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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.
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Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.
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Decrees as are made by you Lords spiritual And when the Apostles cast any out of the Church we do not reade that they took such a way as you do when you excommunicate that they must neither buy nor sell for Paul saith I write unto you that you should not accompany with Fornicators yet saith he not altogether with Fornicators of this world for then must you go out of the world But if any that is called a Brother be a Fornicator or covetous or an Idolater or a Railer or a Drunkard with such a one do not eat For we have nothing to do to judge them that are without but them that are within saith Paul 1 Cor. 5.11 12. but these we reade of in the Revelations to be the Dragon 's and Beast's and false Prophet's weapons which slew the Saints and killed them that had the Testimony of Jesus which is the Word of God And there you may reade all this Compelling is not of God but the Devil not of Christ but Antichrist neither was it ever found in the true Church but in the Synagogues of Satan You may reade your selves your â—oot is one with Judas whose Bishoprick was taken from him because he persecuted the poor and need man and your Weapons are not Spiritual but such as the High Priests were that came with Judas to apprehend Christ so all your Decrees and Laws whereby ye imprison spoil and banish such as cannot Conform to your Worship nor deny the Lord who hath taught-them how to Worship is not of God but of the Devil so ye are they in Sheeps clothing but inwardly ravened from the Spirit and Power the true Bishops had which Christ said should come And John which wrote unto the little Children in his Epistles said were come already by which he knew it was the last times And John in the Revelation saith All the World wondered after the Beast and this was sixteen hundred years since and said Who was able to make War with him and they received his Mark and his Names which were Names of Blasphemy who blasphemed the Temple of God and they that dwelt therein but only they who loved not their lives unto death whose Names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the World they followed the Lamb wherever he went Now they that are blind in heart and Hypocrites may believe you are true Bishops and Ministers of Christ and your Church the true Church the fearful and the unbelieving who are with you without the Gate of the City of our Solemnity and Place where the Saints worship and serve him day and night they may say Who is able to make War with the Beast False Prophets they may fall down and bow to any thing and all they whose Names are not written in the Lamb's Book of Life they may Worship the Beast and so that Scripture will be fulfilled in England written in John's Revelations Chap. 17. where the false Church is compaâ—ed even Mystery Babylon to a Woman deck'd with Gold Pearls and precious Stones this Woman was drunk with the blood of the Saints and yet in her hand was there a golden Cup so fair and beautiful to look upon and behold that she made all the Kings and Great Men to drink of it and so they became subject to her even her in whom was found the blood of all the Saints and Prophets that were slain upon the Earth vers 18. The Woman that thou sawest is that great City which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth But I say and it is the Truth of God There are a few notwithstanding all this that are Redeemed out of that Earth out of which that Beast which did carry the Woman rose that have not defiled their Garments with this Woman nor bowed to this Baal nor kissed him in whom the Lord hath opened a pure eye that sees an end of all things which had a beginning and are come to the beginning it self the first and the last where there is no darkness nor shadow of death where there is no Oppression nor Cry but the voice of Rejoycing and Salvation is in the dwelling place of the Righteous in which Righteousness is the Lord establishing many And though our outward man perish daily in Prisons and Dungeons under the hands of unmerciful men whose tender mercies are cruelty yet we can rejoyce in the Lord glory all the day long Even in this your day and the power of darkness is the Lord a Light unto us and when all men even almost all say there is a casting down then can our Souls truly say The Lord is the lifter up of our head and though we die daily and are as men appointed by you for destruction yet have we a Life hid from you we have bread to eat and drink ye know not of and in that do our hearts live that seek the Lord and his face continually which all Persecuters and such as do violence unto the blood of any man cannot enter into but are shut out even without the gate among the Dogs and the unclean that can never enter in the portion of whose Cup is not like the portion of Jacob but lamentation weeping and wo. All you Bishops which own your selves to be Ministers of Christ it is in my heart for Truth 's sake which I love before my own life that Truth and the Ministers thereof may be made manifest to ask you a few Questions First How shall one know a true Bishop and Minister of Christ from the false but by their fruits the marks and symptoms the chief Bishop and the true Ministers set them forth by in the Scriptures 2 Cor. 6.4 c. where the Apostle saith In all these things they have proved themselves to be Ministers of God in much Patience in Afflictions in Necessities in Distresses in Stripes in Imprisonments in Tumults in Labours in Watchings in Fastings Mark vers 6. By Pureness by Knowledge by Long-suffering by Kindness by the Holy Ghost by Love unfeigned by the Word of Truth by the Power of God by the Armour of Righteousness on the Right hand and on the Left by Honour and Dishonour by evil Report and good Report as Deceivers and yet true as unknown and yet well known as dying yet behold we live as chastized and not killed as sorrowful yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing yet possessing all things Mark They were in God whose was the Earth and the fulness thereof they cast their care upon him who said The Labourer is worthy of his meat and he cared for them Whether these things did not alwayes attend the true Prophets Christ and his true Apostles before mentioned And whether these be not the marks of the Lamb and his true Ministers And whether they that are found in the contrary living in pleasures as Lords over Gods Heritage not ruling in the Spirit and Power of God but with cruel Laws made
