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A26273 A lamentation over Cambridge, and also a visitation to the inhabitants thereof who have not yet sinned out the day of their mercy, and worn out the patience of the Lord. Aynsloe, John, d. 1693. 1665 (1665) Wing A4295; ESTC R20354 5,115 2

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A LAMENTATION over CAMBRIDGE AND ALSO A Visitation to the Inhabitants thereof Who have not yet sinned out the day of their Mercy and worn out the Patience of the Lord. OH thou Town of Cambridge what sort of Lamentation and mourning shall I take up for thee how shall I lament thy sad Estate and condition my tongue is not able to utter the grief of my heart for thy Inhabitants who have so long grieved the Lords Spirit and resisted his Appearance in thee by his Light and Spirit which is given to heal thee and all people But Oh you Inhabitants of Cambridge how have you slighted it and rebelled against the Lord dayes without number and have still continued in your wickedness and idolatrous practices and have highly provoked the Lord in acting that which you saw to be evil which his righteous witness in your Consciences did reprove you off and which many of you were and are convinced of in your Consciences to be evil yet notwithstanding you have done that evil which you were convinced of which is a grievous provogation of the Lord and the ground of it is because you were not faithful unto the Lord in what he convinced you of but for fear of man and also the reproach that might fall upon you if you departed from iniquity yee have rather chosen to obey Man then the Lord that yee might save your selves from that which Man could do unto you but alass alass who shall save you from the stroak of the Lords hand which is now ready to fall upon you who now will stand in the Gapp will your Teachers whom you have followed will they save you or are they able to save themselves who is so wise among them as to discern the cause which of them can find out the ground of the matter hath not fearfulness surprized the hearts of all who can say his heart is clean and he hath no hand in procuring this which is come and may yet further come do you not now see In vain is the help of Man have yee not been often told it by the despised people of God called Quakers that in vain was the help of Man whose Breath is in his nostrils and hath not the Lord raised up this people and sent early and late among you exhorting you to cease from following of Man and to turn to the Lord and be obedient to his Light and Spirit manifested in you And have not they born a faithful Testimony among you in your Markets in your Streets in your Colledges c. and have they not been evilly intreated by you Oh yee Inhabitants of Cambridge and was not the first PERSECVTION begun among you in all these Parts and was it not in this Street where the Lord hath begun to stretch forth his hand and hath not even all the Persecution that hath been ever since begun in that Street Oh consider and lay to heart ye Inhabitants of Cambridge and repent and turn unto the Lord and love his Appearance in you for yet a little while is given you to return take heed of slighting of it And thus I was moved of the Lord to write these few lines unto you for the Seeds sake which is amongst you and that the honest hearted may know for what the Lord is offended with you and be separated in their hearts and conversations least they also feel the stroak of the Lords hand for the Lord is certainly risen to plead the Cause of his innocent and oppressed People for he hath heard their Cryes and their Groanes even as sure as he heard Israel in the dayes past and will as certainly deliver them from all their Oppressions and well will it be for them that have had no hand nor consent in Persecuting of them for the Lord will certainly take their parts more eminently then he hath yet done even to the Astonishment of their Enemies and to the opening of the eyes of many that they may see and discern the cause of the Lords Controversie with England But oh thou Town of Cambridge there is yet something in my heart to write unto thee and that is that every one may search their own hearts with the Light of Christ Gods righteous and true witness which he hath placed in your Consciences and every one depart from that which it lets you see to be evil and let it search your hearts and be subject unto it for that is it that must stand in the Gapp and cause the judgment to be removed for it is your transgression against the Lords witness and appearance in you which is the cause of his judgments breaking forth amongst you and in this Nation And thus I have cleared my Conscience in the sight of God concerning you and whether you hear or forbear I am clear of your blood who am subject to the motion of Gods Spirit and this is the message of the Lord unto you through his Servant J. A. Written on the first day of the week being the 6. day of the 6. Month 1665. An Epistle written in the movings of Gods holy Spirit unto the Elect People of God every where DEar Friends Brethren Sisters of the birth of the morning of the day which is sprung from on high which hath visited us unto you all is the breathing of my Fa●hers love through my vessell in the tendernesse of my heart moving of the spirit of life do I dearly salute every one of you having you all fresh in my mind before the Lord wishing well unto you all as my own soul and desiring of the Lo●d that ye may never want the enjoyment of his life and love which at this time I am filled withall towards you and which I feel is still in sto●e for you and all that are not yet brought home my soul travelleth for them and you that all may be brought into the rest and also continue in it for great shakings of heart may still be to come to try every birth that that which is born of God may only stand and be approved in his sight and all false births will fail and fall before the Lord and will not stand in the day of tryal though it may make a great shew for a time and boast it self in its many sufferings and conquests and glory over others with its many words and great shew yet it will come short of the blessing and the inheritance of God is not for it therefore dear friends I warn you all in Gods fear and holy awe that ye watch diligently over your own hearts that such a birth be not found amongst you for that is it will betray the just for something of this world therefore beware of it for it seeks it self and its own honour and not the good of all nor Gods glory by this ye shall know it it breathes downwards and will say save thy self but the pure holy gentle Seed and birth of the holy God its cry is unto him