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A28133	The trumpet of the Lord sounded forth unto these three nations as a warning from the spirit of truth, especially unto thee, oh England, who art looked upon as the seat of justice, from whence righteous laws should proceed : likewise, unto thee, thou great and famous city of London, doth the Lord God of vengeance found one warning more into thine ear ... : with a word of wholsome counsel and advice unto thy kings, rulers, judges, bishops, and priests ... : together with a few words unto the royal seed ... / by one who is a sufferer for the testimony of Jesus, in Newgate, Esther Biddle.	Biddle, Ester.	1662 (1662)	Wing B2865; ESTC R38832	17,824	25

breath sacrifice our Sighs Tears and Groans Prayers and Fastings upon God's holy Altar that a sweet Savour may ascend into the Nostrels of the Most High God that so we may receive a Blessing from Heaven for evermore And this the Lord hath put into my Heart and I cannot forbear but Write that if any prayeth or speaketh unless in the holy Power of the dreadful God amongst us it is as water spilt upon the ground and it will bring a Curse rather than a Blessing the Lord looketh for a holy and clean Sacrifice from us above all the People in the World because he hath raised up his own Life in us and chosen us to be his People and the Lot of his Inheritance and the Place where his Honour dwelleth is with us and I know Sacrifices have been offered by us and is to this day which the Lord's Soul loves and He doth delight to make us his choice He is our God and we have none in Heaven nor in Earth to plead our Cause but He that Suffered and layd down his Life on Earth but now sits in Majesty and Glory in the highest Heavens who is our chief leader and guide and doth lead us into his Power to meet together and to stand in awe and Sin not and if Friends we should not meet together we should Sin against God and should miss of his Presence who hath said Where two or three are met together in my Name there will I be saith the Lord and this is my Testimony as a Witness to this thing I never went to any Meeting since I knew the Truth even from the first Meeting to this day but I was filled with the Living Power of the Lord Oh! the sweet showers that doth descend from the presence of the Lord and the pleasant rains that falleth from his Throne like silver drops it doth distil upon our Hearts whilst we are in our Meetings in the Name and Power of Jesus who is amongst us and hath raised us and is raising us from the Dead and hath and is quickning our mortal Bodies that they may be like unto his glorious Body he hath and doth turn us from Darkness to Light from Satans Power to his own Oh! can we forget or refuse such glorious Benefits which we have received from the God of our Life in our Meetings together I know my Friends you are not unsensible of this great gain by losing the Love of the World to meet together with the King of Heaven and Earth whose presence is better than Life Oh! how hath he opened the Sluce of Everlasting Mercies and Love that it hath poured down from the crown of our head to the soal of our foot so that we have been washed throughout by the endless Goodness of the Lord in our Meetings And this is my mind and I hope you are and will be of the same with me and I do believe the Lord will carry me on to the end I had rather die the cruellest Death that ever was or can be devised by man than to neglect or abstain from Meeting together in his Name for I know who ever doth it neglects their own Salvation and the day of their Visitation Oh my beloved Friends if we Suffer Imprisonment or loss of Life upon the account of meeting together let us rejoyce for it is for Christ sake that we are Persecuted for great is our reward in Heaven Oh! Christ is our meat and drink he is become our Table in the midst of our Persecutors our Cup doth overflow when we are in close Prisons Christ is with us who cannot be exposed from us by the Wrath of Wicked men when we are brought out of Prison and had before the Rulers then Christ goeth along with us and teacheth us what to say He is a Mouth and Wisdom and Utterance we take no care what to do when we are sent back again to Prison from the Rulers if it be into a nasty Hole or Dungeon our Saviour goeth with us and he teacheth us Patience and Meekness and poureth upon our Head and Hearts his holy Oyle which maketh us sing for joy of heart that he hath counted us worthy to Suffer for his name So my Friends if they fight against us they fight against God for God is with us and it is his Cause we stand for and Suffer in Goods Body and Spirit And therefore seeing it is so weighty a thing that