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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86651	A lamentation for the scattered tribes, who are exiled into captivity, and are now mingled among the heathen, and are joyned to the oppressor, and refuses to return. Presented unto all the separated congregations, under what name or form soever, in love to the lost. Shewing, the difference betwixt them that were separated by the word of faith, and them who have separated themselves, in imitation from the letter: ... / By a servant of truth, and a friend to righteousness, who suffers with the seed, which is held in oppression, waiting and labouring for its return; called Francis Howgill.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3170; Thomason E885_1; ESTC R204835	28,211	39

of the living God and they separated from the temple and left Circumcision and all those things of the first Priesthood which were commanded by God and out of the worlds ways fashion custom worships and came to see the worshipping in spirit and truth was that worship God required and the ground of their separation was not from any literal command or precept for all that was written there was flat against it but they which were Ministers of Christ which had believed in him preached him the substance and the measure of him and of his grace which was in them unto whom they preached and this was the Apostles witness in their hearts unto which they did commend themselves in the sight of God which is a great mystery and they are not Ministers of the letter but of the spirit Now in these few words before written with much more I could write compare your Ministry and your members gathered and you will see you differ in the ground in the first for your command you take from the letter and so are ministers of the letter and not of the spirit 2. Ye preach the letter for the word of faith which they did not as is playne in their own writings without adding 3. Them whom you gather it s but into conformity to the letter and to that which is visible which all this may be done in the will of man which is fallen from God and see if it be not so with you both Pastors and Members not witnesses of that word which they preached which did beget faith in them that received it and believed in it which faith was in them wrought by the power of God which gave them assurance and their assurance was in them and their hope in them brought in and wrought by the operation of the Spirit which the preaching of the letter sound or declaration only of that which was in them never workes assurance nor true faith nor hope And now consider where had your ground of the knowledge of God been and your Gospel and your faith and hope if you had not had the letter I speak not to upbraid you but to the light of Christ Jesus I speake which will let you see how far short you are and that you must come backe againe to the first principle and now you may see if it had been the same word or command it would have the same effects as it had and Change into it's own nature all that received it now see what Change is in you or not some of you yea many running back after the foot-steps of the priests preaching for hire and upholding the Idols Temple if you can get into them and in the costomes of the world nay most of you not come to yea and nay in your communication but one with the world in all or most of things differ only in words and names and your Gospel you have preached hath nor begotten such a faith as was in them that had the Gospel not to respect persons nor none dare own cleansing from sin in the body but calls that a delusion but the word and faith which they preached and received gave them victory over the world sin and death and by it's power made them more then conquerors and their hope purified their hearts but you cannot believe that ever you shall be made free from sin nor hath not hope in that and therefore are ignorant of the body of Christ you so much talk on which made them clean and free from sin Secondly your Doctrine is the same with the world your hope your faith your justification is all at a distance grounded upon the report of Christ dying at Ierusalem and of their report that knew him and believing this you call it faith and so are one with the faith and hope which the world hath for the report of Christs righteousness what he did suffer and wrought in the Saints if this be the ground of salvation then why have you separated from the world If you say Because the world hath not right to the Ordinances I say Doth not faith in Christ give Interest to all his ordinances And if this be onely your faith the world hath as good an Interest as you so why do you separate from them And so you shall see the matter is the same with the world of which your fellowships consists and the name of Christ is a great mystery which they were sent to baptize in who knew his name his name is not letters and syllables and using these this with the lips speaking over is not to baptize into his name And so friends in love I speak unto you There was such as separated themselves and were sensual and had not the spirit and so there was no difference betwixt them and the world for they are clouds without rayn appeared wells but had no water in them seemed something but were but a show