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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37894	A reviving word from the quick and the dead, to the scatter'd dust of Sion, or, A breathing of the spirit of life, in a few bones, that begin to rise and rattle, in and about this city of London by a solemn declaration for an immediate uniting of all saints into one body, upon the growing principles of grace, and kingdome of our Lord Jesus, in every administration thereof ...	Edmonds, Edward.	1657 (1657)	Wing E178; ESTC R13451	58,240	72

pale for it when they shall finde it was neither Wisdome nor Grace Comfort nor Counsell Conscience nor Kindnesse to Christ nor his Saints no nor yet Good manners to draw back or Demur upon such a SOLEMN INVITATION as this is for the Gathering the Scattered Uniting the Divided and Indearing the Vnited c. from the Quick and the Dead THE INVITATION WHerefore If there be yet left alive any true Grace in the hearts of Professours any true sence of the Crosse Death and Blood of Christ or of the Cries Blood Ashes Bones and Murthers of the Martyrs Any Smart in the heart for SIONS Deaths Dangers Gashes and Wounds given her by her Enemies New and Old in these Nations Also by the Great Divisions Rents Controversies Envyings and Heart burnings amongst BRETHREN of the same Faith Hope and Principles of Grace and Kingdome of our Lord Jesus If as the Apostle saith in this matter Phil. 2. 1 2. there be with you anyconsolation in Christ any comfort of Love left if any Fellowship of the Spirit if any Bowells and Mercies If your soules be sensibly toucht with the Dishonour of God and Christ with the Death of his Cause the Dispersion of his Saints the Case of the Jewes and the Promise of the Gentiles and if ye have not sinn'd and consumed away all the Fear of God and Feeling of his heavy Hand upon us but that yet there is a Longing in you after these Things and a Hungring with hearty and pure affections after the Day of Christ and HIM alone to be Exalted and his NAME above every Name If it wound you to the Quick and your heart be melted down with tears and sighes to hear so KILLING Cutting Blasphemies as are every day cast upon the Pure SPIRIT of God KINGDOME PRINCIPLES and Professours of our Lord Jesus And if yee unfainedly without Courtly Complements doe desire to be Faithfull to God to Christ to his Spirit his Truth his Testimony his Kingly Interest and KINGDOME SEERVICE in such a Dismall Day of Rebuke Blasphemy Division and Apostacy as this is or would be Vndefiled and freed from the snares and evills of these Adulterate times If any Value be had of Oaths or Ingagements of Tears Blood and Prayers or the Promises Priviledges and Practises of the Gospell and if any true endeavour and sincerity be left to Act for and finde out the Light the Liberty of the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOME and a clear PATH for every one without offence to one another and with a sweet contentment Peace Union Love and good Order to walk in after ALL these Confusions Combustions thick darknesses and Losse upon us O then let us without faile or further let hindrance or Excuse for one Moment UNITE as ONE MAN in All our Quarters and Habitations of these three Nations And as we shall be able to give up our Accounts with comfort at the Coming of our KING JESUS to perfect this his Blessed work begun by his Word and Spirit 2 Thes. 2. 1. at the GREAT GATHERING TOGETHER of All Let us gladly accept this INVITATION of Vniting and Reviving PHILADELPHIA of what Forme and judgement soever we be and take the very Next Oppertunity unto it Knowing how Amiable Desirable and indeed Practicable it is now through grace made amongst us and as it were THE MATTER pointed at by the Finger of God himselfe unto us in and by All these trying tearing and Mount-Perazim Dispensations which we have been Exercised under of late years Isa. 28. 21. Seeing not onely so much Comfort and Christian Benefit to All But even our Ability Stability Livelinesse Patience in tribulation conquest over temptations vigour of love Quickning Spirit and power of Grace and Godlinesse Readinesse of Obedience union of affections Resolution and joynt-motion of Actions for Christ and his Kingdome yea and the very BEING of the Churches of Christ and Religion it selfe seems so much to depend upon it Notwithstanding all that hath been said When we consider what the Day is that we live in how full of Vnbeliefe Ignorance Impudence Apostacy Contention Covetuousnesse and Persecution of the power and Purity of godlinesse Selfe-seeking and all the sins of the LAST TIMES mentioned 2 Tim. 3. 