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death_n	cause_n	good_a	life_n	4,640	5	4.5822	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86654	The visitation of the rebellious nation of Ireland. And a warning from the Lord proclaimed, to all the inhabitants thereof, to make their peace with him before hislong [sic] suffering come to an end. With a lamentation over its unfruitfulnes and rebellion after so many visitations. And an exhortation to all the honest hearted, to meet the Lord by repentance, while the patience of the Lord continues. Or the sealing of the Lords testimony unto all sorts of people in that land, by his servants, after their several months sore labours, and travells, and sufferings therein, who loved not their lives for the seeds sake. Also some particular papers, written in that nation, to severall sorts of people. I. A warning, to the heads, and rulers, and people of Dublin. ... VII. An invitation to all the poor desolate souldiers, to repent, and make their peace with the Lord, and their duty shewed them, what the Lord requires of them. By them who are sufferers, for the seeds sake; waiting for the building of distressed Sion: F.H. E.B.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing H3188; Thomason E880_6; ESTC R202550	29,686	40

sealed in their cruelty against the innocent with our blood if thereunto we be called Dub. 26 of the 12 Month 1655. Francis Howgill Edw Burrough A Challenge to the Priests of Dublin to try their God and their Ministry and their worships WE the servants and faithfull witnesses of the most high God called and chosen of him and redeemed out of Nations kindreds tongues and people who are Ministers of the word of life and reconciliation and messengers of glad tidings and salvation unto captive and weary souls our glorying is onely in the Lord and not in our selves who are by the world in scorne called Quakers who are at this present in outward bonds for the testimony of Jesus Christ in Dublin and who have been in the labour and travell of the Gospell of God this six months and upwards in this Nation of Ireland according to the will of God ordained hereunto and moved and commanded by his eternall Spirit into this his work for the Seeds sake which is not of this world to the gathering of it into the fold of everlasting peace and to the clearing of the Lord from the bloud of his enemies that they may be left without excuse by his powerfull word given unto us and uttered by us and herein we are a good savor to God both in them that perish and in them that believe and for this cause have we denyed our dearest and nearest Relations and loves not our lives unto death that our testimony we may finish which is committed to us of the Lord and because of this are we labourers under many burdens and travells in many afflictions and sufferings and are abundantly reproached and our Lords truth of which we bear witnesse greatly infamed by many slandering and back-biting tongues especially by the Teachers and professed Ministers in the eares of their people and hearers slandering us with being Jesuits and deceivers and seducers and hereticks and blasphemers and witches and such like and we of those false accusations being clear and our Lords truth the testimony which we hold wholly innocent and are willing to be tryed and proved and made manifest to the Inhabitants of this City and Nation in the sight of God This therefore am I moved to give forth and hereby in the name of our living eternall God of heaven and earth whom we serve and worship in that way which is called heresie doe send it abroad as a Challenge to all you Teachers and pretended Ministers of what sort and forme soever and to all you people whom it may really concerne and especially to all you in the City of Dublin and places elsewhere in Ireland to whom this may come that you meet us in the City of Dublin at some publique place at a conveniant time appointed by you at which place and time if the Lord permit by the permition of the Counsell of Ireland whose prisoners we are we shall you meet then there to have a faire and sober dispute in the presence of all people who may desire to be informed or satisfied concerning us and you in these things whereof you can accuse us and also of those things by way of sober questions which we have to propound to you not for any end to our selves not to set up a kingdome of our own God is our witnesse but that the way of our God may be made manifest and all deceit and errour discovered and all people may be informed the way to salvation and as you are true to your God and will answer for him and are willing to be made manifest in your way of worship and doctrine and Ministry you are not to neglect but hearing to answer our desires and the desires of many hundreds that you and we may be made manifest in the sight of God to all mens consciences who are in truth and who are in errour that shame and condemnation may come upon the guilty and truth may be exalted over all deceit Given under our hands who are prisoners for the testimony of Jesus whose names in the flesh are Francis Howgill and Edw Burrough You are desired to send your Answer of these Propositions to us and if you consent to meet us let sufficient notice be given abroad that the Inhabitants of the City and country may know five or six dayes time before Sent forth the 23 of the 12 Month from the Sergeant at Armes his house in Dublin This was sent to the Priests of Dublin but no answer to this day have we received from them whereby it is manifest that they are not true to their God nor willing to be tryed and made manifest but loves darkenesse and hates the light and back-bites in secret and cannot give a witnesse openly but falls before the tryall and truth reigns over them and is exalted over their deceit A Discovery of the Idoll dumb Shepheards in that Nation and a Lamentation over their starved and strayed flocks THe day of the Lord is approaching and the day of account draws near upon you the Inhabitants of the earth the time of your Covenant is expired made with death and hell and the Lord God will plead with you and reckon with you and give unto you a just reward every one according to your deeds even the condition of your Bond Ye Shepheards and Pastors of the flock and Teachers of the people what account will ye render to the Lord in the day of his appearing Should you not have gathered the flock and fed them and taught them in the way of righteousnes preserved them from straying abroad but instead thereof you have scattered them upon the barren mountaines and have starved them and have strayed them and led them into by paths of idolatry and made a prey upon them and have fed your selves of them and the heritage of the Lord hath been wasted by you and the pastures of the fold eaten up by Wolves and devourers and Lyons whelps which made the flock afraid driven them into secret corners of darknesse leannesse and poverty where they are dead for want of food O ye Shepheards your account will be wofull and miserable in the dreadfull day which is hastning upon you not one lamb have you brought forth to perfection to lie down in peace in the fold but have nourisht it into the nature of a dog and a wolfe and you have fed them with swines flesh and with the husk and milk they have not received from you thereby to grow up unto God in his Image and not one fleece hath the Lord gathered from all your flock you Teachers Shepheards and Pastors your debt of wickednesse is a grosse sum of great abomination in the Record of account you have taught innocent children into subtle hypocrisie out of uprightnesse into guile you have taught lies instead of truth and thereby hath the people been instructed into error sects and false opinions and not one child have you taught perfect in the way of the Lord neither