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A91475	Good tydings for sinners, great ioy for saints; or, A word to the world, and two to those that are chosen out of the world. Wherein is held forth, first, the sweet tenders of grace from the father through the son to all dejected sinners; he invites them, he woes them, he intreats them, nay, he beseecheth them to accept of mercy. In the second part of this book, called, Two words to those chosen out of the world, is spoken to the saints under their severall forms, taking notice first of the things commendable in them: and in the second place reproving them for things amisse among them. With a short prophesie of the downfall of presbyterie, independencie, anabaptismie, vaine notions, free-will. With a brief description of a true church-state, against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile; it being founded upon a rock, it will stand against all waves and storms, that either men or devils can raise against it. I will give you all one heart, and one way. Then the Lord shall be one, and his name one. / Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.; Parnell, Robert, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing P542; Wing P4234; Thomason E557_12; ESTC R27528	60,728	77

joy upon their heads They shall obtain joy and gladnes and sorrows and sighing shall flie away Doest thou believe the Lord will heal all our backslidings all our distractions and compose all our differences and give all his people one heart and one way Jer. 32.39 Read understandingly that 11. Isa 6.7 8 9 The Woolfe also shaell dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard shall lie down with the Kid and the Calf and the young Lion and the fatling together and the Cow and the Beare shall feed their young and lie down together And the Lion shall eate straw like the Oxe and the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the Aspe and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the Cockatrice den They shall not hurt nor destroy in all mine holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea Light is sown for the righteous and gladnes for the upright in heart Isa 79 11.12 Therefore rejoyce in the Lord yee righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holines These and many scriptures more which for brevity I omit doe shew thee ô most noble overcomming Saint that glorious times are comming wherefore gird up the loins of thy minde be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto thee at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1.13 And when he is revealed amongst many mercies which thou shalt receive I will onely mention two First he shall appear without sin and thou shalt appear so in him Hebr. 9 the last Secondly Thou shalt be like him for thou shalt see him as he is 1 John 3.2 c. Then when thy soule apprehends this it will even break forth into praises and songs of deliverance as once David God let in a light whereby he saw his sins pardoned Psal 103. 1 2 3 4. Blesse the Lord O my soul and all that is within me blesse his holy name Blesse the Lord O my soule and forget not all his benefits Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases Who redeemeth thy life from death who crowneth thee with loving kindnes and tender mercies If thou ask why I doe ci●e so many scriptures and not explain them I answer Remember to whom I speak that is to the chosen generation to the Saints enlightened and they have the sum of them opened to them already or at reast they have the spirit of God in them which is the truest Key to unfold or unlock the mysterie of them unto them Object 2. But I suppose that many of these forementioned promises were made unto particular Saints as to the Jews or the like And so have been fulfilled to them And if so Then what matter of comfort can they administer unto me Answer Suppose it were so That they bee fulfilled already which I know most doe say yet in some measure through Gods goodnes I doe know the contrary they are wholly or for the greatest part yet to be fulfilled as I could prove by scripture but I forbear because I would not be tedious But suppose they were made to some particular Saints and fulfilled to them yet they are in whole or in part appliable to thee as to instance in one scripture for all Josh 1.5 The Lord promised Joshua that he would never leave him nor forsake him And the Apostle in Heb. 13.5 presseth the Saints to make use of and to lay hold on that promise as made to them though it was made to Joshua many hundred yeares before Object 3. If they be yet to bee fulfilled it is a great question whether I shall live to see any of them fulfilled and then what comfort doe they hold forth to mee Answ If thou doest not live to see them fulfilled with thy bodily eyes yet with the eye of Faith which is the evidence of things not seen with naturall eyes Heb. 11.1 Thou mayest see them fulfilled to thee as the Saints Hebr. 11.13 They all dyed in the Faith not having received the promises but having seen them a farre off and were perswaded of them and embraced them that is They lived in the enjoyment of them in the Spirit Again 1 Thess 4.16.17 There are promises made one That the dead in Christ shall rise first and another That we shall ever be with the Lord. And in the 18. vers He commands the Saints that they should comfort one another with these words Then in one word this is the summe to be learned from hence that we should not onely rejoyce in the present enjoyments but live in a full expectation of and comfort in what wee shall shortly