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A40939	Moses message to Pharoah, or God sending to the heads of England go undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, to serve Him in the wilderness, that he may do them good in their latter dayes. For Israel shall be many dayes without a king, without a priest, without an ephod, and without a teraphim, afterward they shall look [...]he Lord their God, and David their king, and shall [...]ar the Lord, and his goodness in his latter dayes, ...	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1653 (1653)	Wing F491B; ESTC R218272	26,840	33

c. but the Lords own presence and when they saw no way of deliver●ance then did the Lords love and mercy power and goodness appear wonderfully in making way ●or them to escape from their hands he led them through the sea where he kept them safe and the Egyptians assaying to follow them was all drowned Here the Lords love and power was much manifested to them in their deliverance out of the hands of their enemies and that which was salvation 〈◊〉 them was destruction to the enemies Now wh●● they had tasted so largely of the love of the Lor● they yet afterwards revolted and looked back 〈◊〉 brought them into the wilderness there to 〈◊〉 them and he gave them Statutes and ordinan● to walk by and made a covenant with them th●● they did abide in it and observe what he co●manded them they should have the full enjoym●● of his love in this covenant their priests was to o● 〈◊〉 up the sacrifice without money the people was 〈◊〉 bring it in freely of the best the pure and the clea● and their Judges was to judge the people freely 〈◊〉 was to be done freely and there was not to be a be●ger among them now so long as they stood in the 〈◊〉 of the Lord he blessed them and did largely ma●● his love known unto them whilst they was in 〈◊〉 wilderness for fourty yeers together and the Lo●● kept them there to humble them and prove th●● and try what was in their hearts Deut. 8. ch whether they w●●● keep his commandments or no and there he humb●● them and suffered them to hunger and fed th●● with Manna which they knew not neither 〈◊〉 their fathers know that he might make them 〈◊〉 know him and depend upon him alone and to 〈◊〉 them know that man doth not live by bread alone 〈◊〉 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of G●● their raiment waxed not old for fourty yeers tog●ther when they was in the wilderness neither 〈◊〉 their feet swell there was his love much manife●ed to them that they might know the love of th● Lord to them and there the Lord did forewa●● them to be mindful of his covenant with them to b● obedient to him when they came into the land th●● he did promise to them lest when they came i●● it where there was fulness of all things that the they should forget him and turn aside Read 〈◊〉 ●●e eighth Chapter of Deuteronomy through and see ●he Lords own counsel to them before they came ●●to the promised land a good land a land of ●rooks and of Water of Fountaines and Depths ●hat spring out of Vallies and Hills a land of ●heat a land of Wine of Barley and Figgs Deut. 8. v 11 12 13 14 v. 15. and ●omegranates a land of Oyle-Olive and Honey ●land where they was to eat bread without scarce●ess where there was no lack of any thing Now ●e the counsel of the Lord to them after he had ●●omised to bring them into such a good land out 〈◊〉 the wilderness where was a terrible place of firy ●erpents and Scorpions and drought where there ●as no water saith the Lord Beware that thou for●et not the Lord thy God when thou art come into that ●ood land in not keeping his commandments his judgements and his statutes which he had commanded them ●est saith he when thou art full and hast built goodly ●ouses and dwell therein and when thy Herds and Flock ●re multiplyed and thy silver and gold is multiplyed Vers 14. and ●ll that thou hast is multiplied and then thy heart be lifted ●p and thou forget the Lord thy God which hath done so ●reat things for thee See Deut. 8. ch from v. 15. to the ●nd what great things the Lord did for them yet notwithstanding when they came in to the promised ●and where there was such fulness they forgot the Lord that had done so great things for them And see if this be not the condition of England now ●t this present but when they backslided from the Lord he sent his servants the prophets to cry out against them Isa 1.2 vers Hear O heavens Isa 1.2 and give ear O earth saith the Lord by his servant the prophet I have nourished and brought up a people and they have rebelled against me The Oxe and the Ass doth condemne them Vers 3. he brings the brute beasts as ●ritnesses against them saith he in the 3. verse The Oxe knows his owner and the Ass his masters Crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider 〈◊〉 have nourished and brought up children Isa 1.4 5 6. ●sa 2.7 8. ●sa 3.9 10 11 