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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43847	The poor widows mite, cast into the Lord's treasury wherein are contained some reasons in the justification of the meetings of the people of God called Quakers with an approbation of several truths held by them, and the ground of dark persecution discussed / written by a woman of the south, who came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of him that is greater than Solomon, and doth a far off behold the happy estate of his friends and servants who stand continually before him, to hear and receive wisdom from him, who is the true Emanuel, now left it should be counted a libel or any should think we dare for own it in the world, I have subscribed my name.	Hincks, Elizabeth.	1671 (1671)	Wing H2050; ESTC R20070	37,177	47

say This is not fairly done To rip up this our misery in the sight of the Sun And as it were for to rejoyce or'e us in this our fall Nor do you put a helping hand to any of us all Answ To this I Answer It is just the measure is your own For the Saints blood some of you drank as lately hath been shown Your mighty men but lately were Merchants of Babylon And dealt in Slaves and Souls of men Alas your City 's gon For tho in Scarlet deckt with Gold with pretious Stones and Pearls And in Fine Linnen cloathed were and lived then like Earls Yet now your Ships and Companies of Sailers which did Trade Within the Sea of Babylon did weep and wail and said Alas alas that great City wherein we rich were made Is like a Mill-stone cast i' th Sea thus God doth us degrade Wherefore O Heaven or'e her rejoyce ye Prophets also too With the Apostels for God hath on her revenged you And your Crafts men with all their Craft no more in her be found Nor yet at all shall there be heard a Mill-stone for to sound Thy Candle-light for evermore exstinguished shall be The voice of Bridegroom and of Bride be heard no more in thee For that thy Merchants they still were the Great Men of the Earth Which by their Sorceries deceiv'd all Nations of their Breath For that in her was found the Blood of Prophets and of Saints And all that were slain on the Earth which brings on her heart-faints Therefore we which in Heaven dwell with voice and one accord Continual Halilujas sing Salvation to the Lord. With Glory Honour and Power let 's praise the Lord of Heaven Whose Judgements just and righteous be he to the Whore hath given For why she did corrupt the Earth with her vile Fornication Gods Servants blood for Vengeance cryes on her abomination Now blood unto her God hath given for that it is her share Yea she is worthy of the same ' cause Saints blood she 'd not spare Object But some may say Why do you thus apply these things to them When you also now Sufferers are which come of Jesses Stem Answ For Answer though we may be slain for the good Word of God And for the Testimony held which we have from the Lord As those Souls under th' Altar which unto the Lord did cry For Vengance on those dwelt on Earth and answer'd Ye must lye Vntil the rest of your fellow-servants and Brethren to Which witnesse bear unto my Name be kill'd as well as you For thus 't was under the fifth Seal the Angel open'd when The Moon was blood the Stars did fall and Sun was hid from men What from the Earth can we expect when Blood 's the light of heaven But Persecution with effect when Stars to it fall even But by the way Observe under the Altar Souls do lye The which the Sacrificer kills and there he doth them tye And so Obedience was lost which was better than any Of all the Sacrifice they made though offer they did many For their Oblations they were vain Incense abomination Nor did God this require of them they being Sodoms Nation When they spread forth their hands to God he fast did close his eyes And though they many Prayers made God did them all despise Their New Moons and their solemn Feasts Assemblies like a flood The Lord had no regard to ' cause their hands were full of Blood It was Jerusalem also that did the Prophets kill And stoned those to them were sent and with blood did fulfil And though they said they would not be partakers with their Fathers In this same bloody Tragedy yet Saints blood they still gather But desolate there House is left Gods Glory from it 's gone For that they have contemnd the Sun which on their Moon hath shone Wherefore they shall not henceforth see the true Light till they say Blessed is he that cometh in the Lord Gods Name alway Object But some of these Objected have against us saying we Have not so much gain-said oppos'd those in our places be So that we cannot choose but think you very flatterers are And as the common Proverb is Your Friends at Court you spare For that it hath observed been the men most godly were Their Congregations you did haunt and ' gainst them rave and tear As then so now those that are bad ' gainst them no word doth spring But those that zealous were and good