enjoy and comfort one another with these words Is not that time drawing neare which is prophesied of Rev. 11.15 And the seventh Angel sounded and there were great voyces in Heaven saying the Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Sonne Christ and hee shall reigne for evermore Wherefore most noble over-comming Saints Servants of the most high and mighty God looke for great alterations and mighty changes See what desolations God will make in the earth when he hath accomplished his worke upon mount Sion then hee will Judge the Mountaine of Esau that is when God hath fully brought up his people to enjoy nothing but himselfe then he will declare himselfe to be a God taking vengeance on his and our enemies Wherefore rejoyce O you Saints for the time of your singing is come The day of our redemption is appearing Howle oh Babylon Mourne oh thou proud opposer of Christ thy pride is falling thy end is comming Who will mourne for thee Then shall all thy lovers stand a farre off for feare of thy torments they stand farre off they will not come neare to comfort thee Bee silent then oh all flesh for the Lord is risen out of his holy habitation Then wilt thou break forth as in Isa 25.9 And it shall be said in that day This is our God wee have waited for him This is our Lord wee have waited for him we will bee glad and rejoyce in his salvation Then by this glorious appearing hee will destroy the face of the covering cast over all people and the vaile that is spread over all nations and hee will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away teares from off all faces and the rebuke of his people shall be taken away from off all the earth for the Lord hath spoken it Isa 25.7 8. Oh Saints lift up your heads your redemption draws nigh and now will our God make good to us that which is written Zephe 3.9 I will turne to the people of pure Language and they shall serve me with one consent This pure Language is the Language of the Spirit Is appointed by God to put an end to these divisions not till then shall the envy of Ephraim depart and the enemies of Judah be cut off Ephraim not

remembrance let us plead together Declare thou that thou mayest be justified as if the Lord had said If thou canst declare any thing why thou doest not come that lyeth in thy way I will remove it and thou shalt be accepted Ier. 2.5 Thus saith the Lord What iniquity have your Fathers found in me that they are gone farre from me Vers 31. Have I been a barren wildernesse to Israel Ezek. 18.25 Hear now ô house of Israel are not my ways equall are not your waies unequall as if the Lord had said doe you think in your conscience that these wayes that you walk in are right Is this equall that sinners should go on their dayes and passe their time in sin and when they can sin no longer then to plead for mercy Is this equall If this will not doe the Lord will say Conscience let him alone So conscience may be quiet but the Lord hath left pleading with him 15. Again the Lord hath many times brake forth into tears to see the stubbornesse of m●ns hearts O Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets c. if thou hadst known in this thy day the things that make for thy peace Now suppose that Christ should come and weep over a company of poore sinners as he did over Jerusalem saying ô thou sinfull soule hadst thou known in this thy day the things that belong to thy peace and suppose thou shouldest see one tear trickling down after another and he should say Oh that this people did but know the things that belong unto their peace If thou hadst a heart of stone it could not but melt 16. The Lord doth foresee what a little honour hee shall have of this sinner when he hath brought him home he seeth still that thou wilt have abundance of corruption in thy heart and that thou wilt grieve his holy Spirit and walk very offensively dishonour the way of Religion and open the mouths of the enemies as David I say God doth foresee that after he hath taken all this pains to bring thee unto himself what a little honour he shall have by thee and yet he doth perswade thee to come This also doth note his willingnesse to save thee Lastly consider that after the Lord our tender Father hath used all these means and many more to bring in sinners yet he is contented to waite a long time upon sinners and to take advantages to win them Isa 30.18 The Lord doth waite that he may be gracious unto you O how many years hath the Lord waited upon me and thee and other sinners How long hath he knocked and yet we let him stand at the doore O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean when shall it once be Isa 51.17 18. I smote him and he went on frowardly but I have seen his waies and will heal him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners Though he went on frowardly I will restore comfort to him Now put all this together and see how infinitely willing God is to save thee ô thou drowping sinner Quest If any should ask a reason why God is so importunate and desirous to draw up sinners to himself Answ 1. The ground of this love is in himself and I can give no reason of it but the same that he hath left upon record Exod. 33.19 I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy 2. He doth this because mercy pleaseth him Micah 7.18 I will pardon because mercie pleaseth mee saith the Lord Now then that that doth please a man he is ever desirous after The scripture saith He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men but hee sheweth mercy willingly because he delighteth in it 3. The blood of Christ his onely