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A91825	The banner of Gods love, and ensign of righteousness spread over his people in these later dayes. Wherein the true light shineth, and the mysterie that hath been hid from ages and generations, is revealed to the saints, which is, Christ in us the hope of glory, as our forefathers witnessed, read Col. I. 26, 27, 28, 29. Also, a testimony against them who formerly hath tasted of the good word of God, and of the power of the world to come, who hath cast the law of God behind their backs, and hath trodden under foot the blood of the covenant. ... most especially, those that are called Anabaptists and Independents. Also, a few words in warning to the priests, professors, and people of the town and county of Southhampton. With a few quæries to the rulers and magistrates of England, to try their fruits whether they be according to the Christian magistrates recorded in the Scripture of truth, ... . Set forth most especially for the sake of the honest-hearted, who are not wholly given up to believe lyes, that they may come to know the way of life and peace. Written by me who are called Ambrose Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1475; Thomason E932_4; ESTC R22061	33,117	47

their own eyes and they separated themselves in the outward from other men in Worship but it was self that separated them which was never yet denyed nor separated from by them as doth fully appear at this day in their whole course of life the Seed of the Kingdom was sown among them but they receiving Mark 4. 7. it into the thornie ground it was choaked ere it grew up with the cares of the World and deceitfulness of riches and abominable pride envy and wrath as Nathaniel Robbinson one of their great Sect-Masters of the Town and County of Southampton may bear me witness if his heart be not totally hardneed and he be given up to work all manner of wickedness with greediness and his conscience be seared with a hot Iron Wofully hath these sort of people betrayed their trust their latter end will be worse by double then was their beginning highly are they now exalted upon the Mountains of pride and deeply are they obliged in the bond of iniquity their Sacrifices are now an abomination to the Lord who is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity they have departed from the counsel of the Lord have greatly erred into the Way of Cain as will hereafter plainly Jude 11. appear in Nathaniel Robbinson and many of his Hearers 2 Tim. 3. 4. 2 3 4 5 6 7. in the Town of Hampton who are now become brutish and without natural affection incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good and not onely so but hath a great thirst after their blood without any just cause as hath manifestly appeared both in words and actions not long since all this they cover under a cover of profession and a feigned humility which is seen with the children of light to be double hypocrisie And a covering of a most curious colour Matth. 7. 15 16. have they put on to hide this ravening Wolf but now it is too narrow the ravenous Beast breaks forth in great rage and fury and musters up all his Forces against the Lambs appearance who is now come to torment him before his time And now doth he cast out floods of railings revilings lyes slanders false accusations after the Woman in whom the man-child is moving and this is because his sacrifice is not accepted But oh Cain why art thou wrath and why is thy countenance fallen Why doth thou so rage and swell foame and torment thy self and envy thy Brother If thou dost well thou shall be accepted if not sin lyeth at thy door Thou hast forgotten that Gen 4. 5 6. thou should first be reconciled to thy Brother before thou offer thy gift and this is the main reason why it is not accepted at thy hand which makes thee so envious and wrathful that even nothing will quench thy thirsty stomack but thy Brothers blood which daylie appears to all that are not wilfully blind by thy eager pursuance after it and threatning them that will not to the utmost answer thy cursed desires in persecuting the innocent Oh how art thou postng on in the Way of Cain the Murtherer Jude 11. and treading in the steps of thy Father Balaam Oh thou Nathaniel Robbinson Oh how is the right Wayes of the Lord evil spoken of and reviled daylie by thee and by thy seduced followers who makes lyes your refuge and mischief your dwelling place which is hatched in your deceitful Breasts Wil your high talking of God and Christ cover all this Or are you so given up to believe a lye as to believe it will There is an eye opened that sees you which you see not and a Judge that weighs your actions which you know not but when the Book of every one of your consciences shall be opened then out of that shall you all be judged without respect of persons and receive according to your deeds done in the body In that day shall not your crying Lord Lord and preaching in the Name of Christ in your Synagogues rescue you from that dreadful sentence Depart from me ye workers of iniquity I know you not for I was an hungry Matt. 7. 