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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89841	A lamentacion (by one of Englands prophets) over the ruines of this oppressed nacion, to be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army, and all sorts of peeple, lest they be swept away with the besom of destruction, in the day of the Lords fierce wrath and indignation, which is near at hand. Written by the movings of the Lord in James Nayler. And a vvarning to the rulers of England not to usurp dominion over the conscience, nor to give forth lawes contrary to that in the conscience. Written from the spirit of the Lord in George Fox.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1654 (1654)	Wing N292; Thomason E727_9; ESTC R202148	14,622	20

A LAMENTACION By one of Englands Prophets Over the Ruines OF this oppressed Nacion To be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army and all sorts of Peeple lest they be swept away with the Besom of Destruction in the Day of the Lords fierce wrath and Indignation which is near at hand Written by the movings of the Lord in James Nayler AND A WARNING TO the Rulers of England Not to usurp Dominion over the Conscience nor to give forth Lawes contrary to that in the Conscience Written from the Spirit of the Lord in George Fox Printed for Tho Wayt at his house in the Pavement in York 1653. A LAMENTACION By one of Englands Prophets over the Ruines of this oppressed NACION to be deeply layd to heart by Parliament and Army and all sorts of People lest they be swept away with the Besom of Destruction in the day of the Lords fierce wrath and indignation which is near at hand OH England how is thy expectation failed now after all thy travails the People to whom Oppression and Vnrighteousness hath been a Burden have long waited for Deliverance from one year to another but none comes from one sort of men to another Hast thou looked for Reformation but all in vain for as power hath come into the hands of men it hath been turned into violence and the will of men is brought forth instead of Equity and this they seek to establish by a Law to which all must bow that are under them or they must be judged as Offenders so that which should be for Deliverance of the simple from the hand of the oppressour is turned into a snare to entrap the righteous and he that turns from iniquity is made a prey to the wicked and none lays it to heart through the Nation for all hearts are full of oppression and all hands are full of violence their houses are filled with oppression their Streets and Markets abound with it their Courts which should afford remedy against it are wholly made up of iniquity and injustice and the Law of God is made altogether void and truth is troden under foot and plainness is become odious to the proud and Deceit set on high and the proud are counted happy and the rich are exalted above the poore and look to be worshiped as God which if any refuse a snare is layd and Bonds and Imprisonment is appointed for them as not worthy to breathe in the ayer and no Law Equity nor Iustice can be heard for their freedom and this is not done by an open Enemy for then it had not bin so strange unto thee but it is done by those who pretend to be against oppression and for whom under that pretence thou hast adventured all that is dear unto thee to put power into their hands and now thou cryest to them for help but findest nøne that can deliver thee Oh foolish People when will ye learn wisdom when will ye cease from man who is vanity and the sons of men who are become a Ly Are not these the choicest of thy Worthies who are now in power Hath it not been the top of thy desires and labors to see it in their hands and are not they now becom weak as other men and the Land still in travel but nothing brought forth but winde How is the wisdom of the wise turned into folly and the understanding of the prudent hid How is he who seemed valiant for general freedom fallen into a particular earthly interest and hath no power to help himself Would any have believed that these should have fallen in the Pit and stuck in the Mire as they who were before them whose names are made a reproach in the Nation how have these cryed out for the Kingdom of Christ to bear rule in his Church and consciences of his own above the wils of proud oppressing Tyrants yea and have been Instruments to execute Gods decree upon such as have withstood the freedom of the righteous seed but now what is brought forth by them more than words do not the members of Christly still under the power of the oppressor cast into holes and Prisons for the Truths sake and are denyed that liberty they allow to thieves and murderers though the breach of no just Law can be layd to their charge neither will they let them come to tryall left by their own Law they should be forced to free them and how long some have layn upon this account you are not ignorant Wo is me for you Rulers how are you fallen from what you have professed when you your selves were sufferers under such bondage and now is it nothing to you that your Brethren who have been one with you against oppression now perish under the hand of the same men from whom you are set free and do not the same men judg us now for offenders and doth it not concern you to see what is the cause why they thus vent their envy against the innocent and their Lives and Libertyes are taken away in close holes and dungeons when it is your duty and in your power to see them have justice according to the Law of God which you profess and not after mens wils and if you know the offences for which they thus suffer how is it that that which Christ doth command and the Saints did practice is now become so heynous offences that nothing will serve but perpetual Imprisonment in close holes without hearing or tryal and that you may see for what these despised ones do suffer under you consider their crimes whereof the greatest of them is that some of them are moved to go into the Idols Temples to dispute and reason with them who uphold the Idols worship and to call the People out of it unto the worship in Spirit and though this seem a heinous crime to you yet it was the practice of the Apostles and Saints as is plain in Scripture Others suffer because they cannot break the express commands of God to give that worship to proud men which God Almighty hath forbidden to give to any Creature in Heaven or in Earth but onely to himself and here may all the heathen Rulers condemn you who never imprisoned nor fined Christ nor his Saints for this though the Scripture sayth they respected no mans person nor did they bow down nor give worship to the Creature though the Devil the father of pride tempted to it then as well as now Others suffer for confessing the Name of Christ and witnessing him in them in their measure as they finde him manifest in them to overcome sin the world and the Devil and reconcile them to God and this is called Blasphemy and so proceeded against though the Saints have always witnessed the same and it stands in Scripture for a witness against you and sayth Christ He that denyes me before men him will I deny before my Father and thus the practice of the Saints was and is counted Blasphemy by the