sonne doth cry aloud in the ears of the Lord for mercy and that obedience of Christ wherewith the Lord is satisfied is so well pleasing to him that whatsoever this blood doth plead for God must needs grant Now the blood of Christ cryeth mercy mercy Lord for sinners the blood of Abel cryed vengeance vengeance but the blood of Christ speaketh better things and cryeth pardon pardon Nothing in the world can stop the current of Gods mercy to a people when it doth come to the blood of Christ Then saith the father of mercies open all the flood-gates now and let mercy be shewed in the highest degree seeing the blood of my sonne cryeth for this though this be wonderfull mercy to pardon such a great sinner there is not a drop onely but a Sea of mercy to cleanse thee throughly Come saith the Lord let us reason together though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as Snow Isa 1 18. I even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own name sake and will not remember thy sins Isa 43 25. Put me in remembrance saith the Lord put me in remembrance of this my promise and let us plead together saith the Lord Declare these words with thy mouth that I have put into thy heart that thou mayest be justified Isa 43.26 O thou troubled sinner for to thee I speak I mean thee to whom sin is a but then See how our tender father hath dealt with our brother prodigall Luke 15 28. He arose and came to his Father but when he was yet a great way of his Father saw him and had compassion on him and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him 1. Take notice his father sees him before he sees his Father No sooner doth a sinner think of looking toward heaven but the Lord spyes him and pities him 2. He saw him whiles he was a great way off he was but in the beginning of his way to come his father might have let him alone till he had been come quite home to his house and it had been singular mercy to have bid him welcome then but it is done whiles he is a great way off So thou art at a great distance from the mercy of God in thy apprehension that is thou canst not believe nor scarce hope in his mercy yet he will draw nigh to thee 3. The scripture saith his father had compassion on him I see the Lords bowels yearn work and stir within him at the sight of his son Jer. 3.20 Therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have mercy upon him saith the Lord. Jer. 9.24 I delight in loving kindnes Mich. 7.18 He pardoneth because mercy pleaseth him 4. It is said that his father ran How rich abundant mercy had it been in his father though he had stood still till his son had come to him But what mercy is this he will go towards him and give him a meeting O mercy that his father ran not from him but what mercy call you this that he runs to him Why would it not have served if he would needs go meet him to have walked toward him with a soft and grave pace No no

formes neither Presbyterians Independents Anabaptists Free-willers nor those up-start men of vanitie and emptie notions last mentioned I say They walk not nor keep company with any of these but a distance And these are of two sorts The first is a precious sweet moderate sort of men and women looking after and enquiring into the power and glory of truth and godlinesse more than the forme They clearly see all those to whom I have spoken before to be in extreams either towards the right hand or towards the left and for the most part knowing Christ after the flesh yet this sort not under forms look on those that are under forms for many of them to be as indeed they are members of the same bodie whereof Christ is the head These men desire to know no man after the flesh they love not any man because he is a Presbyterian neither do they hate another because he is an Independent They desire to have their moderation known unto all men seeing the Lord is at hand As these mens hearts are tender to all so their Purses are open to all They desire to be good more than to be thought of others to be so and esteem the power of godlinesse more than the form But secondly there are another company and these are the greatest part that are under none of the aforesaid forms who look upon all the rest and count it strange that they run not with them to the same excesse of ryot speaking evill of them all The greatest piece of these mens Religon is to watch for the haltings of the rest These men and women spend their time for the most part in gaming drinking back-biting railing at all others that will not doe as they doe These will not joyn themselves with the Presbyterians because they will not love them They will not come among the Independents because there they shall meet with reproof they esteem their liberty more than their Religion therefore they keep company with those where they may have their liberty A few Words by way of Prophesie of the downfall of Presbyterie Independence Anabaptisme Antinominisme Free-Willers Vain-Notionists and all other Sects now extant in England A word in generall to all the Saints who are under any of the aforesaid Forms OH all you servants of the most high and mighty God heires of Promise and Sons of Sion look for great alterations and mighty changes see what desolations God will make in the earth and looke for nothing but the Lord to be revealed from Heaven which will be mighty in his dispensation and exceeding glorious in revelation strong and powerfull in operation He will bring to passe his determination that is he will destroy in this Mountaine the face of this covering cast over all people and the vaile that is spread