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A54114 A call to Christendom in an earnest expostulation with her to prepare for the great and notable day of the Lord, that is at the door / by William Penn. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1694 (1694) Wing P1261; ESTC R31759 17,069 48

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spend their Days Vanity and their Life in Earthly Pleasures Wo to the proud Pharisee and disdainful Scribe Wo to the fearful and unbelieving Wo to Idolaters and Lyars Yea and Wo from God to all the Cruel Persecutors of the Innocent Lambs and Sheep of Jesus for their pure Conscience to him For they shall have their part in the Lake that burneth with Fire and Brimstones which is the Second Death O that you might escape this great Damnation And I testifie to you in the Word of the Lord that God giveth unto you all a Day of Visitation in which you may escape the Wrath to come For this end God hath sent his Son a Light into your Hearts 't is He which manifesteth all your Thoughts Words and Deeds unto you 't is he which checks and reproveth you yea 't is he which expostulateth and striveth with you 't is he that knocketh at your Doors and awakeneth you to Judgment Who condemneth every unfruitful Thought Word and Work in you Repent I exhort you Turn to him hear his Voice and harden not your Hearts but while it is to day and the light shineth and the Spirit striveth O humble your selves bear his Judgments love his Reproofs And though his Word be as a Fire in your Hearts and though you are even scorched within you because of the Heat thereof yet bear the Indignation of the Lord in that you have sinned against him Wait Watch and Walk in the Light of the Lord Jesus that in his Blood you may feel Remission of Sins and Sanctification unto Life Eternal That you may no more walk after the Flesh to fulfil the Lusts thereof but in the Spirit of Holiness that you may be Sealed unto the Day of Redemption O the Peace the Joy the Pleasure and the undeclarable Comfort that is daily met with in the holy and righteous Way of the Lord O this riseth powerfully in my Soul that his Form hath no Comeliness in it that will please Flesh his Way and Worship is most remote from it Flesh and Blood have no share in his Worship the Will and Runnings of Man have no part in his Way 'T is neither at the Mountain where one sort runneth nor at Jerusalem whither another sort goeth● but in Spirit within the Vale hid from Flesh and Blood Yea there it is that his Worship is known and performed Any Form is more pleasant than this His Visage is more Marr'd than any Man's All Will-worship all Human Invention findeth Acceptance where he cannot find a place to lay his Head on O this is a bitter Cup to the Creature few will drink it They are hard to be perswaded to Sit still and patiently to Wait for the Salvation of God to let him Work all their Works in them and for them They know not what it is to have the Mouth in the Dust to have all Flesh silent before the Lord that the Voice of God may be heard that he may prepare them and that the Will of God may be brought forth in them O this Mystery of Iniquity how hath it wrought and how doth it yet Work It claimeth a right to the Living Child but she hath no Right to it She is the Womb of Death and can bring forth no Living Fruit to God All Nations have drunk her Cup But the Hour of her Judgment is come She is seen disvailed and condemned by the Living Spirit of God that is felt and received and obeyed by a Remnant who are gathered from the Mouths of Idol-Shepherds and all the Errings and Strayings of false Prophets that have no Vision and are come to the Lord to know his Law in their hearts and Fear and Spirit to be in their inward parts and are taught and led by him And these follow the Lamb and are his Host this day that fight under his Banner with his holy Testimony against the Whore false Prophet and Beast And behold they shall prevail For greater is he that is in them than he that is in the World O this is a great Mystery but a greater Truth Moses the Servant is externally more Comely than he Yea the Prophets were as pleasant Singers and as delightful Instruments of Musick their Visions Sights and glorious Prophecies of the last Days and New-Covenant-times were says one of them of old as a pleasant Song But the Son the Substance when he came no Beauty no Excellency no Comeliness What 's the matter The Way is Narrow for Flesh and Blood there is a Cross must be taken up a bitter Cup drunk and a Baptism yea of Blood gone through Man must die to his own Will Affections Imaginations and Carnal Conceptions he must wait and watch yea continually His own Religion and Righteousness is as odious as his Sin and Iniquity yea in a sense more dangerous 'T is no Outside will do not that which pleaseth the busie active Will and Mind of the Creature that gratifieth the External Senses that have prevailed against the Soul O no 't is an hidden Life an hidden Temple an hidden Worship and that in God's time yea an hidden Manna an hidden Supper not discernable by the vain Sects in this World Of this Tabernacle is Jesus Builder of this Covenant and Worship is he Author of this Altar is he Priest To this did he gather his of old and to this is he gathering the Nations And the Bride saith Come and the Spirit saith Come and he saith Come And blessed are they that Come and See how good he is But Such who like Sodom of Old go on to grieve the Spirit of the Lord to rebel against his Light and vex God's just Lot that liveth in the midst of them persisting in their Lusts and Abominations God's Angel shall smite them with blindness The day of their Visitation shall pass away and the forbearance of God shall be at an end and Fire from Heaven shall devour them Which with my Soul I fervently and tenderly desire you may all escape whom God hath taught to hate your Sin deny your Glory and separate from all your false Worships by his own Light Spirit and Truth and to follow his Dear Son in the Way of Regeneration whose Love to me hath taught me to Love all Mankind and to seek their Salvation Amsterdam the 20 th of the 8 th Month 1677. William Penn. The END