Freinds your foot-steps I know your ground I know and your compass and your measure yet I shall not glory over you nor boast my selfe against you but rather to informe your minde that you may not build upon a foundation which will moulder away and now boast not your selves in your Ordinances as water bread and wine which is but elementarie and was never but a signe and in the day of appearance of Christ the elements shall melt with fervent heat and while you stand here and have confidence in these things your sun will set in obscuritie and you shall know the old heavens and earth will pass away with a noyse which when you come to know and heare your hearts will fayle for fear for this I say to the highest of you If you build upon any thing or have confidence in any thing which stands in time and is on this side Eternity and the Being of beings your foundation will be swept away and night will come upon you and all your gathered in things and taken on and imitated will all fayle you Many more things I might write time would fayle me to utter but these few among many I have written that you may compare your selves with the Ministers of Christ then and the Gospel which they preached which were separate from the world in the ground and nature and if you see your selves in the light of Christ in your consciences not to be the same neither in matter nor maner let not a deceived heart lead you aside any longer Further I say they were sent out for the gathering in of the Saints some Apostles some Prophets some Pastors teachers yet all was by the spirit Now if you denie the command of the Spirit or cannot witness it but from the letter takes it up and talks of because the Scripture speakes of it then you are not that Ministry Again this end was the Ministry sent forth for for the perfecting of the Saints which it did which not one of you dare own not dare say your Ministry shall

brought forth in purity uprighteousness meekness temperance patience and the fruits of righteousness for it is not dead but the Just man lives by it and his works appeares in the world and is as a light but your faith which is dead talks of it and when you are viewed in the light no fruits of righteousness grow in you your hope and faith is vain and it will not save you from condemnation in the day of the Lord and because you finde written in the Scriptures that by the deedes of the law no flesh can be Justified therefore you would exclude the worke of grace and the righteousness of faith and the life of Christ which brings forth fruits and all faith is dead without works for as the body lives not but it moves and acts no more is faith living except it move and so you whose faith stands in words and in things taken on in the fallen wisdom which you read without you that faith is reprobate unto every good work and is vain for the living is not witnessed nor the dead raised in you to life nor the lost sheep found nor that which hath been driven away brought back but the earth yet closeth the blood and the earth in you covers the slain and the grave you see not opened nor the dead raised incorruptible and so you are unchanged but the corruptible lives and the mortal and draws you after it and is exalted and the head not known who is the life of men nor exalted and so he draws you not nor leads you not but you are led by your own wills and Another girds you not nor the gird of strength is not at all known but in words and so the old man is alive uncrucified with his deeds but his deeds are brought forth and so by your fruits you are known Concerning Hope and the difference betwixt true and false hope ANd to all sorts of professors I shall clear my conscience to you all and finish my testimony that I may dwell in peace with the Lord who hath commanded me to bear witness to his Name and his love also constrains me and in love to the seed of Israel who are bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh who are of the true Circumcision that they may come out of Captivitie from among the lying Inchanters and Sorcerers and Diviners where they have been long held Captive and the heritage of the Lord laid waste and therefore you whose hope is without you it 's vain whose hope stands without in these things which are weak as the Apostle said of the Law which made nothing persect because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it which stood in washings and signes of the true tabernacle they were yet they did not make perfect so I say unto you your bread and wine and water which were figures of a more heavenly thing they do make nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope Heb. 7. 18 19. and so while you have hope in any thing without you you stand in that which is Imperfect and Contends about that but looks not for the hope to be brought in by which you might draw near unto God Christ the hope the light and while this you own not to lead you the light you cannot draw near unto God but he will slay you and kill you notwithstanding all your words and all that walks in the light comes to see the hope brought in and this hope purifies the heart as Christ is pure and then by it and through it there is a drawing near unto God and an access to him with boldness for where the lively hope is there is no guilt then there is boldness and so you whose hope is in words without and not in you you forget God all that forgets the light forgets God your hope is the hope of the hypocrite which shall perish whose hope shall be cut off as a spiders web Job 8. 