1 2 3 4 5 6. 1 Tims 4 12. 2 Pet. 2. 12. of which our Saviour hath foretold us Mat. 24. we must confesse then We must expect as little fruite or effect from some and those it may be Eminent Professours too as if we spake to and powred our teares and prayers upon Posts Pillars Stones LUMPS of earth Bars of Iron Rocks and Flints or at best Bruite Beasts For as Luke 18. 8. Neverthelesse when the Son of man commeth shall he find faith on the earth That is say some when he comes with his Recovering Grace and Spirit when the times of Restitution begin and of Refreshing first enter in Acts 3. 19. 21. that is at the time of the END when he comes with a recovering and a Restoring of us into the FIRST STATE that he put HIS Saints into and with the DISCOVERIES and tenders of a more excellent WAY and Communion of Saints then we are in Shall he then find FAITH amongst men to beleive him to receive him at that day Will it then be said againe as at the first John 1. 11 12. He came unto his owne and his own received him not but as many as received him to them gave he the Right or Priviledge There be Many sorts that will not receive him in this tender of Recovering grace As the Proud 1 Cor. 1. 26. So the Ignorant John 20. 9 10. the selfe-Wise the disputer of this world the striver about words and vaine questions the worldly and selfe-seeking Professours Hag. 12. 4. and the times-servers and the envious man Acts 13. 4 5. the Magnifyer of Formes or persons one above and against another the Vnbeleever and diffident the Fearfull and amazed or that are absolutely at a LOSSE the heart that is full of any Lust to be satisfied With the pride of life and of gifts and parts and the selfe-Justifier and exalter the men that are given up to strong delusions and to beleeve lyes and those that have somewhat else to set up instead or elfe an Invention to put aside this All these will keepe off from if not oppose this hopefull and blessed worke of UNITING And we doe expect it harder to reduce one Erroneous and rivetted then to Reform or convert an open sinner but as one saies If one should defer his studies of any Art or Science till the writers and Professours thereof did fully and unitedly consent If one should vow not to come at London till All the clocks doe strike together so If one should stay from this Duty till All that seeme and say they are agreed about it he may stay long enough and never come to it at last Therefore for those Deare and precious ones that do with the FIRST begin to

and proper places of service and Exercise one without greiving molesting opposing oppressng or offending another and if the Lord doe give us or others more light in this Matter we would gladly receive it For 4. We must confesse as before that being but upon the Day-break and Dawning of this Businesse those that begin it must needs be short of them that are to succeed upon this Principle and this but in a sence a signe of the Day-opening or antecedanean to somewhat of more Life Loveliness and Lustre that others may be raised up into Yet it is our Duty and done with integrity and we doubt not but will be of great Vse for this season and have a singular Testimony from Heaven Wherefore 5. Have a care we beseech you in the Fear and Dread of the Heart searching God! and be well-advised Least ye reject your Work yea your present Work with the WAY Consider well with what Spirit doe ye reject it is there not prejudice or envy at Persons in it for so Johns Desciples did envy Christs and did not the Pharises so too As the Cardinall said of Reformation The Thing is good but that Luther a Raschall Frier should be the Man to put it upon us this is intollerable Or is there not offence at eminent ones holding off as John 7. 48 49. Have any of the Chiefe ones followed him onely this Ignorant people So 1 Cor. 1. 26. For ye see your calling Brethren how not many wise not many noble c. So Acts 28. 22. It is every where spoken against Or doe ye not decline the thing it selfe to delay and put that off and so pretend offence at the Way of it Or have ye in truth found out a more Excellent Way unto it then Declare it or else take heed how you reject this for God will not be Mocked Luke 14. 