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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44640	A warning from the Lord unto the rulers of Dover And so to all men which stand guilty of the like practises, that all may know a day of repentance before it be too late; for the night will come when as no man can work, in which the son of man will come as a thief unto all such the workers of iniquity, and give to every man according to his deeds done in their body in their life-time. Then wo to the eveil-doer, for it will go ill with him. Also, the Christian man's plea for his liberty, as he is so indeed and in truth: and also, as he is a free-born English-man, he lays claim to his birth-right, by way of expostulation with the rulers of Dover, who rob him and many others of it, refusing to shew us any order for their so doing. Together with a true testimony born to the Light of Jesus, the power of God, yea the power of the endless life, from everlasting to everlasting: by Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2988; ESTC R215380	18,231	25

you are counted worthy to suffer and to have your Trades spoiled and your Families exposed to hardship for Christ's sake so can I. Can you give your backs to the smiter and your cheeks to him which plucketh off the hairs for a good Conscience-sake so can I. Can you dwel in a Prison all dayes of your lives rather then sin against the God of Righteousness so can I Are you true Christians in Nature and not in Name onely which can do good against evil and seek to overcome evil therewith so can I. Can you bless them that curse you and pray for them that despitefully use you to the fulfilling of the words of Christ and so render not evil for evil so can I. Can you in such a case of Conscience commit your cause to the righteous God so can I. Can you as true Christians bear your Testimony against persecution for Conscience-sake so can I. Can you use all lawful means to keep such out of Prison who for Conscience sake cannot follow the multitude to do wickedly against God so can I. Can you deny your selves so far as to visit them that are cast in for Conscience-sake so can I. Can you read and believe that Scripture which saith The Devil shall cast some of you into prison to wit the followers of Jesus and you shall have tribulations ten days so can I. Can you besieve the Scripture which saith Forasmuch as you did it to the least of those which believe in my Name you did it unto me so can I. Can you believe that the everlasting righteousness of God is his Name that it is known in his Light which shineth in mans heart to give him the light of the knowledg of God in the face of Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures so can I. Can you believe that they which rebel against the Light of God nor the conscience never know the way of true peace in the path thereof so can I. Can you believe that he which walketh in the Light as he is in the Light hath fellowship with God and one with another so can I. Can you believe that he which hateth the Light bringeth not his deeds unto it lest it should reprove him so can I. Can you believe that he which loveth the Light bringeth his deeds to it willingly that he may know they are wrought in God so can I. Can you believe that he which deviseth an evil device in his heart against his Neighbor hates the Light which shines therein and sins against God and is in danger of his curse so can I. Can you believe that for every idle word that man shall speak he must give an account in the day of God's righteous Judgements and for every vain thought and all his deeds done in his body whether they be good or whether they be evil so can I. Can you believe that no Drunkard nor Lyar nor Fornicator nor Adulterer nor Idolater nor abusers of themselves with mankind and such like shall never inherit the Kingdom of God so can I. Can you believe that man ought to deny himself of all these things and to obey the Spirit of Light which shews and reproves for these things in secret or else he is no Christian in nature but in name onely so can I. Can you believe that he which doth not fear God and hate covetousness and so in God's fear knows how to rule his own body and Family is not fit to rule amongst men so can I. Can you believe that he which doth not love the Light which shines in his heart nor yeilds obedience to it so that he may know the power of the endless life that such a man who is a Ruler hates the Light may turn the Sword of Power upon the back of the righteous and so sin against God so can I. Can you believe that he which is not first ruled himself by the power of God in his own heart can never rule aright for God so can I Can you believe that every man which in that state takes the staff of Justice to sway withall hath cause to take shame to himself and give over and so repent so can I. Can you believe that he which rules amongst men should be just and judge every one's cause without respect of persons and upbraid none so can I. Can you believe that he that sets upon the seat of Justice and upbraideth any man or passeth Judgement with respect of persons to any man that such a man doth greatly sin against God whose place as amongst men he sitteth in and that his evil is exceeding great so can I. Can you believe that the Rulers of Towns and Cities have a great weight and burthen to bear as from God when they join with the rude people which hate in their heart a righteous government and so set themselves to suppress such as love Righteousness and its government against the evil-doers so can I. Can you believe that the Law was not made for the righteous man to wit that Law which is holy just and good but for the lawless and disobedient to wit for Murderers Swearers Drunkards Lyars Revellers and such like so can I. Can you believe that if any man suffer as a Christirn for well-doing he hath cause to glorifie God on that behalf so can I. Can you believe that he which believeth all these things and walketh in his duty to the Lord is a true Christian and a true Christian Magistrate that so rules over men and no otherwise So can I u All this reasoning is according to truth and to the witness of God in every man's Conscience to which I do make my appeal and let that answer as I know it will in secret when the mind is still and quiet And then if these things be by me consented to and believed and practised as well in my place then you do in your places then come and let my friend in your own bosomes the living Witness of the Lord speak if I have not as much right both by the Law of God and Nature to enjoy my Liberty of Body and Conscience as your selves and if you do stand and abide in this Faith of a true Christians life then whether such as can persecute for conscience-sake are not altogether out of a Christians life and so enemies to the cross of Jesus as I and you have been in the dayes past and for you which have had a hand in it to wit in persecution to deny your selves and to take shame to your selves even before the Lord and all men is but your duty unto the Lord and confess and give glory to God and say the time past may suffice you to have wrought the will of the Gentiles or Heathens in persecuting the Seed of God in the Christians and now will I repent and abhor as just cause there is my self in dust and ashes and make it my business so far as I can to redeem the time and

