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To the camp of the Lord in England
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Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.
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TO THE CAMP OF The Lord IN ENGLAND TO all you called chosen elected and beloved of the Lord who are of the circumcision made without hands of the feed of Abraham who are Jewes indeed nor after the flesh but in the spirit unto whom belongs the euerlasting promise and couenant whom God hath and is fulfilling in you so establishing with you We your fellow-Citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem which is the mother of us all and of the same body and of the same seed and same birth begotten and brought forth by the immortall word of life which lives for ever do send greeting and doe embrace you in the arms of our beloued who is and is to come God blessed for ever you who are called Quakers who are so not onely in word nor in shew but in life and in power whom God hath called and chosen to place his name in and to take up his habitation among above all the families of the Earth the Tabernacle of God is with you and his dwelling-place is among you and only among you is God known and his name is great in your Assemblies We who are of the same root and off-spring doth bring in our witness and doth set to our seale That God of a truth is with you and among you and he is the God of the living that answers by fire he is I am and there is none besides him the first and the last the beginning and the end of all things Praise him for ever yee redeemed of him lift up your heads your Redeemer is come clap your hands and shout for ioy and let the everlasting praises of God be in your mouths for ever and ever Exalt yee his name above all Gods and glorifie him in the sight of all the Heathen and let his marvellous works stand upon Record from generation to generation Wonderfull hath his work been among you and that my soule knowes right well You that were scattered in thecloudy and dark day and were a prey for the wild beasts of the Forrest and were driven away as lost sheep in the wilderness hath God gathered into the fould to lay down by the springs of living water in fat pastures for evermore Your bread is sure and your waters never failes a feast of fat things is made unto you of wines well refined the Lord is become the Lot of your inheritance and the portion of your Cup for ever Your Crowns have you laid down at the feet of the Lamb and your lives and liberties have not been dear unto you and let this never repent you for now the Lord will exalt you and Crown you with immortall glory The everlasting day star is risen among you which gives light unto the Nations and the light of the Sun is as the light of seven dayes and there is no need of a candle in your dwelling but the Lamb is the light thereof faire as the Sun and clear as the Moon yea it is he which was dead and is alive and behold he lives for evermore Praise him all ye people praise ye him ye holy Host let all that hath breath praise him for ever VVho can expresse his Noble acts and who can declare his wondrous works Oh my soule is ravished and my heart is overcome let me speak that I may be refreshed and let me declare his wonders among all people The Lord is our King our Judge and our Law-giver and our Rock of defence Just is he in his Judgements who hath avenged us of our Enemies Mercy and Judgement meet righteousnesse and peace doth embrace each other Rejoyce for evermore ye Saints of the most High and tell it to your Children that they may tell it to another Generation what hath the Lord wrought among you and what hath his hand brought to passe Salvation is come and plenteous Redemption and the dead hath heard the voyce of the Son of God and liveth Let sorrow and mourning fly away and be ye comforted ye that have mourned and be ye refreshed ye that have been weary for God hath opened the everlasting fountain and the streams runs pleasantly which refresheth the City of our God He is come and his reward is with him even he for whom we have waited this is he who is our life our peace and our exceeding great reward the light of the world our Saviour but the worlds condemner our peace but the worlds torment glad tidings glad tidings the acceptable year is come praise ye the Lord ye Sons and daughters of Sion beautifull is your dwelling place and aboundeth with pleasant fruit for you are digged and pruned and enclosed a Garden of lovely branches let the wonders of the Lord never be forgotten nor his works neuer passe out of your remembrance for he hath wounded and healed killed and made aliue raised the dead and slain the liuing brought out of captiuity and bound with chains gathered and scattered brought low and exalted saved and condemned all this hath your eye seen and your ear heard and the Heavens and the Earth hath been burned as a scroule and the indignation of the Lord you have born But the winter is past and the summer is come and the Turtle dove and the singing of Birds is heard in our Land O magnifie his name for ever you are made vessels of honour wherein the everlasting treasure abideth which never waxeth old the voyce of the Bridegroom is heard among you and how can you have any more sorrow instead of weeping reioycing and instead of heauinesse of heart fullness of euerlasting joy the Lord hath fulfilled his promise and made good his word and his Law and Couenant is with you and from you doth the Law goe forth and the powerfull word of life and death soundeth out of your dwelling and you are Gods only witnesses to testifie of him in the presence of all Nations some of you by suffering and some by declaring Oh endless loue and life and riches an eternall Crown is upon your heads and your suffering which hath not been a little is not worthy to be compared with the glory that is and shal be reuealed I speak to you who hath an ear to hear my soule and heart is comforted in you in the midst of my burdens and sufferings who is separated from you outwardly yet ioyned and united to you by the Spirit which is unlimited which all Nations doth comprehend yea I behold your beauty a far off and my heart is ravished withit and I am sick of love let his works praise him for ever which hee hath wrought for his dwelling is with you in the light unto which no mortall eye can approach The new Ierusalem is come down from Heaven and no unclean can enter but you are made white with the blood of the Lamb and purged as silver and purified as gold in the burning and unto you an entrance is given and the way is prepared and the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife
despises his law and his statutes and counteth his subjects as slaves and bond-men Stand upon your feet and appear in your terror as an Army with banners and let the nations know your power and the stroke of your hand cut down on the right hand and slay on the left and let not your eye pitty nor your hand spare but wound the lofty and under foot the honourable of the Earth and give unto the great Whore double and give her no rest day nor night but as she hath done so let it be done unto her and give her double into her bosome as she hath loved blood so give her blood and dash her children against the stones and let none of the Heathen nations nor their Gods escape out of your hands nor their images nor idols but lay waste the fenced Cities and tread down the high Walls for we have proclaimed open War betwixt Michael our Prince and the Dragon Your Captains are mighty men and your leaders are skilled to handle the sword and they are riding on before you Arise worm Iacob and fear not but thresh the mountains to dust for God hath given thee the power of thy enemies to tread upon and they shal flie before thee shalt fall by thy sword there is none too strong for thee nor no inchantment against thee but thou art blessed blessed world without end Therefore all ye Lambs of my Father and ye Camp of the Lords Host wait upon him to fulfil his Will for he hath put into your hearts to make war in righteousness against the beast the false Prophet and cursed be every one that riseth not up to the help of the Lord against the mighty the Beast is mighty and the false Prophet is great and they keep the Nations under their power But O thou Beast and thou false Prophet you shall be tormented together thou Beast upon which the false Prophet sits whom thou upholds by thy Law and defends by thy unrighteous power thy power is limited and it shall betaken from thee and thou shalt be overcome and the Lamb shall get the victory and into the pit and lake of fire shall you be turned to have your resting place And thou false Prophet which hath deceived the Nations and scattered the inhabitants thereof and builded by fraud and daubed with untempered morter thy Judgment is past upon thy head already and the Decree of our God is sealed against thee thy smoke shal ascend for ever and ever and of thy sin there is no forgiveness nor of thy torment no remission Over you do we and shall for ever rejoyce and sing and over your God and your King the Dragon that old Serpent cursed be he and his memorial for ever Ye Lambs of the true Shepheards fold with whom my soul resteth whether ever I behold you outwardly yet my heart is with you and I am one of your fold and I lye down with you under the shadow of the rock upon the Mountain which the beast cannot touch where we are safe from all our enemies and am to you wel known to be read in your hearts in the Record of the Lambs Book of Life and known only to the world by the name of Edward Burrough Written at Dublin City in Ireland To the Camp of the Lord in England TO all the seed of Abraham who are Iews indeed and Israelites in whom is no guile who are of the true circumcision made without hands Who are of the off-spring of David and of the Church of the first-born who are the first fruits unto God Ye royal off-spring of the Rock of Ages who have come out of the everlasting washing My dear Brethren called Quakers who have eaten your bread with fear and trembling whom your Brethren hath cast out Oh how I love you my soul is knit unto you my heart and life breaths after you I am one with you in suffering and in joy ye are the choicest of the Flock ye are the fairest of all the children which is brought forth Oh my beloved ones though I be among the Tents of Kedar as without where the Voice of the Lord hath neither been heard nor known it you I forget not if I do let the tongue cleave to the roofe of my mouth and let me never speak more in the Name of the Lord who is my life and the portion of my cup for ever Oh! what shall I say unto you none knows your beauty nor innocencie nor glory but them who are redeemed out of Kindreds and Nations and Tongues and People and Countries who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes For the name of my God and your God who is living and lives for evermore is in your foreheads you are his off-spring and the fruit that came out of the Eternal Womb begotten by the Eternal Word of life which lives for ever and are nourished at the eternal Table in the everlasting Mansion-house of my Father which is in Heaven None so fair none so beautiful none so glorious none so rich you are crowned with love for ever you are clothed with righteousness for ever you eat of the Tree of life which heals the nations and of the bread of life that nourishes you up for ever drinks of the living Waters which runs fresh beautiful and coole in it you are bathed and suppled and made white you are builded upon a Rock storms cannot move you tempests cannot make you afraid in this you have been and are like to be tryed Your Armour is righteousness on the right hand and on the left your City is free The Gates stand open day and night and a Wolf nor Lyon nor any beast can enter no not so much as a flying-Fowle Oh how goodly is thy Tents O thou seed of Iacob the Elect whom he hath chosen O how pleasant is your scituation The Tower of David Mount Sion stands sure and cannot be moved Oh! who is a people like unto you saved by our God that lives for ever His love is large he is kinde he is long-suffering he is faithful and keeps covenant and his Promises are Yea Yea He is the Amen the first and the last Come forth my dear brethren set forth his praise declare his name among the heathen publish his name among the Congregations let the earth be filled with his love and power that his Judgements may be declared and his Statutes that they sound in the ears of generations to come O ye that are convinced of the truth of our God wait in that which doth convince and keep your mindes to it love it and follow it whither it leads you and it will lead you to know the gift of God which leads to repentance from dead works to serve the living God who dwells in the immortal Light and take heed of looking back at the pleasures of sin you have formerly lived in but wait upon the pure light of Christ Jesus in patience that so you may see