18. They all with one consent began to make Excuse I pray sayes the first have me Excused v. 29. and have me Excused They have good words Excuse us to our Lord we like the Thing he invites us too very well and we are for it and are Friends but yet we must be Excused Wherefore if it be our Duty to Vnite what mean we to dally or delay They that have refused the first step have not had the honour or the happinesse of the next As the Scribes and Pharises that would not goe with John could not goe with Jesus And if it be onely because thou waitest for a better Way possibly it may be revealed to this poor praying enquiring Body as well and as soon as unto Others be we ever so unlikely in your eyes and this we know that we are in this matter one step nearer to it then they that omit this their known Duty and thereby the great Commandment of Love Besides as Johns Disciples were one step nearer to Christ and his Call then the Jews were so they heard and had the first call to the next step who had taken that John 1. 37 38 39 40. And therefore we dare not omit our present Work or first step but rather take it in the Way to the Next and to that which is more Noble Wherefore if thou darest to put off this in pretence thou hast a better Way let us see thee then at this Work in thy Way or thou sinnest yet the more and so we leave it to thy conscience There is not one Objection more or Query that we can hear of materiall unlesse it be that the Angells and our Lord himself bid Mary call the Brethren together Mat. 28. Joh. 20. but to that we say We are not now under the Ministry of Angells but a more sure Word of Prophecy 2 Pet. 1. 19. and a more Excellent Ministry Heb. 8. 6. Nor have we need of an Angell to tell us that which the word and Spirit of God with the clear Practice of All the Primitive Saints doe put us upon Luke 16. 31. If they hear not the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the Dead And yet to this we have the common call from the Saints Dead as well as Alive The Spirit which calls is Christs Vice-roy represents his Person supplies his Place offers his Power and is sent us in his stead untill he comes he is his Pleny-Potentiary to help and enable us as effectually in this matter as if our Lord in his own person were present with us And thus the Voyce that said to Jairus his Daughter Arise and to Lazarus Come forth we hope we have heard and felt in the Spirit and divine Nature of it inviting quickning and raising us as from the Dead to this Duty Yea he that saith Who is he that darkneth Counsell without Knowledge Job 38. 2. hath said unto us Goe thorough Goe thorough prepare your Way cast ye up cast up the high way Gather out the stones lift ye up a Standard Behold the Lord hath proclaimed it to the End of the World c. Isa. 62. 10 11 12. Cant. 3. 10. Isa. 40. 3. which End of the world is now upon us And thus in our poor measure having cleared or rather the Lord for us by a Light above us sweetly lead us as by the hand through these Objections we hope to the Satisfaction and contentment of many an honest heart which Sathan would have laid to have stumbled the Weak and blockt up the Way Now what Remaines brethren what remaines but that every one who is of a willing heart and Separate from the Defilements of these DAYES doe without Delay in their severall Cities and Countries set upon this WORK and present his Offering be it but a little Goats-haire to this Tabernacle-service Exod. 35. 21 26. And All the Women whose heart stird them up spun Goatshaire v. 29. Every man and every Woman whose heart made them willing to bring for ALL MANNER OF WORK not for one sort of Work onely Wherefore stop here a little Reader to Remember or Revise what hath been said upon this Subject Read them over againe and yet againe and then say Are they Truths or no Are they Arguments or not Doe the Motives move Are the Grounds good any of them What sayest thou Is it Duty to UNITE or not and is 't not of flat Necessity If thou sayst NO Certainly thou contradictest thine own conscience but if YEA then weigh but our words with the same Affections and Yearnings of Bowells over the Blood Wounds Shreds and Deaths and Dust of poor unpittied SION which some think incurable that they are SENT OUT unto you though some of them may be deemed Weak some Dubious Unseasonable and Unacceptable it may be yet sure we are so much hath been said and might be to the Proof Profit Verity Excellency Expectation Promise Priviledges Nature Nobility and Necessity of this Work at this juncture of time too as may leave you and others that will reject it one Day Speechlesse and