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judgement_n	according_a	judge_v	righteousness_n	1,406	5	7.1256	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

condemnation and such a Government will stand for the praise of them that doe well and encouraging of the upright but if such bear rule and handle the Law which know not God nor is not ruled by him these will abuse the Law and will be a terrour to righteousnesse and good works and will strengthen the hands of evill doers and will let vice and wickednes escape unpunished This I speak in love to all your soules to the informing of all your minds that you may know your place and how to exalt justice and judgement the light of the Son of God by which every man is lighted is but one in all just righteous and equall the same in him that hates it and transgresses the righteous Law as it is in him that loves it and judges all transgressions And this light of Christ by which all men is lightned is the seate of justice and of true judgement and the ground of all good wholsome Laws and every Law that is contrary to it is for condemnation by it Therefore I say waite in the light by which you are lightned to receive the pure Law of God to judge all causes by and make no Law in your own wills nor act not in such Laws made by the will of man for such Laws is oppression and tyranny lodges in them and false judgement and such God hath and will cast out who acted from that ground So be ye warned by their fall and judge not after your own thoughts nor sensuall carnall wisdome nor follow not your own wills nor the counsell of your own hearts but stand in Gods counsell and fear his name and tremble at his presence and waite to be guided by him in his holy Law which all unrighteous counsells and vaine affections and false judgements will condemn in your own hearts then you will truly know how to judge your brethren in equity righteousnes how to reward well doers how to punish evil doers according to the measure of their transgressions and according to the light in their own consciences by which they being convinced from your Law of the evill of their transgression will confesse your Law and judgement to be just and equall and you to be righteous Judges here you judge for God and bears not the sword in vaine but is a terror to transgressours and to the disobedient and lawlesse against which the Law was onely added to slay unrighteousnesse but it was not made for the righteous whose consciences are exercised towards God and towards man by the pure Law of God written in the heart and upon such and over such your Law hath no power for they are one and in union with that Law which is righteous and doth witnesse the justnesse and goodnesse and holinesse of it but if you make a Law in your own wills and judge by such a Law then you will make the innocent suffer and oppresses them who walks in the Law of God and in the exercise of a pure conscience Christ was put to death by such a Law and the Saints in all generations was persecuted by such Laws which was made in the will of man contrary to the will and Law of God therefore take heed to your selves least God hew down you and your Law together and condemn you by his righteous Law eternally which Law of God needs not to be made but is made already and to be witnessed by the light in every mans conscience to justification or condemnation and is revealed in all that love righteousnesse So take heed what you doe and know your place and the length and breadth of your Law which is committed to you which is to keep the outward man in good order and the Nations in peace and truth and from theft and murder and adultery and fighting and quarrelling and drunkenesse and wronging one another and such like such who acts these things walks contrary to the light and so brings themselves under the penalty of the Law but over the inward man your Law which is outward hath no power to bind to limit or to tie too or from any way of worship in Religion but let Religion defend it selfe and lay not your Law upon the conscience to exercise dominion over it for it is Christs seat in whom he will rule least you be found tyrants and numbred for destruction nor limit not the Spirit of the Lord how when where and by whom it must speak for the holy men of God in all ages ever cryed against such Laws as was contrary to the Law of God and did limit the Spirit of the Lord and against such Rulers as did judge false judgement and for gifts and rewards and against such Priests and Prophets as preached for hire and divined for money and sought for their gaine from their quarter and made a prey upon the people and through coveteousnesse made merchandize of soules therefore be ye warned if such you uphold by a Law which acts those things which the Scripture declares against which the holy men of God gave forth by his Spirit the Scripture which you professe shall stand a witnesse against you and the Law of God will condemn you and God will lay your honour in the dust and cast you out of the seat of Judgement as he hath done the power of the King Bishops before you but judge the cause of the poor needy of the widow fatherles joyn mercy with judgment and lay your swords upon oppression and all tyranny and wrong dealing that the land may be cleansed of evill doers and equity and righteousnesse may flow down and the Nation in good order may be kept in peace and righteousnesse and so God will establish you among his children who are taught of him alone and are far from oppression to the light of God in all your consciences I doe speak which if you make Laws contrary to it and judge contrary to it it is the eternall condemnation of you and of your Lawes and judgement And remember you are warned in your life time and my conscience is cleared to you and in the day of the Lord you shall witnesse me to be true and this to be the word of the Lord to you whether you will hear or forbear Written to you by a friend of righteousnesse and true judgement from the Spirit of the Lord as moved of him in love to all your soules to go abroad among the heads and Rulers and Judges in Dublin and else where through the Nation of Ireland from one who is called a Quaker by scorners whose name in the flesh is Edw Burrough Written at Dublin the 23 of the 8 month 1655. And now O ye Heads and Rulers happy had you been if you had taken the counsel of the Lord and submitted to have obeyed his word which came to you as moved of him but in that you have neglectted have made Laws in your will exercised Lordship over the

