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A28152	A word of reproof and advice to my late fellow-souldiers and officers of the English, Irish, and Scotish army with some inrhoad made upon the hireling and his mass-house, university, orders, degrees, vestments, poperies, heathenism, &c. : with a short catalogue of some of the fighting priests and ... have given them a blow in one of their eyes (pickt out of the whores head) which they call a fountain of religion but is a sink of iniquity ... / by E.B.	Billing, Edward, 1623-1686.	1659 (1659)	Wing B2903; ESTC R23695	86,580	98

whilst ye seemingly live thus doth many of you consume yourselves substance and precious time And do ye think to live Dives his live and not dye his death Can ye think to sow to the flesh all manner of corruption all the dayes of your lives and not reap the same in the day of the Lord And do ye think as the tree falls it will not lye and as death leaves Judgement will not find and from Hell there is no Redemption Oh friends I can truly say my bowels ernes for ye who are called Nobles and are great in the earth above any sort of people that are without Also I know and feel that the witness of God lyeth near in very many of ye although the lofty and surly nature is not willing to bow nor sink down and become one with the witness which is meek and ●owly and calls upon ye in secret for purity in your inner parts Oh! let the consideration of Eternal Life constrain and even necessitate ye to turn in the eye of your mind to within and consider what ye shall do to be saved for verily the eye of the Lord is pure and runs to and fro thorow the whole earth and all that 's earthly and cannot behold your present iniquities Wherefore in the fear of the Lord cease to do evil and learn to do well and let the time past be sufficient least the Lord forthwith dash ye in pieces and sweep ye from the face of the earth and your memories utterly rot Therefore seek the Lord with all your hearts whilst he may be found for this is the day of your visitation but your day passeth away and the night swiftly cometh wherein no man can work yet a little while and the Light is with ye I say commune with your own hearts and be still and in the cool of the day when your lusts boil● not sink down willingly joyn and adhere to the measure of God in your consciences which is given to man to profit withall Oh take it for a leader for it is the true Light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the World that all men through Him might believe the same is a swift witnesse for the Lord against all the evil of your doings and cannot nor ever did consent to sin the same is truth leads into all truth was before the man of sin the house of Ham the stock of Nimrod the cunning hunter Ishmael the scoffer Lord Esau of the Mount bloody Cain or the Dukes of Edom were and is before all invention or the ridiculous Tythes about which many of you fight kill boast and rend many a bloody oath and when ye have all done it may be prove your ancester an ancient murtherer come into England with William of Normandy killed an English man and took his possession and as your selves sprang from blood rage and cruelty so in the same many of ye continue but beware that your latter end be not worse then your beginning great quantities of earth ye have and the Lords hand is in no wayes shortened towards ye But verily very many of ye spend it wholly upon your lusts and that 's not the end for which it was given but ye are to honour God with your substance and whatsoever he hath given ye he that defiles his body defiles the Temple of the Lord and him will God destroy Therefore whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do learn to do all to the praise and glory of God and do not Lord it over Gods heritage in the General nor in your own particulars for Christ is in ye except ye are reprobates and this know that no man was or ever shall be heir of two Kingdoms and God and Mammon ye cannot please and if ye truly serve the one the other with all his lusts ye must deny Mark all his lusts ye must deny and a death ye must feel upon your present lives that ye may come to know the birth which is immortal seek to know the Lord if it be but as a consuming fire to burn up and consume your lusts which separates between ye and your maker for he that envies is a murtherer ‖ For love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God If we love one another God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him Herein is our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of Judgment because as he is so are we in this present world there is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment he that feareth is not made perfect in love If any man say I love God and hate his Brother he is a lvar For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen And this Commandment have we from him that he who loveth God loves his Brother also 1 John 4. 7 12 16 18 20. and he that lusts after a woman hath committed adultery and I say unto ye all above men and all things swear not And to see a great man a good man is a rare thing even an ornament in his Countrey a strength to the righteous a sinew to the feeble a nerve to the oppressed a help to the helpless and of all men if ye could but see and trust in the truth as it is in Jesus how transcendently happy might ye be even in this life beloved of God and good men and all evil men māde to fear ye And I do believe many of ye cannot but see the hireling and his covetousness deficiency and deceipt and in some measure see the truth and the vessel to be good but to sea in it ye dare not go for if the greatest of ye deny the hireling his ungodly gain a war he will prepare and the waves will beat the billows boil and the stormes arise But help us Lord and we cannot perish although the greedy man may toss us from one Goal and Dungeon to another and if there in faithfulness to the Lord we lay down or lives yet we live for ever and have life Eternal And that 's much better then the airy title of Duke Lords Knights c. which put them all together will not buy a morsel of bread in this very life and in the life to come the Beggar as the King and his Nobles and Tophet is not prepared in vain and it is well if some of yee who are called Noble-men and cals your selves Christians be not found in the day of the Lord more ignoble to the now despised Christians then Festus Agrippa or Claudius Lycias were to Paul who were called heathens but were truely Noble to Paul and such Nobility I own who puts no man to death nor hurts no man tell the accuser and the accused comes face to face