14 and all your hope which doth not purifie the heart and give you victory over sin dayly is the hope of the wicked Job 11 20 but the eyes of the wicked shall faile and they shall not escape and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost True faith how it is wrought and what it is in it 's effects and operations NOw concerning faith it is begotten in the heart of man by preaching of the eternal Word which word is nigh in the mouth and in the heart and all that comes to hearken to the word which is pure and receive it and believe in it comes to see faith revealed by which they draw near unto God and this is begotten by the word of faith which is the word of Christ which word is spirit and life to all that receive it and by it is the mountains removed and sin overcome and victory witnessed over sin Mat. 17. 20. and this faith is pure and leads into purity it is the gift of God and leads all towards God that hath it and it is perfect and all that stands in it comes to have the will of God perfected in them and that which is imperfect comes to be done away and the Just lives by it Heb. 2. 4. and in it and by it and through it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith Rom. 1. 17. and all that do witness the birth which is from above which is borne of God which sins not faith is the life of this birth which is Just and the Son of God lives by it who doth the will of God as it is written The life that I now live is by the faith of the Son of God and all who hath it and believes in this shall never die for by it is translation witnessed from sin and death and condemnation into the Immortal life and by it is Gods righteousness revealed and well pleased is he with all who walk in it and where this is not his wrath and displeasure arises and all who stands in the least measure of it is perfect and comes to be free from sin for it brings and reveales the righteousness of God which Justifies Sanctifies and Mortifies even the righteousness of God which takes away sin and purges the heart from all filthyness both of flesh and Spirit and thus remission of sins comes to be witnessed and man Justified by the righteousness of Christ which is the righteousness of faith wrought in the Creature by the eternal Spirit and word which is one and thus assurance comes to be made manifest for it bears witness and is the true evidence of the everlasting substance which is brought in and sin and self and all Iniquity comes to be seen and revealed judged and Condemned and cast out and Gods righteousness comes to be the life of a believer even the life of Christ which is immortal by which man comes to be redeemed and purchased unto God and not his own but becomes servant to him and

cheated and oppressed and defrauded your brethren and are grown rich then you say God hath given you all this when as ye have stolen it and got it in Usurie and oppression and deceipt and when you have it Spends it upon your lusts and by your greatness grinds the face of the poor when you are become strong in the earth and have spread out your boughs so broad that nothing can grow that is neer your shaddow and yet talk of God at a distance but you know him not but live in carlesness and ease and liberty of the flesh and pleasing the carnal mind the Mighty day of the Lord is at hand which shall come as a theife upon you and require all your souls at your hands and take them away and then whose shall all these things be And all you poor blind people of the world of all sorts who followes the blind guides and teachers of the world who know not the path of righteousness themselves but live in covetousness pride oppression seeking for their gaine from their Quarters in the steps of their fore-fathers the false Prophets which the Lord declared against by Ieremiah Isaiah Ezekiel Hosea and Christ cryed out against such blind guids as led the blind and the Apostles declared against such whose hearts was exercised with coveteous practises and them you set up for your teachers who are not taught of the Lord and they walk in the broad way and you follow their example and yet you have a green tree to worship under which seems beautiful in your eyes you talk of a God and Christ and of his Gospel and ordinances but knows him not nor his will nor how he will be Worshipped but according to the customs and fashions of the Nations as the Heathen doe and follows the traditions of men and lives in pride and fulness and at ease lust and envie in covetousness and double-mindedness in drunkenness and riotousness Sports Pastimes Pleasures gaming playing nourishing your hearts as in a day of slaughter wanton wilde in swearing lying cursed speaking in foolish jesting in filthy communication in laughter and folly which is madness The dreadful God of Heaven and Earth is arising in his power and his day is coming upon you that shall rip up your hearts and you shall see that you are Heathens and knows not God although your Idol-Shepherds and hirelings have told you you were Christians because you came one day in seven and heard a few words spoken from the Imagination of their