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A42186 A glass for the people of New England, in which they may see themselves and spirits, and if not too late, repent and turn from their abominable ways and cursed contrivances that so the Lord God may turn away his wrath, which he will bring upon them, it they repent not, for their blasphemies against himself, and for all the murders and cruelties done to his tender people, ever since they usurped authority to banish, hang, whip, and cut off ears, and spoil the goods of dissenters from them in religious matters, while themselves disown infallibility in those things / by S. G. S. G. (Samuel Groome), d. 1683.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Tyso, John, d. 1700. 1676 (1676) Wing G2065; ESTC R10937 29,049 44

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drunk in and was hid through Deceit And the Lord God is making you as I may say as a Sign to many Nations that shall coolly and seriously hear and consider what you have professed and what brought forth and now you would fain hide your selves a little longer and say The Quaker is the chief Cause of our Misery and he joyns his Thresholds to G●d's Thresholds and his Posts to God's Posts and that in the open Meetings of the Quakers whose blasphemous Principles c. But ye have not printed their Principles that ye call so provoking Divine Jealousie no more then you printed Williams his Principles whom you banished nor yet John Wheelwright's Principles which set the Priests and Professors in New-England in an Uproar in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Six But John Wheelwright spoke many things which are now come to pass and also bore Testimony to the Light Read part of his Sermon preached at Boston which provoked Jealousie but not Divine but Devilish Jealousie And in his third Use in that ●ermon did he n●t say The second Sort of People that were to be condemned are all such as do set themselves against the Lord Jesus Christ such are the greatest Enemies to the State as can be if they can have their Wills you see what a lamentable State both Church and Commonwealth will be in then we shall have need of mourning the Lord cannot endure these that are Enemies to himself and Kingdom and People and unto the Good of his Church such shall never be able to prevail against the Lord. What will be the End and Issue think you if People do set themselves against the Way of Grace and the Lord Jesus Christ This will be the Issue of it those that oppose the Ways of Grace and resist the Truth they shall wax worse and worse 2 Tim. 3. 8. they may happily proceed a great Way but the time shall come that they shall go no further and by Reason of the Agitation of things it will come to pass that the Church will be cleared and your Folly manifested unto all men so saith the Apostle It is a hard thing to kick against the Pricks Acts 9. 5. Who ever strove against God and prospered If men or women fall upon the Lord Jesus Christ they break but if the Lord Jesus Christ fall on them he will grind them to Powder If any fall upon Christ and will not let Christ alone but fall upon them which hold him and will abuse them and be buffeting the Lord Jesus Christ there is never a Stroke they give but makes Wounds in their Consciences but if they will be heaving out Christ they shall find it the heaviest Stone that ever was it will fall and grind them to Powder if People set themselves against the Lord and the Ways of Grace and his Truth this will be the Issue of it on their Part either those that set themselves against the Ways of God they will be put to silence by the Light that cometh from Christ for such Truths come with such Light and Power that they shall be so convinced as that they shall not be able to speak any more in the Case as Christ put down those that came against him so that they durst ask him no more Questions and so there cometh such a Power from the Word held forth by the Saints of God that it will strick a Fear into their Hearts that oppose it What ailest thou O Jordan that the Floods go back Tremble thou Earth at the Presence of the Lord. They that came to Christ fell back there cometh a divine Power from the Lord that turneth them all back the Lord will strick with Trembling those that come against Jerusalem or if they be not put to silence it will come to pass in time they will fall i●to a wonderful Strong Passion and will quarrel with the Saints of God It was the Case of Zedekiah with Michaiah the Question was which of them had the Spirit of God and he comes and smites the Prophet Michaiah on the Cheek but the Spirit of God is not a smiting Spirit Stephen convinced the Jews and did by the Power of the holy Ghost Evidence his Cause to be the Cause of God and they were not able to resist the Spirit by which he spake and they came and run upon him why do ye resist the holy Ghost saith he what maketh the Sin against the holy Ghost but Enlightning and setting themselves against the way of Truth and persecuting it in Malice and Wrath. It is a fearfull thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God Heb. 10. 31. For our God is a consuming Fire Let every one in the Fear of God have a Care how they set themselves against the Truth and Ways of God and the Ways of Jesus Christ for we must all appear before the Judgement Seat of Christ 2 Cor. 5. 10. Thus much of the Sermon preached by John Wheelwright in the Year 1636. By which you Professors of New England may see how prophetical he spake of what is come to pass and fulfilled on you as he said If People did set themselves to Oppose and Resist the Grace of God and his Way and Truth as you have done such shall wax worse and worse And are you not more and more enraged and crying out Blasphemy and Heresie but have not given Account what those Blasphemous and Heretical Principles are against which you have set your selves this Thirty or Forty Years And why did you not print Obadiah Horne's Principles to whom you gave Forty Stripes save one and his Fellow-Sufferer's Principles whom you also whipped in a Cruel Manner So it seems all must fare alike that sute not with your Will-worship But now of late you have printed against the Quakers but give no Account either what they say do or hold which seems to me to be very brutish and below common Civility or Manhood You see I do not so by you but plainly tell what you say do and hold and may enlarge upon all if I have been too scant in my Account neither indeed would I be willing to be otherwise dealt with in such a Case What! are you so Mad-drunk with Blood that ye care not either what you do say or print You have no need to make your selves more naked Could not your Secretary Rawsen which hath partaken with you in your Wickedness and Folly and has had a large scope of Blood with you advised you better then to put in print such a piece of Folly Why did you not set him to work and print the Quakers Abominable bl●sphemies and Idolatries as you call them that so all People might have judged of the Matters or else kept his printed Piece in New-England for People here in England even many Prophane Ones and much more sober Men and Women know the Quakers Principles and Conversation also and are not willing to close their Eyes as Professors in New-England