it which all Persecutors and Compellers about Religion grieve and do violence to in themselves first The light of the body is the eye God said I will guide my People by mine eye This all blind guides put out in themselves It is the god of this world in you Spiritual-men falsly so called with the seeming honour and glory thereof which blindeth you and shutteth your ears lest you should hear what this good Spirit of God saith as it is written by the Prophet If thou canst reade thy state do Who is so blinde as he that is perfect and deaf as the Lord's Messenger that I send seeing many things but thou observest not Hear ye deaf and look you blind that you may see the Lord is w●●● pleased For his Righteousness sake he will magnifie the Law and make it honourable but this is a people robbed and spoyled they are all of them snared i● holes and they are hid in prison houses they are for a prey and none delivereth for a spoil and none saith Restore Who among you will give ear to this who will hearken and hear for the time to come Thou that art compelling to worship in the Form thou settest up with carnal Laws thou wouldst blind all them whose eyes the Lord God hath opened in this day of his Power in which he hath caused his day to spring from on high which will cover thy day and stain thy glory whose fading crown is mortal and doth not endure throughout all generations but it is upon the head of the fat valleys where run the pleasant streams and where the springs of waters are ye Persecutors drink not of The Lord hath caused his Day to spring and he hath enlightned the Earth from his holy Habitation everlasting Glory is revealed which will stain the glory of the World England shal be as a

Again Whether Christ be not come the unchangeable High Priest he which puts an end to all Shadows changeable Priests and Worship whether he be not given for a Covenant of Light and whether all the Nations of them that are saved must not walk in it the same that Moses by the Spirit the man of God spoke of saying A Prophet like unto me shall the Lord your God raise up him shall you hear in all things and whether that Soul must not be cut off out of the Land of the Lord which hearkens not unto him only even him who saith Learn of me and ye shall find rest to your Souls and that when I go away I will send you the Spirit of Truth the Comforter which shall lead you into all Truth And what do you think of them which have heard and learned of the Father and are come to the knowledge of him which to know is Life and Peace eternal as he is obeyed and his voice followed who saith My Sheep hear my voice and a stranger they will not follow What will become of them I say that have eaten of the true Bread and drunk of the living Fountain which as a Well of living Water springeth up in them even them that believe in the Name of Jesus if these shall fall away and in their hearts turn back into Egypt to you again and feed upon the Husks which satisfie not and drink Water out of your broken Cisterns even the puddle waters of Babylon from which all that fear the Lord let them be separated as we are whom ye persecute lest they partake with you of the Woes and Plagues he is bringing upon you because of the blood of the Innocent and the oppression of the Poor I speak that I may be refreshed let come on me what will good is the Lord and his mercy endures for ever the Lord is gracious and full of compassion but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruelty the Lord will most certainly do by you as you have done by us and such a day is the Lord bringing upon all Persecuters the like was never seen in England the mean while in patience we possess our Souls and commit the keeping both of them and our Bodies whom ye shut up for his Names sake whose witnesses we are in cruel Prisons as into the hands of a faithful Creator Thus saith the Lord Hear me O my People hearken unto me O my Nation for a Law shall proceed from me and all my Children shall be taught of me What may you judge of your selves then that say Hearken unto us Pray Sing and Worship God as we teach you for a Law is proceeded from us and all that will not Conform thereunto all that will not Pray and Worship God according to the Precepts and Commandments we have prescribed they shall be esteemed Rebels to the King and all their Goods taken away and at last after long imprisonment they shall be banished out of the Nation and all this is done and intended to be done by the consent and advice of you Lords Spiritual Whether Chiist who is the chief Bishop of the Soul and Shepherd of the Sheep ever gave you or any which were true Ministers and Bishops such authority Or whether all this be not from Antichrist's Power and the Dragon 's that slew the Saints which had the Testimony of Jesus and Word of God There are several Scriptures which speak of forcing and compelling which the Persecutors make themselves a Covering of but this was in the time of the Law when their Worshi● was outward ●nd they were compelled to it by an outward Law all which Christ put an end to and said God is a Spirit ●●d they that worship him acceptably must worship him in Spirit and in Truth But this I say unto all you high and low great and small that persecute and imprison about Religion You have imprisoned and done violence to the Just and Holy One in your own hearts the good Spirit which God who is a Spirit hath given to instruct you that you have grieved and rebelled against and ●herefore all that will not do the like must be imprisoned their Goods spoiled and their Persons banished All that will not kill the Witness in themselves must by you be killed for its sake all the day long All they that will not make shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience and lay the Heritage of God waste and tread the holy City under their feet and blaspheme the Temple of God and them that dwell therein their Families must be laid waste by your consent and they themselves who fear before the Lord and at the remembrance of his Holiness they must be counted Hereticks and Blasphemers by this Generation You have rejected the Word of the Lord and will have none of Wisdoms Counsel and therefore must they which walk in the Light of the Word who are Wisdoms Children and justified by Christ who is God's Wisdom and Righteousness be condemned by you who are only wise to do evil The god of this world he it is that blindeth thee with the seeming glory and honour so that thou canst not see nor discern the things that be of the Spirit of God and now thou being blinded thy self thou Persecuter about Religion whoever thou art thou wouldst with cruel tortures make all to see with thy vailed eye thy own house being left desolate and overthrown by strangers desolate I say of the Spirit any otherwayes than to reprove and convince thee and the true knowledge of God thou wouldst lay waste the Temple of God without thee and the House which is a House of Prayer indeed wouldst thou have to become an habitation of Devils and De● of Thieves like thine own thou hast banished the go●t●e reproof● of the good Spirit of God and the Word which is nigh thee out of thine own heart and hast set up another thing besides the Fear of the Lord which is to depart from evil and now thou being banished like Cain for thy rebellion from the presence of the Lord art wrath and thou wilt spoil all their Houses and Goods and lay their Dwellings desolate and though thou cannot banish them from the presence of the Lord as thou art thy self thou wilt do thy endeavour to make them miserable upon the Earth if thou canst not kill them thou wilt banish them under the name of Traitors and they shall be whipt and imprisoned under the names of Vagabonds thus thou art building thy City with blood but still thou art in a Land of fear and but a Vagabond thy self in the Earth whilst we poor despised People called Quakers who are free born of the Seed that is immortal by this Generation have not so much as a place whereon to lay out heads but in Prisons and nolsom Dungeons and all this is because we cannot bow to the false Worships the false Prophets the Beast and Dragon is setting up and establishing with carnal