you made their Churches ring So that we cannot but suppose the Bottom doth design Some Machavillian Policy to be acted in time And if that this be nothing so why do you not still go Into those great Assemblies now the Reason let us know Answer For Answer hereunto I say What man is there so mad To spend his time in the threshing of Bushes They 'r as bad For if one would go vilifie the worst of men there 's nought In them to use the Proverb old that worth a Rush is thought Or who is he that will look for Grapes on the thorny Twiggs Or is there any one that doth of Thistles gather Figgs So that they have no cause to say That we against them were When as that we a threshing went we did not rave or tear For certainly you may suppose we did judge there was Corn Which prompted us to come and thresh and winnow in your Barn And if the grain it did cling fast the chaffe and straw unto The Threshers do not discommend tho they did it undo And though at first the best Corn's made out of the Straw to spring Yet do not you the Thresher blame if it to th' rest they fling For good full Corn it doth rejoyce when Threshers come thereto ' Cause then it knows it shall be put Gods own will for to do And though it be but Oxen which this Corn out do tread Yet by the same they food must have and not be muzzelled It is because Corn's hard and tough that Instruments made be With sharp hard Teeth because plain Tools from the Straw can't it free So those that good and godly were we did them not contemn But what was done was Gods visit did you to us commend For you were counted the lost Sheep of the House Israel Therefore count us not Enemies because Gods Truth we tell And by enquiry you did find of Gods Message worthy Though still we see you hardned be and us reproach daily In the time of Elias though there Widows were a many He to Sareptha's Widow 's sent of others not to any Also in Israel there was much Leprosie on man Yet none at all were cleansed but Naaman the Syrian So that if God did send to cleanse you of your Leprosie Then charge not the Messenger with Machivel-Policy Nor with the Prophet do find fault that doth preserve your store When in great Famine that you were he shew'd you where was more Moreover you may see those men

be freed from sin or death this Doctrine they do preach Whereby we all our Life-time have been kept in misery They also boldly do affirm that Paul he then did lye When unto God he did give thanks which was his strength and stay For that he had deliverance through Jesus Christ the Way And though Paul in his Agony did ask the question so From this Body of sin and death Who shall deliver Who This question it was only writ ' cause he would answer make Who was the alone Deliverance and for whose onely sake For none such tender pitty had to the poor wretched man To bind his wounds and 's wants supply but th' good Samaritan Who poured oyl into his wounds set him on his own Beast And brought him unto Christs own Inne the place of all Souls Rest With Wounds bound up and Charges paid this Love the Lord doth send With Stock laid in for future time what the poor Soul should spend Now shall not Paul when he is cleans'd and other Leapers to Return and give to God the thanks to whom alone t is due With David also come and tell what for his soul is done And that no Condemnation is in Jesus Christ Gods Son For they now walk not after flesh another Law they have The which of Spirit is and Life that doth their poor Souls save And this doth also set them free from Flesh Law Sin and Death And makes dry Bones together come for God sends for his Breath Which is the Gospel-Power of God which those Ministers hide Whose minds the God of this World blinds lest he should be espide Thus they go forth and People tell from sin they can't be freed Whilst on this side the Grave we are So their Lord's Lord indeed So making void the mighty Power of the Emanuel Who came to save People from sin Lyes of him they do tell As if his Hand were shortned and weakned were his Power Or that the World the Divels were for to rule every hour Whereas all Power in Heaven and Earth unto the Son is given And he must surely Raign on Earth though's Enemies have striven Him to oppose yet if not here Oh where shall Gods Son Raign For all his Enemies Death and Hell shall every one be slain For he must Rule till these be brought under his feet then shall The Son his Kingdom re-assigne and God be all in all So stop your mouths you Messengers that are Satanical For the Lords Christ is come to Raign his Rule must be your Fall And all your mighty Captains to which are of his Empire For Dragon Beast False Prophet to shall be cast in the fire For the Lords Christ came to destroy all the works of the Devil That Righteousness E'relasting may be brought from all that 's evil And if he were not to destroy his works in this world wrought What other World doth he work in that any out have sought When he his Messengers and Works are all cast in the fire