12 12 c. and they 〈◊〉 rebelled against me Ah sinful Nation a people la●● with iniquity a seed of evil doers children that are ●●rupted they have forsaken the Lord they have prov●● the holy One of Israel they are gone away backw●● The people was grown proud and haughty 〈◊〉 Chap. 3. pride is got to the height is it not so 〈◊〉 amongst those that are the greatest professors he● in England at this time and it doth greatly 〈◊〉 please the Lord he hath sent forth his servanu● cry out against it now as he did then Israel af●● they had backslided from the Lord oppression a● cruelty got up among them their hands was full blood and their fingers full of iniquity as is no● they offered up abundance of sacrifice yet saith 〈◊〉 Lord Who hath required that at your hands how 〈◊〉 the beautiful City become an harlot Isa 1.21 22. it was so then 〈◊〉 it not so now that which makes a profession 〈◊〉 truth and doth not practise it is so now back●●ed and gone out of the way pride is out of the wa● yet proud men makes a profession of love to Go● and Christ Prov. 6.16 17 18 19. but it is now found to be hypocri●●● and wo and misery is their portion wo to the pro●● and haughty ones Isa 28.1 Isa 59. ch Jer. 5.28 Isa 1.23 Mica 3.11 Isa 1.21 22 23. Isa 59.7 8 9. v. 13 14 15. Zeph. 3.1 2 3 4. Mal. 3.15 pride is an abomination to t●● Lord and the divel he is the king of pride E●●land now swells with pride and haughtiness a●● cruelty and oppression and grinding the faces 〈◊〉 the poor and no justice nor judgement is exe●●ed in the land the Lord is sore displeased at it 〈◊〉 it was with Israel after the flesh so is it with England now saith the Lord to them by the prophe● How is the beautiful City become an harlot it was f●● of judgement righteousness did lodge in it 〈◊〉 now murderers It was so then but is it not so now where the Lord hath discovered and laid op●● the deceits of the people to any of his ferva●● now as he did to Isaiah and sent them to cry out ●gainst them they have some of them beaten and ●●me of them stoned

6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Heb. 10.1 ver 5 6 7 8 9 10. Isa 33.22 v. John 4.20 21 22. John 4.23 24. which was 〈◊〉 everlasting sacrifice then all the Types Figures ●●d shaddows was to be put to an end all things ●●at was contained in the first covenant both priests ●●thes sacrifices and burnt-offerings and all things ●●at was outward and carnall the Law outwardly ●●d the Judges Lawgiver and Kings for he was both ●●dge Lawgiver and King himselfe that temple ●●ich was outward was to be disannulled after that 〈◊〉 was sacrificed up and that worship for saith he 〈◊〉 to the Woman of Samaria in the 4 of John Yee ●●rship yee know not what wee worship wee know what 〈◊〉 the hour cometh and now is when yee shall neither ●●rship at Jerusalem nor at this Mount which had been ●●e chiefest places of worship but they should now ●orship at neither of them but they that worship ●●e Father should worship him nearer hand even in ●●irit and in truth and after that Jesus Christ was ●●crificed up which was the everlasting sacrifice ●●ese was all to be ended and the Apostles who ●●re made to partake of the substance of the second ●●venant which was Christ in them they went ●●th into the temple and into the synagogues to ●●aw the Jewes off from that outward worship and ●●eached the resurrection of Jesus from the dead Jonn 3.31 32 33 34 35 36 ver ●●rist was risen out of all those Ordinances they ●●s dead there was no life in them Christ which was the life of them was risen out of them the● had been a beauty and an excellency in them 〈◊〉 the time that they was commanded but now 〈◊〉 substance of them was come and the glory of 〈◊〉 Lord was departed out of them both out of the ou●ward worship and out of the outward temple a●● they was sent to declare against it and to draw●● from it Acts. 7.47 48 49. ver Steven hee went and witnessed against 〈◊〉 and said God that made the world did not dwell 〈◊〉 temples made with hands neither was hee to be wo●shipped there Act. 6.10 ●1 12 13 ●4 ver Act. 7.57 ●8 59. ●oh 10.27 ●8 29 30 ●1 ver ●on 8.59 ●er Acts 7. And they said he came to ove●turne the Statutes and Ordinances given out 〈◊〉 Moses and for witnessing of the truth was he ston●●● to death by them of uncircumcised hearts a●● eares and it is the same generation now that stone●● the servants of the Lord the stony hard hearts 〈◊〉 untaken away yet in those that either stoneth 〈◊〉 countenanceth them that doth they was yet nev●● circumcised with the circumcision made witho●● hands but are stifnecked and enemies to Jesus Chri●● Joh. 8.41 c. All that the Priest had for offering 〈◊〉 the sacrifices in the first Covenant they was to pa●● take of the things sacrificed and offered up and the● had rythes because they had no part nor portion 〈◊〉 the promised land with those tythes the poor th● widdow and the strangers and fatherless