have used all your power to make way for his Kingdom and you also to have cast down your Crowns at his feet so should you have been established in his power a terror to the wicked removers of oppression and makers up of the breach and your names a blessing to generations but now that oppression is found with you in as much as the poor despised little flock of Christ hath suffered under you as under those whom the Lord removed before when it hath been in your hands to relieve them and you have not done it and you that have so much cryed up the Kingdom of Christ in words and yet have been bold to limit him in his Kingdom the Consciences of his Saints therefore above all the rest you shall not escape unpunished for the Lord looked that you who have seen his love and pity to you in setting you above your Enemyes and Fears should now have had pity on your Brethren and walked humbly before him and for that end he put power into your hands and removed those that were before you and left none to oppose you that you might freely act in mercy and judgment and righteousness but seeing you have forgotten the Lord and his work which to you ward was good and are become exceeding high and cruel as others and the poor are not delivered by you from the hand of the oppressor and him that is too strong for him neither have you chearfully gone on in unity in the work of the Lord and his will but stand up in your own wills opposing the deliverance of the righteous seed Therefore now will I arise sayth the Lord who have long holden my peace for I am full of jealousie for Sion who is troden upon and I will appear for her in the midst of her Enemyes and I will gather the outcasts thereof who have not been regarded but have been scattered by you as the off-scouring of the world and as you have scattered and not pityed so shall you be scattered and none shall pity you for the worlds outcasts are my jewels and I will bring them to possess the gates of their Enemyes Even by the word of the Almighty shall this be accomplished the Day is near at hand Wherefore awake all you to whom oppression is a burden whom the proud have troden upon and you have been as people without hope neither have known any way to look for help for every man hath become vain Now arise up out of all your earthly expectations and stand up to meet the Lord our Righteousness who is risen to deliver his people the promised seed who is in Covenant with him and to gather them from among the heathen and them that have made prey upon them because they have not known him who will save them And now look no more to the Arm of Flesh for Freedom for therein hath been your wo but wayt for the Deliverer out of Sion the Ancient of Days and God of Israels seed who hath letten you see the emptyness of all created helps to which your eys have been looking that you might return and complain to him onely who is the Fountain from whom all his finde pity And now a word to the wise amongst you for as much as the Lord hath shewed me that there is a Seed amongst you whose hearts are not wholly hardened nor have wilfully stoped your ears against the Cry of the oppressed nor have been consenting to the cruelty that hath been acted and is intended against the innocent to you I say arise and deliver your selves from the guilt of Oppression and Cruelty of these men and humble your selves before the Lord that you may receive wisdom from him and boldness to declare against all violence and injustice and set your selves to deliver the oppressed to the utmost that you may be hid and have a sure house and be established take heed that you walk not by example of others but in the light of Christ which guides the conscience and that will keep you tender-hearted in bowels of mercy to all and let it not seem strange to you to see others wholly set on mischief but consider could ever any of your cruel oppressors believe though God hath always sent to warn them before the judgment come that thereby he might leave them without excuse and be clear when he comes to take vengeance but they have hardened themselves against all reproof and marvel not to see it so at this day for the seed of the proud is but one in all ages Wherefore minde the fear of God and his Law and consent not to any thing because of a multitude but for Righteousness and Equityes sake and having Righteousness before you fear not the face of any nor the reproach of men but be valiant for the truth the glory of God and freedom of every oppressed one and victory is before you if you be faithfull and the Lord God Almighty bless prosper and guide all the faithfull among you to keep clear out of all the consultations of the wicked that you may never consent to any thing but what is of God warranted in Scriptures and practiced by the Saints that you may no longer rest in a Profession of what the Saints were and act to the contrary but that you may come to be guided in all things by the same Spirit kept out of all the wisdom of the world and the fear of God be amongst you Written by the movings of the Lord in one that pityes the Ruines of the Nacion for want of Righteousness Iustice and Mercy whom the World calls Iames Nayler Westmerland the 9th Moneth 1653. A Warning to the Rulers of ENGLAND Not to usurp Dominion over the Conscience nor to give forth Laws contrary to that in the Conscience THe Law it was added because of transgression it came not by the will of man but was revealed to Moses of God and is perfect according to that in the conscience it was added because of transgressors who walk contrary to that in the conscience which is pure of God there is the seat of blasphemy he speaks what he is not and what he doth not and speaks evil of those things he knows not and he that acts contrary to that in the conscience acts contrary to the perfect Law of God and there he lives in the lust when the Law sayth thou shalt not lust he that lusteth goeth forth he steals he covets his neighbours wife and his neighbours goods he kills and doth murder and he goes forth and breaks the Sabboth and he that breaks one breaks all and heer the righteous Law takes hold upon him that is perfect and slays him But he that dwels in that which is pure exercising the conscience towards God and man the Law takes not hold upon him it was not made for such the righteous but for the sinners and who are without the fear of the Lord casts this Law behinde their backs and who respects