What Works can he or they then do that any can desire 'T is also in this wicked World Gods Grace Salvation brings Teaching us worldly Lusts to shun and each ungoly thing And in this present world to live godly and soberly And to relieve in Righteousness the fatherless thereby The Widow likewise to visit this is Religion pure From the Worlds spots thus to keep clear the Devil can't endure And if all this you can't believe take your own evidence Of your own Doctrine the result and Catachistick sence Whereby this Truth it is confirm'd ' gainst all to be the same Where Children they are taught to say what 's promis'd in their name That the Devil and AL his works they must and will forsake And AL the Pomps and Vanities of this world leave to take And AL the sinful Lusts also of the Flesh which do rise ALL these they must be now forsook that did their hearts surprize And these not only to be left but they Gods Word must keep And his holy Commandements all their Life not in sleep This Christian Article of Faith they must fully believe Though they themselves their works destroy yet this to learn they give Oh is no here Babel built now anon pull'd down again This is the Dialect they speal of Sounds this is the strain Object But some may say For all this yet Paul in his flesh did feel A Prick Buffeting of Satan and this God did not heal Answ All this is true in his Warfare Pricks in the flesh he may And Buffetings of Satan to who sought him to destroy For when that ●e a Souldier was of Satan on his side He then with might did Persecute Christians could not abide And like his Master went about roaring for to devour And Letters had from the High Priest to take all in his Power And said himself He was e'en mad ' gainst all on God did call He went from house to house and did them unto Prison hall Now all this time there was no cause Satan should buffet Saul Till that he had his Champion lost and was convert to Paul And now who otherwise can think but Paul bufft'ed must be by his old Master that he serv'd now they do not agree Moreover must not Paul now have the measure he hid give And now the Wheel's upon him turn'd till the Lord him relieve So this no evil was in Paul nor ought that was unjust Though to the Lord he three times sought ' cause he did on him trust This seeking to the Lord did shew who had the power and might And that himself was but weakness 't was God must for him fight The Answer was he should not Fear sufficient was his Grace Him to defend and Courage give his Enemies to face He now must be a Souldier for his new Master t is right Therefore with Pricks and Buffets to his old Master doth fight Against him in temptation in raising of his mind To glory in the things he saw to which before he 's blind But by the Shield of Faith he did defend himself from evil And quenched hath the fiery darts cast at him from the Devil And Gods Light Armour on he put with the Sword of the Spirit The Helmet of Salvation to all 's Free here is no Merit So with this Armour and Weapon Paul did fight a good fight Against the Devil kept the Faith by Gods Pow-er and Might And by this Faith he did resist the Devil and made him fly And in this Faith the Victory got also a Crown thereby The which the Righteous God will give unto his Souldiers all That under this his Banner fight and on his Name do call So all may see that this was not an evil then in Paul But Souldiers marks of Jesus Christ the which we must bear all And his seeking thus unto God is as a sucking Child That seeketh for its Mothers Breast that is tender and mild And when the Child had suckt its

is Gods Candlestick in which his Candle 's set And lighteth those be in the House and is for others yet The Woman having lost her piece of silver sought with pain And when that she had found it out t' her Neighbours cryes amain Contented not within her self these favours up to frowl But she must tell to others to what is done for her Soul This was the Sheep that went astray into the Wilderness But the good Shepherd he is come and brought it to the rest Oh therefore Neighbours neighbours come let us rejoyce together And praises in his House let 's sing for ever and for ever This is the HIVE also to which the BEES do honey bring Which they do gather from God's Flowers there they together sing Which is to him a savory thing and pleasant to his Heart Because 't is what comes from himself in us he doth it dart This is the Sacrifice of god which in them doth arise Being from broken contrite hearts God will it not despise Hither the Virgins Wise also are altogether come Each having Oyl in his Vessel tho in their Lamps burns some These Lamps being altogether trim'd they do make a great Light Which is the brightness of Gods Love held forth to Peoples sight To this bright rising all must come which is as Heavens Gate And with Oyl in their Vessels wait lest they do come too late This is the place that is dreadful in which Gods presence is Were two or three together be