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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28134	A warning from the Lord God of life and power unto thee o city of London, and to the suburbs round about thee : to call thee and them to repentance & amendment of life, without which you cannot see God : be ye separated from your priests, and from your idolatrous worship, and touch not the unclean thing, that the Lord may receive you ... and something also to the scattered seed of God, which hath been held in bondage under Pharaoh the Task-master : who am hated by the unwise, and foolish in heart, and am reproachfully call'd a Quaker / Ester Biddle.	Biddle, Ester.	1660 (1660)	Wing B2866; ESTC R37073	19,970	24

give you your reward who is a Just God and a Saviour and wo from the Lord God be unto all the Magistrates and Rulers of this City who doth not Rule yet in Righteousness and wo from the Lord be unto all Masters and Mistresses that doth inhabit this place before mentioned who doth not order their Families in the fear of God nor are not in the fear nor power themselves who one day shall know another Master who will give you a just reward according as your works shall be who is Gods Righteousness and to whom all power in Heaven and Earth is given and it is he alone that will Judge this bloudy City with all the Families and Kindreds of the whole Earth and they shall not escape his Righteous Judgements although thou maist cry for the Rocks and the Mountains to cover thee and thy Religion to hide thee from the wrath of God but it cannot be for his eye whom we serve is over the whole world and his Arm of Power is stretched over thee with a sword which is fourbished in his hand which will cut down and utterly destroy thy Priests in thee who divineth for money and preacheth for filthy lucre and love give ye which feedeth of the fat and cloatheth with the wool and makes Merchandize of Souls with fair words Gods vengeance wo and wrath is their portion and they shall fall by the sword of the living God thy Judges and Rulers shall be slain in the day that the Lord visiteth thee in the fierceness of his wrath for his Soul is burthened with thee and his Spirit is grieved every moment of time with thy filthy conversation therefore repent for the day is coming and thy time of torment and misery hasteneth apace thy condemnation slumbereth not thou hast forgotten good dayes without number and thou art yet in the land of forgetfulness thy ●imes testifieth against thee and thy iniquities is gone over thy head and thy transgressions is without number even as the stars in the firmament and thy ungodliness before the Lord is for multitude as the sands of the Sea shore thou ha●t corrupted thy way before the Lord and art fallen short of the glory of the Lord therefore return to the measure of Gods Spirit that thou mai●t know amendment of life and an inheritance in another City before thou art dispossessed of this City and peace and re●t purity and joy may possess thy house and the New Heaven and the New Earth thou maist witness and a feeding upon the bread of Life that maketh truly wise and a drinking of the water of life which truly satisfieth the immortal Soul this must thou witness if ever thou wilt enjoy the pure habitation of God or sit down upon his holy Hill which is beautiful indeed before thou returns to the d●●t from whence thou camest there is the center of the earthly the center of the heavenly is unmortal and dwelleth in immortality and as thou serve●t and obeyest and joineth issue with this it will lead thee up to God the Saviour and Redeemer of thy Soul where the earthly center and the first birth and nature cannot enter there is a great gulf and separation between the two seeds and the two natures the one delighteth to ser●e the Lord and it is its nature to work Righteousness and Holiness for ever and it cannot join with the cursed the other is continually prone to do wickedness and it leadeth in drunkenness lying swearing and d●ssembling cheating and cozening and it cannot do good neither shall it have a habitation with Abels nature who sacrificed upon Gods Altar a Sacrifice of praise and the Lord had regard unto to it So if thou joyneth with Hagars Seed the Bond-woman thou shalt not inherit the durable possession therefore as thou lovest the good of thy soul and thy immortal life return to that which yet condemns thee which is the light of Christ and it is pure and immortal and know it to justifie thee for the Spirit of the pure God will not alwayes strive with thee no more then it d●d with the Old World O thou City of London remember how the Lord overtook the old world in their evil deeds he came upon them as a thief in the night when they little thought of him he took them eating and drinking Marrying and giving in marriage and he repented that ever he made man upon the Earth and he overtu●ned them in his fiery wrath and in his fiery indignation he