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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66857	From the shepherd of Israel, to the Bishops in England with some queries and councell to all courtiers, and judges, &c, that they incense not King Charles against the Lords heritage : also, the breathings of the seed, and crie of his own elect, that his people may be preserved, which he cannot but hear, because of the incercession of his spirit, poured out upon his off-spring : this I believe, therefore I speak : also, the arise of the beast, false prophet, and anti-christ, and who they are, and what their work is, declared : and the everlasting gospell preached again to all nations, kindreds and people, and the beast and false prophet, which deceived them taken and destroyed, the accuser of the brethren cast out, and judged / given forth by Humphry Woolrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3292; ESTC R15081	14,691	16

is under-neath in which the Shepherd of Israel doth carry his Lambs can be known or wrought with by you I say till this eye be opened and a new tongue be unloosed ye are but blind Watch-men and Leaders of the blind into the Ditch and horrible Pit and Dumb Shepherds that gather not the Sheep and out-cast of Israel but such as the Prophet speakes of That fed themselves with the fat and cloath with the finest of the wool and bewrayed him that wandereth ye gather not the out-cast but with force and cruelty scatter the flock which his own blood hath purchased The eye being blinded that should put a difference between the Precious and the Vile the Sheep and the Goates the Diseased and the Whole the Strong and the Weak This is a great work O Friends to watch for the soul The world by wisdom nor the learned by outward learning know not the soul of man nor what it is that the Anguish and pain is upon but he that made it knoweth the frame thereof and he that breathed into it the breath of Life his eye which is the Light seeth and knoweth it altogether such knowledge is too wonderful for me that when this eye is awakened I am satisfied therewith O blessed is that eye that seeth and is satisfied therewith O this is the eye that runs to and fro thorough the whole earth and seeth the secret thoughts of all your hearts in your bed-chambers your Councel against the Lords people is not hid from it in the darkest night that ever came he seeth our innocency and knoweth how we are wronged by being numbred with transgressors Is this the way to convert us to God as Whipping Persecuting and Imprisoning to the spoiling both of our bodies goods Well this is the way they took with Christ our Lord and Master I say thus was it in the Green tree and with the Master of the Family and generall Assembly but not to convert us were we unconverted but we are on the earth though not of it and our bodies in prison though our Spirits are at liberty and he that was dead now liveth and is ascended out of the reach of all Persecutors I say after he was who is ascended and all power in heaven and earth given unto him and he had received gifts for men having led Captivity that which did Captivate and he having spoiled Principalities and Powers by the power and virtue of his Resurrection he being ascended which first descended into the lowest parts of the earth he that was in the the pit death hell and the grave being made a little lower than the Angels I say when he was glorified with the same glory he had with the Father before the world of iniquity began then he gave some Apostles Bishops and Teachers Mark not Lord Bishops over the faith of Gods heritage but for the perfecting of the Saints and edifying the body of Christ untill they all came into the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man in Christ Mark untill he be formed unto the measure and Stature of the fulness of Christ that they should be no more Children tossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine to turn again into such beggarly Rudements as the observing of dayes new Moones or Sabboths or abstaining from meats the forbidding of which the Apostle calls a Doctrine of Devills which God hath created and commanded to be eaten and nothing to be refused by them that are come to Christ and in him believe who is the Body and End of all Shadows and the Word that Sanctifies the Meats who is the Everlasting day in which the Children of the Light do walk as it is written and witnessed in these latter dayes of the man of sin The Children of the Lord shall be taught of the Lord in whose Light the Nations of them that are saved shall walk and great shall be the Peace and Assurance of his children in that day it shall be unto them a good day and a Joyful day a day of Feasting and Gladness of Heart a Good day and a Holy day a day of Praise and Thanksgiving wherein the wicked shall cease from Troubling and where the weary shall be at Rest there the Prisoners rest together and hear not the voyce of the oppressor Consider ye that are Commanding to abstain from Meats which God hath commanded to be eaten and commanding to Swear and Observes dayes which God hath forbiden saying Six dayes shalt thou labour and do all thy work O will ye limit the Lords people that are in the Truth and such who stand in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free Will ye Judge them in Meats and condemn about Holy dayes of your own making as ye call them are ye wiser than God or must the Precepts of men be observed rather than the Commandements of God who saith by his Spirit that must not be limited All things are lawful to be eaten by them that know the Truth O what is your end that God must not be hearkened unto is not filthy luker your end that can for mony sell a Dispensation to do that which your Law condemneth as unlawful and what must the poor do that are sick and have scarce mony to buy meat much less to buy a licence to eat it let all these Laws be disanul'd and those Statutes that are contrary to the Statutes of God be established by you no longer upon any pretence whatsoever And for these things that are Righteous and Good and because we cannot break Christs Commands no other thing can be justly charged against us how are we drawn from our families Husbands from their Wices and Wives from their Children England never saw the like leaving them desolate without any helper in the earth as Sheep for the Slaughter so are we killed all the day long and counted as the off-Scowring of all things for Righteousness Sake because we follow him Who is the Lord our Righteousness obey his Righteous Commands rather than the Unrighteous Precepts and Commandements of men therefore are we Persecuted and Hated by them that know not our Innocency and judged not meet to live upon the earth And to hide themselves The Cry is as in all ages the Persecutors have done against the Lords People and Heritage They are Enemies to the King or no Friends to the present Government or else as the cry is now against the dispised Quakers Deceivers Deceivers such As destroy all good Laws and Government this was done in the green tree and this was done against the Apostles in Generations past and in this present age the cry is These are the false Christs and false Prophets that Christ said should come Mat. 24. v. 5 24. Now let all people consider the Scripture in the first Epistle of John chap. the 2. ver 18 19 26. chap. 4. ver 1 2 3 5. Read these Scriptures and you shall