were to 〈◊〉 filled and satisfied out of them that the Lord G●● might bless them Deut. 14 ●7 28 29. ●er But when the Priests took mony 〈◊〉 what they did the Lord was displeased with the● and sent his true Prophets to cry out against the● take the tythes from the Priest and take off that oppression that is upheld by the Lawyers for the 〈◊〉 are taskemakers as the taskemakers in Egypt th●● doe burthen and oppress the Creation Undoe th● heavy burthens that the people groans under 〈◊〉 these oppressors and let the oppressed go●ree th● Lord doth require it and let there not be any want ●●member the poore that are in wants that they ●ay have food and rayment and be filled and sa●●●fied seek not your selves but the good of others ●●at the Lord God may bless you let love run ●●th to all and let it be without dissimulation and 〈◊〉 the Gospell will be preached to every Creature 〈◊〉 love is the fulfilling of the law and Jesus Christ 〈◊〉 is the love of the Father and he is the end of the ●●w for righteousness to them that believe Rom. 8.4 who walk 〈◊〉 after the flesh but after the spirit be not professors 〈◊〉 possessors If you know him he is all love and ●●rcy and bowels of compassion and he laid downe 〈◊〉 life to take away the tythes and oppression ●●low him in his example you that profess your ●●es to be Christians for he that is in Christ is a new ●ature and he that saith he is in Christ ought to ●●ke as hee walked and hee went about doing good ●●refore do good unto all by undoing the heavy ●●dens and letting the oppressed go free remem●● them that are in bonds as bound with them and do 〈◊〉 all as you would be done by or else never profess ●●e love to God and Jesus Christ for hee will call 〈◊〉 to account and workers of iniquity must de●● from his presence those that acts in un●●teousness who lives in pleasure and wanton●● pride and haughtiness idleness and ful●●● of bread which were the sins of Sodom and 〈◊〉 the sins of England forgetting the poore that are ●●ants bonds and imprisonments but the Lord is ●●ing to visit his people that are imprisoned by 〈◊〉 and will returne upon you the evill of your ●●gs for in as much as you doe it to them you doe 〈◊〉 him and see what he saith Matth. 25.41 42 43 44 45 46. in Matth. 25.41 ●● ●3 44 45 46. ver Paul who was a true Minister ●●sus Christ he was imprisoned by the Jews for ●●essing the truth and Silas was imprisoned and 〈◊〉 and John and were beaten and others were stoned for witnessing the truth by the Jews th●● were enemies to Jesus Christ and now the sa●● things is acted by the men of this generation 〈◊〉 the Priests and Lawyers are the greatest ene●● now as they was then but thus saith the Lo●● Wo unto the wicked it shall be ill with them but say●●● the righteous Isa 3.10 v. It shall go well with them Now you 〈◊〉 doth profess love to God and Christ and foun●●● be of that generation that slew the righteous bl●●● in former ages and this is the same generat●●● which kils and slayes the righteous ones in y●●● hearts and keeps them in bonds and prisons but 〈◊〉 because the seed of God is imprisoned in you 〈◊〉 you that doth so knows not Jesus Christ who 〈◊〉 Love your enemies Luke 11.46 47 48 49 50 51 52. bless them that curse you and 〈◊〉 for them that hate you and dispitefully use you nei●●● are you accquainted with the teachings of God 〈◊〉 the new Covenant of grace nor knows not God 〈◊〉 dwels in a temple made without hanns as the Ap●●● Paul did who was partaker of the new Cove●●● which was Christ in him Gal. 1.15 16. and his body was made 〈◊〉

forgot the mercies of the Lord which he had made manifest to them in a large measure ●●o 15. 〈◊〉 47. c. 〈◊〉 48.1 2. 〈◊〉 59. cap. 〈◊〉 1.21 ●● 23 24. and a carnal part go● up in them after they had back slided and faln from their maker and then oppression got up amongst them and pride and they then ground the faces o● of the poor and lived in lust and excess and forgot to execute true Judgement and Justice among the people and the Lord saw it and it did greatly displease him and he sent his true Prophets to cry out against them Hos 8. ● 9 1 2. Hos 14 1● Isa 3.11 12 13 1● 15 c. Isa 3.17 c. and to tell them that they had faln from their maker O Israel return return saith the Lord why do ye grinde the faces of the poor because the daughters of Sion are haughty and walk with stretched out necks and wanton eyes walking and mincing as they go and making a tinkling with their feet therefore the Lord will smite with a scab from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot and will discover all their secret parts The Judgement of the Lord was to come upon them except they did return from the evil of their doings Isa 28.1 for so long as they were kept in the fear of the Lord it caused them to walke humbly before the Lord Deut. 10 12 13 1● 15 c. Heb. 8.13 and they kept his statutes and his ordinances which he had committed to them he gave them a law to walk by and made a covenant with them in which covenant they had many priests and these priests was to offer up sacrifice and they was to do it without money Heb. 7 2●● 27 28. and the people they was to bring of the best the pure and the clean and they was to bring it in freely to be offered up in sacrifice in bringing the best they brought their hearts with them the preists offering it up without money was a figure of Jesus Christ being the Saints high priest to offer up their sacrifice to the father freely Numb 28. 