we lye at stake for we value not what Men or Devils Spirits or Angels can do unto us for our Hearts and Spirits are firmly fixed upon the Lord and his Cause and for Meeting together as long as we are moved of the Lord the which will be I hope as long as we have breath Oh all you my Friends who are young and tender and all you who are looking abroad to see what will become of us and cannot joyn with us because of Persecution have a care I warn you in the Presence of the dreadful God stand not in that slippery place least the day of Mercy pass over whilst you stand gazing and Repentance be hid from your Eyes then would you give the whole World if you had it for one hour to repent it but then it will be too late Therefore I beseech you not to look at us but to mind your own Salvation and what the Lord saith unto you by his witness in you for every one in the day of God's account shall answer for himself and receive a reward according to their Works the Lord is no respecter of Persons the King as well as the Beggar shall know the stroak of God's hand when the Book of Conscience is opened wherein their Sins are written as with the point of a Diamond and I know that there is nothing can blot them out but the blood of the Lamb and therefore do we utterly deny and abhor any Pardons from the Bishops for I know they cannot pardon themselves nor keep their own Soul alive our confidence is in God who hath tryed our Reins and searched our Hearts by his living Power Glory everlastingly be given unto the higher Power to whom our Souls are subject and in whom we live and shall do world without end Oh Zions King thy Beauty bright Hath fill'd our Hearts with great delight Thy City pure our Eye doth see In which alone dwells Purity Oh! rejoyce ye Saints of Zion all For God hath sav'd you from the Fall It 's no matter if our Bodies dye Our Souls shall live Eternally With God who ruleth in the Heavens High A City pure God hath prepar'd for us When our Enemies hath laid us in the Dust Thy Day and Beauty doth declare An open war with Sin and Sinner Who doth thy Name defame O Lord unto thy Glorious name all knees shall bow Of things in Heaven and things below Thy Seed Royal that Glorious plant Which thou into the World hath sent A Light is content with Punishment From Sinners Hands who like Iron Bands Against thy own Seed stands Their Hearts is bent with full consent thy seed to rent O Lord thy Seed to Heaven doth cry for Delivery In this Day of Perplexity Thou righteous Judge thy suffering Lambs in Prisons lie Until they die for thy Testimony Which shall remain when all is slain Which doth increase our Joy and Peace Oh! blessed be the day our Sins were washt away And we set free to follow thee From the Gulf of Misery who art a God of Purity O Lord we will serve thee whilst we have breath For thou art Judge of Heaven and Earth Honour and Glory is thine alone And be it rendered to thee for evermore FINIS

THE TRUMPET Of the LORD Sounded forth unto these THREE NATIONS As a WARNING from the Spirit of Truth especially unto Thee Oh ENGLAND who art looked upon as the Seat of Justice from whence righteous Laws should proceed Likewise unto Thee thou great and famous City of London doth the Lord God of Vengeance sound one WARNING more into thine Ear that if possible haply thou mayest hearken unto him and amend thy life before it be too late With a Word of wholsome Counsel and Advice unto thy King Rulers Judges Bishops and Priests that they may prize the Day of their Visitation before it pass away As also a Word of Prophesie of the sore Destruction that is coming upon them if they Repent not Together with a few Words unto the Royal Seed which is chosen of God and separated from the World to do his Will for ever By one Who is a Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus in Newgate ESTHER BIDDLE LONDON Printed in the Year 1662. One Warning more from the Lord God of Vengeance sounded forth unto Thee Oh City of London OH London London The dreadful Lord God of Everlasting strength which faileth not his notable terrible and dreadful Day is coming upon thee as at noon day and from it thou canst not escape neither canst thou quench God's Fire which burns as an Oven which is overtaking thee Oh the burden of the Lord concerning this Treacherous and Backsliding City Oh! Calamity upon Calamity Misery upon Misery Plagues upon Plagues Sickness upon Sickness and one Disease upon another will the Lord God of Power bring upon thee and the Lord will destroy thee from being inhabited unlesse thou dost repent from the bottom of thine heart and lead a new Life and abhor thy self in dust and ashes The Everlasting Counsellour and Prince of Peace is come