over all Nations Isa 25.7 If you aske what this vaile is that shall be taken away I answer There are many vailes whereof this is one thy knowing of Christ and Christians after the flesh As soone as ever the Lord tooke this vaile of our deare brother Pauls eyes see what a change it wrought immediately upon him 2 Cor. 5.16 Henceforth know Ino man after the flesh yea though I have knowne Christ after the flesh yet henceforth know I him so no more Our looking upon men and loving them because they are under this or that forme is a knowing them after the flesh Presbyterians looke upon others of the same judgement worshiping God in the same forme and therefore love them But let these speake never so little against their forme and presently they cast them out of their affections and also the Independents they know men after the flesh much after the same manner And likewise the Anabaptists and Free-willers they are vailed with the same vaile And therefore what I say to one Sect I say to you all you shall speedily receive a totall rout You have gathered your selves together but you shall be seattered yea you shall be broken in peices Lo here is Christ the Presbyterian saith in the publique ordinances therefore highly esteeme the publique preaching and frequent the publique assemblies Then comes in the Independent and taking a strict view of the Presbyteriall Way sees many disorders amongst them and so seperates himselfe from them and joynes himselfe to those o● his owne judgement and so meet in private saying in effect Lo here is Christ Lo here is Christ Then stands up the Anabaptist in opposition to both and saith Christ is not with you in publique nor with the Independent in private But Christ is with us in the baptisme of John Lo lo here is Christ Then comes in he that holds generall redemption and free-will and saith Christ is among none of you all for you doe eclipse his free-grace and limit his unlimited mercie for he dyed for all but you say it was but for some 2. The Gospel is to be preached to all but yon say though he preached it to all yet he intended it only to some 3. Whereas we hold that all should beleeve the remission of their sins you say none can beleeve but a few that are elected But we hold that as in the first Adam all dyed so in the second Adam all are made alive So that if any perish let him thanke himselfe for upon his obedience or disobedience depends his weale or woe and so God doth neither elect one nor reprobate another before he hath done good or evill Lo here is Christ here is Christ say the Free-willers And so all other Sects Lo here is Christ saith one Lo there is Christ saith another wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in the Desart Goe not forth Behold he is in the secret Chambers Beleeve it not You all have built your outward house of externall discipline upon the sand and it must fall because it is not grounded upon the rock Christ you have made your communion the ground of your union and that must fall because it is not the Lords but mans building Quest But how doe you know that Presbytery must downe and Independency Anabaptisme and the rest of the Sects must downe Answ I answer Christ told the Jewes John 8.56 that Abraham saw his day and was glade Now if Abraham by faith did see the day of Christ comming in the flesh many yeares before he came why may not I and others see the day of christ comming in the Spirit to destroy all fleshly formes some few yeares before it be finished But if thou askest How shall I know that thou prophesiest true concerning the downfall of all these I answer thee in this case as the Lord himselfe answered his people in another case Deut. 18.21.22 If thou shalt say in thine heart How shall we know the word that the Lord hath spoken from the word that he hath not spoken The Lord there answereth When a Prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing come to passe it is

it shall melt with fervent heat then if the rocks and mountains might fall on thee thou wouldest think it a favour to hide thee from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall abide it Rev. 6.16 17 c. Then shalt thou hear that dreadfull sentence passe on thee Matth. 25.41 Depart from me yee Cursed into Everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels Consider a little this dolefull sentence 1. Thou must depart from the presence of the Lord. 2. Thou departest not blessed but a cursed wretch Depart from me yee cursed 3. Not onely into fire but into everlasting fire no hope of returning 4. The companions that thou shalt have there are the Devill and his Angels Depart from me yee cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels And this dreadfull day will come as a thiefe in the night 2 Pet. 3.10 In which the heavens shall passe away with a great noise and the element shall melt with fervent heat and the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up c. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved 2 Pet. 3.11 What manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godlinesse Oh! then take heed Watch and pray for you know not how near the time is Mark 13.33 The day of the Lord commeth as a thiefe in the night 1 Thess 5.2 Wherefore beloved seeing that you look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him in peace without spot and blamelesse 2. Pet. 3.14 Thirdly consider if it should be a few moneths or years before this great and terrible day come yet it may not for ought that thou knowest be many dayes no not so much as many houres or minutes before thy particular end come in which thou shalt be gasping for life and breathing out thy last breath If then thou look up God will appear as an angry Judge if thou look down the bottomlesse Pit will strike terrour into thee on thy right hand thy sins stand accusing thee on thy left hand the Devill is ready to execute Gods eternall sentence upon thee within thee thy conscience gnawing without thee thy friends bewailing So that look which way thou wilt above thee beneath thee within thee without thee every object will adde to thy miserie Therefore Oh remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth before these evill daies come Eccles 12.1 Intreat the Lord as David did Psal 39.4 Lord make mee to know mine end and the measure of my daies what it is That I may know how fraile I am And wilt thou know how fraile thou art oh vaine man then consider One scripture saith of thy dayes it is as water spilt upon the ground 2 Sam. 14.14 Another scripture saith Our dayes are like a shaddow Psal 102.11 And as if that were too long Job saith Job 7.7 My life is but a winde Psal 102.3 Our daies consume like smoak Wee all doe fade as a leafe Isa 64 6. All flesh is grasse and all the glory of man as the flower of the grasse the grasse withereth and the flower thereof falleth away 1 Pet. 1.24 And as if all these resemblances signified too much length to hold forth the shortnes of our life the holy Ghost doth contract it shorter Psal 39 5. Thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth And as if that resemblance also were too long he saith in the same verse Mine age is as nothing Well then doth the scripture in many places say We are like a buble of the brooke a tale that is told or a dream Oh how should the serious consideration hereof teach thee so to number thy dayes that thou mightest apply thine heart to true and perfect wisdome Or as the wise man saith Eccles 12.6 Remember thy creator before the silver cord be loosed or the golden bowle be broken for as death leaves thee so Judgement will finde thee c. In a word it is a point of high wisdome to be often thinking and meditating of out latter end for the Lord himself faith Deut. 32.29 That they were wise that they understood this to consider their latter end So he that made thee teach and perfect thee Two Words to those chosen out of the World NOw I shall come to speak two words to those that are chosen out of the World First Generally to all the Saints Secondly More particularly to the Saints under those titles or forms by which they are most commonly known 1 The word in generall To all that are truly godly for now to you I speak even to you my fellow members and brethren in Christ Awake awake Put on t●y strength O Sion put on thy beautifull garments O Ierusalem thou holy City Isa 52.1 Arise my beloved and come away 2 Can. 10.13 For the day is dawning and the day-star arising in your hearts 2 Pet. 1.19 Oh Saints Consider a little upon what ground you stand upon what foundation you are built doest thou believe there was such a Christ as the scriptures mention Doest thou believe that this Christ took thy nature and also thy sins Doest thou believe that in this thy nature he fulfilled the law took it away nailed it to the Crosse and so is become the end of the law to all that believe also freed thee from sin past present and to come and so from death the wages thereof doest thou conceive that God will make good his gracious promises in particular these Isa 25.7 8 c. He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people and the vaile that is spread over all nations He will swallow up death in victory And the Lord God will wipe away tears from of all faces And the rebuke of his people shall bee taken away from off all the earth Doest thou believe that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters the Sea and that We shall all know him from the greatest to the least Jer. 31.34 Doest thou believe those words which the Lord spake to Daniel chap. 7.27 And the kingdome and the dominion and the greatnes of the kingdome under the whole heavens mark this word under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the Saints for their kingdome is an everlasting kingdome and all dominions shall serve and obey them Doest thou believe those words Isa 30.26 Moreover the light of the Moone shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold Doest thou believe that the Lord will wipe away all tears from off all faces and that there shall be no more sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain Revel 21.4 Doest thou believe what the Lord saith in Isa 35.10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Sion with songs and everlasting

that thou withdrawest from every brother that thou clearly seest to walk disorderly thou doest reprove rebuke and exhort with all long suffering Again this thou hast thou lookest to the spirituall growth of those with thee thy members watch over one another and in love reprove one another and many of you do it in the spirit of meeknes as you would that they should doe unto you in the same case even so you doe to them Again This you have you take a speciall care of the poore among you and you loath the unjust practices of some other Congregations of the Presbyterians that gather a just maintenance for the Poore in an unjust way They cut large thongs but it is of other mens Hides they doe not with Christ choose Deacons but with Antichrist Collectors Some of which must pay the Poore and are sure never to receive their money again though they borrowed it for that purpose but God be thanked oh thou Independent