those which were not the Priests of England may yet go to Carthage or the Pope the Priests Original to know the truth but I believe that neither councel of Carthage Pope of Rome or assembly of Priests in England with the help of their two Universities which are their two eyes picked out of the Whores head can interpret Scripture aright but for the most part are and have been doers of wrong and that knowes not the Scriptures nor that which gave them forth Therefore Countrey-men consider these men wise men believe them not for as sure as the Lord lives they are a lye Princes be not deceived by them least ye perish in the gainsaying with them Men of War once again draw out your spiritual weapons and defend your selves and rid your hands of that Popish Jewish and Anti-christian power which in this the Lords day could not stand but by your consents Some of ye had bread in your own houses and have ye spent all your former estates and quite lost your possession and will ye spend-thrifts go to buy of a Bankrupt Priest the fag-ends of Popery such as preach in Mass-houses and compass the whole earth for their gain from their quarters Oh! believe them not their best deeds are Forgery their assureances are naught their words are cancelled the Law giver hath viewed their filthy statutes the mighty-Councellor hath broke their bonds asunder their best seals is but a waffer and what they sell is stollen from their Neighbour and their gatherings are crumbling and molders like the very dust which is their meat an● there they are and for that they murther Friends I know you see the thief Oh! Consent not with him if ye do ye perish I say there was that among ye and in ye once that was for God utterly against the Popish brawling Hireling verily that which is for him in this the day of the Lambs persecution is absolutely against the true and living God who covered your heads in the day of battel When I am sure it was not unknown to many of ye that the Tithe-mongers were as one man your implacable enemies My dear Friends whom the Lord witnesseth I love and my soul truly travelleth for Consider what ye were ten years since and what yeare now feel in your selves and speak with the witness of God in your Consciences for that 's it which I speak to and let us be upon a search in the cool of the day laying aside rage fury and preferment and see who they are and what they are that ye are growing to and who grows to ye and who grows from ye The people of God ye have shamefully persecuted and thrust out of your Army recruiting yourselves in my knowledge in their rooms with very vitious and wicked men and doth the Hireling tell ye that this is a good way to prevent Heresies factions and rents in your Army Repent of these dealings least the Lord forthwith rent ye all to pieces and there be not one of ye left that hath a hand in these wickednesses to pi●h against the Wall Therefore my Friends in time consider what ye are growing to and what ye are growing from thus much I may justly tell ye that vice is not punished or in the least looked after as it hath been heretofore Nor indeed is it like when as ye put honest men from among ye for no other cause but for bearing their Testimonies against vice for the breach of any manner of Law whatsover either military or civil was not so much as laid to mine and many others charges who were most shamefully entreated and thrust out from among ye And I may farther tell ye if ye proceed in these cruelties ye will in a very short time be as unfit to fight the Lords battels as those were who fell by your sword for from the Lord God I declare it unto ye all That for the present the sword of the living God is against ye both and although the Hireling may I say seemingly for●ifie ye and tell ye that persecution is a good way to preserve from rents Yet in dear love to ye all I declare that if ye do not speedily repent whilst the power is in your hands and once again become little in your own eyes and repair the cruel breaches that ye have made and suffered to be made upon the innocent Verily ye shall be rent and with the Hireling fall and perish like your own dung How can this Army look the Nation in the face and put men out from among them for their inoffensive conscience the very thing which drew all men to ye and have ye like Machevillians served your own turns and have ye nothing else to do but to revenge your selves upon your selves and make a prey upon your brethren but such doings the Lord hates and it cannot possibly long stand for oppression is one of the wo●st foundations that ever was laid and if ye had been faithful the wicked Priest had never been suffered to have murthered any for his belly or have destroyed any man for not paying Jewish or Popish Tithes and the blood of one innocent man is able to subvert a Government and overthrow a Nation but that evil should fall upon one of ye is far from my heart although your cruel and unjust dealings to meward and many of us hath given cause enough for us to have cursed ye in the bitternesse of our spirits Yet the Lord who knows the secrets of all mens hearts bears me witnesse I do not onely freely forgive ye but have a dear and unexpressibly love to every soul among ye and as for O. P. the Lord witneseth for me with what integrity and simplicity of soul I loved him above any man upon the face of the whole earth whilest he served the Lord and stood in his councel and to this minute I have done him no ill Now therefore be wise O ye Kings and be instructed ye Judges of the earth seek ye the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling kiss the Son least he be angry ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him let not the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thought although the Kings of the earth may set themselves and the Rulers take councel together against the Lord and against his annointed saying let us break their bonds assunder and cast away their cords from us but he that siteth in Heaven shall laugh and the Lord shall have them in derision then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure And friends the truth is now declared as it was of old by the stammering tongue and it is the illiterate that have the gift of tongues and though his visage be marred and his shape uncomely to the vultrous eye yet the deaf hear him the dumb sing and the lame leap for joy and that