own braine and all the week long and year long live in carlesness and in all the abominations before mentioned and many more and yet you hate to be reproved and hate to be reformed Dreadfull is the day that is coming upon you all sorts of carnal professors and vain talkers and busie minds which talkes of that you cannot witness Terror terror dread and wrath Vengeance in flames of fire will God raine upon the ungodly and snares and turn them into Hell with all them that forget God Think on this Oh all you careless wanton earthly minded people whose God is your bellie who glory in your shame who minde earthly things and turnes his grace into wantonness and sport your selves as in the day-time and never consider your latter end and sleights the day of your visitation and so dies in your sin and will lie downe in everlasting misery except you repent Terrible and dreadful is the day that is coming upon all the world and all you who make mention of the name of the Lord but not in righteousness in the many Sects and Opinions and judgments in Babylon Confusion and error the Lion hath roared who will not fear the Lord hath spoken who can but Prophesie the Lord hath roared out of Sion and uttered his voice from Jerusalem he will send a fire in the gardens that you have made and consume all the thickets round about it and you shall be a shamed of the Oakes that you have chosen and of the trees you have worshiped under and the groves where ye have committed fornication with other lovers and hath forsaken the Lord and joyned your selves unto Idols and now your hearts is become hard and you will have none of the wayes of the Lord nor will that Christ should reigne over you for you hate his light which shews you sin and evil and would turne you from it and out of blindness and ignorance but your wills leads you and the crooked ways of the Serpent you follow but now is the time neer finished all your joy shall be at an end and all your lovers shall forsake you and you shall mourn and howl ye careless people who live in deceit and are wise to do evil and mighty to work wickedness but to doe good hath no understanding Awake awake Arise arise and stand all up to judgment let the heathen be awakened for the Lord shall roare out of Sion and utter his voice as a whirlwind and the heavens and the earth shall shake and the mountains shall melt at his presence and all the hills shall melt before him and all the Isles shall flie away at his presence who is risen to take Vengeance upon all the ungodly and all shall be slain before him Assemble your selves and come all ye heathen and gather your selves together round about for the Lord will plead with you as in the valley of Jehoshaphat and there will he sit as Judge to give every one their portion according to their work Awake all you that are asleep and stand up to Judgement the Angell of the Covenant is come and the time of harvest draws neer the reaper is come with his sharp Sickle and is come for the press is full and the fats overflow for their wickedness is great Multitudes multitudes shall be slain and bound in bundles and cast into the lake and into the valley of decision the Sun and the Moon shall withdraw their shining and the stars shall fall and lose their light yet a little while and time shall be no longer but you will be swept into the pit where shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth and overturned as Sodom and Gomorrha and you shall know there is a God who is pure and holy who will judge you not according to your words and feigned deceitfull hearts but in righteousness And so all dread his name and fear him and tremble before him and bow your selves and submit unto him least you perish for ever from his presence and be tormented with the devil and his angels in the lake of everlasting fire And all you ungodly think on this for this shall be the portion of your cup for ever who sleight the day of Gods love and visitation and turnes his grace into wantonness his long-suffering shall come to an end and his Spirit will not always strive with you and then he will arise in his wrath and take vengeance upon his enemies and bind the tares

and faithfull witness the beginning of the Creation of God and all that waits in the light waits not in the grace of God but waits in that which turnes the grace into wantonness there Christ suffers and is denied and another is owned and learned of and another teacher and where the grace of God is not taught and learned of ungodlyness is not denied but ungodlyness is denied where the grace teacheth and where another thing is hearkened unto and learned of that which is not like God is learned and deceipt is brought forth and the Childe of fornication which must not inherit and all who learne of this nature they are blind and Ignorant of the will of God and so knows not the Doctrine of Christ but their eyes is without in the world where the false prophets are gone out into the world and there is the Errors and the Sects and the judgments which are many and the opinions which are out of the unitie and their vaine Imaginations and vaine thoughts lodges in the heart and there the light of Christ is not known but the woman speakes which ought to learn in silence who was first in the transgression And all you that put the letter for the light