spared not Jerusalem wherein his Temple was built and dost thou think that the Lord will spare thee I am afraid the Lord will overturn thee in flames of fire as he did them in their gain-sayings Therefore amend thy life while it is to day and prize the short moment of time which thou hast yet to spend least God cast thee into Hell which is prepared for the wicked and abominable And this is my councel unto thee whether thou wilt receive it yea or nay It is good and the same which the Apostles gave to the ungodly in that day and to the Scribes and Pharisees who were learned men whose zeal did far exceed thine in this thy day and this is it that thou return to the Spirit of God which is in thee and be guided by it and led with it into righteousness meekness and long-suffering and walk in the light whilst you have the light for the night will come wherein no man can work but in this glorious day the Son worketh and the Father worketh therefore let him not work in vain but let the Spirit of the pure God work down and lead out of all that 's contrary to God that so life over death may reign in thee O! that thou wert like the Noble Bereans that searched the Scripture in their day and if thou wouldst do so with the same Spirit that gave them forth then wouldst thou see clearly that we are in the way of God and live the life of the Scriptures and then wouldst thou joyn issue with us and leave thy dumb idle Shepherds which indeed are greedy dumb dogs and can never have enough and come to Christ whom God hath given for a Leader and a Commander to his people and to be Salvation to the ends of the earth who is the Physitian and the Bishop of the soul who leadeth into the Fold immortal where he feedeth his Flock at noon-day in the heat of persecution and in the day of fiery tryals he is a sure hiding place his Name is a strong Tower the righteous fly thereinto and are saved but as for the wicked they must inherit the Lake that burn for ever for that 's their habitation which is never-dying torments which God hath prepared since the Foundation of the earth for them E. B.

but have none and for the dawning of the day but it shall not appear glad tidings shall be hid from thee sorrow and trouble and fear shall compass thee about thou shalt wish for death rather then life and for the grave but shall not find it then shalt thou seek to thy Priests thy Rulers and Judges who have caused thee to erre thinking thereby to get peace but shalt find none the earth shall not bring forth unto thee her encrease as in times past and as thy vultrous eye hath been delighted with vanity and thy adulterated ear hath been filled with curiosities of strange voices and thy heart hath been filled with lust pride and vanity thy tongue exercised with cursing swearing and lying cheating and cozening and taking the Name of the Lord in vain and as thy feet hath walked after pleasures and thy hand hath handled deceitfulness guile and fraud and have been all servants unto sin and fulfilling the devils will even so must the Vengeance and Plagues of the Lord be powred out upon the Man of Sin which hath captivated thy mind and misled thy members which was created only and alone to serve the living God the Creator of Heaven and Earth O! what rioting swearing cursing and drunkenness murder whoredome and theft is found in thee which grieveth the soul of the righteous cozening and cheating deceiving souls for dishonest gain buying and selling the Words of God on the Market day and in the Idols Temple all this is found in thee which Words of God the holy men of God spoke them to the people freely as they had freely received they coveted no mans gold or silver but having food rayment they were therewith content and they who preached freely were Co-heirs with Christ who had purchased a City for them whose Builder and Maker is God they said to the Scribes and Pharisees which sate in Moses Chair who had the Prophets words read amongst them that they would not enter in themselves nor let others to enter in They said also that they might all prophesie one by one and if any thing was revealed to one that stood by he was to speak and the first was to hold his peace for God is a God of Order but in this our day which is the Lords and the time wherein we are cast if any in the Spirit of the Lord come amongst you and be moved to speak in his power thou beatest and bruisest and hallest before thy Magistrates and castest into prisons by this we see plainly and clearly that thy Religion is not the pure Religion and that thy Church is the Church of Rome and thou art governed by the Whores power which God is laying wast and dashing to pieces in this his glorious day Thy clouds of Religion be they never so thick they are seen thorongh in the light and power of God we do measure the height the length depth and breadth of all thy Religion thy Sun is eclipsed and thy glory is fallen O thou Lucifer Son of the Morning thy portion is in the