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enemy_n	wonderful_a	work_n	world_n	110	4	4.1248	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90622	A discovery of the priests, that say they are sent off by the Lord, but upon trial are found out of the commands of Christ, the prophets, and Apostles, and to be those that are not sent of the Lord, but to be such that the sent ones of the Lord did cry wo against, and to be such that are false apostles, deceitful, wicked, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ: and no marvail, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, ... With a few words to such professors and prophane, that together joyn to persecute the righteous: and to the ranters that do commit all manner of sins with greediness. Darkness denied by the children of Light, and the babe of Christ growing up to a perfect man. / Written from one who is known to the world by the name of John Pain, who accounts it great riches to suffer reproaches, and afflictions with the people of the Lord, who scornfully by the world are called Quakers, ... Written from Starford in Hartford-shire the 7. day of the 4. month. 1655.	Pain, John, shoemaker.	1655 (1655)	Wing P188; Thomason E848_22; ESTC R203094	39,396	39

liars proud ones scoffers and scorners sons of Ishmael sons of the bondwoman yea the sinners in Sion shall mourn fear shall surprise the hypocrite therefore think not the word of the Lord strange in these our dayes it is that I have prayed for it is that I did believe would come and now my eyes hath seen and my heart hath felt the power of the Lord ye the enemies that are now against it have prayed for it which of you but have prayed for it which of you but have prayed Thy Kingdom come but now it is coming you speak all manner of evil of it Mat. 24.29 30 31 32 33. Know the day of your visitation for it is such a work of power that doth break down the earth that nothing shall stand but that which cannot be shaken that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven perfectly The Lord is now coming to shut the seeing eye and to open the blind eye Is not now the time that the spirit of a deep sleep hath closed the eyes of the prophets although the signs of Christs coming the second time without sin into the world be made manifest yet they see it not Is not the vision of all become as a sealed book is not the Lord turning Leabnon into a fruitful field Luk. 12.49 51 52.53.56 and the fruitful field into a Forrest and they know it not Consider where you are are you not like those that dream that you are satisfied and behold you are empty is not night upon you that you cannot see the wonders of the Lord which he doth now make manifest but what is manifest amongst you fruites of persecution fruites of pride fruits of covetuousness these fruits of the flesh are made manifest O repent return to your first husband for these are the fruites of the adulterer and the whoregoing from the light into darkness Return return to the light in your consciences that doth convince of sin that doth discover the thoughts intents of the heart this light is pure and leads into purity and holiness Isa 29.13 14. Hath not the Lord been a long time drawn nigh to with the lip when the heart is far from him Hath not the fear towards him been taught by the precepts of man therefore behold saith the Lord I will do a marvellous work and a wonder the wiseman shall perish and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid but the deaf shall hear and the eye of the blind shall see out of obscurity now is this promise fulfilled and fulfilling and now hath the Lord chose Pastors according to his own heart that shall feed his people with knowledge according to his promise Now is the day of the Lord that he hath sent forth his messengers as Lambes amongst the Wolves counting not their lives too dear to fulfill the work the Lord hath sent them forth to do but leaving all for Christs house that durst not be disobedient o the call of the Lord nor consult with flesh Gal. 1.16 which would save it self but many leaving father and mother lands and livings wife and children for love of the pretious seed of God that is kept in bondage groaning for deliverance and many a one through the Ministry of the Lord in them can witness a living soul redeemed out of death to praise the living Lord are not these the signs of the true Ministery of Christ when the Apostles were counted deceivers by the false Apostles and the rest some that were professors How did he clear himself when they did seek a proof of his Ministery He saith in you ward I was not weak but is mighty in you this mighty power many hundreds can witness bringing down their high thoughts and words to the obedience of Jesus Christ many drunkards and swearers many formal professors many high flown notionists are brought to the obedience of the cross which hath crucified them to the world and the world to them this is the proof of the despised Ministry which is despised of the world but owned by those more deare then their lives that doth imbrace it for those that are joyned to the Lord by their Ministery received from the Lord are Epistles write in one anothers heart this leads into unity this leads into honor in that which is pure every member in the body serving one another in love watching one over the other the strong bearing with the weak and here is no rent schisme but every one in their measures growing up to the father of lights who doth make his all of one heart and one minde they have fellowship one with the other in that which is not of the world but leads out of the world up to God leads into the light of God therefore silence you enemies stand still in the light of Christ which will crucifie you to the world and the world to you and you shall see the salvation of the Lord as many a one hath done praises praises be to the Lord for ever Friends consider the wonderful works of the Lord be not despisers and wonderers and perish but know the Lord will do his own work by his own Instruments though never so despised for the preaching of the cross to them that perish is foolishnes but unto us which are saved it is the power of God The Jews do require a sign the Greeks seek after wisdom but we preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness the Jews had thoughts that the Lord would have chosen the great and mighty and the honorable of the world the learned Scribes and Pharisees and that he would advance an earthly Kingdom but did the Lord chuse such no but poor Fishermen Herdsmen and Tradesmen and men unlearned as Peter and John were The same Christ is now as ever and did ascend on high to give gists unto men for the work of the Ministry and this is to last to the end of the world And who art thou proud flesh that would limit the Holy one of Israel doth not the winde blow where it listeth doth the spirit of truth that leads into all truth and knows things to come confine it selfe to one particular sort of men no know it doth not the Lord hath made himself manifest and hath discovered that false spirit there hath been much contending about the call of the Ministry and writing and preaching one against the other all like Diotrephes loving to have preheminence but now hath the Lord fully ended that controversie But the world will not see it but they shall at last own it and they shall know Joh. 3.9 10. The wind bloweth where it listeth but you Priests how little hath this winde blown upon your Garden for this many years that the spices thereof flow out Can you beloved as you say come into his Garden and eat his pleasant fruits Are not the Grapes of his Vineyard devoured by the Foxes