Rememberance with the Lord and her flesh shall be burned with fire and the Beast and false Prophet which have deceived the Nations shall be taken and east alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone and the Merchants of the earth shall mourn and such as trade by Sea and are made rich with her Merchandise shall weep bitterly and shall say Alas alas That great City that great City that was cloathed in fine linen Mark this fine linen is not the Righteousness of the Saints but the paint of the Harlot gone from God Purple and Scarlet and decked with Gold and precious Stones and Pearls for in one hour so great Riches is come to nought and every Ship-Master Mark ye Watermen who are unstable And all the Companies in Ships and Sailers and as many as trade by Sea stood afar off and oryed when they saw the smoak of her burning saying What City is like to this great City And amighty Angel took up a Stone like a great Milstone and cast it into the Sea saying Thus with violence shall this great City Babylon be thrown and shall be found no more at all and the light of the Candle shall shine no more in her for it shall be put out And the voyce of the Bridegroom and of the Bride shall be heard no more at all in thee for thy Merchants were the great Men of the Earth Mark the great Men of the Earth traded with her and drank her Cup in whom was found the blood of Prophets and of Saints And of all that were slain upon the Earth for by her sorceries were all Nations Deceived wherefore rejoyce euer her thou Heavens and be glad of heart you Saints for evermore Rejoyce you holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath avenged your blood on her Now all you great men in England be wise Ye Judges and you Councellers receive Instructions from the Lord Counsel is better than Stength and Wisdom better than Weapons of War but your Strength nor the Strength of your King is not to imprison the Seed of Abraham and children of the Promise and Heirs of the Kingdom and World that hath no end should you not rather stand up and make Reconciliation between the Lord and his people as Moses did and lift up the prisoner out of the pit and gather all into the Light Christ to whom the gathering of the people shall be Now if you say We persecute you not you keep not the Kings Law my answer is if Haman were clear of the Jewes destruction Esther 3 ever the more because of the Kings Decree and a Law made against them then are you clear of our sufferings also Why would you make us beleive the Word of a King is nothing worth who hath promised We should live in the liberty of a good Conscience in his Dominions so long as we lived peaceably which hitherto we have and ever shall do for herein do we exercise our selves dayly to have a Conscience void of offence both towards God and man And if you harm us for that which is good Christs light in your conscience will condemn you but was not KING CHARLES mis-informed as King Ahashuerus was by Haman that Courtier who told the King the people of God were not fit to live in his Dominions and are not we as greatly wronged by some of you as the Jewes were by Haman ver 8. There is a certaine people said Haman Scattered and Dispersed among the people in all the Provinces of thy Kingdom and their Lawes mark they did Woship another God are divers from all people neither keep they the Kings lawes which was that all should bow to Haman much like that law That none should meet together in Spirit to Worship the Lord. And this is my case who hath been a prisoner 18 weeks nothing laid to my charge but the keeping on my Hat to Richard Brown Mayor of London so called whether such thing ought to be suffered by the King and his Councel the Lord be Judge Therefore consider ye Judges is this the way of the Judge of all the Earth or the way to Establish the Kings Throne nay the Lord sees it and will plead our innocencie who hath said The Kings Throne is Established in Righteousness Or could the Courtiers pertaining to King Darius be clear of Daniells being cast into the Lyons Den then you may be clear of so many thousands of us being cast into Prisons and Dens as it is at this day Read Dan. 6.5 Then these Presidents and Princes said We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the Law of his God Then they came and told the King The Governours and Princes the Councellers and the Captaines have consulted together to Establish a Royal Statute and to make a firm Decree That whosoever shall as any Petition of any God or Man save of thee O King for thirty dayes he shall be cast into the Den of Lyons Wherefore King Darius Sealed the Writing and the Decree Now Daniel did not forbear worshiping his God as we do not forbear meeting together because of the Kings Decree therefore came his Enemies and accused Daniel as our enemies accuse us that we are dis-regarders of the King and his Law Now little did Darius know what designe these men did pursue that their envy was rather against Daniel then to honour the King though they did pretend it was for his honour that they made such a Royall Decree as they called it But when the King heard these things how was he displeased with himself and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him and he laboured tell the going down of the Sun to deliver him but could not Now let all Flatterers be warned and Proud men take heed how they incense KING CHARLES against the Lords people or endeavour to destroy them whom the Lord hath blessed and let them know they are but men and our God whom we serve and worship notwithstanding the Kings Command to the contrary is the living and true God and his Arm is not shortned but he is the same as ever he was in the dayes of Mordecay Esther 3. or in the dayes of Daniel Daniel 6.22 And therefore the Sons of Jacob shall not be consumed though they may suffer persecution many dayes yet shall they not be forsaken but out of all Tribulation shall the Lord deliver them and save them from the hand of the violent man And now to your consideration by whom we suffer whether as evil doers or well doers the Lord is Judge and knoweth right-well I propound these few Questions in the fear of the Lord. First Whether to observe Dayes and Times were not the sin of Manasses who filled Jerusalem with Innocent blood and whether to Imprison spoile our bodyes and goods for opening our shops and working on the six dayes be not contrary to the Command of God which saith expresly Six dayes shalt thou labour and do