are blind and calls it the Word and the Gospel you are not knowing the Scripture nor the power of God for the word of God is the power of God which is immortal and eternal and all that which is visible stands in time and cannot lead to know him which was before time in the beginning and so all you who are in your earthly carnal minds Imagining a Rule without you and a word without you you have not learned of him who is entered with the veil you are hunting upon the wild mountains and forests and knows not the voyce of the true Shepherd who saith learn of me whose word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart and thou that hath not hearkned unto this a separation thou never didst see but darkness is upon the face of the deep and the Word of God is not known by which the heavens and the earth was made and all things therein are upholden by the word of his power which word of power is seen by them whose mindes are turned within and there the thoughts and intents of the heart is by it discerned and seen which word is quick and powerful and discernes the secrets of mans heart and is as a hammer to break the rocks and the hard hearts and this is immediate and eternal and all who knows not this your carnal minde stands wholly in your and your hard hearts is unbroken and the mountaines is unlevelled and you walke in the crooked ways of the old serpent in subtiltie and deceipt and stands covered before the Lord and the straight paths of righteousness you have not known Therefore awake out of deceipt and security all sorts of people where you have been making your rest in the lap of the adulterer and have drunken of the wine of fornication and of the old drags of unrighteousness whereby the whole man is in flamed and the whole course of Nature is set on the fire of hell and filth and abomination lodges in the heart and you talke of the word of God and of the law of God and of the new covenant and yet never see any thing in you which you can own to guide you which is contrary to your wills which is the will of God All sorts of professors whether Presbyters Independents Bapists or of what name soever you are called by who sayes you are separated let me ask this What are you separated from and what separated you If you deny the sufficiency of the Spirits teaching alone and it to be the rule and alone guide unto God who is separated from sinners and behold them a far off I say you who cannot own that which shews you your vain minds and vain thoughts and that discerns the thoughts if you cannot own this the word of God you never knew nor the Law written in your hearts nor the word of separation and all are in your imaginations and vain conceivings in your fleshly minds here and there setting up an Image raised from a dead letter and founded on your earthly Imaginations and they stands in the vallies of vain hopes and there is no life in nothing you worship and set up neither sight nor hearing and every one of you worship a dead thing and that which makes not the comers thereunto perfect but you are all pleading for imperfection and sin in the body and all joyne together to oppose the life and power of God which the Saints ought to press after and they that stand in the counsel doth obtain victory and witness of his righteousness which is perfect Are you not many of you turning into the old Bishops road who would tie all unto their Idols temple or parish-Church so called and are not you many of you going about to stop all from hearing any but you under payn of Excommunication Oh the gross darkness you are led in and the wilful blindness who have taken up your rest in that which is carnal and without where all the hypocrites may come verily I say unto you your rest will be but as the leaning upon a bowed wall or as a reed of Egypt for the ground of iniquitie stands whole and the whole body of darkness is not removed the earth is whole the fallow ground is not plowed up thornes and briers and fruitless trees which cumbers the ground of the Lord is not cut down and so the works of condemnation you are none of you brought from under but selfe stands and your wills is alive which is at enmitie against God only talking of a Christ at a distance and his righteousness as far from you as betwixt earth and heaven and here is your Justification applying this unto your selves while you are disobedient to the grace of God in you this is your fayth and your rest and this fayth all the world hath and this hope but this fayth cannot justifie nor not one of you hath assurance who hath but this who doth not witness Gods righteousness brought forth in you which is wrought by the word of fayth which is incorruptible which justifies and gives assurance and is witnessed through the death of the Cross And therefore I cannot forbear but to declare your Ignorance and shew you your deceipt you ly in and your ragged veiles you hide your selves under for I know your peace you have is that which will not last and therefore be not secure and careless nor obstinate but lay down your Crowns at his feet and come out of your ease and rest and fleshly exaltation puffed up by the wisdom of the flesh and that which you have gathered in and not witnesses of the same wrought in you all for the fire yet a little while and time shall be no longer for the end of time