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A65943 To Queen Mary: the humble salutation, and faithful greeting of the widow Whitrowe With a vvarning to the rulers of the earth, before the Day of the Lord breaks forth, that shall burn as an oven, and all the wicked, and all the ungodly shall be as stubble: the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Whitrowe, Joan. 1690 (1690) Wing W2037; ESTC R220184 12,082 20

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acquaint the King and Queen That the late Brewers-Tax falls heavy upon the Poor the general Discourse is the Rich will be richer but the poor Brewers will not be able to hold it and for the poorer sort of the People if they can get Bread for themselves and their Children so but for Drink they say they must drink Water if the Parliament had been pleased to have laid it upon the Rich of all sorts and upon the Drunkards the Feasters the Swearers Gamesters the Whoremongers the proud Persons that goes in Rich and Gorgious Attire but above all that Monstrous Babylonish Dress of the Head the abomination of the Christians which if the King and Queen will not bring down GOD will by his righteous Judgments and those cursed Play-houses and every one that goes to them and the scant Measures with the false Weights which Robs the Poor of their Right If it please the Parliament for the future That these Taxes may be laid upon all these as heavy as Lead and this will be for the Glory of GOD the Good of Souls and the Renown of the Kingdom For these were the crying Sins of the Jews in their Day which brought that heavy Destruction upon them Pride and fulness of Bread The Daughters of Zion are haughty saith the Prophet Isaiah 3. They go with their out-stretched-Necks and their wanton Eyes and then naming their abominable Attire as may be read at large But those were the Rich that are guilty of these abominations For they Ground the Face of the Poor and kept scant Measures and false Weights and sold the needy for shooes And thus far I have cleared my Conscience to GOD and my Neighbour in making the King and Queen acquainted with these things And I humbly desire That the King and Queen may do the same by using all means possible to rectify these things First in their own Examples then by Proclamation and Penalties And I pray GOD the King and Queen may not be slack in this their Work for the LORD For it is written Cursed is he that doth the Work of the LORD negligently and that it may be done in the LORD's time for delays are dangerous As Christ said unto the Jews You neglect the Weighty Matters of the Law which should have been done first and not have left the other undone and the Prophet Haggai saith Thus speaketh the LORD the LORD of Hosts saying this People say the time is not yet come that the LORD's House should be builded Then came the Word of the LORD by the Ministry of the Prophet Haggai saying Is it time for your selves to dwell in your Ceiled-Houses and this House lye waste Therefore thus saith the LORD of Hosts consider your own ways in your Hearts ye have sown much and brought in little ye looked for much but it came to little and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it and why saith the LORD of Hosts because of mine House that lies waste and ye run every Man into his own House O King and Queen is not this the present State of the Nation I beseech you consider My great Concern for the King and Queen is That they may not slip their Time or the opportunity GOD hath put into their hands for man hath but a Day or Hour given Him to do his work herein and if he doth it not in that time his Power is gone Therefore it is that the LORD calls so upon Mankind saying Whilest it is to day harden not your Hearts as they did in the Provocation when they tempted and proved Me and saw My Works For altho' they saw His wonderful Works yet they believed Him not but disobeyed His righteous Laws therefore they never saw the good Land We see what a dangerous thing Unbelief is but David believed in GOD I believed saith he therefore have I spoken and then presently he longs to be upon returns saying What shall I render to the LORD for all His Mercies and for all His Goodness I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon His Holy Name I will set no wicked thing before mine Eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me I will walk within my House with a perfect heart Psal 101. and so he goes on to the end of the Psal which may be worth the King and Queens reading And then after these Engagements with many more he promises to pay his Vows to the LORD in the presence of all O that this Holy Spirit of Life and Love that was in David who loved the LORD dearly might Rule and Reign and have the Dominion over all in the King and Queen and all that belongs to them For why else am I thus concerned that never was concerned with any King Queen or Prince further than in the general to all of that which my Eyes hath seen come to pass and now with you in particular of that which is to come And that the Fame of your righteous Acts may Sound to the furthermost parts of the Earth to alarm the Nations to come up to the Mountain of the LORD of Hosts to learn His Ways and to walk in the Paths of the GOD of Jacob that as the Name of Christians hath been a stink a proverb a by word of reproach among the Turks saying to English-men Do you think I am a Christian to falsify my word So now by your holy Lives and worthy VVorks that Name may be a good Savour that the Nations on your behalf may have cause to Praise Magnify Worship and Adore the Most High and Everlasting GOD for evermore Amen Which is the earnest Desire of her who doth humbly Prostrate her self at the Feet of Christ on the King and Queens behalf Your humble Hand-maid Joan Whitrowe Putney-Park the 14th of Decem. 1690.