lowermost hell thy part and lot is vanished away and thy beauty is driven away as the dust in the Summers day before the wind woe from the Lord God of Power be unto thy lawyers for they have stollen away the key of knowledge O the oppressed groaneth under their cruel tyranny of oppression they lie in wait to ensnare the simple and to beguile and intrap the honest-hearted but the Lord loveth the pure in heart and preserveth them out of the Lions mouth and out of the paw of the Bear glory be to God on high Dominion and strength be given to his Son for evermore Howl ye Lawyers weep bitterly ye Rulers and Judges lament ye Priests for the day of Gods account is coming on and it hasteneth wherein the Book of Conscience shall be opened wherein your sins are written as with the point of a Diamond and out of the Book of Life you shall be judged according as your works shall be so shall your reward be for our God is pure and immortal he will torment the wicked and plague the ungodly and cast into the pit for ever O! I most humbly beseech you as in Christ stead leave off your covetousness with your hypocritical Religion your fained prayers and abhor your selves in dust and ashes that repentance and amendment of Life you may know with the Lord before thy house of clay be dissolved for the Son of Life weepeth over thee as he did over Jerusalem O that thy eyes were open and thy heart unvailed that thou mights see how good the Lord is unto all the sons and daughters of men and how long he hath tendered his mercy and grace unto thee and hath held forth his hand with a cup of blessings for thee but thou hast joyned issue with the transgressor and art rebellions and stiff-necked against the Seed of God the Lord God make thee sensible of thy back-slidings and heal thee if he see it good O! my soul is truly powred forth unto the Lord for thee that thou may est not inherit the Lake which is prepared but peace and rest for thy immortal soul thou mayest find for the soul is immortal and there is no mortal thing can satisfie thy soul but the presence of the Lord which is far beyond the gold of Ophir or the Onick stone O! what wouldst thou give for peace with God when thy day shall be turned into darness thy table shall be made a snare unto thee and thou shalt be like the hearth in the Wildernesse which seeth not when good cometh thy lovers shall pass away trouble shall compass thee round about then if thou hadst the whole world thou wouldst give it for peace with God but then will thy day be sealed up and there will be no place found for repentance therefore I desire thee in the dreadful power of God put not the day of the Lord afar off but let the Sword of the Lord cut down and the fire burn up all that is contrary to God and away with thy Idols down with thy Images pluck down thy high places for the Lord will be avenged of thy Groves thy strong Okes and tall Cedars and he will ride upon thy high hills and thy fenced City will he lay waste and he will ease the innocent and deliver the oppressed thy prison doors shall be broke up and the bonds of iniquity burst asunder the agreement made with hell and death will be disannulled and though many of us have been halled out of your Mass-houses and have been halled before Magistrates both by Papists and Protestants yet know this that our God in whom we trust he lives for ever and he sits as Judge amongst the Gods O! the fury of the Lord is gone forth against the wicked and they shall not prosper and although they may reign for a while and build their nests in the stars for a short time and joyn

hand in hand to punish the righteous and to oppress the just and to oppose Christ and his Kingdome yet he whose glorious reign is begun in the earth who is the King of Saints and Governour of heaven and earth he will pluck them from their stately thrones and disinherit them of their mortal life unless they turn to the sword which will cut and to the axe which will hew to the fire which will burn them then wilt thou come to know the Circumcision which is made without hands and a baptizing into Christs death and if a baptizing then a death of deaths unto all mortal and visible and dying things then wilt thou be a new creature All old things will passe away the old heavens and the old earth will be burned up and a new heaven a new earth will be created in righteousness wherein the Lamb dwelleth whose Name is called the Word of God who is the light of the world and was given of the Father a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of his people Israel This light checks thee in secret when no mortal eye seeth what thou art doing this light beholds thee and this is Gods swift Witness which he hath placed in man which is only and alone sufficient to lead into immortal life although the blind guides who are of the cursed stock of Ham sayes that this light which is in man is natural and not sufficient of it self to lead to God This is my testimony