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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70940	A visitation of tender love (once more) from the Lord unto Charles the II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.; Coale, Josiah, 1632?-1668.	1662 (1662)	Wing R1500; ESTC R22052	5,785	9

A VISITATION OF Tender LOVE Once more from the LORD UNTO CHARLES the II. KING OF England Scotland and Ireland LEt the consideration of these following Lines deeply sink into thy heart for they are things of great moment to thee at this day There is a People within thy Dominions called QUAKERS whom the God of Heaven highly esteemeth in whose hearts he hath placed his holy Law according to his promise by the mouths of his Prophets which is and hath been their School-Master and Leader unto Christ according to the testimony of Paul his servant For their obedience to which Law this people hath under one many and great trials and tribulations both before and since thy coming into this Nation to Rule as King which they have patiently born without avenging their own Cause till the Lord did arise and plead with their Enemies which he hath done to their confusion and overthrow even without remedy And this poor people were never known to provoke the worst of their Enemies to wrath against them unless by their honest conversation before them coupled with Gods fear and reverence which is of great price in his sight though not valued in the sight of men for which they have suffered deaths often long and sore imprisonments and great spoile of their goods stoning stocking whipping and cruel mockings and much more which is too tedious to mention for their due obedience to the Royal Law of God the weighty Commands of Christ nay they have been denied the liberty of Thieves and Mnrderers for their Loyalty thereunto by them who were in Authority besore thy coming in which God took occasion against to destroy with remediless misery as a just reward of their ungodly deeds Then he remembred thee whom he had suffered to be oppressed by the afore-named Task Masters and did raise thee from a low estate in which estate when thou wert low and in the sence thereof thou promisedst much liberty to these harmless Lambs of God's Fold saying They should not suffer for their Religion so long as they did live peaceably and much more which may be seen abroad in publike view Yet notwithstanding their sufferings are much more encrease'd under thee than before and thou hast broken thy Word and Promises to them though they have kept faithful and true unto thee and have not broken the peace of the Kingdoms under thee nor any of thy just Laws but have laboured by all lawful means to live a peaceable and quiet life under thee in all godliness and honesty yet how great is the cry of their oppression in this Nation at this day from the one end thereof to the other They are appointed as sheep for the slaughter even while they vvho vvork Wickedness are set up in high estimation All which the righteous God hath regarded and his soul is greatly grieved every day and if these things be not speedily amended he will visit thee and and the whole Nation in his hot displeasure these and such like evils was the overthrovv of many great Kings in the days of old which when they forgat God and his Cause and oppressed and persecuted his people then did lie blast them in their chieselt glory and laid their honor in the dust So in all love and tenderness of heart consider what thou hast done and art doing and remember thy Covenants wich God and man in thy low estate and let it be in no mans power further to charge thee with the breach of thy Word and Promise Suffer none to be oppressed for Conscience-sake in thy Dominions that doth not disturb the peace of the Kingdom as thou wilt answer the contrary before the righteous God This can never be a good ingredient to thy future security with God nor man neither will God ever bless thee or prosper thy way in any thing of this nature for his people is his portion which he hath called and chosen and wo to all their enemies He that offends one of them it were better for him that a Milstone were hanged about his neck and he in the midst of the Sea And if any counsel thee to vex and scourge the afore-named Lambs such are thy mortal Enemies and if thou dost hearken and obey them 't wil bring shame reproach confusion and desolation unto thy Crown and Dignity Therefore be wise O King and recollect thy memory while thou hast a day and time and consider thy former Engagements and also thy Father's and Grandfather's Charges laid upon thee concerning these things and let Love and Mercy establish thy Throne that thy dayes may be prolonged and be not high-minded nor stout-hearted against any that wil never draw the hearts of thy subjects to love thee and so long as thou suffer est the Wicked to tread down the Heritage of God thou shalt never have his countenance upon thee but his displeasure shall attend thee in thy most secret Chamber and at last he will give thee up to be a prey to thy Enemies even as he hath done many before which rejected his Counsel till his wrath sealed the truth of it in their bosoms Oh the Cry of Cruelty and Oppression that is every where What will be the end thereof None is now esteemed but such as can run greedily into iniquity and drink it up as the Ox drinks water The Nations are in a flame the fire of God's jealousie is kindled in every City and Town even prepared to burn up all his Enemies and the iniquity of Rulers Priests and People doth blow it up day and night that it cannot long be stayed unless it be speedily quenched by tears of unfeigned repentance for the hour of Gods Judgement approacheth and the execution will speedily follow if not prevented This in short I was moved to write unto thee in true love who am and have been a sufferer under thee for the Testimony of Jesus being no Enemy nor never was to thee that thou mayest not run upon that which will be thy final destruction but if thou dost reject the day of God's visitation in mercy to thee he will take thee off in his hot displeasure So the Lord open thy eyes to see the things that belong to thy peace before they be hid from thee This was written the 2d of the 7th Mo. ..62 This was laid upon me once more to lay before thee without flattering titles who am one of thy suffering subjects known by the name of A. K. OH King Charles stay the hand of persecution which is now listed up against the people of God which thing is in thy hand to do or els God will cut thee off and rend thy Kingdom from thee for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it even the King of Kings and this is the word of the living God unto thee to be fullfilled by his own power Wherefore oh King consider The sufferings and the persecutions of the people of God is and hath been exceeding great since thou