which was and hath for a long time been slain is made alive and the mighty God of the oppressed is arisen in great strength so as he will slay all that live in pleasure fulness and wantonness and very many shall the slain of the Lord be and those who refuse to hear the Prophet in all things shall be cut off and terrible will our God be to all the workers of iniquity for assuredly the wicked and all those that forget God shall be turned into Hell And I looked and lo a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion and with him ●n hundred forty and four thousand having his Fathers Name written in their fore-heads and they sung as it were a new song before the Throne and before the four beasts and the Elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty four thousand Which were Redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with women for they are Virgins These are they which follow the Lamb whethersoever he goeth These were Redeemed from among men being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in them there was found no guile for they are without fault before the Throne of God And I saw another Angel flie in the midst of Heaven having the Everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the Earth and to every Nation and Kindred and Tongue and people saying with a loud voice Fear God and give Glory to Him for the hour of his Judgment is come worship Him that made Heaven and Earth the Sea and the Fountains of waters And there followed another Angel saying Babylon is fallen is fallen that great City because she made all Nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her Fornication And the third Angel followed them saying with a loud voice If any man worship the Beast and his Image and receive his mark in his fore-head or in his hand The same shall drink the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation and he sha●l be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoak of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever and they shall have no rest day nor night who worship the Beast and his Image and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name And I heard the Angel of the waters say Thou art Righteous O Lord which art and wast and shalt be because thou hast Judged thus For they have shed the blood of the Saints and Prophets and thou hast given them blood to drink for they are worthy And I heard another out of the Altar say Even so Lord God Almighty true and Righteous are thy Judgements for they are the spirits of Devils working miracles which go forth unto the Kings of the earth and of the whole World to gather them to the battel of the great day of God Almighty And I saw as it were a Sea of glass mingled with fire and them that had gotten the Victory over the Beast and over his Image and over his mark and over the number of his names stand on the Sea of glass having the harps of God and they sung the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb saying Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighty Just and True are thy wayes thou King of Saints Who shall not fear thee O Lord and give glory to thy Name For thou only art Holy for all Nations shall come and worship before thee for thy Judgements are made manifest Even so be it Amen Come Lord Rev. 14. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. Rev. 16. 5 6 7. and 14. Rev 15. 2 3. Given forth in the 4th Month 16●8 By E B. THE END A VVORD To those old Creatures who are old in iniquity and in the fallen state yet deny falling away who say once in Christ and ever in Christ when as it may be they are at the very same time in a very great rage disputing and pleading for sin Term-of-life I Say to such unprofitable talkers who are willing and by their own consent do contract with Hell and Death who stretch themselves forth in big swelling words and think themselves it may be much better because they are crowded into gathered Churches as they call them and it may be of a truth can say something of an antient and past experience moving or appearance of God to and in them whereupon their big word and wide-mouthed-boast is when the poor Souls or rather proud Pharisees are at the very top of their vaunting to wit once in Christ and ever in Christ such I many times am moved ask Whether they are obeying the Command doing the Work Will of Christ at this time now and ever Mark Once in Christ and ever in Christ and I am sure he that for ever abides in Christ must now and ever do the Will and Commands of Christ and they are not grievous nor unholy neither can that man which is impure imperfect or unholy observe obey or do them in the love and belief of them and He now and ever Redeems and saves his people from their sins note that for he which sinneth is of the ●evil Yea though he be but proud and covetous and as full of persecution as too too many professors are which is of the old creature and such are not new creatures nor in Christ Jesus now and ever neither are they purified as he is pure who is the substance the one onely one thing needful who is the beginning and end of all things himself without beginning or end who is not afar of but nigh at hand and a ready helper unto all them who fear him wh● is the root o● ●esse the Promise come the Truth the Oath and admits not of any swearing whatsoever that 's his Command and it is not grievous for his yoke is easie and his burthen is light in and by whom I see light who sayes Swear not at all And he doth not reap where he hath not first sowen For he doth enlighten every man that cometh into the World Male and Female Bond and Free Scythian and Barbarian and a measure of himself is given to every man continually to profit with all note to every man He was not so selfish as many of ye are who are in this and that and the other form I do not say all who do seclude al● that are not with ye in your set dayes bread wine and Baby Baptism out of the Everlasting Kingdom which was before your fables were But he that is in Christ i● a new creature Mark he is he doth not say he was or he shall be and so warm himself by his own coals by onely saying the Righ●eousness of Chri●t the Righteousness of Christ is sufficient But I say he which confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall find mercy Mark that