friends which I must bear amongst you for the true light against all that doth oppose it who hath been a Citizen with you in this bloody City and have been feeding with you upon the husks with the Swine and alienated from God and a stranger to his life as you are at this day whilest I was one with you in your Religion and Worship my soul was hungry and was even black with thirst I had almost fallen in your streets for want of the Bread of Life no peace nor true rest amongst you could I find yet mornings and evenings and at noon-day I sought the Lord but could not find him because I was not in his way neither did I hearken to his light neither could any of your chief Priests tell me where the Lord was to be found but told me in heaven but what heaven was and where it was they knew not the light which is pure condemned me and no peace with the Lord could I find amongst all your dead worships and earthly performances but at length the Lord ●ho is rich in mercy he looked down from his holy habitation and he saw there was no help amongst men nor no refreshments to be received from their Ministry but my soul was dying and fainting away with a numberless number besides me by reason of our sins transgressions then the Lord sent in fulness of time his Servants into this City F H and E B who spoke the Word of Eternal Life whereby my weary soul was refreshed and the dead heard and lived and glorifies the Lord in the land of the living Glory and honor be given to God who sent them furnished with the treasure of knowledge and wisdome and to speak comfort unto the prisoner of hope and I amongst many in this City may blesse the hour and the time that they came in the Power and Spirit of God to visit this City for by their coming was I turned from darknesse to light and from Satans power to Gods and they were instruments in the hand of the Lord to bring me to his Kingdome the Lord God in his endlesse love hath made me forsake this City with all the glory and pleasures of it and I see another City and do inhabit a more durable habitation which will never fade away but will stand me in stead for ever and by the light of Christ which is eternal was I brought to this habitation and if ever thou comest to God thou must own this light which thy Teachers speak against if thou wilt love the light it will lead thee in a path which thou hast not yet trodden in there is no Lyon or Lyons Whelp hath trodden in this path no vultrous eye hath seen it therefore thou must come forth of thy fallen estate thy whoredomes and ungodlinesse before one step thou canst tread in therefore repent and come and drink freely of our Fountain and eat of our Rock who liveth for ever O! my hearts desire unto the Lord is that you may be saved from your sin and purged from your iniquities and be made clean by the blood of the Lamb before you return to the dust from whence you came and shall be seen no more For friends there must be a laying down of the earthly and as that is laid down there is a receiving of the heavenly but if you live in sin and die in sin then is there no redemption from sin sin separates from God the wa●●● of sin is death and after death to Judgement Hell is prepar●● for the wicked and the worm which shall never die and the fire that shall never be quenched is the sinners portion who lives and dies in sin For there is no repentance in the grave nor no remissinn of sin after death but as the tree falleth so it lieth as Death leaveth you Judgement will find you and as the lightening shineth in the East unto the West so is the coming of the Son of man in his day upon all sinners He will come as a thief in the night upon thee then what secret corner hast thou to hide thee in or what remote place canst thou fly unto for shelter seeing our God is potent over Sea and Land and his eye is over the whole world and his hand is stretched over all living O! the Rocks and the Mountains shall not cover thee nor dens nor holes nor caves of the earth shall not shelter thee but the Lord will be avenged of thee and plead with thee himself who is a just God and a Saviour and will give unto every man according as his works shall be from whose presence the wicked must depart O! blessed and happy for ever are all they who knows a redeeming from amongst men and from a vain and a light conversation by the precious blood of the Lamb O! give thanks to God fro ever that he hath and is giving you a possession in the durable inheritance that never fadeth away you are built upon the Rock of Ages never to be removed O! let us dwell together in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of love for ever that we may stand for ever witnesses against this wicked and perverse Generation who have not the fear of God before their eyes whom God will destroy as he did the old world and they shall be as ashes under the soals of the righteous feet O London in the presence of the Lord God I declare unto thee thy peace is not