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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60655	A spiritual prospective glass Through which the rulers and people of England, may plainly see those things which concerns their peace. Being a manifestation from the Spirit of God, in love to all people. By one that desires the prosperity of truth, and the peace of the nation. W.Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1670 (1670)	Wing S4333; ESTC R216948	15,398	21

and drive away those mists and fogs that have overspread the nation and under which the people have been scattered as sheep having no shepherds and were there not a time when Christ began to upbraid some Cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not and did he not say concerning Chorazin and Bethsaida if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long agoe in Sack-Cloath and Ashes but I say unto you it shall be more tollerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of Judgement then for you Mat. 11 mark more tollerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of Judgement then for Chorazin and Bethsaida because his mighty works which were manifest there did not cause them to repent and have not mighty works been done in late years in England by the power of Christ which if such mighty works had been done in some other nations they might have repented long ago in Sack-Cloath and Ashes and some in England that have beleived in the mighty works which Christ hath wrought by his spirit and power and have repented and are turned to the Lord and his mercies peace and blessing is with them surely all people of all sorts had need to be serious in considering this weighty matter for if you persecute the innocent who are turned unto the Lord you will do despight unto him when you should require his kindness shewed unto you by walking worthy of it and do you not often request of the Lord to spare his people and bless his Inheritance and do you spoil his people and curse his Inheritance or do you take your selves to be only his people and Inheritance that you would have him spare and bless and those that differ from you to be spoiled by your hands and cursed by excommunication as not being his people and inheritance you must either so conclude or otherwise you your selves are contrary to that which you desire the Lord would do and if you spoil those whom the Lord spareth and curse those whom the Lord blesseth do you not commit a g●eat offence against him yea an offence of a far higher degree against God then meeting peaceably together to worship him cant be an offence against you to the witness of God in you all I speak to that which is true and just and righteous from which truth and justice and righteousness proceed that truly justly and righteously tryes and judges all offences and unto that the Innocent Quakers appeals which will clear their innocency from any offences in meeting together to worship and serve the Lord for in times past some said it is vain to serve God and what proffit is it that we have kept his ordinance or according to the Hebrew observation or that we have walked mournfully or according to the Hebrew in black before the Lord of Hosts and then they called the proud happy and they that wrought wickedness were set up and they that tempted God were delivered mark then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkned and heard it and a book of remembrance was written for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon his name and they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that day when I make up my Jewels or according to the Greek special treasures and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him Malachi 3. mark here is the Lords people plainly discribed and they are not those that said it is vain to serve God and difesteemed his Ordinance or Observation and called the proud happy and wrought wickedness and tempted God he did not own these to be his people that he would spare but those that feared the Lord and spake often one to another and thought upon his name they shall be mine saith the Lord and I will spare them mark the Lord owns his people that he will spare those that fear him and keeps his Ordinance or Observation and thinks upon his name they are now his people that he spareth though men spoil them his Jewels or special treasures that he maketh up who are born of the seed that he blesseth for ever and these are Gods chosen Inheritance that are under his blessing and he blesseth those that blesseth them and curseth those that curseth them for this was his promise to his seed saying I will bless them that bless thte and curse them that curse thee and in thee shall all Nations of the earth be blessed and here you may see through the Spiritual prospective glass who are the Lords people inheritance which he spareth and blesseth if you spoil his people whom he spareth do you not highly offend him and if you curse by excommunication his inherance whom he blesseth do you not highly provoke him therefore take heed what ye do in making the Lords people and inheritance to be offendors by your law and so proceeed against them as Offendors to Spoil them and Curse them it concerns you to be serious and not to sport with such things but mind what you desire of the Lord in your own words and perform it on your own parts and do not spoil his people and curse his inheritance any more for they are spared and blessed of God and he will not hold such guiltless as spoileth and curseth those whom he spareth and blesseth for do ye not absolutely fight against God when ye entreat them evil and are not such enemies unto God that fight against him and did ever any fight against God and prosper surely you generally forget Gamalliels councel and it would do well if some amongst you would offer it in your great assembly to put you in mind of it or it may be hoped that all are not like minded in wilful purposes to injure the innocent and it was a noble spirit in Gamalliel that moved him to stand up in the Councell when they were purposing to slay the Apostles and there to give his advice to stop the lury of the purposers to him they agreed and so it was seasonable advice which prevented the execution of such a cruel design and will Christians condemn Gamalliel for betng a friend to the Apostles when the Jews agreed to him and by their agreement did manifest that they were not so wilful in their purpose but that a sound and weighty judgment might prevail with them to alter their purpose and so by experience it is found better for Rulers to let things alone that concerns Faith and Religion for if any thing be of man it will come to naught of it self without laws to suppress it and if it be of God there is no law of men can destroy the thing though the bodies and estates of such as have faith in it may be exposed to great sufferings for it and no God men will disapprove of Gamalliels counsel who stood in a good consideration of the