29. ch●● Heb. 7.23 v. 24 ●● Heb. 9.8 9 10 11 12 c. Heb. 9 13● Heb. 9.18 19 20. Heb. 9.14 15. and the people bringing it in freely and of the best the pure and the clean was a figure of Jesus Christ laying down his life freely and as the life of the creature was to be sacrificed up for the purifying of the flesh the blood of the covenant which could not make him that offered it up clean as touching the conscience was a figure of Jesus Christ being to be sacrificed up and his blood to be shed for the purifying of the conscience Jesus Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God the Father was for the purification of the inward parts and in the first covenant which was outward to the Je●outwardly Chron. ● 22 c. Chron. 1. Acts 47 48. Cor. 6.19 Cor. 6.16 ● Exod. ● 16 ●xo 18.19 ●0 21 22. ●ev 19.15 〈◊〉 verl 20. ●eut 1.16 ●7 18. ●eut 16. ●8 19 20. ●xod 23.8 Chro. 19. ● 6 7 8. ●sa 33.22 ●●eb 12.23 ●●am 5.9 ●eut 14. ●7 28 29. ●en 17. ●0 11. Deut. 10. ●6 17. Col. 2.11 ●sa 56.2 ●sa 58.13 ●4 Numb ●5 32 Heb. 〈◊〉 9.10 mat ●2 8 Mark. ●● 27 28. when they was come into the Inhab●ted places they was to build a temple which temple was a figure of Jesus Christ and the Saint being the true temple of the living God and the first covenant they had Judges outwardly an● they was to be such men as feared God and hated ●●vetousness and they was to Judge the people at 〈◊〉 seasons and they was not to be partial in Judgement but to hear the cause of the poor as well 〈◊〉 the great and they was to plead the cause of th● poor and the needy and to Judge righteously b●twixt a man and his neighbour and they was to 〈◊〉 it freely and not to take neither gifts nor reward for gifts and rewards blinded the eyes of the wi●● and that was a figure of the Lord being the Judg● of the Jew inwardly himself and in the first con●nan● they was to pay tythes and they was to fee the poor the widdows the fatherless and 〈◊〉 strangers with them and to satisfie such as was 〈◊〉 want that there might be no begger in Isra●● that the Lord might be praised and glorified 〈◊〉 them in this first covenant which was outward they was to be circumcised which was a figu●● of the Circumcision which was to be with●● hands and in the first covenant they had a Sa●bath outwardly Exod. 31.13 14. A figure of th● true Sabbath which the Saints should enjoy ●●●wardly and in this Sabbath they was not to sp●● their own words nor think their own thoughts neith●● to carry any burden not so much as gather sticks 〈◊〉 that gathered sticks on the Sabbath day was ston●● to death Now so long as they did abide in covenan● and walked in obedience to the Lord the Lord bl●●sed them and made his love known unto them 〈◊〉 when they did transgress and broke the covenan● the Lord sent his servants the prophets to crye● ●gainst them and tell them of their transgressions ●ee Isa 1. Chap. The vision of Isaiah the son of ●mos which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem Isa 1. cha● 〈◊〉 the dayes of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezeki●h kings of Judah The Lord had opened their con●itions to his servant the prophet and sent him to ●he heads of them to declare unto them their trans●ressions see vers 2. Hear O heavens He called ●pon the heads of them first Isa 1.2 3 4. then he called to the ●eet All sorts of people give ear O earth this was the ●eople that the Lord had made choice of and gave ●hem Statutes and Ordinances to observe and to ●alk by but when they waxed full and rich their ●earts ran after their riches they made their riches ●heir gods and forgot the Lord their Maker and ●id not abide in his covenant but rebelled against ●him Thus saith the Lord I have nourished and ●rought up children and they have rebelled against ●●e This was the people that the Lord had mani●ested his love unto in such a large manner as he ●id in bringing them out of Egypt where they had been kept in such bondage under Pharoah and by ●is mighty power and out-stretched arme he brought them forth and slew all their first born in Egypt and brought his people to the sea-side and there he renewed his love to them againe and made his power known in suffering the Egyptians Pharaoh and his host to pursue them thither and there he kept them safe when they had neither wall nor bulwark to defend them Exod. 14● 18 19 20● 21 22 23● 24 25