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A40525	A visitation by way of declaration unto the manifestation of the spirit in you rulers and heads of these nations both Parliaments, officers, and souldiers, that are in arms and authority to do service for the Common-Wealth outwardly. Amongst whom I formerly have had my conversation about thirteen or fourteen years, and with many of them I have often engaged against the enemies of the peace and liberties of the honest people of these nations, and that some of the old officers and souldiers may very well remember. From a true lover of your souls, that loves to do justice, and all that join with them, known unto the children of men by this name, Joseph Fuce.	Fuce, Joseph.	1659 (1659)	Wing F2258A; ESTC R220311	7,863	8

together and Agitators were chosen as well of private Souldiers as Officers and then there was a great cry against oppression and engaging one another against a King or House of Lords and at randezvouz's there were great outcryes for Justice with a great shouting saying one and all Justice Justice but when the House of Lords were dissolved and the King beheaded and all opposers of the work which you promised to do were subdued to outward appearance now take notice what hindered the Parliament and Army then that they could not do the work which they had vowed promised and engaged both unto God and the well-affected people in these Nations for to do I shall make mention of some of the chief particulars Some of the chief Officers of the Army they lov'd to be honoured by men others they coveted to be rich and others they went into pleasures as Hunting Bowling and sporting themselves in the day time when they should have paid their vows unto the Lord by fulfilling their promises and others into carelesness and ease in the fleshly mind others into oppression talking of reformation and seeking as the pharisees did to have the praise of men And others were turned unto a measure of the true light in their consciences and bore a testimony for the Lord against evil doings and most of us came out and were turned out from amongst you for the truth's sake when we had finished and were finishing our testimony And so you may see your foes were them of your own hearts at the last and in that time the Parliament lent their ears unto the priests that sought their gain from their quarter that came flattering with their Petitions for Augmentations because they are greedy and never have enough Isa 56 11. And the Parliament were so deceived by their good words and fair speeches that they went from their work which was to do justice in taking off oppression and in their dark minds set themselves to grope after Religion thinking to settle that without man which the Lord by his power alone setleth in the hearts of his people but there about the Parliament sate a long time dreaming until Oliver Cromwel turned them out of the House And thus they were deceived by the subtilty of the Serpent which hearkened unto the priests And after there was another Parliament which did begin as if they would have done something for the Common-Wealth for they began to consider the great oppression of tythes which the Popes power caused to be taken from the people unjustly to uphold their unrighteous Worship But you may remember very well how the priests did flock together and ride and run and so bestirred themselves with their flattering titles and their deceit unto the Rulers fearing greatly they should loose the inheritance which the Pope their Father in the time of popery most unjustly took from the people and gave unto the Jesuits and so tythes came unto these priests that are of the Popes stock But those children of the Romish Whore the false Church did so prevail with the Rulers that they got that Parliament suddenly turned forth and then there were inventions to strengthen the old papists Laws by which the Lords people hath been grievously oppressed for some of the priests hath taken near ten times as much as is their due according to the Popes allowance at the first yet the priests were not satisfied but still thirsted after blood And lastly there was a Parliament to be chosen and then the priests stirred again exceedingly crying when men were mentioned to sit in Parliament Are they for tythes So that if the honest people had made mention of moderate men they could not chuse such in many places because the multitude that follow the priests were the most in number and so chused the greater part of the Members which some thought they would have satisfied the priests thirst with blood and they proceed not onely to oppress the Lords people called Quakers but they sought to oppress all others that differed from them both Army and all well-affected people thereunto belonging and then in due time were they discovered unto you that did return the eyes of your minds in a little unto that noble principle which did once stir you up against persecution for conscience-sake and that did manifest unto you your unfaithfulness in not performing what you had promised to do and some of you did make a pretty honest confession although others might oppose you in that thing as they have done in other things that were honest But consider had you done before what you have begun and now pretend to do then could not you and many others have seen not scarce have believed that the priests and their chief followers had been such cruel oppressing tyrants and blood-thirsty ones as they have manifested themselves to be that now you may say when any ple●deth for them By their fruits we know them whatever any say of them And again take notice Would many have believed that God would have manifested his power so wonderfully in these dayes to uphold his little stock so patiently and willingly to follow his Son in suffering such grievous things as hath been laid upon them to try them for Christs Name sake who is the Captain of our salvatio● therefore do we follow him in the regeneration who is the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world and with the light of Christ in your consciences you may all see I have not spoken very much of those things which hath happened since our engaging at the first against tyrants and oppressors of the godliest people in those dayes for conscience-sake but although I have but hinted or spoken of some of the divers appearances of that old persecuting spirit which hath of late appeared under so many fair pretences of Religion and Reformation yet I hope you will find it to be enough to answer the witness in you which will shew you the truth of this short Declaration and Exhortation in love to your souls so that when you are tempted to do as they have done you may not be ignorant of the evil and what will follow unto you as well as unto them if you do as they have done and be you assured the tempter will come unto you more subtilly then ever to tempt you but the light in the conscience is sufficient for to discover and make manifest all temptations both without and within you as your minds are kept unto the true light and exercised by it for that doth lead into lowlines● of mind and into love and tender-heartedness and so you may come to profit with the manifestation of the spirit which is given unto you for that end 1 Cor. 12. 7. and dwell in the Love which God hath shed abroad in your hearts for he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God who is the habitation of Justice Ier. 50. 7. And now my Friends both Parliament and Officers of the Army in whose hearts it is to do Justice love Mercy to walk humbly with your God the day of of your tryal once more is come and an opportunity is put into your hands to ●ry you once more whether you will endeavour to please God or man and whether you will act according to the will of God or men And thus the Lord is trying of you whether you will fulfil the Promises Vows and Covenants which you made formerly unto him when you were low and in distress and this the Lord is doing before he utterly cuts you off from the land of the living and cast you out into outer darkness and seal you down into the pit with the wicked for ever Therefore be all awakened and come all unto the light in you or else ye cannot be of one mind for he hath said Without me ye can do nothing Iohn 15. 5. But all that owns him to be their Leader they come to walk in the counsel of the Lord and to stand in the way of his judgements which are just and true and righteous altogether And so the Lord direct you by the manifestation of his spirit to do that which is well-pleasing unto him that the soul which is immortal may find rest at the last for evermore From a lover of true Judgement and Mercy Ioseph Fuce THE END