23. Matth. 25. 41 42 43 44. By Name VVilliam Pinhorn and ye fed me not I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink a stranger and ye took me not in but went with abominable lyes and false reports to the Magistrates to persecute me as a Wanderer and a Deluder and when they would not imprison me you caused them to do it and when there was no Witness against me you came in false Eliz. Horsent said it was a matter of conscience not to visit her Sister in Prison Witnesses your selves whereby to seek my ruine and destruction and when I was in prison some of you said it was a matter of conscience not to visite me and said it was just upon me All this and more have you acted and spoken against me because you neither knew the Father nor me for in as much as you have done this to one of the least Matth. 25. 45 46. Matth. 18. 6. that believe in me you have done it to me And therefore now wo unto you good had it been for you that a Milstone had been hanged about your necks and you cast into the midst of the Sea then to have offended one of them that believe in me Oh Matth. 23. 37 38. how often would I have gathered you as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings and ye would not but hated persecuted and shamefully intreated my servants and messengers that I sent in tend or love unto you to warn you while you had a day and time to turn unto me from all your abominations But oh how have you hated reproof Prov. 1. 21. Isa 55. 9. and turned your ear from the cry of Wisdom and hath chosen your own wayes which is corrupt before me and as far from mine as the Heaven is from the earth Oh how will you answer this ye stiff-necked and rebellious people that have eyes and see not ears and hear not and hearts and doth not understand Will the Lord be mocked with your vain oblations which you bring before Isa 1. 13. him day by day when your hands is full of blood and your hearts is after your Idols You have set your Nests on Isa 30. 1. high and hath covered your selves with a covering but not with the Spirit of the Lord as is daylie apparent to all whose eyes the Lord hath opened highly are you seated upon the Mountains of pride and exaltation the Scribes and Pharisees did far exceed you in zeal who made clean the outside which you are far from but you say pride is in the heart which is true enough by your garments you are bad patterns before them you call Heathens which can see nothing but the outside yea many of them outstrips you in life and conversation and would be ashamed of your practise You have built you a Tower whose top you

this Nation of England and elsewhere whereby the strong man in hundreds hath been made to bow and the Keepers of the House to tremble and by it hath the Wisdom of the Wise Isa 29 14 1 Cor. 1 19 1 Pet. 1 23 25 Isa 40 8 Acts 19 20 been confounded and the understanding of the prudent brought to nought but the Word of the Lord hath stood and shall stand and accomplish the VVork for which it was sent and hath grown and encreased abundantly so that many by it is quickned and raised from death to life and they have not laboured in vain as the false Prophets have done this many years but many Vessels are full and an innumerable multitude is drawn out of the Sea of confusion where Luk. 5 5 6 they were overwhelmed and could never have come to the Son of God unlesse they had been drawn by the Cords of the Fathers Love wherein now they walk to the praise and glory of God for evermore And those whom the Lord God of Heaven and Earth hath 2 Cor. 1 22 indued with his Spirit of Life and Light in Christ Jesus his only Son and as they have been moved of the Lord have taken Luk. 1 1 2 in hand to set forth from the very first a Declaration in order of those things which are most surely believed among us who have been eye-witnesses of him from the beginning and of all the things that Jesus began to do and to teach of Psal 112 4 the works and mighty wonders which he hath wrought for the sons of men who sate in darknesse and in the shadow of death how he hath caused his everlasting day to dawn upon them and hath commanded light to shine out of darknesse Luke 1 79 2 Cor 4 6 whereby his children comes to have the knowledge or his glory And this Declaration hath been set forth for the sake of the simple that they may turn in at the call of Wisdom who is now uttering her Voice in the Streets and opening Prov. 1 20 22 23 24. her Gate wide so that many hearkens to her Voice and enters in at her Gate and by such is Wisdom justified daylie Matth. 