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A36273
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Once more a warning to thee O England but more particularly to the inhabitants of the city of Bristol.
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Dole, Dorcas.
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1683
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Wing D1834; ESTC R32763
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in themselves for what were they the better that went to deck themselves with the Apostles words and spake the same words as they did in the Name of Jesus saying We abjure you to come out of the Man but the Devils would not be subject unto them because they wanted the Power but said unto them Jesus we know and Paul we know but who are ye and so run upon them and wounded them And therefore let every one that nameth the Name of Jesus depart from Iniquity for the Scripture saith That there is none can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Ghost and the Lord said by the mouth of his Prophet to Rebellious Israel That though they said the Lord liveth yet they Swore falsly because they did not witness him to be their Redeemer to live in them Oh! therefore be awakened to Righteousness you Professors of all sorts and sit no longer under this dead Ministry that stands only in a Form of words without the Power for the Kingdom of God is come in Power there is room enough for all that do follow Christ in the Regeneration in inward Tribulation and those that have passed through this Inward Tribulation have no cause to fear the Outward Sufferings nor what Man can do unto them although it be to the laying down of our outward lives for the Wrath of Man shall go no further then what shall make for Gods glory and the residue he will restrain for we know from whom that Religion did arise that would take Mony to forgive Sin and for the gift of God which is not to bought with Mony and therefore the Devils Subjects are so greedy after it who makes it their God and their glory is their shame for thâ—y have manifested that they have no love to God nor to their Neighbours in keeping of us all this while in Prison and neither to send Priest nor Prophet amongst us to exhort us or to shew us by plain Scripture that we are out of the way I have spoken to the Keeper several times That if â—hey were in the right and we in the wrong that he would get one of the Priests to come amongst us according to Gospel Order but he would not without we would promise to hear him Preach and say nothing to contradict him Therefore we look upon them to be such that are either afraid or ashamed to stand by their Ministry being such as the Prophet Ezekiel testified against Ezek. 34. 2. and also the Apostle further testifying That they are allienated from the Common-wealth of Israel and Strangers to the Covenant of Grace the day of the Lord is going over them all and the Songs of their Temples which they have sung in Babylon shall be turned into Howling and bitter Lamentation because they did not first learn to Roar and Weep as David did in the sence of Gods Judgments till they come to be quickened by his Judgments and Mercys and so to Sing of Judgment and Mercy Oh! therefore in the love of God I warn you all my Neighbours and Acquaintance and my Heart is in travail for you that you may not return back again to bow down to the Imaginations of Men which is no better then the Worshippings of Idols Oh! therefore you that love your own Souls and your Children wait to feel the Blood of Sprinkling over your Hearts that you may be spared in the day that is at Hand when nothing will stand by you but the Witness of God in your own Consciences bearing witness to your Spirits that you are the Lords If the witness of God in your own Hearts testifie against you then neither Husband nor Wife nor Children can speak true Peace to you nor appease the wrath of God that will come upon you but 〈◊〉 Weeping and Wailing on every hand a wounded Body one may bear but a wounded Soul who can bear Oh! therefore in the true love of God once more in perticular to you that are Professors and have in measure seperated from the publick as you love your own Souls and Children and near Relations which are near and dear unto you that you may have a care that you do not bring a burthen upon your own Souls and upon your near Relations that may behold you upon your rowling dying Pillows in going back again to the Worship of the Time for sear of Man but rather dread and fear the living God who is able in a moment of time by the stroak of his Hand to cut down you and your Familys both Souls and Bodys and cast you into Everlasting Misery where the great Gulph is fixed between the Righteous and the Wicked that although they may weep and wail there will not be one drop of Mercy for them Oh! therefore the desire of my Soul is that England may chuse the Fast that God hath chosen viz To visit the Widow and the Fatherless and let the Oppressed go free and as the Apostle saith Keep Unspotted from the World for the Lord is Great and greatly to be feared and he will not clear the Guilty that have made a Profession in vain for there was cause enough Thirty Years ago to seperate from the National Worship and much more now for the Wicked grow worse and worse and the measure of their Iniquity is almost full and the Cup that they have filled to others shall they drink double from the hand of the Lord themselves without any mixture of Mercy if they repent not Oh! therefore let none think it is so easy to take up Religion as a Child doth a Play-Game and so lay it down again and think there is no Evil in so doing for if you had no Zeal for God when you took up your Religion first it is high time for you now to begin for our God is a Jealous God whose Name is Prophaned amongst the Heathen and he will send forth his Destroying Angel to smite the first-born in Egypt the Region of Darkness where Sin is multiplyed and reigns then Blessed and Happy will all they be that know the Blood of Sprinkling upon the Lentils of the doors of their Hearts that so they may be spared in the day of the fierce anger of the Lord For if the Anger of the Lord is kindled never so little then Blessed are all they that put their trust in him So in true love to your Immortal Souls have I cleared my Conscience of what lay upon me from the Lord and shall leave the effect to him for whether you will hear or forbear I am clear for as the Apostle said Having known the Terrours of God for Sin he could do no less then warn all Men every where to Repent and as the Lord said to the Prophet Ezekiel viz. When I say to the Wicked thou shalt surely Dye and thou giv'st him not warning nor speakest to warn the Wicked from his Wicked way to save his Life the same Wicked Man shall dye in his Iniquity but his Blood will I require at thy Hand yet if thou warn the Wicked and he turn not from his Wickedness nor from his Wicked way he shall Dye in his Iniquity but thou hast delivered thy Soul Ezek 33. 8 9. So with my Hearty Desires and Prayers to God for England's Prosperity that all might pertake of the Universal Love of God which is offered to all Men in the day of their Visitation This from one who is a Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus and desires the Universal Welfare of all Men. Newgate Prison in Bristol the 17th of the 9th Month 1683. Dorcas Dole THE END