wickednesse and in the steps of all the false Prophets and of the Scribes and Pharisees fulfilling their measure of wickednes and persecution against them is the wrath of God kindled to consume them as stubble they preach for hire and they divine for money and they seek for their gaine from their quarter and they run and was never sent and you are not profited by them but are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Awake ye Professors God calls unto you give eare unto his voyce Come out of Babylon and turne unto Sion that her desolate places may be builded you wander abroad in the darknesse groping as blind men your profession will wither and all your knowledge will consume away and your righteousnesse is abomnation to the Lord your praying God hates and your oblations is a wearinesse to him for you are in the enmity against God and the Serpents head is not bruised Come down ye Cedars who are exalted above the Crosse of Christ and make not a cloak of the Saints words to cover your unrighteousnesse grievous is your Idolatry who have painted your selves with the likenesse of the Saints life and bows to the Image set up in your imaginations drawing near God with your mouths but with your hearts going after your coveteousnesse Repent the day of the Lord is coming upon all flesh and meet the Lord and prepare his way and bow your heads you lofty Oakes who saith in your hearts you are the onely people but your lying hearts deceives you and you are found naked and without a covering All ye that desire after the way of the Lord of all sorts of people who are simple and honest hearted whether prophane or professor you have a day of visitation from the Lord yet stretched forth unto you Come ye unto the Lord and forsake all your lovers lay aside your evill hearts which hath led you aside from the way of salvation and now learne the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdome and mind the one thing needfull which is of great prize even the salvation of your soules presse after and come out of the broad way of perdition wherein the world goes on to destruction and enter into the straight way where the unclean walks not cease from all the deceitfull wayes and worships of the world and love truth and walk in simplicity Cease from all your Idoll Temples for God dwells not in them but his Saints are his Temples wherein he dwells and walks cease from all your Idoll worships and feigned prayers and praises for God is not worshipped in vaine traditions as in observing dayes and times and outward things but in Spirit and truth is he worshipped and such he seeks to worship him and a broken spirit and an upright heart is accepted with him Cease from all your Idoll Shepheards and Priests of Baal that preaches for hire and divines for money and seeks for their gaine from their quarter for they profit not the people at all who are ever learning while they live upon earth and none able to come to the knowledge of the truth therefore cease from man and wait upon the Lord who is now risen to teach his people by his Spirit in his way of truth and righteousnesse in his peace and purity where his blessing is received from his presence which is with all that fear him Therefore awake awake out of darknesse and love not to slumber in the dark night which long hath ruled over you this is the day of your returne and of your visitation wherein the Lord would gather you Therefore resist not the love of the Lord wherein he calls you to repentance from dead works to serve him in righteousnesse but every one turne your minds inward to the light of Christ Jesus wherewith every one of you is lightned which light is it which convinceth you of sin and lets you see your evill deeds and whom you have served and how you have spent your time the light shines in darknesse and reveals unto you the secret intents of your dark hearts and doth secretly reprove the wicked purposes of your minds with this light in your consciences your sins are written and all that ever you have done is recorded and this light shall be the swift witnesse of the condemnation of the wicked in the day of the Lord and by it all your works will be brought to remembrance and your sins will be set in order before you to receive judgement by Christ Jesus And here is the free love and gift of God unto you who hath given you a light to guide you in his way if you own it and wait in it it will manifest the judgements of God against sin in you and will condemn sin in your flesh and will reveal the righteousnesse of God to be your covering if you dwell in the light it is your teacher and way unto life eternall and if you bring all your deeds to it it will reprove every evill word and work and give you discerning of things that differ it will manifest the secretest deceit of your hearts and the windings of the Serpent and will be judge thereof till unrighteousnesse be taken away and a birth brought forth from above and born of another nature and seed which if you be not born againe you cannot enter into the Kingdome of God Therefore in the fear of the Lord all consider and search your selves in tender love to all your soules I write You must be judged in the flesh that you may be justified in the Spirit and you must be made poor and emptied of all your knowledge and wisdome that you may be filled and made truly wise So if you believe in Christ Jesus the light and life of the world your hearts will be cleansed by the word of God which endures for ever and the Covenant of peace will be established with you where sin is no more remembred being condemned so now you have all time this is to you all a warning as I was moved of the Lord Repent the dreadfull day is at hand and meet the Lord by confessing and forsaking your sins and prepare the way of the Lord his coming draweth near least his judgements come upon you unawares and his wrath sweep you away in fury and your Nation become more cursed then the rest All your applying of Christs righteousnesse while your selves are sinners is to no purpose for no hypocrite can enter into life nor none that works wickednesse hath eternall life abiding in them but are in the death which hath passed over all men and the curse remaineth upon the disobedient and all in the first nature are children of wrath Therefore every one wait in the light that you may be changed and take up the daily Crosse of Christ that your own wills affections lusts and desires may be crucified and you may become dead to the world and may live unto God in his