11 19 Isa 11 9 Zech 4 9 and Knowledge encreased abundantly so that the Lord God is known to be one and his Name one And he hath confirmed his Work not by Word onely but by his mighty Power and by his Armor of Righteousnesse on the right hand and on the left whereby his Enemies is subdned under his feet 2 Cor 6 7 and the Power given unto him to rule whose right it is And this hath his own Arm accomplished for his own Seed sake which lay in captivity and was oppressed and burthened so Ezek 21 ●7 that it could not arise to bring forth fruit unto him but his Vinyard wholly laid desolate to the Beasts of the field to make a prey upon and his Heritage was become as a speckled Bird that was wandered into the desolate places of the earth Je● 2 9 and not one stone was found to build up the desolation of Zion with till it was hewed and suted by the Word of God which is as a Hammer which was put into the mouths of his chosen ones in the fulnesse of time Jer 23 29 And now I with the rest of my dear Brethren and Sisters who have obtained grace and mercy from the Lord and having had perfect knowledge from the very first of the things that Jesus hath done for me and the rest who have believed in his Name and how it pleased the Father to reveal him in us that we might preach him among the Gentiles for the Gal. ● 16 salvation of his people Israel and for the redemption of all the children of Adam who were made sinners by his disobedience Now am I moved of the Lord to bear my testimony with the rest of my Brethen and Sisters who are in scorn called Quakers unto Christ Jesus the Light of the World whom wee witnesse in us the hope of Glory and how He did there Col. 1. 27. begin his work and wrought in us both the will and the deed as our fore-Fathers witnessed in their declaration in Phil. 2. 13. order the mistery that was hid from ages and generations was Christ in them the hope of glory and them that sought Col. 1. 26. a proofe of Christ in them they exhorted to try themselves and prove themselves and told them that Christ was in them 2 Cor. 13. 3. 4. 5. except they were reprobates and this is the mistery that is now hid from all sorts of profession and professors at this day who are found without the life of Christ manifested in the mortal flesh and so are seeking proofs of his speaking 2 Cor. 4. 11. Deut. 18. 15. 18. Acts 3. 22. in his people and such hath ears but doth not hear him of whom Moses wrote which the Lord hath now raised to be a Teacher and a Leader to his people which they now bear in all things according to the word of the Lord by the mouth of his servant Moses And this doth set all the world in an uproar so that Gog and Magog doth strike hands together Rev. 20. 8. Rev. 17. 14. Rev. 12. 5. Rev. 19. 15. Matth. 3 12 Luk. 3. 17 to joyn in Battle against the Lamb who is now arisen to rule the nations with a Rod of Iron and Fan and purifie his Sons and Daughters that he may gather his Wheat into his Garner according to his promise and burn up the Ghaff with unquenchable fire And now shall they clearly be known that serveth the Lord in truth and tighteousnesse from them who pretend Mal. 3. 18. Titus 1. 16 2 Tim 43. in words they know him but in works deny him for the time is already come wherein men cannot endure sound Doctrine but after their own lusts heaps up unto themselves Isa 56 10 11 12 Ier 23 Ezetk 34 Matth 23. Teachers which doth not profit them at all but are such as the Prophets and Apostles of the Lord did always bear testimony against as all that are not wilfully blind may clearly see But now hath the Lord furnished us with power from on high to preach his everlasting Gosple unto every creature Mark 16 1● so that our labour and travel is to see Christ formed in them who is the expresse image of his fathers person that henceforth Gal 4 19 Heb. 1 3 they might not be tosed to and fro with every wind of Doctrine through the sleight of men but that all may Eph 4 14 come to the knowledge of him in them subduing all things under his feet and leading Captivity Captive and destroying 1 Cor 15 ●8 Ephe 4 8. Ephe 5 27. and defacing the image of the Devil in all his children that they may be presented without spot unto his Father and for

is near accomplished that if you will not hear and lay it to heart to give glory unto the Lord that he will spread dung over your faces and Mal. 2. 2. will curse your blessings yea many of them he hath cursed already so that henceforth never fruit shall growe on you more but you shall suddenly wither away like the Fig-tree that bare leaves but no fruit because you have Matt. 21. 19. dispised the Law of God and hath followed after covetous 2 Pet. 2. 14. practices and are become cursed children who have forsaken the right way and hath run gredily after the errors of Balaam the son of Bosor whom Gods hand was heavily stretched out against and the same hand of the Lord is against you now who are found treading in the same steps Awake awake all you high notionists of what kind or sort soever who hath gotten the Scriptures of the Prophets and Apostles to talk of in your ayrie minds and thinks to have eternal life in them but hates the son of God in all Iohn 5. 39. his appearances and will not come unto him that you might have life the day is dawned and the sun is risen with his burning heat and hath scorched all your beauty so Ier. 17 6. that you are become as a parched Heath in the Drought of Summer all your glory is the Lord bringing into Isa 23. 