Souls for his dishonest gain Oh! who is able to reckon up their deceipts or the number of the innocent that hath and are at this day deceived by them but the Soul which sins shall dye the death for the potter hath power over the clay and though he hide himself in the remotest part of the Garden he will find him out and a vessel of dishonour he shall be and yet after they have sinned he desireth not the death of a sinner although he be dead in sins and trespasses but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live For as I live saith the Lord I will not the death of a sinner Mark of a sinner but the persecutor and he whose tongue is at liberty who defileth his body which is the Temple of the Lord him will God destroy although he be the fattest Bull in Basan or the mightiest Cedar in all Lebanon he is but clay in the hands of the Potter and a vessel of dishonour he will make him But he that liveth in his fear and standeth in his councel and is obedient to the Fathers Commands which are all possible and in no wise grievous him he makes a vessel of honour and he is to him as the apple of his eye Be Holy be Perfect be Just in all your doings all men and let all Mark all that are athirst come and buy milk freely and take of the water of Life without money and without price Oh! Come all and it is in vain to invite them that are predestinated from all Eternity to be damned What I say unto one I say unto all watch and those that are decreed to Hell need not watch but the Lord willeth that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth and he is not like Pharaoh who willed the people to make brick without straw Oh! the Creator doth not so for a measure of himself he hath given to every man to profit withal Mark to all so that if he require the full tale of brick he doth Justly and his doings are Just and he is equal in all his wayes and let not him that is formed though a subject or a King say to him that hath formed Why hast thou made me so But come unto him or look unto him all the ends of the earth and be saved and the Gospel hath been preached to every creature under Heaven and it is he that knowes the Fathers Will and doth it not which shall be beaten but it is impossible that he can do it who never knew it but knowledge is a delitious fruit and pleasant to the eye upon which the reprobate feeds and whom I will I ha●den but first he willeth that all men should be saved or else he might have said except Judas except Pharaoh except Esau except Pilate the Priests friend but Gods enemy Christ knew from the beginning who should betray him Mark he knew it but he did not wil him to do it for if he had it could not have been called treachery in Judas Nay he willeth not the death of a sinner but he willeth that all the ends of the earth should look unto him and be saved that is his Will and purpose for which purpose he hath and doth enlighten every man that cometh into the World that all men through him might believe and be saved Mark and note that he willeth all men I say he did not except Judas Pilate and Pharaoh if they were alive and had not sold themselves to do wickedly for which cause they were given up to a reprobate minde but there is and was some that will not come unto him that they may have life Wherefore such are ordained to condemnation of old but they that come unto him he will in no wise cast off and whom he loves he loves to the end and he that loves him keeps his Commands and he that keeps them not is of the Devil and he that is of the Devil hath no part in him for God and Belial are not one in any one thing neither do they live together and where Jerusalem is Babylon cannot stand and where the Light with which every man is enlightened bears Rule there is no darkness at all and when it is disobeyed if heeded the darkness may be felt Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated before either of those two children had done good or evil Yea the thing Jacob he loved and the thing Esau he hated before either of those two children were begotten or born after the flesh and those two seeds he onely loves and hates at this day and see that there be not a Cain nor an Esau be among ye but let the worm Jacob be cherished for it loves the Light and is the heritage of God but let murtherous Cain although he hath been Prince of the whole City and all hath been called by his sons name and Lord Esau of the mount come under for though there was a time when the seed bowed Jacob's got past and let the elder serve the younger for he sold his Birth-right for his belly Mark he had it A Birth-right or a Right-birth but he sold it and afterwards sought it with tears It was not the earth he wept for although he sold his Birth-right or Right-birth which was immortal for that which was earthly divelish and sensual The great God who created Heaven and Earth willeth that all man-kind should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved and willeth not the death of one soul of his whole handy-work and the work of his own hands he cannot destroy and that is the infallible and true light the Son of the Father who enlighteneth every individual man and woman that commeth into the World that all through him may believe and be saved it is the particular sins of every particular man and woman that is the cause of death reprobation and c●nd●●n●tion and that soul which sins shall die but for the word Original fin I do not find it in the whole Scriptures but is a contrivance of the false Prophets like unto their baby-baptism but he that believes in the Light of Christ which he is enlightened with and brings all his deeds to the light and dwells and abides in the light and hath the hope in him He purifieth himself as he is pure and the wicked one cannot touch him Again and again I say if a certain and set number from all eternity be predestinated to be saved and damned What doth the hireling preach for or for what hath he his hire I am sure the decrees of the living God are yea and Amen and unalterable And there is another vaine sort of people who are as ignorant as they who say that the Scriptures is the word of God and Mathew Mark Luke and John the Gospel and that the Latin Greek and Hebrew is the Original as for the word which the Scriptures of truth truly declares of he was in the