A VISITATION By way of DECLARATION UNTO The Manifestation of the spirit in you Rulers and Heads of these Nations both Parliament Officers and Souldiers that are in Arms and Authority to do Service for the Common-Wealth outwardly Amongst whom I formerly have had my Conversation about thirteen or fourteen years and with many of them I have often engaged against the Enemies of the Peace and Liberties of the honest people of these Nations and that some of the old Officers and Souldiers may very well remember VVhat ailed thee O thou Sea that thou sleddest thou lordan that thou wast driven back ye Mountains that ye shipped like Rams and ye little hills like Lambs Psal 114. 5 6. VVas it not because of the dreadful presence of the Almighty who hath said of old unto his people I will restorethy Iudges as at the first and thy Counsellors as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called the City of Righteousness the faithful City Isa 1. 26. From a true Lover of your souls that loves to do Justice and all that join with them known unto the children of men by this Name Joseph Fuce LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Bull and Mouth near Aldersgate 1659. A Visitation by way of Declaration unto the manifestation of the Spirit in you Rulers and Heads of these Natitions c. OH ye wise ones of the earth that are in Authority to sit in Parliament lend your ears and hear in this the day of your visitation Luke 19. 44. and be not lifted up in pride of heart and bitterness of spirit against the Lords Heritage which the proud and lofty Rulers and envious Magistrates hath oppressed grievously as you your selves may very well know consider what hath been their pretence and what hath been their reward in the end Have they not been overturned broken and scattered as the chaffe before the winde And had this happened a great while ago in another Age or a far off in Forreign Countreys then had there been more necessity for me to have spoken more larger of what hath been acted by them and what hath happened unto them but you that are not wilful and blind have your own selves both seen and heard of their most unjust and unreasonable cruelty which they have acted especially upon those despised People which live godly in Christ Jesus although others that are not according to their minds hath not altogether escaped their wicked Decrees Therefore in the pure fear of the Lord I exhort you that are more tender-hearted and do feelingly know what they have done that you take heed that none creep in among you to corrupt you but consider truly and honestly so as to let those things which hath been done by them and that which came upon them befor examples unto you 1 Cor. 10. 6. so that you may by no means be perswaded to do as they have done neither to suffer that to stand which the Papist of old the oppressors of late hath set up which is contrary to the will of God the publike good of the Common-Wealth for because of these and such things the Lords hand was against them to cut off some of the chiefe of them and to give the other up to be scattered as the small dust of the earth before the winde therefore you that are in their places listen a little and incline your ears to hear the voice of the just and your hearts to understand ye Heads of these Nations for unto you I write in obedience to the spirit and in love to your souls you are all to be turned in unto the manifestation of the spirit which is given to every man to profit withall 1 Cor. 12. 7. and so all to learn of it how to perform and bring to pass the good works which many hath promised to do but hath not performed them because they took counsel and not of the Lord Isa 30. and went out from the manifestation of the spirit in them which is light and despised it's reproof and so hated the instruction of the just within and took counsel together with the chief priests as the pharisees did without in darkness and the priests being of so many opinions and in so much confusion and opposition one against another but all in darkness And the people that know no other Preacher but the Priests they are all like the priests for the priests have taught them so to be for so the leaders of the people hath caused them to err Ier. 23. And the people by the instructions of the priests hath made choice of men of several opinions unfit to sit in Parliament yet such have for a time sate as members in Parliament others that hath meant wel that are not taught by the priests they have made choice of such as would have done that which the Lord requireth which is to undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free Isa 58. 6. So some were for taking off oppression and others for laying it on and when these came together there were divisions among themselves some for that which was right and others for that which was wrong and the priests party made up with many Lawyers being the greater in number as you your selves very well know that they that would have done good knew not how to perform it because of evil-doers which did oppose them and if there be such among you they will hinder you if they be not rem●ved in time And therefore I warn you who are in Authority that you may not take counsel of the many priests to be deceived by them if they should do as they have done that is to come bowing and crouching with flattering titles from their lying lips and deceitful hearts and with their seigned Petitions which they call Humble And this hath been their manner of creeping unawares into the hearts and affections of Parliament-Men and others to draw their minds from the pure principle of God in them which should have taught them to have been of one mind and so to have proceeded to the glory of God and for the publike good of the Nation according to the will of God and this are ye witnesses of Therefore all you that are of such a noble mind to do justice and to love mercy and walk humbly with God Mich. 6. 8. Mark you must all take counsel together of the Lord and so come to be all taught by one Teacher within you all that so you may come all to stand together in the Counsel of the Lord who hath given the manifestation of the Spirit to every one of you to profit withall and all that profit with the manifestation of the spirit which is light they must owne that to be their Teacher to teach them how to cast off every weight and burden and the ●in that doth so easily beset them that so the seed in every particular may go free Now you must of necessity be turned unto the light