thou hast not so learned Christ thou knowest well that the Lord loveth a chearfull giver and accepts none but a Free-will offering you give unto all but have a speciall regard unto the houshold of Faith according to rule Gal. 6.10 Again This thou hast thou forsakest not the assembly of Saints as the manner of some is you hear the Word in publique and build up one another in private you doe not as some others cry up the publique and contemn the private nor cry up the private in contempt of the publique thou lookest into the Gospel and findest both of them commanded and commended and therefore makest use of both Thou knowest that as God is no respecter of Persons so he is no respecter of places Thou findest him teaching thee in publique and also in private abroad and at home thou findest him in the Fire to save thee and in the Water to help thee and in the Prison to free thee thou knowest thy God is in all places and yet comprehended in no place Now having thus taken notice of the things commendable in thee according to that rule 1 Cor. 1.4 5 6 7 8 9 And as Christ dealt with the Church of Ephesus 2 Rev. 2.3 Give me leave also to deal plainly with thee as Paul did 1 Cor. 1.11 12. and as Christ with Ephesus and then I shall not spare to tell thy Congregations and Members that there are faults amongst you therefore I have somewhat against you 1. If you be not guilty of that sin that Paul reproves the Corinthians for 1 Cor. 1.11 1● I am sure you are guilty of that sin that is reproved 2 Jam. 2 3.4 You have the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory with respect of persons for if there come into your assembly as James faith a man with a gold ring and in goodly apparrell and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment you are apt to say to him in gay clothing Sit thou here in a good place and though you do not in plain terms or words say to the poore stand thou there or sit at my footstoole yet you let him stand at a distance or sit at your feet and James tels you Jam. 2.4 Yee are partiall And many times those poore ones whom you sleight God hath chosen and the rich ones whom yee honour God hath rejected vers 5. Hath not God chosen the poore of this world rich in Faith c. 2. You are strange to those that are called Presbyterians which many of them being truly godly you should visite and if there be any way of wickednesse in them reprove them if they bee low in their principles endeavour to raise them and where they are imperfect in the way of God teach them more perfectly Love not one man because he is an Independent hate none for being a Presbyterian for this were to know men after the flesh 2 Cor. 5.16 3. There is utterly a fault among you in that many of you do fashion your selves according to this world if there be any new foolish fashion going yee are in hast to take it up with the first quite contrary to the command of God 1 Pet. 1.14 And as in your apparrell so in your long haire why doe you Christians were it like Ruffians It is true I know that as religion stands not in meat or drinke so neither stands it in cloathes nor haire long or short But your abuse of this doth dishonour religion grieve the Saints and harden the world especially of the first of these to wit cloathes Therefore I beseech you heare a few words further Is your Kingdome or glory of this world or in things outward or fleshly or even in vanity Is it your worke appointed and your delight yee Saints to please the irrationall fancies of your fleshly mindes Can you who are so distinct and distant in your principles from the carnall and ungodly so suite and conforme to them in those things whose very fountaine or cause is none other but ignorance of God which also are rationally censured even of those that are without Have you not better enjoyments no better kingdome than this Is not your glory within Is not the most excellent your satisfaction his presence in your hearts your great refreshments Union and conversation with him your heaven and blessednesse Doe you walke as Christ did Whose meat and drinke was to doe the will of his father are you like him And seeing your fashions are costly let me aske you doe you believe that God hath given you so much of his creatures for any such purpose Can you say to the Lord we blesse thee in our soules that thou hast given us these creatures and disposed our hearts by thy spirit to use them thus Did ever God call such things sacrifices well pleasing to him Or have you the creatures in such superabundance or are better opportunities so scarce that you cannot better use them doe you thinke so Then harken hither Here are many of us poore miserable wretches whose bodies pine for hunger and thirst and starve with cold Some of us are exiles and strangers some of us in prison some of us sicke some wounded lame some weake some widdowes fatherlesse and friendlesse Here wee stand before you yee see us yee know us and can you yet withold reliefe Have you no bowels of compassion Hath mercy taken wing and returned to her eternall fountaine that sent her forth Hath shee no tabernacle nor temple with men Hath she left all hearts to hardnesse Will shee not vouchsafe us any of her divine bounty now but leave us desolate captives to necessities till they have pursued our flesh to dissolution Where are these promises of our deare redeemer to dwell with men to the end of the world When shall the powrings out of the spirit of grace promised be Or where are those Temples of his habitation that wee may goe unto them Will no man shew us Ah sad Oh dolefull case miseries devoure