and coming to take Peace from thee and to hide comfort from thine Eyes Oh! wo is me for thee my heart is even broken within me and mine Eyes as a Fountain Floweth forth before the Lord in thy behalf that the bitter Cup which thou and thy joyning Sister hath to drink may be taken away if it be his will Oh! that thou wouldt return unto the Lord as Nineveh did who received the Message of Cod And the King came from his Stately Throne and humbled himself before the Lord and his Soul was obedient unto the higher Power which is God and all that had a being in that City both Man and Beast was covered with Sackcloth and ashes Three dayes and three nights they humbled themselves before the higher Power who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords who is Governour amongst the Gods even he repented himself of the Evil which he thought to bring upon them and accepted of their Humiliation Oh London it would be well for thee to consider thy wayes and Worship and Religion and search with the Light and let the Light shew thee whether thy wayes and Worship and Law is pure which is given forth in thee if it be not so I pray thee as in Christ stead let his Light lead thee into his way and Judgements and Worship and Religion which are holy that thy Soul may be saved in the Terrible Day of the Lord for there are hundreds in thee that do not know their right hand from their left neither can they discern the Power of the Lamb from the Power of the Beast Therefore hath the Lord stayed his fury from breaking forth upon thee yet a little while and the Mighty hand and out-stretched Arm of the Lord which is stretched forth from Sea to Sea will come upon thee suddenly Oh thou City saith the Lord who formed thee in the womb and gave thee Life and Breath and hath been as a tender Father and loving Nurse even from thy Cradle have not I made the Earth to bring forth her Corn and Oyl and Wine for thee have I not cloathed the Earth with Grasse and the dew to descend upon it and the softly Showers of Rain have not I caused to distill upon thy Flowers and Vines that they might give a Fragrant Smell unto thee how have thy Streets and houses been dressed with the glory of them and have not thine eyes beheld the Glorious Collours of the Flowers and Workmanship of my hands the which many of you shall see no more because of my destroying Angel Oh London have not I who am the God of the whole World placed a glorious burning Fire in thee which all the water in the Sea cannot quench which gives light in thee and unto thee and all Nations which is my witness in every man which stands up for me against all manner of Sin hath not the Lord broken up the Seals of the great deep and opened the Fountain of Everlasting Life in the midst of thee to wash thee from thy Leprosie and to heal thy putrifying sores Oh! thou art full of running sores from the crown of thine head to the sole of thy foot there is not a free place have not I opened a well of pure water to bathe and make thee white I the Lord of Host hath caused my Sons and Daughters and Handmaids to leave both Father and Mother House and Land Wife and Children and indeed all outward things to come unto thee rising up early in sore Travels and labours to warn thee and call thee to Repentance that thou mightst be saved before my dreadful stroke be struck at thee which will not fail have not they shewed thee many things which hath come to passe I have shewn and am shewing Signes in Heaven and Earth in thee which shall make the keepers of the house to tremble have not the dead been raised the blind made to see the Lame to walk the dumb to speak the Leopards been cleansed in thee have not I made the Elements to melt with fervent heat the Powers of Heaven have been shook by me the Sun have I turned into darkness and the Moon hath lost her Light The old Heaven and the old Earth hath the Lord made to passe away at the Brightness of his coming and as I have worked and suffered in you so I will do until I have made up my Jewels which I am perfecting through sufferings in thee And until I have gathered my Seed from the four winds in thee into my Bosom from whence it came until then will I work and bear the burden of iniquity even until the Seed suffering measure is come to an end and then shall not my eye pitty nor hands spare thee but I will bathe my sword in thy blood and I will give thee blood to drink even as thou hast done by my Innocent Lambs even so will I do by thee and as they have seen their blood lie in thy Streets so shalt thou see thine and the day will be hot and terrible that is coming upon thee unlesse thou dost repent I the Everlasting God have looked down out of my Holy Habitation and