9. contempt and your Wisdome hath he turned into foolishnesse because neither you nor it did stand in the fear of his name your preaching and long praying are but as the cutting off of a Doggs neck or offering Svvines blood Isa 66. 3. the Lord hath no regard to it because your hands is polluted and daily vvorks iniquity And as a Cage is full of birds so is your houses and hearts full of deceit your abominable Idols have you not yet cast to the moles and Isa 2. 20. to the Batts for the fear of the Lord for the glory of his majesty vvho is novv arisen to shake terribly the earth the Lord vvill not be mocked vvith your Hypocritical profession Gall. 6. 7. for the day is come vvherein every one of your works are made manifest but this you cannot endure to hear of who loves darknesse rather then light because Iohn 3. 19. your deeds are evil therefore be awakened be awakened now when the everlasting day is come and consider your state and measure your wayes by the unalterable rule of righteousnesse which is the light wherewith you are enlightned 2 Cor. 10. 13. 15. and it will let you see that you never yet knew the mistery of the Crosse of Christ which to the world doth crucifie all that comes to bear it but in the world and the vanityes therof are you yet wandering as sheep Gal. 6. 14. without a shepheard and never yet witnessed a true seperation to God with the light of his Son And now are you stumbling at the stumbling stone that is laid in Zion Isa 8. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 8. which is become a rock of offence to you who stumble at the word of faith which is nigh in the heart your high buildings shall be now laid besolate and not one stone left upon another that shall not be thrown down the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it Awake awake all you covetous cruel oppressors who grinde the faces of the poore and by Cuzening Cheating Isa 3. 14. 15. and defrauding hath set your nests on high and are become great in the earth so that you joyn house to house and field to field till there be no place for the poore in the earth the day is come upon you that you Isa 5. 7. 8. shall be called to an account before the dreadful God of Heaven and earth who hath taken notice of all your wayes and actings and hath heard the cry of the poore and needy which you have greedily made a prey upon according as you could receive power from the beast whose Image you bear And therefore go to now ye rich men weepe and howle for the misery that is coming upon you for the rust of your silver and gold shall be a witnesse against Iames 5. 1. 2. 3. you the Lord is now bringing down the oppressors and setting the oppressed free which hath long cryed unto him your riches shall not deliver you in the day of Gods fierce vvrath Therefore novv incline your ears Pro. i1 4 Ezek 1● 6. and 18 30. unto the call of Wisdome and repent repent vvith speed and return unto the Lord with all your hearts and seek him while he may be found and hearken unto him while he calls upon you Why will ye dye in your iniquities Now have you all a day and a time see that you all prize it least Psal 52 5. you be cut off from the Land of the living and go down to the pit with the uncircumcised And now blessed be the everlasting Day for ever who hath visited us who sate in darkness and in the shadow of Luk. 1. 78 79. death hath broken forth in an acceptable time unto the sons of men after this long night of Apostacy wherein darkness hath been called light and the Way of the Lord hath not been known nor the true Prophet which Moses Act. 3. 22 23. wrote of hath not been heard but people hath been ever learning but were never able to come to the knowledge of the truth which many hath desired to know and receive 2 Tim 3 but could not in that state and by reason of darkness and blindness of mind have followed such Teachers as have been wholly Enemies to Jesus Christ and in every thing out of his Doctrine but yet covered themselves over with the sheeps clothing and through good words and fair speeches deceived the hearts of the simple and Rom i6 18. made them believe that they were the only men that were gifted of God to minister a Word in season to the weary and to direct them that were gone astray into the Way of Ezek. 38. 16. God And so great was the Cloud of darkness over the whole earth and the covering was drawn so close over the ravening Wolf in them that he did not at all appear unto the children of men but they gave large sums of money unto them and thought by that to know the true way to eternal life and this kept the ravening Wolf from appearing or breaking forth so that as they did imagine all was well and at peace and they cryed peace peace unto Ezek. 13. 10. them that put into their mouths and daubed with untempered Morter so the Lord overturned them by his mighty power and then did he appear in a measure of the dispensation of his love unto a people that was called Puritans and he opened their eyes in a little measure that they saw the deceit and unrighteousness that both priest