conscience and have limited the Lord and have purposed to be a terror to good and strengthned the wicked and have not regarded the will of God but have persecuted and imprisoned the innocent and judged after your own hearts therefore according to the word of the Lord your blood will be upon your own heads for you have not taken warning and I am clear thereof for ever An Exhortation sent to the chiefe Commander and his Counsell and the just cause of the Innocent laid at their door WE who are servants of the Lord of Hosts who is the Protector of heaven and earth we who stand in his fear and knows his counsell are moved of him who lives for ever who is I am and there is none besides him to clear our consciences and our Lords truth from the lies and slanders which are cast upon us and the good way of the Lord which envious Spirits who are proud and knows nothing that cannot abide sound doctrine doth reproach and slander us and by false accusations lay things to our charge which we never knew therefore we being innocent and clear cannot but deny and bear witnesse against all those proceedings which is not according to the Law of righteousnesse and equity and lay them at your door whom it nearly concernes Unto thee Henry Cromwell who is Commander in chiefe for the affaires of Ireland and to thy Counsell we write We have seen two severall Warrants under your hands dated at Dublin and in them both you say you have received information at your board of great disorders and disturbances of late in the County of Corke and places adjacent by Francis Howgill and Edward Burrough This we say unto you Your Informer hath declared an untruth at your board and we desire that you may make it appear wherein we have made any disturbance or disorder all these things in your Warrents we denie and doe charge you in the name of the God of justice to send for them that so informed you that have so abused you and are so bold and impudent as to declare unto you any such thing and so hath caused you to bring guilt upon your selves in sending out your Warrants to bring the Innocent before your judgement seat and caused us to be dragged a hundred miles from place to place as malefactors and as though we had done some criminall act and when we have come before you you had nothing to lay to our charge but hath endeavoured to give sentence of banishment of us out of your Nation who are free born English men and have alwayes been faithfull and true to the Common-wealths interest from first to last even untill now neither have been burthen some to your Nation nor transgressed any known Law of the Nation and you have judged us before our accusers come and herein you doe us great injustice and you act contrary to the Law of equity and that which you your selves in your own case would not allow to that in all your consciences I speak Oh that ever you should thus requite the Lord for his love and mercy in breaking the yoak of the oppressor from off your necks and now power is given into your hands to relieve the Innocent and to set the oppressed free to execute judgement and righteousnesse upon the transgressors whom the Law is against and this doth God require of you that his will may be done and your wills denyed that so the Nation may be established in righteousnesse and that your latter end may be better then your beginning but if you goe on in the way you are beginning and turne justice backward and let equity fall in the streets and not suffer judgement to enter then misery will be your end Woe is me for you have all forgotten the rock from whence you were hewn and the deliverances of the Lord to you in the time of distresse yea you have forgotten and your hearts are lifted up and by your policy think to establish your own wills and to limit the holy one a way and set up your standard by his and trust in the arme of flesh what is become of the liberty of tender consciences you have spoken of and we have engaged with you to purchase and is it ended in this Oh horrible hypocrisie that they who bear witnesse against all sin and iniquity and against all deceit that they should now be made a prey of And we charge all in the name of the living God in Ireland to convince us of evill or the transgression of any Law and if it cannot be done let none lay hold on us to abridge us of our liberty least you bring guilt upon your selves And doe not take counsell at them ●or hold them up who are hirelings and in the steps of the false Prophets walks and in the error of Balaam who speaks for gifts and rewards who in all generations resisted every appearance of God in his Saints and now would make all bow to their Image and they bend their tongues and reports lies and makes lies their refuge the hand of the dreadfull God of Heaven and earth is against them yea the Lord will thunder from Heaven against them they shall be blown away in the whirle wind of Gods wrath who have perverted the way of the Lord because they stand not in the counsell of the Lord but flatter you as they have done the Princes in all generations till all was laid wast together Woe is me for you have you consulted have you taken counsell together against the Lord and his servants whom he hath sent unto you and doe ye thus requite the Lord already Have you sent out your decree to shut out and root out the seed of Jacob in a day whom the Lord hath made choice of above all the families of the earth surely your decree will be broken and your cords will be but as a bulrush for them whom you now set at nought is precious in the eyes of the Lord and unto our God shall you bow and worship at his feet Consider if there be any honesty left among you what is become of all the persecutors of old what became of the Bishops and what became of that power that held them up are they not all sunk as a stone into the Sea and become a reproach And will you tell of reformation and yet act in the same footsteps if you go on you are at the bank of destruction and at the sides of the pit and you will be made as a ruinous heap and as desolate as mount Esau which is a place for Dragons was not persecution ever blind would they ever own themselves to be such for verily if you knew us you would not have done so unto us When Herod stretched out his hand to vex certaine of the Church the next you hear of him he is eaten up of worms the dread of the Lord of Hosts is upon all the proud and lofty and high oaks and the