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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

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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