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A28230 An epistle of love to all the saints scattered in these nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto appertaining exhorting them all to stand fast in the day of tryal that now is come to try all the inhabitants of the earth, and them (chiefly) and in particular / written from the spirit of the Lord in Geo. Bishope, that all may be warned and all may be left without excuse. Bishop, George, d. 1668. 1661 (1661) Wing B2992; ESTC R27211 21,738 28

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AN Epistle of Love TO All the SAINTS scattered in these Nations of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto appertaining EXHORTING Them All to stand fast in the Day of Tryal that now is come to try All the Inhabitants of the Earth and them chiefly and in Particular Written from the Spirit of the Lord in GEO. BISHOPE That all may be Warned and all may be left without Excuse For your selves know Perfectly that the Day of the Lord so cometh as a Thief in the Night For when they shall say Peace and Safetie then suddain Destruction cometh upon them as Travell upon a Woman with Child and they shall not Escape But ye Brethren be not weary in Well-Doing Little Children It is the last Time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come Even now there are many Antichrists Whereby we know that it is the last Time LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson 1661. To the Friends of Truth wheresoever Distributed in these Nations of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereof The SALUTATION of my Love to you All. Grace and Peace be multiplied upon you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ DEar Friends and Brethren Partakers of the High and Heavenly Calling To you it is that I am moved of the Lord to write concerning the Times Seasons which now are come and coming upon you to wit The Day of the Lord wherein he will try you to the Uttermost that ye may be found to Praise and Honour and to Immortality and Eternal Life and that his Name may be glorified which hath long suffered in the World by reason of the heaps of Professions which have Professed him with their Lips and with their Mouths have drawn near him but their hearts have been far from him and their fear towards God hath been taught by the Precepts of Men and the Lord hath been Dishonoured and his Truth Blasphemed by reason of them and Many have stumbled and have been driven into the World again to seek for Pleasure and to their Lusts to have Satisfaction seeing that the best of Profossions without the Power of Godliness have proved but as a Bryar and the most Upright as a Thorn hedge in the Day of their Tryal Doing yea surpassing the Deeds of the Wicked as hath been seen in this Day and in the Years that have lately passed and Religion hath been as an Abominable thing in the Eyes of many by Reason of them and their turning to the Times and Seasons and Doing themselves when they have been in Power the things they have condemn'd in Others So that many in whom something hath been awakened to look after God when Each Profession came at first forth in some sincerity have been turned back again seeing their Apostacy and have thought whether there were any such thing in the World as Truth and have been ready to Question Every thing that hath been called so in the World and nothing hath been more hateful to them then the Name of Profession made Abominable to them by those who in Words have Professed and in their Deeds Denyed the Power of Godliness And this you know and of this you have been sensible Now the Spirit of the Lord hath been grieved with these things and this Abominable Profession and his Soul hath be● long pressed therewith as a Cart is laden with Sheaves and hath said Ah! I will Ease me of mine Adversaries and be Avenged on mine Enemies and hath brought this Day and hour as ye know to Judge and try them and to shew how Odious all this Abominable Profession is in his sight which hath made his Name to suffer and his Truth to be abhorred in the World And now how they have turned many of them and Do turn you see and have seen and many of you have born Testimony and how they have fallen at the Threshold of the Door before their Day is in a manner entered and have Vail'd their Glory and laid their honour themselves in the Dust Even before you whom they have Persecuted and abused and set at Nought and Despised whilst ye have stood as many as have been faithful unto him through the Arm of the Lord the Mighty God of Jacob Ye have Understood And now Friends the Lord is come to Vindicate his great Name and his Glory which he will not give unto another and to Redeem his Truth and clear his People in the sight of the World and to Let them Know That there is such a thing as Truth in the World and the Power of Godliness That is able to Endure and suffer all things That will not deny the Lor● nor Limit the Holy One of Israel That is not of this World and therefore can part with this World for the Lord That can Endure as seeing him that is Invisible And this is that of him which is in you which is heir of all things which he hath Visited and in Measure Raised up in you that his Name may be Glorified and that he may be known in the World and that the stumbling blocks may be Removed and his Seed raised up by which onely he is known and in which he will be Glorified And of You it is of whom the Lord hath said This People I have formed for my Self they shall shew forth my Praise and ye are they by whom his Truth must and shall be Redeemed from all that is cast upon it and his Glory cleared which he hath said He will not give unto Another as hath been said and his Name Vindicated Whom he hath raised up and is raising up for that purpose and Visited and Refreshed and chosen as first-Fruits unto himself by whom he will be glorified by whom he will be honoured by whom he will be known in the World by whom he will Do his Mighty Works of Wonder in which he will be glorified by which he will be known and Exalted in the World And from the Foundation of the World hath he not chosen Another People to bear this his Name which he will now get which will be Wonderous Great his Seed in you Nor shall there a People come up after you that shall bear the like the Lord hath spoken it By whom he will Do that which from the beginning of the World hath not been told Nor shall be as to any that shall rise up after You by whom the same shall be done Even that he will do which if a man should speak it would not be believed For the Lord shall Roar out of Sion and utter his Voice from Jerusalem and the Heavens and the Earth shall shake But the Lord will be the Hope of his People and the strength of the Children of Israel So my Dear Friends You must bear his Name and You are they by and in whom he will be glorified and get himself a Name such as never hath been nor shall be Therefore Your Tryal will be such as never hath been or shall be