Garden whom the Lord watereth with the dew of the everlasting Hills as a Vineyard with pleasant Plants the planting of the Lord that he may be glorified He is pouring his Waters out of his Buckets and his Seed shall be in many Nations His King shall be higher than Agag and his Kingdom shall be exalted The Lord hath spoken in his Holiness he will not lie unto David and his Seed for evermore He will rejoyce over Palestina over Ethiopia Egypt and Edom will he rejoyce He will reveal his Glory which shall cover the Earth as a morning without Clouds and as the Sun at noon-day so will he shine out of Zion many shall be gathered into his Rest and he will beautifie the place of his Holiness And this is a Charge to all you Magistrares in the Name of the Lord of Host take heed what you do against Israel they are a People whom he hath blessed and whom he will honour with a Crown that is immortal and with the right-hand of his Power will he savâ— them throughout Generations and he will break their Enemies and they shall never prosper but shall be confounded for ever that oweth ill will to Jerusalem The daughter of Zion hath laughed you to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem shall rejoyce in her God for ever â—nd ever who hath fâ—rmed Jacob he will preserâ—â— and save the distressed of Israel The Lord liveth and blessed be our Rock and magnified for ever be the God of our Salvation who hides us in the hollow of his hand and in whose Name and Might we who know the Lord are confident that he will never leave us nor forsake us utterly nor give us as a prey into the hands of the wicked and though he suffer you to plow long furrows upon our backs as it was with the same Seed in all Generations yet cannot we forget the Lord because we love him who is a present help in all times of trouble We are perswaded and that by the Love which he hath shed abroad in our hearts that all your Cruelty whatsoever your spoyling of Goods and Banishments and whatsoever more he who limits all shall suffer you to do shall never be able to separate us from the Love of God who hath united our souls in a perpetual Covenant which can not be broken unto himself The Lord our God whom we serve will break all unrighteous Laws and the Yoke of Oppression as in the day of Middian so will he rise up for our help and Wo be unto them which stand in his way when he riseth he will roar out of Sion even as the Seas for the indignation of the Lord is upon all Nations and his Fury upon all their Armies He will utterly destroy them and deliver them to the slaughter for it is the day of the Lord's Vengeance and the Year of Recompences for the Controverfie of Sion which hath long sate solitary in a Wilderness which hath been black as the tents of Kedâ—â— because of the clouds of the night the rain and storms of the Winter have all passed over her the Seâ—s and the waves thereof have covered her and the reeds have been about her head she hath mourned sore in the night because of the oppression because of the rage of the Dragon hath she been hid in the wilderness and sitten desolate in a Desart as they that are dead of old covered hath she been with the robe of unrighteousness and rapt up as in a mantle of violence great hath been her wrong and grievous the violence done unto my flesh do the Inhabitants of Sion say and great will be the deliverance and the glory that is to 〈◊〉 upon thy head for evermore Arise and shine forth for 〈◊〉 â—ight is come the Glory of thy God is risen upon thee which shall dazle the eyes of all that hate thee and persecute thee without a cause the Lord will cover thee in the hollow of his hand and make thee a sharp threshing instrument wherewith he will thresh the Mountains and beat the Hills to pieces With thee will he plant Nations and pluck up Nations With thee will he strike the Horse and his Rider With thee will he break the Chariot and his Driver With thee will he break the Scepter and fling the Crown to the ground He hath made thee as a polished Shaft in his Quiver wherewith he will strike through the reins of his Enemâ—es With thee will he bind the Dragon and cast the Beast and the false Prophets which deceive the Nations into the Lake of Fire For the Wrath of the Lord is come and the time of the Dead that they should be judged and thou shouldst give reward unto thy Servants the Prophets and to the Saints and them that fear thy Name small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the Earth and though the Woman with the Man-child have been in the Wilderness long hidden in a place prepared them of God yet is the time come wherein she is come forth again even out of the Wilderness fair as the Moon clear as the Sun at noon-day and terrible as an Army with Banners will she be to her Persecuters the everlasting Gospel is preached again the Angel that hath it is come and he will have the Victory and break his Enemies as a Potter's vessel Now is come Salvation and Strength and the Kingdom of our God and the Power of his Christ for the Persecuter and Accuser of the Saints must be cast down and they shall overcome him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their Testimony which they hold who love not their lives unto the death shall have domininion over the Mighty But all you Persecuters you are they which Christ prophesied of should come Matth. 7. and Mat. 24. You are known by your fruits to be the corrupt trees of whom men do not gather figs for we find that saying fulfilled even amongst you Bishops and Spiritual men the most upright amongst you is but as a thoâ—â—-hedge scratching and tearing the wool and devouring 〈◊〉 â—â—eep of God's Pasture which are men with your Spiritual Courts your Weapons also we are sure are not the same Christ and the Apostles warred withal when they warred against Spiritual wickedness in high places mark Spiritual wickedness was against the true Apostles Paul himself was a Bishop and Timothy but we do not reade that ever they had such Councils and Decrees as are now made to banish and destroy them that will not conform in matters of Conscience Reade Act. 15.6 when the Apostles and Elders were come together to confider and determine concerning them which troubled the Church and we know they had the mind of the Lord I believe you will not deny it vers 28. it is written It seemeth good to the holy Ghost c. Mark what they did seemed good to the holy Ghost But in their Decrees we reade not of any banishing or imprisoning or of any such