to praise the Name that 's his This needs must be the House of God where Angels do descend And those that meet in Gods pure fear he doubtless will defend This is not any New thing now as if 't had never been But this hath been in in Ages past as plainly hath been seen This is the House that David lov'd even the dwelling place Wherein Gods honour still remains in hearts full fraught with Grace And David bud all here to come and that with one accord Who God did fear to them he 'll tell the goodness of the Lord. What for his Soul the Lord had done which he for him did save Which was the Branch of Jesse Stem and rais'd him from the Grave Because he would not suffer him being his holy One That ought to him belonging should ere see corruption Therefore for this doth Davids Preach and to the living tell In the great Congregation of Saints that do excel In whom was only his delight which faithful were and true And that in Virtue did excel whose hearts God had made New These are the Living Waters which are both the last and first Therefore must all that seek for Life come here to quench their thirst Without money and without price Come ye do buy and eat Both Wine and Milk Why do you spend money for that 's no meat And your Labour also for that which doth not satisfie For it is not the Bread of Life therefore you eat and dye But hark with diligence to God oat ye that which is good And let your Soul delight it self in fatness it s own food Incline your ear yea come and hear and then your Souls shall live The Covenant sure of Mercy pure of David he will give Our Meetings they do witness Him that must the People lead And he is our Commander to our Peace Light Life and Bread Thus being met in Gods pure fear we then the Cysterns are Which he of living water clear doth send to us from far And therefore from this evil to when that it doth appear All People we advise to come from Cysterns are not clear For these be such Men to themselves who have forsook the Lord Hewed the which no Water will of Life to them afford These Meetings also Malachy did speak of in his time Wherein they that did fear the Lord and were all of one mine Vnto each other oft did speak to which the the Lord gave ear And then a Book of remembrance he wrote as doth appear For that they are and shall be his for ever he 'll them spare As Man doth spare his serving Son for they are Jewels rare These Meetings then were also kept in such an evil time When none but th' wicked were set up for goodness was a crime The Proud were then the Happy oalld wicked workers set up Yet then Gods People they did Meet tho Sufferings were their Cup. Bethesdas Pool a figure was of this our Meeting Place Whereas both Lame and Blind must wait for Gods descending Grace And in much patience wait his Will till that the Angel move And the Waters with virtue fill to heal this is Gods Love And therefore be not too hasty but wait upon Gods leasure For all Infirmities he heals and therein taketh pleasure Samarias Mountain t is likewise wherein is Jacobs Well Which springs forth to 〈◊〉 Life of this many can tell Here is the true Ho-ly Water of Life both pure and clear This is not that the Pope doth make wherewith he men doth jear But this is that that God doth give whereof when men do drink Out of their Belly Rivers flow much more than they can think Here when Gods People they do Meet whose zeal is as a flame Which maketh oft their hearts to burn wh●… declares his Fame Of which the Scripture it is full yet is a Book that 's seald Which neither learnt nor unlearned to any hath reveald For the Veil being or'e their heart when Moses he is read How then can they know Christs own day though it be prophesi'd Though precept upon precept be yet they are nere the near And Line upon line they see not being without Gods Fear Of this Isaiah did complain and grievd for in his time This was the cause of Ignorance and darkness of the mine A sinful Nation he them call'd a seed of evil-doers Who had the Lord forsaken and in corrupt wayes were goers So laden with iniquity those things they did not know Which daily unto them was read their Veil did blind them so For Rulers they of Sodom were which is the Earthly Power Inhabitants of Gomorrah which cloggs them every hour So all these wicked worldly things that are set in the heart Must all with Gods pure fire be burnt though man do feel the smart Yea be moved out of its place by Gods Almighty Power For this same power of God alone will all of it devour And this Word-fire the virtue hath not only for to burn But give Light Life yea Heat and Power to them that of it learn And therefore tho dark cold and dead without power or strength Yet come to this Light Living-Word 't will raise you all at length We therefore in our Meetings have known this Refiners fire Which is to take off all the dross from it do not retire For as in outward fire we see when coals abroad be spread The Light the Life and Heat goes out and all comes to be dead But when