not sanctifie me in their hearts and make me their fear and their dread but would have them fear man whose breath is in his Nostrils who I strike down in my own time he is o All power is in the hand of the Lord therefor should men fear him and take warning from him ly his witness in them that they sin not against him not afflict his people if they love their eternal peace no more therefore be ye forewarned O mortal men and touch not my annointed ones and do my Prophets no harm if you wil have me to say to you at your end Come ye blessed enter into your Masters joy and sit down at my right hand and receive of my Love Life and Joy for evermore with which I satisfie every hungry and thirsty soul in his life-time by which refreshments my servants my sons and my daughters have bore forth their Testimony unto my Life Power and Love the which I have shed abroad in their hearts and thereby have stood over the Power of Hell and of Death and have given their bodies goods and lives a witness for me the which I will own even for ever and it stands upon everlasting Record in my Book of Life never to be blotted out for time shall cease and Seasons have an end and man whose life is there to wit in Times and Seasons shall perish therein and his Name shall rot but my Chosen shall remain on Record in Life everlasting The Mouth of the living God hath spoken it and it shall surely be fulfilled and the eyes of my Heritage shall see it and I will be glorified in and amongst them for ever and for ever and all sorrow and sighing shall be wiped away from off them and nothing be heard p The life of the righteous is a life of joy it shall be for ever world without end but joy and gladness melody and praises on the ten-stringed Instruments Hallelujahs for ever and for ever Then will I be known in the beauty of Holiness to be Head of my Family and Ruler over my Houshold yea when my servants shall sing for joy of heart and their Enemies languish for sorrow of heart and pain of spirit q The torment of the wicked is great endless 〈◊〉 Men pleasing Ministers and their glory must fall before the glory of the Lord. and anguish of Reins yea then will I be exalted among the holy Nation and set up among the Royal Priesthood and then shall the Deceivers faces wax pale and the false Prophets Spirit sink into the Pit and the Diviner be made mad and all r which have leaned on them and not repented go down with them into the Lake and then blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of God for ever and ever and this is the portion of the Heritage of God and their lot for ever saith the righteous God of Jacob and the Leader of Israel who never slumbers nor sleepes but will perform his promise s Gods promises to the Righteous is the ground of a living hope in God of the truth of it I am a witness for the Lord. to Jacob and his Covenant to Israel and not fail in one tittle saith the Lord of Host the God of Israel whose Promise is Yea and Amen to Ages and Generations yea for ever and for ever So be it saith my soul whom the Lord hath reared up in his everlasting Love Power to be a witness of his Name amongst crooked a perverse generation yea a seed of evil-doers children of falshood that are ready to lay and say all maner of evil against me for righteousnes sake but falsly Therefore I say again Come forth and stand upon the Tryal before my Father the righteous God of my Life you workers of Iniquity John Golder George West and all which stand by you in your evil Cause I say let us reason together and let God's Witness in your Consciences be judge between us in the cause for that is my friend t Abraham believed in God and it was reckoned to him for righteousness and he was called the friend of God and he which is Christs is Abraham's Seed and heirs according to promise who hath crucified the flesh with the lust and affections thereof and so is the friend of God and will plead my cause when you are on your Beds in the Morning-Watch in secret it speaks and justifies the innocent and now let it be judge between us in this matter to wit our Right and Priviledges as we are men created of God to live on the face of the Earth Are you born Christians as men account you And free-born English-men So am I. Are you entitled to live in the Nation of England So am I. Are you Free-Men of Dover Town So am I. Have you never forfeited your Freedom Neither have I. Have you served the Town in Offices So have I. Have you lived in good fashion even honestly in the Town So have I. Have you kept men and maid-servants So have I. Have you Families of W●fe and Children So have I. Have you provided for them in honesty by your own Labours without defrand and guile So have I. Have you kept out of all mens Debts and danger of being cast into prison therefore So have I. Can you say you spend not the Creation of God upon your Lust So can I. Can you say you are no drunkards nor Bowlers nor Evil-livers so can I. Can you say such you were but you are washed but you are sanctified so can I. Can you say you once lived in pleasure even wantonly on the earth spending your days out of God's fear so crucifying the Just as saith the Scripture so can I. Can you say you have known a day from the Lord of sorrow and bitterness of soul for it so can I. Can you say you have hearkened to the Spirit of Truth which reproves the world of sin and all ungodliness so can I. Can you say you have believed in the Light which maketh all things manifest that ever you have done against God so can I. Can you say you have known repentance from dead works both in conversation and worship to serve the living God in newness of life so can I. Can you say you have known the reproof of Instruction to be the way of life so can I. Can you say the Judgements of the Lord are sweeter to you then the honey and the honey-comb for by them you have learned obedience unto life so can I. Can you say you love the Lord your God that created you with all your souls with all your minds with all your strength and your neighbours as your selves so can I. Can you say you can forsake Father and Mother Wife and Children House and Land and Gold for his Name sake that is the Light of the World so can I. Can you say you can take it patiently and rejoice that