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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62897	An epistle to the flock professing the true light which lighteth every one that cometh into the world : wherein the opposers and villifiers of the true light are (by the way) expostulated with, and they that own it are exhorted to answer the light in the consciences of others by an unblamable light, and to grow up therein, both in general and in their particular relations : given forth chiefly for the service of some in the flock and may be serviceable also to others / from W.T.	Tomlinson, William.	1674 (1674)	Wing T1847; ESTC R26323	20,917	27

do and you shall be preserved when many seemingly taller Trees shall be thrown down with a storm and their building be undermined with a Wave and thinking to stand shall fall except they come down to you and repent of the evil of their Tongues and of the unfaithfulness of their Actions and Lives and of the leaven of Malice and Disaffection which by their Tongues they spread in the hearts of others For their work is contrary to the work of Christ who laboured with his Father for the Unity of all those that were given to him but they busying themselves in the contrary are found in that which is abomination to the Lord sowing Discord among Brethren Prov. 6.16 19. And stand not clean in that which is to abide in Gods holy Mountain in that they take up Reproach against their Neighbour Psal 15.1 3. Therefore their work shall fall and their Building come to nought and they except they Repent shall fall under the judgment of others How oft have I seen it fulfilled That judging hath turned upon the Heads of those persons themselves who have been forward in judging and condemning others even as our Lord fore-warned saying Judge not that you be not Judged for with what Judgment ye Judge ye shall be Judged and with what Measure ye meet it shall be Measured to you again Their Religion is vain that cannot bridle the Tongue And first I ask you Wherein is it that the true Brother-hood standeth And to you also that are of a more circumspect Behaviour and Conversation more able to govern the Tongue and so the whole Body who are not so forward to asperse others and are of a more exact life walking in a more stayed Wisdom to you I say suffer a Word of Advice from a Friend Take heed how you give place in your hearts to Reports and Reproaches Before you judg know certainly not only the Truth of things reported but also the ground or reason of them and upon what account they are done For it is a very uncertain way of judging to judg by the hearing of the Ear that is by Reports How hath the whole Nation of the Jews been Sealed up under unbelief and hardness of heart by receiving a false Report concerning Christ which Report was set on foot by such as were of esteem among the Jews Satan is the same subtle Adversary to this day and knows the Influence of false Reports and misrepresentations of things and how they leaven the hearts of people with prejudice one against another And this I testifie that it hinders the shedding abroad of the Love of God in their hearts as on the other hand the preservation of the pure love one to another tends to the perfecting of the Love of God in us 1 Joh. 4.12 It was Prophesied of him whose judgment is infallible and uncertain that he should not judg after the sight of his eyes that is by outward appearance nor reprove after the hearing of his Ears but with Righteousness shall he judg the Poor and reprove with Equity for the Meek of the Earth and he bids us do the same Judg not saith he by outward appearance but judg Righteous judgment The outward appearance of an action may deceive you the hearing of the Ear by reports may deceive you therefore know not only the truth of a report nor only the outward appearance but also the ground of an action and the intention of him that doth it for that doth much alter the nature of an action before the Lord lest you judg him that is not judged of the Lord and so bring the same judgment to return back upon your own heads And you that are just in your ways and equal in your dealings whom no man can charge with Deceit or Over-reaching or False dealing in your Affairs of this World keep stedfast in your Uprightness and also press forward that of Just men you may become Good men of Just men you may become Merciful men of Just men you may become Self-denying men It may be some will say What means this Is not every Just man a Good man Is there any difference between Just men and Good men or between just men and Merciful men and Self-denying men I Answer If there were not some difference what means that saying of the Apostle Rom. 5.7 Scarcoly for a Just man or Rightcous man as it s rendred will one dye yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to dye Surely when there is such difference in mens affections towards them there must needs be a sensible difference between them Therefore consider that he is counted a just man that doth not wrong another though perhaps he will hold fast what 's his own But he is a Good man who besides his just equal dealing with others also delights in Mercy and good Eruits who is of a more free and bountiful good spirit the tenderness of whose heart to the Distressed and good will of his mind to all carrys him forth to exercise Mercy and Bountifulness or Kindness to all according to his Ability It may be for such a man some would even dare to dye So that there is a difference between them Though the first be well approved of and is a good foundation laid for Mercy to spring up from For if there be not that first at the bottom and so things be justly come by let a man give what he will and for what pious uses he will yet it is but Abomination to the Lord as it is said in the Prophets I hate Robbery for Burnt-offerings If it be got in a false way by Fraud or Oppression though it be dedicated to the use of the Lords Service yet he hates it So that I say Equity just upright honest dealing must needs be at the bottom of every good work that is accepted And where this is laid as a foundation and Mercifulness and Kindness is built thereupon this is well-pleasing before the Lord and of good report among men Also you that are Just in your Dealings let your eye be still forward to come to a further state even to a more Self-denying Spirit among men I shall set a Pattern or two of this before you You have heard I suppose of Abraham who was called by the Lord to leave his own Kindred and Country and to go sojourn where the Lord should direct him and he obeyed the Lord therein being commanded and went forth he knew not whether and Lot his Brothers Son went with him and these two had both of them very great Substance or Riches And in process of time their substance grew so great that they could not dwell together for the Land was not able to bear them or sustain their Flocks And there arose a strise between the Herdsmen of Abrahams Cattel and the Herds-men of Lots Cattel Now behold a pattern for you of Self-denyal in Abraham He was Lot's Unkle and he followed not Lot in his comeing forth